Evening Star Newspaper, April 4, 1926, Page 1

WEATHER. S. Weather Bureau tod 1 ton sing temperatur mperatures: High vesterday; lowest, 40, terday. Iulle report on page at Forecast.) row: 1,098—No. 29 23. Fntered as second class matter post_office, Washington, D. C. he \ 3 um WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION A WASHINGTON, D. ’(‘., SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 4, 1926.—100 PAGES. BOTH SIDES GRD FOR SHOWDOWN AT [ LIQUOR HEARINGS “#Wets” to Be Given Floor This Week, “Drys” to Testify Next. DRASTIC ENFORCEMENT MEASURE ASSAILED Benator Reed Declares Goff Plan Endangers Rights—A. F. of L. Is Active. ULD LINCOLN, “over th morning, in k on the prohibition amend e Volstead act hefore the jary subcommittee. The Beene ction will ser mte Offica Buildi uittee is to hold hearings throughout the next two with the first week allotted to the anti-prohibition- and the second week. to the pro By The G. wets top nt ek thei ment E o tomorrow t ic room 22 the where com weeks, ionists. th are marshalling Btrongest forces for the contest. hibition admitiedly has become wof an politically, in recent months than it has been since the sdoption of the constitutional amend- n and the passage of the enforce n With the nzressional elections coming on, the “wets” and the wining every nerve 0 their respective posi tions thelr Pro- more issue. act. ¢ then Bill Inciuded. | the coming hearings are the | yesult of weeks of urgent demand by | the “wets,” the “drys’ are planning 1o make the outcome a prohibition vic- tory. Orig it ards Drastic Dry While ally the subcommittee had he- v heari nly the Idge, and Bruce bills and resolu: ng to the modification of the prohibition Jaws But now the “drys the he Which make more drastic to the same “drys’are predicting smoke of battle dies imittee will on the eve :)\'“ sht in a bill reement law far been referred and the hat when the away, the sub- mmend favorable | 1 on this measure, and the full| mittee will follow suit. anti-prohibitionist content to have the tion issue airedn the forum now set | up in the Senite committee room. hey did not expect favorable act on any of the proposals for modifi tion of the liquor Laws, especiall the judiciary committee of the & t8 overwhelmingly “dry” in sentiment. | Andrews Will Testify. The progr the hearing their nodific Yidge, Repu Senator F Jand, Sena hro subcommittee, | rec m for the opening day of | cludes statements on | on proposals by Senator of New Jersey and . Dentoctat, of Mary ' Edwards, Democrat, of New Jersey will be present, but he | indicated that he would not address i the committee, but would stand on | The ements of his colle: ’ 1 intend to ¢ us their first witn ien. Linc % | Andrews, assistant secretary of rreasury, In charge of prohibition en forcement, and when Gen. testimony has been compl vn the stand Emory R. Buckner, | United States attorney in New York, who has recently declared his inabilit 10 enforce the prohibition lJaw in New | York and has asserted that it is only pnefifih ef the country over. Senat presented to the sub- commi 4 t of a score of wit- | nesses m he asked to have sub- peane the subcommitiee dec 10 SUMmoN any persons except eral Government officials, It pected. however, that of the persons on the list offered by Senator Iidze will be prevailed upon to come to Washington to testify. Not a few them State and municipal of- ; 11s. them are J and Otto A, York Supreme Court 1 Boston Traveler, Boston; | ey, Dr. Hugh Bar Eva W. White, Shepherd, Chatta- | Idwin C. Totten, Lau- | Starkloff, health | Louis: Frank Dover, Ohio; Miss V. ¢ Philadelphia; Roliand Monroe County, Key obert Baker, sheriff, each County, Palm B h, an 1. Rikhoff, chief of police, anapolis; Police Chief Graul, Cl land M. B Reserve Viola 1. miral Coast Gua Lal The American Federation of Labor is co-operating with the anti-prohibi- tionists in _the presentation of the | wrguments for modification of the law. | A number of labor leaders wili take | the stand, including Mathew Woll, | fifth vice president of the American | Federation of Labou oO'Con- | nell, president of the des de tmen William & presi. t of the buildin trade depart John J. Mdaning, secretary of | the union I trades department, and Andrew Furusets, president of the Internatiol Seamen’s Union. The “drys” have another week which to perfect their list of nesses and to decide in what they will be called \ committee the temperance organizations, with headquarte in Washington, is at work on the lis is expected that Wayne B, Whee general counsel e Anti-Saloon’ League, will be spokesman for the prohibi- | lican fi | Andrews’ | . to put | who is e fi fred oi sepi are mo . Talle New