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GRS FATALBURNS HELD ACCOENTAL Fairfax Coroner Decides No! Criminal Liability in Miss Sloper’s Death. Widow Gets $25,000 For Killing of Her Husband in Crash Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, June 21.—Mrs. Elsie Weingold, widow of Herman D. Weingold, who was killed when his automobile was struck by & motor bus on the Washington boulevard last vear, vesterday was awarded $25.000 damages by the jury which heard her suit for the last several days in City Court before Judge Eli Frank. @pecial Dispatch to The Star. FALLS CHURCH, Va., June 21.—Dr. €. A. Ransom, Fairfax County coroner, returned a verdict of accidental death; due to burns at the inquest yesterday into the death of 18-year-old Ml-dred‘w Sloper of Antioch Chapel, Va. ! The inquest was held in the office o[: Justice of the Peace J. T. Moling, lh!i verdict being announced after protract- | ed questioning of the three youths who | were witnesses to the accident—Joe | Mills, jr, of West Falls Church and| Robert Harper of West Falls Church, companions of the girl in the machine, | end young Frank Myers. operator of | the gasolne pump at the Merrifield garage. Testimony Agrees. | Testimony from thest three witnesces was unanimous that the blaze was purely accidental and was due to a | epark caused by & match struck by | young Harper while gas was being pus | into the tank. Harper, who was stand- ing about two feet from the car, started to light a cigarette. Both unlighted | cigarette and a box of safety matches were found next morning beside the car. Dr. Ransom states that Harper admitted striking the match without | thinking of any possible danger. Dr. Ransom himself was summoned lowed the girl to Emergency Hospits Washington, where he assisied in car- ing for her burns No testimony was taken at the in-!| quest as to what had transpired prior to the accident. Dr. Ransom refused to allow any subject to be introduced ex- cept that pertaining strictly to the ac- cident from which the girl met her death. Dr. Ransom states that there seem to be no criminal factors involved in the death itself. Released From Custody. Sheriff E. P. Kirby of Fairfax County ! released Harper. who has been held in Jail since last Tuesday awaiting investi- gation into the death of Miss Sloper. The verdict of the coroner has ab- tolved Harper from any criminal liabil- | Kirby states that Fred Pettit of | Vienna and Joe Mills, jr., now on $500 bond, will be held for further investi- gation by Commonwealth’s Attorney Wilson M. Farr when the latter returns from his vacation. PROBATE SMOOT WILL IN ALEXANDRIA COURT Document Leaves Bulk of Estate to Widow, Who Qualifies as Executrix. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA. Va, June 21.—The | will of Willilam B. Smoot. who died last Sunday at Atlantic City, N. J., was admitted to probate in th> Corporation Court here today. The buik of the estate, valued at approximately $700,000, was left to Margaret L. Smoot, widow of the deceased, who also qualified as executrix. without bond. The will, which was dated March 4, 1830, also created a trust fund for cer- tain purposes, and made other bequests to relatives. The trust fund, whi operative on the death of Mrs. Smoot, leaves various amecunts to in stitutions and relatives. Trustees of the fund are Mrs. Smoot, Gardner L. Boothe and the Citizens National Bank of this city. ROCKVILLE Bpecial Correspondence of The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md.. June 21.—Charles M. Jones, A. Guy Watkins and Wllhuri Alexandria High School, and Ellen Gray | 8. Day have, it was stated here today, been ceriified by the United States Civil Service Commission as eligible for ap- pointment as postmaster of Rockville, to succeed the late Willis B. Burdette, and it is understood "that Representativ Prederick N. Zihiman will soon recom- mend one of the trio for the place. There were eight applicants for the | position, but the three mentioned, it is HEALTH NOT SO GOOD, | W. Woodward that he should get out of The verdict was against the Peo- les’ Rapid Transit Co., Inc., the de- fendant. The accident occurred near Deep Run, when, it was testified, the motor bus met the Weingold auto- mebile as the bus was passing an- other car near the crown of a hill The bus driver, Earl Reed of Phil- adelphia, who was convicted of man- slaughter at his trial at Ellicott City after the accident, appeared as & witness at ‘the damage trial. The Weingolds were from Torrington, Conn. MARLBORO TAX LEVY SAME AS LAST YEAR Town Commissioners Decide to Con- tinue 20-Cent Rate—Bills Payable July 15. