Evening Star Newspaper, August 6, 1923, Page 11

AN SHOOTS SELF | IN POTOMAC PARK Policeman Fails in Struggle ! With Suicide Believed to Be F. H. Adant. A man. believed to' be F. H. Adant, about fobty 'years old, said to be & former service man, shot himself twice through the heart beneath the trees at 15th and B streets northwest shortly after 1 o'clock this afternoon. He, was taken to Emergency Hos- ‘pital, but was dead upon arrival. Séking the man pull a revolver from his' pocket, Park Polceman W. J. Davidson started toward him. The man fired into the ground. “What did you do that for? ~ the policeman, rushing up. The man made no reply, but lifted Ahe revolver to his heart. Davidson closed with him, ‘attempting to selze the revolver The man pulled the trigger once, while Davidson struggled with him, and yet again fired. a bullet going through his heart, before the police- man could wrest' the weapon from iim. asked Identity Is Sought, Detectives this afternoon are iden- tifying at Union ion a baggage check which the man had in his pocket. He wore a pepper-and suit. From letters upon his person he is believed to be . H.”Adant. In his pockets were found a gold wateh, @ ring in the shape of a woman's head, set with diamonds; a bunch of keys, $600 in travelers' checks and $10 in cash. - FLYER HERE TOAID WORLD AR FLIGHT sta . Lieut. Crumrine Awaits Per- mission of Foreign Nations to Map Route. E. Dayton, Lieut. Clarence Crumrine of Mc- Cook Ficld Ohio. one of the two officers :élected by the air foe to map a course around the world, Dreparatory to a clreumnavigation of the globe by Army fiyers. arrived in Washington today for a conference with air service officials, before he feaves on his path-finding trip some- time next week. Permission for Lieut. Crumrine to visit Iceland has been rcceived by the United States government, and authority for his trip into Greenland, Faroe Islands, England, France and Italy is expec a4~ momentarily. Pending the ar- val of that. however. Lieut. Crum- rine will remain in Washington He plans to sail from New York and g0 direct to England. FKrom there he will go to Denmark and up into Ice- fand and Gr nd. and also will give much_consideration to the Faroe Islands, Upon his return to Denmark, Lieut. mrine will select a route of travel for the American planes through crance..and Ttaly and then will re- turn home. It is planned at present, > have the American planes fly to Furope by way of Greenland and Ice- + land. but if it is found that average weather conditions are unsuitable, a direct hop across the Atlantic ocean will be made. Liout. Clifford C. Nutt, now in the Philippines, the other officer chosen, to map out the orient, will not begin his work for a few weeks it was learned today. His duties are to decide on a route or airway from China to Japan, the Kurile Islands and to the Aleutian Tsdands. Permission for him to visit these countries also must be received. Upon the conclusion of their trips the officers will make a formal report and recommendations, and their route be chosen. other officers will establish temporary airdromes along the route and arrange for dis- tribution of supplies, parts, motors and other equipment. The object of the air service in attempting the globular flight is not to establish a speed record. but to accomplish what two other European countrics have led to do. Hence. every detail is heing slowly worked out, and no ex- peditious methods are followed The type of plane to be used on the route is still being considered, and no definite conclusion has been reached. It was stated today that this decision probably will not he made until Oc- tober or later. VIRGINIA HAS BIG INCREASE IN AUTOS * Touring Car Licenses Up to July 27 This Year 171,587, Gov- ernor Informed. Epecial Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, V. August 6. —Com- plying with a reguest for information regarding the number of automobile lcenses issued in Virginia, James M. Haves, jr.. of the office of the secre- tary of the commonwealth has fur- mnished figures to Gov. Trinkle show- ing up to July 27, this year, the fol- lowing records: Touring cars, 171,587, increase, 25,020: trucks, 25,609, in- crease, 2.385; convertible, 2,776, in- crease, 1,401; motor cycles, 1,583; chauffuer, 875; sidecars, 