Evening Star Newspaper, April 16, 1925, Page 1

WEATHER. G Weatber ¥ Fair tonight, continued row increasing cloudiness rising temperature. Temperatures—Highest, p.m. vesterday; lowest, 4 today. Full report on pag. s. rean Forecast.) cool; tomor- with slowly Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 28 70. post offce Wa Entered as second class matter shington, L. C. ch WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. | Jey THURSDAY, BRIAND HOLDS UP PAINLEVE EFFORT 10 FORM CABINET + Waits to See How Posts Are Distributed—Caillaux Ac- cepts Finance Berth. SOCIALISTS’ APPROVAL ’ GIVEN LATTER’S PLANSi‘ T { Group Confident He Can Restore| Treasury of France—May An- | nounce Ministry by Night. | By the Associated Press | PARIS, April 16.—Ex-Premier Paul Painleve, attempting the task of form- ing a cabinet in succession to the Her-| riot ministry, was able only to report progress and not the definite conclu- sion of his task when he visited Presi- dent Doumergue at the Palace of the Elysee this afternoon. “If a cabinet is formed it will not be before tonight,” he said on leaving the palace. “I still have everything to do, but one may have everything to do and yet do it quick . M. Caillaux has definitely and offi-| cially accepted the ministry of finance in the Painleve cabinet, Caillaux’s sec- retary announced in the lobby of the Chamber of Deputies this afternoon. Netherlands Out Call for Hel By the Associated Press. AMSTERDAM, April 16.—The dirig- ible R-33 with her head badly crush- ed, is driving toward the coast of the and needs assistance, apanese steamship Amazon Maru. UNABLE TO HEAD BACK. | Crew Finds Craft Unmanageable. Cannot Return Tonight. LONDON, April 16.—Riding north- ward before the winds that sweep | the North Sea, the big British dirig- | ible R-33, which tore away from her mooring mast at Pulham, Norfolk, this morning, apparently cannot be kept headed homeward by the crew of 20 which was aboard her when she broke loose. There is no chance of the R-33 returning to Pulham air station tonight, it was unofficially announced. News Creates Sensation. The news that the R-33 had broken away was the greatest airship sensa- tion in England since the fatal ex plosfon aboard the R-38 in 1921, when ZONING LAW VALID, Caillaux himself, upon leaving a bankers' conference, stated that Painleve formed a cabinet he would | #ccept the portfolio of finance. | Briand Holding Back. ‘i Caillaux had conferred for an hour | at the ministry of finance with M.i Robineau, governor of the Bank of | ance. Then he received representa- | tives of the principal French banks, | afterward announcing his acceptance | of the cabinet po | . Briand admitted today that hej been asked to take office in the Painleve cabinet, but as yet had not epted, aithough he asserted that| was ‘not averse to collaborating | with Painleve and was desirous that | a cabinet be formed as quickly as possible. “My definite acceptance depends upon an examination of certain points, notably what the proposed program will be and how other portfolios are to be distributed,” said Briand. Approved by Radicals Caillaux this afternoon told the Radical-Socialist group that he con- sidered the situation of the treasury serious, but was convificed“Ke coule bring it to a normal status by appro- priate measures. The group unani- mously voted confidence in Caillaux as & “financial restorer.” Caillaux was chairman of the Radical-Socialist group until his wife shot and killed Gaston Calmette, edi- tor of Figaro, early in 1914, when the newspaper was attacking him politi- cally and had threatened revelations regarding his personal affairs. Mme. Caillaux was acquitted after a sensa- | tional t Briand Shows Opposition. i | 1 { It was declared in the lobbies of the Chamber of Deputies' that MM. Bri- | and and Caillaux were far from being | agreed on the essentials of a minis- | terial program, while M. Painleve had | declared he would abandon his efforts to form a ministry if he could not have the co-operation of both Call- laux and Briand. The idea of M. Caillaux’s return does nit appear to be repugnant to the general public. The feeling against | him, which at one time was bitter, has died down, and man: who do not ee with his politics have confidence | in his reputation as a financier of ex-| ceptional ability | Louis Maly: and Albert both have refused offers of portfolios, but most of the other politicians ap- proached by M. Painleve have agreed 1o join the combination. Several of M. Herriot's ministers re- main, it is understood, though not al- ways in the same departments. Among them are Finance Minister De Monzie, Minister of the* Interior Chau- temps, War Minister Gen. Nollet, Min- ister of Liberated Regions Dalbiez, Undersecretary for Aviation Laurent- ac and Undersecretary for Tech- nical Instruction Moro-Glafferi. BRIAND HALTS PAINLEVE. PiRCuer e | Refused to Sit in Cabinet With'} | Caillaux, Reported. ‘ Sarraut | i pr Br Cabie to The Star and Chicago Dails News. | PARIS, April 16.