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., June 21.— The present tax levy of 20 cents per $100 assessed value of real estate in the town of Marlboro will be continued during the current year, Town Com- missioners Clagett, Hill and Wilson have decided. The town treasurer has notified tax- payers that their bills are payable on | July 15, and that if not paid by Jan- uary 1, 1931, their property will be ad- vertised for sale for default. MAN WINS 4 MONTHS Plea to Judge Results in That Re- duction in Year's Sentence at Rockville. Special Dispaich to The Btar. ROCKVILLE. Md., June 21.—Failing to convince Police Court Judge Charles jail in time to “make some money be- fore Winter to get an overcoat,” Joseph Meekins, colored, secured a reduction of a sentence of a year when he as- sured the magistrate, udge, my health ain't so good; I might not live that long.” Meekins. who lives in an alley known as “Monkey Run.” to the initiate. was hailed into Police Court on a charge of possession of liquor with intent to zell. “How much do you think I ought to give you?” queried Judge Woodward. “Oh, I reckon three months would be about right, Judge.” replied the de- fendant, “that would let me out in time to earn some money for & Winter over- coat.” “No, Joe, that's mot nearly enough. How do you think a year would do?" A startled expression crept over the colored man’s face. “Judge, my health's not so good. T might not live that long.” “All right,” the judge capitulated with a laugh, “well make it eight months.” ALEXANDRIA. ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 21 (Spe- cia).—This city’s playground system opened for the year this morning, when the five playgrounds were put into oper- ation. At & recent meeting held at the municipal swimming pool building a Playground Directors’ Association was formed, and J. F. Wilson was named president; Mrs. Virginia Wade Ryder, secretary, and Mrs. Roseberry, treasurer. Plans were made for staging a folk dance July 31, for holding a monthly doll show, and for a fled day for the system August 28. The directors of the five playgrounds are J. F. Wilson, Washington street: Mrs. Virginia Wade Ryder, Queen street: Mrs. Roseberry, for Parker-Gray Colored School for | been named for George Mason High playgrounds. A “party of 100 boys left Gadsby's avern this morning for a day's outing ping Springs. The outing was under the auspices of the Society of Forty and Eight of the American Legion, in co- | | THE EVENING AR, WANHlNGTON, D G, CBATEURDAY, JUNE 21, 1930. MARYLAND SOCIETY Prominent Nearby Countians on Board Steamer York- town for Trip. By A Siaff Correspondent of The Star. PINEY POINT, Md., June 21.—Many prominent residents of Prince Georges, ties were among the 160 passengers on the steamer Yorktown when it stopped here this morning on the ninth annual Southern Maryland Society cruise. The steamer will remain here for the workboat races and sall for Colonial Beach later in the day. After visiting several other points, the Yorktown is scheduled to return to Baltimore at 10 Prince Georgians Aboard. are John Stanley, William Stanley, Clarence Roberts, Maynard Roberts, M. Hampton Magruder, Kent Mullikin, Roger Manning, J. Frank Parran, W. B. Posey, Bowie Addison, Gardner Coale, John Bowling, Charles Hill, Willlam Wooten, Frank Duncan, Roger Williams, W. R. Hill, Raymond Williams and clude Brookie Matthews, H. S. Swann, James Wills, Elmore Southeron. Leo Gardiner, Bennett Crain, Col. R. K. Compton'and George B. Gray. From St. Mary's. St. Mary's County is represented by George Peverly, J. T. Hodges, C. O. Dent. Collins Burch, Henry Thomas, James Thomas, Walter Thomas Edward Thomas. Those from Calvert County are Phil- lip Briscoe, J. R. Gray, sr.; J. G. Gray, jr.. Dorsey Gray, C. L. Marsh, F. J. Parran, Arthur Harkness, A. B. Gibson, George Turner, Joseph Chaney and Charles Marsh. ROAD HOUSE RAID PENALTIES HEAVY Court in Effort to Remedy Conditions. By a Btaft Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO. Md., June 21.