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Smyrna times., 1929-05-22
DEATH RECORD OF THE WEEK
]. F. EliasOn, Who Was President
of Peoples Bank of MiddIetOwn
and a Former Assemblyman

John Frank Eliason, aged 50
years, prominent banker and retir-
ed citizen Of Middletown, died at
his home on Cass street, Friday,
after a lingering illness. Mr.. Ella
son had been in failing health for
the past five years, but had only
been confined to his bed during the
last illness for two weeks. His
condition was considered serious
from the beginning, as he was
found to be suffering from a ser
ious stomach trouble. Mr.. Eiason
was the son Of the late Andrew and
Lydia Cam Eliason and was born
on farm near Mt. Pleasant. For
40 years he was a prominent grain
dealer and merchant of Mt. Pleas
ant, four miles north Of Middle
town. He was a director asd later
president Of the Peoples National
Bank Of NIiddletown and also serv-
ed one year in the lower house Of
the Delaware Legislature from ST.
Georges Hundred. For many years
Mr.. Eliason was a member Of For
est Presbyterian Church, Middle
tows, and was a trustee and elder
of the church. He is the last sur
viving member Of large and wide
III known family of that commun-
ity. Mr.. Eliason married Miss
Priscilla Lore, who died several
years ago, shortly after they moved
To Middletown from Mt. Pleasant.
Mr.. Eliason leaves two sons and
one daughter. They are: Lore Ella
son, of Niagara Falls, N. III; Nor
ris E. Eliason, of Middletown, ard
Mrs. John Boyt Of Wilmington.
Funeral services We're held from
the home Monday afternoon at /
o'clock with interment in Forest
Cemetery. Rev. E. w. Bates, pas
tor of Forrest Presbyterian Church,
oficiated.
Death Of Mrs. Walter a. CouncilI
Mrs. Bell r. Councill, widow Of
Walter 4. Councill, died last Fri
day morning, May nth, at her late
home in Camden, Del, of Bright's
disease at the age Of vi years, and
was survived BY one nephew. ].
Howard Brown Of Washington,D.C &c.
her husband having died seven
month ago. She had spent the last
46 years of her life in this town.
Services took place from her home
Sunday afternoon, at / o'clock BY
the Rev. D. J. Givan of the Camden
NJ. E. Church and interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Camden.
Smyrna times., 1929-05-22
CONFERENCE SELECTS DOVER
Peoples Church Invitation Accept
ed by Christian Denomination

The Rev. r. c. Helfenstein, DID,,
pastor of Peoples Christian Church
Dover, and the six delegates from
the church who attended the ninty-
ninth annual session of the New
Jersey Christian Conferece at Mil
ford, n j., returned from the con-
ference Monday, final adjournment
being Saturday evening. The con
ference unanimously accepted the in
vitation of Peoples Christian
Church, Dover, to hold its Tooth
annual session in the Dover church
next Ma
Smyrna times., 1929-05-22
LEGION POST MEMORIAL DAY
Plans For Joint Service in High
School Auditorium Next Sunday
Memorial Day Exercises

The David @. Harrison Post, No.
IA, American Legion, Smyrna, will
hold a joint Memorial Day service
in the Smyrna High School Audi
torium, Sunday evening, May 26th,
at Z o'clock. The Sylvester Con-
cert Band of Smyrna, will offer
several selections of Patriotic mu-
sic. This will be followed by the
opening prayer. Next will be a
short word Of greeting by the Post
Commander and the reading Of the
preamble to the Constitution of the
American Legion. The Smyrna
Male Quartette will sing an oppro-
pirate song to be followed by the
main speaker Of the evening, DR.
Paul S. Ellsworth, president Of
Washington College, Chestertown,
Md His words alone will be more
than worth the time involved in at
tending this service. AT the close
Of Dr.. Titsworth's address, the
Smyrna Male Quartette will again
sing. Next will come the Floral
Ceremony, the blowing Of Taps, en-
tire assembly singing the Star
SpangIed Banner, and the closing
prayer.
All Churches Are Invited to Join
Invitations have been formally ex-
tended to all the churches in the
towns of Clayton and Smyrna and
it is hoped that the members Of
these churches will attend the
David G. Harrison Posts Memorial
Day joint ceremony in large num-
bers. The Post also extends a most
hearty invitation to every man,
woman and child, who can and will
attend. In as much az Memorial
Day commentaries to u the deeds
Of daring and sacrifice performed
by those who served iii all Of our
wars, it is but fair to assume that
tie community at large will display
an interest in establishing q service
Of the kind, already outlined, To be
held yearly. The David @. Harri-
son Post ask you al to attend. VIII
you come and add to the gather
ing? Your efforts will more than
be repaid. No collection.
Memorial Day Program of Post
The David G. Harrison Post, No.
IA, American Legion, Smyrna, will
give the following Memorial Day
program on Thursday, May Both.
Smyrna services Will be held in the
morning, parade starting at 10 am.
sharp, from the Legion Post Rooms,
South Main street. The lineup
will Be: Colors, Band, Firing Squad.
Civil War Veterans, Spanish War
Veterans, American Legion, Bov
Scouts. Public School Children.
Services will be held in the N. E.
Cemetery and will consist Of pray
er, singing of America BY a.
sembly, reading Of the preamble to
the Constitution Of the American
Legion, Memorial Day address,
Floral Ceremony, Firing Salute To
Nations dead and blowing of Taps,
Like services viii be held in the af-
ternoon in Townsend, Middletown
and Odessa.
Smyrna times., 1929-05-22
Breaks His Arm Crankiug Auto

