Evening Star Newspaper, July 11, 1926, Page 27

\ [ HEADS COMMISSION| | ON-CONSTITUTION Judge Prentis Will Conduct Virginia Deliberations Over v " Proposed Changes. Special Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, Va., July 10.—Tullge Robert R. Prentis of the Supreme made chalrman of the commission of seven Court of Appeals has been which will study the needs of the con- stitution of the State and make rec- ommendations thereon to Gov. Byrd. The commiasion was named by Gov. Byrd in accord with the act of the Legislature, due to the ever-increas- ing demand for amendments to the existing basic law at each recurring seasion of the Legislature. The améndments are made after a long time, usvally about four years, and they have covered a wide variety of subjects. The constitution has been effective just 25 vears, and in that time the conditions are so changed that ‘the instrument promulgated is almost obsolete and has heen altered in many of its original provisions, so that its framers would scarcely recog- nize the work of the body which sat for a year. " The fact is that a complete new constitution is wanted, is badly need- ed, but the cost of the same in these days is prohibitive, based on the for- mer convention. That instrument cost for attendance, printing the pro- ceadings and revision of the code €on- siderably in excess of $500,000. Today if that work were undertaken, with a convention sitting only six months, the cost would be at least three times as great. - Called Only Code of Laws. There is and long has been com- plaint that the constitution is really & code of laws instead of basic prin- elples, 'There is no question that the constitution placed so many restrie- tions on the work of the General Assembly. that the powers of the law- making hody are minimized in many ways, The Legislature has several times considered the matter of having a convention to frame a new consti- tution and it is strongly favored in many parts of the State. “During the campaign Governor Byrd announced that he was opposed te calling a convention. but that in or- der to meet the conditions that had developed he favored, the naming of a commission of seyen representative men, to make study and report changes needed. the same to be emi- hodied in a message to the Legislature by the governor. The people of the State approved that position, and the governor, following the adoption of his recommendations, named the fol- lowing members: Judge Prentis, for some time pres- fdent of the Supreme Court of Suf- folk; R. Gray Williams of Win- chester: William M. Lile, dean of the law school of the University of Vir- / ginia: Robert M. Hughes of Norfolk, Joseph H. Chitwood of Roanoke, Wil- Mam M. Fletcher of Sperryville and former Gov. Henry Carter Stuart of TRussell. Gov. Stuart served in the constitutional convention. Robert M. Flughes is a Republican. Fach is an outstanding personage. All save Gov, Stuart, are lawyers. - The first meet- ing selected Judge Prentis as chair- man and Mr. Williams as secretary. and after a short informal general @iscussion it was agreed to meet October 12. S - - Troops Moving- te- Camp. Reports from all parts of the State are that the various commands of the Virginia National Guard today and tonight moved to Virginia Beach for the annual Summer encampment of two weeks at the State rifie range. Some of the units are 300 miles ‘fiom the scene of the camp, and the ders are that they are to on hand tomorrow, have tents pitched. bedding placed, uniforms cleaned and shoes polished, and to be ready for active work in the field, on the hike and at the rifle range early Monday morning. Company cooks and de- talls in charge of the mess halls will be the first to get into service, it being necessary that the men have food aftér traveling all night and in condl- tion for the work that will have to be done tomorrow in making camp iy The individual county almshouse in Virginia is believed to have seen it jast days. Alleghany. Albem: Augusta, Bath and Rockingham have united in a movement to have their establishments * consolidated into & single institution, effecting a saving _of more than $150,000 for a fund to rovide: adequate and comfortable uildings, with close supervision and provide medical and nursing atten- tion. The representatives®of these counties have met and delegated the work of providing a plan to a dom- mittee of three, which has been here and had a consultation with the di- yector of public welfare. A survey made of the group of. 3:“““ comprising a dozen In the % ley. section. shows that there are 00 acres of ‘land devoted: to the poses of the poorhouse farms, with property worth $300.000 and an Piitlay of more than $375 per ‘capita for the. 125 inmates of the counties embraced in'the survey. ,~Other sections of the State are. de. 3 nd it is be. county poorhouse “district homes™ will be provided for he best general results and at a ¢t saving of publie mouey. > A0 3 CULPEPER. | CULPEPER, Va. July 10 (Special S—Rufus G. Roberts of Culpeper ha: irecelved his commission from Gov. rry- ¥. Byrd as’a member of the b Commisgion on Conservation nd Development for three years, be: inning June 21. This commission s composed of seven men. it will authority over the $50,000 annual State advertising nd. At the Methodist parsonage Wed- esday Miss Alice Christine Pohr and esse Thomas Utz, both of Madison, . 