— Declaring he had received many com- plaints about disorder at road houses and that he would do all in his power to put an end to the conditions, Police Court Judge J. Chew Sheriff vesterday imposed maximum penalties on James Hawkins, colored. who said he was part owner of the Dew Drop Inn, a road house near Oxon Hill. Hawkins was fined $100 on charges of maintaining a disorderly house and $100 and 60 days in jail on a charge of “running a country club without a trader’s license.” Through Attorney Arthur Keefer he noted an appeal. The man was arrested with 12 other colored men and women during a raid last Saturday night by Prince Georges County Officers Hepburn, Prince, Nichols and Robinson. James Elder, one of those taken in the raid, was fined $100 on a charge of illegal possession. The others were fined $25 each on disorderly conduct charges. They were George Washing- ton, William H.'Joues, B. Miller, War- den Brown, Carrie Monroe, Robert Baker, James Duncan, Nettie Jarvis and Edward Soper, sault and battery, disorderly conduct, driving while drunk, reckless driving, no license and no registration in pos- session. James H. Hamilton of Hyattsville on the Crain Highway on May 30. traffic offenses against him_were pre- possession. He was arrested by Booker on Crystal Springs avenue, A2 he oy Seat veseruation.w. Brist | FINE RAISED FOR APPEAL | Accused Attorney Says He Will AT PINEY POINT Calvert, Charles and St. Mary's Coun- p.m. Sunday night. | "y Prince Georges residents on the cruise and | Maximum Sentences Imposed by | Paulette Owens. colored. of Mitchell- | Mrs. ville, Md., was fined a total of $153 | Mrs and sentenced to six months in the | D. House of Correction on charges of as- | Spedden, Hudson; Mrs. R. H. Williams, | The man was accused of hitting | mus, Monrovia; Mrs. Cook Confesses: Putting Poison in Employer’s Coffee 8pecial Dispatch to The Star. WARRENTON, Va. June 21— Mary Elizabeth Oliver is in the county jail charged with attempted poisoning of John A. Coons and his family, for whom she was cook. Mr. Coons yesterday morning noted a peculiar taste in his coffee and brought a sample to the mayor's office. The woman was arrested on suspicion by Sherifft Woolf and is said to have confessed that she had put poison in the coffee. She said she was mad with Mr. Coon, but was now sorry she had done it. No trial has yet been held. 78 WOMEN END Complete Four Years of Homemak- ing Study and Receive Certificates. | By & Staff Correspondent of The Star. COLLEGE PARK, Md., June 21—A graduating class” of 78 Maryland { women who completed their attendance for four years at the annual rural Thomas Magruder. | women's short course, were presented Chatles County citizens aboard in-certificates at special exercises in Ritchte Gymnasium at the University of Mary- | 1and yesterday. Dr. Joseph R. Sizoo, pastor of the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, delivered the principal address, stressing the growth in desire for education that | has been manifest in America since the | war. 60 Graduates Mothers. ( In presenting the graduation certin- | cates, Dr. R. A. Pearson, president of | the University, pointed out that 60 of | the women receiving them are mothers of 186 children and 17 are grandmothers of 87 children. The class of 78 is more than twice as large as the class which received similar honors last year, and reflects the growth in attendance at the annual short course. As a closing event w0 the week's wors the entire group of women in attendance made a visit to Mount Vernon in the afternoon. | The Graduates. ‘Women recelving graduation certifi- cates include: Mrs. J. S. Carr, Mid- land; Mrs. John Close, Eilerslie; Mrs. Ella Higgins, Vale Summit; Mrs. J. C. Horton, Cumberland; Mrs. Margaret Lease, Rawlings: Mrs. J. J. Lydinger, Cumberland; Miss Grace Skelley, Old- town; Mrs. D. M. Wenrich, Ellerslie; Mrs. 