Evening Star Newspaper, June 28, 1929, Page 11

D.C.PASTOR QUITS SYNOD SESSIONS Rev. Halle B. Taylor Barred From Hood College by “Color Ruling.” Bpeclal Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICK, Md., Juze 2!.—Bnl'redi from quarters in Hood College by a “color ruling” of the institution, Rev. Dr. Halle B. Taylor, pastor of the | Fifteenth Street. Presbyterian Church | of Washington and secretary of the Presbyterian Ministers’ Association of Washington, witharew his name from the register of the conference cf the Baltimore Synod and Woman’s Synod- jcal Society for Missions of the Pres- | byterian Church meeting in this city, ! last evening and returned to his home | in Washington. As has been the custom for a number of years the Presbyterian Church organization is holding its Sum- mer sessions at Hood College. Rev. Dr. Taylor came to this ecity yesterday and immediately enrolled as one of the ministers of the conference. He attended a number of the business sessions held during the afternoon and during the course of the day learred that a ruling at the college barred col- ored persons from accommodations in the dormitories of Hood College. Fe immediately withdrew his name &nd re- turned to Washington. A number of ¢ the members of the conference sug»] gested to Rev. Dr. Taylor that he cb- tain accommodations in the city. Discussed Reservedly. ‘The incident caused animated but r served discussion at the evening meet- ings. Some members suggested that some action might be taken to have the conference select some other place for the next annual meeting. Recommen- dations for the next conference place will be made by the committee of which Rev. Dr. H. L. Hodge, Baltimore, is chairman. The committee held a con- ference on the campus last night and some reference was made to Dr. Taylor's cause, but members declined to discuss the nature of the conversations. Rev. A. Brown Caldwell, pastor of ‘Walbrook Presbyterian Church, Balti- more, was elected moderator of the synod yesterday. L. Irving Pollitt, an elder of Brown Memorial Church, Bal- timore, was named vice moderator. Other officers chosen were—Rev. Wil- fred P. Riggs, pastor of Christ Memorial Church, Brooklyn, Md, and Rev. J. Hartzell Arnold, Green Hill Presbyterian Church, Wilmington, Del, temporary clerks. Committees Named. Standing committees were named as follows: Bills and overtures—Rev. H. L. Hodge, chairman; Rev. E. R. Rein, Rev. J. C. Palmer; elders, J. F. Kenley, jr., James E. Clark and H. I. Huston. Financial—Elder W. H. G. Belt, Rev. Thomas P. McKee and Rev. W. Seelye. Minutes of the general assembly—Rev. Henry W. Wooding and Rev. Wilfred P. Riggs and Elder Walter Kn\PF. » Presbyterial records — Baltimore Presbytery, Rev. E. L. Schilling and Rev. E. R. Rein; New Castle Presbytery, Rev. ‘T. C. Clark and Rev. T. T. Brown; Washington Presbytery, Rev. J. N. Braunlein and Rev. W. B. Smith. Leave of absence—Elder J. Hartzell Arnold. Judicial cases—Rev. J. H. Dunham, chairman; Rev. J. A. Nexbitt, Rev. J. A. Burslem, Elders W. P. Mayfield, R. M. Neilson and R. W. Lambford. Resolutions Comimttee. Resolutions—Elder Chester W. Smith, Elder Henry Ebert, Rev. R. W. Martin and Newton P. Patterson. ‘Those from Washington attended the ‘conference are: Revs. E. B. Albert, George M. Cum- mings, J. R. Duffied, J. W. Lowden, James Murdock, John C. Palmer, Wal- lace Radcliffe, Chester R. Smith, Wil- liam J. Seelye, Willlam H. Topping, Henry B. Wooding, Elders—Frank E. Eddington, H. I Huston, William P. Mayfield, J. Dunbar E'y%:e' W. M. Tenlee and William S. ALEXANDRIA. ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 28 (S{n- cial).—The fund being raised by the citizens' committee for the widow and five children of Police Sergt. Charles R. McClary, who was murdered while on duty June 20, has passed the $2,000 mark, the amount expected to be col- lected, and contributions are still pour- ing in steadily. t 8 meeting of the committee at the George Mason Hotel last night it was decided to_continue the drive until the solicitors have completely worked their respective zones. It was an- nounced that 200 letters asking for donations have been mailed to local churches, fraternal and civic organi- gations. A benefit base ball game will be layed by the Alexendria Pire and lice Department teams tomorrow aft- ernoon at 3:30 o'clock in Baggett's Park and proceeds derived from the contest will be turned into the fund. St. Mary's Celtics have offered to play a benefit game if an opponent can be obtained, and it is likely that a sec- ond game will be played next week. A special grand jury called by Judge ‘William P. Woolls indicted “Kid” Lilly for the murder of Sergt. McClary, in the Corporation Court yesterday. The colored man is still at large. The jury ‘was composed of C. Page Waller, fore- man; Mark L. Price, George K. Bender, William Baader, T. Clifton Howard, Robert E. Knight, Charles W. King, ©. H. Hullings and Harry Hinken. Final rites for Miss Katherine H. Btuart of 202 North Columbus street, ‘who dled Wednesday night at the Alex- andria Hospital, were