3 re married. The hearing on the application of /€. 8. Bruce, local druggist, to sell ar- dent spirits on prescription for. me. dicinal ~and . sacramental = purposes, called Wednesday in the circuit court 2\ here, Judge ‘A. 'I‘.vnrunh?. presid- 4ng, was continued until July 22. £ Miss Garnett Vernon. Gil and urence J. Birmingham of Washing: on, D. C., were married last Saturday, 1 There were 535 cows'tested In this wounty during June, with an average the assoclation of §53.21 pounds of 1 ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 10 (Spe- cial).~—More than 30 men are NOW en- gaged . the task of bullding the few swimming pool. Four feet of earth been removed. ‘The ;l.l: have a depth of from 3'to 1 The {interior ‘of the Y. M. C. A. bullding at the west end of Cameron street 18 being fitted up for a modern bathing house and 500 metaftic Jock: ers will be installed shortly. There wili be four showers and other conveniences for men ‘and wom: en. in the bathhouse. ' Finishing touches are being put on the interior of the bullding. The work is being doné by D. Bayliss, contractor. ‘The cost of the main swimming pool will be borne by Leopold Ruben. The city is doing the other work, which includes the wading pool and fitting 'l;g‘tho Y building for a bathhouse. pool is located at the west et of Cameron street, near the Alex- andria High School building. It will accommodate 400 and the wading pool, 100. *. The work of obtaining the signa- tures of property owners for street work now ready to be launched is under way. The squares where the property owners sign first will be the first improved. A total of 15 squares in various parts of the city’ will be improved with a bituminous macadam roadway and some of the work, it is expected, will be started Monday. Strest Work to Begin. A force of city employes Monday morning will begin the work of im- proving two squares on Prince street between Fayette and West streets with & bituminous macadam roadway. They whll Iay concrete curb agd gut- tering. After thése two squdres are completed it is planned to improve in a similar manner two squares on Henry between Prince and Cameron streeis. On the last-named ~two squares the share to be borne by the Southern Rallway Co., whose tracks run over this street, will. be approxi- mately $2,000. Practically all of the property owners ‘on the squares pro- posed to be improved have signed papers agreelfig to pay their propor- tion of the cost of the improvements. A feature of the lawn fete to be FORESTVILLE, l" FORESTVILLE, Va., July 10 (Spe- cfal).—Great Falls Grange met in the school auditorium Wednesday night. Owing to the iliness of Worthy Mas- ter L. B. Morris, Past Master Mark Turner presided. ‘Mrs. Howard Gard- ner, Alvin Coleman, Noland and Clarke Burgess were given their first and second degrees. The grange appropriated $5 for pre- miums in the canning department at the fax County fair. Mrs. Hicks reported that her committee had not yet picked & play for grange pres- entation this Summer, but was con- sidering o1 0 be given by the men and one by the women. It was an- noul . that the grange would be enteNgined by the ‘‘Hapband” at the next meeting. The Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce will hold its July meeting in the Forestville School Tuesday night. The Ladles’ Ald of Salem Church will meet with Mrs. Charlie Hender- son Wednesday sfternoon. The date for the church birthday party will be decided at that time, Henry Cornwell has taken over the class of Salem Sunday school organ: fzed by George Cornwell, who is spend. ing the Summer in New Brunswick, N. J. ’ A ptnon Church has decidéa to hoid | M..P8" reévival services during the first week in Septerhber, led by Rev. Glenn Coop- by visiting ministers. discuss plans for Forestville day, Au- gust 21. L. B. Morris was elected chairman of the day and chairman of the executive committee, the. other members of this committee being §. M. Foliin, A. C. Speight, J. R, Bhrey, J. M. Sanders, J. W. Preston, W. C. Wilker, P. J. Moffett, Lee V. Brad ford amd Mark Turner, The "fli meeting of this committee will be held on Monday night at Ahe school. A motion was ceeds. of this Forestville day be de- voted to the erection of a community bullding. The sum of $26 was voted from the community fund from prev- fous “days” to the McLean Fire De- partment. H. O, Cornwell and C. Cox were appointed an auditing committee. Berwyn-Branchville. BRANCHVILLE, July 10 (Special). —A record run of three minutes efficient action on the®part of the Branchville Fire Company at ‘noon ‘Wednesday - prevented a disastrous fire in Berwyn. Of unknown origin, the fire started in the attic of Dr. De Voe Meade's residence. - The Riverdale Fire Company arrived. in time to ald. To members of both compdnies, Dr. and Mrs. Meade ex- tended their appreciation and deep gratitude. i 2 Incomplete returns from the -10- day carnival which closed Saturday night, indicate a profit of about §300. Miss Claire * Shepherd, - grand- daughter of Judge J. H. Shepherd, and third-year member of the Sun- shine 4-H Club of Berwyn, left yes- terday at.noon te attend the Wor- cester County 4-H Camp, as & rep- resentative of 4-H work in this sec- tion of the State. An important - meeting of the Grange will be held Tuesday evening in Grange Hall, when an amendment to the constitution will come up for action. A report of the hall commit- tee also will be presented. The annual election of officers of the Woman's Community Club of Berwyn: will be held Monday .afls noon at the home of Mrs. W. Allen Grifith, Berwyn. CAPITOL HEIGHTS. CAPITOL HEIGHTS, Md., July 10 (Special).