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12 THE EVENING' STAR, WASHINGTON, D. Bill for “Arlington City” Defeated in Committee DELEGATIONS FAL ON INCORPORATION Smith’s Opposition to Meas- ure Brings Adverse Ac- { tion by Committees. STANDS UP FOR POTOMAC Against Town Losing Charter. Many Attend Hearing on Issue Held in Richmond. Special Dispateh to The Star. RICHMOND, Va., March 16.—The bill to incorporate the City of Arling- ton is dead. The death followed the discussion of the measure before a meeting of the senate and house committees on countles, citles and towns last night, when Delegate Charles Henry Smith of Alexandria city and Arlington county, arose and said that he had not before taken any position in the dispute and said that tho bill meant a repeal of the charter of the town of Potomac and that he had given his promise that he would not approve that. The town had Is- sued its bonds and made improve- ments and sold its bonds therefor. For that reason he asked that the bill be passed by indefinitely. Up to People. Mr. Smith said at the outset of the weting thal he understood an agree- cnt or a new proposition had bLeen made it was, and he deferred his definition ©of his position until the first speaker, former Senator Byars, had announced that all the people in the territory ot the county were to be allowed to pass on the guestion of being made into a city. Mr. Byars, representing the Clvic Federation of Arlington county, said that there were twenty-six square miles in the coun the popu- llation w. Square mile. The ha protested the incorporation until the amendment to allow the pcople to vote was made. There were twenty or more organizations supporting the propusition. He told of the needs of water. lights, sewers and police fire protection and did not think they could be He ‘said the population now is 20.000, and in ten years it will be 50,000 Supervi Sunpports B1 Thom hmut, cl «id that after a joint suj ors and the decided to bili. Some be opposed ring or De amended measuro He wa, ty su suppor claimed stiti Arkin, Toot of it to lewve the matter to the people R chairman ©f civle redeiation mitter, read U en the bre the al to to matier of incorporation d and a committee was Tae coun- he to after inatu nuaderation. He ration that im- be had and lec would con- to oita Judge Caton Dissents. Caion of EBraddock at e wanted to enter commun:ty, saying want to come in and merely to be let alone. He never had seen the bill before the comm he declared, thougn Le hud made desperate efforts to get one. 1t ixhts {ssent at it was stage that Delegate e announcement of po- ausing the advocates of the tion to ask for a fcw minutes nter. This was grant- tor Byars announced patron of the bill ha ponement of the meas- uie, they could oniy appear by con- scnt of the committee, and ask that it be considered. Poll 1o Be Mades Hugh Reed of Thrifton said he wa of the committee of the Clvic Federa- tion which had agreed to back the bill after a conference with the su- pervisors, and favored the eliminating the zones, and he wanted 10 take the sense of the voters this that as the asked for po summer on the proposition regardless | of the action of the committee. Maj. B. W. R. Ewing of Ballston sald that the position of Mr. Smith was a complete reversal of the prin- ciples and funflamentals of govern- jnent, in that he had allowed a small fraction of the people to direct him what Le must do for the 20,000 who demanded incorporation. He said he ired to regi: r his protest against such action as that taken by Mr. Dautles Enumerated. James R. Caton enumerated duties and requirements of a the first class, as would be in this instance. He unde ~ the measure had been with- drawn with a string to it He sald that the sparsely vettled parts of the county would rave to pay taxes for the support of the thickly settled sections = He believed that the bill, if enacted, would be uncon- atitutional, in that it would breacn the contracts and charter of the two towns already incorporated, and it might be in conflict with the fed- eral constitutional rights in that it abrogated contracts in repealing the charters of the towns without their consent. He spoke for Alexandria and Potomac, which stood on their constitutional rights, as Alexandria would be stopped in extending her|noon at 3:30 o'clock from the home ; ciate. borders as was provided under the oonstitution. Measure Postponed. Senator Oliver satd that in view of tho. declaration of Delegate Smith, who had asked that the matter be indefinitely postponed, he did not see that the