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COUNTY CIVIC WEEK
WE EXTENDED
Arlington Campaign for $15,-
000 Will Come to Close
on Tuesday.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
CLARENDON, Va., December 15.
The budget drive of the Arlington
County Chamber of Commerce, sched
uled to come to a close tonight, as the
concluding feature of “civic week,'’
'■sponsored by the chamber to stimulate
a greater interest among the citizens
and business interests in activities of
the organization and problems con-,
fronting the county, will. be continued'
through Tuesday, it was announced at
a dinner meeting here tonight, when
budget teams reported a total of $10,295
in subscriptions.
While $15,000 had been set as the
chamber’s budget goal for the week,
Daniel E. Weigle, community organizer
of Philadelphia, engaged to conduct the
drive, and Clarence R. Ahalt, president
of the local trade body, expressed them
selves as gratified at the showing made
to date, and confident that a little more
effort the next three days will put the
project well over the top.
“One of the most pleasing things
• about the whole drive,” Mr. Ahalt de
clared, “is that the budget is not only
assured but the chamber gains much
Zin the way of new members. About
50 per cent of the amount raised comes
in the form of membership dues, and
this is a good indication that the
people are alive to the need of a strong
chamber of commerce in the county.”
Hope of leaders of the drive that the
budget will be reached if not exceeded
is based on the fact that only about
*25 per cent of those on the prospect
list were visited by the team workers.
Twenty-five out of 150 Washington
merchants on the list, it was reported,
•responded generously to the appeal and
the others will be visited before the
drive closes.
All of the Washington merchants
..’listed for a subscription are said to be
vitally interested in the development of
Arlington County, due to the proximity
of the county and the city and the
, benefit they receive through patronage
,jOf Arlington County citizens.
Four of the 20 teams working in the
drive were still out tonight, and their
which probably will be made
Monday, are expected to add much to
the total.
Announcement was made that the
would sponsor a program
Christmas eve in celebration of the re
-opening of Lee Highway, which has
rbeen partially closed for several weeks
for widening and reconstruction from
Rosslvn to Cherrydale.
RUSSELLKENTHEADS
NATIONAL PRESS CLUB
Correspondent Is Elected Presi
dent, Without Opposition, to
Succeed J. F. Essary.
„ Russell Kent, Washington corre
-spondent of the Birmingham, Ala., News
‘and Age-Herald, and the Chattanooga,
Term., Times, was named president of
A the National Press Club at its annual
election last night. He was unopposed
lor the office and will succeed J. Fred
Kssary of the Baltimore Sun.
■ Other officers elected are, Edgar
Markham. St. Paul Dispatch and
Pioneer Press, vice president; W. H.
Atkins, Atkins News Service, secretary;
jClliott l. Thurston, New York World,
treasurer, and William C. Murphy, jr.,
“United States Daily, Washington, finan
cial secretary.
Kirke L. Simpson, the Associated
Press; Eugene S. Leggett, Detroit Free
Press, and Theodore A. Huntley, Pitts
burgh Post-Gazette, were named mem
bers of the board of governors,
Mr. Kent, the new president, also is
.connected with the Fairchild Publica
tions of New York and is a contributor
to the Consolidated Press Association.
•Before coming to Washington, he
Served in various capacities on news
papers in the South and on the staff
of the old Sun in New York. Mr. Kent
•has been managing editor of the New
Orleans Times-Picayune, the Memphis
News-Scimitar and the KnoxviUe
journal.
Prior to the election last night, he
was vice president of the Press Club
;and had been chairman of the house
■committee for the last three years.
M. C. ELLIOTT FUNERAL
WILL BE HELD TODAY
•Cons of Revolution Committee Will
Attend Services at Residence
at 10 O’clock.
A committee of Sons of the Revolu
tion, headed by Chief Justice McCoy of
the District Supreme Court, and other
persons of prominence in Government
circles will attend the funeral service
■at 10 o’clock this morning for Milton
Courtright Elliott at the residence,
2209 Massachusetts avenue. Mr. Elliott
<lied Friday night, after a short illness.
He was an attorney and former counsel
to the controller of the curemcy and to
Several other Government agencies.
Rev. Dr. Robert Johnston, rector of
6t. John’s Episcopal Church, will offi
ciate. Interment will be in Hollywool
Cemetery, Richmond, where Rev. Bev
erly Tucker will conduct the services at
bhe grave.
The committee of the Sons of the
Revolution, besides Justice McCoy,
named to attend the services here con
sists of Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson,
Brig. Gen. George Richards, U. S. M. C.;
Clarence A. Aspinwall, H. Ralph Bur
ton, Hampson Gary, Richard W. Hyn
son, Dr. A. Camp Stanley and Charles
V. Wheeler. The committee was se
lected by Representative James M.
■Beck, president of the local chapter, of
which Mr. Elliott was a member.
