The Washington Post
April 4, 1926

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IT WAS | that introduced to their owners | | many of the smooth-gliding au- | tomobiles you | streets today. THE POST / will see on the | -_-——-- - +--+, 4 The Washington Post. morrow; colder variable. Weather—Fair sai and to- ; temperature tomorrow; diminish- ‘ing northwest winds, becoming Temperature yesterday—High- est, 67; lowest, 40. today; rising me — _NO. 18,189. ENTERED AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER POSTOFFICE, WASHINGTON, D. ©, WASHINGTON: SUNDAY, APRIL 4, 1926—ONE HUNDRED PAGES COPYRIGHT. 1926, Ds BY THE WASHINGTON POST CO, —s FIVE CENTS. CHAPMAN REFUSED OUAY OF EXECUTION IN Hilo FINAL PLEA First Time Bandit Ever Asked for Clemency; Retrial Denied. ee NERVE IS UNBROKEN AS HE AWAITS DEATH Hanging in Connecticut Prison Is Set for Shortly After Midnight Tuesday. Wethersfield, Conn., April 3 (By A. P.).—Gov,. Trumbull announced tonight that he would not grant Gerald Chapman another reprieve. His decision was made known short- ly after Judge Newell Jennings, trial judge in the Chapman murder case, called at his home in Plain- | ville to recommend this course. Chapman, condemned to hang for murder early Tuesday morning, late today had signed an application to the State board of pardons asking that his sentence be commuted to life imprisonment. This is the first time Chapman has asked for clemency. In the ap- plication he sets forth that he had been four times in prison, that he is in his thirty-eighth year and that he was born in New York city. The board of pardons meets twice a year, the next regular meeting Ly statute being the first Monday in May. A member -is Supreme Court Justice Howard J. Curtis, who as a member of the court, gave an ad- verse decision on Chapman’s appeal for a new trial. Gov. Trumbull, who thrice re- prieved Chapman and has refused to grant further time ‘‘not even an hour” is exofficio chairman of the board. Eight AffidavR®’ Offered. Bight affidavits were offered by the defense attorneys in support of their petition for a new trial. Three not previously made public were signed by Byrd C. Twig, a New York attormey, William O’Leary, and William E. Sodergren, of New Britain. Twig is alleged to have seen Chapman in New York on the night of October 11, 1924, several hours before the murder of Patrolman James Skelly in New Britain. O'Leary and Sodergren are said to have known Chapman and would have been willing to offer the same testimony, the nature of which was not revealed. States’ Attorney Hugh M. Alcorn vigorously opposed the effort for a new trial, saying it was a “‘trick of counsel to gain more time.’’ Important Witnesses Killed. Explaining the States’ position, he said: ‘‘They’ve killed off our Im- portant witnesses. Ben Hancos is dead, It may be difficult to get im- portant witnesses again.’’ Hance is the Indiana farmer with whom Chapman once lived while hiding out from the authorities. Charles W. Murphy, of Danbury, Conn., who presented the petition for the defense attorneys, asked Mr. Alcorn if he meant that the attorneys had “killed off the wit- nesses, since they had been accused of other things.” Mr. Alcorn did not reply to this query but stated that his opposing (CONTINUED ON PAGE 7, COLUMN 65.) French Drive Syrians From Hermon Ridge Beirut, Syria, April 3 (By A. P.). Hermon ridge has been completely freed of the rebels, who suffered heavy losses, according to French advices received today. The French lost. 10 killed. —_—— — Mount Hermon is about 40 miles southwest of Damascus. It was in this region, centering about the town of Koumelitra, that the French yesterday opened their long-her- alded offensive against the Druse tribesmen. $35,000,000 Approved ‘For Rivers, Harbors (By the Associated Press. ) Expenditures of $35,000,000 for river and harbor development projects was approved last night by the House rivers and harbors com- mittee, The committee also approved an @utlay of $250,000 for a new sur- vey of the proposed all-American canal route across New York State, connecting the Great Lakes and the Atlantic ocean. Thousands of Visitors Will Swell Crowds Parading In Finery ; Special Ceremonies Arranged By Churches; Coolidges To Lead Worshippers. taster, commemorating to Chris- tian believers the resurrection of