Evening Star Newspaper, June 19, 1930, Page 11

RITCHIE WILL GET UNITED SUPPORT Baltimore Meeting Told by Mcintosh He Will Aid Governor. Bpecial Dispatch to The St BALTIMORE, June 19.—Led by David | J. McIntosh, who withdrew his candidacy for the Democratic gubernatorial nomi- nation last month, and who in a speech predicted the nomination and re-elec- tion of Gov. Albert C. Ritchie, 400 men | and women attending the meeting of the Democratic State central committee Policeman Found Guilty of Courtesy Order Disobedience Convicted of violating the cour- tesy order invoked by Commis- sioner Herbert B. Crosby, Melvin Cox, a harbor policeman, today was warned to avoid arguing with prisoners in the future. The Police Trial Board verdict, reach- ed after consideration of evidence adduced at a hearing yesterday, carried with it no fine or sus- pension Walter H. Taylor, director of public works of Norfolk, Va., the complaining witness, charged Cox insulted and upbraided him with- out provocation while he was | | visiting in Washington May 21. Mr. Taylor was arrested on & charge of failing to obey an offi- cer's signal ! &t the Rennert Hotel vesterday pledged | their whole-hearted support to the gov- ernor. Senator MclIntosh's remarks were greeted with great applause as he said “No personal disappointment will per- | mit me to stand in the way of party| Joyalty, and I can promise that I and| all my’ friends who supported me while 1 was a candidate will join in sending | Gov. Ritchie back to Annapolis for an- other four yea “I am frank to say that I wanted to be the next governor of Maryland, and | when I announced my candidacy I thought I would have the united sup- | port of my party. When 1 found that would not have the support I with- drew, realizing that Qov. Ritchie is the | only man who will B able to unite all | factions of the party into one solid group with but one purpose.” | J. Enos Ray. chairman of the State| GRADUATION HELD Diplomas Are Given to 103 After Address by Dr. Wil- liam J. Cooper. The Myrtilla Miner Teachers' College graduated 103 prospective instructors this morning, when its annual Spring central committee, in calling the meet- | COMMmencement was held at the Arm- ing to order at the close of the lunch- | strong Iigh School, under the chair- eon, said that never had the committee { manship of Mrs, Mary A, McNeil, mem- met under such favorable auspices and | bers of the Board of Education, never had so many men and women at- | tended. He then introduced Gov. Ritchie as the first speaker. | John Cooper, In his address to the graduates on “Is Teaching a Profession,” Dr. Willlam United States commis- Governor Talks. | sioner of education, declared that teach- ‘The governor said that the Demo- crats, nationally and in local had every reason to be sanguine. If the promise made by the Republicans to the | affairs, | ing “is capable of becoming a profes- far as the nature of the serv- is concerned, in so far as the period training is lengthened and the effect, fhat prosperity and more jobe | knowiedge of acience behind it mas- would follow a Republican administra- | tion were sufficient to put them in|Tank wi power the reality of receiverships and o jobs should be sufficient to put them out of power. The governor said that he did not know whether he would be the nom- inee or not. The Democratic party had given the State of Maryland a primary election law. and if the party wanted a primary it would have it. He said he wished to welcome into the party | every Democrat, in spite of past dif- ferences, and to bespeak a united party for the Fall campaign. He said: “Regardless of past differences, if I am elected governor I shall regard my next four years at Annapolis as a new administration, and I will welcome ad- vice and give recognition to all Demo- crats. We will the ranks all of the party’s l: concluding his speech, Gov. Ritchie said: id : “This Fall the Republicans again will make charges of various nature against us, but those charges will be duly met and repudiated.” ‘Will Confer on Candidate, Among other questions discussed at the meeting was the organization choice of the Democratic nominee for Congress from the sixth district. W. Preston Lane of Hagerstown has been the choice of the more influential Western Maryland leaders, but it was said that he has not made up his mind definitely at this time to run against Frederick N. Zihlman. E. Brooke Lee, speaker of the House ©f Delegates; David C. Winebren- ner, 3d, secretary of state, and former Judge William C. Walsh were named to confer with Maj. Lane on the ques- tion. Chairman Ray announced that he ‘would confer with Galen L. Tait, chair- man of the Republican State central committee, to learn whether September 9 would suit the Republicans as the date for the primary election. If that suited Mr. Tait the election would be held on that day. If the two chair- men could not agree, the election will be held on the second Monday in Sep- tember, the date fixed by the State, in the absence of an agreement between the two parties. KIRBY EXPLAINS SOURCE OF FEES Fairfax Sheriff Shows Large Board Bills for Prisoners in County. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. FAIRFAX, Va. June 19.—Sheriff E. P. Kirby wishes to correct the statement which he regards as misleading to the effect that his fees during the past two months amounted to $896.14. In the records of the May term of the Circuit Court, which closed last Priday, & number of accounts were certified o the State controller for payment. ‘These included $350.70 to Sheriff Kirby for jall fees in April, $428 for jail fees in May, and $117.44 to Kirby for fees in | Wong Soong-Dong felony and prohibition cases. ~While these three bills totaled $896.14, Kirby points out that the jail fees represented the cost of boarding the prisoners at the Jail prior to and during the last term of court. For this the State allows 60 cents per prisoner per day. There have been approximately 30 prisoners at the | 3ail for some time. Other accounts certified to the con- troller at the same time were $709 for board of inmates at Ivakota Farm School during April; $744.50 for board of inmates in May; $125 to Dr. W. Lewis | Shafer for medical attention to the in- | mates at Ivakota: $185 to Common- | wealth's Attorney Farr for fees in pro- hibition and felony cases; $18 to Justice | of the Peace George A. Williams for | lees. COL. KEMMEL SHIFTED Coast Ar'ill;r}: Officer Is Assigned | to Tour at Fort Totten Col. Edward Kemmel, Coast Artillery, Assistgnt commandant of the Coast Artillery School at Fort. Monroe, has been assigned to the 62 fery at Fort Totten, N. Y.: L{chcheon. ir uachuca, Ariz Maj. W, has been ordered to{ Syracuse, N. Y., for duty with Organized ! Reserves: Capt. W. V. McCreight, In- fantry, has been transferred from | Hawali to Fort Hamilton, N. Y.: Mal.| I H. Engleman, Quartermaster from Fort Benning, Ga., phia; Maj. P. P. A. Chesser, Dental | Corps, from Walter Reed General Hos- pital to the Army Medical School, this | city: Capt. R. H. Larkins, Infantry. from Jefferson Barracks, Mo.. to the French Tank School at Versailles, and Second Lieut. E. M. Markham, Engi- neers, from Fort Humphreys, Va., to Cornell University, Ithaca. NAMED SUPPLY CHIEF Frank B. Bourne Will Fill Vacancy in War Department. Frank B. Bourne of Rhode Island has been appointed chief of the supply division of the War Department to fill - the vacancy caused by the recent vol- untary retirement of Albert G. Drane of Georgia. Mr. Bourne has been at- tached to the office of the Secretary of War continuously for 45 years, He was appointed an assistant messenger under civil service rules in December, 1885. romoted gradually through all until he became assfstant chief of the supply division chout 15 years ago. 25th Infantry, at Fort | tered.” Teaching, he asserted, cannot other professions in finarfeial returns, “largely because teachers are in the public service and the public does not expect to pay for given service.” Must Respect Own Calling. “The poor standing of the teaching profession in social esteem,” Dr. Cooper added, “has been largely due to the teachers themselves and can be cor- rected only by a change in the attitude of those of us who enter it. So long as we do not respect our own calling others will not respect it.” Garnet C. Wilkinson, first assistant superintendent in charge of colored schools, addressed the graduating class briefly in the exercises which were opened with invocation by Rev. J. H. Jenkins, pastor of the Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church. The class song, the words of which were written by Doro- thea C. Scurlock and the music of which was composed by Beatrice L. Warwick, was sung at the conclusion of the commencement. Diplomas Are Predented. Diplomas were presented, according to course, as follows: Kindergarten, primary course—Helen Alken, Catherine Alexander, Erma Bar- bour, Lillian Birch, Martha Bogan, Lydia Browne, Mabel Brown, Marguerite Chinn, Catherine Clayton, Martha Cooke, Myrdene Eddings, Flora Fisher, Burlena Fortune, Gladys Gibson, Celes- tine Harris, Margaret Headen, Marjorie Hopkins, Cynthia Jackson, Hattie Jack- son, Bernice Johnson, Gertrude John- son, Sarah Minns, Constance Murphy, Virginia Pair, Erma Perry, Helen Pethel, Mae