committee could but grant such a request, as was usually the 56 when the patron of a measure ked it. Judge Caton deciared the super- visors could as easily provide the needs for the county as could a councll of five times their number. He admitted that conditions around Clarondon were congested, but those people had gone to court and had thefr day. He said the legislature might give the county a city name but that did not create a eity. Committees Act. Both committees held meetings later and agreed to pass the matter by_indefinitely. The bllls looking to_incorporation had been presented by Senator Oliver in the senate, and delegate Smith in the house and were identical. MASONS END MEETING. 186th Communication Is Adjourn- ed in Charleston. By the Associated Press. ARLESTON, 8. C, March 18 o Grand Lodge of Masons of South Carolina adjourned the 186th annual grand communication yester- day afternoon to meet here again next year. All officers were re-elect- ed_pnd installed. J, Campbeil Bissell of Charleston is grand master. Grand Master H. M. “Poteat of North Carolina was present and was received with full hoacrs, | that he did not know what | and | provided by a county. | airman of ; uncon- | one | He was willing | d | tdea of { Arrests Mayor’s Son; Fired; Then Acquit ' Officer Bpecial Dispatch to The Btar. ROANOKE, Va., March 16.—The night sergeant for the town of Vinton, a suburb of Roanoke, is again wielding his baton, chasing speeders and maintaining the peace and dignity of the community, after the town council, bv & vote of' 6 to 1, acquitted him of four charges preferred by Mayor J. H. Scott. The officer, 8. J. Garland, attempted to “clean up™ the vill and in doing so stirred up the proverbial hornet's nest A few days ago he arrested H. M. Scott, leading Lee street grocer, and son’ of the mayor. Scott was convicted in the police court on a charge of violating the prohibi- tion act. Since then the town has been under a strain. Officer Garland was suspended. IHe drank in public. had men and women In his Cadlillac sport car, speeded and neglected his duty, charged the mayor. Came the hearing and the officer was ex- onerated. 3 In the meantime Vinton politics is in a stew. GOV.TRINKLE UNDER: FIRE IN ASSEMBLY Asked Whether Deficit Exist- ed When Building Funds Were Solicited. ! the Assoclated Press. RICHMOND, Va., March 16.—Sena- tor Henry T. Wickham's demand for in- formation as to whether Gov. Trinkle has told individual legislators there was a deficit of more than $1,250,000 | when he solicited their consent for the expenditure of an additional $350,000 on the state office building, caused a storm in the senate of the general as- semb ssterday. The demand was made by Senator | Wickham during his fight for recom- mital of the Brewer bill, authorizing ‘the supplemental appropriation. The senate refused to recommit the bill by a vote of 18 to 13 and the measure wus | ent and third By iltion Short. Citing figures purporting to show that the estimated revenue for 1922 teil short $1,996.078.11 and con jverted a balance on March 1, 1922, of 9.549.81 Into a deficit at the end the year of $1,256,528.30, Senator Wickham declared “this deflcit had | come like a bolt from a clear sky.” The 1 deficit was brought 'l about, sald, by a decrcase of 1$1,114.674.92 in income taxes, $503 380’ {in' infangibles, $214,640.28 in liconses jznd $163,452.91 in taxes from public ice corporations ! or Walter G. Mapp of Ac- com defended the governor and the | i bullding commission. He expressed | a desire to have the entire office | {building imatter discussed fully on the floor of the senate, “in view of \the Inuendoes that have been in clr-‘ ‘(:ulflunn- regarding the contract and cxpenditures.” Road Measurcs Put Aside. » senate and house shoved e highway legislation yester- day and epent their time !n the con- {mderaticn and passage of a number ol local measures and in weeding out | miscollaneous bills on the two cal- | endars, DRUG PROBE ISMADE. ~ INMARYLAND CAMPS | By the Associated Press. ! { BALTIMORE. March 16—Investi- {gation of every federal hospital and ; | War Department camp in Maryland !s under way, according to Dr. R. B. Rhees. agent in charge of the nar- cotic division of the government in Maryland, to determine the source of tho alleged leak or leaks by which a Washington drug company, ralded Monday. was able to get its large supplies of narcotles. Dr. Rhees began on Camp Meade and will follow this up with a check of drug supplles at Camp Holabird, | the public health service at Perry- ville, Edgewood arsenal, Aberdeen proving grounds, Fort Howard and | Fort McHenry Hospital, The public health service at Washington has al- ready been investigated, but appar- ! ently, according to Dr. Rhees, every- thing there tallled up approximately with their supply lists. e WOOTTON FUNERAL. Man Found Dead in Bed to Be | Buried Tomorrow. | Special Dispateh to The Star, BLADENSBURG, Md.. March 16.