Christ, will be solemnly observed in Washington churches today, with special ritual, elaborate musical programs and, in several instances, Symbolic pageants by communi- cants. More than 40,000 out-of- town visitors are expected to swell the crowds which will promenade along. the principal thoroughfares after the services. President and Mrs. Coolidge will lead the throngs of worshipers by attending services in the First Con- gregational church, where the Rev. Dr. Jason Noble Pierce, pastor, will deliver two Easter sermons, at 9 and 11 o’clock. Sunrise services, under auspices of the Washington Federation of Churches, will be a feature of a gathering of District citizens on Temple Heights, over- looking Florida and Connecticut avenues, at 7 o’clock “ Similar rites are to be conducted in the Vermont Avenue Christian church at 6:30 o’clock. Inspirational subjects, stressing the festive spirit of Eastertide, have been selected, for the most part, as the topics of sermons this morning. Compositions of Easter music for trumpets, harp, cello, tympani and organ have been arranged by the various churches, many of which have added materially to their choirs and musical staffs. Numerous afternoon and evening services aré scheduled for the accommodation of overfiow crowds. Additional cause for rejoicing this Easter was broadcast yesterday by (CONTINUED ON PAGE 6, COLUMN 65.) GIRL 3 DEATH STUDIED IN GROWING INQUIRY Former Representative M. C.. Ansorge, Her Host, Also to Be copuiane SUCCUMBED New York, April 3 (By A. Two more investigations growing out of the announcement that 15- year-old Frances Heenen would marrry Edward W. Browning, wealthy real estate operator, as soon as she passes her sixteenth birthday, were started today. - An investigation of the circumstances surrounding the death last Sunday of Stella Lubin, 17-year-old model, a week after she had attended a party with Browning and his new Cinderella, was begun by Vincent Pisarra, superintendent of the So- clety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. At the same time the police anmounced that they also would question. friends of Miss Lubin. Mr. Pisarri said he sought to learn whether there had been any drinking at the party, a birthday celebration given at the Hotel Ma- jestic two weeks ago by Beniamino Gigli, the operatic tenor. The girl’s mother reported that Stella had died of a heart attack. Browning took the girls from the party to the Heenan apartment and left them, and. Stella passed the night as the guest of the Heengn girl. The next morning, Frances said, Stella went out with a man described as ‘“‘the senator,’’ and that night telephoned she had been made ill by something eaten at supper in ‘the senator’s’’ apartment. The po- (CONTINUTED ON PAGE 7, COLUMN 6.) Mexican State Plans Divorce in 24 Hours Mexico City, April 3 (By A. P.). Dispatches from Villa Hermosa say that a new law has been passed in the State of Tabasco, which requires that a petition for divorce may be signed by only one person—either husband or wife. Visitors will be granted a divorce within 24 hours. Facilities for quick divorce are to be offered visitors arriving at Fron- tera, from the United States. FORMER GOV. DAVIS AND SON ACQUITTED Jury Out About 30 Hours; Accepting Bribe for a Pardon, Was Charge. Topeka, Kans., April 3 (By A. P.).—Former Gov. Jonathan M. Da- vis, of Kansas, and his son, Russell G. Davis, were acquitted by a dis- trict court jury here late tonight on a charge of accepting a bribe in ex- change for a pardon issued Fred W. Pollman, ‘paroled forger. Deadlocked since the case was re- ceived at 4:45 o’clock yesterday afternoon, the jurors were called into court late today by District Judge Otis Hungate and urged to strive for an agreement. H. C. Evans, foreman of the jury, told the court that in his opinion there was no chance of reaching a verdict. There had been no change in the balloting since last night, he said. Asked whether the vote was equally divided, Evans hatch that it was unequal. Judge Hungate was about to dis- miss the jurors at 11 o'clock to- night, but they sent word to the court askifg for a little more time. ‘' Before m night they had agreed. P.)..! GEN, BUTLER MENTIONED Ao HEAD OF snl uae Sought by New Body to Be ELON“ Wien. SUDDENLY. IS APPROVED BY | eee Pertland, Oreg., April 3 (By <A. P.).