Toye all of | Del.: Dr. commissic West, | Paim | | | Wellborn Bank, Atlanta, Anglin, New York: Rev. John ford, Brooklyn, and Read Ad-| Billard, commandant of thc\ rd. governor Federal | Ga. Mrs. | Backs Movement. | ! de me in wit- | order e s | “merely | du: | and that he will be followed | Bishop of the Methodist sident of the W. C. T. U. he witnesses will be permitted to gpeak on any of the various meas- ures hefore the subcommittee for con- ion. In addition to the modi- tion Dills and the bill to strengthen the enforcement law sent to the com- mittes by Gen. Andrews and intro- duced by Senator Goff of West Vir- ginia, the committee has before it Senator Edge's joint resolution pro- ing a Natlon-wide referendum upon the modification of the Volstead net, to be taken at the same time 25 the national elections in 192%. The James Cannon, jr. side Continued o I'age 6, Column | tion | William B. Ward has completel. | the General - { joined from acqui | directly all or any piscopal Church, and the | Marconi Fed Up On Radio; Calls | For Phonograph | By the Associated Fress, LONDON, April 3. —Guglielmo oni, the inventor of the wire- telegraph, s “fed up” with radio. Marconi, who under- a slight operation recently, has been recuperating in a London hospital, where wireless headpieces and loud speakers have been in- troduced. Marconi was urged early and late to listen to the broadeast programs and for a time submitted to the persuasive nurses, but after a while rebelied and asked for a graphaphone instead. it less the went | | COURT DISSOLVES BIGBAKING MERGER | | INVOLVING BILLIONS {Ward Food Products Cor- poration Broken Up and Charter Surrendered. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, Md, April 3—Out- right dissolution of a potential $2,000,- 000,000 corporation and drastic cur- { tailment and regulation of other mem. bers of what the Government had |alleged to be a huge baking combina- tion. was effected in Federal District Court here today in ong of the most | sweeping decrees ever promulgated in |an antitrust case. Twenty-three mil hares of corporate stock $2,300,000,000 potential capital under Maryland corporation laws—were wiped out and a charter ordered for- feited to the State of Maryland. The decree brings to a close, with victory to the Department of Justice, but with the consent of the corporations in volved, without trial, the Government tion filed last February against the Ward Food Products Corporation and illeged allied concerns. Specifically, the decree accomplishes the following: The Ward Food Products Corpora- tion, incorporated in Maryland last ary with 20,000,000 shares f sessed under Maryiand law at luation of 000,000,000, dis- d and its charter surrendered to tate of Maryland. Stock Heavily Curtailed. Class B: y s ant with the Ward Food Products Ce poration, iz reduced from 5,000,000 hares to 2,000,000 shares, the corpor tion being enjoined from issuing any of the outlawed 3,000,000 pending their actual cancellation. ‘ounsel is ordered to certify he Gen that liqui et by Government ,000,000 shares of capital in the General Baking dated his holdings auditors as 1 stoc Cor} ation. The number of directors of the Gen eral Baking Corporation is increased from three to seven. The Ward Baking Corporation, the Continental Baking Corporation and Baking Corporation are enjoined from acquiring or holding each other’s stock individually or sev erally or exercising control over each other in any manner. All defendants, both corporate and individual, are enjoined from ‘“doing any act or thing in furtherance” of the alleged combination, which the Government describes as having been in violation of both the Sherman and on anti-trust acts. The corpora- , including all officers and em- ployes, are further enjoined from en- tering any contract or agreement, for the joint purchase of supplies, mate- rials or equipment, or for common prices or policies in marketing. Barred From Other Companies. The corporate defendants are en- ng directly or in- nart of the capital tock of any other baking corpora- tion engaged in interstate commerce where the effect would be substantially to limit competition. William B. Ward, George G. Bar- ber and Paul H. Helms, described in the decree as the “triumyirate con- troliing and directing the baking in- dustry,” are enjoined from holding or acquiring voting stock in more than one of the corporate defendants, The Government suit, a petition in equity, as originally filed, named the Ward Food Products Corporation, the rd Baking Corporation, the Ward Baking Co., the General Baking Cor- poration, the. General Baking Co., the Continental Baking Corporation and the United Bakeries Co. and William