John R. Francis. Jr.. our well
known E0ultry dealer, lad the mis-
fortune of breaking his arm last
Friday while cranking his car. The
fracture was quickly reduced and
he is getting along as well as can
be expected.
Smyrna times., 1929-05-22
yrs NEW RULING
'll'r' Must Take IN i.
-'ehse % Drive Hero

IN ne'' Must Take Out y
1''hse q Drive Here
hot require any
@.e OUT a drivers III
iact in connection
] q reckless driving W
| l'uek divers has led
1 al ehaufeurs from
NJ liiye on Delaware
/ i, i, out a Delaware
Wherever the own
llsk and san produce
! Sard a J identification.
apon 70 take out y
Ais Is only n3id
I n. sTlila, who are re-
-. Wy drivers license.
Of h.. -.
lG. uiaiic regulation !
\. last week. Three
~ l. were seen to
sIfees intersec-
Smyrna times., 1929-05-22
EalR SHORTER ROUTE
|IIiINDRE WINS FAVOR
!. SHORE AND DELA-
,, nh INTERESTED

,,y SHORE AND DELA-
4 urCH INTERESTED
c,,tOn Vicinity Would
~ y Along With Bridge
+, Road to Chestertown
l.,neial requirements for
..J Chesapeake Bay
,,opsidered assured last
number Of New York
.,s bankers, with sever
4. from Both cities, made
IA trip to the proposed
s.sr ~ conferred with Gov
,..sis. Governor Richie
n that the money would
.rirg # the bankers could
\ nat the State govern
bsbind the project and
M State favored il.
~ bridge y enthusias-
.i.r.ed Hot OILY on the
ssors Of Maryland but il
,rsre W well. It will
s.r-er and more direct
baltimore, WA shington
n The proposed bridge
from a point near Tol-
1T If Chestertown, Md.,
,+sn shore Of Maryland
here TO Baltimore. mere
- + will mean much and
-rong movement il be-
HI a concrete road Ches-
4 uillington W Join up
,nrrna- Clayton road at
Governor Ritchie
4, Inspection party when
annapolis, Mdo VA a.
". assurace that the
inistration was fay
-aroiect, according to
v officials, and the
y the Governor him
$4,000 VA voted by the
y Assembly to be spent
sate road funds ia
tie approaches to the
L accepted as an indica-
viii Of the people. The
,aken on its round on
steamer McLane.
rs on Inspection Trip
roup on the trip were
Fsnzell and John Linnen,
ng Harris Forbes, Of New
R. Ayres, represeting
I, Harris and Oates e. Co.,
York and Toledo; Awhile
Nackubin, Goodrich &
atimOre; Charles B. Gil
zt Of Gillet & Co., Bal
slsal Brooks, of Sanders
Baltimore bridge con
a5lesentatives Of the
operation of Baltimore;
president of the J.
+ Company, consulting
glN. Masters, Of Mode
Lzgs, New York bridge
y w. Parker, Balti-
b; Iredell VI. Iglehart,
I! of the Baltimore
uy; Jesse n. Bowen,
Bowen e Semmes, at-
II Roscoe Bonsal, presi-
H issapeake Bay Bridge
| mart 5. Janney, gen
II i0r the bridge com
Epson Earle, State
II commissioner.
l9 900 JOh 4 lrpa Nv II
/! z iob, which II Ely said
H end s11,OOO,0OO, al
/ ! but the low bidders
1 2 withheld. Figuring
al arrangement. how
I approval Of the Public
u EMISSION. The bridge
II ~ has been laid before
having succes essfully
Aa' Departments Wv
@ channel mainten-
H8 Siate Roads Commis-
1 @paons looking to
8 md safety. The bridge
VI ader > franchise from
III Fiich, among other
lsd that actual con-
I 4 "a the span be
1 4area 81 W this year.
l + 4 cofferdam for the
ae Miller Island WHY
4 officers of the COM
J Jung that condition
granted y subsidy W.
'ndge company.pro-
lgs i actually com
4 f traffic during the
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Smyrna times., 1929-11-13
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-21
AbATTO|R ENEMIES
SEND BYRD LETTER
War Mothers Join. Protest
Against Plant Near
UnknoWn's Tomb.
By stan correspopdentsof The Star. !