52 deal- ers, 3,180% trailers, 251 The items illustrate the growth of the automobile business in Virginia, with its correlative benefit to the state. The revenue from the sale of auto licenses for 1922 was approximately 2,500,000, The: estimated revenue from this seurce for 1923 will be £3,000,000. From June 27 to July 1 . there was collected from the gas tax £35,000, with many of the retail dealers still to be heard from. it is estimated. with the above collection as a basis, that Tevenue to the.state from gas alone wil total not less than $3.000,000 for 1923. J. L. CUSTER DROWNED SWIMMING IN RIVER Joseph L. Custer, thirty vears old, 2214 I street, was drowned while swimming 4n the river between Fart Foote and River View, Md., yesterday afternoon. Custer aocompanied. a number of friends on a motor boat trip to a point some distance below Alexan- dria yesterday, and while several members of the party were swim- ming he suddenly disappeared be- neath the surface of the water. Friends made unsuccessful to rescue him and later failed in a search for the body. Custer was a splendid swimmer, it is stated, and friends think the accident resulted from cramps. James W. Orme, one of his employes, today accompanied police o[tfl;_h;‘ harbor to the scene, v terncon are dragging TRIGI < e e+ PR salt | should ; efforts | Leap From Auto Saves Party Stuck In Front of Train Special Dispatch to The Star. OAKLAND, Md., August 6.—D. E. Offutt and party of this place, to escape from being struck by a train when their automobile stall- ed on a Baltimore and Ohio rail- road crossing. near Deer Park, abandoned the machine just as the train bore down on them. It was struck by the engine and demolished. The crossing .is higher than the road and to make the crossing Mr. Offutt placed his machine in low gear, but the car &ot on the west-bound track when the engine refused to work. In the party were several friends of Mr. Offutt's, who were stopping at the Deer Park Hotel. | FUNERAL OFFERS " SCHOOL PROBLEN Summer Courses Require 30 i Days, Which Prevents Dis- \ missal During This Week. District school authorities are | planning to allow the 5,000 summer | school students to observe as closely {as possible the order of the Comm [ sioners 1o « all municipal gov- jernment business from Tuesday noon until Saturday morning in respect for President Harding, was pointed out secretary by Harry 0. of-the board of edu- cation, that unless the summer school students complete. their thirty-day course by the end of the week, school officlals will not be able io grant them the certificates which 1equire that a thirty-d. e be com- pleted Ordinari the period would have ended Friday As the outcome of a conference be- tween Assistant Superintendent of Schools Stuart, W. B. Patterson, di- rector. and ‘Dr. W. S. Montgome: assistant director of summer hoe the following program has bhs ar. ranged, which will allow the students to_end their course by Saturda 00ls will be closed tomorrow afternoon, Wednesday morning, Thurs- day afternoon and all day Friday. The time lost will be made up by extra sessions Saturday. It was point- cd out that because many of the teachers, pupils and parents had plan- wed their vacations to begin Sunday jor Monday it would have Lcen im- possible to extend the classes | next week. o Many Aim at College. {,, Many students are depending upon the certificates acquired during this Summer course as the meaas for their entrance to college this fall, while others are working for advancement in grades and for the gaining of jeredits due to failure last yoar. I Due to the absence of the president jand vice 1education president of the board of 1 from th city the plans were submitted to James T. Lloyd, acting president of “the board. who jexpressed his opinion that he thought {it wise not to let the students lose {their certificates by only being able jto complete twenty-seven days of !work, instead of thirt T \DETECTIVE SHOOTS ! NEGRO IN FLIGHT —— {Wounded Man Collapses ! Climbing Over High Fence. After Detective F. L. Arrington of No. 3 precinct, summoned to 26th and D streets northwest this afternoon t neighbors complaining that a colored man there was threatening to shoot j somebody, found the man brandishing a revolver, chased him from the D street