The Washington times., 1924-04-04
DAWSON Tells
WHY He SEEKS
ELECTION
Rockville Attorney Denies zihl-
man Hit Of Taking Advantage
Of Scandal Charge. .'t

ROCKVILLE. Md, ,ApriI 4.-Re-
plying .tOethe statement Of Con
gresham. Frederick N. Zihinian.
who. IN announcing his. candidacy
for the Republican Congressional
nomination to succeed himself, said
concerning other candidates for the,
nomination that certain ':ambitfotisl
young men must fight every inch
Of the way, and that they must;
DO 20 on their own records and
mot expect to succeed by scandal
ana innuendo." former States At
torney Thomas Il. Dawson, of
Rockville. who IL also q candidate
for the nomination, said today:
have read Mr.. Zihlman's state
ment In the papers. The people
OF the Sixth district know, and Mr..
Zihlman IL aware, that for months
past the question Of seeking q
Congressional candidate who would
strengthen the party In the district
has given many representative Re-
publlcans great concern.
my candidacy was the result Of
this movement, which commenced
months before there was the slight.
est hint OF any charges affecting
Mr.. Zihlman. wish to assure
Mr.. Zihlman that my campaign for
the nomination win be based solely
upon my qualifications for the
office to which I aspire" y
The funeral OF Mrs. Caroline G.
Dosh, wife OF William o. Dosh. who
died Wednesday afternoon at her
home in Gaithersburg, aged thirty.
eight years, will take place to.
morrow morning from st. Martins
Catholic Church. Gaithersburg, the
services to be conducted by the
pastor, Rev. John s. Cuddey,
Burial viii be in Forrest Oak Gene.
terry. Gaithersburg.
Samuel Welsh, a farmer Of this
vicinity, was found not guilty by
jury IN the circuit court here
yesterday Of violating the local
option law by selling whiskey to
Wade Kendall, a neighbor.
! Licenses have been issued by the
clark. Of the circuit court here for
the marriage OF Carl M. Taylor and
Miss Elsa Eveline Won Claim, both
of Washington; Linwood A. wilkins
and Miss Mary A. Spur, both of
Richmond, Va.s and William III. Foy
and Miss Marie Lewis, both Of Eu-
faplas Ala -t i
william Reid. William Nicholson,
George Raid, Herbert Arnold, Harry
Reid and John Kemp residents Of
Gaithersburg ana vicinity, who
range in ages from fourteen to
eighteen, pleaded guilty before
Judges Peters and Worthington in
the circuit court here to indictments
charging them with breaking into
garages and other business estab-
lishrnents eof Gaithersburg and
stealing automobile parts. Because
Of their youth, the court suspended
The first meeting Of the year Of
the Community Garden Club, OF
Rockville, was held at the home
Of Mrs. Ernest L. Billiard. Plans
for the year were discussed and It
was decided to continue the work of
identifying the grounds surround.
ing the high school building here.
The officers Of the club are Mrs.
Leonard L. Nicholson, president;
Mrs. Chauneey NJ. Grub, vice presi.
dent; Mrs. G. B. Hartley. secretary,
and Mrs. Ernest L. Billiard, treas.
urer.
A large frame building near the
Baltimore and Ohio station at Ger
mantown, this county, owned by
Lawson King, of that vicinity, and
occupied by several families. caught
fire Wednesday night and was dam.
aged to the extent Of about $500.
Mrs. Mary p. J. Waters. widow
Of Horace Waters, died yesterday
at the home OF her son. Bowie r.
Waters. at Germantown, aged
eighty-four years. She suffered a
stroke of paralysis about a year ago
and had been an invalid ever since.
Surviving her are the following
sons: Perrie E.. register of wills
for the county; Bowie F., member of
the Rockville bar; Eugene H., of the
United States Department of Jus
tice, and Julian B. and William A.
Waters. well-known farmers. She
alan 1ooUea two afon.nhildran Horace