Evening Star Newspaper, March 22, 1929, Page 11

SUBUR SIX WILL COMPETE IN ORATORY TEST First Maryland Interschool Contest to Be Held Tonight at Bethesda. The interschool phase of the Sixth National Oratorical Contest will be opened in Maryland tonight at Bethesda | FElementary School, where, at 8 o'clock, | three boys and three girls, the champion | speech-makers of their respective | schools, will contend for the right to enter the Maryland district finals next month. Maryland's initial interschool battle follows closely the concluding inter- school meet in the private and parochial district held late yesterday at George- town University and won by James Leonard Butsch, 19-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs, Leonard E. Butsch, 4720 Fif- | teenth street, and the spokesman for St. | John's College. Six Will Speak. Tonight's contestants and their re- spective orations in the order in which | they will speak, are: | John G. Gott of the Dickerson High | 8chool, “The Development of the Con- stitution. James Alonzo Gannon, jr, of the Georgetown Preparatory School, Garrett Park, on “The Constitution—Its Value.” Miss Doris Palmer of the Gaithers- burg High School, on “The Constitu- tion: A Guarantee fo Liberty for the Individual.” Miss Frances V. Fulks of Rockville High School on “The Citizen: His Priv- ileges and Duties Under the Constitu- tion.” Miss Margaret Benson of the Bethes- | da-Chevy Chase High School, on “The Citizen: His Privileges and Obligations Under the Cozstituflon.” i ‘David Trundle of the Poolesville High | School, on “The Privileges and Obli- | gations of a Citizen Under the Consti- | tution.” | The victor will be determined by a board of four judges. They are Lieut. Col.. Wallace M. Craigie, U. S. A., pro- fessor of military science and tactics in the District of Columbia public schools; Robert Peter, jr., of Rockville, State's attorney; George P. Sachs; pres- ident of the Bank of Bethesda, and Mrs. H. D. Rogers of Linden; chairman of | the education committee of the Mont-| cltx!mm“csry County Federation of Women's | Striet Time Limit. ‘Oliver Owen: Kuhn, -managing editor | of The Star, sponsor of the contest in the District of Columbia and the néarby counties of Maryland and Vir- gimia, will preside at tonight's meet. Each contestant is allowed 10 minutes in which to deliver his oration, and if a_ participant continues to speak after the time signal is sounded, he will be dropped automatically to last place. “The program of oratory will be re- lieved by musical selections at intervals during the evening, played by the BAN NEWS. town hc&:nwry School. Cenl David Trundle of the Poolesville. High Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School. Bottom: James Leonard Top, left to right: John G. Gott of the Dickerson High Scheel, Miss Doris Palmer of the Gaithersburg High School and James A. Gannon of the George- , left to right: Miss Frances V. Fulks of the Bockville High Schoel, School and Miss of the Butsch of St. John’s College. BILL ASKS ELIMINATION OF SPECIAL TAXING AREA Measure Would Include Alta Vista in Metropolitan Dis- trict. By » Staff Correspondent of The Star. . ANNAPOLIS, Md., March 22 —Elimi- nation of the special area of Alta Vista, on the old Georgetown road west of Bethesda, and its inclusion in the metropolitan district for taxing urposes, is provided under the terms of a bill introduced in the House yes- students of Miss Gemeze Bourdeaux, music instructor at the Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School. The players will include Miss Dorothy Hobley and Miss Jean de wutt, pianists, and the Girls’ Glee Club of the school. &:e first contestant on the program, Je the 17-year-old son of R. B. Gott, clerk of the District of Columbia Police Court and a resident of Dickerson, Md. Young Gannon is .l'lnuxo‘l} ndh&uu:esona(br. ames annon, ‘ashington surgeon of 1915 Biltmore street. Miss Palmer, the daughter of Roh:‘n E. Palmer of , Md., is 14 yews Fulks, the daughter years old. Miss Benson mfl daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O. H. of 5320 Moreland ‘lane; - moor, and young Trundle, who is 18 years old, hails from y Uses High Pressure Oration.’ Butch, the 8t. John’s College orator who won the decision in the concluding ful bid with & high pressure type of oratory. He used many geav.umyl‘x,:ml course of his speech, to which he gave variety and expression with well con- trolled voice modulation. Butch used only 6 minutes and 40 seconds. Miss Nellie McCormick, the St. Pat- rick’s speaker, who was second on the program, made a brave attempt to wrest the decision from the powerful Butch who proceded her. Speaking on “The Citizen: His Privileges, His Duties Un- der the Constitution,” Miss McCormick nted the, picture of a little spit- telling the audience her ideas on t-_. Constitution with all the vim and “lpeedm of a whippet. She spoke 7 min- ‘The final bid for victory was made by Miss Louise Waters of Holy Trinity High School, who, in her quiet, even way, delivered her well ordered oration on “The Constitution of the United States; Its Origin.” Miss Waters spoke for 8 minutes, using no gestures but facing her audience and gi it faets with a serenity and sincerity which commanded attention. 2 ‘The judges were members of the Georgetown University’s Philodemic De- bating the oldest college debate organization in the United States. Rev. Hugh Gaynor, dean of Latin at the university, who was presiding in the absence of Rev. John J. Toohey, 8. J., announced the winner. The program | was augmented by musical selections played by music students of Holy Trin- ity School, i~ *luding Robert Schombert, Catherine Gartland, Frank Warner. Elizabeth O'Conner, Donald Kernan and Rudolph Kirchgessne: o FINALMCURTAIN DOWN IN OLDTIME PLAYHOUSE| Cumberland Theater, Where Two Union Generals Attended Prior | to Capture by Raiders, Closes. | Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. CUMBERLAND, Md., March 22.—The curtain was rung down for the last time in Cumberland’s oldest thester, the Belvedere, yesterday. The bullding, prior to the Civil , was used as a theater and also for dances and assemblies. It | was there that the Unlon Gens. Crook | and Kelley attended a society dance on | the night that the McNeill Rangers made a daring dash in the city and captured them after they had retired to their hotel. The theater was later re- modeled, and Joseph Jefferson in “Rip Van Winkle” and Buffalo Bill in his early stage appearance and before he organized his Wild West show trod its boards | Soldiers encamped around Cumber- | land in the period from 1862 to 1865 found it a place of amusement with home talent plays and concerts. Fifty vears ago the Grand Army of the Repuhlic held bean bakes there. ‘The Belvedere became one of Cum- berland’s early ;motion picture houses and it continued to show movies until its close yesterday. MEETING PLACE CHANGED. Lyon Village Citizens’ Association Holds Session Wednesday. LYON VILLAGE, Va., March 22 (Spe- cial) —The annual meeting of the Lyon Village Citizens’ Association, Wednesday night, will be held in the Priscilla room of the Boulevard Bakery, in Clarendon instead of the office of Lyon & Fitch, it was announced today by Robert N. Anderson, president. The nominating committee is headed by Monroe H. Stockett, first presideng of the association. terday by Speaker E. Brooke Lee of Silver Spring. The bill, in addition to repealing the law establishing the special taxing area, provides that the Montgomery County treasurer shall receive payments on the special assessments due for improve- ments made by the taxing area gpyern- | FAIRFAX EX-SENATOR FINED FOR CONTEMPT :Jndge Smith Imposes $50 Penalty as .nenm. of Argument Over Verdict Against Client. Specis] Dispatch to The Star, FAIRFAX, Va, March 32—Former State Senator Walter Tansill Oliver of Fairfax was this morning fined $50 for contempt of court by Judge Howard Smith in the Fairfax County Circult Court. Commonwealth's' Attorney Wil son M. Farr stated to the court that Mr. Oliver was not able to appear to- day. Judge Smith stated in open court that he would consider thé question of disbarring Mr. Oliver from practice be- fore this court at a later date.. ‘The fine is an outgrowth of an argu- ment Judge Smith and Mr. - ADVERTISED 1! WEEK'S SATU! 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C, TRACTION PAVING LAW IS ALTERED Alexandria Relieves Street Car Company of Burden Under Oid Ordinance. | ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 22 (8pe- | eial).—A measure relieving the Mount | Vernon, Alexandria & Washington Elec- | wic Rallway Co. of its proportionate eost of permanent improvements along | | ‘N8 right-of-way in this city was adopted | by the City Council yesterday. ‘T The resolution was adopted to lighten | the :byrden: of the railway company in the proposed repaving of seven blocks of King street, which will necessitate | an expenditure of approximately $25,000, of which the railway would have had FRIDAY. MARCH 22, 1929.° Maryland U. Sheep Pack of Stray Dogs | By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. Ul PPER MARLBORO, Md., March 22.