The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1922-07-28
STATE
CAPI Al
Conference Rumor Denied.

DcIt1luOi
Governor Ritchie disposed quickly
of report circulated for several days
by some of his friends that he would
call conference of the Democratic
leaders to settle on a candidate for
the United States Senate behind
whom the State and city organiza-
tions might unite.
Il know nothing of any conference"
said the Governor, beyond what I
have read in the newspapers. No one
has said a word to me about 1t"
So the Democratic puzzle is still
far from being solved. And the state
ment of David j. Lewis, one of. the {
two candidates now in the field. on
the liquor question, did nothing to
clear UP the situation. By saying
what he did-that the law might be
modified, but that it should be en-
forced In the meantime, that the sa-
loon should not be brought back, Mr.
Lewis seems to have pleased neither
the vets nor the drys.
Road Maintenance To Be Filmed.
Road maintenance in Maryland, be-
cause of it's recognized excellence,
will be featured in 2 movie" to be
produced by Henry Ford in conjune
tion with the National Automobile
Chamber of Commerce, the Bureau of
Public Roads of theA Federal Depart
ment of Agriculture and the Motion
Picture Distributors and Producers
of America.
D. w. Griffith will tbe the director
| and Charles Ray will take the prin-
cipal part in the production.
The movie" will be educational in
intent, it's aims being to show the
quickening and beneficial effect of
good roads upon the development of
community. The theme, in brief, is
this:
/ A country boy of unambitious
parents, born in backward section
of the country, untraversed by I'M
proved highways, becomes interested
| in the construction of good roads
through lecture on that subject i,
Opportunity is given him for writ
! ing an essay on the influence of good
roads. This he does so successfully
that he gains as a prize scholar
ship at college, the prize being
awarded him by the President Of the
United States.
To quote from Section "a of the
scenario:
boy applies to T. II. Macdonald
for job in the Bureau of Public
Roads-assigned to field by Mr.. Mac
Donald-cut in surveying forest road
location, inspecting finished road.
showing modern construction of
roads and bridges-yiews of Columbia
river highway-boy visits Arlington.
| Va.-researeh experimenting OBJ 3
serves maintenance methods in Mary
land-attends letting of contracts at
Harrisburg-view of Capitol building
and commission in session.
The piece winds UP With showing
| the boys native community trans
formed from stagnant settlement
| into a progressive and active center
! by the establishment of good roads.
To Use Health Posters.
Posters designed by J. F. Muller,
of the State Department of Health.
and used in the Statewide educational
campaign of the department, will form
part of the exhibit of the United
States Public Health Service at the
great Brazilian Centennial Exposition.
which will be opened in Rio de Janeiro
in September. The effective use which
the Maryland health service has been
making of posters and cartoons in
bringing home to people of the State
the fundamental rules of good health
and sanitation has been followed by
the Federal health workers, and Mr..
Muller has been asked to prepare a
special series of posters along the
same general lines, which will show
Latin7America what is being accom-
plished in this country in public health
work.
Rush To Obtain Military Training.
The rush is now on to enter the
citizens military training camps. for
which the recruiting for the past
month has been steady but slow. In
order to allow applicants to be re-
ceived right UP to the opening date,
July 27, it was decided by Third Army
Corps officers to accept those who
have the smallpox vaccination and one
of the three anti-typhoid inoculations.
The records show that 1,241 have been
finally accepted toward the 5000
quota, and to this may be added
nearly all of the 899 who have been
tentatively accepted, making the total
2,14o, subject to few reflections.
Camp Meade has 613 of its 1,s01
allotment; Holabird SO out Of Its
limit of go; Fort Monroe 160 out of
1853; Langley Field 24S out of 372;
Humphries 1877 out of 272.
The corps recruiting force in the
Standard Oil Building is anxious to
hear from young men over II who
care for the month of training that
will start them in the direction Of
commission in the reserve.
Better Locks For "cut".
The State Board of Prison Control
has employed an expert locksmith to
make an examination of the lock sys-
tenn of the House of Correction, espe-
cially of that section of the prison
from which five men recently escaped.
1t is believed that the escapes were
facilitated by defective locks and that
there were not. sufficient gratings at
the entrance to the ventilators in
the roof
Baltimore.-Mayor Broening named
a committee to stimulate interest on.
the part of eligible young men in
the Citizens Military Training Camps
to be held in the Third Corps Area,
starting July 27 and to arrange enter