house to New Hampshire avenue northwest, and, after grapling with him, shot him through the thigh. Wounded, the man said to be Clarence Jones, alias Clarence French, twenty- two vears old, of 2§10 Olive avenue, ran through a house at 824 New Hamp- shire avenue, -climbed a high board scious in a pile of rubbish and broken bottles behind the fence. He was found there by the de- tective and rushed to Emergency Hospital. He has not been identified The detectlve said that when he started to arrest the colored man the fugitive dealt him two .blows, one on ecah side of the head. He pulled jout his revolver as the colored man was reaching for his. He said he had arrested the man before. but did jnot remember him. —_— |CANTRILL LEADING KENTUCKY PRIMARY l}las 12,500 Advantage in Guberna- torial Race, With Twelve Counties Missing. By the Associated Press. LOUISVILLE, Ky.. August 6.—With twelve counties missing, incomplete unofficial returns in the democratic primary of Saturday give J. Camp- bell Cantrill a lead of 12,500 over Al- ben W. Barkley, in the race for the gubernatorial nomination. The tal vote was extremely light. Inability to obtain complete returns from the mountain districts of the southern part of the state make it impossible to give the exact ma- jority of Mr. Cantril]. A ‘statement from Joseph W. Mor- ris, Cantrill's campaign manager, last night indicated their forces were as- sured of victory, although he did not glve any figures, and were preparing their organization for the race in the fall for the governorship. ..Blwood Hamilton, chief of the Bark- 1éy organization, ecxpressed optimism over late reports received by his head- iiienea and sald the race was a stand- of Neither Barkley nor Cantrill would issue a statement last night. to- into | as prescribed. | fence in the rear and dropped uncon- | " THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, KEPNER TO FACE TRIAL TOMORROW Declaring Innocence, Indict- ed Husband of Slain Woman Ready for Ordeal. By a Staff Correspondent, FREDERICK, Md, August 6.—"I am facing the future with a confl- {dence that is born of a clear con- sclence. My fate iy with God, and my acquittal is assured.” With these | words B, Evard Kepner, Frederick larchitect, steeled himself to the or- | deal he must begin tomorrow, when %he will be placed on trial for his life {in the county circult court charged with the murder of his wife, [ Mrs. Grace Simmons Kepner, a mem- ‘ber of one of the oldest families in Maryland. Both the defense and the prosecu- tion were busy this morning arrang- ing the final settings for what Is ex pected to be the most dramatic trial in the history of western Maryland Leo Weinberg, chlef counsel for the defense, predicted the acquittal of Mr. Kepner by next Saturday afternoon. The defense won an important vic- .lnr) in the preliminary skirmish to- day when the circuit court granted it permission to visit the room in | which Mrs. Kepner was slain last | June, take photographs and complete measurements. State’s Attorney And- lers had vigorously contested Mr. Weinberg's right to study the scene of the tragedy, Expert criminologists spent the entire morning in the dark- ened home of Ezra Houck. sr, the dead woman' father, drawing ex- tensive plans. Will Push Suicide Theory. When court tomorrow morning Mr. Weinberg will request it to rule that the- state must ‘prove beyond the shadow of a doubt that Mrs. Kepner was actually murdered. His entire defense will be based upon the theory that, despite the fact that a coroner's jury gdeclared woman was murdered and the grand jury indicted her husband, Mrs. Kep- ner was in reality a suicide, To present this theory Mr. Wein- berg has summoned thirty-five wit- neses. four of whom are expert crim- inologists from Washington. One of the tter, the torney admitted, the biggest n on that subject 1 America The convenes ame of this T {being kept a secret {sprung on the pr jeleventh-hour surprise. i Prosecution Calls Forty. On the other hand. the prosecution will not be without its own surprise witnesses. It has summoned forty men and women Both Mr. Anders and Assistant Attorney General Lind- say Spencer, who been sent here to help the prosecution, believe, how- ever, that the testimony of two local {hardware men whom Mr. Kepner is said to