Evening Star Newspaper, October 4, 1930, Page 4

BROENIN-RITCHIE SPEAK AT LA PLATA Governor Attacks Republican Charges on Road Construc- } tion—Many Attend Fair. By a Staff Correspbnaent of The Star. LA PLATA, Md., October 4—FPolitics played the leading role against the background of the annual Charles | County Fair here yesterday, with the | Democratic and Republican candidates | for Governor delivering the principal addresses. Mayor William F. Broening, Repub- | lican gubernatorial candidate, spoke at | the fair grounds, but delivered a non- political speech. Gov. Ritchie's address, | delivered at night, dealt prinoipally | with the alleged “misrepresentations” of the Republican platform, and was essentially the same as an address made by him at Leonardtown in the afternoon. Greeted by one of the largest crowds that has attended the fair, Mayor Broening congratulated the people of Charles County for producing such high-class agricultural exhibits in spite | of the prolonged drought. Baby Falling Into 19-Foot Well Has Only Minor Hurts By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. LANDOVER, Md, October 4.— Escaping from the care of his motier for a few minutes, Thomas Edward Mitchell, 16-month-old son of Mrs. Florence Mitchell, miraculously es- caped serious injury when he fell into & 19-foot well near his home here. The baby was rescued by Ray Ridley, 15 years old, and removed to Providence Hospital, where his in- juries were diagnosed as a tissue | Iracture, | The child was taken home after the extent of his injuries was de- termined. BACK-FIRING OF AUTO | CAUSES BOYS’ ARREST | |Silver Spring Youths Tell Police| They Were Only Playing. Deposit Collateral. By a Sta?? Correspondent of The Star. SILVER SPRING, Md., October 4.— Arrested early yesterday after the back- | firing of their automobile had caused | residents of the Woodside neighborhood to report to police that a gun battle was _in progress, four Silver Spring Should Devote Time to People. David A. Robb, Republican candidate | for attorney general, declared every | blic official should now be devoting | is entire time to the interest of the | people, especially those suffering from conditions produced by the drought. In addition to Mr. Robb. Mayor | Broening's party consisted of W. New ton Jackson, candidate for controller; Dr. Charles S. Warner, candidate for | the clerk of the Court of Appeals, and his son, William F. Broening, jr. The party was met at La Plata by | Thomas B. R. Mudd, chairman of the Charles County Republican State Cen- tral Committee, and party leaders of the county, including S. S. Lancaster, James P. Ryan and Joseph A. Wilmer. | The local candidates for office joined | the group at the fair grounds. Inaugurating his formal campaign tour, Gov. Ritchie announced that he had’ embarked on a plan of taking the Republican platform apart, plank by plank, and analyzing it in his speeches. He specifically denied in his speeches | terday and last night that State Ehliys in Maryland have been built for political expediency, and challenged *Mayor Broening to specify ‘“exactly what roads were not required for the convenience of the people served by o ‘The Republican plank, which drew the fire of Gov. Ritchie in his opening addresses, was that which charged the present administration with spending more money this year than was spent 10 years ago. “Of course, it costs more to run the State government now than it did 10 years ago. It costs more for every in- dividual to live now than it did 10 years ago, and the same is true with the government, not only in Maryland, but in every other State. Ih Maryland the real answer is perfectly obvious. We are doing more now to meet the needs of the people and to serve their welfare and interests than was ever done in this State before. “The Republicans have absolutely no right to talk along this line unless they -can do it constructively. If they think that government costs are too high, then it is up to them to give a bill of lars as to how they would reduce is up to them to show what State now being rendered ought to be cut out. It is up to them to show what activity they would stop or cut down if they had the opportunity.” Cites Highway Figures. Turning his attention to the State's road issues the Governor said that in 1920 there had been constructed about 1,500 miles of State roads and said that now there are 3,200 miles. He added