—Having suffered the loss of a number of valuable experimental sheep through dog raids on their pens, the University of Maryland has appealed to the Prince Georges county commissioners to. end a . serfous stray dog situation. In presenting a bill for $448 for 23 thnrcm’hhred sheep killed in the pens of the university's experimental farm in recent months, W. E. Hunt, assistant professor of animal hus- bandry, declares ‘“‘dogs running at large ‘are so numerous that they constitute. a real menace.” All of the sheep killed were on important feeding and breeding projects, which would have led to economic data worth thousands of dollars to the sheep industry of the State, according to Prof. Hunt. More than 50 other sheep were in- jured. NEW HIGH SCHOOL to pay $11,480. | Gardner L. Boothe, president of the | company, assured the courcil that new rails and-ties would be installed, when | | the repaving work is started by the | eity. He said this would cost approxi- | maiely $10,000. { An annual appropriation of $250 to the State Anti-Tuberculosis Society was | authorized upon presentation by City Manager Paul Morton o- & request from Miss Agnes Randolph of the State body. | A resolution appropriating $5,000 for additional expenses in the annexgtion | suit against Arlington County was| placed on first reading and held over. The council voted to extend a sanitary sewer to the 400 block of North Fayette street and made an appropriation of "‘N&:M chemwork. 3 - 0 g Action on_the proposed repaving of four blocks of Union street was deferred. | . |PRINCE GEORGES HEADS | " HOLD SPECIAL SESSION 'Finnl !tndy_;eing ;lu of Annual Levy, With Budget Esti- mates.on Hand. By a Staff-Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., March 22. —The Prince Georges County commis- sloners are- in special session at the | courthouse here this afternoon making | a final study of the annual levy. Budget estimates for the coming| have been filed with the clerk and given careful consideration by the county heads during part of their weekly meet- | ings for the past month. Mrs. Annie H. Ginn Dies. ‘WINCHESTER, Va., March 22 (Spe- elnl).—ur:.' Annie H in) member a _prominent County family, died suddenly yesterday of a heart attack at Chester, Pa., where she and her ily have been living the last, 10 years. Surviving are her husl Jough D. = Ginn, four three sons. daughters and BUILDING DEDICATED Gen. William Mitchell Addresses Middleburg, Va., Pupils at Cere- monies Held Last Night. Spectal Dispatch to The Star. MIDDLEBURG, Va., March 22—The new high school here, seating 250 people, was dedicated last night. Gen, Willlam Mitchell, speaking to the children gathered in the auditorium, told them to play hard but also to work hard, and “not to back out of a fight with any kid.” Gen. Mitchell was introduced by State ‘Senator Cecil Connor of Leesburg. Gen. Mitchell emphasized the improvement in Virginia schools during recent years. Bnplt. O. L. Emerick of the school also spoke. BETEE W SOCIETY TO EN COURAGE DEVELOPMENT OF ART Speoial Dispatch to The Star. CLARENDON, Va., March 22.—Plans for the formation of a soclety to en- courage ‘the development of creative art in Arl County were made Wed- nesday at a gathering of county wom- en at the home of Mrs. John McKnight, Oak. street, Lyon Park. Mrs. Sade Catherine Coles, Virginia State vice president, national League of Pen Women, read a paper on journal- ism and discussed the possibilities of establishing a chapter in the county. The group will meet in April to per- fect organization. _ Bids Asked on Gasoline. RICHMOND, Va., March 22 (A).— The - State highway department will open bids April 4 on 1,142,500 gallons of gasoline an 950 gallons of lubricat- ing oil for use on the State highway system In Every Fitch—in fact all of Spring’s thoroughly smart. Delightful Berberich’s Coat Pens Are Raided by Significant Silhouette /Coats of individuality and distinction in smart woolens and silks. There are coats for every daytime or evening | need, in an endless variety of styles and color. Furs have p been used on many with striking effect, a cape here, a throw there. The popular Galyak, Badger, Fox, Leopard, Monkey, bined with Fashion’s smartest fabrics to make these groups In an Extensive Variety, Featuring $ 29.7'5 $49-15 *$69'75 | Other Coats from $25 to §195 SUBURBAN. ws. 11 ure Which Would Allow Practitioners Fees. By a Btaft Correspondent of The Star. ANNmLIS, Md., March 22.