—Paul Painleve, | who accepted the task of forming a ! cabinet realizing the pressing neces- | sity for France to cease its present ministerial crisis, found himself today in a_difficulty similar to that which | M. Briand encountered, possibly ount of his bold action in offering the finance portfolio to Joseph Cail- aux. The former premier, hastened Wednesday evening from | Mamers, his country residence, and | sccepted in principle Painleve's offer, hut Briand, whom Painleve offered the portfolio of foreign affairs, and who accepted, changed his mind today, fearing that any cabinet with Cail- liux in a leading position would be overthrown at once by the Senate. Members of the upper hou: much excited over Painleve's finance minis only five years sentenced by the present Senate to loss of his political rights for giving intelligence to the enemy. | Poincare Is Angry. | “It is defying the Senate,” M. Poin- care said angrily last night while M. Cheron, leader of the opposition, ex- claimed: “It is a little to much even for France to offer residence in a wing of the Louvre Palace (where the ministry of finance is located) to % man who spent months behind the bars of Sante Jail only a few years M. Caillaux, | are choice man who In spite of the opposition of the Senate, M. Painleve has decided to maintain his choice on account of laux's great financial ability. The hour of France is so grave that petty political quarrels should e forgotten and the ablest financial expert should be placed at the head of the treasury, which needs a man who is not a politican,” he contends. It is said by close friends of the new premier that practically every promi- % nent Socialist has been ¢onsulted, Painleve having asked the advice of not less than 72 members of various Socialist _factions. obtained _a (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) | its operation has not placed an un- ! constitutional | Commission denied the application of | Mrs. |in her property and zoned it as resi- | deptial. COMMISSION HOLDS INREPLY 10 SUIT Is Proper Enactment Under Police Powers, Backers to Claim in Court. Declaring that they regard the zon- ing law as a proper enactment under the police powers, the Zoning Com- mission of the District today filed in the District Supreme Court its answer to the suit brought by Mrs Annie Steerman, owner of property at 1656-1660 Columbia road, in which she attacked constitutionality of the zoning law. In the answer, Corporation Counsel Stephens and Assistant Corporation Counsel James C.. Wilkes asked that the case be dismissed. After referring Q detail to the varfous paragraphs in the original bill of Mrs. Steerman, counsel for the Zoning Commission concluded their answer as follows: “Finally, respondents say they are advised and believe and hence aver that the zoning law is constitutional, that the enforcement of its provisions is not an unconstitutional invasion of the private rights of relator, and that restriction upon the relator’s use of her property, amount- ing to the taking of her property for public use and depriving her of her property without compensation, but say that the zoning law is a proper enactment under the police power of the sovereign and that its operation upon the realtor's property is lawful.” Woman’s Plea Denled. The case, which promises to develop into a test of the zoning law, hinges on the right of the Zoning Commis- sion to prevent business establish- ments on certain streets. The Zoning Steerman to establish business The commission tells the court that Mrs. Steerman'’s property is surround- ed by structures used entirely for res- idential purposes, as shown by a pho- tograph filed as an exhibit, which is a picture of Columbia road between Seventh and Mozart streets. The commission further declares that the Steerman property is within approxi- mately 100 feet of a large public school. The commission also states that it was guided in zoning Mrs. Steerman’s erty by the fact that there ex- ist® in the immediate vicinity of that property ample space zoned for busi- ness use to serve the requirements of the neighborhood for the present time and for some time in the future. This is the suit In which a commit- tee of citizens, headed by George A. Finch, vice