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10 * SUBUR BAN NEWS,” THE EVENING MACKALL AGCUSED BY CONVICTED MAN Butler Charges Contracts Were Let for Road Work Without Competitive Bids. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star, BALTIMORE, February 15.—Charges that John N. Mackall, while chairman and chief engineer of the State Roads Commission, violated a court injunc- tion by awarding at least one contract for surfacing a bridge without com- petitive bidding, were voiced by Thom- as A. Butler and his counsel, Richard B. Tippett, yesterday before the gov- ernor’s investigating committee. Butler, convicted former purchasing agent of the roads commission, also charged that numerous other contracts were let without competitive bidding and that extensions of contracts were granted under circumstances which he intimated were irregular. He asserted vouchers are missing in some such ex- tensions. Cites Bridge Work. The definite charge that a contract to build two operators’ houses on the Bevern River Bridge for $5115 was taken away from C. E. Williams of Annapolis and awarded to Christhilf & Ensey for $10,140 for the same work, after Williams failed to give bond, was ‘made by Butler. Butler pointed to the surfacing of the Laurel Bridge. He sald the con- tract was let to Christhilf & Ensey June 6, 1927, for $2,742.77, and that it was “not made by authorized bid- ding. At this point Tippett referred to the fact that in 1926 Judge Stanton had issued en injunction restraining the commission from awarding contracts without such bidding. The investigation also turned to the appointment of a chief bridge engineer in the roads commission. Butler said ‘Mackall had appointed the chief bridge -engineer and had fixed his salary. There was nothing_in the minutes of the commission, Butler went on, pertaining to the appointment. LEE DENOUNCES CHARGE. Declares Callan Accusation Is Result of Patronage Denied. By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., February 15— Charges of pay roll padding in the House of Delegates, leveled at Speaker E. Brooke Lee of Silver Spring by Dele- gate John G. Callan, Baltimore insur-, gent, were met in a statement, subse- ‘quent to the session, by Maj. Lee. The latter alleged that the Callan charges were “untrue” and a “willful misrepre- sentation.” Maj. Lee said that Daniel C. Joseph, delegate from Baltimore City, and lead- er of the insurgents, had not only audit- ed the current House pay roll, but August, which has just been opened to Prince Georges County recently finished EW BRIDGE IS OPENED l Span over Mattawoman Creek, replacing one which was washed away last traffic. This is one of three bridges in by the State Roads Commission. —Star Staff Photo. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md, February 15— Commemoration of the 300th anniver- sary of the founding of the Province of Maryland, in 1934, by the erection of monuments in England and in Mary- land is sought in a bill introduced in the Senate yesterday by Senator Joseph A. Coad of Leonardtown, St. Marys County. The bill provides for the appointment of a commission to have charge of and to direct the acquisition of sites, in the name of the State of Maryland, at Cowes, Isle of Wight, England; at St. MONUMENTS FOR MARYLAND'S TRICENTENNIAL ASKED IN BILL Coad Would Erect Memorials in Cowes, England; St. Clements Island and St. Marys County. Clements Island in the Potomac River and in St. Marys County. The first named site is the point of departure from the Old World of the original settlers in the State; St. Clem- ents Island is where they first landed, and the measure provides for the site in St. Marys County “where they first settled, promulgated and established a free civil government and religious liberty.” It is also provided in the measure that the commission to be appointed should acquire a suitable site in An- napolis for Memorial Hall, in which may be preserved the ancient records of the province and State. MARYLAND ALUMNI DINES TOMORROW Banquet in Baltimore Will Be First of Kind to Be At- Youth Held in Theft Case Steals Clothes . For Trip to Jail Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, February 15— ‘The “nerviest man” came to light yesterday when a colored youth led two police officers to the rooms of another man and don- ned the latter’s clothes for a trip to jail. The youth, Clarence Hicks, was tended by Women. Special Dispateh to The Star. COLLEGE PARK, Md. February 15. also had audited the pay roll of the 1927 Legislature and had found no fault, which, to his mind, was certain evidence that it was all right. Speaker Lee said that the charges were the result of his refusal to allow ‘Callan to name an