B. Ward, Howard B. Ward, William Deininger, Paul J. Helms, J. W. Rum- bourgh, R. E. Peterson, George G Barber qnd George S. Smith. One Charge Dismissed. The decree today dismissed a charge against the Continental Baking Corpo- ration, involving alleged violation of section 7 of the Clayton act in the quisition of stocks of competing bakeries, as having been al- ready taken under consideration by the Federal Trade Commission. The Government retained the right, how- to raise the same issue against the Continental Baking Corporation on any subsequent proceeding. The decree dismissed the Govern- ment petition with regard to all indi- vidual defendants other than William {B. Ward, Barber and Helms. The | other five named were described as factors in the in ever, nominal 10000 VISTORS 10 AKE EASTE PARADE NATIOWAL Sunrise Services' Will Open Religious Observance of Spring Festival. ANNUAL PILGRIMAGE STARTED, OFFICIALS SAY Bus and Cab Companies Taxed te Capacity and Stores Do Record Business. When the joyous Easter throngs step forth in fashions gay this aft- ernoon and bid formal welcome to Spring’s festivities at the end of the long religious season all America will in truth be represented in the brilliant spectacle, for Washington is host to- day to the greatest cr visitors in all its bistory. More than 40,000 persons come here from all over the > and if theyweather man’s predictions for fair skies and moderately com- fortable temperatures are not discred- ited the boulevards of Washington will well match honors with the famous Boardwalk of Atlantic City for the splendor and size of the Easter parade. To the Christian world only Christ- mas surpasses Easter as a day of Jjoyous celebration, for it was on this day that the crucified Savior arose from the dead, and in churches every- where the event will be observed with fes services. In Washington an exceptionally beautiful religious pro- gram has been arranged. Many Plan Sunrise Rites. hold “sunrise have ation, Many churches will services” beginning at 7:30 o'elock in the morning, and in virtually every Protestant Episcopal Church’ specia holy communion_will be offered at early services, Nearly all churches will hold two services this morning, followed by Sunday school this after- noon and evening services tonight. The sweet incense of Kaster lilies, banked on altars and in pulpits, will add traditional charm to the climax n! the relj on, and the spe- cial mus proclaiming in joyous tones the miracle of the res.| urrection, that have become. a time. | honored part of every Laster service, will have their customary place this| morning. But there is another phase to the | Easter celebration. The day not only marks the end of Lent, during which social activities are abruptly curtailed in well ordered society, but it falls at a time when the call of Spring Is growing stronger. Hence, although | the season dawned weeks ago, Easter is always more or less the formal be- ginning of Spring activities. Hotels Are Crowded. Every year Washington has been | bacoming more and more of a mecca toward which the people have turned at Bastertide, and this year the Na tional Capital is entertaining greatest throng it has ever welcomed at this season. By motor, railroad and boat tourists and sightseers have poured through the gates of the city until_last night every hotel in th city had full registers and scores of | ate arrivals were being sent to pri- | vate homes for lodging. | These crowds began arriving the | middle of the week, flooding the corri- | dors of the Capitol, standing in long ! lines to get into the Senate galleries, pouring through the House chamber, invading the public portions of the White House.and taxing the sight-see- | ing busses and taxicab companies, who were forced to reinstate even their | most antiquated equipment on junkets throughout the city and over to the nearby historic shrines of Virginia. The railroads entering Washington brought 25,000 visitors in special trains during the last four days, the Baltimore and Ohio estimating that it alone carried 15,000, One special brought 500 from Toronto yester: and the same road has run excu: sions from as far West as St. Louis and Chicago. It is estimated that the crowds carried on the Baltimore and Ohio will leave $300,000 in Washing- ton. Says Spring Influx Is On. The Pennsylvania Rallroad figures it has brought 6,000 persons here, but | the passenger agent of the road said he did not regard these people as Easter visitors, but rather the begin- | ning of a grand Spring pilgrimage to the National Capital, during which thousands of persons will come here for six weeks or more. The Chesa- peake and Ohio, Southern, Seaboard I (Continued on Page 6, Column 1.) TEMBLOR FELT INV\VNEST. Cities in Southern California and Arizona Slightly Shaken. LOS ANGELES, April 3.