—Maj. Thomas 'J, it has recelved a letter from zinger, realtor, annou tion to croaehes o angular pl etween Kingsion ave. - Sixty-third street and Central ots have & by were playgrounds. frontage of feet. ‘They ground committee comprising Boyer, Posin, Harry Le and Walter Oliver. announces that he probably a call to the citizenry in. near future to aid in clearing the pl of , . 8elig: Posen has nated "l'n fencing - for - the play: ground. - It s expected Will be available as a nucleus for buy- equipment as.the re- ince inel- nt by 160 chil- from §:30 until during . the -evening nm':‘# h'wm be. ore & number of special nu-u%u, p Proceeds will be for the bensfit of the Alexandria playgrounds. Bwery afternoon at Queen and Pitt streets tor un hour and a half nearly & hundred. chi ansemble for sho er baths. A spray is attached to a fire hose and the children ’»‘nnu’ greatly enjoy the bath. It is pro- m‘;w continue these ht“ same corner every afternoon except Sunday. . Two civic clubs are -organizing here, One is the tans and the other the lmw Police are notifyliig all. owners of vacant lots having weeds on them that they must be cleared within 48 hours, otherwise. the owners will be haled into the Police Court. The law provides a minimum fine of §10. Judge Howard W. Smith of the Cor- i’(?‘mm Cour(.r“w:lal‘ hold v‘oourt in ng 0 ng been dosiganted By Cov, Harry Fiood Byrd to sit in piace of Judge Frederick W. Coleman. e Funeral services for Edgar P. Phil. lips, 61 years old, who died today In a., will be held at 2 o'clock ernoon at his late resi- North Columbus street. Be- ) Mrs, Emme L. Phil- 1ips, he is survived by two daughters, Mrs. C. Page Waller and Misg Delia V.T!;h““”rd ¥ ‘hnd e ‘public concert of the -ugn will be passed that the net pro- | ¢ 8. g | ncing his inten- | donate four lots in the trl- :Ivcn next Friday at 8 p,m. by the 13th Engineers’ Band of Fort H\-mg hreys. . Stafford Kelly will be in tharge of the 21 Scouts from Troop No. 126, who will leave Monday at 6:30 a. for Camp Roosevelt, on Chesapeake Bay, where they will spend a week in camp. Members of the Alexandria Light' Infantry assembled in the armory last night and will leave tomorrow for Vir. ginla Beach for the annual encamp- ment of the State militia.. They are in command of Capt. George S. Rice. They spent the night at the armory. WARRENTON. WARRENTON, Va., July 10 (Spe- dal)—A handsome trophy is exhibited here to be the prize in the Corinthian class at the Warrenton.Horse Show. 1t is & large silver tray embossed with #porting emblems and, was made to order some years ago with the under- standing that it should never be dupli- cated. It was offered for sale on ac- count of financial reverses .of its owner and was bought by Judge John Barton Payne, {0 be used as a prize and known as the “Orfean Plate” in honor of Judge Payne's native plage in this county. It becomes the property. of the owner winning it three times. The usual fiest money is also given. There have been 326 entries recelved by the secretary, Mildred Gaines, for the seventh annual pony show to be held on the Warrenton grounds July There are 21 classes, and nearly 100 animals are entered. Sixteen is the age limit for most classes; others are tor children under 12 or under §, while riders of 3 or 4 years old are some- times seen in the ring. This is the first show in this country organized and ucted by children; F. D. Gaskins is ring manager. Eidridge V. Jones and Miss Anna Bealeton, Va., were mar- 4 ‘buliding by The &nnual congregational meeting of Whittle Parish will bs held July 14 in the parish house of Grace Church, The Plains; when the vestry will be elected for the year and reports of Erhh organizations read. Supper will aerved. “The recent heavy rains have been a great benefit to the crops, but. storms have caused considerable damage. John''Rider's ‘house, near Waterloo, was unroofed. Thomas Cowne, near rst | Calverton, lost 10 cows by lightning. At the last meetifg of the Black ‘Horse Chapter, United Daughters of he Confederacy, the following were elected for ‘the coming year: Presi- . Parkinson; first vice ; mec- ond vice A third vice president and leader of juniors, Mrs. Upton Bowden: - regis: trar, Mrs. W, N. Hodgkins; historian, gr-. Kat! Carr; secrétary, ildred Jeffries; treasurer, Mrs. J. Walden Jeffries. The officers will as- sume their duties October 1. A group institute of Sunday school workers from the several ¢hurches in this county was held in the Warren- ton ll.lhodr.l:t Church Tuesday, Rev. t, Sunday’ schools in the ng. ference, and Miss Etta specialist in elementary work, were present and made addresses. A group ‘was organized with the following offi- cers: President, Mrs, B. F. Perrowm, Remington; assoclate president, Rev. G, W. Gill, Warrenton: secretary treasurer, Miss Evelyn Johnson, Cal- verton. ' KENSINGTON; - KENSINGTON, Md,, July 10 (Spe- clal).