— Funeral services for Willlam Turnor Wootton, twenty-five years old, son! of Willlam H. and Mrs. Ella Wootton ' of Baltimore, and a resident of this' place. who was found dead in bed at the home of a friend in Webster street, Washington, early yesterday morning, will be heid Saturday after. | i iof his aunt, Mrs. Cora Moal, 1512 Linden avenue, Baitimore. Interment will be in Druld Ridge cemetery. Mr. Wootton, who was the note teller of the Federal American Bank, Washington, was stopping with & friend in Washington during a V(l“l of his wife to his parents in Balti: ! more. His wife who was Miss Agnes | J. Duckett, daughter of Marion and ! the late Mrs. Gabriella Duckett of this | place, survives him, with two chil- dren. According to the death cer- tificate, Mr. Wootton died from an attack of grip. e GIRL KILLED BY LOG. Rolls From Woodpile and Crushes T Her Head. By the Associated Press. STAUNTON, Va., March 16.—Seve: year-old Hazel Ryan was killed when a log rolled from a woodpile at her father's home and crushed her head. The fittle girl was playing about the waodpile while her small brother was cutting wood. SLASHES OWN THROAT. ‘Woman in Critical Condition After Suicide Attempt. By the Associated Press. . STAUNTON, Va., March 16.—Armed with ‘a mirror, a rocking chafmand a butcher knife and taking advantage of her husband’s abserce from home, Mrs. Noah J. Boyers, forty-five, attempted suicide at her home here. - TS foun er in the woodshed, her throat slashed from ear™to -eer: Her condition Is critical. . 1$100,000 !samples of | institution true. Miller's charge ’Rev. J. R. Cavileer, pastor, will off TOASKBLOODTEST IN $130.000 SUITS Will Request Bethesda Coal Merchant to Submit to Examination. CHILD TO UNDERGO TEST Move Made in Effort to Establish Parentage of Miss Decker’s Girl Babe. Speclal Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md, March 16— Charles F. Miller, wealthy coal mer- chant at Bethesda, who is being sued in the circuit court here by Eimer G. Decker, of Washington, and his daughter, Miss Jeanctte Frances Decker, aged elghteen years, who claim damages in the amounts of and $50,000, respectively, charging that Miller seduced the girl while she was employed in his office at Bethesda, will, according to At- torney John A. Garraett, who repre- sents both plaintiffs. be asked to submit to a blood test with a view | to determining in that way whether he is the father of the girl baby born to Miss Decker at a sanitarium near | Rockville early Wednesday morning. To Make Formal Request. Attorney Garrett will sugiest that blood of both Miller and the baby be sent to Johns Hop kins Hospltal, Baltimore, for an ex- | amination, The formal request will, Mr. Garrett stated today, be made within the next few days When his attention was called to the alleged statement of Miller that the suits of Decker and his daughter ! are nothlng more than blackmail,” Attorney Garrett “Miss Decker tells me that after A ler became aware of her condition he suggested that she sec a certain phy- | siclan_and_actually met her at the doctor's office. He later, so she has told me, made arrangements for her | to enter the sanitarium where she Is now a patient and accompanied her there when she was admitted. He | also, 50 my client informs me, hes contributed considerable ward defraying 1 ¢ of blackmall ‘pure rot. Trial in November. | Although the circuit court for the county convenes here next Monday, | the suits againet Miller cannot be tried at that term, as they were | filed too late. They will, however, | be docketed for trial at the Novem- | ber term of court. COMPANY F LAUNCHES RECRUITING CAMPAIGN; Drive Being Made Through Ber- wyn, Branchville, Riverdale and Mount Rainier. ! Special Dispatch to Tho 5 | HYATTSVILLE, Md., March 16.—An | intensive recruiting campaign has just been launched by Company F. st Infantry, Maryland Guard, of this place. The personnel of Company F, regarded as'one of the crack military outfits of the state guard, embraces men from Prince, Georges, Howard and Charles coun- | tles and a number from Washington. | Banquet to Be Held. The campaign will be concluded March 27 with a banquet in the arm- ory here, when cups and medals awarded the company during the year | A. Brown, Harry E. Lusby, Robert H.