Evening Star Newspaper, April 13, 1929, Page 5

VIRGINIA ORATORS - READY FOR FINALS' Helen McCarthy of Herndon Wins Coveted Place Among Five Leaders. Virginia’s field of contenders for its | c¢hampionship in the Sixth National Cratorical Contest was completed at Herndon last night, when Miss Helen McCarthy, 16-year-old senior of the Herndon High School, won the decision in the fifth and concluding group meet- ing in the Virginia district. Miss Margaret Doris Robb, 18, a senior of the Floris Vocational School of Herndon, was adjudged winner of second place and was declared alternate to Miss McCarthy. The five winners of the group meet- ings in the Virginia district who now await the Virginia finals at Ballston next Friday night are Miss McCarthy, Miss Elizabeth Brereton of the War- renton High School, Jerry Schutz of the Washington-Lea High School of Ball- ston, Carey Howard Blackwell of-the Alexandria’ High School and Thomas Edward Taylor of the Lincoln High School. The survivor of this group in | the Vitginia finals will receive $100 in cash and the right to enter The Star finals in competition for the champion- | ship of the District of Columbia-Mal land-Virginia territory in_which the contest is sponsored by The Star, an additional cash award of $200 and the three-month tour of Europe. Contest Is €lose. Presided over by Wilbert Woodson, su- perintendent of Fairtax County Schools, last night's meet at Herndon was de- cidedly close and difficult for the judges to weigh. Miss McCarthy, winner, was the third contestant to deliver an ora- tion. Speaking for eight and a hal minutes on “The Citizen: His Privileges and Duties Under the Constitution,” Miss McCarthy impressed her audience Wwith the “weight” of her underiaking. Bhe spoke in strong terms and a fairly slow tempo which seemed to pulse with the effort she was expending for vie- tory Once, when her memory fal- tered, she grasped a prompting word irom a friend in the audience and car- Tied on bravely without further hesi- tancy. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin McCarthy of Herndon. Miss Robb, the fourth and last con- testant on last night's program, spoke for seven and a half minutes. There high tension in her voice and there was withal a commanding earnestness. Electing to use no gestures, Miss Robb at times sought to give emphasis to her speech by clenching her fists, so sincere Wwas her effort to convince her audience of her convictions concerning “The Con- stitution in_the Daily Life of the In- d 1al.” Her adherence to her topic ‘Was particularly well done as she cited the benefits to the citizenry offered by the Constitution in the. form of such commonplace things as protection of canned goods under the pure food laws. Omer Hirst, 15, junior of the Lee- Jackson High' School, the only boy on the program ,and the second contest- ant, spoke for seven minutes and five seconds on “The Constitution Toda; His was a_delivery of staccato rapid- ity which drilled home his well ordered | Points in interesting fashion. Hirst | was extremely youthful in his speech Jast night, and one more year should fit him' for a mighty sturdy showing next year. Sets High Standard. Miss Evelyn Osborne Jennings of the | Franklin-Sherman High School of M- | Lean opeaed the contest with her speech | on “The Citizen: His Privileges and | Duties Under the Constitution.” Her Yoice was clear and unfaltering, while | ber poise was admirable. She launched the contest on a high plane of oratory, and subsequent speakers were pressed to maintain het standards. The judges of the four speeches were Representative Ludlow of Indiana, Rev. D. Campbell Mayers of Middleburg, Va., and H. Earlton Hanes, member of the Virginia House of Deliegates. Elmer Louis Kav: secretary of George Washington University, who was to bave been a judge, was unable to serve. The program was made delightful by music by the Music Study Club of Herndon and the Herndon High School Orchestra. The former, a septet of woman singers, presented a medley of ©old songs, which was well received. " TEXTILE STRIKE AREA ~ HAS 300 MORE IDLE i Closing of Mills at Lexington, | ! N.C., Not Due to Labor Trouble, However, Say Officials. By the Associated Press. CHARLOTTE, N. C., April 