Evening Star Newspaper, May 2, 1929, Page 10

SUBURBAN NEWS. THE EVENING . STAR, WASHINGTON, 3000 T0 TAKE PART IN ATHLETIC MEET Annual Contest of Montgom- ery Schools to Be Held Saturday. Epecial Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., May 2.—The an- nual athletic meet of the public school children of Montgomery County, to ba held at the Fair Grounds here next Saturday under the joint auspices of | the county board of education and the Maryland Playgrounas Athletic League. will be participated in by more than 3,000 boys and girls from all parts of the coun to Edwin W | s In Leading Role Broome, county superintendent of schools, who will b2 in generai charge. The meet will be conducted by Dr.! William E. Burdick of Baltimore, State | director of physical education, who wilt| bring with him a corps of about 25 ex-| perts to help stage the numerous con- | tests. The timers, judges and other officials, all to be ‘residents of the! county, will be named by the county board of education. The athletes who plan to compete have been | in training for several weeks and some fine performances are looked for. | Details of Program. The program, just announced by Prof. Broome, shows these events to be scheduled: Boys' 80-pound class, 50- | yard dash, standing broad jump, dodge | ball throw for distance and 440-yard | relay; boys' 95-pound class, 60-yard dash, standing hop, step and jump,! base ‘ball throw for distance and 440- vard relay; boys’ 115-pound class, 70- yard dash, running broad jump, base ball throw for accuracy, speed ball bat | for distance and 660-yard relay; boys' | Junior unlimited class, 80-yard dash, | 220-yard dash, running high jump, tar- | get pitch and 660-yard medley relay | race; boys' senior class, 100-yard dash, 440-yard dash, 880-yard run, running broad jump, running high jump, 8- pound shotput, soccer ball kick for dis- tance and mile relay race. The girls will try conclusions in a flag-relay race (8 elementary scRool | girls); run-and-catch relay race (8 elementary school girls) ; run-and-catch relay race (8 girls from a high school having had only one or two years of work); run-and-catch relay race (8| high school girls); obstacle relay race | (8 high school girls), and hit-and-run ! the bases (high school girls). Other Contests. | There will also be dodge-ball con- tests for boys and girls, speed ball for boys and touchdown pass ball, hit bail | and volley ball for girls. Badge tests for both boys and girls are scheduled. The winners in the events next Sat- urday will be eligible to compete with the winners of other counties at a State- wide meet in Baltimore on Friday, June 7. ‘The Playground Athletic League, furnishes the medals for both the county and State meets. —_— Farm Loan Body Officers. MARTINSBURG, W. Va, May 2, (Special). —W. J. Danahar was elected | president of the Potomac National Farm Loan Association here, succeeding the late N¥. W. Cochran. Edwin C. Hen- shaw, Bunker Hill, was named vice president, and John T. Nadenbousch, secretary-treasurer. The board of di- rectors includes the president, vice pres- ident, Clarence E. Martin, this city, and George Folk and Joseph Ware, Shep- herdstown. The association is & branch of the Federal Farm Land Bank of Bal- timore. Cemetery Trustees to Meet. FALLS CHURCH, Va., May 2 (Spe- | cial).—H. C. Febrey, president of the | Oakwood Cemetery Association. has called a special meeting of the trustees for Saturday night in the office of M. E. Church at Falls Church. Legion Convention Sought. MARTINSVILLE, Va., May 2 (Spe- cial).