have asked to teach him how {to fire the revolver that killed his {wife, will be almost sufficient evi- dence for conviction alone. In this they are supported by Lieutenant De tective Charles A. Kahler, the Balti- \more detective who ran down th | mystery surrounding Mrs. Kepner's | death. | Kepner will face the judges that tried the {bank robbers and s for life. The bench is composed jchief judge Hammond Urner, | associate judges Glenn H. W- iand Edward (. witness and he will ecution is he three Spring Sandy of and rthing Rockville. Prepare For Crowd. Elaborate preparations have been made for handling the large crowd that is _expected to attend the trial Extra benches have been placed in the court room and special tleephone {and telegraph wires have been run {direct to the court house for the use {of the score or more newspaper cor- respondents who are here from Balti- more, Washington, Philadelphia and other large cities to report the pro- |ceedings. ~ The trial will begin at 110 o'clock tomorrow morning. Over in the city hall. Mr. Kepner is bearing up well during the la {few hours before he must {stand for frecdom and vindication | He has been visited sevaral times by the Rev. Dr. T. O. Gaehr. pastor of Ithe Frederick Presbyterian Church iwhich the accused man is still a {member of the board of directors and {vestrymen. The last time Dr. Gaehr saw his parishloner was Saturday af [ternoon and on that occasion Kepner dropped to his, knees and again and again_professed his “innocence be- fore God.” i | "“Dr. Gaehr will be the first witness to take the stand for the state to- | morrow l Defense to Call Dr. Gachr. It is expected that later in the week | ne again be asked to_ test this time for the defense. Mr. Wein- berg will uge him, it is understood, to clear up all misunderstanding as to the letter Mrs. Kepner wrote him last winter, in which she referred to her sister, Miss Eleanor Houck, as 'a thorn in the flesh.” Although Dr. Gaehr first stated he could not re- | member having read such a clause in |the original letter, it is understood he has retracted that statement after being permitted to examine the docu- ment. | Frederick looked forward today to will a week of sensational surprise Tlvx.\ Gefense has flatly stated that it will spare no one in its efforts to pre # |after all, that Mrs. Kepner was driven 'm suicide. { i Couple Are Lost | In*Dense Forest’ | Of Rock Creek } It was into the forest primeval | (of Rock Creek Park) that James Ryan and Miss Hazel French, sol- dier and nurse attached to Waiter Reed Hospital, strolled last night, arm in arm and leaving the cares of the world behind them. Un- aware of the density of the woods in the District of Celumbia, the couple moved on, and when time passed by, necessitating their re- turn to civilization, they found themselves confronted with the word “lost.” A futile search for the road or path that would take them to the bright lights and con- crete streets resulted in the broad- casting of distress signals. August Croissant, a park police- man, heard the cries for help and. wading Rock creek. penetrated the area of trees and brush to the uneasy members of the United States Army and piloted them to safety. Cake Recipe Given Disguised i Guest Snares Arson Suspects Special Dispatch to The Star. TIMBERVILLE, Va. August 6.— The recipe for a cake was the main { factor in bringink about the arrest of Charles Crist and Harry Good this after their indictment on charges of arson, in connection with the burning of the large barns last March of Berry and Stanley Hoover, orchardists. Threatening letters had been re- ceived by the Hoovers before the de- gtructien of whele: property; protest- agasty «dhein-aotiv) in .the i week. cedar rust fight. The orchardists ad- vocated the destruction of cedar trees in Rockingham county. A detective visited Crist's home in the guise of a magazine agent. Crist offered re- freshmente. A recipe for the cake served was requested. The writing proved to be identical with that of the anonymous letters, and arrests of Crist and his brother-in-law, Good, followed. Both men were taken to Harrison- burg and later released on _$5,000 bail each. The barns burned were among the largest in the county, farm machinery, : graln: and - live stock: being-destroyeds: - % - here, | the | nt them to prison | Peter, the latter from | make his | Four Dry Agents Face Arrest for Dumping Bootleg Special Dispatel to The Star. BALTIMORE, August 6.