'R. N. Wilson, Cumberiand; Miss Pearl Wilson, Cumberland; Mrs. Mabel Ashenfelter, Mrs. E. C. Hardy, Mra. Sprigg_Harwood, all of Severena Park; Miss Zora Billingsley, Monkton; Mrs. A. R. Gill, Glencoe; Mrs. Eulalia_ Gil- lespie, Reisterstown: Mrs. W. C. Hoff- man, Baldwin; Miss Margaret Smith, | Glen Arm; Mrs. Corinne Thomas, Hobbs; Mrs. N. R. Baumgardner, Taneytown; Mrs. G. B. Benson, Hamp- stead; Mrs. E. H. Brown, Union Mills; Miss Carrie Buckingham, Westminster: | Miss Rose Coppersmith, Hampstead; | Mrs. Cecilia Fink, Woodbine; Mrs. Ridgly Garheart, Woodbine; Mrs. C. L. Hesson, Taneytown: Mrs. J. C. Hewitt, Woodbine; Mrs, Bertha Kain, West- minster; Mrs. George Klee, West- minster; Mrs. Elizabeth Martin, Med- ford; Mrs. J. C. McKinney, Woodbine; Mrs. W. R. Nusbaum, Union Mills; Miss Margaret Stem, Westminster; Mrs. Flos- sea Taylor, Westminster; Mrs. C. G. | Veitch, ‘Westminster; Mrs. G. W. Wilt, Taneytown; Miss Bessie Wolfe, Union | Bridge; Mrs. Ethel Griest, | Grove; Miss Connie Kilby, Rowlands | ville; Mrs. Blanche Kirk, Rowlandsvill Joseph Worrilow. North Eas Alex Bowdle, Willlamsburg; Mr: . Brinsfield, Rhodesdale; Mrs. D. B. Woolford; Mrs. H. S. Boyle, Emmits- burg; Mrs. E. W. Davis, Monrovia: Mrs. J. D. Gaither, Unionville; Mrs. Ernest King, Monrovia; Mrs. Emma Nicode- H. J. Slusher, Frederick; Mrs. A. L. Bachman, Falls- The | ton; Mrs.' Cassie Forwood, Street: Mrs. Irene Gosweiler, Aberdeen; Mrs. W. M. ferred by Siaie Policeman Booker. ' | Brandenburg, Marrioisville: Mis. S. B. s bbiaii John E. Pritcher, 1200 block of C | Cissel, Marriottsville: Miss Ida Shipley, ‘ street northeast, was fined a total of | Woodbine: Mrs. G. A. Casroll, chester- | MRS, JANNEY LEAVES | $102 for driving while drunk, reckless | town; colored children. A director has not vet | driving and having no registration in‘ Hall; Mrs. Clarence Thompson, Rock Miss Edna Beall, Clarksburg; Mrs. J. E. Darby, Boyds; Mrs. C. B. Norton, Conduit Road; Mrs. P. L. Wel- ler, Beallsville; Mrs. J. R. Allen, Ana- costia; Mrs. M. H. B. Hofman, Hyatts- ville; Mrs. Mabel Nickel, Cheverly; Mrs. Cecil Smith, Washington; Southworth, Suitland; Miss Victoria COURSE AT M. U.| Mrs. A.| COLLAPSED BRIDGE WILL BE REBUILT State Officials Announce De-! cision as Probe Into Deaths Goes On. | Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICK, Md., June 21.—While | | investigations to fix responsibility for the collapse of the 100-foot span of the Monocacy River Bridge at Frederick Junction on Thursday afternoon, caus- | ing three deaths and the injury to seven | | men engaged in making repairs, were | going on, State road officials yesterday afternoon made plans for the construc- | tion of & new bridge. T. M. Linthicum resident State roads engineer, of this | eity, was unable to say whether the new structure would be of concrete or of steel | and masonry, materials used in the damaged bridge. Wreckage to Stay in Inquest. The wreckage will not be removed from the river, where it fell with a heavily laden truck of the M. J Grove Lime Co:, which had just driven onto the structure, until after the inquest Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock in Peo- | ple's Court, this city. The truck, which had nearly passed over the span when | the structure gave way, rests right side up, its load of stone undisturbed, on | the river bed. A truck of the T. A. Ward Construction’ Co., Baltimore, and a | riveting machine are also' in the wreckage. 