—-The Dry Legion of America, a temperance organization to be na- tional in scope and having for its purpose the strict enforcement cf laws, was launched here today by a group of prominent Portland citi- zens. “This movement is entirely dir- ferent, new and separate from the Antisaloon league, or any other ex- isting enforcement organization, and proposes to do—in a dignified and courageous manner—the things which the others are not equipped to do,"’ a statement made public by the founders of the organization Baid. Under the plan of this order ev- ery ccmmmunity in the United States will hava an active, militant, self- KOverned local unit for law enforce- ment, assisted by the national trus- tees and staff of the legion. This is in line with suggestions lately made by the administration at Washington, through Secretary Mellon, that “prohibition is up to yow and your community.” Dr. Clarence True Wilson, secre- tary of the Methodist board of pub- lic morals, is president, and Gov. Walter M. Pierce, of Oregon, hon- orary. president of the dry legion. The statement said the organiza- tion has received the approval of Gov. Gifford Pinchot, of Pennsy)- vania, and J. D. Brown, former president of the Farmers union, the statement added, and con- tinued: ‘‘When the idea is financed on a large scale some nationally- known character, like Smedley D. Butler, will be asked to become per- manent general.” Temporary headquarters of the organization will be at Portland. Gregory Nott Camp Marries Art Model New York, April 3 (By A. P.).— Miss Gudrun Paulson, artist’s model who arrived in this country from Iceland five months ago, was mar- ried today to Gregory Nott Camp, son of a socially prominent New York famlly. Soon after her arrival the girl became a model at the Yale art school, where she was praised as the ‘“‘perfect blonde beauty.’’ On Feb- ruary 8, at the Yale junior prom, she met Mr. Camp, and two weeks later she accepted his proposal. Miss Paulson accompanied Mr. Camp to his parents’ home a week ago and the parents consented to the marriage. Countess Beaumont Sails Away “Forever” New York, April 3 (By A. P.).— Saying she would ‘‘never, never’’ return, the Countess Aidta de Beau- mont, wife of Harry C. (Bud) Fisher, sailed for Paris today on the Majestic. . She was accompa- nied only by her 8-year-old son, Pierre de Beaumont. Asked if his wife’s departure forecast a separation or divorce, the cartoonist said that his wife was going abroad to visit relatives and that he intended to follow soon. They were married last October 24 on board the Leviathan. | \Easter Will Be Festive WTS 1) AF CHIEN Day In Nation’s Capital FAST IN PROMIBITION HEARING TOMORROW Stage Is Set for Senate Subcommittee Sessions on Modification. SIX DAYS ALLOTTED EACH SIDE IN FIGHT Antiprotibitionists en Re- fusal to Subpena Witnesses Will Be Changed. — ee ee eee By ALBERT W. FOX. The stage is set for the battle be- tween the wets and drys which be- gins before Congress tomorrow and may have.a decisive effect on the future of prohibition. Prohibition- ists and antiprohibitionists have marshalled their forces. Witnesses are here or on their way and both sides are confident as the time nears for the show-down. At 10 o’clock the subcommittee of the Senate judiciary committee will begin hearings on this great national issue, which admittedly must be dealt with in view of changed conditions. Senator Means, chairman of the subcommittee, will have two Republicans, Senators Harreld and Goff, to assist him and two Democrats, Senators Walsh and Reed, of Missouri. The committee stands 4 to 1 for the drys, with Sen- ator Reed the sole representative of the wets. But the character of the men on the committee is regarded as insuring fairness to. both sides and it may be that no single senator on this subcommittee will refrain from keeping an open mind on the value of the evidence. Wets First to Testify. The wets have first innings in the sense that the first six days are to be allotted to antiprohibitionist wit- nessés. -’Fhen-come six days for the drys. Initial refusal of the subcom- mittee to subpena witnesses, if they favored the wet cause, may be mod- ified as the Investigation proceeds and in any event the committee itself will be free to call witnesses after the twelve days allotted to partisan testimony