BY stan correspondent OF The STAR
ARLINGTON. Va, February 21.--
With but a week left in which to pre-
pare for the opposition to the erection
Of an abattoir in Arlington County by
the N. Auth Provision Co. OF Washing
ton, opponents Of the project today
started an offensive in the form of a
six-page letter to Gov. Harry F. Byrd,
bringing to his attention the so-called
apparent disadvantages to the county
and State
The letter, which was prepared by
Frank q. Campbell chairman of the
special protest committee, was written
as the result of recent visit to the
county by Paul S. Blandford, who said
that he had come to get definite infor-
nation for the governor, but opponents
of the abattoir felt that he could have
gotten only the viewpoint of advocates
of the project, since he was piloted on
his tour OF inspection by Carl Marshall,
attorney for the company
Paramount among the facts called to
the attention of the executive, and one
which has not heretofore been used in
arguments against the abattoir, is that
the spur track over which the loaded
stock cars would have to pass to reach
the proposed plant would run across
the Jefferson Davis Highway, the prin-
cipal thoroughfare to the South.
Arlington County, the letter pointed
out, Is fast growing into a city. The
last census showed 81 per cent in
crease in the population. 1t is but a
question OF few years until there will
be City Of Arlington facing Washing
ton, and the abattoir with its inevita-
BILE cattle pens, would be situated in the
front yard"
1t is hoped by the opponents of the
plant that the board of directors of the
Arlington County Chamber of Com
merce will decide against the PROPOSE
ton at the meeting sto be held this
afternoon.
Miss Gertrude Croker, secretary OF
the Civic Federation. today made public
resolutions passed, by the War Mothers
and Spengler Chapter, American Legion
Auxiliary, expressing their opposition
to the plant.
The resolution calls attention to the
fact that thousands of relatives of SOL
diers who were killed in France GO
yearly to visit the Tomb of the Unknown
Soldier and that countless numbers
from all over the world would pass
near the plant in their pilgrimages.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-21
ALEXANDRIA.

ALEXANDRIA, Va, February 81
(SpeciaD The George Washington
Birthday Association of this city will
make its annual pilgrimage to Mount
Vernon tomorrow morning, where a
wreath will be placed upon the tomb OF
Washington by three officials of the
association-J. William May, president
Harry c. Kirk, first vice president, and
Martin E. Greene, secretary. The party
will leave from in front of the George
Mason Hotel at 1890 o'clock.
| A campaign to round up the owners
of unlicensed dogs has been opened In
this city and persons who have not
I paid their dog tax will be summoned
to appear in Police Court.
The newly organized Cadet Corps at
Alexandria High School received its
uniforms yesterday and they will BIZ
worn Tuesday for the first time In q
drill
Rev. DR.. William Jackson Morton
rector of Christ Episcopal Church. left
| Yesterday for Orlando, Fla, to recuper.
ate from a recent attack of the grippe
He plans to remain in Florida unit
| Easter.
The Junior board of the Anne Lee
Memorial Home for the Aged will holc
a meeting tonight at o'clock at tht
home. Mrs. Irwin Diener viii preside
| James Talbot a guard of the city
chain gang, was cut about the face anc
body this morning when struck by g
taxicab at the intersection of King anc
| Washington streets. The Griver of the
J cab Raymond Skillman, 20 years old, /:
! held on personal bond for appearance il
/ Police Court.
A meeting Of the Civic Bureau of thu
/ Alexandria Chamber of Commerce vii
be held Monday night at 8 O'Clock il
the Chamber Of Commerce hsadquarteri
at the George Mason Hotel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-21