4 The bodies of two of the victims, Ed- ward Laing, Savage, Md., and Daniel C. Bortner, Baltimore, were removed to | their homes yesterday afternoon. The funerals will be held on Sunday after- noon. | The funeral of James Gue. Frederick, the third victim, will be held on Sun- | day afternoon at 2 o'clock from the | home of his father, Charles C. Gue, | | Jamsville. He was unmarried. Injured Better. ‘The seven men injured in the crash | were reported improved this morning at the Frederick City Hospital. A. C. | Smith, Chesapeake Beach, Md. and | Edward Willlams, Baltimore, were able |to leave the hospital last evening. The five others, Ellas B. Ramsburg, Pred- erick; Edward Cook, Falling Waters, W. Va.; Richard Coffman, Savage, Md.; | Robert Laing, Savage, and Birger Lud- | wigen, Baltimore, are still at the in- | stitution. A special meeting of the Maryland | Roads Commission was held yesterday at which it was decided to make a comprehensive survey of the demol- | ished bridge. The commission author- | ized the employment of J. E. Grenier & | Co., consulting bridge engineers of Bal- | | timore, to co-operate and assist in the inquiry. H. D. Williar, chief engineer of the commission, at the conclusion of the | | meeting, said: “Plans for a complete | | new bridg= at this location are under | way and work will begin on the new | structure within a week.” ‘ Covered by Insurance. i The dead and injured men were au- | tomatically covered by workmen's com- | | pensation” insurance of the State act. | A" State accident commission official visited the scene of the disaster yester- day afternoon. The Georgetown route to Washington. | 42 miles, and an important link con- necting Washington with the national highway system, will be closed indef- initely. State road officials last eve- | | ning were of the opinion that a tempo- | rary structure would not be thrown | over the Monocacy River. Construc- | | tion of a new bridge will require sev- | | Wife of 34 Years Sues for Divorce, Charging Cruelty By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md.. June 21.— After being married 34 years, Mrs. Myrtle V. Curley has brought suit in Circuit Court here for a limited divorce from Hugh Curley of Laurel, alleging cruelty. Through Attorney Ogle M: bury, the wife tells the court her hus- band forced her out of their home and she now lives in Baltimore. The couple were married July 20, 1896, and have seven children. The wife asks alimony and the custody of one minor child. Mrs. Mattie Ethel Gray of Brentwood has filed suit for an absolute divorce from Arthur Allen Gray of Newark, N J. charging desertion. They were mar- ried March 20, 1912, and have one child Attorneys Charles C. Marbury and T. Howard Duckett appear for the plain- tff. DROWNED FROM DREDGE Prince Georges Colored Man's Body Not Recovered. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star, BROAD CREEK, Md., June 21.—Ef. forts of Prince Georges County author- ities to locate the body of Dan Lewis, colored, who was drowned from a dredge ' here yesterday afternoon, had not been successful this morning. Lewis, who had been employed in the building of a county road, waddd out to an old abandoned dredge shortly after noon and was seen to fall into the water. Workers who rushed to his rescue reported the body never came to the surface. Constable Perrygo took charge of rescue efforts. REPUBLICANS PLAN CAMPAIGN NEARBY | Montgomery Group to Select Election Officers Probably Next Week. Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., June 21.—Repub- | lican campaign activities in Montgom- | ery County will be inaugurated with a | meeting at Rockville, porbably next | week, of the chairmen of the various | precinct committees of the county, it | was decided at a meeting here yester- | day afterncon of the county State cen- |tral committee, composed of Paul Sle- | man, chairman: Wilson L. Townsend, | Mrs. John A. Holmes, F. Barnard Welsh and Simon O. Smith The date will be fixed by Chairman Sleman. The meeting yesterday was principally to select a list from which the supe | visors of elections will next Tuesday appoint the Republican officers of reg- istration, who will also act as judges of election for the various registration and polling places of the county. Discussion of party prospects in the county this year, it is understood, show- ed the members of the committee to be unanimously of the opinion that the Republicans have a splendid chance of carrying the county at its November