—A mild earth tremor was felt in several sec- tions of Southern California between 12:08 and 12:08 p.m. toda; 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 felt it. Needles and Cadi near the Arizona border, also were af- fected and Newberry, in that section, reported the tremor as quite heavy. San Bernardino recorded a slight shock. No damage was reported. The Ventura district north of here failed to feel the temblor. The Imperial Val- ley 1o the south also. reported it skipped that region, 5 By the Associated Press. NEW LONDON, April 3—North Stonington's now famous “ape-man” mystery has been solved. The ape- man has been “captured.” It was | found to-be nothing but a dummy, and the originator of the scheme has confessed. | ““This was the result of a State police | investigation announced by Sergt. Clifford Gorgas of the Groton Ear- racks. The ape-man dummy was found near the home of the Minor sisters, was con- | Muriel and Mildred, Ape-Man Mystery Is Solved by Girl’s Confession That It Was Only a Dummy structed, Miss Muriel Minor admitted, to frighten away visitors not wanted. Directed to haystack rock by Miss Minor, the State policemen found the dummy wrapped in a sheet with a large April Fool sign hanging from it. It was then, the State police re- port stated, that Miss Muriel Minor confessed to the hoa Thus ends a mystery which has | 38th 1926 PARADE PREPARATIONS, The Star 60 cents per Star. (/) Means Associated Press. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” is delivered every evening and Sunday morning to Washington homes at month. Telephone Main 5000 and service will start immediately. FIVE CENTS. ROMAN CAPITOL BELL, SILENT 56 YEARS, RUNG Eternal City Observes Holy Satur- day on Wide Scale With Traditioal Pomp. By the Assoclated Prees. ROME, April 3.—The historic bell of the Roman Capitol, which has been '« for 36 years since the Pope’ of tempo power in 1870, today added its de voice to the joyous chorus of the bells of the Iiternal City's churches, . The celebration of Saturday before Easter was more widespaead in Rome than for many decades, and the cere monies were c ried out in a more orthodox manner. Churches were thronged throughout the city The celebration at the Vatican fol- lowed the lines laid down by centuries old tradition. Mgr. Campini, parish priest of the apostolic palaces, blessed all the rooms of the Vatican, which tradition asserts total 11,000. At the entrance to the papal apartment ke was received by the Pontiff, who knelt ved while holy water was . The Pope then placed coins in the holy water, according to Roman tradition, as a symbol of the church’s charity, RETIREMENT BILL CHAMPIONS PLAN FIGHT T0 FINISH GOVERNOR REFUSES CHAPMAN'S APPEAL Hearing of Bandit’s Own Plea | to Board of Pardons Is Set for Monday. By the Associated Pre STATE PRISON, FIELD, Conn., April 3.—Gov. 1 bull announced tonight that he would not grant Gerald Chapman another reprieve. His dec was made known shortly after .Judge Newell Jennings, trial judge in the Chapman murder case, called at his home in | Plainville to recommend this course. A hearing on Chapman's petition to the board of pardons for commutation of his death sentence to life imprison ment probably will be heard Monday morning at the State prison. Chapman, condemned to hang early Tuesday morning, late today signed an application to the State Board of | Pardons asking that his sentence be commuted to life imprisonment. Peti tion for a new trial was denied today This is the first time Chapman has asked for clemency. In the applica tion he sets forth that he had been four times in prison, that he is in his vear and that he was horn in New York City. The Board of Pardons meets twice a year, the next regular meeting by atute being the first Monday in M Gov. Trumbull is ex-officio chairman | of the board. A member is Suprem 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. Denied Chapel -Service. When the strains of “Christ, Lord, Is Risen,” float from the Easter service In the prison chapel tomorrow | morning, they will not reach Chap- | man’s secluded cell. H Father Michael P. Barry, Chapman's spiritual adviser and friend, will offi. ciate at high mass in the chapel, but | the condemned man will not be per-! mitted to leave his cell. A number of } singers from the churches in and around Hartford will take part in the service. Rev. ArthurSchoenfeldt, Protestant chaplain, also will hold his usnal sery- s in the chapel. ‘our of Chapman’s attorneys visited him late this afternoon to tell him that two Supreme Court justices