ton. Ine Iead WILL
be played by William Buckner Nc
Goarty, president Of the Washington
Society of Alexandria, who will appear
in the role of william Fitzhugh Chatam,
first president of the society. w. Sell
Washington, will play the part of Gen
Henry Light Horse Harry" Lee.
Among the characters to appear In
the pageant and the persons in the
cast are William Henry Fitzhugh OF
Ravensworth, son of William Fitzhugh
of Chatham, Park Bell; George Wash
ington Park Gusts of Alexandria. Gar
diner L. Boothe II: Richard Bland Lee,
Harmon Norris; Hon. Charles Fenton
Mercer, Nelson T. Snyder; William Her
bert, Arthur Herbert; Chief Justice John
Marshall, Jacquelin Amber Marshall;
| Thomas Marshall, j. Frank Myers; DR..
| James Craik, Judge Mauchlin Nevin;
Rev. James Muir, Rev. Ernest M. De-
laney, pastor of the Second Presbyterian
Church. and Rev. Thomas Davis, DR.. E
S. Leadbeater.
Others are Col George Deneale, David
N. Rust, jr.; Col. Dennis Ramsay, Dennis
McCarty Ramsay; Col. Charles Simms,
w. A. Harding; Bryan Lord Fairfax,
Frank w. Noxon, Ferdiando Fairfax
Joseph II. Newell; DR.. Elisha Cullen
Dick, John w. Herndon Col. George
West, G. F. D. Rollings; Jonathan Swift
John H. Trimyer; Col. Phillip Marsteller
Henry P. Thomas: Francis Scott Key
Howard L Arnold Trumpeters are
Herbert Cady and G. A. Horton Harry
Davis Is color sergeant and E. H. Hoff-
man and Burnett Ale, drummers.
The organ in the Meeting House, the
Oldest known church organ In use ir
America, will be played by Miss Mar.
garet Alexander. The program will Their
be opened by Howard w. Smith.
| THE Star Spangled Banner" will bs
sung by Mrs. Evelyn Howard Sheridan
while the Colonial Quartet will sing
Garry Me Bacw to Old Virginny."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-21
MARYLAND ROADS
OPEN TO TRAFFIC
Fleet of SnoWpIoWs Works
Throughout Night to Sweep
Away Drifts.


UPPER MARLBORO, Md, February
21-Working throughout the night the
entire fleet of snowplows under the
jurisdiction of the State Roads Com
mission Office here had most of the
principal highways open to two-way
traffic early this morning.
Eleven plows operating under the d.
rection of Joseph CLANCY, district en-
gineer, cleared the Southern Maryland
roads.
According to reports which started
pouring into Chaney's office at o'clock
this morning, the Washington Marlboro
pike was open to two-way traffic, as was
the road from Hughesville to Point
Lookout. and the Annapolis Washing
ton highway.
The Southern Maryland pike was
open to one-way traffic at o'clock. The
road from Mount Zion to Solomons
Island is open.
The two big new snowplows with
rotary blades and pushing power of 8
tons saw action for the first time in to-
days snow, operating with Is other
plows under the supervision of District
Engineer G. K. Duncan. The Washing
ton Baltimore Boulevard was clear by
8 o'clock and the streets of Silver
Spring were clear at 9.
Two plows were at work on the Rock
vile pike. The road TO Ashton was be-
ing opened by way of Colesville and by
9 o'clock was clear as far as Four Cor
ners
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-21
MOTHERS TO UNITE
FOR NEW CLINIC
Arlington Women Will Confer
With Chamber Today on
District Demand.
BY LESTER N. INSKEEP,
staff Correspondent OF The Star.