election, provided the right kind of candidates are nominated for the num- erous offices to be filled and an in- dustrious campaign conducted. FORMER MD. GOVERNOR'S DAUGHTER IS MARRIED Mary Virginia Harrington Weds Prof. Truitt of University of Maryland. Special Dispatch to The Star. COLLEGE PARK, Md. June 21— | Miss Mary Virginia Harrington, daugh- ter of former Governor of Maryland and Mrs. Emerson C. Harrington, and | Prof. Reginald Van Trump Truitt of the faculty of the University of Mary- land were married Wednesday evening at the home of the bride's parents fn Cambridge, Md. Because of a recent death in the family the wedding was | quiet. | . The bride was given in marriage by | her father. Mrs. Emerson C. Harring- ton, Jr., sister-in-law of the bride, was matron of honor. The bridesmalds were Miss Mamie Grier of Salisbury, Md., and Miss Edna Smith, Miss Mamie Harrington and Mrs. Willlam D. Gould, 3d, all of Cambridge. Dr. Ralph Truitt of Baltimore was best man_for his brother. Rev. Dr. William D. Gould, rector of Christ Protestant Episcopal Church of Cam- bridge, performed the ceremony. After the wedding there was a reception at- tended by members of the immediate families and a few intimate friends. Prof. Truitt, a son of the late Capt. and Mrs. George W. Truitt of Snow Hill, Md., is professor of zoology and aquiculture at the University of Mary- land. He formerly was head coach of lacrosse at that institution. By first removing the cargo of sul- phate of copper an attempt will be made to refloat the Spanish steamer Albia, which last September was wrecked off the coast of Scotland. WoobpwARD & LOTHROP 1880 P T T —U ~COIDE A NTvERSARL Y 1930 These Are Next Week's New Golden Anniversary Year Specials Boys’ Linen Knickers $].35 Golden Anniversary Year Speeial Men’s Summer Robes, $3.95 For Beach, Locker Rooms, Home and Travel Of the same high quality and from the same maker of robes | eral months. In the meantime all traffic between | Washington and Prederick to the West must pass over the road by way of Ridgeville and Hendersons Corner, or | by way of Dickerson and Buckevstown. | About 15,000 persons from all parts | of Maryland, Washington and Virginia | | have visited the scene of the disaster, | | Maryland police officers have been cn | | duty constantly. At times the con- | | gestion of automobiles on cither side | of the river at the bridge site has been | | so great that sightseers could not get | nearer than two miles of the scene, ESTATE FOR HOME 5 | | Special Dispatch to The Sta | .. WINCHESTER, Va. une 21.-—The | Henry and William Evans Home for | Orphaned Children of the city of Win- chester and the counties of Frederick In time to outfit young masculine vacationists . we offer these linen knickers at this very special price. Each pair is generously cut; in fancy plaids and oyster white, oatmeal crash and gray crash. Sizes 9 to 18, THE Bovs' Storr, FOURTH FLOOR. we sell regularly at far higher prices. The very attractive pat- terns will not fade or shrink when laundered. Small, medium and large sizes, generously cut and splendidly tailored. THE MEN'S STORE, SEcONT F1OOR. All-Silk Chiffon Hose, 5125 psi 3 pairs, $3.60 Golden Anniversary Year Special Hose can be bought for $1.25 a pair . such as these are offered at $1.25 a pair . but when fine all-silk chiffon hose . . the fashion-wise and thrift-wise will recognize the opportunity and buy in quantity. Picot edge and French heel. Also semi-sheer silk hose with plaited soles at this special price. In caresse, beige clair, sunbask, rosador, grain, white, nude and mirage. WoMEN's HOSIFRY, AISLE 19, FiRst FLOOR. Bradburn, Dameron; Mrs. Fred Court, | and Clarke is to be established here Piney Point; Mrs. Agnes Johnson, Mor- | under terms of the will of the late Mrs. ganza: Mrs. Mary Wathen, Mechanics- | Mollie Evans Janney, wife of L. C ville; Mrs. Florence Mumma, Fairplay; | Janney, whose death occurred recently £aid, were the only ones whose rating | operation with local Scout officials, by the Civil Service Commission entities | Athletic contests and other games were | Pay if He