Evening Star Newspaper, October 26, 1930, Page 18

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON LEE TO AGAIN SEEK " POUTICAL OFFE Montgomery Leader Speaker E at Road Opening at Syca- “ <~ more Landing. o BY WILLIAM 8. TARVER, I Stalt Correspondent of The Star : SYCAMORE LANDING, Md., October 85.—E. Brooke Lee will be a candidate again for political office, he assured a crowd gathered here this afteroon for the formal opening of the road from Poolesville to this place. { - Maj. Lee, the speaker of the Mary- land House of Delegates and chairman ©f the Maryland Democratic Campaign Advisory Committee, is not a candidate for election November 4 and his state- ment today was the first public decla- ration that he will again seek office. He did not say for what office he intends to run in the future. Those close to the Montgomery County Democratic leader sssert that he will devote much sttention to State affairs in the future. Disucsses Political Situation. The statement that he will be a can- ate again came in the course of a ussion of the Montgomery County political situation. “They tell me that T am an issue in this campaign,” he declared. “Authough Lll‘l not & candidate for any office, I ve been the subject of many attacks litical enemies had sought Democratic administration Let them and my to defeat eandidates by striking at me. shve their ax for me, personally. My name will appear again on a ballot in Mentgomery County and then they will have a chance to strike at me.” ‘The road opening was celebrated with & barbecue ‘Fve!n by Fred J. Hughes of more Landing. Frederick Stohl- man of Chevy Chase presided at the mass meeting, following the barbecue. The speakers included Representatives *lmu 'W. Collier of Mississippi, Clagett lilton, county commissioner, and Mr. Hughes. princ predictions of ou come of eoming eleetion, Forty per it of the Republicans in suburban Mont County, he declared, will ‘vote for the Democratic candidates who will be elected by a majority of more than 2,000 votes. Reliance on Colored Vote. “The block of votes upon ‘which the ublican ceunty organiza- can ," he said, “will be the ins are for on November 4 consist of a decidedly smaller number of white Republicans and a sizable Bumber of Democratic ‘antis’ who may follower their higher leaders into the e Biate campaign. Mol cam] , aj. that Gov. Albert C. re-elected by a greater Ri would be majority than in 1926 when he received 61,000 more votes than his Republican opponent. “Well informed political observers in | Baltimore have given up the idea that Mayor Broening has any real chance for election, . “The active Democratic leaders of the kity believe that Gev. Ritchie will exceed the 48,000 m;'unn which Baltimore gave him in i Bees Big County Vote. “Prom ‘(h> eounty standpoint, the g;:rw will 3'37' his !"';1:: major- from Aany & congre: nal dis- in the Central Maryland district of Baltimore, Carroll and farlore” counties “The Southern Maryland Counties will probably give Gov. Ritchie his sec- ond largest majority from a county m ef the State, and the Eastern distriet will add a third majority :. :l:- Governor's total State endorse- “Only from Western Maryland is there any real possibility of a Broening majority and if the Mayor of Baltimore carries the five Western Maryland Counties it will be only by a scant SR L S n a) N By 28,000 two years . ago. betting fraternity in Baltimore Oity l?ol‘" no Broening money in sight even at three and four to oneyodu‘.! Hilten Tells of Road. Commissioner Hilton, who comes from the Poolesville-Barnesville district in which the new road lies, told the gath- qunfno( details of its eonstruction and its iportance to the section. three and seven-tenths miles in length, | Be said, and 10 feet wide. The cost was | between $8,000 and $9,000 per mile, of | Whieh the owners of abutting property peid 10 w‘.gm. i Representative ler predicted that | Giov. Ritchie will be elected by a ma- | of more than 100,000 votes. He David J. Lewis, candidate for e House of Representatives from the th co) nal district and con- | ed Republican national ad- :mmuuon which he said is to blame r the financial depression and unem- ployment. The Republican policies in respect tariff and farm relief were subjects of attacks by the Mississippi paghe: wel | Mr. welcomed the le o the road opening . and them to support the Democrati dounty administration. 5 MOOSE ORGANIZE Complete Association of Lodges in Shenandoah Valley. Special Dispatch to The Star. STAUNTON, Va., October 25.—Or- @anization was completed here of the Shenandoah Valley Association of Moose Lodges, which was tentatively formed in September. Delegates were resent from Lexington, Roanoke, Cov- ton, Winchester, Waynesboro, Char- lottesville and Staunton. Officers elected are: Maj. James @ipolski, president; W. L. Radford, first vice president. H. T. Warren, Roanoke, second vice president: W. F. Rittinour, secretary; E. E. Harmon, treasurer, and C. P. Hollis, prelate ‘The association adopted its by-laws. BYSTANDER SLAIN Warrant 8worn After Fatality in ! Dry Raid Fight. | MAGNOLIA, Miss., October 25 (/P).