had refused to consider the new evidence, which they had obtained in an effort to get a new trial. About a week ago Chapman declined to slgn an application for commuta- tion of sentence, saying, acc his attorneys, that he considered would be an indication of guilt to ask clemency. Tonlght, however, he changed his mind. His attorneys based his application for commutation on the grounds of possessing certain evidence which could not have been discovered by his counsel by due diligence, which Chap- man wishes to introduce, and ‘“‘which he believes would have produced a verdict of not guilty had same been available and produced at the trial of his_case, and for other reasons.” Eight 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 attor ney; Willlam O'Leary and William E. Sodergren of New Britain. Twig is alleged to have seen Chgbman in New York on the night of October 11, 1924, several hours before the murder of Patrolman James Skelly in New Britain, Nature Not Revealed. O'Leary and Sodergren are said to have known Chapman and would have been willing to offer the same testi- | mony, the nature of which was not revealed. State’'s Attorney Hugh M. Alcorn vigorously opposed the effort for a new trial, saying it was a “trick of counsel to gain more time.” Explaining the State’s position, he said: “They’'ve killed off our important witnesses. Ben Hance is dead. It may be difficult to get important witnesses again.” Hance is the Indiana farmer with ‘whom Chapman once lived while hid- ing from the authorities. Charles W. Murphy of Danbury, Conn., who presented the petition for the defense attorneys asked Mr. Al- corn if he meant that the attorneys had “killed off the witnesses,” since | the caused considerable uneasiness in the North Stonington vicinity for more thdn a week and a mystery that has led to the formation of at least one posse and several expeditions In search of the “ape-man.” they had been ‘‘accused of other things.” Mr. Alcorn did not reply to this query, but stated that his opposing counsel at times had not acted in good faith, % j 38 | TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—36 PAGES. ews—Page 21. Parent-Teachers—Page Boy Scouts—Page iirl Scouts—Page Schools and Coll Current News Events—Page News of the Clubs—Page 30, Serfal, “The Adopted Wife'— Y. Wr €.k -Page Army and N Civilian_Army Radio News and Programs—Page 34. PART TWO—12 PAGES. and Editorial Features Washington and Other Society. Notes of Art and Artists—Page 4. Reviews of Latest Books—Page 4. Talex of Well Known Folk—Page 11. Spanish War Veterans—Page 11. PART THREE—11 PAGES. Amusements—Theaters and the Photo- play. Music Motors and 8. District National Veterans of the Great War—Page 10. Fraternal New: e 13. PART FOUR—4 PAGES. Pink Sports Section. PART FIVE—8 PAGES. Magazine Section—Fiction and Fea- tures, The Rambler—Page 3. PART SIX—I1? PAGES. sified Advertising. incial News—Pages 10, 11 and GRAPHIC SECTION—10 PAGES. World Events in Pictures, comIC TION— PAGES. Betty: Reg'lar Fellers; Mr. and Mrs.; | Mutt and Jeff. Pages Page 32 Editorials in Wa and shington—Page Motoring—Pages 6, Guard—Page 9. DAVISIS ACQUITTED F BRIBERY CHARGE Kansas Governor and Son Are Freed as Jury Is About to Be Dismissed. By the Associated Press. TOPEKA, Kans., April 3.—Former Gov. Jonathan M. Davis of Kansas and his son, Russell G. Davis, were acquitted by a District Court jury here late tonight on a charge of accepting a bribe in exchange for a pardon is- sued Fred W. Pollman, paroled forger Judge Hungate was about to dis- miss the jurors at 11 o'clock tonight, but they sent word to the court ask- ing for a little more time. Deadlock- ed since the case was received at 3:45 o'clock yesterday afternoon, the jurors were called Into court late today by Judge Hungate and urged to strive for mmwagreement. H. C. Evans, foreman, 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. Kvans said the vote was unequal. POLICE GUARD IDLE PLANT 370 Workers on Strike in Hol- brook, Mass. HOLBROOK, Mass., April 3 (#).— State police were in charge of this town_tonighf, guarding the plant of the Brockton Shoe Co.. where 370 workers are idle following a strike ordes yesterday. Union heads called the strike to establish wage scales paid elsewhere in the district. The. State officers were called in by the town selectmen, who announced the troopers would remain until the strike was settled. No disorders had been reported tonight and no pickets were on duty. Find_];‘n; in Rendezvous. PERPIGNAN, France, April 3 (#).—Dispatches from Barcelona re- port the discovery of a large bomb in the headquarters +of the National Monarchist Union. The bomb was said be of the same manufacture as thx which was found in a railway tunnel some time ago before the ar- rival of King Alfonso’s train from Madrid. Pleads for 01d Liquor. CHICAGO, April 3 (P).