—The Pannill Post, American Le- gion, has started work to secure for this town the next annual meeting of the State department. A large delega- tion will be sent to the convention this year at Petersburg, where the invitation will be tendered. AR ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 (Special). —A total of 327 arrests were made here last month by the Alexandria Police De- partment, as shown on the monthly re- port submitted to City Manager Paul Morton yesterday by Police Capt. W. W. Campbell. Of that number 96 were for traffic violations, 73 for disorderly conduct and only 25 for prohibition, considerably less than in any recent month. Property valued at $1,546.75 was re- ported stolen in April, while $1,132.75 was recovered. Thirty-one automobile mishaps occurred in which eight per- sons were injured. Twenty-six of the cases were settled out of court. Funeral services for Mrs. Janet Greg- ory Leadbeater, 77, who died Tuesday, were conducted at her late home, 329 North Washington street, today by Rev. Ernest M. Delaney. pastor of the Sec- ond Presbyterian Church., and inter- ment was in the Presbyterian Cemetery. Final rites for Miss Harriet S. Wat- tles, who died Tuesday at her home in ‘Washington, were held today at the | Cunningham-Kennedy-Watkins funeral home, with Rev. Percy Foster Hall, rec- tor of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, con- ducting. Burial was in the Christ Church Cemetery. City Manager Paul Morton, who will leave here July 1 to become city man- ager of Petersburg, Va, will address civic clubs of Petersburg May 17 in the Grays Armory in that city. Morton will speak under the auspices of the Chamber of Commerce, while members | of the Kiwanis, Rotary, Business and Professional Clubs will attend. Lions and ‘Women's Robert South Barrett, a steward ofl Alexandria-Washington Lodge of Ma- sons, will address Andrew Jackson Lodge of Masons, No. 120, tonight on “Masonry in Foreign Countries.” Mr. Barrett has traveled extensively. Rev. P. L. Vernon, pastor of the Pirst Baptist Church, was the principal speaker today at the weekly luncheon meeting of the Alexandria Kiwanis Club, held at the George Mason Hotel. C. M. Jenkins, fleld manager of the American Automobile Association, spoke also. | | E. Ray, Miss Margaret Beckett, Mrs. | ° | Valle, B. Louis Goodyear, Mrs. R. C.! - | Wiley, Mrs. H. C. House, Mrs. W. Irving | MRES. NINA POIZET, Former member of the Chicago Civic | iy numerous | Opera, who takes the leading feminine | he Love That Saved,” a musi- | role in * cal drama to be presented by the Prince Georges County Federation of Women's Clubs at the University of Maryland auditorium tomorrow night. MOSCOW DENIES STALIN HAS QUIT Resignation Reports Publish- ed in U. S. Declared to Be Without Foundation. By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, May 2.—Reports pub- lished in the United States that Joseph Stalin, general secretary of the central committee of the Communist party in Russia, had resigned his post and that he was {ll were stated authoritatively today to have no foundation in fact. Litvinoff Adds to Denial. GENEVA, May 2 (#).—Maxim Litvi- noff, Soviet vice commissar for foreign affairs, who here in cannec- tion with the preparatory disarmament conference, today sald he was certain reports of the Stalin were not true. “I do not know anything about it, but I am absolutely sure it is not true,” he said. Stalin, as secretary general of the central committee of the Communist party in Soviet Russia, wields a prac- tical dictator’s power in that country, and has grown so powerful he was recently able to arrange the exile of | the once powerful Leon Trotzky and | others formerly in power. ‘The office of chairman of the central committee has been vacant since the death of Nicolai Lenin. The head of the central committee is & post which overshadows mere governmental offices which are subject to the direction of the Communist party. The report that Russia’s “man of steel” would be replaced by T. Molotoff, one of the secretaries of the central also was denied. Molotoff has long been Stalin's closest collaborator and is merely assisting him in his secre- tarial duties as he has done heretofore. —_— Candidate for Delegate. FREDERICKSBURG. Va. May 2 (Special).