— warrant ehn‘mwlbfll M. Brent, ty sheriff of e County, with Elwell Glenn Allen, 24, a by-| r, in & “dry raid” and fight at dwelling here last night, was sworn today by District Attorney F. D. e A mass meeting held in Magnolia samed & committee to request the d jury be called to investigate the ting. P <. N WINS ESSAY CONTEST ISPRINGFIELD, Mass., October 25 (#). ias Pvelyn Hunter of Topeka, Kans.. # K o prize in the National Peace Essay Contest for King's Heralds Standard Bearers sponsored by the F-un‘u Foreign Missionary Society, in ponvention here. The award was made fonight at the young people's banquet. “Ted Nickerson of Berkeley, Calif.. re- ved secon g’\- ‘The national rd of cxc:llence award was made : Baltimore. wsonville, cent larger than last year. Maryland and Virginia farms And judging from this flock there should be ne scarcity of the regal bird this year. The picture shows just a small B‘flbfl of the 1,000 turkeys, which have been well fattened for the holidays, en the farm of Mrs. John E. 2l Mad. generally repert an abundance of turkeys. agricultural statistician, yesterday declared that a survey indieated that the Virginia turkey crop was approximately 5 per by, near John A. Hicks, Federal-State —Star Staff Photo. CHANGE INCOUNT Opponents of Proposed New‘ Arlington Form Launch Campaign. BY LESTER N. INSKEEP, Staft Correspondent of The Star. CLARENDON, Va., October 23 —Cer- tain opposition to the proposal to change | the present form of county government | by & vote at the polls on November 3, which heretofore has been devoted to a y reached the light and is expected | a camj of opposition. Soar o the hopositior, recorded to] date has been with respect to the aboli- | tion uf the magisterial districts, many of the residents of outlying sections fearing that the election of the members of the county governing body “at large” would result in the selection of all of the mem- bers of the board from the thickly set- tled sections to the neglect of the for- mer. Against Manager Plan. Robert H. Porman, executive secretary of the recently organized Voters' Service Club, teday announced that he could not go on record as favoring the eounty er plan, which is being advocated Avic Pederation, amber of Commerce and Bar Association. u‘:llmnclllly. the plan l‘d\'ncaudkhts y to prove more nsive than the present, mmm umA In support of this he points out that the cost of the present form is $7,600 yearly, con- sisting of the salaries of the three su- pervisors of $1,200 yearly each and that | of the county engineer at $4,000. “Under the county manager plan,” he | "fi’ “the amroud salary for each com- | missioner 600, which makes a total for the five eommisisoners of $3,000. But, a few years ago, the salary of a | B T S S a very ng for the gis- | lature, which increased the salaries of | the su] to $1,200, to vote a sim- ilar increase in the salary of each eom- | misisoner. Thus instead of $3,000 ex- | pended for commisisoners’ salaries we | ‘would have $6000. Add to this the| engineer's salary at $4,000 and the county manager's salary, which may be | conservatively estimated at $8,000, and | we have a total of $18,000 under the proposed plan, an increase of $10,400 annually in the cost of government.” Time Net Appropriate. In view of the general economic con- ditions, he thinks, this is not an appro- priate time to experiment with some- | thing that is likely te prove more ex- pensive than the present form and that | “is sponsored by a number of individ- | uals who have had no experience in | government.” | Abolition of magisterial districts is, in the minds of Capt. Crandall Mackey, Clarence R. Ahalt and other prominent members of the local bar, a direct de- parture from representative government and should not be tolerated. It would be just as logical, they point out, to abolish the counties of the State and elect the members of the House of | Delegates and State SBenate at large and | then to go on and abolish the State and elect every member of our National Gov- ermment at large. The State, Capt. Mackey says, has already given the Boards of County Supervisors the full power of a city| council and under this law and other | local legislation, Arlingten County has 80 advanced that since 1926 it has stood at the head of all of the hundred eoun- ties in the State in the amount of rev- enue paid into the State treasury. | Conditions Declared Different. Coming to the support of the proposed | change, John A. Petty, president of the Livingstone Heights Givic League, de- | clares that Arlingten County, due to the | fact that it is adjoining the National Capital and is a part of the environs thereof, occupies & peculiar position, | calling for somewhat different develop- ment and administration than com- monly is required of counties in general. The outstanding tdvlnl:gea of the proposed change are listed tricts, thus making Arlington County & single unit, 2. Creating the office of county man- ager, thus putting in the hands of one oerson devoting his entire time to county fix responsibility therefor. 