Evening Star Newspaper, May 10, 1929, Page 10

St B SUBUR BAN NEWS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C.,” FRIDAY, MAY 10, 1929 SUBURBAN NEWS.' PHLP . DU PONT 0000 DONIR | | | University of Virginia Re-| veals Name as School’s Benefactor. By the Associated Press, CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. May 10.— The late Philip Francis du Pont of | Fairville, Pa., was revealed today as the creator of the great trust of $6,000,000 for the benefit of the University of Vir- ginia which was announced nearly a year ago. Dr. Edwin A. Aldermen, president of | the university, in naming the donor to- day, said that one-half of the income of the trust was designated by Mr. du Pont as a fund to be used for the cro- ation of scholarships and fellowships to help capable and needy youth and to attract gifted men and women to the student life of the university. The other half, he pointed out, was left to the discretion of the university author- ities and it is their purpose to use a substantial amount for development in graduate fields. Mr. du Pont, a student of the Unt-| versity of Virginia from 1897 to 1902. was born at Greenville, Del. He died | in Fairville last May at the age of 49 years. He was a member of the Du Pont family, widely known for achieve- ment in the field of industry and phil- anthropy. Dr. Alderman’s Statement. President Alderman, in discussing this | benefactor of the university, said: | “Mr. du Pont’s chief interests in the | university were in the field of the | humanities and _literature, and. after Jeaving the university, he published | several volumes of thoughtful and| charming verse. He was a modest, re- tiring man, getting his pleasure from literature and the arts. He was mot a seeker after fame or reputation, but it is clear that his constant thought of the university for many years revealed a devoted and loyal attachment to his alma mater as well as a large and statesmanlike educational purpose for the service of science and the arts throughout the country. “His gift will have far-reaching im- portance on the life of the University of Virginia, for it is the greatest gift that has ever come to it, or to any State institution, and his name, which will be attached to the great trust and to the many foundations built upon it, will live always among the great benefactors of the institution and of the State.” DEPARTMEN'I: SUBMITS MONTHLY HEALTH REPORT Alexandria Office Data Reveals 72 Cases of Communicable Diseases. Speclal Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va, May 10.— Seventy-two cases of communicable dis- eases. including 43 cases of measles, were reported to the Alexandria Health Department during April, according to the monthly report of Dr. W, Lewis Schaffer, submitted this morning to| City Manager Paul Morton. Thirty- five births and 18 deaths occurred dur- ing the month. Twenty-six examinations of the city’s water supply, 28 examinations of milk sold in this city by various dairies and 4 examinations of private water sup- plies were made by Miss Mae Cava- naugh, technician, in addition to the regular analytical work conducted at the laboratory. Miss Marguerite Davis, public health nurse,” made 204 visits to the home of | patients and attended 59 new patients, She assisted at 26 clinics and placarded 35_homes. Mrs. Peter Jackson, infant welfare center nurse, made 150 visits to the homes of 174 babies, including 22 new patients. A total of 152 babies visited the center and 21 took the toxin-anti- toxin treatments. Sixty-four persons were vaccinated during the past month, while 63 took the toxin-anti-toxin treatments. TWO HELD IN DRY RAID. Danville Police Seize 22 Gallons of Rum in Hotel Room. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. DANVILLE, Va. May 10.—Max Ro- Missing Man Given 6 Months’ Sentence For Theft of Bible Special Dispatch to The Star. DANVILLE, Va., May 10.—Mot Davidson, who several months ago was arrested for stealing a_bible, has been sentenced to pay a fine of $50 and to spend six months in jail. 1t is doubtful, however, that he will do so for he did not answer his name when his case was called in the Corporation Court. Judge Henry C. Leigh ordered him tried by jury in_his absence. Davidson was_ similarly penalized in the Police Court and noted an appeal, leaving the city while under a recognized bond. His explanation was that he had seen some colored boys with the Bible and bought fit. The Bible was identified as that belonging to Cabell Street Memorial Methodist Church, officials of which declined to prosecute. The police- man who arrested Davidson, and who as a member of the congrega- tion recognized the Bible, took ac- tion. COMMUNITY COUNCIL MEETS TOMORROW Prince Georges County Civic Bodies to Hear Talk on Outdoor Advertising. Special Dispatch to The Star. BLADENSBURG, . Md, May 10.