Pinckney, Phyllis Reynolds, Vivian Reynolds, Dorothy Shaed, Mildred Staf- ford, Mary Tanner, Edith Thom: Gladys Thomas, Beresenla Walker, Beatrice Warrick, Ethel Willlamson and Edith Wormley. Intermediate course—Clarissa Baker, Jessie Baylor, Olga Beckwith, Edith Booth, Elizabeth Brooks, Clara Browne, Lydia Brownlow, Emma Bullock, Harvey Bullock, Cera Catlett, Ada Coleman, Margaret Dickinson, Mary Durham, Grace Evans, Juanita Everhart, Emmie Floyd, Virginia Francis, Geneva Free- land, Peter Glascoe, Vineta Graves, Marion Hall, Naomi Hall, Clara Ham- iiton, Sadie Harris, Ethel Marie Haw- kins, Virginia Hilton, Louise Howze, Emma Johnson, Audrey Jones, Mar- jorie Knorl, Mabel Lancaster, Thelma Lane, Mabel Lewis, Juanita Mitchell, Edith Morrison, Hannah Nash, Carmel Neale, Marguerite Paxton, Elizabeth Radcliffe, Emma Ragins, Roberta Rob- bins, Dorothy Robinson, Milton Rose, Janie Ross, Ethel Sanders, Willie Scott, Dorothea Scurlock, Margarct Simmons, Dorothy Smith, Kathleen Steele, Roxie Swann, Dorothy Taylor, Margaret Tay- lor, Juanita Thomas, Mary Thomas, Julia Tolliver, Alberta Turner, Alfreda Washington, Edward Washington, Mil- dred Washington. Sadie White, Gladys Williams, Pauline Willlams, Mabel Wyche and Ella Yates. CHINESE EMPLOYE _ OF U. S. 59 YEARS DIES Was Gen. Grant’s Guide at Shanghai in 1879. The Department of State is advised of the death of Wong Soong-dong, a Chinese, who entered its service in March, 1871, as a member of the staff of the United States consulate general at Shanghai, and served continuously at that post to the time of his death— a period of 59 years. Secretary Stimson has written a letter to his son in China expressing regret at the death of the venerable employe and the department’s belief “that the long and faithful serv- ice rendered by Wong Soong-dong con- tributed to the strengthening of the friendly feelings which so happily sub- sist_between the people of the United States and China.” The records show that Wong Soong- dong served as the personal gulde of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant when the latter visited Shanghai on the trip around the world in 1879. NEW .PASTOR HONORED d Coast Artil-, Reception Given at Church for Rev. Robert L. Wood. Rev. Robert L. Wood. newly appointed pastor of Petworth Melhodist Episcopal Church, and his family were given a reception last night in the church par- lors. The women's organizations, under Mrs. Gilbert 1. Jackson, president of the Ladies’ Guild, were in charge of a pro- f music and served refreshments, Jones, president of the board of e=5, welcomed Rev. Mr. Wood in behalf of the membership. Rev. Henry J. Smith, pastor of Petworth Baptist | Church, and Rev. C. E. Hawthorne, pas- | tor of Wallace Memorial United Presby- terian, extended greetings from their pastorates. 7 Rev. Mr. Wood was for ‘five years pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal Church at Martinsburg, W. Va., and comes to Washington to succeed Dr. Samu:l E. Rose, who has been trans- ferred to Martinsburg. In his response to the welcome the new pastor pledged his support of all community civic undertakings in addi- tion to his pastorial duties. David P. Barnes, 88, Missing. Search for David P. Barnes, 88 years old, reported missing from his home, 105 Second street, was instituted by the police yesterday. His sister, Mrs. Lillian Post, appealed to the police to search for him, saying he formerly re< ¢ided in M-v York, and police think &e may havc returned there, THE EVENIXNG STAR., WASHINGTON o B G5 - THURBDAY, ROGKVILE COURT CONVTS VETERAN Complainant Against Officer Dosh Guilty of Disor- 1 derly Conduct. | By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., June 19.—Charged with disorderly conduct, Allen A. Stuart, | Mount Alto’s Veteran Hospital patient, who swore to a warrant charging Mont- gomery County Policeman Douglas Dosh with beating him Friday night, was convicted this morning in Rockville | Police Court, but sentence deferred-until | Dosh’s trial next Thursday morning. | The hearing of the charge of assault | and battery against the officer was scheduled for today, but was postponed | when defense counsel, Thomas L. Daw- | son, was unable to be present | More than a dozen witnesses testified | Spinet Desk $14.75 Neatly designed and fimished in mahogany. $1.00 Down Fiber Stroller $10-88 Adjustable hood and foot rest. $1.00 Down Genuine Lane Cedar Chest $ 8 .95 Easy Terms Simmons Double Day Bed Cretonne Pad $15.95 $1.00 Down Davenport Extension Table Regularly $24.50 $1395 Finished in Mahogany. $1.00 Down Kitchen Cabinet $17.95 All the wew labor and time saving features. Easy Terms that Stuart was disorderly