Loses. them to consideration. Ever since the | held this morning and others are sched- | Special Dispatch to The Star. death in February of Postmaster Bur-|uled for this afternoon. dette, the assistant postmaster, George| The new LYNCHBURG, Va. June 21—When | Mrs. Isobel Bradley, Laurel, Del.; Mrs. | W. Mullican, has been acting postmas- T Mrs. Margaret H. Escher of Washing- ton is named defendant in a suit for an sbsolute divorce filed in_the Circuit Court,_here by J. Robert Esher of this county, who is represented by Attorney Albert M. Bouic of Rockville. The bill, which charges infidelity and names a co-respondent, sets forth the! the couple were married in Baltimore, February 9, 1922, and have two children, J. Robert Echer, jr. and Margaret Jeanne Esher. aged 7 and 5 years, re- gpectively, Whose custody the plaintiff s, The fourth annual supper and bazaar for the benefit of the Gaithersburg- Washington Grove Volunteer Fire De- Ennmom, held in the Gaithersburg igh School Building Wednesday and ‘Thursday evenings, was a success, ac- cording to those in charge. Wednesday evening 611 suppers were served and Thursday evening 632 persons were fed. Licenses have been issued by the clerk | of the Circuit Court here for the mar- riage of William H. Boswell, 21, and Miss Mzargaret C. Pickerell, 19, both of Alex- andria, Va.; George E. Matthias, 23, of Washington and Miss Edna M. Ruddah, 20, of Brookmont, Md.: Plerce M. Sweig, 41, of Washington, and Miss Mildred Katherine Kew, 28, of Virginia High- lands, va ‘The will of William Edward Watkins, who died recently at his home at Da- mascus, this county. aged 75 years, leav- ing a substantial estate, has veen ad- mitted to probate in the Orphans’ Court here. It was executed May 26, 1930, and names Morgan H. Watkins, son of the testator, executor. ‘The instrument bequeaths 1o Mrs. Sally Watkins, widow of the testator. 21500 and money due from fraternal organizations and leaves the residue in equal shares to the four children— Morgan H. Watkins, Bessie M. Becraft, Mamie A. Duvall and Lola L. Stanley. Oscar F. Heroid, administrator of the estate of Frank A. Herold, has filed a request in the Orphans’ Court here for A reassessment of the real estate of the deceased on the ground that the assessment of $25000 was ‘“‘erroneous end excessive.” Frank Orndorfl Parker and Joshua Evans, jr.. have been appointed admin- istrators ad colligendum of the estate of Thomas Sewell Orndorfl, who died ' recently at his home at Brookeville, this county, leaving an estate valued at more than $100.000. Mr, Orndorff was for many years in business in Wash- ington. Joseph C. Cissel, administrator of the estate of Oliver B. Clark, has filed his first and final account Rev. Bertram M. Osgood of the Bap- tist Church has officiated at the mar- riage here of Willlam C. Gutelus and Mrs. Ella V. Left, both of Miami, Fla.; €amuel E. Bishop of Dnwiddie, Va., end Miss Sue Elizabeth Barker of Church Road, Va.: Willlam H. Boswell end Miss Margaret C. Picker=il. both ®f Alexandria, Va.. and Pierce M. Sweig ®f Washington and Miss Mildred Kath- erine Kew of Virginia Highlands, Va., the home of the minister being the scene of all the ceremonies. 600-gallon. _triple combi- nation pumper of the Cherrydale Fire | Department was given Cameron street wharf The test lasted three hours and t | apparatus is said to have satisfactorily {passed the requirements. Arlington | | County was represented by E. O. Fearn, | | superintendent of the mechanical de- | partment of the Washington Fire De artment, while E. M. Woodworth | represented the builders of the pumper. Theft of one pint and one quart of ;milk resulted in Adrian Jennings and | Charles Mills, non-residents, ~being given 10 days in jail by Acting Police | | Justice Kennedy vesterday. The iudge | | announced that if the parents of the | young men would send for them, he | would release them. | Approximately 75 local Odd Fellows | went to Leesburg last night to visiv the lodge at that place, when a tiaveling | gavel was presented. | A guard rail fence is now being | erected along the hot-water