held this after- noon at Christ Episcopal Church and interment was in the Christ Church Cemetery. The services were con- ducted by Rev. William Jackson Morton, D. D., rector. Miss Stuart, a daughter of the late Col. Charles N. and Roberta Lomax Stuart, was a former State president of the Virginia Audubon Society and | president of the Alexandria, Mount | Vernon and Arlington Society for many years. She is survived by a sister, Miss Roberta Stuart. The traveling gavel of the Northern Virginia Odd_Fellows' Association will | be presented to Potomac Lodge, No. 38, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, here tonight in Odd Fellows' Temple by a delegation from Arlington Lodge. The third degree will be conferred upon & class by the Potomac Lodge team. James Sibert, colored, was sentenced to serve five years in the State Peniten- tiary by Judge William P. Woolls in Corporation Court yesterday for the fatal shooting of his sister, D#isy Harris. The jury was out nearly 30 minutes. WOMAN DIES OF BURNS FROM KINDLING FIRE Mrs. Frank Phillips Succumbs in Hospital—Mrs. Via. to Recover. Special Dispatch to The Star. STAUNTON, Va., June 28—Burns recelved Tuesday while kindling a fire at her home in nearby Crimora proved fatal to Mrs, Frank Phillips, who died here in the King’s Daughters Hospital. Mrs. Eva Via, who was also badly burned Wwhile attempting to assist Mrs. Phillips, remains in the hospital. Her injuries are serious, but her recovery is ex- pected. Husbands of the two women were burned about the hands while fighting the flames which enveloped their wives, * but they were able to leave the hospital i after receiving treatment. HYATTSVILLE'S NEW TELEPHONE EXCHANGE BUILDING IYATISVILLETOGE PHONE BULDING Headquarters for Southern Maryland to Be Established in Nearby Town. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md, June 28— Ground for a new telephone central office and administration building, cost- ing $340,000, and designed to serve ad- jacent Maryland counties, will be broken next week, it was announced today by Graham K. McCorkle, general manager of the Chesapeake & Potomac Tele- phone Co. of Baltimore City. ‘The building will serve not only this town and nearby communities, but will contain offices for the commercial, plant and traffic superintendents, who supervise the construction, operation and maintenance of the telephone sys- tems in Prince Georges, Montgomery, Anne Arundel, Charles, Calvert and St. Mary’s Counties. Hyattsville was selected as the most suitable site for telephone administra- . | tion headquarters for Southern Mary- land by telephone officials after a sur- v‘ey of the possibilities of several locali- ties. The building will be constructed on the corner lot which the company has owned for some time at Maryland ave- nue and Franklin street. It will be completed by the latter part of the year, so that the new switchboards and asso- ciated apparatus can be installed and ready for service next Spring. CAPITOLARCHITECTOPENS BIDS FOR POWER PLANT Expansion Necessary to Furnish Light, Heat and Power for New Buildings. Bids were opened yesterday afternoon by David Lynn, architect of the Capi- tol, for the erection of a two-story brick annex to the Capitol power plant on South Capitol street, which will be rn of a program for the expansion of he phntgo enable it to furnish light, heat and power for several new Govern- ment buildings to be put up within a few years near the Capitol. Enlargement of the power plint is necessary to take care of the gro sed United States Supreme Court Building, the new House Office Building and the new Botanic Garden Building, all of which will be erected on ground ad- jacent to the Capitol. According to the architect’s office the lowest bid on the power plant annex was that of the Schneider-Spleidt Co., which figured the building at $47,290, and a tunnel at $1,950. ere were 18 other bidders. Mr. Lynn said today a contract_has not yet been awarded. In addition to the erection of the an- nex, Congress has anraprmM several hundred thousand dollars for new ma- chinery, including & turbine, stoker and electrical distributing equipment for the power plant. TOBACCO PLANTERS MEET Gather at Danville to Discuss Farm- ing Problems. Special Dispatch to The Star. DANVILLE, Va., June 28.—Tobacco planters from nearby Virginia counties gathered here today to discuss with members of a State commission their farming problems. The last Virginia Legislature provided for the commis- sion, the purpose being to make recom- ;nendntlons designed to meet farm prob- ems. The commissioners now are holding regional meetings on ensuing days in all parts of the State, collecting data on which recommendations ultimately will be based. PROTEST DOG'S BARK. ; Berwyn Citizens Unable to Sleep for “Howling.” By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., June 28— Complaint that a “howling” dog in the neighborhood of Berwyn has so dis- turbed the nocturnal quiet of the com- munity that it has become an “out- rageous nuisance” has been received | by the Prince