—At the last meeting of the town council Dr. Luclen B, Ernest, recently . elected = mayor, _presided. Councilmen Hosmer P. Hartshorn and Barney Hammond were sworn in. Other councilmen present were ick, jr., and Leslie G. go mayor submitted the names of Dr. Bugené Jones for reappointment as health officer, and of Wilson L. Towhsend for reap- pointment as ‘eorporation counsel. The appointment of other town of- ficers was held for further conatd- eration. It was agreed to attempt to codity the laws granting C‘:C amend- %.. vE Adama | ' | dounty. achiool board that daily | within' a few day: * | the funds tor current bills, A McLEAN, Va,, July 10 (Special)— The School and Civic League met in the achoolhouse on Tuesday night, preceded by a meeting of the. board of. divectors and the board of govern- the school committee, he had attended the meeting of, the fternoon, The board had not: yet recelved from State Architect Long, the C fications and estimates for the heat- ing .and plumbing. .equipment of the aom ‘:fl‘:’h“ la re axw St as as 1080 wel \thin s a committee of three, headed by was appointed, “wit] tise for bids and work. The school board expressed the opinion that the work would be con:nmbt: lember. < B s.“l“h- rest of the meeting was de- voted-to a discussion of plans for the annual McLean day, Auguat 7. The meeting adopted the recommendation of the hoard of governors and AD- foned the met P s of the day as follows: School, B0..per cent; 1ibrary, 10 per cent; league treasury, generai fund, 40 per cent. Mrs. A. M. Berthigume is to be chairman of the dinner, ‘which will b served in the parish hall. No printed program will be issued this year. Instead a large bulletin board will be erected on the ‘school grounds. There will be & tournament in_the afternoon, and & tug of war between Al and Forestville, a baby . show, which proved ch ‘an attraction several years ago; there will be open-air danc: a grab bag for the children and es and stands. Meeting at Library. The Communpity ~Library L tion held a big meeting Tuesday atter- noon, unanimously electing Mrs. Al- bert: Mack as p Mrs. John Anker will be hostess at a card party to be given in the library building Tueaday at 8 p.m. the building debt, The next business will be held at pight. { Sharon Chapter, Eastern Star, will give a lawn party in front of the Ma- sonic Hall on_Saturday, bl‘lnnln1 at 6 p.m. rs. Edward Gorham wiil be in charge, assisted by all the mem- bers of the Star. Ice cream, cake and punch will be served. The Lewinsville Presbyterian Mis- sionary Society will meet at the home of the president, -Mrs. 8 er, on Thursday. Miss Kate Mankin will give a on_medical missjons a Mres, Catharine’ Cunningham will give a review of the achievements of the past year. A special oflnflnz will be taken up for m! A business meeting of the Ladies’ Ald will follow. D ‘The Baptist mll?:\' Ald will meet :‘lth Mrs. Charles Thomas on Thurs- y. i At last Tuesday's meeting of the Baptist Mission Union, it was decided to send delegates to the group meeting of the Potomac Association Mission Union, which on July 21 and 22. At the church business meeting Sat- urday night, it was decided to hold the formal dedication gervice for the new edifice on the first Sunday in ember, Messrs Whitley and Ross were elected a committee to select a speaker for the occasion. Annie Kearns will lead the B. Y. P. U. program tomorrow night. At last Sunday’s services new group lead- ers for the young people were elected, Grace Brown being chosen leader of :roup 1 and Dorothy Dodge of group The Girle’ Auxiliary will meet to- morrow. following Sunday ‘school, The regular m of the Lang- ley Ladies’ Aid ”d'fi'glt:!mm So- clety - was postponed. | 'week S o e, SIOM i, O Vo . Y lass of the Lankley Sun- Il lu& a lawn party on ing, 82 The boys' el day school wil the‘school cguna- on Thureday after- noon at 6 o'clock. The funds will be used to finish paying for the base ball uniforms and equipment. Meeting For Chesterbrook, The Chesterbrook Citizens’ Associa- tion will meet in the .schoolhouse Tuesday night. LsEr The Providence Leagué ‘of Women Voters met in the Chesterbrook M. E. Church -Wednesday.- Mrs. W. H. Lamb of Clifton Station stressed the | purposes the league ' and the strength ot women in politics. Mrs. Phillips, chairman of the welfare com- a needy humy‘;( was postpon ¢ account of the absence of past dent, Raymond Rogers, Who was ex- pected to act as installing officer. * The meeting of the Women's Auxil- fary will be held next Monday after- noon in the Episcopal rectory. 