—Pleading that the choicest liquor in Govern- ment captivity, real old pre-war, aged- in-wood bonded Bourbon, should not be destroyed becguse of its value and age, Attorney William Pothmann ap. peared before Federal Judge Wilker- son today and obtained leave to file an appeal, | stringed orchestra played throughout | the evening. | display is still fresh in the minds Lehlbach Hopes to Win 0. K. of Coolidge and Leaders This Week. CORCORAN OFFERS TENTH EXHIBITION With Chairman Lehlbach House Civil Service committee expect ing to complete his report on the liberalized retirement bill tomorrow and with the Senate subcommittee meeting tomorrow to take action on the measure, this legislation of first importance to 358,000 Federal em- ployes is forced upon the attention of ation leade: in rge of legislative program. From now on till the time Co s yurns tentatively figured to he between May 15 and May 25, it will be a constant ht to get this measure acted upon v this week Chairman Lehlbach and other members of the House com | mittee will confer with President American oil paintings | Coolidge. Budget Director Lord, and The Inauguration of thix import-| with House leaders in an effort to ant display, as in vears past, took | convince them that they have been the form of a private view to which | mistaken or misinformed as to the about 4,000 invitations had been sent | 2lleged excessive costs of the pro- out. The list of guests included |Posed liberalization of the retirement presentatives of official, diplomatic | "‘i‘.”"r',"'_;(é‘m“’?‘: 1‘_""5?‘ who will see and residentlal soclety. art lovers in | (0f Fresident I« Fepresentative Git general. artists. art critics and offi- | jons friend of the Coolidge family cials of art institutions. | whose counsel the President values, The broad stairway and spacio ; ¥ atrium and salons of the gallery S were made colorful with laurel rop- | There is no nmn better qu ing and potted palms, while a [Biennial Display of American 0il Paintings Opens This Afternoon. With prospects of pleasant weath- | er and longer davs ahead, to take | full advantage of which the institu- | tion will extend its hours for visitors, | the Corcoran Gallery of Art last| night formally opened its tenth | biennial exhibition of contempor jo alified to discuss in detail the principles of re. tirement legislation, the provisions of | the lieberalizing bills and the real true cost to the Government (or more properly, the assumed obligations of the Government) than Mr. Lehibach. These men, who are best informed on all phases of the ques confidence that they can convince the party leaders that the Government an well afford at this time 1o act fa- vorably upon this measure—in the in ter s of true economy and iner sed efficiency in Uncle Sam’s workshop These same Republican who have spent vears in an intensive study of the retirement problem, will | argue that Congress should dispose of the question now in a way that will close the controversy for a long pe- riod to come. This can only be done, they say, by passing > : retirement law, such as they claim is the bill to be reported tomorrow. They want to see definite and conclu action taken at this session of Con. gress o as to forestall continued ef. at certainly will be made in behalf of the Government workers if a satisfactory retirement law is not passed now. Suggestions to Be Made. Of course, some members are go- ing to come forward with various sug gestions, but it believed they will let the measure These pro- posals are being anced for the sole purpose, it is said, of driving as hard a bargain as possible with the superannuated Government employe who is too old in s ized service to go elsewhere and get a job. The fight will be made in both houses of Congress by those who want to see justice done to the clerk and at the same time a business. like solution of this phase of the employment problem for the Govern- ment. The measure on which the House As has been the custom vears, there was no Those in attendance | immediately proceeded to inspect the | 353 pictures by 257 artists which | compose the exhibition. and at the same time to give and return greet- ings from old friends. These Cor- coran private openings have alw: partaken of the nature of distinet soctal and sociable gatherings and are as eagerly anticipated by local society they are by the world ot | American art. Open to Public Today. The exhibition will be open to the | public beginning at 1:30 o'clock thix | afternoon and will extend through | Sunday, May 16. The hour