—The tables ‘were turned on the so-called | Christian Science bill, which earHer in the week received such a large favor- able vote on its second reading, when the House of Delegates killed the meas- ure yesterday by a vote of 66 to 36, fol- lowing another prolonged and heated debate. The bill would have author- ized Christian Science practitioners to collect a-fee for their services to the sick in Maryland. Daniel C. Joseph of the fourth Bal- timore district, Democrat, made a fer- vent plea for the passage of the bill on the ground of religious tolerance and incidentally took an opportunity to con- demn the medical practitioners. On the other hand, Delegate Frank C. Pur- | dum of the third Baltimore district and chairman of the hygiene committee, which reported the bill favorably, said that he believed that the 57 members who voted for the bill on its second reading did so out of kindness. He told the Assembly that the State department of -health was opposed to the measure, | because it would destroy the control of | contagious diseases. A. Percy White of Wicpmico, John G. Callan of Baltimore, Frederick Vol- land of Baltimore and George Blakiston of Baltimore County alsa spoke strongly in favor of the bill, &s did Louls McL. Merryman of Baltimore - County, who sald he voted in favor of the measure on second reading, but was: voting against it on final passage because he {found no way in which legal language | could be written into the measure so as | to protect ignorant adults. ||ZAAK WALTON LEAGUE COMPLIMENTS HOOVER President and His Secretary Elect- ed Honorary Members of Chap- ter at Frederick, Md. | Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICK, Md., March 22.—Presi- | dent Herbert Hoover and his secretary, | Lawrence Richey, who this week con- cluded the purchase of 1,800 acres of timber land in the Catoctin Furnace last night elected honorary members of the Prederick chlp'fl:f . 1, Izaak Wal- ton League of America. Since the announcement of the trans- action Albert M. Powell, superintendent of the State fish hatcheries at Lewis- ton, a_few miles from Catoctin Fur- nace, has received 36 inquiries from ‘Washington officials and prominent Dis- trict of Columbia residents relative to trout fishing conditions in Frederick County. New and popular furs have been com- Groups at Salon—3rd Floor tract, 12 miles north of Frederick, were | ! .Wise, Dickenson, Berberichs | TWELFTH~F STS. CHRISTIAN SCIENGE £10.000.000 ROADS BILL IS DEFEATED PROGRAM 0 OPEN Maryland House Kills Meas-‘Virginia to Start Big Series of Projects in April and May. By the Associated Press. RICHMOND, Va., March 22.—With approximately $4,500,000 in highway construction work contracted or pro- vided for now, the ;019 highway uilding program for Virginia is ex- pected to get well under way during April and May, it was_stated today /! by State Highway Commissioner H. G._Shirley. During April the State highway de- partment will take over 793 miles of additional roads maintenance. H. G. Shirley. added to the Stal highway system by the General Assem- bly of 1928. The total mileage in the State highway system in 1929 will be increased to. approximately 7,067 The 1929 program is expected by offi- cials to be the greatest in the history of the State. Virginia this year has approximately $10,000,000 road con- struction provided for as compared with approximately $9,000,000 last year. Among some of the larger projects on which work is expected to be started early in the year are: A bridge over Little Creek on highway route 500, in Princess Ann County; & britige, 1,199 feet long, over the Shenandoah River in Clarke County; number of separate projects in Wise and Lee Counties on route 106 and providing for 17.91 miles of hard surfacing, and a number of projects scattered ‘Tazewell, Norfolk, Nansemond, Giles, Grayson, Fluvanna, Prince George and Arlington Counties providing approxi- mately 243 miles of hard surfacing and 18 miles 8f improved 'dirt roads. e score or more of grade cross- ings will be eliminated during 1929, ar- nndgemenu for this work now being made. A considerable part of the work to be undertaken this year will be done by thé State's convict labor force of 2,000 men. The State Highway Department re- cently opened bids on the construction f more than $800,000 in road and bridge building. Bids on additional projects to eost mately $275,000 will be opened April. The de- partment has also opened bids on five State highway projects to cost approxi- mately $133,000. Exclusive Henley private school in England is having on as to whether the boy pupils should wear the traditional straw hat of the institute while visiting cities in Winter.