president of the Federa- tion of Citizens' Associations, has engaged Edward M. Bassett, legal ex- pert of the New York Zoning Com- mission, to appear as the representa- tive of individual property owners in jolning with the commission to argue in favor of the constitutionality of, the zoning law. - Fund Being Collected. This citizens' committee, of which M. Finch is chairman, is now en- gaged in collecting from individual property owners and citizens’ associa- tions a fund of several thousand dol- lars to defray the expenses of taking part in the litigation over the consti- tutionality of zoning. In its answer today, the Zoning Commission told the court that Con- gress, in March, 1920, enacted the Zoning law_to regulate the height, | where it (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) Dirigible R-33, Torn From Mast, Fighting for Life Over Sea | British Airship With 20 Aboard Sends p as Gale Drives He.r Toward Netherlands Coast. the dirigible built to become the ZR-2 of the United States air fleet was wrecked during a trial flight near Hull, with the loss of 46 lives, includ- ing 16 Americans. The R-33 is smaller than that craft, and until a few weeks ago when it made a short test flight it had not flown since the R-38 di te It had been housed in the g hangar at Cardington, was almost entirely rebuilt and the newest improvement of de- sign _incorporated. When the R-33 broke loose from her moeoring mast this morning there was a prolonged ripping sound. A few moments later the big air vessel sped past Har low in the ai® s almost the tops of ar houses wept along helpless the gale. Within 40 minutes the R- was above Port Lowestoft, 30 miles from Pulham, battling b ely against the gale, but still in danger and dipping earthward with sudden shifts of the winds. Huge crowds as- sembled on the shore to watch the struggle, and the harbor lifeboats put out to give any aid within their power. Slowly as the engines began to turn, the ship took an even keel ~(Continued on Pag Tumn 35 Identifies Babies’ Fathers by Means Of Finger Prints By the 4 OSLO, Norway, wegian woman of science Dr. Christine Bounevie, claims to have evolved a method to deter- mine by means of finger prints the identity of the father of a child, in cases of doubtful parenthood. She asserts that certain character- istics invariably recur in the finger- prints of individual famili A Nor- Prof. ‘SERVICE IS EVADED ON WHEELER URY More Than Half of Venire of 120 Men Ask to Be Excused. By the Associated Press. GREAT FALLS, Mont., April 16.— The trial of Senator Burton K. Wheel- er on an indictment charging that he accepted a fee for prosecuting oil lease applications before the Department of the Interfor, after being elected to the Senate, started here today with the calling of the roll of a special venire of 120 men. There was no room in the court for spectators, because the venire occus pied virtually the entire space. More than half of the veniremen sought to evade service when asked by Judge Deitrich if they wished to be released. Five were excused on technical grounds. Most of the venire was drawn from j northern and eastern Montana, where crops are now being planted. Many Are Excused. Nearly half of those who offered excuses were released by Judge Deit- rich. Many pleaded that absence from their farms at this time would disrupt their seeding and planting programs. Others declared there was illness in their homes. There were no interruptions by counsel as Judge Deitrich examined veniremen. Senator Wheeler eyed the prospec- tive jurors with interest, laughing oc- casionally at some of the excuses of- fered. Senator Thomas J. Walsh, his chief counsel, sat, unsmiling, watch- ing the veniremen closely. Milo Ross, deputy county treasurer of Judith Basin County, provoked laughter when he asked to be excused on occupational grounds. “The job of collecting taxes is pretty important,” he said, “but that is up to vou, judge. Well, if it's up to me, I'll have to ask you to serve,” answered. Wheeler Is Arraigned. Senator Wheeler was arraigned per- sonally on order of Judge Deitrich, al- though defense counsel pointed out that the attorneys previously had en- tered a plea of not guil “In order to avoid any question aris- ing, we will proceed with the arraign- ment,” the judge said, and Senator Wheeler rose to his feet. “I waive reading of the indictment and plead not gulity,” he said. District Attorney Slattery explained the indictment to the first 12 men call- ed and then began questioning them individually. He asked each if he had read the Wheeler case in the news- papers; if they knew Senator Wheeler or any of his attorneys. He questioned one as to whether he had received any | excerpts from the Congressional Rec- ord, franked through the mails. The district attorney did not in- quire into the political afliliations of the veniremen. Puritan Influence Hampers U. S. Opera Development, in By the Assoclated Press. BERLIN, April 16.