have elapsed. Under the leadership of Wayne B. Wheeler, general counsel for the Antisaloon League, the drys have drawn their battle lines in advance while awaiting the outcome of the first attacks by the representatives of the wet forces. Mr. .Wheeler probably will be the first dry wit-| ness. Bishop James Cannon, jr., of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and Mrs. Ella Boole, president of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Uniog, will follow Mr. Wheeler on the stand. But immediate interest centers on the wet witnesses to appear this week. Unless the subcommittee puts obstacles in the way by refus- ing subpenas in every case, the ar- ray of wet witnesses is going to cause distinct surprise, it is stated. This list includes, it now develops, bishops and clergymen from various denominations, welfare workers, high officials, leaders of the Ameri- can Federation of Labor and gov- ernment and State officials who have access to all sorts of valuable information and are willing to dis- close it if the Senate gives them permission to talk frankly to the (CONTINUED ON PAGE 21, COLUMN 4.) BOY, 9, GONE, SAYING HE IS TIRED OF LIFE _——--—- ----- — ~~ - Leaves Farewell Note for His Mother and Runs Away From Home. Sunshine disappeared from the life of George Youngblood, 9 years old, 1737 Benning road northeast, yesterday, when he was told that he would have to stay in the house be- cause he was suffering from a slight cold. He could hear his playmates outside celebrating the second day of their freedom from school dur- ing the Easter vacation. So while his mother was buying groceries at a nearby store, George decided to run away. He tore a leaf from a calendar and wrote a note to his mother. “I am going away,” the note said. “Goodby for ever. I am tired of living. I left at 2 o’clock. George.” Mrs. Youngblood notified police who started a search of Northeast Washington. Last night the lad had not returned home. He was wearjng a tan cap, brown macki- naw coat, corduroy pants, and brown shoes, police were told. Asheville, Hendersonville. Tryon, Brevard, in the Mpa ontir tt North Gare. lina Mountains, now offer you a mild climate for a Sprin yeast _ South- ern Railway, SY . Phones Main 5633 and 7063. Adv. Mary Pickford Protests Being Filmed in Sunlight New York, April 3 (By A. P.). Passengers of the liner Conte Biancamano were treated to the strange sight today of a famous movie star protesting when con- fronted with motion picture cameras. The star was Mary Pickford, off for a Year in Eu- rope with Douglas Fairbanks, and the reason she protested was because there were no kleig lights handy. “It is very trying under such conditions,"’ said Mary. “In our studio the lighting arrangements make it possible to pose under the best conditions, but here you are exposed to the glare of the sun and this lighting makes you look very old." Both she and Mr. Fairbanks, however, consented to pose for the photographers for almost an hour. With them were Mrs. Fair- banks’ mother, who was so ill she had to be carried on board, and the adopted daughter of the | sereen stars. POWERS ARE AROUSED BY BOMBING OF PEKING Legation Ouatter Bracketed by Explosives Dropped From Planes. —_— ye BATTLE nenne (Special Cable Dispatch.) Peking, April 3.—Airplanes fly- ing low and attracting counter fire dropped eleven bombs over the heart of Peking today, causing con- siderable material damage. The bombs fell near the south entrance of the winter palace, near the American Catholic mission, near the French Catholic mission and also north of the Temple of Heaven. The powers are much concerned, since the legation quarter was bracketed by bombs and probably will make representations to the at- tacking forces. Owing to the de- termination of their foes to carry the warfare into the capital itself, the Kuominchun (national army), Marshal Feng Hu-Hsiang’s forces, declines to evacuate. They are re- ceiving today. the cabinet’s ap- proval of such an attitude. Although the cannonading out- side the walls distinctly is heard the actual mews cannot be sent, owing to the restrictions imposed follow- ing Friday’s aerial visitation. Radio advices report that the American Baptist mission at Wu- chow, west of Canton, which is suf- fering from a blockade following a bolshevized strike and boycott, is