CLARENDON. Va, February I'll
Organization of the Mothers Health
League, composed of all of the mothers
whose children have been treated at the
public health centers in Arlington
County since their establishment seven
years ago, will be the first step to be
taken at meeting Tuesday afternoon
in an attempt to force the Board of
County Supervisors to erect per-
manent clinic building III Arlington
district.
The meeting. to which the supervisors
have been invited as honored guests,
has been called by Mrs. Mary Morris
Lockwood, chairman of a special COM
mittee of the Organized Women Voters
and other Womens clubs in the county,
and will be held at the Women'S Club of
Ashton Heights beginning at , O'Clock
and ending at O'Clock.
Will Meet With Chamber.
Another important step in the plans
of the committee is their scheduled
appearance before the board of directors
Of the Arlington County Chamber of
Commerce this afternoon. They nave
said, and it is hoped that the chamber
as we'll as many other mems organiza-
tons may be enlisted in the fight.
Mrs. Lockwood and representatives
from 10 other Women'S organizations
appeared at meeting Of the board of
supervisors a month ago to urge a
permanent clinic building
The old building, which has been
rented by the Health Department for
the past several years. is to be torn
down and the occupants have been
notified TO move by April l.
Asks About Progress.
At the last meeting of the board
Mrs. Lockwood appeared and requested
report on the progress made. She
was told that no decision had been
made except that the county engineer,
C. l.. Kinnier, has located temporary
building.
The committee insists that both JEFF
ferson and Washington districts have
permanent buildings, owned by the
county, and that Arlington district. the
largest in the county, has been forced
to use ramshackle building. They
suggested that a building. which they
say van be constructed for approxi-
mately $1,000, be erected on a county
owned lot near the present structure.
In the notice of Tuesdays meeting.
Mrs Lockwood calls attention to the
fact that the board must give immediate
attention to the provision for the clinic,
since the budget is now in preparation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-21
MAN, NAMED BY BOY,
HELD IN ARSON CASE
Youth Sent Back to Reformatory
= Accused Faces Two Barn
Burning Charges.
Special Dispatch to The Star.


PURCELLVILLE, Va, February 21-
John Copeland, 16 years old, son of Mr.
and Mrs. David Copeland of near here,
was arrested yesterday on a charge OF
burning the barn of Lester Payne, on
the farm of Mrs. Rebecca Hoops, on the
night of January 1a.
Copeland who returned home from
the State Reformatory less than three
months ago, confessed, according to
Mayor Adams Of Purcellville, and said
the act was melted by Albert Aims
worth, who at the time was out on
$4,000 bond on a charge Of burning the
barn of Walter Simpson, dairyman. on
the night of December IL. Copeland
was turned over to Probation Officer
Harry Leslie and returned To the re-
1ormatory for an indefinite period.
Ainsworth was Immediately rearrest-
ed and is being held in jail here pend
xna q trial next Tuesday,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-21
PADDING" is CHARGED.
Bush Case Witness Says Son Did Not
IndOrse Checks

I BALTIMORE, February 81 (SpeciaD
Testimony designed to show the pay
ltolls of the State Roads Commission
were padded to permit the payment of
checks to straw men," and that checks
for one man were cashed year after
he had left the commissions employ
,ment, was introduced at the trial of
IT'urbitt E. Bush. former roads employe,
I'm Criminal Court yesterday.
Bush, indicted under SO counts is on
trial before Chief Judge Samuel K
Dennis.
The State is endeavoring to show
that he obtained approximately $500
by means of checks cashed for men who
were merely so many names on the
pay roll
Mrs. Anna M. Unberzagt of Cations
willie testified that her son, George
Kahler, had worked for the commission
for about a week in 1926. Checks made
out to him in 1927 we're shown.
John Lipins, who ran the State roads
filing station at Glenburnie, testified
that he had cashed between SO and rs
checks for Bush, many of them bearing
the names of Bowen. Bowers and
Smith" alleged straw men,"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-21
PLAN TO SOLVE POTOMAC
FLOOD PROBLEM URGED
Consulting Engineer Submits Pro-
posal for Check Dam and Gates
to Cumberland Council.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
CUMBERLAND, Md, February 2l.-
A solution of the Potomac River flood
problem at Cumberland is thought to
have been reached in the plan sub
mitted to the mayor and City Council
yesterday by Consulting Engineer Lean
der Schaidt. 1t calls for the extension
Of the Chesapeake g. Ohia Canal dam,
with installation of flood gates. The
plan has been approved in principle
and will be submitted to the engineers
of local industries, such as the Poto-
mac Edison Co., Kelly-Springfield Tire
Co. Celanese Corporation of America
and Western Maryland Railway.
Under the new plan the canal stone
dam in the Potomac River is not dis
turbed, but an additional concrete dam
with steel gates, is added or extended
on the West Virginia pier side of the
river in Ridgeley fer l02 feet. This
would give dam of SOP feet in length
Five l6-foot flood gates feet high
set in piers, will be installed.