3 The six Boy Scouts from' the Me- Lean Troop, who are planning to at- Camp Roosevelt this Summeér their reservations, The McLean Campfire group: plans to disband, at least over the Summer, owing to_the difficulty in getting to- ther. There will be one last party uring week of July 26. ., ' - The Fire Department held & meeting Friday night, to spend the profits from the carnival, .allgcating reduction of the note and purchase of a. body for the. light truck. § _ 7The Girls’ Club of the Presbyterian ".’.‘a"fi"' H, Mack, will n:nm- a rs, H. 3 n % class, .'who, with Mrs. g‘l‘l ;. will go to Glen Echo next Wednesday, af- ternoon and evening for a picnic. sup- E. F. Parkham of Lai recently ul.yonhrl.dldm‘.‘#m;n 13 after an iliness of many months. Funeral urvt.eI- ‘were conducted from the McLean pal Chureh by the Rev. J. @. tier on Monday. morn- ing at 11 o'clock, interment being .in Alexandria. e © LAUREL. LAUREL, Md., Jul 4[5 5 he sl before school -opened in| gy for .the benefit of | 1l be held at Bealeton | g, ‘'THE SUNDAY STAR.| WASHINGTON, CHURCH PARTY. DUE TODAY July 10 (Special).— At the monthly meeting of the Board - . of Superylsors, held In the courthouse * FRONT ‘ROYAL, Va:, ' July 10 |Wednesday last,. the _aquestion . of he. hundred and forty members of | ANEINg the road from a point, & mile the. .men's “Bible. clas :6f ‘the: Front | #A%t of Tysons' Corser to: near Mc: Royal ~Methodlst” Ohiroh” and 40 |1#8n Wwas drgued. 8. :‘am ap- women of the church ywill ‘motor. to. | peared for those who wished the road 2 to remain where it is, while G. A. morrow -morning to Washington, Iy ori ©., whére they will be ‘the mnn; of g:;rzfim:mod it gt A, B, Pugh Bibl s of visors' referve, after hearing the a Votuoa M. uflc,m,:,,c"::“’: Moynt | monts, veported: to the- hoard that +THe. oarmivan. will:: be., esearted. 10 he had decided in favor of the change, Washis = 10 | provided that those interested would Mington by ' two State motor | have the proposed road. in condition police and will B met 4t Key Bridge | by January 1.and ready for accept- i » A ance by the county. - On acceptance by ‘members of the.A. B. Pugh Bible road the old road would Front Roysl, Va, “Speeial Dispatch o The. Star. - clss; "L the’ Washington class and & program | ronte avolds some swampy v-‘v;. Rev, N.N. Hgll'and Revi N. fcomes out on the Leesburg pike about ooty Jr., will accompany. the | half a mile east of, the present en- b A trance. 4 el 4 i - The board heard arguments for .. RIVERDALE, N and against the proposed compulsory tuberculin * testing/ of cows in. the ¥ <] county, but took m)’acum;‘: the 3 A matter ‘and ordered it cari over RIVERDALE, 'Md., July 10 (HM-Iumll the next meeting: The budget clal).—Announcement - is made ‘that Prince Georges County wits awarded | this meeting, but is not yet available first place, carrying a ‘cash. prize for | for publication. Several minor road county-wide rural programs of un-{matters were disposed of. usual merit in the better homes cam-| The report of Fairfax County Cow paign, which mlhn%nlud in Better | Testing Association, No. 2, W. R. Homes week, April 25 to May 1, last. { Merritt tester, is as follows for Ju In_making the prize winners public | Number of cows in association, 58 the Better Homes in American Head- | of which 72 were dr: Ten cows.on quarters in Washington calls. atten-|official test. Of the above number 45 tion -t0 ithe fact that the .programs | produced more than 40 pounds of but- donducted throughout this county{ter fat. Twenty-seven . COWSs were reached every community. Mrs. Guy|placed on the honor roll for produe. N. Meloy of Lanham was chairman|ing more ‘than 50 pounds(of butter of the eounty committee. This county | fat. High herd i entered. the contest at the suggestion | Lyon, with an-average of 751 pounds of Miss Blanche Clark\ienun:l homed of milk and 37.8 pounds of butter fat. mfl‘m"“ agent, whofie efforts In | The highest individual record was . 1t of _ Mich., in 8 pre-| mage by a cow belonging to Dr. F. W. vious better homes campaign. hrought | ;uddleson, with 1,604 pounds of milk that city signal honor, - The camipalgn | ang 62.5 pounds of butter fat. was put. across in this county. by thelpighest - individual milk _production County . . Federation - of = Women's | wag made by a cow belonging to Clubs, Miss Clarke's guidance 5nd 8- | p “Mason, with- 1,720 pounds of milk. sistance proving most valuable. Of the honor cows Dr, Huddleson hchr,lwum were_ demonstrated in{ .. 5. B. Mason, five; J. B..Armfield the county., The princl ne at Unif-{ g0 ‘Wittig. & Drew, Clifton Loug! versity - Park Js a ‘six-room -Dutch | [ Srr Bty von two each: Riel onty | . 4 4 B e N o s { mer, Whesler:d Crippen. Suzssy, Fr county - committee -had the co-opera- |} tion of the United States Department ot Agriculture, the University of Maryland, - men’ 4-H and women's clubs, oats, corn and _cob meal, linseed and ‘granges, v Scouts, cottonseed meal. papers School Sale Confirmed. deting of the | Sand stidenta Of the schonls through-| AL Ahe regular’ mn R e s Ty ity {county Schaol Board. held TussiSl; ontost, A Bliohen Gontest ws heid.|the repart of the ssle of the disu also & Wouse lot improvement contest, | CArper and c"""“"'m""k '“';::‘:d“" 3 T which 46 homes' have been entered.