arranging to evacuate. The gun- boat Pampanga is standing by to bring off the missionaries and their families. Prostrate and controlled wires, due to the fighting around Peking, blankets the provincial news, while a continuace of the sieged is re- ducing the food supplies. (Copyright, 1926, by the Chicago Tribune) Mild Quake Is Felt In California Cities IN CITY Los ae April 3 (By A. P.). A mild earth tremor was felt in several sections of Southern Cali- fornia between 12:08 and 12:09 p. m. today. The earth movement was of a few seconds duration and was generally in a north and south direction. Los Angeles, Pasadena, San Diego and other cities *«'* it. Needles and Cadiz, near the Arizona border also were affected and Newberry in that section reported the tremor as quite heavy. San Bernardo recorded a slight shock. No damage was re- ported in any locality. Copenhagen-to- Tokyo Plane Falls in Burma , Rangoon, Burma, April 3 (By A. P.).—The airplane of Lieut. Her- schend, one of the two Danish avi- ators flying from Copenhagen to Tokyo, was wrecked near here to- day in a forced landing. The other plane, piloted by Lieut. Botved, arrived safely and is leav- ing for Bangkok, Siam, tomorrow. Trail to Her Body Marked by Suicide Lake Charles, La., April 3 (By A. P.).—Despondent over ill health, Mrs. Emma Jensen, 39, mother of ten ¢hildren and wife of E. E. Jen- sen, truck farmer, ended her life today by jumping into an old well and drowning herself. As she went toward the well she placed cloths on several posts apparently to guide her husband in his search for the body. | INGREASED PENSION 10 GOST EMPLOYED 4 PER GENT OF PAY Share Enlarged to Lessen Burden on Federal Government. PROVISIONS AGREED T0 BY HOUSE BODY hitters Bill Retains Maxi- mum Annuity of $1,200 Originally Proposed. Liberalized retirement for gov- ernment employes will cost them 4 per cent of their salary under the provisions of the bill agreed upon by the House civil service commit- tee, it was learned yesterday. In an effort to maintain the in- creased annuities originally con- templated and at the same time pre- vent too great an increased cost to the government, the committee in- creased the employes’ contribution to 4 per cent. They now pay 2% per cent. Originally, it had been planned that they should ‘boost their contribution to 3% per cent to help support the liberalized plan, but confronted by the opposition of the administration, the committee de- cided to add another % per cent. It was also learned that the committee has decided not to lower the proposed annuities. Its bill retains the scale originally pro- posed, providing for a maximum annuity of $1,200 instead of the present annuity of $720, and pro- portionate increases down the line. Small Divisor Used. The bill, however, provides that the divisor 40 shall be used which would compute the maximum an- nuity on a salary of $1,600 instead of a salary of $1,800 which would be necessary to attain the maximum annuity under the 45 divisor plan. The small divisor is particularly beneficial to employes in the lower- salaried grades. By placing the optional retire- ment age limits at 60, 62 and 66 years, and increasing the proposed contribution of the employes, the committee is considered as having gone far toward reducing the gov- ernment cost, against which the President objected. Whether the changes in the bill fully meet the wishes of the ad- ministration will be determined in a day or two. Report Likely Tomorrow. The committee is expected to re. port its bill to the House tomorrow. Chairman Lehlbach will confer with Majority Leader Tilson, prob- ably tomorrow, and the majority leader will consider the measure in the light of the reduced cost. The administration is under- stood to be not opposed to the pro- posed increased annuities provided enough of the increased burden is carried by the employes to relieve the government of a drain. The framers of the bill believe they have now shaped it so as to bring it within the administration limits. In the meantime, the Senate sub- committee, headed by Senator Stan- field, is proceeding with -its bill, with indications that it will follow generally if not be identical with the House measure. —_— —- Index to Today's Issue. Pages. MAIN SECTION. 