—War- rants for four prohibition agents, members of the Washington “Fdy. ing Squad,” have been Issued at the instance of Dr. F. Frederick Hempel, assistant health commise sloner of Baltimore. The agents are William_Green, George Har- man, Paul Chamberlain and Jan- than Paul. They are charged with causing a nulsance by dumping mash and liquids onto floors and out of windows after making ralds and seizing liquor: “This practice has got to stop, sail Dr. Hempel. “We have had innumerable complaints. Sinte July, 1922, we have been carrying on @ correspondence with Edmund Budnitz, director of prohibition in Maryland, and Edgar N. Read. chief of general agents in the division which includes Maryland, but we have had no success. We are now. going to act on our own rights PRIMARY INTEREST IN VIRGINIA DULL Candidates, However, for Senate and House Seek- ing Democratic Honors. i i Special Dispatch to T LYNCHBURG, Va., August 6.—The primary to be held tomorrow through- out the state for nomination of demo- cratic candidates for the state senate and house of delegates, as well as generally for county, and district offi- cers, is attracting very little sur- face indication, despite the fact that there are candidates for both branches of the state assembly. There are contests galore. This condition augurs well for a big vote, déspite the apparent dullness of in- terest It may be running in cient “gum larger vote the four candidates the city have done suffi- shoeing” o secure a than seems prospective. This same surface indication would seem to forecast a heavier vote at the regular election in November than at the primary, despite the fact t opposition to the democratic candidates s not looked for at the electior The that on the referendum as to the future policy of financing the state highways—for or against the issuance of bonds— will get out, it is belfeved. 1 than normal uch ai election. candidates here for the state are Mayo C. Brown, present member of the house, and A. D. Barksdale, to represent the district composed of the county of Campbell and the city of Lynchburg, with E. Thurman Boyd and Wallace A. Tay- lor, the candidates for the house of delegates from the Lynchburg dis- trict For the house there Campbell coun incumbent. a ista, while in wood, former Payne are the Aubrey tr is a fight in y between E. A. Hicks. H. L. Lane of Alta- Amherst M. P. Gate- member. and T. C candidates, with Col. de, former ‘member of the senate, and Dr. J. B. Woodson, incumbent, candidates for the senate jfrom the district made up of the jcounties of Amherst and Nelson An instunce of the interest in se counties will be seen from the t that thcre are as often as three to candidates seeking nomination for district or county offices. The only woman candidate in the two unties is Mrs. Robbie D. Campbell, who is making an active canvass to defeat W. H. Carter and A. C. Joyner for the county treasurership in Am- herst {CLOUDBURST FLOODS PORTION OF BRISTOL More Than 15 Business Houses in Virginia-Tennessee Town Fight High Water. five By the Associated Press. BRISTOL. Tenn.. August waters from Beaver creek half & dozen streets in the business section of Bristol early vesterday. Sections of State, Lee, Moore, Cum- berland, Shelby nd Water streets were inundated and there appeared a prospect that other streets would be flooded before the waters receded. The flood_was due to a cloudburst north of Bristol More than fifteen lishments in the heart of the city have been flooded. Employes of others are fighting to keep out the {water. Police have roped off several streets and are spending most of their time in handling the crowds in_the business section Property damage was low and no lives were endangered. Merchants received a warning four hours be- fore the flood reached here and be- gan making preparations to combat the high water. 6.—Flood covered business estab- ALEXANDRIA. ALENANDRIA. Va.. August 6 (Spe- cial).