13—Strike Iines in North and South Carolina tex- tile towns were holding firm early today. The ranks of the idle were increased | by more than 300 yesterday when the i Wennonah and Dacotah cotton mills at Lexington, N. C., closed down “indefi- ! nitely.” Officials of the Dacotah mill, however, denied there was any strike threat there, and said they abandoned operation because of market conditions. The Wennonah mill was closed fol- Jowing a second walkout yesterday when employes of the cardroom group joined & strike which has been in progress all week. Each of the mills employed about 225 workers. The only hint of progress toward ‘ompromise was at Gastonia, N. C., where officials of the Manville Jenckes Co., which operates the Loray mill, is- sued optimistic reports yesterday and claimed an almost normal working force for the first time since the walkout there. 4 ‘The South Carolina situation re- mained quiet, with mill employes at Union, Greenville, Anderson and Wood- Tuff remaining idle. MAUDE LEONE, FORMER ACTRESS, IN COLLAPSE Ex-Wife of Willard Mack Sent to Insane Hospital—Had Been Awaiting Script of New Play. By the Associated Press. ,, LOS ANGELES, April 13.—Maude Leone, once a famous actress and a for- amer wife of Willard Mack, actor and { iplaywright, was committed to the State nsane Hospital at Norwalk yesterday for treatment, $ #_The commitment papers were signed in Superior Court after a hearing in . which Mrs. Ethel e, mother of the ‘actress, testified she had suffered a nervous breakdown as the results of delusions of - persecution, £ Maude Leone's career, a few ago, saw her name flashed in el play_being 1t was to be staged as physical ! _ written ) iy fit. or for her. _soon as she was | | | | Miss Helen McCarthy of the Herndon - h School. HOOVER OIL POLICY BENEFITS RELATED Rocky Mountain States to Share in Its Good Effects, Wilbur Tells Governors. The Hoover ofl conservation program will be of great future benefit to the whole country, with no_section benefit. ing more than the Rock Mountain States, Secretary of Interior Wilbur yesterday informed Govs. Dern of Utah, | Emerson of Wyoming and Adams of Colorado. The Secretary’s communication to the three governors was in answer to a joint letter written to President Hoover, March 30, discussing the new Federal oil policy, which Mr. Hoover referred to the Interior Secretary for answer, “It is, of course,” the Secretary wrote, “the instruction of the President and the desire of myself to deal fairly with permitees; arbitrary action will not be taken where equities have accrued and where development has been undertaken in good faith. “The Government’s program, how- ever,” he continued, “must be general {in its scope, as the distribution and use jof oil is not confined to areas where | actual production occurs. The simple purpose of the Government is to reserve as much ofl as possible against the time—unfortunately not distant—when our natlonal supplies diminish.” The governors had suggested that recognition of equities which may have been established, both. in applications for permits and in existing permits | through expenditures of money, pro- vided a situation affording a sound basis for development. The Interior Secretary’s answer to this was that it had been incorporated into the present policy so far as existing permits are concerned. It has never been the practice, how- ever, he said, to recognize equities in applications for permits arising out of expenditures made before the permit has been issued. The number of in- stances where such equities might be legitimately claimed, he added, are be- lieved to be so rare that an exception to the nile would not seem to be ad- visable under the present policy. If ap- plicants have undertaken to drill on the public domain before they have been granted a permit, the Interior Depart- ment officials contend, they have done 50 upon their own responsibility and without authority of law. A_LEXANDRIA. ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 13 (Spe- cial) —R. E. Lee Camp, Sons of Con- federate Veterans, will place a memori- al tablet on the old Marshall House in memory of James W. Jackson, proprie- tor of the old hotel, who was killed im- mediately after he shot and killed Col. Ellsworth of the New York Zouaves, on May 24, 1861, when Ellsworth and his men removed a Confederate flag from atop the Marshall House. The tablet will be cast in bronze at Baltimore and it is hoped it will be ready for unveiling for the annual exer- cises on Confederate Memorial day, May 24. It is planned to have some of Jackson’s descendants take part in the brief ceremony which will be arranged. Capitation taxes must be paid by May 4 for voters to qualify for the Demo- eratic primary, August 6, and the gen- eral election, November 5. City Treas- urer Roger C. Sullivan said today that 5,109 persons have paid their capita- tion taxes thus far and that if voters continue at the present rate until the deadline falls a new record for quali- fled voters will be established. The highest number of persons ever to pay this tax was 5,450 for the presi- dential election last November. With the election this year being for State and local offices it is thought that as much interest will be displayed and vot- ing will be equally heavy. Sullivan also said that persons who have been delinquent in their capita- tion taxes for 1926, 1927 and 1928 must ‘pay these taxes before becoming eligi- ble to vote in the primary. Dorothy Shelly, 24, was arrested here Thursday night by Detective Sergt. Ed- gar Sims, for deserting a child at her home in Quantico. She was taken to Manassas yesterday by Deputy Sheriff M. A. Lynch of Prince Willlam County, where, it is said, she will be arraigne - The doll exhibit at Norton Memorial Hall was held by the Ladies’ Aid Society of the St. Paul's Episcopal: Church. Comdr. and Mrs. H. B, Soule. U, 8. of Annandale, entered a doll that fs 1 years old. Mrs, Charles E. Cabell was chairman, Boys and girls of the Second Presby- terian Church held a social last night at the home of Rev. Ernest M. Delaney, pastor, 112 South Columbus street. Action has been deferred on the movement launcied by the Alexandria Ministerial Associ ition and the Federa- tion of Men's Bible Classes for a larger attendance of the churches. A mass meeting of all religious leaders will be held before final action is taken. Dr. Eugene La Forrest Swann of the State Board of Health, addressed the Alexandria Kiwanis Club at its weekly luncheon meet; yesterday at the George Mason Hotel. Elliott F. Hoffman e g;t;en L. K}:n;g. L. Boothe, ; B, B, ine and Hul Moo Te in charge of the program. igbn A Lyon, Prance, concern will start a silk_factorv in_Cap de Madeline, "You Have Your Own Private Park at DAVENPORT TERRACE (4800 Block Conn. Ave.) 1 Room, Kit., Bath $45.00 Also Larger Apts. MANAGED BY . WARDMAN - Clea 1913 . 0 0 IHE "EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY, APRID 13, SCHOOL MEETING ATTENDED BY 300 District H of Virginia Co-operative Education Association Visits Occoquan, Special Dispatch to The Star. OCCOQUAN, Va,, April 13.—More than 300 delegates attended the annual meeting of the school and community leagues of district H of the Virginia Co-operative ~ Education Assoclation, held at the schoolhouse here Wednes- day. C. C. Carr of Fairfax, president, presided, the opening devotionals being led by Rev. H. H. Hoyt of the Southern Methodist Church of Occoquan, A musical program was presented by Mrs. bert Thompson and Mrs. and Miss Blunt of Oceoquan, under the direction of Miss Vaughan, principal of the Oc- coquan School. The address of welcome was delivered by R. C. Hayden of Manassas, division superintendent of schools of Prince Wil liam County, with response by W. T. ‘Woodson of Fairfax, the division super- Intendent-elect of Fairfax County. Dr. J. H. Montgomery, director of the State Co-operatit Education Association, gave a talk on the State program for the coming year. E. H. Allen of New- ington, representing the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce, gave an inspira~ tional talk on what the chambers of commerce can do in co-operation with the school leagues of the various coun- ties. Outstanding reports were made by the individual leagues on their work during the past year. According to Mr. Carr these reports showed more prog- ress and more constructive accomplish- ments than during any previous year in the history of district/H. Out of the 13 banner