|0f this number all except four were will be presented, along with marks- manship badges’ won by the indl- | vidual members. The banquet will be served by the company’s ladies’ aux- llary. Recruiting partfes are now canvass ing Berwyn, Eranchville, Riverdale and Mount Rainler, and reports to! date Indicate that a substantial num |ber of new members will be obtained | trom these sections. | New Men Enlisted. i Capt. John N. Brooks, commanding | Company F, announces the enlistment | alnce the drive began of the follow- | ing: Horace E. Snowden and Emmett D. Dowden of Riverdale, William Charles Soules, Rufus H. Vincent, Bell Patrick McFarland, Paul Nelson and | Philip McAleer of Hyattsville and, Earl Dixon of Washington. The Non-Commissioned Officers’ Club of Company F has just chosen these officers: Sergt. Frank W. Rich- ard, president; First Sergt. E. D. Mad- dox, vice president; Sergt. Wistar M. | Parrish, secretary; Sergt. Albert G.| McClay, treasurer. Plans are belng made for a big dance Easter Monday evening in the armory here, under the direction of | the club. { Frederick Dodson Dies. Frederick Dodson, sixty years old, dled late Wednesday afternoon at his home, near Seabrooke, Prince Georges county, ag the result of a paralytic stroke suffered a month ago. He is survived by his widow, who, before her marriage, was a Miss Boteler of the well-know Boteler family of upperi Prince Georges county. Funeral will take place Saturday from his late residence, and intérment will be In Perkins’ Chapel cemetery, near Spring- fleld. Rev. F. F. Neel, pastor of the Laure] M. E. Church South, and Rev. J. R._Cavileer, pastor of Whitfleld M. E. Church South, Lanham, will offi- Mrs. Waters Dead. Mrs. Myrtle Waters, wife of Otto Waters, died Thursday morning at her home, Lanham station, Prince Georges county, aged forty-five years, of pneumonia. after a week's filness. Besides her husband she is survived by seven children, the eldest of whom 18 twenty-two, and the voungest, four years old. Funeral sorvices will be held from Whitfield Church, and in- terment made in the church cemetery. clate. Mrs. Mary 1. Lewis, wife of Joseph ¥. Lewls, died late Wednesday night at her home, on Sibley avenue here, aged fifty-two years, of paralysia Deceased 19 survived by her husband. Funeral services will be held Satur- day momlng from Gasch's undertak- ing establishing here, and interment made in Fort Lincoln cemetery. Rev. Charles L. Monroe, rector of St Mat- thew's parish, will officlate. COMPLETING NEW SCHOOL Furnace Now Installed in Berwyn Heights Building. Speclal Dispatch to The Star. BERWYN HEIGHTS, Md., March 16. —Installation of a furnace in the new school at Berwyn Heights is practi- cally completed, it is announced by Dr. and Mrs. M. L. Turner of the Home and School Association, which expects the new school to be the best of its sise In the count ‘Women of the clatlon . have evinced special interest in the com- pletion of the institution according to | most modern plans. In a recent con- ference at the home of Dr. and Mrs. %&h women had the counsel an 88 of the county superintend- ent and Mrs. Nicholas Orem. |Mrs. J. 1L | Brown, Jailed by Wife Bpecial Dispateh to The Star. CUMBERLAND, Md., March 16.— Shortly after his arrival in Cum- berland with his wife's body from Pittsburgh late yesterday after- noon Wayne B. Cessna was ar- rested on the strest by Sheriff Peter McFarland at the instance of his first wife for fallure to pay allmony and was lodged in Jjail His first wife was Miss Plerce of Mount Savage, Md. who had obtained a ‘divorce last summer, Swallows Poison After Visit to Mother’s Grave Spectal Dispatch to The Star. WINCHESTER, Va., March 16.— A pint of poison used as weed killer in Mount Hebron cemetery at Steph- enson, five miles north of this cit: proved fatal to Clark A. McAvoy, twenty-two years old, who dled in & hospital here yvesterday. Supt. J. H. Brumbaugh, of the cemetery, found the young man groaning in the tool house. McAvoy sald that he had taken the liquid by mistake, thinking it was clder. Em- ployes of the cemetery, however, sald they had seen the young man go to the’ grave of his mother. where he spent gome time before going to the tool house. These employes declared he seemed depressed while at the grave of his mother, which he was known to have visited frequently. He was brought to a hospital here where he dies McAvoy was well known in Steph- enscn, was an unusually handsome YOung man. Since his mothers death. two years ago, however, townspeople said he had seemed to pine away, and had been uncon- solable. WOMAN DRIVER REPEATS OFFENSE GOING TO COURT Specinl Dapateh to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md.. March 16.