— Members of civic community organi- zations from many sections of the county will assemble in the parish hall of St. Luke's Protestant Episcopal Church here tomorrow morning for the Spring meeting of the Prince Georges County Community Council. Featuring the program will be an address by J. Bond Smith, general counsel for the Maryland-National Cap- ital Park and Planning Commission, who_will discuss the billboard situation in Prince Georges and Montgomery Counties, explaining the regulations with regard to erection of the boards provided by the commission. E. A. Schaub of the P. & H. Morton Adver- tising Co. of Baltimore will tell of how the outdoor advertising companies are trying to improve billboard advertising. These men will speak during the after- noon session which begins at 1:30 o'clock. The morning program will open at 10 o'clock. There will also be a talk on com- munity plays in the afternoon and a letter will be read from Harry D. Wil- liar, chief engineer of the State Roads Commission, on State road activities in the county this year. Luncheon will be served by the Wom- an’s Guild of St. Luke’s Church. The rescue squad ambulance will be on ex- hibition., CORNER STONE IS LAID AT NEGRO INSTITUTION Virginia Union University Pro- cured Funds for New Building From Colored People. By the Associated Press. RICHMOND, Va.. May 10.—Virginia Union University, Negro college here, today laid the corner stone of a new building erected from funds contrib- uted by Negroes and said to be the largest amount ever raised by the race themselves for their own educational work. The building, when completed, will ‘cost approximately $120,000. The college, which numbers many well known Negroes among its grad- uates, was offered a large conditional gift by the General Education Board. After some effort the Negroes raised $50,000 of the $100,000 they were to raise themselves. Julius Rosenwald then offered to contribute the last $10,000, when the Negroes had raised the needed $40,000. President W. H. Clark says the $20,000 still needed for the building is now being raised by subscriptions from Negroes. ‘The building for which the Negroes laid the corner stone today is the first unit of the college for women in con- nection with the college. LAST OF THR'EE INJURED IN ACCIDENT SUCCUMBS | man and Harry Adams, clerks of 1oe | Fatalities Due to Automobile Col- Hotel Pittsylvania, were under arrest to- day charged with liquor law violations following a sweeping raid conducted by 19 police officers. Twenty-two gallons of liquor were found in a room on the first floor equipped with a special lock and rented, the records showed, to “J. P. Williams,” Whose identity the police could not learn. The key to the room was found at the desk. Adams and Roman pro- fessed 1gnorance of Williams' where- abouts and denied also knowledge that liquor was in the hotel. lision Near Ridgeville—Colored Occupants of Colliding Car Gone. Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICK, Md., May 10.—The third victim of an automobile accident in Howard County, near Ridgeville, Sat- urday afternoon, O’'Day B. Snead, 36, Glenwood, Md., died at the Frederick | City Hospital of internal injuries. Two companions—Caskey Snead, 22, and Samuel Ramsey, 40, of Howard County— also were fatally injured. The Snead machine collided with an | Department of Agriculture, DEBENTURE PLAN 1S REINDORSED Prince Georges Pomona Grange to Petition Dele- gation in Congress. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. CHILLUM, Md, May 10—A re- indorsement of the debenture plan for farm relief was yesterday made by Pomona Grange, No. 12, of Prince Georges County, at its quarterly meet- ing in Eureka Grange Hall here. In passing a resolution containing their reindorsement the grange directed its secretary to notify the Maryland delega- tion in Congress of its action. M. Guy Meloy, cotton expert of the who last year was sent to Peru to study agricul- tural conditions there, described his trip in an address at the afternoon session of the all-day meeting. Rev. J. J. Queally aiso spoke, while Senator Tyd- ings, who was scheduled to deliver an address, sent & note of regret, explain- | ing that possible debate on the deben- ture plan kept him at the Capitol. An entertainment program, featuring vocal and instrumental music and reci- tations, was presented under the direc- tion of Mrs. Ella Nalley, lecturer for the Grange. A midday meal was served by the Ladies’ Auxillary of Eureka Grange. PASTOR RECEIVES CALL. Washington Minister Asked to Fill Cumberland Pulpit. CUMBERLAND, Md., May Ifl.v'l‘hei sion of the first Presbyterian Church here has extended a call to the Rev. William A. Eisenberger of the Church of the Covenant, Washington, D. C., to fill the pulpit, vacant since last Fall, following acceptance of a call by Rev. William Owen to Greensburg, Pa. It is understood Mr. Eisenberger will accept and assume dutles about June 1. MARYLAND UNIVERSITY GLEE CLUB TO APPEAR| Concert to Be Given Tonight at| Bethesda School Wilson Lane. in The University of Maryland