of open- | ing on week days is, as heretofore, | 8 o'clock. but the closing hour has | been extended 0 o'clock on | every day in the week. 1t has been several months more than two vears since the last biennial. December was formerly the month for the opening and the dis- | plavs extended well into Januar Corcoran officials never fancied this | seascn, but found it expedient to| stick to it to avoid conflicts witn | other stated exhibitions of impor- tance elsewhere. The days were short, | the light poor, the social calendar | crowded and the celebrations of Christmas came just after the open- inz. The problem. however. has been happily solved and the change to Spring made to the benefit of all concerned. The Carnegie Institute of Pitis- burgh was accustomed to hold a| Spring exhibition in which were fea- tured works of art by FEuropean painters. These pictures were col- lected during the Summer and the artists complained that by the time | they had been shown the following | committee has agreed provides for Spring and returned to them abroad | the main essentials for which the nearly a_whole year had elapsed.|joint conference on retirement of civil Carnegie Institute officials therefore | service employes has been working— advanced the proposal to the local | namely: gallery that they exchange dates.| (1) An increase This was enthusiastically agreed 1o |annuity from $720, under the pres- and henceforward the Corcoran bi-|ent law, to $1 . with proportion- ennials will be held at a time when | aie increases all along the line. Washington is putting on her best| (o) Acceptance of the figure 40 and freshest garb. which. as all the | ,q 4 qivisor in computing annuiti world knows, is green, trimmed with | {\ctoad of 45. The salary of an em- chérey “blossoms. ploye for the last 10 vears of his em- Two Exhibitions Now Possible. ployment by the number of vears of service and then divided by 40 to The change of date made possible | compute the annuity. This change the flflez 0:“":; L:i'"“"'fl“‘ lrl;"'}”fl‘l" to the 40 divisor is of great impor- the Nationdl Academy of Design for |~ et GOl the latter to Inaugurate its great| (Continued on Page 10, Column 1.) retrospective exhibition here last Autumn. This impressive historical during recent receiving line. in the maximum HUGE POSSE SEEKS NEGRO AFTER CRASH KILLS GIRL Georgia Swamps Scoured for Man in Rum Car Following Fatal Collision. By the Associated Press. AMERICUS, Ga., April 3.—A posse of more than 100 men scoured the Muckelee swamps near here tonight for an unidefitified negro, one of the occupants of a liquor car which col- lided with another car this afternoon and resulted in the death of Miss Alice Ruth Timmerman, a school teacher of Dawson, Ga. The accident happened on a high- way near the city while Miss Timmer- man, her brother and sister-in-law were en route to Plains, Ga. The sis- ter-in-law was slightly.injured, but the brother was not hurt. Miss Timmer- man's throat was cut by flying glass and she died a few minutes after she ‘was brought to a hospital here. of the art-loving public, so that the National Capital counts’ itself pecul- farly fortunate this Winter, not only in having two displays of such magnitude and excellence. but also in the comparison which they afford. The N. A. D. exhibit showed the (Continued on Page 6, Column 2,) BUD’ FISHER’S WIFE GONE Cartoonist Scouts Idea of Divorce | Intention of Countess. NEW YORK, April 3 (®).—Saying she would ‘‘never, never” return, the Countess Aedita de Beaumont, wife of Harry C. (“Bud”) Fisher, sailed for Parls today on the Majestic. She was accompanied only by her eight-year- old son, Pierre de Beaumont. Asked if his wife’s departure was a forecast of a geparation or divorce, the cartoonist said that his wife was going abroad to visit relatives and that he intended to follow =oon. They were married last October 24 on b\mrda the Leviathan. the | ion, express | members, | reasonably fair | FEDERATION NAMES SIX AS MEMBERS OF ADVISORY COUNCIL Havenner, Stull, Swanton, Wales, Dougherty and Faulkner Are Chosen. THREE ASSOCIATIONS ! REFUSE TO FILE VOTE !Work of Council Attacked by Dele- gate From Dupont Circle Organization. Balloting in orderly procedure, the Federation of Citizens' Associations last night re-elected four and elected two new members of the Citizens A8 visory Council in a little more thah three hours of vo Five ballots in all were necesss The men chosen last night Dr. George ( Havenner of the Anacostia, East Washington, Kenil worth, Benning, Randle Highlands and Congress Heights associations, re-elected. Harry N. Stull of the Stanton Park, Lincoln Park and Brookland associa tions, re-elected. Walter 1. Swanton of