—When Sears of Washington was ed at Chevy Chase a few days | ag0 by Motor Cycle Policeman Leroy Redgers, on charges of not having (Maryland markers on her automobile |and with having no Maryland oper- ator rd, she deposited collateral or her appearance in the police court here vesterday for trial. She kept her engagement with the court. but agein was minus the mark- rs and operator's card, and the harges against her were duplicated, and another charge of having no title to the car was preferred against her. In the five cases she was required to pay fines and costs aggregating $68. JURORS ARE SELECTED FOR MARLBORO COURT Spring Term of Seventh Judicial Circuit Will Open First Mon- day in April. Special Dispatch to The &t UPPER MARLBORO, Md., March 16. —Assoctate Justice Flilmore Beall of the seventh judiclal circuit has select- ed these jurors to serve at the spring term of the circult court which con- venes here the first Monday in April, the grand jury and the first week's petit jury to be chosen from the fol- lowing: Henry H. Sasscer, jr., foreman of the grand jury; Irvin L. Miller, Albert J. Firestine, Henry H. Talbert, Oden L. Beall, Thomas G. Berry, Willlam A. Darcy., Harry W. Townshend, Henry B. Contee, Ernest A, Loveless, James Bell, W. Wesley Beall, John Ber- berich, John F. Wilson, Benjamin H. Brouner, Harry Hagan, Lyman J. Laughton, Elmore Power, Rider L. Smallwood, Mark Kiernan. Oakley D. Jowell, Hugh O'Nelll, William H. Talbott, R. Hugh Perrie, William R. Dyer, Willlam C. Corneil, Robert E. Nelson, Charles L. Turner, Millard O. Ogden, P. E. Noel Nichels, Charles S. Sarly, Nathaniel E. Hungerford, Her- bert Stmpson, Willlam Brickerd, Wil- ltam H. Marr, Wallace M. Dixon, Victor E. Violland, Willlam E. Car- rick, Claude Warren, Charles 8. | Coomes, George G. Gaylor Johm Db.|G30V. Westmoreland Davis for alleged Smith, Charles J. Obold, Louls Griffith, Leznder Brocks and George T. Under- wood. Second week's petit jury: Milton R. Ryon, W. Seton Belt, Willlam H. ‘Watson, Philip G. Miller, Harry Orme, Clarence S. Soper, James O. Monroe, John W. Brady, Robert H. Smith, Frederick Binger, Lemuel L. Gray, William H. Vanneman, Joseph Q. Tarman, Aaron Gordon, W.. Harper Beckett, Walter R. Harr, Hyman James R. Ridgeley, Oden Wickham, Willlam B. Morgan, Victor E. Baldwin, J. Franklin Peach, Bryon Chichester and W. E. Penn. FIREMEN ARE PRAISED. Across River Departments Thank- ed for Fort Myer Work. Acting Secretary Davis of the War Department has written letters to the chiefs of the fire departments at Ball- ston, Lyon Park and Clarenion, Va., expressing his “sincere appreciation and thanks for the prompt and efB- clent service” rendered by those or- ganizations at tho fire at Fort Myer, Va., March 9. CONVICTED OF ARSON. Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICK, Md. March 16— Frank Slifer, aged twenty-four years, was_convicted by a jury of burning the barn of Garfield Crone, near Mid- dletown, while Crone and his family were visiting neighbors, Slifer was arrested a few days after the fire, following an_investigation by State Fire Marshal Percy and De- tective Thomas Dougherty, Baltimore. Siifer, officials said, confessed on the night’of his arrest. At the trial Slifér sald the officers “lied on” him. Sentence has been de- ferred. il Bl Read About With the News of the World If you live in Maryland or the Virginias and news happens, THE EVENING STAR will publish it on this state page, the latest feature. All the News No. 1 While Burying No. 2; Funeral Held Up the court fixing 380 & month ali- mony. Cessna, it s alleged, left the state and did not comply with the order of the court. His second wife was Mrs. Re- beoca Burns, who had been named by wife No. 1 {n the divorce pro- caedings. The sult attracted con- siderable attention. Cessna Is prominent in the Masonic fra- ternity. The funeral arrangements are being held up pending a move on the part of relatives to procure his release from jail. The charge also carries contempt of oourt. VIRGINIANS TAKE CATTLE AWARDS Annual Convention of Breed- ers Comes to Close in Roanoke. Special Diapateh to The Star. ROANOKE, Va. March 16.