Evening star., 1915-05-23
ROCKVILLE AND COUNTY
NEWS ITEMS AND NOTES
Negro Under Arrest Suspected of As
sault on Rockville
Woman.
spec,al correspcndence Of The star.

Special rrespcudence OF The star.
ROCKVILLE. Md, May 22.-Miss
Julia Anderson opened the front door
of her home in Rockville shortly before
IL O'Clock last night. A negro, who mad
knocked at the door a few minutes pe-
fore and who had acted in suspicious
manner. grabbed her about the throat
and severely choked her
Miss Anderson's cousin, Miss Julia
Fearon. heard the commotion and ran
to her rescue She slammed the door
against the ncEro'S arm, causing MIN
to release his hold. The negro fled.
Following investigation today by
Sheriff Peyton Whalen and Deputy
Preston Hewitt, Rockville negro,
Wallace Martin. jr.. Was placed under
arrest and is held on suspicion He de-
nics that he knows anything of the oc-
currence. Miss Anderson was not badly
hurt. but is suffering from shock.
Lees Friends Rejoice.
Senator Blair Lees Montgomery
county friends interpret the announce
nent that Mayor Preston and the Bal
timore city organization will support
him for the nomination to mean that
he will be Maryland's next governor
The proba bility of his nomination, il is
expected, Will have a stimulating erect
on the Lee program all along the line
'rhe anti-Lee people. however profess
t. he satisfied with the situation.
Mrs. John +. West. who spent several
-"ccks in Washington undergoing treat
utent. returned to her home here dur
'ng the week in a much improved con-
dition.
Mrs. Harry E. Speakman of Whining
ton. Del. is a guest of Miss Stella
Moore. at Sandy Spring.
Realty Transfers.
Transfers of real estate were record
ed in the Office of the clerk of the cir
cult court here during the week as fol-
lows: Henry l.. Black to James 3.
Runkles. 500 acres: Benton 6. Ray to
George II. Bliss. ninety-seven acres;
Samuel ID. Waters to Henry G. Leary.
fourteen acres: Berry E. Clark. treas
urer. TO Charles c. Crawford. fifteen
acres: Benjamin l.. Palmer. to Francis
SIXTH. one acre. William NJ. Roberts to
owen F. Mattingly. one acre: Thomas
I. Fulks to Garfield Duvall. lot: Berry
Y. Clark. treasurer. to Charles c. Craw
ford. lot at kensington: Henry G. Var
row to Dora Ward. lot in Rockville:
Berry f. Clark. treasurer. to Grace A.
Deviibiss. lot in Rockville Park:
Charles J. Penn 10 Joseph H. Penn. lot
ut Forest Glen. Zenos W. Alderman to
Guy +. Allen. lot at Somerset Edward
Warren to William Brooks. lot: Ed
ward Warren to Stella NJ. Harris lot;
c. Francis owens. trustee. TO Hyatts-
Vile Building Association lot at Hill
Crest: Reeve Lewis TO Angeline Hillyer
lot at Chevy Chase: Grace A. l.. Walker
TO Philip F. Gormley. lot at Kenilworth:
Charles j. Seldeu to Walter G. Eisen-
ger. lot at Takoma; John f. West to
Lloyd A. Douglass. lot at Halpine:
Thomas l.. Dawson to Lloyd A. Doug
sass. lot At Haloine: William i. Stew
art 10 Morris l.. Croxall. lot: William
". Anderson to owen F. Mattingly lot
at Cohasset: George ". Marsh 10 Rose
Chambers. lots at Emory Grove: Caro-
line Harding to James T Dubois, lot at
High Point
Personal Notes.
Mrs Ellen q. Hiatt and daughter,
Miss Marguerite. have returned to
Rockville. after spending several
months in Washington.
Mrs. Frank b. Thomas of Roanoke,
Va. spent several days in Rockville
during the week at the home of her
sister. Mrs. Otis NJ. Linthicum
Mrs. Carroll warthen ana little
daughter are spending few weeks
with Mrs. Warthen's mother, Mrs. w.
y. Thomas. at kensington.
Miss Stella Moore of Sandy Spring
man Of Wilmington. Del.
Rev. Alfred Harding. Bishop of
Washington. will preach and confirm a
class in Christ Church. kensington.
next Wednesday evening.
Miss Helen Brunett of Rockville, Will
he among the graduates at the COM
mencement exercises of Georgetown
Visitation Convent May 81.
The Darnestown High School team
proved easy picking for the Rock
VILE academy team at the fair grounds
here today. being defeated to .. Hill
ton, in the box for the winners. was
too much for the visitors. Etchison, the
Jamestown pitcher. was not much of
an enigma. Rockville made ten hits
and four errors, and DarnestoWn six
hits and seven errors.
Later in the day the Darnestown
team won well played and stubhornly
contested game from the Rockville
High School nine. the score standing
: to s. The contest was marked by
many good plays, and was either
teams game unit, the last man was
out.