employe. The re- fusal was on account of the fact that “Callan and 13 other Democrats re- fused to enter the party caucus and on the opening day voted against Lee for speaker.” Says Colleagues Know. “My only wish,” the speaker con- _tinued, “is that the people of the State -had as good a view and as complete an understanding of most of the kicking Democratic members as their colleagues of the House have. On the floor of the : House the Callan charge is only un- ggeannt because the members know th Callan and the legislative record i that he makes from day to day, and { they also know the employes of the £ House. Callan’s charge, however, was £ g;lnbed in the Baltimore press, and so £ becomes objeciionable to the extent that % it is read and may be believed. i “There has been no padding of the pay roll of the House. The employes % have been appointed by me under the : authority voied me by the membership 4 of the House to the extent that they { are authorized in the budget covering = legisiative expenditures. I will not au- § thorize payments to employes in excess S of the amount appropriated by the udget for this purpose.” UNDERTAKE—R. LEAVES - WIDOW ENTIRE ESTATE ’:Wfll of W. W. Demaine Bequeathes Property of $25,000 to Mrs. A. L. Demaine. @pecial Dispatch to The Ster. #, ALEXANDRIA, Va, February 15— % The 'will of the late Windsor W. De- # maine, local undertaker and funeral »director, who died Sunday, was ad- mitted to probate in the Circuit Court + here yesterday, bequeathing the entire L estate to his wife, Mrs. Annie L. De- “maine. The value of the estate is , L estimated at approximately $25,000. ‘The will specifies that the entire property be turned over to his wife, ubject to a bequest of one-half in- “terest in the undertaking business to £ his son, Windsor, when the latter be- % comes 25 years of age. { Mrs. Demaine was named executrix iin the will and she qualified before £ Elliott F. Hoffman, clerk of the court. & Nelson T. Snyder, jr.; Jullan T. Burke (fand James M. Duncan, sr., were ap- : pointed appraisers. WILL ATTEND MEETING. #Potomac Group to Be Present at { D. C. Epworth League Gathering. £ POTOMAC, Va., February 15 (Spe- i clal) —Mgmbers of the Epworth League ¢ of the Del Ray M. E. Church South will attend the bi-monthly meeting of the Washington Epworth League tonight ¢ at 7 o'clock in the Mount Vernon Place % Church, in Washington. ¢ The Young People’s Missionary So- * clety of the church will meet tonight L at the home of Miss Luta Davis on § Bellefonte avenue at 7:30 o'clock. A © Valentine social will follow the busi- | ness session. L PR T - SEPARATE PARISH ASKED. 2 St. Luke’s, Bladensburg, Petitions : St. Matthew’s Parish. HYATTSVILLE, Md., February 15 (Special). — Trustees ot St. Luke's § Church, Bladensburg, have petitioned £ the vestry of St. Matthew’s Protestant { Episcopal Parish for permission to be- come an independent paiisn. St. Luke's is the mother church of St. Matthew's parish. A committee | has been appointed to confer with the chancellor of the diocese of Washington to consider what shall be done concern- tng the petition. | H —Alumni of the College Park branch of the University of Maryland will hold their annual banquet at the Hotel Ren- nert, Baltimore, tomorrow night, it is announced by Dr. T. B. Symons, sec- retary-treasurer of the organization. The banquet will be the first to be attended by woman graduates of the in- stitution. hile the co-educational status,of the university has been rec- ognized by the Alumni Association for some years, and the membership of alumnae has steadily beén increasing, the proportion of woman graduates has been small until quite recently. The guest of honor at the banquet will be Samuel M. Shoemaker, chairman of the board of regents. Henry Holzapfel, jr., of Hagerstown, an alumnus and a member of the board of regents, will be toastmaster. J. Lyons of B&{‘mtnm wi‘l;lb:ethe rincipal speaker, and there w an :ddre&. hyp? Hanson Mitchell of Bal- timore, president of the Alumni Asso- ciation. MISS MAY CAVANAUGH NAMED TO HEALTH POST Becomes Technician in Charge of Laboratory Work of Alex- andria Office. Special Dispatch to The Star. . s ALEXANDRIA, Va., February 15.— Miss Mae Cavanaugh, public health nurse, today was appointed technician of the Alexandria Health Department by Dr. W. Lewis Schafer, city health of- ficer. In her new position she will have charge of the laboratory at the health office and will conduct all its analytical work. Miss Cavanaugh is the first woman to hold the position of technician here and is thought to be the first in any health department in the State. Miss Marguerite Davis, a member of the personnel of the health department several years ago, returned today upon beinz appointed quarantine nurse and asistant technician. LAW HELD TOO LIGHT. Alexandria Not to Prosecute for False Alarm. ALEXANDRIA, Va., February 15 (Special).