counties in the State of Vir- ginia four are located in district H— Prince William, Loudpun, Fauquier and Culpeper. A ‘The delegates approved the report presented by the resolutions committee under the chairmanship of Miss Vir- ginia Kinsley of Culpeper County. This included a motion favoring a mimimum term of 180 school days per year, support of health work in the schools and the beautification of homes, schools and public buildings as a source of inspiration to school ' children. T. Woodson acted as chairman of the nominating committee, whose report was indorsed by the delegates. C. C. Carr . was . re-elected . president for the ensuing year, with Mrs. Catherine Beat- tle of Griffinsburg, in Culpeper County, as vice president and Mrs. Hannah Har- bert of Leesburg, rural supervisor of the school of Loudoun County, as mu:‘- treasurer, Miss Frieda Koontz of Rich- mond, director of junior league work in the State, presided over the meefing of delegates from junior leagues in the district, held in conjunction with the adults’ meeting. A Juncheon was served by the Occoguan League, under direction of Miss Vaughan. —— e Abrecht-Dotson Wedding. FREDERICK, Md., April'13 (Special). ~—Miss Ann - Elizabeth Lee Abrecht, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Luther Abrecht, this city, d E. Willard Dot~ son, formerly of Rockville, Md., were married here at the home of the bride’s parents by Rev. Dr, Charles E. Wehler, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Miss Hilda Haller, Frederick, was the bride’s attendant and Kenneth Devil- biss, Frederick, the bridegroom's. They will reside in Frederick. (1929:7 ~» DESTROYED BY FIRE Counity’s Second Spectacular Blaze ‘Within Two Wesks Fought in Rosslyn. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ROSSLYN, Va., April 13.—Arlington County's second spectacular fire with- in the past two weeks took place last night, when a two-story frame struc- ture in Rosslyn burned to the ground. So brilliant was the blaze that it at- tracted scores of motorists from koth Virginia and Washington. While the fire itself caused no in- Jjury, R. B. Berryman of Potomac suf- fered a severe cut over the eye and numerous bruises when he fell from a private automobile while refurning from the fire. He was taken to the Al- exandria Hospital, where his condition was sald to be painful, but not The fire, which was of akgeivamelivaif SUBURBAN NEWS.Y e | HOUSE IN ARLINGTON , was discovered shortly before mkm in an ipied four-room structure. Al all of the volunteer fire apparatus in the county responded the firemen were unable to do anything because of the lack of water there. They watched carefully, however, to prevent the spread of the blaze to the dozens of nearby ofl storage tanks. Bfrrymnn, it was sald hyuhh com- penions, was riding on running board of an automobile that had fol- lowed the Potoma the blaze. As they neared an intersection close to his home he leaned one-way to balance himself for the turn and the automobile turned the other way, causing him to lose his grasp. . Plans 16-Mile Marathon. FREDERICK, Md., April 13 (Special). —C. E. Brown, Ridgeville, Md., mer- chant, has arranged a 16-mile mara- thon, from Frederick to Ridgeville, May 25, with a purse of more than $200. It is expected there will be more than 100 entrants, Registration of motor “vehicles in . | France has just passed the 1,000,000 ms ORCHARDIST' ARRESTED ~ | ON COLLIDING CHARGE — Driver of Truck Declared to Have Struck Fermer Road . ° Director. Special Dispatch to The Star. CUMBERLAND, Md., April 13— James Dolan, 50, orchardist, near Old- town, was ‘placed under arrest at his home by Sgrgt. George P. Gearheart and Officer O. M. Spinoch of the State police, as the driver of the truck that struck the ca® of former County Road Director Randoiph Millholland, orchardist, which resulted in Mr. Mill- holland recelving a fractured skull. Dolan was lodged in jail. According to the State police, he ad- mitted being the driver of the truck. but denied the statement of a witness that he was intoxicated. He admitted that he had fot reported the accident, ds was required by law, but said that he was injured and was unable to do s0. 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