Evening star., 1926-11-25
ROCKVILLE.

ROCKVILLE, Md. November %
tral committee for Montgomery
County spent $5.715.40 during the re-
cent campaign III behalf of the Demo
cratic state and county candidates, a
sworn statement filed with the clerk
of the Circuit Court here by Berry T..
Clark, treasurer of the committee,
shows
The expenditures We're, the state
ment indicates, for auto hire, rent,
clerical help. chalienEers and watch
ers. etc, and amounted to S11o more
than the contributions. which neceS-
STATED the committee signing a note
to make up the deficit.
The principal ontributors were: r.
+. Latmer $500: Blair Lee and p.
Bls ir Lee, $500 each: Morton j. Luchs,
5000; Preston B. Ray. Robert Peter,
ir. Clagett {. Hilton. Lacy Show r..
Brooke Lee. J. Forrest Walker, Berry
f.. Clark. Robert l.. Hickerson and
Eugene Jones, $50 each: Robert G..
Hilton. Joseph r. Pyles. Clay Plum
mer. Alvie y. MoXley William T.
Pratt. j, Enos Ray. John Gardner,
Joseph &. Cissel, II. lf. Hewlett j. ID.
Clagett and Charles w. Hopkins. 800
each John NJ. f'aulconer, Harvey j.
White. Donald snyder Clayton X.
Watkins, Samuel Riggs. Hannah
Broome. =. Ray Souder. A. Hemp
stone Griffith. William Il. Carr. John
r. Lewis. Lawrence A. Chiswell,
Frank Proctor. John II. Stabler, John
II. Hunter, =. 4. Grant, =. Hicks Ray,
$50 each; Alton G. Bell, SIS: o. II. w.
Talbot and Joseph n. Starkey. s25
each: ]. w. Wiley, $50. The re-
mainder was contributed by Il large
number of persons in amounts Of
from 81 to $15
Sentenced for Bigamy.
John Lewis Caldwell. young Wash
inGtonian. who pleaded guilty in the
Circuit Court here to indictments
charging him with biGamy and per
jury. was yesterday sentenced by
Judge Robert &. Peter to two years
in the penitentiary. 1t was shown
that on October 10. 1928, Caldwell was
married In Rockville to Miss Sybil
cleo Kirwan of Lloyd. Va, by Rev.
b. W. John of the Methodist Church,
and that at the time he had wife
living, from whom he had not been
divorced. in the person of former Miss
Viola M Pugh Of Washington, to
whom he was married in Washington
on March }. 1921. ca aldwell said that
when he contracted the second mar
riage he was under the impression
that a limited divorce granted wife
No. ! entitled him to marry again.
The perjury indictment charged that
in making application for the license
to marry Miss kirwan caldwell swore
that he was single and had never been
divorced.
Sworn statement of campaign eH-
penditureS have been filed by Candi-
dates at the recent election, as follows:
Robert L. Hickerson. ClaGett c. Hilton
and Benjamin c. Perry, elected county
commissioners, $50. $50 and 500,
respectively: John Gardner. reelected
county treasurer. 500: John r. Lewis,
elected Judge of the Orphans Court,
500: Harvey j. White and George l..
Edmonds, elected to the House of
Delegates, $50 and $3.50, respectively.
Marshall Parker Sued.
Mrs Fannie Parker of Bethesda
has. through her attorney. =. Kenneth
Lyddane of Rockville. filed suit in the
Circuit Court here against her hus-
band Marshall Parker. also of Be
thesda. for maintenance and support
for herself and the couples two chill
1ren. Louise and Ruth Parker. aged 4
years ana fllpulllS, ltSIe''lINtlH. viz
asks custody of the children and
counsel fees. The couple were mar
red April 10, 1921, and Mrs Parker
charges that because of the treatment
accorded her by her husband she was,
on February "a. 1925, forced to leave
him and 20 to the home of her
parents.
on the ground that he acted i'll
self-defense. James w Beavers OF
Washington and this county was
found not guilty by a jury i'll the I1r-
,uit Court here of an aggravated as
sault upon Benjamin r. Benjamin Of
the Potomac negihhOrhood. Beavers
was accused of having cut Benjamin.
The banks. post offices. schools and
business places generally i'll Mont
romery County were closed today III
observance of Thanksgiving day, ana
services were held III many of the
,hurches. Following a custom OF
years. the congregations of the Bap-
list. Christian. Methodist, Free Meth
,dist and Presbyterian churches OF
Rockville held union services, the ser
mon being delivered by Rev. Bertram
NJ. Osgood, pastor of the Baptist
church. in the Methodist Church.
Community exercises were held in the
Methodist Church at Ashton.
At kensington we'll attended union
services were held in the PreSby-
tarian Church. the pulpit being occu-
pied bv Rev Frederick \. kullmar.
the new pastor OF the church,