GAS FROM BREAK IN MAIN
SENDS NINE TO HOSPITAL
An entire family of colored people
and their next-door neighbor were
treated at Emergency Hospital last
•flight for gas poisoning, resulting from
a break in a gas main in front of their
homes at 1341 and 1345 First street
“northeast.
Edmonia Luckett, 39 years old, of
1341 First street was alone at home
when she began to notice the gas. At
1345 First street Herman and Jane
Darden, both 30 years old; their four
children, the oldest 8 years old; Ellen
•Battle, 25 years old, and Lilly Taylor,
'l9 years old, were made ill by the gas.
All the sufferers were taken to the
hospital in Darden’s car. After treat
* fnent they returned to their homes.
Vote Favors Merger.
CHICAGO, December 15 04 s).—For
jnal recommendation of the announced
»plan for consolidating the Union Trust
Co. and the First National Bank of Chi
cago was voted by directors of the Union
Trust Co. The regular dividend of 3
per cent was voted with an extra cash
dividend of 4 per cent. Three distri
butions brought the total dividend pay
ments for the year to 18 per cent, be
dsides the rights granted in October to
subscribe to $1,000,000 in capital stock
at S4OO a share, compared with the
present market value of SI,OOO.
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STATE LINE PROTECTED, j
North Carolina Governor Tells Of
ficers to Watch Markers.
RALEIGH, N. C„ December 15.
Gov. A. W. McLean today Issued a
proclamation, calling upon officers of
the counties along the North Carolina-
South Carolina boundary line to arrest
any person Interfering with markers
on the line and offering SSOO reward
for the arrest and conviction of any
one on this charge.
The proclamation was the result, the
governor said, of a report that one of
the markers on the recently surveyed
line had been dug up and reset.
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HESSE PLANS NEW
POLICING SYSTEM
Would Get Officers From
Other Cities for Service
During Inauguration.
Preparations for policing the city
during the approaching inaugural
period will be started by MaJ. Edwin B.
Hesse, chief of police, and hia several
assistants as soon as the inaugural
committee definitely determines what
Is to be done and gives officials an Idea
as to the approximate number of visi
tors expected. No matter what conclu
sion the committee reaches, it is stated.
Congress unquestionably will be asked
to appropriate money to afford the city
extra protection.
It Is considered almost certain that
methods employed during many past
inaugural ceremonies will not be fol- 1
lowed at the approaching ceremonial.
Heretofore It was the custom to appoint
several hundred special policemen for
duty both In the business section and
outlying districts, such persons per
forming duty in civilian attire. Mai
Hesse does not believe such men meant
a great deal In the matter of protecting
the city, it is stated, and money will not
be spent for such service during the
period when Herbert Hoover is in
augurated.
Officials of the department are said
to frown upon any move that Is in
tended to “plaster” persons in civilian
attire with shields of the department.
Heretofore members of the commit
tees on public order serving at Inau
gurals have been commissioned special
policemen, and the sight of such per
sons, so equipped, along the line of
: march is said to have provoked unfa
vorable criticism on the part of visitors.
It is probable that members of thLs
committee serving during the coming
inaugural period will be given ribbons
or other designations to show they are
members of the committee.
It is more than likely that Maj.
He v se will ask Congress to make pro
vision for the employment of approxi
mately 300 uniformed policemen from
other jurisdictions. Such men would
be drawn from cities in the East.
Provisions will be asked for the em
ployment of a corps of detectives from
other cities, plainclothes men who are
familiar with notorious crooks. This
force, with the sanction of Congress,
will be made up of men from all sec
tions of the country. .
Bridgewater, Va., Woman Dies.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
STAUNTON. Va.. December 15.—Miss i
Virginia Miller, 65 years old, died at
her home in Bridgewater. Thursday at
4 p.m.. following an illness of three
months. She was a daughter of the late
John C. Miller. In late years she spent
part of her time in Roanoke.
FRANCE GIVE MEDALS
TO 2 DISTRICT WOMEN
“Conspicuous Contributions to Ad
vancement of Nursing Profession"
Win Government Awards.
I Two Washington women. Maj. Julia
| C. Stimson, superintendent of the Army
| Nurse Coips. and Miss Clara D Noyes,
i national director of nursing service.
American Red Cross, have been awarded
the Medaille d’Hvgiene Publique medal
by the French government for con
spicuous contributions to the advance
ment of the nursing profession.” it was
announced yesterday through the New
York office of the American Hospital in
Paris. Two other recipients at this
honor were Annie W. Goodrich, director
of the School of Nursing at Yale Uni
versity, and Anna Caroline Maxwell.
Due to the Illness of Miss Maxwell
ceremonies which yesterday were to
have marked the presentation of the
awards at New' York City were called
1 off. The medals and citations were.
brought to America by special mes
-1 senger from the French government at
Paris but the formal exercises were
delayed pending the recovery of Miss
Maxwell.
In the first eight months of 1928 air
n'anes and parts exported from the
i United States totaled more than $2,606,-
i 000 as compared with $1,010,000 during
I the same period of 1927.