3. Increasing the county board from three to five provides a wider view- point and & larger measure of repre- 4. Election at large of the county board gives every voter the right to cast his ballot for or against each of the members of the county board. budget with a definite basis for its de- velopment and use will afford the eiti- zens of Arlington Count; individually and through their various community organizations an opportunity of study- ing in detail county expenditures and resenting their views and extending heir co-operation to the officials of the county in ths interest of economic and eficient administration. ‘There is ne in the law which permits the change to either specify that the county manager must be a resi- dent of Arlington County or no res- ident, says, and he feels no doubt but that a competent man could be found in Arlington Count;. “In fact” he says, “‘on ml be obtained frem among ihe preseki oficiais of Arlington unty.” sentatation in the executive direction | of county affairs. | | 5. Specific provision for g county fTwo Horses Drown | When Man Drives PLANISOPPSED, Wagon Toto Bay |Vehicle Put in Water to Swell Seams——Driver Nearly Loses Life. Special Dispateh to The Star. WOODLAWN, Va., October 25.—How- ard Pisher drove his wagon into Guns- ton Bay to swell the seams which were separating duc to the ‘weather. Both herses floundered over ir depths and were drowned. Fisher and his companion had a nar- | wagon overturned, due to the horses’ struggling. They held onto a chain on extent to a “whispering campaign,”’ | the wagon body and shouted for assist- | Corpor: ance. They were rescued in a boat by to henceforth assume the proportions of | residents of the Summer celony at | 000,000, on which taxes will be Gunston Bay. The accident was investigated by Deputy Sheriff MeCann and Justice Harry Shepherd at Accotink, first re- ports having been to the effect that a | man was drowned. MOTORIST KILLED INNEARBY GRASH 'Ward E. Van Pelt Dies in Hospital—Brother-in-Law Severely Injured. Ward E. Van Pelt, 41, of Ballston, Va., was fatally injured at Memorial drive and Mulhall road at noon yester- day when his automobile collided with a machine driven by E. L. Loveless of Bon Air, Va. Von Pelt died shertly after being taken to Georgetown Hos- pital. I. N. Miller, his brother-in-law, was severely injured. Ascording te Arlingten County pelice, Loveless was entering the intersection when his machine was struck by Van Pelt’s car. The latter machine was moving so swiftly, it is declared, that it skidded for a distance of 75 feet before coming to a complete stop. Loveless, who was on the way to his baby's funeral at the time of the acci- dent, escaped injury. Sheriff Howard B. Fields said that there would be no arrest, since Loveless is thought not to have been responsible for the sccident. Van_Pelt was a native of Harrison- burg, Va., coming to Arlington County three years ago. He was a building contraetor and is survived by his widow, Mrs. Alice Van Pelt, and six children, ranging in ages from 3 to 19 years. FEDERAL FORESTS CLOSED TO PUBLIC Fire Hazards Due to Drought Cause Closing of Natural Bridge Seetion. tch to The Star October Speci®! Dis YNCHBURG, Va. Unusua! fire hazard e: Valley section of th Pederal forests has 26— nolds Nat Bridge used suthoerities | to close the section to the public until further notice, according to announce- ment made here by H. M. Sears, super- visor of the forests, Mr. Sears indi- cated that other sections where there have been fires during the prolonged drought may also be closed shortly. Persons visiting the closed area will be prosecuted as trespassers, Mr. Sears said. The area is bounded by the Arnolds Valley road on the east and north of y him as | the highway through Pettis Gap; be- follows: | tween Arnoids Valley road and t:n top 1. Wiping out the magisterial dis- | of the Blue Ridge Mountains on the east and between Pettis Gap rosd and James River on the morth. Autherity for closing the disirict to the public was issued by the regional forester at Washington under regula- affairs the opportunity to co-ordinate ail | tions prescribed by the Department of dministragie. activitles and definitely | Agricuiture for administratio jon of na: | tional forests. iy CHURCH WILL HONOR VETERAN ORGANIST [ | Sherman Bruee Fowler of Alexan- dria Served 40 Years for St. Paul's Episcopal Congregation. | Special Dispaten to The ALEXANDRIA, Va., October 25— Forty consecutive years as organist and choir director at St. Paul's Hpiscopal Church will be observed tomorrow by special services at the church in honor of Sherman Bruce Fowler of 316 South ‘Washington street, the organist. Mr. Fowler became organist and cholr director at the church in Octo- ber, 1890, after having previously | served as organist of Trinity M. E. | Ghurch. ~ An elaborate musical and afternoon services, and mamy for- | mer ehoir UTI of the church will be | present and ald in the program. program