Georges County com- missioners. The complaint is in the form of a petition containing about 15 signa- tures of persons who say they have appealed to the dog's owner directly without result. The commissioners di- rected their secretary to write the owner requesting him to be more con- siderate of the wishes of his neighbors. CORRESPONDENT TO WED. Paul R. Mallon Takes License to Marry Miss Viola Wingreene. Paul R. Mallon, Senate correspond- ent of the United Press, who caused the Senate to amend its secrecy rules, today took out a license to marry Miss Viola Jane Wingreene, 27 years old, who re- sides at 922 Seventeenth street. Mr. Mallon gave his age as 28 years and his address as 1322 New York avenue. The ceremony will take place tomor- row at St, Patrick's Catholic Church, Rev. John K. Cartwright officlating. Whitefield Church Has Outing. Base ball games and races featured the outing of the Whitefield Church School of Lanham, Md, in the picnic grounds of Rock Creek Park Tuesday. Individual winners of the events in- cluded Parker 1, ifred Par- nis, William Co nd Jean Goss. ‘The event was arranged by the Friend- ship Class, Fred dent. G. Robinette, pres- ] Meanest Man Takes Tots’ Milk Tickets And Sells Them Special Dispatch to The Star. LYNCHBURG, Va, June 28.— Nurses in the tuberculosls division of the municipal department of public welfare have a candidate for the honor of being the meanest man liv- ing, though they have not disclosed his name as yet. ‘The man saved up milk tickets fur- nished him for two children suffering from tuberculosis until he had the equivalent of $9.20, and Wednesday he took the tickets to the creamery and requested the cash. He got it and bought a railroad ticket to go out of town. et PASTOR IS DEAD. Rev. J. M. Hamrick Expires at Home of Son in Richmond. Special Dispatch to The Star. DANVILLE, Va., June 28—Rev. J. M. Hamrick, 56, pastor of Schoolfield Bap- tist Church, died in Richmond early yesterday at the home of his son, where he was taken about 10 days ago. The minister was stricken some weeks ago with an infected throat, from which fatal complications developed. He served as pastor of Fairmount Baptist Church in Richmond for six years and also at Gaffney, 8. C, and Lexington, N. C. He had been here for the past 15 months. He was educated at Wake Forest College and the Southern Theological Seminary. His widow and three chil- dren. survive. g DAMAGE SUIT FILED. Negligence Claimed in Actions Against B. & 0. Co. Special Dispatch to The Star. CUMBERLAND, Md., June 28.—Four damage suits have been docketed in the Circuit Court here against the Balti- more & Ohio Railroad Co. Negligence and failure to give warning are alleged when a train and an automobile driven by Hugh Hedrick, with passengers, col- lided November 25, 1928, near Oakland, Garrett County. Olie Smith sues for $25,000 damages and High Hedrick, An- g;eowéo Eyehl.ngnl ch;dll‘u D. Harper for ,000 each. e are filed by Saul Praeger, attorney. NAMED TO STATE BOARD. Special Dispatch to The Star CHARLES TOWN, W. Va., June 28.— H. N. Bradley, for several years man- ager of the Thomas Jefferson Hotel here, has been named to_ the State Board of Control by Gov. Willlam G. Conley for a six-year term, beginning July 1. He succeeds Clarence A. Jack- son of Greenbrier County, whose term ex%lrr‘e:‘.h.me 30’. ley was for some years purchas- lngd -E:"nt. éor :he Board elwcontrol an leputy Federal hibition administrator in West v!mnpmlm He was manager of the Conley campaign last year. His hotel post here has been assumed by Harry O. Evans, for many years associated with the Martinsburg, W. Va., hotels. —Hughes Co., Baltimore, Photo. FEDERAL BAR GROUP 0.K.’S COURT- PLANS | Resolution Asks Congress to Push U. 8. Supreme Tribunal Building Project. Approval of plans for the new Supréme Court Building and an appeal to Congress to take up the matter im- mediately after vacation so the building might be available as soon as possible were expressed in a resolution of the Federal Bar Association, meeting in the Interior Department, last night. A report of the proposed plans was made to_the association by a committee. ‘The new home the Supreme Court, which will face the Capitol, will cost more than $9,000,000, and be capable of holding half a million books, the = committee declared. Simplified court rooms and numerous conference rooms also are provided in the plans, lm“‘m R. Vallance, president, pre- sf e ot PARK POLICE ARE GIVEN 13 NEW MOTOR CYCLES ‘Thirteen new motor cycles for the United States Park Police are to be ac- quired immediately. They will be equipped with the latest type siren, as a warning to law violators and to clear the road for emergency runs. Eight of the new motor cycles arrived today snld f:ve will reach headquarters after uly 1. ‘The park police have 23 motor cycles altogether, but as the life of a motor cycle is found to be two years, a definite replacement program is carried out by Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, director of the office of public bulldings and pub- lc parks. akocdioschilics S NAMED SUPPLY PASTOR. Rev. William B, Allen Appointed for Daniels Park Mission. Special Dispatch to The Star HYATTSVILLE, Md., June 28.