{confirmed and has been STt o wis Wiarted and will contimie untiifibe Circuit Court for con rmation, Fall when it will be judged. In addi-|On motion of Mr. Rohwer, a resolu- tion to the Unive B hemaay- | tion to borrow money to finance the stration house, a small school house school books was, re which had beeri made into a com- t was determined to take B e e et ust | turned. from nhaf, and another remodeled house | tur was shown In Brandywine, The fourth | The clerk reported that the’ list 0: house' to be ‘demonstrated - was- at | books for the elementary schools ha Cheverly, 4-1 Club Girls and Girl { been completed, but not that for the ‘made the girl's wardrobe, which | high scheols. . The committee ~on was shown in the demonstration house | book selection was continued. M 2t University Park. and both girl cib | Andrews, commandant at Fort Ho members and” Boy Scouts as| phrey, presented a petition to the guides during the demonstration, bocl-d.;:ilylnx ‘t‘t‘.“ two ‘tuc'l:_ril: inted b1 e county Health Pageant Glven. e phrey School. This petition was A health. pageant was given under | granted by the boatd, the Army post the direction of the .county; health to secure other teachers. nurse, Demonstrations of home play clubs, and ~ Girl hurches, schools, banks, news-1 - nd merchants. . Four thou- c-{ Charlotte Erickson, panied by Mrs. r s The clerk reported that arrange- were conducted by vocational home { ments had been ‘made to house three economics classes and posters pre- the school busses in a building red under direction. of Miss Edna Stha eNaughton, State. supervisor of | will be stored for the Summer at Cen- home- economics, were displayed dur- | terville and Floris. On motion of Mr. ing lectures. Classes. in. house fur- | McCandlish, it was agreed to refund nishing - from the. University. of Mary.|the ‘hurch . School Board iand ‘visited : the house. for. study of proper furnishings. - +The -prize te.the county, devated to. the. loan. acholarship, fund | ing;Hight and water at the.new of 'the County Fedaration of Woman's | tarbrook and :McLean-,sc ‘Cluba. This fund is for the use of.the | elerk was directsd to ascertain the girk graduste of & county high sohool | amount of coal that would be needed who passes the best examination.and {in the schools next ‘Winter. In order who could mot -otherwise finance a |to avold aconflict in the pay course at. either. the University._ of {teachers at the Fails Church ‘Maryland-or the State Normal School, ] on" motion of " MF. McCandlish, the cholee of which is given. ... .. Iboard agreed to pay three white Mrs. Minnle Sharretts of East' Riv- | teachers, which it ‘would select and erdale announces the engagement of { employ. The adjourned to meet her daughter, Virginia Christenbury, | July 22 to: examine:the accounts of to H. Bruce Clarke of Atlanta, Ga.!the county treasures i Date for: the wedding has niot been set. | A house at Clifton, the property of This corps of teachers for the Riv- | George Kidwell, was destroyed by fire etdale schpol for 192627 has been | Sunday night. The occupants, col recommel to the county board of | ored, barely escaped with their lives. education’ by Prof. Nicholas Orem, | The cause of the fire, which occurred fimfirin(x’p‘:lnmdm}; :{0 I:eh-oh: just before midnight, is unknown. n J. nburg, Henrletta Reed- er, Frances B, Joyce, Mary A..Jump, |~ Church Lawn Party, Mary H. Sparks,| A lawn party for the benefit of the ‘Mabel L. Corcora Miss Hazel M.{church was given by the Junior Aux- Wright has been recommended to |iliary of Zion Episcopal Church on teach at the University Park School. | the courthouse lawn this afternoon. Members:of .the Women's and the | The people of Merrifield have raised Current Toplca Clubs of Riverdale amd | the sum of $200. for the improvement their familles held a. picnic this after- | of . Prosperity avenue, and have sent noon in ‘the Reinohl. picnic grounds. { the same to Dr. - Huddleson, county It was an nual event for the | treasurer, to be placed to the credit Women’s Club, which this year' was |of th€ fund. The Falls Church road joined by the Current Topi¢s: Club. | board ha promised to give the peo- Following games and other social fea- | ple of Merrifield as much as thexr tures, supper. was sered at 5 o'clock. | raised. so that they wil receive $400 Mrs. C. 8. Holmes was’ chairman of | for street work. . The contemplated the committee in charge .of arrange- |improvements will be started within ety : B eokad thnt an 8con as the red % t is . % $1,035.30 in General Fund. olay along. the shoulders. of. the. con- AL the last regular meeting of:the | crete highway on Maln street settles maygr, and town councif report of the | sufficien Ty it will -be covered with reasu; was submitted show-|gravel, town in order that machines may ing .$1,035.39 the general “fund: | be able to.park without danger of 3:«.9:.1:,- the. rbad fund: $234.62in the {cutting in.- b;fi.ldi'll nd: proposed plumbing, heat- was Tor, P vt The of will be | vertise for.bids nt fund and $25.08 in the j. ‘Sunday evening last an automobile Bills totaling around {in which were Mr. and Mrs. Pickett hmm L “.