pond just | north of the city line at Four Mile Run, on the lower road to Washing- ton.” This fence has no connection with the “death trap” end of the | wide portion of the road, as it starts a_ considerable distance to the north of that point, but is designed to pre- vent autos leaving the highway and going into the vond. John Spencer, 39, colored, was sen- tenced to three months in jail and fined $250 and costs in Police Court today on a charge of transporting alleged whisky. He was arrested early today. and police say he had 12 gallons of liquor in his possession. | Five local women left today to at- tend a State meeting of the Business and Professional Women's Club, being held in_Petersburg. Va. Russell Barker, aged 9, of 110 Wolfr | street, received a broken' left leg when struck by an auto driven by Thomas Peyton, 18, of Groveton, Va. at Wolfe and Lee streets last ngiht, according to a report made to police. The lad was treated at the Alexandria Hospital | Pevton was brought to Police Court | this morning on charges of operating without & permit and colliding. The no- permit charge was dismissed, and the colliding charge held over until the Barker lad could appear in court. Pey- ton was released on his personal bend George L. Davis, 33, Who was arrest- ed yesterday on a charge of larceny of un ‘auto from the Temple Motor Co. which he was loaned for purposes of a demonstration, was released today when it was stated that he ran out of gaso- line on Johnsons Hill and the car re- mained there all night and was towed to Arlington Court House by county officers yesterday morning. ‘The car has been returned to its owners. Davis sald he had no intent of stealing the car. Marshall Provo of Quantico has asked police to look out for a movie camera, valued at $250, which he says was stolen from him at the Marine Barracks. It has also been reported to police that thieves broke into a box car on a local siding and file a box of surgical in- struments affl drugs consigned to the post quarterfmaster at Quantico. No trace of either article has been found. - | pay the 85 fine and go. Judge J. P. McCarron Thursday in the | Sadle Dickerson, Riverton, and Mrs. H. Municipal Court fined Leonard Payne. a test at the| colored, $5 on charge of being drunk, here yesteriay.| his attorney, A. S. Hester, askes the court to raise the fine to $25 to permit | him to note an appeal. When the judge said the fine would | not be reduced if it was raised, Payne | told the attorney that he would rather | But by this | bond. the attorney declaring that C. Foster, Clear Spring. Voting Registers Named. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., June 21.— Registration officers to serve in the registration of voters in the coming primary and general elections will be | time the fine had been raised to $25.| appointed by the County Board of Elec- | and Payne was released under a $50 | tion Supervisors at their meeting Tues- | ter of the he | day. ‘The judges and clerks of the elec- would pay the fine himself if he lost|tion will not be appointed until the the appeal. July meeting. The will, filed today, leaves the es- | tate of Mrs. Janney, regarded as one | of the wealthiest women here, to her husband and A niece, Miss Lillian Sheetz. The provision for the orphans’ home is not to become operative, how- ever, until after the death of Miss Sheetz. The testator’s home place on North Loudoun street is to be utilized for the | Institution, to be managed by a board of trustees. Mrs. Janney was a daugh- late Henry Evans and a niece of the late William Evans, whole- sale tobacco merchants and manufac- turers. WoobpwarD & [.oTHROP 1880 _Go oy OLDEN ANNIVERSARY Y The New AR 1 30 Fumigation Storage Vaults Now Ready to Protect Your Winter Garments Until recently the most common moth protection was cold storage. But cold does not kill moths . . . it merely renders them dormant. Occa- sionally a fungus growth appears in the fur, as a result of moths, which were not killed by the old method, necessitating expensive repairs. 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