—Puritan in- fluences have stood in the way of development of the opera in the United States, in the opinion of Richard Strauss, famous composer. “There is a marked difference between the level of artistic attain- ment reached in the concert halls of America and that reached on the operatic stage,” he observes. “In Europe, especially the Ger- man-speaking countries, every city of note has a well equipped opera. In America the Metropolitan Opera of New York and the Chicago Opera are rather an exception. “The opera is the very center of musical life. It is the fostering soil for all other forms of &u_fllcal ex- Opinion of Strauss pression. Due to puritan influences, the opera is, iin America, not the core of music life, but rather some- thing standing somewhat apart. This is regrettable. American musical life can only reach its highest fruition if it is founded upon the opera.” Dr. Strauss recently left for Garmish, his country home in the Bavarian Alps, after the successful premiere of his opera, “Intermez- zo,” here. While at Garmish he ex- pects to complete “The Egyptian Helena,” for which Hugo von Hoff- mansthal has also written the libretto. This novelty is to be pro- duced for the first time at the Lresden opera next Fall Radio Program; Judge Deitrich | MOTHER CONFESSES - SHE KILLED THREE T0 REUNITE FAMILY Desired to Join Dead Mate “in Heaven,” Mrs. Cunning- ham Declares. DENIES HUSBAND DIED FROM DRUG SHE GAVE HIM | | SR | = | Woman Is Found in Cataleptic Condition in Cell—Hearing Is Postponed. By the Associated Press, CROWN POINT, Ind., April 16.— Calm and unmoved, Mrs. Anna Cun ningham, 49, confessed last night that she gave poison to three of the five members of her family, whose myte- rious deaths within six years led to an investigation, resulting in a mur der charge against her. Mrs. Cunningham was found appar- ently in a cataleptic condition in her cell here toda _Frank _Gavit, Gary, Ind., attorney, Who had been retained by the wom- an’s daughter, Mae, had talkgd with Mrs. Cunningham in her cell. After-| ward he returned and found Mrs. | | Cunningham apparently asleep. But upon examination, Attorney it said, he found her body rigid. A | | physician was hastily summoned and | | the preliminary hearing of the charge | that Mrs. Cunningham murdered her son, Walter, 13, was continued indefi- | nitely. Her desire to,"join her husband in | | heaven” prompted Mrs. Cunningham< to take poison herself and administer | it _to Isabelle, 15; Charles, 19, and Walter, 13, she said. These three she | killed because she loved them best {the mother told authorities. She spared Mae, 19, surviving daughter, | bec she disliked her, she said. Mrs. Cunningham denied that she | had poisoned her husband, who died first, or Harry, another son, in whose | exhumed body coroner’s chemists | found arsenic. She admitted giving | poison to David, the last son, now in ia critical condition in a Chicago hos pital | | i | | | | | ! Took Poison Herself. | Bach time she administered the | arsenic in bread and butter she took |a similar dose herself, and after the | death of Walter she added a tea- spoontul of fodine, but always recov- ered The confession ot.tha woman, who had remained unshaken under the questioning in Chicago of Prosecutors Robert L. Crowe and John 8. Sar- | baro, who had obtained the admis- | sions of guilt from Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, kidnapers-slayers of Robert Franks, was obtained by | Sheriff Benjamin H. Strong and Miss | Maureen McKernan, Chicago news- | paper reporter. After she h: state of coma | she lapsed early Tuesda | ningham admitted to Miss McKernan {that she might have placed some arsenic in the food of David by mis-| |take, but was unshaken in her denial | |that she had poisoned any members |of her family. i Little Interested in Crime. | She permitted the reporter to apply cold compresses to her head and loosen her clothing, appearing more |interested in changing her bést black {silk dress for an apron than in her | subsequent cold-blooded recital of the deaths. | Suddenly she asked that her daugh- iter Mae be sent for and that she be removed from her cell because of the presence there of several woman prisoners. Disregarding the daughter's frantic {plea for her to remain silent, Mrs. Cunningham_detailed