that the State had built approximately 22 per cent of the total road mileage of Maryland and that “only one State in the whole country exceeds that.” He also stated that more than 95 cent of the population of the State ves within two miles or less of an improved State road. “There is no doubt,” he said, “that all this has cost money, and if the Republicans think this money has not been properly spent, then let them give a bill of particulars and point out just what highway work should have been omitted. They charge that roads have been built for political expediency and in exchange for political favors. “I deny this unequivocally, and if it is any more than political propa- ganda, then let the Republicans specify exactly what roads were not required for the convenience of the people served them, but were built for political reasons or because of political influences. Approximately 600 persons attended the Leonardtown meeting, which was beld in midafternoon. This attendance surprised the candidates. Another fea- ture of the meeting was that State Sen- backers of the McIntosh boom, presided and praised Gov. Ritchie. | Howard Griffith, youths were fermally charged last night with disturbing the peace and com- pelled to deposit $7.50 collateral each with Justice of the Peace Ward Cad- dington. They were Perry Griffith, son of coal dealer; Turner | Wooten, Calvin Brockdorfl and Walter Fallon. In addition to the disturbing the peace charge, Griffith was charged with reckless driving and made to put up $12.50 collateral on that count. The boys were arrested by Contable Lee Jones and Corpl. D. L. Snyder of the Montgomery County police force when they entered the police station here following the receipt of more than | two dozen complaimts from citizens concerning the disturbance. Police were told three men in an au- tomobile were pursuing a man on foot around the old water tower, firing at him in rapid succession. When taken into custody, the boys explained that the reports were caused by their car]| backfiring and that they were merely playing. ALEXANDRIA. ALEXANDRIA, Va., October 4 (Spe- cial).—Charles W. Eliot, 2nd, planning engineer of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, will address the recently formed Alexandria Zoning Commission and other city officials at the George Mason Hotel Thursday at 6:30 pm. Besides the five members of the zoning commission, Mayor Car- roll Pierce, City Manager Wallace Lawrence, City Engineer E. C. Dunn and Charles W. King will attend the meeting. "M.rs. Mary Ellen hvle!,:. 1, ;liigd . rday n at her home, oy venuer!mwmlc. She is survived by her husband, George J. West; two daughters, Mrs. A. V. Brooks and Mrs. Annie Keppel, and one son, Adolph E. ‘West. Funes services will be held at the residence Monday afternoon at 2 qu'?lock and will be in glll’ze o{GRAV. r Carpenter, rector of Grace npg:op-,l Church. Interment will be in Ivy Hill Cemetery. Everett Eppard, 27, of Route 5, this city, who disappeared from his home Sunday, returned yesterday. He could not give any clear account of his whereabouts or tell what had happened to the gutomobile in which he left, ac- cording to Capt. Haywood Durrer of the Fairfax County road police. Fire apparatus responded to alarm at Lloyd avenue and the Washington- Alexandria road at 9:30 o'clock this morning and extinguished a grass fire, Blaney Williams, 21, a Marine sta- tioned &t Quantico, Va., was fined $12 in Police Court today on charges of operating a motor cycle without a per- mit and colliding. Williams and Has- kell Carmichel, 21, another Marine, are said by police’to have been riding a motor cycle which collided with a city trash cart yesterday. Both men required hospital treatment for cuts. ‘The first meeting of the American Automobile Association Northern Vir- ginia Advisory Committee, composed of residents of Alexandria, Arlington and | Fairfax Counties, was held in the George Mason Hotel here yesterday afternoon. | The meeting was in the nature of a | get-together affair, according to State Senator Frank L. Ball of Arlington | County, chairman, who presided. Meet- imz& wiil be held monthly, it was de- | cided, the next sessicn to be held here. ! Future sessions will probably rotate. Members of the committee present | were Harry B. Caton, Luther H. Dudley, | Michael T. Dwyer, Dr. H. A. Latane, | Charles M. Shepperson and John W. | Tulloch, all of this city; Senator Ball, chairman; C. C. Farr, Fairfax; M. E. | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY, ROCKVILLE PLANS ~ JUDGES ACCUSED ATHLETIC AGTIVITY Association to Be Represent- ed With Basket Ball and Soccer Teams. Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., October 4.—The Rockville Athletic Association will be represented during the approachmg | season by both soccer and basket ball | teams, it was decided at the October meeting of the organization. The soccer team will become a mem- ber of one of the District of Columbia leagues. while the basket ball outfit will again go it alone, it was announced. ‘The meeting, which was conducted by the president, F. Bernard Welsh, was one of the best attended yet held by the organization, 36 members being present, including 13 of the association’s last year's soccer players and several of the 1929 basket ball team. Committee Named. It was decided to place the affairs of the soccer team in the hands of a committee consisting of F. Bache Abert, Clarence E. Anders and Eugene . Gin- gell, and, upon the recommendation of the soccer players, the committee named Clifiord Heim manager and Affic Gandy captain. It was stated that practice will start tomorrow. Manager Heim was authorized to sell association member- ship tickets to help finance the soccer activities. J. Vinson Peter and John G. Mc- Donald were named as the Basket Ball Committee, the third member of which they were authorized to select. The consensus seemed to be that both the soccer and basket ball teams would be even stronger than were those of the association last year, when fine rec- ords were made. By-laws Change Offered. A motion that the by-laws be so amended as to permit as many members of any of the asso athletic organizations to be residents of any part of the county, instead of all being from Rockville and vieinity, as at present, was received with favor and is expected to be favorably acted on at the November meeting. J. Paul Brunett, chairman of the Base Ball Committee, reported that the end of the base ball season, which Was regarded as generally. successful, found a slight financial deficit, and President Welsh was authorized to name a com- mitee of young women .to arrange for a dahce or play to help wipe out the indebtedness. Financial Report Given. President Welsh submitted a report showing the association’s financial con- dition, which covered the entire period of the organization’s several years of existence. It showed expenditures of several thousands of dollars in pur- chasing uniforms and other equipment, constructicn of athletic field, erection of a grandstand, etc., and an indebte ness of $334. It was announced that a dance would be conducted in an effort to raise sufficient funds to pay off the deficit. ROCKVILLE. ROCKVILLE, Md., October 4 (Spe- clal)—With morning and afternoon sessions, the annual meeting of the woman’s auxiliary of the Episcopal churches of Montgomery County will be held in the church at Laytonsville Friday of next week, it has been an- nounced. At the opening session holy com- munion will be celebrated by Rev. Phil- lip A. Dales, rector of the Laytonsville Church, after which a business meet- ing will be conducted by the president. Mrs. Josiah W. Jones, and reports will be submitted by the 10 branches in the county. The afternoon session will be fea- tured by an address by Coleman Jen- nings of Washington. censes have been issued here for the marriage of William K. Rhodes, 28, of Langley Field, Va., and Miss Made- line Mahone, 19, of Newport News, Va.; Willlam Bond Mehler, 25, of Washing- ton and Miss Charlotte R. Plankinton of Chevy Chase, Md.; John E. Krup, 27, and Miss Katherine A. Maddox, 18, both of Washington, and Joseph R. Shorter, 21, and Miss Mary L. Rice, 18, both of Washington. Henry W. Scherger of Takoma Park, |- this county, has been appointed a no- tary public by Gov. Ritchie and he has subscribed to the oath of office before the clerk of the Circuit Court here. Leading cities of Scotland are to have grand opera this Winte: 2001 16th St. N.W. 3 Rooms, Kitchen Church, Louis C. Carl, Washington; C. P. Clark, general manager A. A. H W. Of- ler, secretary, Washington: G. ‘Woodson. futt, Washington, and W. T. . A | ator J. Alan Coad, one of the principal ' Thomas R. Keith, Fairfax: D. L. Metz- ' and Bath ELECTRIC REFRIGERATION (CONGRATULATIONS! Julius Garfinckel & Co. upon the occupancy Ol YO ur