—Everything is in readiness for [the democratic primary here tomor- row when the contestants for the state senate will be determined. The volls will open at 5:12 a.m. and close at 7:17 p.m. Indications are that will he polled in this city. The candi- dates arc Robert S. Barrett.this city; State Senator Walter Tansill Oliver, Fairfax: Commonwealth’'s Attorney Frank L. Ball, Arlington county, and James Sherier, Chesterbrook, Fairfax county. Election officials chosen are: First ward, Charles Sherwood, J. Edward Shinn and William Moore, judges, and T. Alton Moore, Scott Grimm, clerks. Second_ward, George A. Harlow, Lee Lash, Fred Schneider, judges; Frank Fegan, Jack ,Tulloch’ and M. E. Greene, clerks.’ Third ward, Francis Monroe, O. H. Daniels, Howard Ar- nold, judges; John H. Fisher and Joseph™ Lee, clerks. Fourth ward, Thomas Chauncey, Arthur Downey, George Keegan; judges, James Simp- son and Charles Keegan, clerks. The Alexandria _and _Suburban Motor Vehicle Line Company's busses today started operations from this city to the Seminary, Braddock, Del Ray, Hume and Potomac yards. This line it is announced is to _make connetion with trains over the Wash- ington-Virginia line for Washington. The tentative schedule is about every half hour between these points with the exception. of the seminary, and a two- hour schedule will be maintained be- tween the seminary and Alexandria. A speclal rehearsel of the cast for the pageant to be held next September will be held at 7 o'clock this evening in the auditorium of the Elks' Home. Albert Parr is_assisting in_the coaching of the participatants. The large chorus in the cast will be under the direction of Miss Estelle Wentworth. Two hun- dred girls trained by professionals will take part in the great dancing scene. Mrs, Sarah Sisson, wife of J. A. Sis- ison, died Saturday 'at her home, 715 { South Lee street. Her funeral will take |place at_9 o'clock tomorrow morning from St. Mary’s Catholic Church. Burial will be in Bethel cemetery. The body of John L. Johnson, car re- paifer, who was eletcrocuted Saturday afternoon at the Four mile Run power house, while_engaged in repairing a car of the Washington-Virginia Rail- way Company;-was- sent -yesterday to Philpotte Vay- e a large vote | SBI0FREATS | CHESHPEAKE BEACH Dancing Pavilion and Long Row of Boardwalk Con- cessions Destroyed. Fire which started between 5 and & o'clock yesterday morning laid waste to the big dancing pavilon and a long row of concession booths on the boardwalk at Chesapeake Beach. Only the continuance of the south- west wind and quick work on the, part of a volunteer bucket brigade | prevented the flames from sweeping completely the boardwalk. The dam- age is estimated at $15.000. Starting in the old Frank Cafe, which adjolned the dance pavillon, the flames swept with great rapidity along the boardwalk, @ part of which was destroyed, and soon enveloped the dance pavilion and Japanese cafe adjoining. An overheated coal stove in the cafe is thought to have been the cause of the fire. The spread of the fire and extended loss was due to the inefficiency of the fire apparatus installed by the Busi- ness Men's Assoclation of the beach, ch, it is suld, falled to work. It was after an ineflectual attempt to utilize this that & bucket brigade was formed. A gasoline engine was pressed into service and water from the bay was thrown on the burning structures. Booths Destroy William Tutty and William Crone, concesslonaires, both of Washington. | suffered the greatest individual losses, thelr booths being destroyed. ~Some of the money of the first named, how- ever, was found in the water under his booth after the fire. The scenic railway seemed doomed until the work of the bucket brigade stayed the sweep of the flames. Reports that one of the city’s most popular resorts had been destroyed by fire did not deter thousands of pleasure-seekers from visiting the beach during the day and night, and in order that their enjoyment would not be wholly ruined the big veranda of the Casino was trans- formed into a dancing pavilion. and the restaurants and lunchrooms not reached by the flames were doing a big busines Last spring the Hotel Belvedere was wiped out by flames and, owing to the close approach of the reg- ular season, was not re-erected Plan Boardwalk Repair. 