—Selec- | tion of Bainbridge, Ga., for the next meeting, electlon of officers and auc- tion sale and the reports of the reso- lutions committee brought the an- nual meeting of the Southern Cattle- men's Assoclation to & close here yes- terday afternoon. Dr. Tait Butler of Memphis, Tenn, was re-elected president of the asso- ciation and M. P. Jarnigan of Athens, Ga., was elected secretary-treasurer, succeeding J. P. Keen of Blacksburg, | Va. List of Vice Presidents. Each of twelve southern states em- braced by the assoctation is repre- sented by a vice president. These officers are: J.T. Stokeley, Alabama J. D. Eldridge, Arkansas: C. H. Wil® loughby, Florida; B. A. Thomas, Ken- | tucky; Comfort H. Compere Roose- velt. La.; J. M. Aldrich, Mississippi: T. P. Martin, jr. Oklahoma; W. J. Sheeley, South Carolina; T. Gil-' bert Wood, Roanoke, Va.; J. F. Jack- #son, Georgla; T. L. Gwy. North Car- olina, and A. R. Bwan, North Carolina. No ‘legislative resolutions were re- ported. Those adopted were of a congratulatory and appreclative na- ture. Awards Made. Prof. W. H. Pew of Ravenna, Ohio, was judge of the cattle. The awards for bulls were made as follows: Calved between September 1, 1919, and January 1, 1921—First, Law & Roberts, Jane Lew, W. Va. and sec- ond. Byers Brothers, Harrisonburg, a. Calved after January 1, 1921—First E. H. Taylor, Frankfort, Ky.: second, A. J. Alexander, Spring Station, Ky. third, Senator J. N. Camden, Ver sailles, Ky.; fourth, Robert Orr, Dry en, and fifth, Byers Brothers, Har- risonburg. Law & Roberts’ entry recelved the award for the grand champion bulll and E. H. Taylor's entry was ad- judged the reserve champion bull. Female Awards. The femalo awards were as follows: Helfers calved between September | 1, 1930, and September 1, 1921—First | and second, Senator J.'N. Camden, | Versallles, Ky.; third, E. H. Taylor, Frankfort, Ky.: fourth, Law & Rob- | erts; fifth Robert S. Orr; sixth, Law & Roberts, and seventh, Byers Broth- ers. |, Helfers calved after September 1,: 1921—First, Senator Camden; second, A.J. A. Alexander; third, Law & Rob- erts: fourth, Byers Brothers; fifth, E. H. Taylor, and sixth, Robert §. Orr. Both the grand and reserve.cham- plon female awards were taken by entries conslgned by Senator Camden. Thitry-four animals were sold, and purchased by Virginians. Thrae of ! the animals will go to West Virginia and one to Delaware. GIRL WHO SUED EX-GOV. _ DAVIS MARRIES DOCTOR Special Ditpatch to The Star. CULPEPER, Va, March 16.—Miss Helen King, the recent pleintiff in a | successful damage sult against former $33388888882888838888888888¢ Injuries sustained {n an automobile col- lislon, was married here to Dr. Pow- hatan Kelly, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wright | Kelly of this place. The ceremony took , lace at the home of the bride’s mother, rs. C. A. King. The dbride, who is a lovely girl of the purest blonde type, wore a costume suit of sllver gray, with corsage of orchids. She was attended by Miss Barton Jef- tries of Norfolk as maid of honor and | Alec Kelly of Culpeper was best man. [ ARTHUR WILLIAMS DIES. Cashier of Kensington Bank Passes Away Suddenly. Spectal Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., March 16—, Arthur Willlams, cashier of the Ken- | sington Bank, formerly sheriff of this | county for two terms and one of the county's most widely known citizens, died shortly after 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon at him home at Kensington, aged about sixty-nine years. He was stricken while in the gen- eral store of J. W. Hopkins, near his home, and his death. which was due | to apoplexy, occurred two hours later. Burviving him are his wife. formerly a Miss Dawson of this county, and a son, John T. Williams of Kensington, who {8 engaged in the real estate and | insurance business in Washington. He was the father of the late State Sena. tor J. Dawson Willlams of this coun. ty. The funeral will be held Sunday morning at 10 o'clock from the family residence. Mr. Willlams was a native of Pooles. wville district, and for many years was engaged in farming there. About fif- teen or more years ago he took up his residence at Kensington, where for a number of years he conducted a gen- eral store. A few months ago he was made cashier of the Kensington Bank. He was a director of the Farmer: Banking and Trust Company of Rock- Your Town Is Printed in The Evening Star Place Order With Your Newsdealer X T T o YRR A S SEEEIseeeTttssssssssssssssssesesesetLeisssLsssssssssss O, FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1923. - Maryland and Virginia News TO FORM K. C. COUNCIL.' Speeial Dispatch to The Star. CLARENDON, Va., March 16.--The state deputy. of the Knights of Co- lumbus for Virginta will visit Claren- 0Z. 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