has been arranged for both morning | PROPERTY VALUES | Alexandria Assessment Puts Taxable Worth at $41,000,000. | Special Dispatch to The Sta | _ALEXANDRIA, Va, October 25— Real property of this’city has an as- | sessed valuation of approximately $36,000,000 in the report of the Board | which valuation is set by the State| ation Commission, the total val- | uation here will be approximately $41,- based | for next year. Increase $25,000,000. | _ The | 791,889, which means that the new total valuation will be an increase of almost $25,000,000 over the former fig- ures. The figures as compiled this year have been based on actual values of the proj valuation been about 35 per cent of true valuation. To offset this the present tax rate of $2.65 per hundred placed around $1.10 by City Council. | increased about 2.6 per cent increase over the former values, and on the basis of the | new values the former valuation is revealed as about 39 per cent of the true values. A tax rate of $1.10 on the | 841,000, will bring the city an in- | crease of a few theusand dollars over | the revenue last year from taxes. The new rate, however, may be placed slightly higher than $1.10, and if so, the return will greater. ageclal rate will probably be | effect for residents of the territory an- nexed last January from Arlington | | County, as the taxes in that section ut into | years. Property owners in that section paid at the rate of $2.50 last year, which was 15 cents lower than the| rate for the remainder of the city. The new assessment will give the city greatly increased borrowing power, which is based directly on the assessed valuation of real property. It also is| expected to ald real estate men, since persons not familiar with the former | method of assessing property at a por- | tion of its true value could net recon- || cile the prices asked for property with the amounts at which it was assessed. Last year the city budget was $719. | 107, which included $153,560 f [fund and $90214 for gas fund. | 1pllm by the city. ‘m- tax on real Bnpmy amounts to approximately $450,000, with the addi- | tional reyenue coming’ from the State portion of the school fund, the eity automobile license tax, corporation and | franchise taxes, | other miscellaneous receipts. | Meeting Next Week. | The new figures will be formally presented to City Council at its meet- City revenue from |ing next Thursday, and at that time|| it is expected that the new rate will be discussed. The amount of revenue! necessary and the amount which will | be received from various rates will be figured before the Council arrives at the new tax rate. The books of the assessors will be ‘fl"t turned over to the clerk of the | courts, where they will be opened for public inspection within a few days. Property owners then have recourse to the recently appointed Board of Re- views if they are not satisfled with the || Pinal | |}| values placed on their property. | recourse will be to lgle Ceorporation Court, presided over by Judge William P. Woolls. When the Board of Reviews | has completed its work and the new | tax rate is fixed, the books of the as- sessors will be permanently placed in the office of the Commissioner of Revenue, | In conjunction with the work of the || |local Board of Assessors, e eity em- ployed the Manufacturers’ Appraisal |Co. of Philadelphia to aid in the sci- |entific_assessment of the city and to make maps and plats of city property. The work has been completed and con- sists of 260 blue-print maps and plats, || | which are on file with the city. Copies || of these maps also may be purchased | by any citizen. A card index system of | property also was worked out by this | company and this. with the new plats. | will greatly simplify the work of future assessors. ‘The Board of Edward J. Fleming. Dates for meeting pected to be announced shortly. |VIRGINIA HOSPITAL PLANS RAISED 25 00000 be correspondingly | | | * Whatever new rate is established, a || Assessors is composed || of Taylor Burke, Pred C. Goodnow and || ‘of Assessors, which has just completed || | row escape from the same fate when the | its work, and with the estimated vnlu-l tion of $5,000,000 on public utilities, ’ will be reduced and will probably be || valuation represents || may not be increased under the an- || nexation agreement for a period of five| }| fund will be cut out in the new|| udget. due to the recent sale of the || licenses, fines and || |of the local Beard of Reviews are ex- |}§i FOR OLD LADIES’ HOME || | Directors ot Lynchburg Institution Take Steps for Establishment of Retreat. | @pseial Dispateh to The Star LYNCHBURG, Va., October 25— First stej | an old r:dtu‘ home at the Virginia | Baptist Hospital have been taken by the board of trustees of the hospital. The hospital board decided to sponsor the home, which is to be under separate m":’"'\ '1‘1 sufficient !l'“:d‘ h::n ;}n for its suecess. J board will give sites for the mu&- | needed, looking to establishment of | | Il i D. 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