1 Plans were made last night to im- ediately repair the damaged bourd- K and replace the burned build- ings with new structures Announcement was made later by ! the Chesapeake Beach Railway Com- | pany that the blaze will not inter- | fero in the siighrest the oper- | ation of the resort | Trains will continue to run on reg- ular schedule and all of the excur- sions booked for this week will he held. J. M. Rector, anditor of the railroad company. announced . that | the repair work on the boardwalk would be completed by Wednesday GIRL DIES IN CREEK SWOLLEN BY RAINS { Record Drought Broken in Virginia Valley With Toll of One Death. with | Special Dispateh to The Star. NEW MARKET. Va. August 6.— Heavy rains which broke the long drought in the valley of Virginia claimed one life as their toll Hazelin Watts, a child, was| drowned at Raphine while wading in a creek ‘near the house. A sudden rise in the water engulfed her be- | fore help could arrive, although n; {number of people witnessed the) accident. { The little girl, with her parents. Mr. | land Mrs. Aubrey Watts of Lynch- burg. was on a visit to the old home- stead. The drought was the longest in the valley for sixty-five years. Mount Jackson's water supply was rationed to service but twice a week, while many town reservoirs were complete- Iy dry. \ ROCKVILLE. ROCKVILLE, Md. August 6 cial).—Co-operative shipping by milk producers of Laytonsville dis- trict. this county, has reduced the cost of sending milk to Washington from 4 to 2 cents a gallon, which nually means many dollars in pockets of the shippers. Two or three years ago a number of the dairymen of the Laytonsvilfe neighborhood formed themselves into | the Laytonsville Milk Produce A sociation and as such purchased a motor truck to haul their milk to Washington It cost them I cents a gallon. or 1 cent less than thoy k been paying. to get their milk to the city. Several davs ago the associa- tion decided to purchase a larger I+ruck sna one capable of hauling a thousand gallons was obtained. Haul- ing by the new truck -will cost the producers but 2 cents a gallon i The third - annual picnic of the Hyattstown Farmers’ and Communits Club of this county, which was held Saturday afternoon and evening in i Tabler's Grove, near Hyattstown. at- tracted a crowd estimated a‘ apout 2,000, all parts of this and Fredericic counties being represented, as weie the District of Columbia :nd other places. It was in charge of a com- mittee consisting of Bradley H. Du. row, chairman, and L. Curtis Mo mer. C. Jasper Price. ira Davis, Mrs. John Anderson, Mrs. C. Jasper Price, Mrs. Edward L. Norwood, W. Ve anion, C. R. Darby and E L. ood. The principal address was Representative Frederick N. Zihlman In the course of his remarks he vaid & touching tribute to our dead Presi- dent and at his suggestion the semblage stood bareheaded for a few minutes while the Washington Grove band played one of Mr. Harding's favorite hymns. Others who addressed ihe gathering | included Miss Lavinia Engle of the| Maryland League of Women Voters, and Mrs. Jesse Nicholson. president of | the Women's Democratic Club lJll Montgomery county. A pig chase afforded the crowd much amusement. It was partici {pated in by a large number of the! boys and young men. The young ! porker was finally captured by Licyd Nicholson of Gaithersburg. Under the direction of Miss Blanche A. Corwin, county home demonstr tion agent, a pageant was given by the Poolesville Girls' 411 Club on the | high_school grounds at Poolesville | Saturday evening. It was given to! show the work the 4H clubs are en- gaged in and was largely attended. The picnic season 1s in full blast in Montgomery county and several are being held each week. Those scheduled for this week are: St. John’s, Forest Glen, and St. Gabriel's, Potomac, Wednesday; Germantown Counell, jr. O. U. A. M., Thursday; Liberty Grove Grange, Saturday. Saturday’s games in the Mont- gomery County Base Ball League re- sulted as follows: At Rockville—: Rockville, 3; Washington Grove, 2.| At Dickerson—Dickerson, 9; Glen | Echo, 1. At Bethesda—Bethesda for- feited to Boyds. 9 to 0. (Spe- the D. . C; MONDAY, AUGUST &6, 1923. A Store Near Your l'iome 1bs. ! for Pillsbury’s Flour, 12-Ib. bag, 49¢ | Gold Medal Flour, 12-Ib. bag, 50c Standing of the téams: Rockvilie, 12—3; Boyds, 12—3; Washington Grove, 9—6; Bethesda, 7—! Glen Echo, 3—12; Dickerson, 2—13. 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