her story first [to Sheriff Strong and later to an official court reporter. The girl refused to remain and listen to her mother's confession. She also declined an offer to remain in the jail near her mother during the night. Only when she was asked to sign the transcribed confession at 2:45 a.m. today did Mrs. Cunningham be- tray any emotion. Then she broke down and sobbed. Brooding over the death of her husband, David, sr., while the family lived on a farm near Valparaiso, Ind., Mrs. Cunningham’s signed confession she determined “to join him in Heaven and take with her their best- loved child, Isabella.” As much poi- on the end of a tabl ed on Page 2, Column 6.) CAILLAUX DEXTH PLOT LANDS CRIPPLE IN CELL War Veteran Arrested While Waiting to Kill “Assassin” Recently Given Amnesty. covered from a| into which Mrs. Cun. | By the Associatea Press. | PARIS, April 16.—Antoine Dame- | sin, a war cripple, was arrested today in front of the ministry of foreign af- | fairs, where M. Painleve has been | holding conferences with M. Caillaux {and others for the formation of a new cabinet. Damesin told the police that he had gone there “to kill Caillaux, who is an assassin.” (M. Caillaux was recently granted amnesty for alleged war-time com- merce with the enemy.) ‘When asked how he had proposed to achieve his object, Damesin drew a loaded revolver and handed it over to his captors. The police declared he was clearly unbalanced. {DAVIS HAD $78,000 LOOT | OF RONDOUT MAIL THEFT Former Arkansas Attorney Gen- eral Admits Hiding Stolen Bonds. | By the Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark., April 16— ‘Wallace Davis, former attorney gen- eral of Arkansas, today admitted on the witness stand in United States District Court here that he had placed $78,000 worth of bonds, loot from the Rondout mail robbery, in a roadside | mail box, from which they were re- covered by Ira Ross, a post office In- SPector, APRIL 16, {MAN F CONGESTED AREA MAY BE ENLARGED Advisory Committee to Rec- ommend Extension to Traffic Director Eldridge. The isory ‘committee working with Traffic Director Eldridze on the new set of regulations has decided to recommend that the conrested area be | enlarged by extending it from Seven- teenth to Nineteenth street on the west and from Seventh to Sixth street on the east. As changed in the pro- posed recommendations, the congest- ed area would be as follow: From the north curb of K street at Nineteenth street, east to Ninth street, north to Mount Vernon place, east to the eust curb of Sixth street, south to the south curb of B street, west to the west curb of Twelfth street, north to the south curb of D street, west to the west curb of Fif- teenth street, north to the south curb of Pennsylvania avenue, west to the east curb of Seventeenth street, south to the south curb of New York avenue, west to the west curb of Iighteenth street, north to the south curb of F street, west to the west curb of Nineteenth street and then north to K street. Stops Behind Street Cars. The regulations, now requiring an automobile to stop 15 feet away from a standing street car, will be changed {to permit a vehicle to stop as close as 8 feet behind the car. It will be provided, however, that no machine shall pass a standing street car unless there is a safety zoning and, where there is a safety zone vehicles shall not pass it at a greater speed than 12 miles an hour. The committee also has decided to recommend the suggestion of Director Eldridge that pedestrians have the right of way at crosswalks and that vehicles have the right of way be- tween intersections. Arterial Right of Wa Another recommendation will be that vehicles on an arterial highway will have the right of way over ve- hicles approaching from a side street. The advisory committee hopes to conclude consideration of the new code by tomorrow night, after which the director will submit the completed draft to the Commissioners for ap- proval. The most important question re- malining to be settled is that of park- ing in the downtown section, which will be taken up tonight or tomor- row night. PR s gy |WOMAN REGAINS LOSSES IN RACE BETS IN COURT Sues Bookmaker in New York After Losing Her Own and Relatives’ Money. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 16.