—Dan M. Chichester of Staf- ford County has announced his can- didacy for re-election to the House of Delegates from the district composed of Stafford and Prince William Coun- ties. He will run in the Democratic primary to be held in August. . Forester Is Transferred. LYNCHBURG, Va., May 2 (Special). —David W. Tabbutt, junior forester in the Federal National Forest Service here for four years, has been trans- ferred to the Green Mountain National Forest, in Vermont, ‘where he will have | his headquarters at Brattleboro. o d Girl Dies of Gunshot Wound. LYNCHBURG, Va., May 2 (Special). —Miss Addie Stephens, 17, daughter of | Jacob Stephens of Huddleston, Bedford County, died at Lynchburg Hospital of a gunshot wound in her abdomen, which | her father said was self-inflicted. BTN A i Pastor Accepts Call. WINCHESTER, Va., May 2 (®).—The Rev. Charles A. Freed, for four yeafts pastor of Grace Lutheran Church here, has accepted a call to the Ascension Church, Columbia, 8. C., effective the middle of June. 1 | 2.00 Trip Week-End Excursion MONTREAL Friday, May 10 Special Through Coach Train Standard Time . Washington . LIOPM. £V Buttimore Mpenns. 3 PM. Returning Sunday, May 12 Leave Montreal (Canadian National Railway) 4:30 P.M. Standard Time See the Interesting Sights and Places of Montreal iled Information Ticket Agents q | He Appreciates! Nettletons are made for the man who puts equal emphasis on fine things and sound values. ICHS F Street at Tenth i | COLLEGE PARK. Md., May 2—“The | { | drama portraying the life of Robert| resignation of Joseph | fice. committee of the Communist party, | ci |Play on Life of Schumann to Be Presented at Maryland University. | By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. | Love That Saved.” a five-scene musical | Schumann, will be presented by the | Prince Georges County Federation of Women's Clubs at the University of Maryiand Auditorium tomorrow night | at 8 o'clock. { | Mrs. Nina Poizet. former member of | the Chicago Civic Opera Co, and Ru- pert Lille take the leading roles. Others | |in the cast of characters include Gran- ville Munson, Dolores Poizet, Humphrey Beckett, Mrs. A. M. Blaisdell, Mrs. J.! | T. H. Thompson, Mrs. Willard Goss, | | Mrs. Kenneth Warner, Miss Marie La | | Bowie, Mrs, Edith G. Ridgeley, Miss Leonore Blount, Mrs. W. L. Preston and thleen M. Allen. * | The presentation is under the direc- | tion of Mrs. H. C. House, with Mrs. Irving Bowle as musical director. The orchestra of the University of Maryland | will furnish the accompaniment, Pro- | ceeds from the drama will be given to a fund being raised for the purchass |of a fountain to be placed on the grounds of the university in memory of Mrs. Irene B. Meloy, former promi- | nent member of the women'’s federation. 'OLIVER MADE TREASURER. | County Fair Association to In- crease Size of Premiums. Special Dispatch to The Star. FAIRFAX, Va., May 2.—Lewis Oliver of Fairfax has been elected treasurer of the Fairfax County Fair Association in place of Edgar Littleton, who is unable to serve because of other duties. The executive committee at its meeting Tuesday night decided to defer until later the selection of an assistant sec- retary in place of Miss Ida Jones, | resigned. ; A tentative list of superintendents of departments was drawn up, includ- |ing a number of changes over past years. This will be made public as soon as the secretary has communi- cated with the appointees. It was de- cided to increase the size of many of the premiums in the agricultural departments. Central offices for the Fair Association have been rented on the second floor of the Richardson Building, adjoining the secretary's of- FERRYMAN DROWNED. Thomas Ginevan of Oldtown, Md., Falls Into Potomac From Boat. Special Dispatch to The Star. CUMBERLAND, Md., May 2.