Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-21
OFFICIALS ARE NAMED
FOR TOWNS ELECTION
HyattsvlIe to Select Mayor,
Treasurer and Three City
CounciImen.

HYATTSVILlAE, April 20-The mayor
and common council met last night and
appointed the following judges and cler1s
to conduct the municipal election May 6.
together with the polling places in each
ward: First ward-Judges, ]. Moses Edla-
witch. L. o. Wissman and Alexander
Sal3rs; clerks, Ernest Gasch and Joseph
w. Shipley; polling place. Judge Hickeys
Office, Maryland avenue Second ward
Judges, Bradley A Snyder, Milton E.
Smith and John Gibson: clerks, P. G.
Melbourne and E. r. Burn; polling place,
Office of the Hyattsville Independent.
Third ward-Judges. George NJ. MoFar-
land, v. v. MacNeil and j. Dallas Erwin;
clerks, Fred A. Soules and Stephen =.
Kearney; polling place. Office of the Mary
land Reporter. The following town OFF,
for one year; treasurer to serve for two
years: councilmen from the first, second
and third wards, each to serve for two
years. There is no opposition save in the
first ward, where the friends of Fred D.
Tillman and j. w. Ginder are working
to elect their candidate to the council
One of the political surprises Of the year
was the announcement of Charles A. NJ.
Wells, son of State Senator Charles A.
Wells of HyattsVille, of his intention to
enter the contest for the democratic
nomination for Congress from the fifth
completed serving four-year term as
democratic county treasurer, having been
succeeded by Richard ]. Swami of Spauld-
ings district. Mr.. Wells will have oppo-
sition in the primaries, Messrs. Theodore
Brady of Anne Arundel county and
Frank o. Smith of Calvert county having
announced their intention of entering the
contest. Mr.. Wells did not announce his
candidacy for the nomination until it be-
came certain that J. Enos Ray would not
again be a candidate.
Archdeaconry Meets.
The representatives of the archdeaconry
of southern Maryland of the Protestant
Episcopal Church met in Trinity Church
this morning, with the following attend
ance: Richard p. Williams. archdeacon of
the diocese of Washington. presiding;
Rev. Francis E. McManus, rector of
Trinity Church; Rev. Horace Wood Stow
ell, Port Tobacco parish; Rev. Frederick
Towers, st. Paurs parish; Rev. w. r.
Barker Turner, Durham parish; Rev.
Henry v. Saunders. William and Mary
parish. st. Marys county; Rev. William
J. Williams. Queen Anne parish. and the
Wilmer, secretary and treasurer of the
archdeaconry. La Plata, Charles county:
Pliny p. Gates, Port Tobacco parish:
James A. Gray, Durham parish; Fred
erick sasscer. Trinity parish: w. L.
Blunt, William and Mary parish. Charles
county: William E. Duvall. st. Thomas
parish. and Alan Bowie, ST. Pauls parish.
The following officers were named for the
ensuing year: President, Rev. Howard
Wood Stowell, and secretary and treas
urer, L. Allison Wilmer. The amount to
be pledged for diocesan missions at the
next convention was determined to be
$50. The next meeting will be held in
October at La Plata. The members of
the archdeaconry were entertained at
luncheon by the women of Trinity parish
in the Masonic Hall.
The jury in the case of the state. against
Antonio Reggie. alias Rizzio, of Mount
Rainier. charged with assault and at
tempted assault upon little white girl
in that town several months ago. render
ed verdict of guilty in Upper Marlboro
Friday. The jury was out all night. The
verdict on the first count was mot
guilty." but Reggie was convicted on the
fourth count of the indictment, which in
volved a penalty of from two to ten years
in the penitentiary. The prisoner was
taken back to jail and will probably be
sentenced Monday.