—At the race tracks Mrs. Ada G. Wells lost all her money and all she could get from rela- tives, but in a legal action she has recovered $7,365 from Philip S. Abra- hams, the bookmaker who she said took her bets. A jury’s verdict yesterday directed by Supreme Court Justice Proskauer, was based upon a section of the penal law providing that a person who loses money to a bookmaker can re- cover the amount of the losses. Mrg, Wells sued for $11,000 and testified that her losses were much more, but that she had destroyed her checks for the amount in excess of the sum for which she sued. She said she met Abrahams at Belmont Park in 1921 and bet with him for two years on 182 races. She testified that she lost all her own money and obtained funds from relatives at New- ! port News, Va., only to see that vanish OUND SLAIN IN AUTO. Wealthy Cattle Dealer Had Two Gunshot Wounds. SHARON, Pa., April 16.—The body of W. M. Locke, 45, wealthy Mercer County land owner and cattle dealer, was found early today in his auto- moblie along a road 25 miles from here with two gunshot wounds in his back and head. Authorities were unable to advance a motive for the shooting. A small sum of money was found In Mr. Locke's clothing, 1925 —FORTY-EIGHT ¢ Foening Star. PAGES. % BEATS 72 FURNACE SHOVELING Agencies Take Advantage Tourist agencies conducting sight- seeing trips to Washington and ad- vertising the beauties of the Capital to bring tourists here have commer- cialized the zraciousness of the Presi- dent in devoting part of his day to shaking the hands of hundreds of vis- itors who pass through the executive offices at noon every day, the White House has been informed. Ameng their other inducements, these (ourist agencies are advertising “a handshake with the President': and to make good this promise, it was understogd at the White House today, those arranging the trips make it @ practice to write to a member of Congress, explaining that a certain number of his. constituents are going to Washington and would be much gratified to see the President. Write Congress Member. This usually results, the White House information declared, in the member of Congress approached ask- ing the White House to arrange for meeting the President and this, of course, includes “a handshake."” Always wishing to be courteous to members of the Senate and House, the request {s nearly always granted. President Coolidge was understood today to have given no intimation of what he proposes to do regarding the alleged ccmmercialization of his good nature. Some believe the Spring STRIE CALL GOES T0 40 HINERS Four Counties in Panhandle District of West Vir- ginia Affected. By the Associated Press. WHEELING, W. Va., April 16.—A call for a general strike of coal miners in the four Panhandle counties of West Virginia was issued today by officers of the Ohio district organiza- tion of the United Mine Workers. An exception was made in the strike call of the mines of the Windsor Power House Coal Co. and the Hitchman Coal Co., where injunctions are in force. The strike call was prepared last night by Frank Ledvinka, president of Eastern Ohio district organization, after he and other union officials had conferred in Fairmont with Van A. Bittner, international representative of the United Mine Workers in the northern West Virginia fields, where a general strike was called April 1 by the miners’ union. 4,000 Men Affected. The Panhandle district, located near the Ohio border, is composed of Marshall, Brooke, Ohio and Hancock jcounties. It is adjacent to the north- ern West Virginia flelds, but is under Jurisdiction of the Ohio organization of the miners’ union. About 4,000 miners are employed in the district. The strike call was signed by Lee Hall, president of District No. 6 of the United Mine Workers; Ledvinka and other mine union officers. Hall, at the same time, issued a statement saying 92 per cent of the miners in Marshall and. Brooke coun- ties were idle and that the check-up in Ohio County showed better than 75 per cent. J. C. McKinley, spokes- man for the operators, conceded that operations in the four counties were “badly crippled,” but declared that nearly normal tonnage was being mined in Ohio County and that 80 per cent of the miners were working in Brooke County. The call for the strike invited all miners in the district except those employed at the Windsor and Hitch- man plants *“to become members of the United Mine Workers of Amer- ica and assist your fellow mine work- ers in mointaining the present stand- ards of wages and working condi- tions.” cipbie D Py Wales Greeted in Nigeria. By the Associated Pres: ILORIN, Nigeria, April 16.—The Prince of Wales arrived here at § o'clock this COOLIDGE HANDSHAKES ON SALE| AS PART OF SERVICE TO TOURISTS! tising It as One of Attractions of Trip, W hite House Is Informed. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 101,287 * TWO CENT COUNCIL NOMINEES PLEDGE THEIR AID TOFIGHT FOR VOTE Creation of New Body Not to Lessen Move for Franchise. MAJORITY IN IEIWOR OF Poll of Proposed Members Shows Only Two Oppose Suffrage for District. Creation of a Commissioners’ Ad | visory Council will in no way lessen the long fight of citizens of the Dis |trict for national representation through a constitutional amendment On the other hand, an additi will be formed in the new c { which probably will stand solidly be |hind this movement and join the ef | forts of other organization that ha been working with this in view | This was indicated today by th | sults of a poll of the majori | nominees for the new Comm Adviso Council taken by 7T St Of the 28 nominees who could be reached today, 24 of placed themselves on record as favoring n tional representation for the Distric while two were undecided on the question. Ouh of this number, onl two went on record opposir national representation Views Are Divided. The results of the poll were co sidered interesting today, in view { the fact that a movement was set on | foot yesterday to ascertain the views | on national representation of the nom inees before the election, which take: place two weeks from Saturday. as = of Good Nature by Adver-| rush of visitors will soon subside and that there will be little need for fur-| ther worry on the part of the White | House. Others hold the opinion that | the stampede will continue right on to Summer and that some steps should be taken without delay to properly meet the situation. President Coolidge shook hands with 1 800 visitors at the White House today, a little more than half of the throng which passed through the executive offices yesterday. Fear Effect on Health. It was made clear at the White House that if & ban is placed upon the callers at the White House who come to shake hands with the President, as has been suggested, it will not be due to any desire of the President to hold himself aloof or to be unsociable, or ungracious, but because of the situa- tion which has developed with regard to the expioitation of the Executive’'s generosity. Although Mr. Coolidge has not yet shown any fll effects from.the physi- cal strain incident to shaking hands jwith an average of a thousand per- sons a day, those close to him fear this ordeal will very shortly begin to tell on him and he has been advised to “go easy” on the handshaking prac- tice. Some of the President's advisers insist that the number of persons ad- mitted to the White House to shake limited. LUKEMAN T0 TAKE plete Stone Mountain Me- morial Work. By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, Ga., April 16.—Augus- tus Lukeman of New York has been employed as the sculptor of the Stone Mountain Confederate Memorial, it ecutive committee of the organization He succeeds Gutzon Borglum, who was discharged some weeks ago. Announcement of the appointment of Mr. Lukeman was made after the board of directors of the Stone Moun- tain Confederate Monumental Asso- clation had ratified a contract previ ously agreed upon between the com- mittee and- the sculptor. Mr. Lukeman is a native of Rich- mond, Va., and has a studio at 68 Sest' Fitty-sixth street, New York Vi Comes Highly Recommended. A statement issued by the com- mittee said that Mr. Lukeman was highly recommended. He is 54 years of age. It continued: . 'Mr. Lukeman is a member of the National Sculpture Society, which ts to his’ profession what the American Bar Association is to the profession of the law, or the American Medical [ Association is to the profession of medicine. He was formerly secretary {and a member of the council of th soclety. At present he is the society’s delegate to the Fine Arts Federation, which is composed of all the art so- cleties of New York, including sculp- tors, painters, illustrators, architects, etc. He was formerly vice president of the Architectural League of New York. He is a member of the Virginia Historical Society, a charter member of the National Arts Club, and an as- sociate of the American Institute of Arts and Letters. Mr. Lukeman began his education for sculpture as a boy 11 years old, when he secured employment in the studio of Launt Thompson, a noted sculptor of New York. He attended school in school hours, worked in the studio after school hours, and attended art schoal at night. bronze casting in a bronze foundry as an apprentice and a molder. He learned granite carving by mastering the trade and working at it. With his earnings he paid his way through the National Academy of Design of New York and a course in architecture at Columbia University. “When the World's Fair at Chicago | was under construction, Mr. {man went there as an art student and | obtained_employment in the studio of Daniel Chester French, the renowned sculptor who had charge of the ‘sculp- hands with the Preeident be strictly | BORGLUNY'S PLAGE Virginia Sculptor Will Com-| was announced here today by the ex- | He learned | Luke- | In the course of interviews the fac was developed that the nominees are all strongly in favor of the plan for { the Comm! ioners’ council, believing | that it will aid materiaily in securing | the views and advice of citizens on | projects for the development of the Capital Cit The views of those who could be | reached today follow: | H Classed Below Aliens. | charies A. Baker, former president {of the Federation of Citizens' Asso- ciations and pominated by three asso- ciations for the council, said: “T be- lieve sincerely and earnestly in the equity of the proposition now before Congress in the form ‘of a constitu. tional amendment giving representa tion to the District of Columbia in {both houses of Congress and in_ the { electoral college. This doesn't affect control of the District by the Federal | Governmnet, which should continue. {But it is a rank injustice to the citi- {zens of the District to be denied the | right in Federal courts which aliens in { other States enjoy, | “I favored organization of the Cil i Council out of deference to the wishes |of the Commissioners, who saw fit to seek the advice of representatives | of the citizens on vital matters affect- {ing them. The council will give the | best crystallized sentiment of the Dis- | trict on all matters, and in advocating {its creation the Commissioners recog- | nize the fact that the citizens in the | District are entitled to some voice in | their government, and that they are | American citizens.” l Should Have Local Power. i ! | George A. Finch, vice president of { the federation, nominated by the Piney | Branch Citizens ociation: | “I believe fully in national | sentation and I think that the people | of the District should have this right. | However, I would go further by say- | ing that personally 1 feel that the { people of the city should also have | something to say in their local af. fairs. ‘National representation would be a good thing but it would Mot ac { complish all that is wanted ““As far as the City Council is ¢ ! cerned its work must large ed out in the future. What the bod: does will depend a great deal on what is sent before it to accomplish. If carries out its present purpose as a advisory body to the Commissioners, well, then, its powers may be enlarged. “The council shouid support the five-year school program, should work for proportional fiscal relations be- tween the District and the Federal government. It should work for lih- eral appropriations, with an eye on the tax rate at the same time. ““The public utilities need to be more responsible to the public than they have been. There should be a little more local say in this question also.” repre- Sees Work as John A. Saul, by Citizens' Association: “The work of the council, I feel, will at present be all of an advisory nature. They should look into the question of taxation and adjust mat- ters. 1 feel that the 50-30 plan of { fiscal relations would be & very fair | adjustment to get if it is possible. “I believe in national represenstion for the District and feel that tiré (% zens would be better off because of it. However, I think there should be | some definite plan agreed upon in this regard. “There is a lot to be ¢ school question; the schools s properly maintained. i think the present system of appointing the School Board from the courts is all right and I do not feel that it would be bad to have the Commissioners | have this power. There should be more accord between the echool authorities.” Should Regulate Taxes. Z. Lewis Dalby, nominated by the Sixteenth Street Highlands Citizens' Association: “I am in favor of every measure that will advance the interests of the District of Columbia and 1 think that the council should work along those lines. 1 also feel that as far as national | representation goes the people of the | District should be given the right to | exercise their duties of American citizenship the same as the people in any other State. “The council should work for proper fiscal plans and taxation rates. Per- sonally I am In favor of a fixed ratio to be contributed by the Federal Gov- ernment. The council should do all |in its power for the schools. They jare the most important civic under- Advisory. the Brightwood ne on the ould be ~(Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) 8 taking in any community and the; (Continued on Page 4, Cofumn 1) L3