1—Chapman Asks Life in Prison. Easter to Be Festive Day. Wets Get First Call in Probe. Pensions to Cost Clerks More. Citizen Federation Elects Six. 2——Bell Denies Strikers’ Claims. 3—Food Merger Ordered Broken. 4——-Disease Like Typhoid Found. 5——-Philippines Trip Assailed. 6—Sidelights On Easter. j—Zoo To Welcome Throngs. 8—-To Greet Daughters of 1812. 10—Synagogue Is 50 Years Old. 12——_Law Enforcement Parley. 13——Plan Fete for Journalists. 14——Chaplains to Hold Parley. 15——Tells of 57 Hangings. 16—-Citizens Ask Better Streets. 17-18-19-20——Sports. 21—-Weather and Vital Statistics. 21-22-23—Financial. EDITORIAL AND SOCIETY. 1—Editorials. 2——Letters to Editor. 3-4-7-8-9-10-11—Society. 5—Capital Women’s Fashions. 6— Women’s Clubs’ Activities. 12—-Schools and Colleges. AMUSEMENTS AND FEATURES 1-2-3.4—-Stage and Screen. 5—Art. and Books. 6—In the Realm of Music. 7—Service and Veteran News. 8-9-10—Radio and Electricity. AUTOMOBILE SECTION 4-5—-Automotive News. -8-9——_Fraternal Notes. REAL ESTATE SECTION. 1-2-3-4-5-6——Real Estate News. 7—At the Chess Table. 8—-Notes of the D. A. R. 9-10-11-12—Classified Advertise- ments. 12——_The Barbarian Lover. MAGAZINE, ROTOGRAVURE AND COMIC SECTIONS. FRENCH FISCAL BILL LAW: OIL MONOPOLY DEFEATED Final Vote by Both Houses. Senators See Difficulty in Petroleum Control. ee eae TO atmo _ Paris, Sunday, April 4 (By A. P.).—The senate and chamber of deputies early this morning reached an agreeemnt, 260 to 144, on the government’s financial measures. Hope of peace seemingly was respon- sible for the compromise reached by the two houses, although for a time tobacco created a deadlock... The senate fought tooth and nail for an increase in price of tobacco, but the deputies stood firm and won. The sugar monopoly attracted heated debate, but the government did not press the matter. The sep- aration of this subject from the gen- eral bills was accepted, then the matter of petroleum was brought up. After listening to experts, the deputies did not press their argu- merts for a petroleum monopoly, leaving for the upper house the task of drafting laws covering such a monopoly. Paris, April 3 (By A. P.).—The government financial bill was adopted by the senate this evening by a vote of 232 to 12. Slight amendments or additions were made to the measures as passed by the lower house. An increased sell- ing price was fixed for tobacco, and the senate accepted the project for a tax on patent medicines, which the chamber had rejected. Other- wise the measures, as passed by the chamber, were approved. The amendments of the senate, however, were sufficient to require 2-3- 6-7 h ISSUE 9 (CONTINUED ON PAGE 12, COLUMN 5.) ° Dispute Over Schoo! Funds Is Placed Before McCarl Legality of the handling of schoo] funds has been unofficially put up to the office of Comptroller General McCarl, it was learned last night. The attion is an outgrowth of a dispute which has waged for some time and which reached a climax with the recent charges made against’ school and District officials by Snowden Ashford, former munic- ipal architect, before a House Dis- trict subcommittee holding hear- ings on the Gasque elective board of education bill. Both school and District officials are at fault, it is charged, in using moneys from the school repair fund for finishing new school buildings which were not completed within the amount appropriated for them by Congress. The charge by Mr. Ashford be- fore the House committee brought a sharp reply from Ernest Green- wood, member of'the board of edu- cation, and a demand from the board itself that the House commit- tee investigate = ditures for the oe ten on eens ch would embrace ge! as municipal aribiinet pry show him guilty of the practice he criticized. Dissatisfied with the absence of definite action on the question either by the District committee or the House in its consideration of the District appropriation bill for the next year, critics of the practice, which is admitted and deplored by the board of education, have deter- mined to carry their fight over the heads of the District government. Several expenditures are cited specifically in the query which has been presented to an officer in Mr. McCarl’s office, and should a study of these give promise of a decision against the practice the matter will be pushed vigorously. Comptroller General McCar! said the matter has not been brought officially