—Thomas Ginevan, 55, farmer, Oldtown, this county, was drowned in the Potomac River. He operated a ferry and fell from his boat, supposedly accidentally. ‘The water was high and, according to his wife, who saw the tragedy from a window, the body disappeared imme- diately. It is still missing. Six chil- dren also survive. Wins Flag Contest. CUMBERLAND, Md. May 2 (Spe- .—Miss Elizabeth McFarland, scor- ing 196, out' of a possible 200 points, won the finals in the flag contest con- ducted: by the Pennsylvania Avenue School and will represent the school in the national contest in Washington, D. C. Miss Carolyn Callis wax second, with 194, and Miss McIntyre third, 193. Heads Dental Association. MARTINSBURG, W. Va, May. 2 (Special) —Dr. A. A. Westrater, this city, was elected president of the Tus- carora Dental Association for the en- suing year. Dr. J. H. Herbert was named vice president and Dr, G. B. Geyer secretary-treasurer. ~All are of thiscity. “The dentists voted to suspend work on Wednesday afternoons during the Spring and Summer months. "Regional Flower Show. ‘WARRENTON, Va., May 2 (Special). —A regional flower show will be held in the parish house of St. James’ Church, ‘Warrenton, Va., June 18, by the garden clubs of Warrenton, Fauquier-Loudon, Leesburg, Winchester and Clark County. All garden lovers, whether club mem- bers or not, are invited to exhibit in all classes but one. Win High School Honors. MARTINSBURG, W. Va, May 2 (Special) —Howard Hardy is announced as high honor man in the class of 1929, Martinsburg High School, and Charles Kaufman as second high. The two will deliver the salutatory and: valedictory at the annual graduation exercises in June. $12.50 to $18. D.. C., . THURSDAY, 2 « MAY 1929, DRAMA TO BE IVEN s e v, BY WOMEN'S cLUBS Rappahannock Field Trials Draw Large Crowd to Spotsyl- vania County. Special Dispatch to The Sta FREDERICKSBURG, Va, May 2—- Duke Florendale, owned by C. B. Stick- Junior Stake of Amateur Fleld Trials Association held at La Vue, home of Mr. and Mrs. He | man Swanson in Spotsylvania County, | when the Spring puppy trials were rua and Lindy Detour, owned by A. W Valentine of Richmond, captured first place in the Senior Stake. The trials attracted a large crowd and were run under ideal conditions, the skies being bright and clear. The va- rious events were followed by a large crowd, most of them on horseback, and at noon a delightful dinner was served by the ladies of the Baptist Church. Matt Trimble of Washington, and W. Hundley of Callands, Va., both wide- ly known dog fanciers, were judges and in several instances had difficulty in making awards because of the close work of the dogs. In the Junior Stake, South Carolina Bell, owned by Frank Hitchcock of Beaver Dam, was second, and Sheil- field's Major, owned by J. W. Dorsey Cooke of Potomac Beach, was third. In the Senior Lee's Dixie, owned by Fritz place, while Mark's Mohawk Prince, owned by Mennis L. Gibson of this city, was third. INFAN{';!"Y IN TRAINiNG FOR ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT Transportation Platoon at Silver Spring Will Drill Every Saturday at Wheaton. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. SILVER SPRING, Md, May 2. Weekly training under actual field con- ditions in preparation for the annual encampment, is being planned for transportation platoon of the Ser Company, 1st Maryland Infantry, sta- tioned here, according to an_announce- ment of First Lieut. Ward W. Cad- dington, commanding _the platoon. Lieut. Caddington said that every Sat- urday afternoon the organization will assemble and go to & farm in Wheaton, where the animals are kept, and wili hold their drills. A progressive scheme of instruction has been mapped out by Lieut. Cad- dington, culminating in a road match to Camp Albert C. Ritchde at Cascade, ment. cruiting drive to enlist a number of young men of the section in the or- ganization. MINER KILLED BY OFFICER Said to Have Been Resisting Arrest ‘When Struck. Special Dispatch to The Star. OAKLAND, Md., Loughery, 35 a coal miner at Vindex, 17 miles south of Oakland, near the West Virginia line, was instantly killed by Pa- trolman James G. Burton of Kitzmiller, :'elsmed arrest on a charge of wife beat- g * The officer, who was deputized to make the arrest, says Loughery drew a gun as he was about to serve the war- rant and in self-defense he struck his pistol, killing him instantly. Lough- ery, according to officers, escaped some time ago from the Garrett county jail while serving a sentence for theft. ley of Vaucluse, won first place in the | the Rappahannoci | Sitterding of Richmond, took second | Md., on July 1 for the annual encamp- | This platoon also is conducting a re- | May 2.—William | this county, when he is alleged to have | Loughery over the head with the butt of | FIREMEN PREPARE iFflRANNUAU]INNER Rockville - Firefighters’ Bene- fit Banquet Scheduled for May 15 and 16. Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., May 2.—Prepara- | tions are being made for the annual | dinner and dance for the benefit of the Rockville Volunteer Fire Department at the Rockville High School gymnasium iMay 15 and 16. | the women of the community, which was_attended by F. Barnard Welsh, president of the Fire Department and | head of the general committee of ar- rangements, matters in connection with the big event were given consideration and the following committees were | selected: Committees Chosen. | _ Dinner, Mrs. Roger Shaw, chairman: Mrs. George M. Hunter, Mrs. Charles olland, Mrs. Harry S. Stratmyer, | Mrs. Leland L. Fisher, Mrs. George L. | Edmonds, Mrs. Frank Marshall, Mrs | Douglas ‘M. Blandford, Mrs. Millard | Belt, Mrs, Ezra L. Royer, Miss Josie | Higgins, Mrs. E. Chris Ramey, Mrs. | Walter 'S. Thompson, Mrs. Harry S. Beall, Mrs. Ollie Baker and Mrs. May Fisher. | Dining room—Mrs. F. Hazel Cashell, | chairman: Mrs. J. Harry Gormley, Mrs. Joseph N. Starkey, Mrs. Joseph Matthews, Mrs. Eugene W. Scott, Mrs. Thomas O'Brien, Miss Rachel Gott. Higgins. Candy—Mrs. George B. Allnutt, |chairman; Mrs. W. Valentine Wilson, [Mrs. Robert A. Cole, Mrs. Almus R. | Speare, Mrs. J. Paul Brunett, Mrs | Francis Lyddane and Miss Helen Mc Laughlin. Ice cream—Mrs. Richard L. Waters, | chairman; Mrs. Clifton C. Veirs, Mrs. |John McDonald, Mrs. Russell Conklin |and Mrs. S. B. John. Country store—Miss Alice Cashell, |chairman; Mrs. A. Guy Watkins, Mrs. | PFrank Marshall, Mrs. Frank D. Leizear, Miss Daisy Magruder and Miss Eliza- beth Leizear. Cake Committee, Cake—Mrs. John A. Holmes, chair- {man; Mrs. Henry A. Dawson, Mrs. Chauncey M. Grubb and Mrs. Preston B. Ray. Soliciting—Miss Naomi Bogley, chair- | man: Miss Edith Lamar, Mrs. J. Somer- | vell Dawson, Mrs. A. Guy Watkins, Miss Elizabeth Leizear, Mrs. Donald A. De Lashmutt, Mrs. William F. Gettings, Mrs. Charles Merry, Miss Lyndell Baker, Mrs, Richard L. Waters, Mrs. Walter ley, Mrs. Eugene W. Scott, Mrs. J. Darby Bowman, Mrs. J. B. Welsh, Mrs. Walter Myers, Miss Eliza- beth Leizear, Miss Blanche A. Corwin, | Mrs. Warner E. Pumphrey and Miss Helen Kirkland. Dishwashing—Dr. George L. Edmonds, chairman; Buell Cardner, W. A. Berry, | Albert Hanke, Andrew Freeburger and Raymond See. Dance—Milbourne E. Ward, chair- | man; Raleigh S. Chinn and Buell M. | Gardner. Finance—George Peter, chairman, Stands—A. Guy Watkins, chairman; | John I. Lambert, Stacey Belt, Dr, Ba | rett P. Willson, George Boyce and Wi liam H. Gartner. Refrigerator—Mrs. James P. Gott, chairman. Cedar chest—Mrs. I. Bache Abert, chairman. | At a meeting of a large number of |under some bushes on property in Laurel Miss Naomi Magruder and Mrs. Ramsey | S. Thompson, Mrs. Thomas Barns- | |DISTRICT LAWYER FINED BY HYATTSVILLE JUDGE | Richard T. Joy Draws Penalty of | 810 for Reckless Driving—Liquor Cases Dismissed. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. | HYATTSVILLE, Md., May 2.—Rich- erd T. Joy, a lawyer of Washington, yesterday was fined $10 by Judge J. Chew Sheriff in Police Court for reck- ess driving. Joy collided with a ma- | ! chine driven by G. C. Fleming of Ar-| | lington County. Va., on the Rams’ Horn Inn road April 19. Ruling that the finding of liquor buried on an individual's property is not | sufficient grounds to sustain a charge of | | illegal possession, Jucge Sheriff dis- | missed such charges against Charles Dustin and Waites Taylor, both of | Laurel. County Policeman = Claude Reese | found 12 quarts of alleged liquor buried | | | | owned by the two men. The defendants disclaimed ownership of the liquor, and | | the court ruled that the Government failed to show they knew it was there. PORTRAITS ON EXHIBITION ¥ I | Persons Prominent in Virginia His- | tory on View in Richmond.. | By the Associated Press. RICHMOND, May 2.—More than 150 portraits of persons prominent in Old | Dominion history were put on exhibi- | tion at Virginia House here by the Vir- | ginia Historical Society. The public showing is to continue about a month. The collection, pronounced by critics to be the most nearly complete of its kind, is valued at more than $2,000,000. ROCKVILLE. ROCKVILLE, Md., May 2 (Special). —Following a long iliness Mrs. Minnie Poole Wilson, wife of Alfred Wilson, died early yesterday at the home of her son-in-law ‘and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Everhart, 113 Highland avenue, Bethesda, aged 60 years. She is sur- vived by her husband, a son, George A. Wilson of Rockville; a daughter, Mrs. Everhart, and a sister, Mrs. Maude | Stallsmith of Kensington. She also leaves six grandchildren. The funeral | will take place at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow ‘nfternuon from the Rockville Christian ‘Church, the services to be conducted by the pastor, Rev. S. J. Goode, with burial in_Rockville Union Cemetery. Mrs. Wilson was a daughter of the late Benjamin R. and Jane E. Poole of Poolesville and lived virtually her entire | life in the county. In a suit against John Paul Wade of Buck Lodge, this county, Harrison |Myers of Germantown was awarded Judgment for $225 by a jury in the Cir- {eult Court here. Mpyers claimed that | his automobile was badly damaged in a |collision with a car belonging to Wade |and that the defendant-was guilty of |reckless driving. The trial consumed |an entire day and was stubbornly | fought, with William H. Talbott for the | plaintiff and F. Barnard Welsh for the | defendant, the opposing lawyers. | Licenses have been issued here for the |marriage of Ernest C. Harned, 43, of | Chevy Chase and Miss Estelle Buttry of | Chevy Chase; Charles H. Beebe, 46, and Miss Greta M. Murphy, 34, both of Washington, and J. Joseph Hennessey, 129, and Miss Anna E. Ashburner, 21, both of Washington. The second of a series of sermons on | representative periods of life will be de- |livered in the Rockville Baptist Church Sunday evening by the pastor, Rev. Bertram M. Osgood, whose topic will be ‘Strength of Young Manhood.” | “Rev. Bertram M. Osgood of the Bap- | tist Church officlated at the marriage | here yesterday of Miss Estella Beatrice Isuttry and Ernest C. 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