—An ordinance adopted by the City Council in 1874 has caused Fire Chief James M. Duncan, jr, to decide against prosecuting a person sus- pected of turning in a false alarm ‘Tuesday night. Duncan said today that while he had traced the telephone call made in turn- ing, in the alarm, it would be useless to prosecute the case, as the city ordinance governing such a situation provides only for a fine of $5 in the event a convic- tion is obtained. City Manager Paul Morton plans to have the ordinance amended. eassarii tiatiin INCORPORATION PLANNED. Spectal Dispatch to The Star. ‘WOODSBORO, Md., February 15— Plans for incorporation of this town in the near future are being made by a committee composed of Allen R. Smith, William B. Cutshall, William H. Dorcus, Newton Z. Cramer and Elmer M. Powell. Plans for presenting a bill at the present term of the State Legislature to ineorporate the town will be made at a citizens’ meeting in the town hall Wed- nesday. Named Prosecutor. STAUNTON, Va., February 15 (Spe- clal).—H. H. Byrd of Warm Springs has been appointed commonwealth’s attorney of Bath County by Judge George K. Anderson, to serve the un- arrested by Sergt. Keller and Pa- g‘ol;x‘:an Bollinger on a charge of e At the time Hicks was wearing & short pair of trousers believed to be part of the alleged loot. The officers told him to get into his own clothes, so he led them to a room where he donned a natty blue serge suit, new hat, wrist watch and glasses. Shortly after police entered the station with their prisoner John Drummond, colored, came to re- port, theft of his clothing. The garments Hicks was wearing wer2 identified as Drummond’s. TEACHERS TO HOLD ANNUAL CONFERENCE Dr. G. F. Cadisch of University of Maryland to Address Gathering at Hyattsville. Special Dispatch to The Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md., February 15.— A large attendance is expected at the annual social meeting of the Prince Georges County Teachers’ Association tomorrow morning at Hyattsville High School. One of the chlef speakers will be Dr. G. P. Cadisch, acting head of the de- partment of economics and sociology of the University of Maryland. Miss Annic L. Wilson of Kensington, Md., will talk on art. Music will be furnished by th: University of Maryland Glee Club and the Hyattsville Elementary School Or- M. Sturgis of Hyatts- | . Miriam McD. Holmes of College Park and William D. Himes of Maryland Park are members of the program committee. oty COUNTY HEALTH CENTERS TO BE WITHOUT NURSES Dr. Chichester and Aides Will At- tend Conference in Richmond Next Week. Special Dispatch to The Star. ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT- HOUSE, Va. Feb: 15.—Although fory ot Afingtan Gounty will be with- TS O n Coun - out the services of Dr. P. M. Chichester and the county nurses next week, it was announced today. The health officer and his assistants have arranged to attend the State Health Conference in Richmond. Attendants will care for the patients, is was said. FARM EXPERTS CONFER. Specialists Discuss Programs for Agricultural Development. LYNCHBURG, Va., February 15 (Special) —Discussion of programs for farm development during the season featured the conference of 11 county farm demonstration agents, three district agents and seven specialists from the agricultural extension division of V. P. I at the Chamber of Com- merce here yesterday. The agents sought to discover a sub- stitute for dark tobacco and dwelt at length on the futute. of the fruit in dustry. W. P. Moore, assistant director of the extension division of V. P. I., presided. John W. Shomo, 65, Dies. LYNCHBURG, Va., February 15 (Spe- cial).—John W. Shomo, 65, died Wed- nesday afternoon at his home, on the Wright's Shop road, Amherst County. He is survived by five children—Luther Shomo of Spraig, W. Va.; Harry Shomo of Covington; Mrs. Minnie Stevens of expired term of John W. Stephenson, jr., who died suddenly Sunday. APPLY, FOR BUS PERMIT. © Baltimore Transfer Co. Asks for Route Over Proposed Bridge. { BALTIMORE, February 15 (Special), # —An application for a permit to operate # freight and passenger carrying lines § between Baltimore and the Eastern § Shore over the proposed Chesapeake § Bay bridge has been filed with the £ Public Service Commission by the Balti- { more Transfer Co. The Red Star Motor Coach Co. and the United Bus Lines have also appli- f(flfins for operation of . o ver the bridge. passenger *yeto the ordinance, May Be Given Test in Special Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, Va, February 15.