to his at- tention and he knew nothing about the question. The discussion which has been aroused, however, probaoly will cause a more careful scrutiny by the general accounting office of all vouchers for payments by the Dis- trict in connection with new school buildings. It is possibie, it, is said, that-vouchers have been ‘‘doctored,”’ that is, construction work which is not properly repairs within the meaning of the law, may have been described as such to permit utiliza- tion of repair funds. SITIZEN FEDERATION FLECTS 6 MEMBERS TO ADVISORY BOARD Choice of 4 of Old Body Called Indorsement of Its Work. WOMAN CANDIDATE MEETS WITH DEFEAT Dupont Circle, Criticizing Council, and 2 Other Asso- ciations Withhold Votes. Four members of the Citizens Advisory Council were reelected on the first ballot by the Federation of Citizens Associations last night. Two new members were elected, On the fifth ballot Mrs. Frank Hi- ram Snell, the only woman candi- date, was defeated. The new coun- cil is composed of the following men: Proctor L. Dougherty, of the Chevy Chase Citizens association. Robert R. Faulkner, of the Mich- igan Park Citizens association. George C. Havenner, president of the Anacostia Citizens association. Harry N. Stull, president of the Stanton Park Citizens association. W. I. Swanton, president of the ©oitumbia Heights Citizens associa- dion. George R: Wales, civil service commissioner and member of the Cathedral Heights Citizens associa- tion. Dr. George H. Richardson, presi- dent of the Public Interest assocla- tion. George T. Beason, president of the Georgetown Cirtc association. Jesse C. Suter, chairman ex offi- cio of the council, president of the Federation of Citizens Associations. Dr. Richardson and Mr. Beason were elected Friday evening by the Federation ef Civic associations. Calls Work Indorsed. President Suter, in presenting the winning candidates to the coune cil, said that the first-ballot reelec- tion of the four members of the first council constituted an indorse- ment of the work of that body. The election was enlivened by the race of Mrs. Snell and Mp, Faulkner for the last place on the council membership list and by the announcement of delegates of three constituent associations that they were instructed not to participate in the balloting. One of these, the Dupont Circle Citizens’ association, threatened to withdraw from the federation, charging that the coun- cil has not discharged its responsi- bility to the federation. On the first ballot, 74 delegates voted, 38 votes being necessary to elect. Swanton led the voting with 58, Wales was second with 57, and Stull and Havenner each polled 48, Dougherty was elected with 40 votes on the second ballot. On the third the preference narrowed to Mrs. Snell and Faulkner, the latter receiving 15 votes .and “Mrs. Snell 29: Had Smoked Cigaret. A whispering campaign was con- ducted against Mrs. Snell, rvotes against her being solicited on the ground that she smoked a cigaret at the federation’s smoker a year ago, the first of these annual events opened to attendance by women. On the fourth ballot her vote dropped to 27, while Faulkner’s rose to. 25. On the last ballot Faulkner received 40 votes to Mrs, Smell’s 21. A month ago the federation voted against women serving on juries by a substantial plurality. Criticism of the council began with the opening of the meeting at 7 o’clock. Among the communica. tions was one from the Dupont Circle Citizens association, con- taining a resolution indorsing the stand recently taken by the George-~- town Citizens association against the council and asking for an ex- planation why the council did not bring itself under control of the federation. The association stated in its resolution that failure to ob- tain such an expression would be followed by its taking immediate steps to withdraw from the federa- tion. Ashford Refuses to Vote, On the first roll call, the first name called was that of Snowden Ashford, delegate from the Dupont circle body. Instead of voting, he addressed the chair, saying: — a “l take it all delegates here are. : subject to instructions from their — respective bodies. Our association — has instructed its delegates. It a | wishes to have an expression of the, — functioning of Prost council in re a i * at ‘I+ (CONTINUED ON PAGE 2, COLUMN 1.) * <a