Glee | Club will appear in concert this cvening | at the auditorium of the Bethesda School, in Wilson lane. The Glee Club from College Park is the feature at-, traction of a musical and dramatic | program to be presented by the fine arts department, drama section, of the Woman's Club of Bethesda. Mrs. Maude Howell Smith, who is chairman of fine arts in the club, is a member of the cast in the one-act play, “Living Up to Martha,” of which Mrs. Edwin H. Etz of Bethesda is the author. This play was a prize-winner in the recent Arts Club play-writing | contest. James Otis Porter is direct- | ing this production and carrying one of the parts. Others included in the cast with Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Porter are: Mrs. Earl W. Chafee, Miss Louise Massey and Bob Miller. Mrs. William J. Peters is { directing a short Rumanian folk play, “The Strong Tower,” by Anne Darling- ton, in which Mrs. Robert Sears, Mrs. Rowland S. Marshall, Mrs. Georgia Maury Morse and John Knox comprise | the cast. LEAVE FOR CONFERENCE. School Principals to Attend State Convention at Charlottesville. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. CLARENDON, Va., May 10—S. P Vanderslice, principai of Washington- | Lee High School at Clarendon, and W. H. Thomas, principal of the George | Mason High School at Potomac, left | today for Charlottsville to attend the | annual State principals’ conference. | Before leaving Vanderslice made pub- | lic the names of the six students who have been awarded the honorary “Four- | rageres” for scholarship and_ deport- ment during the month of April. | William Payne, Joseph Stroebel, John | Hunt and Waite Robinson. ‘The annual inspection of cadets at Washington-Lee High School was made yesterday by Col. Clarence Deams of the Third Corps Area. { WARDEN MAKES RULE ON DIP FISHING LAW Prohibited Above Maryland Tide- waters, Except in Two Months of Year. Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., May 10—Doubt having arisen as to the exact provi- sions of the law relating to the dipping of fish in the waters of Maryland above tidewater, State Game Warden Le Compte was appealed to by inter- ested persons, and according to his in- terpretation of the law it is unlawful to use a dipnet for taking any fish at any point above tidewater except during the months of February and March. Mr. Le Compte calls attention to a law enacted by the recent Legislature which permits only residents of the | State_to dip for fish in the waters of the State and that they must have licenses so to do, the fee being $2. According to Mr. Le Compte, the dividing line of tidewater on the Poto- mac River is at Little Falls, and he holds that it would be unlawful to use a dip- net in the Potomac above Great Falls to take any species of fish, excepting in February and March, BANKERS DISCUSS SERVICE CHARGE PLAN Proposal Too Diversified for Any Unified Action Discussion Reveals. Speclal Dispatch to The Star. LANDOVER, Md., May 10.—An in- formal discussion of a proposed service charge in all the banks of the county featured the dinner meeting of the Prince Georges County Bankers' Asso- ciation in the Beaver Dam Country Club last night. The discussion developed that the interests of the various banks affiliated with the association were too diversi- Those who received the award for last | fied for any unified action by the or- | e month are Ernest Hagan, Dennis Ladd, | ganization on the service-charge plan | ionship entitles the local team to meet at this time, although several indi- vidual banks signified their intention of establishing such a charge. About 40 members of the association attended the dinner. William S. Hill, president, presided. ——————(HAS SCHWARTZ & SON MONTGOMERY COUNTY FIRE GROUPS TO MEET Sandy Spring Department to Be Host at Quarterly Session, Set for May 18. Special Dispatch ‘o The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md, May 10—With the Sandy Spring department host, the second quarterly mecting of the Mont- gomery County Association of Volunteer Firemen will be held in the Sandy Spring High School auditorium May 18, according to announcement by the sec- retary, Norris Fussell. “Politics have never been discussed to any extent at sessions of the associa- tion,” says Mr. Fussell in his announce- ment, “but the forthcoming meeting | promises to be a hot-bed of criticism | and_dissension, #s several members al- | ready have gis motice of their pur- |pose to air thelr objections and opinions.” p Mr. Fussell states in his call for the meeting that “certain pieces of pro- posed legislation would, if passed, be detrimental to some of the volunteer fire companies and possibly a menace to others.” The meeting will be conducted by the new president, Francis Thomas of Sandy Spring. SCHOOL TO GIVE SHOW. Championship Culpeper Team Will Hold Benefit Performance. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. 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