=:{and son of North Carolina was in e bullding_inspector submitted | collision with_a: car in which were his report of permits issiied and-$17|several negrods, Mrs. Plckett was as the town’s share of such permits. | cut by fiying glass and others of the The counell discussed the question of | party -were bruised. The accident is securing gravel ‘and emflufl ‘stane | sald to have been caused by the ma- for use upon the roads of the town.|{ohine occupied by the: negroes at- Without passing definitely upoh the | tempting .to.¢rowd by the Pickett car' prices submitted, the road commit- | between machines. The new. Tee wan directed to proceed with the | car of Charles Smith, parked along| road work. The supetvising engineer { side the road. was damaged. was directed to make a determina-{ The new ‘#alls Church-Annandale §Mn _debth of such water and sewer | roud, Which "has been under construc. ines -of ‘the Washington 'Suburban{tion fof several months, Sanitary Commission as le within the completed corporate limits of the town as aflast week. " The means of estimating street grades in and of this distance 2.4 miles at the’ o wad *ad¥iasd that’ oft bud g G Eatid 4 - Council. was ‘ady it o gra P WW on. &‘1‘8” ‘avenue:from | work on “‘a’h"‘;"“‘f‘ p o ington-Baltim: progress, 1o the raliroad and the used of the 3 v | n road from R., Ewell Thornton, super- the for the ‘coming year was adopted at|., LEAP FROM AUTO FATAL. | Virginian's Skull Fractured in Striking Pavement. Special Dispsteh to The Siar. a., - July in a local fce factory, died a skyll fractire sustained last night when he Is said to have jumped from an_automobile belon, ing to Waliace Whittaker 5 e Whittaker, who had given Smith & ride after quitting work here, sald Smith opened the door and feaped out. spun around several times and fell backward on the pike. Smith leaves a wife and one child. —— PURCELLVILLE: PURCELLVILLE, Va., July 10 (Special).—J. D. Dillon, secretary of the Loudoun County fair at Purcell. ville, 1s making preparations for the and best. exhibition ever held y the association. dates are Septeémber 1, 2 and 3. Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. hington have announced the en- gagement of their daughter Elizabeth Anne to Berne P, Simmons of Or- iando, Fla. . Rev, and Mrs. F. T. Ridgeway of Hamilton entertained a number of heir 'friends recently in honor of their tenth wedding anniversary. At a meeting' of the county school electoral board, held in Leesburg on Wednesday afternoon, it “was decided to have a public hearing on the ques- tion of the relocation of the Lincoln High 8chool Building on Friday. Each side. will be limited to two hours for the presentation of its case. Misses Margatet, Lois and Evelyn Taylor, daughters of Rev. C.. T. Ta: lor, assisted by other local talent, gave & recital on Thursday evening in the The | Purcellviile Town Hall for the benefit of the Baptist parsonage of the cir- J. | cult, located at Hamilton. LEESBURG. LEESBURG, Va., July 10 (Spe- clal).—Leesburg has provided addi- tional water from a 303-foot well which has recently been drilled on town property adjacent to the water tank. Officials now believe that a sufficient supply. is available at all times for <|the use of the citizens and for fire- fighting. Announcements have heen received here of the marriage of Harry Ra dolph Tillette, .son of Mr. and Mi Samuel Tillette, and Miss Eugen :gloldn Anderson, both-of lower Lou- un. The first of the open-air union sery- fces was held on Sunday evening on the courthouse lawn here, Dr. Hugh T. Stevenson, pastor of Bethany Bap- tist Church, Washington, delivering the sermon. These services will be held every Sunday evening during July and August. Loudoun farmers are much encour- aaged over the prospects of the wheat crop for this season. Many think that the yield per acre will.'be more than last year. S SUT, VAUCLAIN SEES HOPE *FOR JEWS IN RUSSIA American Financier Reports Soviet Seeks to Help Put Semitic People on Feet. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, July 10.—Convic- tion that, with the aid of the Jews of riea, the Russian government is ready and willing to help put the Jews of Russia wno. are without means of sustenancé-en: a gelf-sustaining basis was ex| today by Samuel Vau- clain, president of the Baldwin Loco- motive Works. He recently returned from a business trip to Russia. Mr. Vauclain said he personally had talked to George Tchitcherin, secre- tary of foreign affairs and that the lat- ter denled reports of anti-Jewish feel- ing among the Russian peasants. Mr. Vauclain said the Russian sec- retary of foreign affairs had informed him that the government was. con- tributing to the support of - Jewish trade schools, and that it had loaned to credit societies of Jewish artisans more than $2,000,000. PRINCESSES ON PARADE. iy From Many Foreign Lands They " Are Flocking te London. LONDON, July 10 (.Y princesses from many foreign lands have been flocking to London this Summer and adding much zest to the social season. The newest arrival is. Princess Kira, daughter of the Grand Duke Cyril .of Russia, known a= the ‘un- crowned czar,” who makes his home in Germany. Among the princesses already ‘hére are Princess Ingrid of Sweden, Princess Ileana of Rumania and the Infanta’ Beatrice of Spain. Princess Kiraris not quite 1% and is a® musical duets day after ‘day to the wounded soldiers in the hospital.’ o B RO “*It tsn't primarily the making of :“n for |chh deufvlu :‘ndn, making so many people Yy says the Sah Francisco m}’mxcu'f"’ SHIPPING NEWS Aol o S s e Daylight Saviog Time. # | ornaments. SREEK RLERS VE OFF IS Only One Member .of Royal | Family, Prince Paul, Appears to Be Wage Earner. By the Associated Press. BUCHAREST, July 10.—Refugee kings, queens, princes and princesses from the revolution ary-ridden Balkan countries are scattered over Europe like fiying human debris, Many of them " have landed in Bucharest. Those who failed to snatch a few crown jewels or a treas. ure of gold before thelr flight from their native countries are having a lEu"en,v "";‘, time of it. ving on the charity of relativ triends. e Former King George of who, like his father Constantine, found the Kkinging business a pre- carfous and short.lived occupation, has been living off his mother-in' law, Queen Marib of Rumania, as i8 also his wife, Elizabeth. Although he still signd himselt “George, Rex.” he is said to possess little beyond his wardrobe and mon- ocle. The fact that he once was a king made him very popular ‘with Greece, who invited him frequently to dins nere and dances. ¢ Goes to Denmark. Belleving that his stay at the Bucharest palace had become too onerous a burden for Queen Marie, who herself has her wayward son Carol and his dispossessed wife to support, young George left recently for Denmark, where he has other hospitable regal relatives. His wife; Elizabeth, has gone to Florence, where she will divide her failing foi tunes wjth another evicted woman sovereigh, her mother-in-law, former Queen Sophle of Greece, widow of King Constantine and of Kaiser Wilhelm. Elizabeth apparently has not lack- ed any of the material things of life, for, if Increased weight be a criterion of good living, it may be remarked that she has almost doubled in size. Sophie is bein nephew, young William Leeds. brother-in-law, Prince Christopher, who also inherited a pile of Ameri- can dollars through the death of his late wife, Mrs. Willlam B. Leeds. also sees to it that Sophie lacks as a refugee nothing that' she enjoyed as a queen. Many Married “Money.” Marny of these deposed blue-bloods have married ‘“money,” and, there- fore, need mot worry about where to- morrow’s meal is coming from. By the grace of the Greek govern- ment Prince Andrew, brother of ex- King Constantine, dismissed in dis- grace for the failure of his army in Asia Minor, s allowed to retain. his property in Greece, from which he derives enough revenue on which to subsist comfortably. The same is true of Prince Nicholas, his brother. Others of the family, however, are dependent on the generosity of rel- atives or affluent friends. « The only Greek prince. apparently, Who has learned to labor and earn is young Prince Paul. youngest son of the late King Con: tine, who re- cently was in the United States, and who now js employed by a London commercial house as a promoter. He also has: been helped greatly b young. Leeds, who mgrried Paul cousin, Princess Xenia of Greece. S SOCIETY PLAYS JOKES. Aw .SSOr ui vaaco Young- Londén Crowd Tackles Cabinet Minister. LONDON, July 10 (#).—London's bright but restive young society peo- ple have given up the game of “treas- ure hunting,” so popular last season, as being somewhat stale., They have substituted practical jokes as being more exciting. The jokes being staged are quite harmless, but rather elaborate, and* at least one has come off as the origi- nators evolved it. This was worked successfully on a certain cabinet min- ister, who met with some strange hap- penings on his way home from one of the leading hotels. He took it all in good part and is not even now aware that his own daughter was one of the party responsible. SCHOOL TO BE MOVED. Meadville, Pa., Theological Insti- tution Going to Chicago. MEADVILLE, Pa., July 10 (. The Meadville Theological School will move from Meadville to Chicago, but its name will remain the same. President Franklin C. Southworth said the school also would preserve its complete independence while hav- ing the benefit of association with the University of Chicago. The school was founded in 1844 and in its early years trained ministers-for service in the West. It had the support of Unitarians, but never was controlled by that denomination. ABORIGINES BOB HAIR. Husbands Cut Wives' Tresses in ] Northern Australia. LONDON, ' July 10 (#).— Women have ‘their hair shingled among the Australian aborigines in the region of Gregory Sea, and it is & husband's prerogative to cut his wife’s hair with sharpened stones. " Buch {s the story of hairdressing in Australia which Michael Terry, ex- plorer, has brought back to London after a trip through little-known parts of northern Australia. Female hair is much prized by the aborigines, as It is used in weaving belts and making various sorts of sister Even