new b uilding THE HECHT CO. F Street at 7th 'who INTEXTILE STRIKE Jurists Who Issued Injunc- tions Declared Stockhold- ers in Danville Mills. By the Associated Press. DANVILLE, Va,, October 4 —Charges by the Virginia Federation of Labor president that the judges who granted injunctions in the textile strike here were stockholders in the Riverside and Dan River mills today had met with replies by one of the jurists that he owned none of the mills stock and by the other that he expected to have no | further connection with legal proceed- ings in the strike, s The charges were made to Gov. Pol- lard by J. Fred Cherry, president of the State Federation of Labor. He asked the governor to “Do what you can to adjust this matter.” The gov- ernor replied that the matter was with- out his jurisdiction and _objections should be filed with the judiciary. Judge Henry C. Leigh of Danville Corporation Court, who issued the in- junction restraining strikers from in- terfering with passage into and out of the mills in the city of Danville, said he owned none of the Riverside and Dan River stock and had never owned any in his own name. The other judge, Turner Clement of the Pittsylvania County Circuit Court, issued a similar injunction for mill_property outside the city limil admitted owning 20 shares, but said | he regarded the stock “as worth noth- ing” He said he told counsel at the time the injunction was petitioned that if there was any objection to his con- nection with the case he would not serve. No objection was raised, he stated. In future legal proceedings in connection with the strike, he said, he did not expect to serve, Chile Acts to Aid Jobless. SANTIAGO DE CHILE, October 4 (#).—The government announced yes- terday it would inaugurate immedidtely an extensive program of public works to relieve unemployment. Thousands of men have been laid off by a shut- down in the nitrate industry. OCTOBER 4, 1930. BOX TAKEN TO SETTLE DAMAGE LATER RESULTS IN RUM CHARGE Prince Georges Judge Refuses to Accept Newest Story on Transportation and Assesses $50 Fine. By & Staff Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md.. October —A case of liquor, accepted in set! ment of damages in an automobile ac- cident, cost Lawrence Spencer, colored, a $50 fine yesterday. Spencer told Judge J. Chew Sheriff that his machine was struck by another car on a lonely county road. Spencer’s car suffered damages to its fenders, and the driver of the other car jovially sug- gested Spencer accept “a box” and “call it square.” Shortly thereafter Spencer fell afoul of Constable K. A. Baden, and was charged with illegal possession of liquor. He attempted to convince the court that he did not know what was in the box given him by the other driver. ..Clarence L. Taylor of District Heights, driver of an automobile which collided with one operated by Thomas D. Wilson, was fined $75 for possession of liquor revealed by the accident. He was also fined $5 for reskless driving and $10 for driv.og without a license. Constable W. E. Boone made the arrest. ‘William Jones, colored, of Marlboro was sentenced to six months in the House of Correction for assault and battery on his wife. The man was ar- rested by Sheriff Charles S. Early on complaint of J. C. Van Wagoner, by whom Jones was employed. POLICE FIND STOLEN CAR AND THEN LOSE IT TWICE When Reported by Officers Found It Disappears Before They Can Take It. as Special Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va.,, October 4—At a late hour this morning local and Ar- lington County police were still “it” in | an extended game of tag, which started with the larceny of an automobile be- longing to Charles Henry Smith, promi- nent attorney of this city, Monday afternoon. The car, a small sedan, was missing Monday afternoon when Smith went to | the 100 block South Columbus street, | where he had parked it a few hours earlier. Yesterday, after a week of earching, the car was reported by Ar- lington County officers to have been abandoned near Waycroft, and was out of gasoline. Smith sent garage mechanics to Way- croft for it, but when they arrived some one had beat them to it, supplied the necessary gas and again made off with the car. This morning Harry Woodyard, Ar- lington County jailor, telephoned local headquarters that the car had been found parked in front of a home in his territory, but a short time later he again called police and reported that when he went for the car it was gone again. The game of tag is still in progress, with the police decidedly “it. QUARREL OVER ACTRESS SEPARATES FITZGERALDS Theatrical Manager Says He and Wife Disagreed After Seeing Movie of Miss Noel Francis. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, October 4—The picture of an actress on a movie screen caused a quarrel which resulted in separation of Leo Fitzgerald, theatrical manager and booking agent, and Mrs. Gertrude Scott Fitzgerald, affidavits filed in Brooklyn Suprcme Court disclosed vesterday. Mrs. Fitzgerald, former wife of Nathanial Lewis, Chicago fight pro- moter, asked $400 weekly alimony and $10,000 counsel fees pending trial of a separation_suit, Fitzgerald said they quarreled August 17 after seeing a movie in which Miss Noel Fgancis appeared. After seeing the picture, Fitzgerald reiterated his belief in the’ actress’ possibilities, which, he said, caused the final quarrel with' his wife, - Rev. Howard’s Sermon Themes. Rev. E. F. Howard will preach at Israel Memorial C. M. E. E. Church, New Jerse; avenue and Morgan street, tomorrow, at 11 o'clock, on “Publishing Religion,” and at 8 p.m. on “Ashamed and Not Ashamed.” Church school, 9:30 am.; Epworth League, 6:30 p.m, when Dr. C. L. Russell, general secre- tary, will speak. VIRGINIA BAR VOTES 10 REPEAL DRY AGT Referendum "Shows 3 to 1 Against 18th Amendment to Constitution. By the Assoclated Pres: RICHMOND, Va., October 4 —Virginia lawyers, who voted dt all, by 3 to 1, favored repeal of the eighteenth amend- ment, it is shown in results of a refer- endum among all State lawyers, com- piled lest night by C. M. Chichester, secretary of the State Bar Association. ‘The referendum was ordered by the Virginia State Bar Association on Au- gust 8 during its annual convention at Old Point Comfort after vigorous de- bates. The vote on adoption of a r lution authorizing the referendum was 92 to 54. A resolution setting forth reasons in favor of repeal was first introduced, signed by 50 association members, but a shorter resolution, which made no statement in favor of either side, was later introduced by S. S. P. Patterson of Richmond, and, after amendments, was substituted and adopted. Resolution Sent Out. The resolution as passed and set forth on the ballots mailed out was as follows “Whereas, a resolution has been pre sented to the assoclation calling for an expression by the members of the bar of Virginia of their opinions on the re- peal of the eighteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States: “Now, therefore, be it resolved, “That this association favors the sub. mission of this question to the mem- bers of the bar of Virginia before Sep- tember 1, 1930, a ballot printed under this resolution marked: “‘For or against the repeal of the “eighteenth amendment, “To_be marked and also signed by such member, together with a stamped envelope, addressed to the secretary of the assoclation, to be mailed not later than October 1, 1930; “That the secretary of the assoclation | tabulate the vote and forward the re- sult thereof to the president of the asso- ciation, and give the same to the pre: segregating the vote of the members of the association.” i There were 1,250 ballots returned of a total of 2,200 sent out, 943 voting for repeal of the prohibition amendment | and 307 against. IDENTITY OF DEAD MAN ESTABLISHED Body Found by Tracks Was Arthur Le Gear of South Portland, Me. Ey a Staff Correspondent of The Star, LAUREL, Md., October 4.—A coroner's jury, under Justice of Peace F.. M. Scott, last night decided that the body of the man found near the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad tracks and who was later identified as Arthur Le Gear of South Portland, Me., met his death “in a manner unknown to the jury, but not by foul play.” The identification was made by Mary- land State polite, who received word from the secretary of State of Maine that a chauffeur’s license, bearing the number contained on the card found on the man’s body, 1ad been issued to Le Gear. The Maine authorities had not succeeded in getting in touch with the man’s family this morning, While ‘the coroner’s jury fafled to definitely establish the manner in which the man died, and left the case open for further police investigation, it was gen- erally believed that Le Gear fell from a freight car. 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