on the street. in a_delicatessen, a drug store and in a cell at the Bethesda police station Friday afternoon and evening. The defendant was arrested by Pé- liceman James F. McAuliffe, who said Stuart appeared to be intoxicated and that he intended to take him to the station house and release him when he sobered up enough to take care of him- self. McAuliffe testified that Stuart became noisy and abusive when he was placed in a cell. The charge against Dosh alleges that he beat Stuart while he was in the cell knocking him down several times and rendering him unconscious. Car Back Before Missed. * Word of the recovery of his auto- mobile in the woods just off Glebe road. Arlington County, Va., early this morning came as a surprise to Thomas H. Harkin, president of the Potomac Butter Co., Harkin not having missed the car that was taken from in front of his home 1717 R street. while he slept. Detective Frank M. Alligood of the automobile squad. the “early bird” of the squad, was on the job at the usual early morning hour, and he com- muricated to the butter merchant in- formation_of the recovery of his car. he car had been stripped of its ac- cessories DUNLAP 1S HEARD * BY H MENBERS | | Future Depends Largely on Wide-Awake Farmers, He Says in Address. | through the Bureau of E Addressing the boys and girls of the 4-H Clubs today, Renick W. Dunlap Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, told them that. the future of the country depends to a large extent on the num- ber of “wide awake” men and women on the farms He reminded the young agricul- turists that farm life has contributed largely to the success of the Nation and urged them seek an education and definite objectjve for their life work Mr. Dunlap spoke on the absence of | Secretary of Agriculture Hyde, Following their usual conference to- day, the group of 4-H boys and girls | 'will be the guests of a reception at ! JUNE 19, 1930. the Department of Agriculture given | for them by Dr. C. B. Smith, chief of the office of co-operation extension | work, and Mrs. Smith. They will in- bureau chiefs of the department. Just before luncheon the 150 or | more boys and girls from nearly every | Siate were taken on a tour of the' Washington Cathedral and its grounds. Others in the group also went to the | Capitol where they sat in the gallery of the House to its_proceedings Before the reception at 4 o'clock this | afternoon the visitors w be taken | 1graving and | Printing and the Artcraft Building and Arts and Industries Building of the Smithsonian Institution | A double treat is in store for them to- night. At 7 o'clock Wilson Normal | School students will visit the camp in troduce the young people to the vlnous' the Department of Agriculture grounds to give the visitors a concert. After this | entertainment the performance of “The Tempest” at grounds, under the auspices of the | € A1l |to a close Sunday evening with a ibnnqufl at the Carlton Hotel, | The founding of the Delta Phi Ep- silon, which claims the distinction of | being the first proféssional forelgn rvice fraternity, was coincident with the establishment by Georgetown Uni- versity of the School of Foreign Serv- ice 9. With the introduction of watch that body open | National With delegates from all paris of P in | United States in attendance, Delta Phi Epsilon, the group will attend | {raternity, opened its biennial co tion today. During a three-day the Svivan Theater in the Monument | ference new national elected and policies Washington Community Center Asso- | years ciation, Tomorrow it Interior, would address morning assembly hour them at the Fifshire, Scotland. Dr, | Geor was expected that Dr. | direction of Ray Lyman Wilbur, Secretary of the | included a meeting with Presid ver, a | Club, and a reception a Willigm_ F. % getown University “Colonial” furniture is being made in | elgn Service, who is a member of the | fraternity. ‘The convention professional for formulated luncheon at the 1 Notz, raternity steadily Be r ch Officers Will Elected at Conference Here This Week. the foreign service officers the next Arrangements | the convention are under Walter H. E. two School of Fo ice courses ig various vni- e oughout the country the expanded. Besides pter at Georgetown Uni- chapters in New Boston University f v has Iniversity ria, University of De- orge Washington Univer- ington, D. C. the last- pter being installed & few | troit | sty ster of Delta Phi Epsilon shows men’ engaged in Government or private es in every section of the world ides such names as Dr. Willlam Culbertson, American Ambassador to Chile: Dr. Roy S. 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