—Rev. William R. Allen of Baltimore has been appointed by the Maryland Baptist Union Association as regular supply preacher for the Daniels Park Mission of the First Baptist Church of Hyatts- ville. He will preach every Sunday night at 8 o'clock and will attend the Sunday school, which meets each Sun- mg‘ at é pm. Bt ki v. C. M. Perry, Sunday school spe- cialist for this section of eryllnd.'eefll conduct a Sunday school enlargement campaign at the Daniels Park Mission, beginning Sunday. It will continue every night next week, and all people of the community interested in securing training as Sunday school workers are urged to attend. . SEIGAL IS INDICTED. Washington Attorney Faces In- come Tax Charges. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, June 28.—The Federal Grand Jury yesterday indicted Abner Seigal, criminal attorney of Washington, ?:lr’lnmme tax defaults in 1926 and It was alleged Seigal’s gross income 1926 was :f’l.250. t\pun which hllet:nx was $187.07, and in 1927, on his income 13,143, his tax was $190.08. TOLMANIZE 2, PARCEL POST LMAN has a very convenient .2d dependable Parcel - Post Department for both laundry and dry cleaning, Through it we continue to serve hundreds of our patrons while they are vacationing out of Washington. . . . We sug- gest that you keep this service in mind, for you may find it just what you want this Summer to assure to you fine laun- dry and dry cleaning work while you are away. Tolman Parcel Post Booklet with full directions on request. e TOLMAN LAUNDRY F. W. MacKenzie, Pres. Corner 6th & C Sts. N.W. 8 'fl’m'sfigch Franklin 7 2469 18th Street N.W. ;: lumbia 636 % Member of the Laundry Owners’ GTO! D. C. AHALT DECLINES MONARCH POST President of National Organ- ization Refuses to Stand for Re-Election. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. CLARENDON, Va., June 28.—Return- ing from Asheville, N. C,, in time to at- tend the third anniversary party of the local Monarch Club, Clarence R. Ahalt, for three years national president, and P. P. Woodbridge, who went as a dele- gate from the Ariington county ¢lub to the national convention, announced that Ahalt had refused to run again for national president and had been suc- | ceeded by Dr. Charles H. Rominger of Bethlehem, Pa. One of Clubs’ Founders. Ahalt was one of the fqunders of the Monarch Clubs, of which there are now 36, and the general offices of the or- ganization have always been maintained in the president’s Washington office. At the Asheville convention it was de- cided to locate the national offices per- manently in Washington instead of having them moved each time & new president is elected. Woodbridge, who is executive secre- tary of the Arlington County Chamber of Commerce, was elected national sec- retary of the organization and will in the future attend all meetings of the board of trustees and board of directors. Walter U, Varney, president of the local club, was elected second vice president of the national organization and Ed- ward W. Wickey, local attorney, national counselor. Wickey is & member, of the Washington club and practices both there and in Arlington County. Largest of All The convention was the largest yet held by the organization, there having been more than 200 delegates and their wives registered. Amendments to the constitution were passed whereby an extension of service and contact be- tween the national and individual clubs is provided. A permanent organization service through national headquarters ‘was also provided. At yesterday’s anniversary celebration of the local ciub all of the officers of the Washington club, headed by Albert Speiden, president, and Mrs. Albert H. Cohen, president, and Mrs. Mae E. Jacobs of the Arlington County Busi- ness and Professional Women’s Club were guests. business transacted convention was made at that time. STAMP TO BE ASKED FOR BI-CENTENNIAL Baltimore Postmaster to Request Special Issue for Anniver- sary Event. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, June 28.—The Post Office Department will be asked by Postmaster Woelper to order a speeial stamp and cancellation in honor of Bal- timore’s 200th anniversary. ‘The celebration marking the bicen- tennial of the incorporation of Balti- more as & city will be held September 12, 13 and 14. Ceremonies will include & historical pageant, industrial and military parade and exercises in the Stadium by school children. Virginia Masons Meet. STAUNTON, Va., June 28 (Spe- clal) —More than 300 Masons, repre- senting lodges from all over the State of Virginia, gathered at Masonic Tem- ple Monday night for the observance of St. John the Divine’s day. Fol- lowing the meeting of the local lodge, there was a banquet held in honor of John T. Cichran of The Plains, most worshipful grand master of the Masons of Virginia. o (e 100% Pare Coffee A Perfect Blend Always the Same Every Sip Delicious . 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