— Richmond's bitter residential race seg- regation controversy will be in the courts shortly after the new segregation ordinance becomes a law, it was in- dicated here today following communi- cations between Mayor J. Fulmer Bright and James Weldon Johnson, secretary of the National Association for the Ad- ncement of Colored Peoples, in which e mayor refused Johnson's request to ‘The association is Beeparing to aid Jecel colored persons Spraig, W. Va.; Mrs. Bessle Tyree and Mrs. C. L. Smith of Madison Heights. Richmond Residential Segregation Law Court When Effective in pressing the matter in the courts, Johnson said. Richmond newspapers violently :g- ?ond the ordinance as contrary to the interests of the races and as contrary to ms of the United States Supreme urt. The ordinance_is designed to prevent encroachments by colored residents upon blocks occupied by white people. ‘The colored people enlisted in their fight some of the most influential white citizens of Richmond, many of whom have offered to aid them finangilly in Dghting the ordinance in the o STAR, WASHINGTON, J50ACRE FOREST OFFERED AS PARK A. Smith Bowman Gives Land as Part of Great Falls Project. Special Dispatch to The Star. FAIRFAX, Va., February 15.—The first of what it is hoped will be a series lof gifts of park land to the Federal Government has been made by A. Smith Bowman of Sunset Hills, Va, Mr. Bow- man, who last year purchased the 4,000-acre Hugh Hutchison farm at Wiehle and Sunset Hills, in Dranesville district of Fairfax County, has offered to the National Capital Park and Plan- ning Commission between 250 and 300 acres of virgin forest and fertile land located about 14 miles from Washing- ton on the Leesburg Pike. The land is offered for development as part of the Great Falls Park area and George Washington Memorial Parkway and is about three miles from the tract origi- nally charted as a tentative park reser- vation and lles along Cabin run, a branch of Difficult run, which empties into the Potomac. Maj. Carey Brown of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, in discussing Bowman’s offer, spoke in the highest terms of the latter’s gener- osity and of the desire of the commis- sion to accept it if any means can be effected whereby the Federal Govern- | ment can maintain and develop the local taxpayers. At present the Na- tional Capital Park and Planning Com- Maj. Brown said. Until some authority is set up whereby it is empowered to accept and administer lands such offers must be held in abeyance. Such an authorization is included in the Cram- ton bill now pending befors Congress, which authorizes the commission accept and administer park lands in Virginia. Upon suggestion of the Natlonal Capital Park and Planning Commis- sion, Mr, Bowman, through his attorney, Thomas. R. Keith, made a similar offer to the Virginia State Conservation and Development Commission, W. E. Car- f that body, has replied that the commission will be glad to co- operate with the National Capital Park and Planning Commission in the devel- opment of parkways in the Washington metropolitan area. MODERN WOODMEN HOLD INSTALLATION SERVICE New Officers Invested at Bladens- burg by Past Consul Andrew - Gasch. Special Dispatch to The Star. BLADENSBURG, Md., February 15. —At a meeting attended by members and visitors from nearby Maryland, the District of Columbia and Virginia, Wed- nesday night in the school here, officers of Colonial Camp No. 13999, Modern Woodmen of America, were installed. Past Consul Andrew Gasch was the installing officer. Officers installed were: Consul, Wil- liam Manning; banker, Albert Fierstein; clerk, Frank Flerstein; adviser, William Tucker; escort, Carl Fierstein; sentry, Reinhold Ruhleman; watchman, Al- bert Fleming; trustees, E. W. Hubbard, to serve one year; Louise Peake, to serve two years, and Wallace Littleford to _serve three years. William Manning was chairman of the committee in charge of the enter- tainment features, his associates being E. W. Hubbard, William Tucker, Albért | Fierstein, Carl Fierstein, H. B. Windsor, Reinhold Ruhleman, Daniel Pleginer and Harry Miller. {HOLIDAY BILI.. PRESENTED. Would Set Aside Memorial and Ar- mistice Days. ANNAPOLIS, Md., February 15 (Spe- cial) —Memorial and Armistice days would be made legal holidays for the schools of Maryland under provisions of a bill introduced in the Senate yes- terday by Senator Lansdale G. Sasscer of Upper Marlboro, Prince Georges County. *OLIVE SHEA Wins Praise The quality of her acting as the Private Secretary in “The News Parade” is winning the praise of movie fans everywhere for this lovely newcomer to the screen. 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