The Washington times., 1924-04-16
MONTGOM Err Y.
ELECT|ONL|ST
CLOSES
Four Democrats and Three
Republicans Seek Congress
sionaI Nomination.

ROCKVILLE, Nd, April 16.-The
time for filing certificates of cam
didacy for the nominations for Con-
gress to be made in Maryland on
May s, expired at IL o'clock Monday
night. and the lists are therefore
complete.
So far as this county is concerned
there are four candidates for the
Democratic nomination and three
for the Republican nomination. The
Democratic candidates are: Andrew
j. Cummings, Of Montgomery coun-
ty; Thomas w. Koontz, of Allegany
county; Frank w. Mish, of Wash
ington county and David C. Wine
brenner, Of Frederick county. The
Republican candidates are: Thomas
L. Dawson, of Montgomery county;
Joseph w. Wolfinger, of Washington
county, and Frederick N. Zihlman,
OF Allegany county, the incumbent.
Montgomery county is entitled to
five delegates in each of the Dem
ocratic and Republican, State con-
ventions and as only five members
OF each party filed for such places
in this county there will be no con-
test at the primary election and
the following will be certified by the
supervisors Of elections as the
choice OF the county:'
Democratic convention-Robert @.
Hilton, John A. Garrett, William L.
Aud, ALIVE A. Moxley and J. Bond
Smith.
Republican conventional. Gran
mer Griffith, Mrs. Gertrude M.
Stevens, Walter L. Whitney, John
F. Seibert and George r. Snowden.
Mrs. Sarah E. Van Horn, widow
Of Oliver T. Van Horn and a life
long resident of the Lay Hill neigh
borhood, died late Monday night at
the home Of her son-in-law and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. William
Tucker, at Burnt Mills, aged eighty
one years. Here death was due to
a bronchial affection, of which she
had been i'll two weeks.
She is survived by five daughters
and three sons: Mrs. Lottie Connolly
and Mrs. Hallowell Leizear, of
Washington Mrs. Flora Mullican, of
Takoma Park, D. c. and Mrs. VIII.
liam p. Beall, Mrs. William Tucker
and Frank T., Alvin and William
Van Horn, Of this county. The
funeral will take place at o'clock
Thursday from the Methodist
Church at Lay Hill. Mrs. Van Horn
was before her marriage a Miss
Mullican.
The Rev. P. Rowland Wagner,
pastor of the Baptist Church, Off
ciated at a double wedding at his
home here Monday afternoon. The
couples were Norma W. Leibig,
twenty-three and Miss Catherine E.
Larson. nineteen. both of New York
City and Sanford l.. Magee, twenty
two, and Miss Catherine M. Bergin,
twenty-one, both Of Brooklyn, N. Y.
Immediately after the ceremony
they motored back to Washington.
Joseph A. Tucker and Miss May,
sic v. Lewis, both Of Washington,
were also married here Monday af-
ternoon by DR.. Wagner, the home
Of the minister being the scene Of
the ceremony.
At the annual field and track
meet of the colored public school
children of Montgomery county, held
on the colored athletic field here
and participated in by nearly 500
boys and girls, the representatives
of the Rockville school carried off
the honors with a total Of IS points.
The athletes from the Brooke Grove
school rolled up total of 55 points
and won second place and the par.
Elephants from the school at Boyds
finished third with a total Of %
points.
The number Of points made by
the other schools represented were
as follows: Emory Grove, 16; Clop-
per, 13; Sellman, 10; Ounce Or
chard, 10; Kensington, 8; Brighton,
8; Poolesville, Z; Scotland, z; Linden,
6; Sugarland, s; Takoma Park. S;
Spencerville, A; Wheaton, 4; Etchi-
son, 8; Burnt Mills, 8; Germantown.
8; Martinsburg, 2; Norbeck, 8; Grit
ton g.