the Columbii Heights and Mount Pleasant associa- tions, re-elected. George R. Wales of the Cathedral Heights Association, re-elected. Proctor L. Dougherty of the Chevy Chase Citizens' Association, elected. obert R. ier of the Michigan park Citizens ociation, elected. Majority Vote Ruled. The first four have already served one term of 11 months on the advisory council. Mr. Dougherty and Mr. ulkner, the new members, succeed ed William S. Torbert of the Rhode* Island Avenue Citizen's Association, and Charles A. Baker of the Conduit Road Citizens' Association, both of | whom declined renomination Dr. Havenner, Mr. Stull, Mr. Swan ton and Mr. Wales were re-elected to | the council on the first ballot. Mr. Dougherty was elected on the second | ballot. Two ballots were then taken with a steadily mounting count in favor of Mr. Faulkner, and he was chosen on the fifth. During the third ballot Mrs. ¥Frank Hiram Snell of the Kalorama associa | tion gained strength at the expense | of votes for Robert Strobel of the Southwest Washington Association and Fred S. Walker of Parkview. Her vota on the fourth ballot dropped from 29 on the previous ballot to 27. and on the fifth ballot she received | but 21 votes, Mr. Faulkner receiving 40 votes, with but 35 necessary to | elect. A majority of the votes cast was necessary for election of any candidate. : Six delegates from the Dupont Cir cle, Georgetown and \West End Citl ns' Associations did not vote. i Council Is Attacked. | Before the balloting began Clayton | L. Emig of the Dupont Circle Associa | tion presented to the federation an of- | ficial protest from his parent organiza- | tion declaring that the Citizens' Ad | visory Council does not represent the | views of the Federation of Citizens Associations, The protest said the council should be discontinued at once “or it should be distinctly set forth in the constitution and by-laws of the federation that the council is subser- | vient to the federation.” The protest added that all reports to | the Commissioners or to which pretend to represent the opin ion of the citizens of the District of | Columbia should first be submitted to the federation for approval. The pro- test was not acted on by the federa- tion and lacking unanimous consent to suspend the election and discuss the protest of the Dupont Circle Associa- tion the delegates from the latter or- ganization did not vote. Snowden Ash- ford, the other delegate from the Du- pont Circle Association, said he had | been instructed not to vote pending action on the protest. Mr. Emig rose later and over the lattempts of President Jesse C. Suter | of the federation to silence him further | explained the reason why the Dupont Assoclation delegates would not vote |at the election. Grover W. Avers of Ithe West End Citizens' Association | said he declined to vote and called on the president of his association to ex- | plain the reason. President Suter did not permit the explanation. B. A. Bowles of the Georgetown Citizens® Assoefation said the Georgetown dele- gation had been instructed not to vote |at the council election. Balloting Is Orderly. The actual balloting took place in orderly fashion. Seventy-four votes were cast on the first ballot, with a majority of 38 necessary to election. On ' this ballot Dr. Havenner received 48 votes, Mr. Stull 48 votes, Mr. | Swanson 58 votes and Mr. Wales 5 | votes. Mr. Dougherty received 30 cotes on the first ballot. | Mr. Dougherty was elected on the second ballot with a tally of 40 votes, |39 being necessary to election with 76_delegates voting The conclusion of the second ballot | still left one place open on the coun cil. and two successive ballots were taken without result. Mrs: Snell showed strength on the third ballot, reaching the apex of her strength with 29 votes, 37 being necessary to elec tion. While Mrs. Snell's total was mounting, the total of votes for Mr. Faulkner was also steadily increas- ing. He received but 12 votes on the first ballot, 14 on the second, 15 on the third, 25 on the/fourth and 40 on ‘the fifth, when Mrs. Snell's total slumped to 21. Other Names Withdrawn. The names of William G. Hender- son of the North Capitol Association, Frank L. Peckham of the Burleith Association, R. F. Mancill of the Con- duit Road Association, John A. Saul of Brightwood and D. N. Shoemaker of Takoma Park were withdrawn after the second ballot. The name of Fred S. Walker of Parkview’ was withdrawn after the third ballot. F. M. Cannon of Washington Highlands, H. M. Phillips of Sixteenth Street Heights, Ernest H, Pullman of Manor Park and Robert Strobel of South- west Washington remained active on the ballot until the end of the election. Dr. George H., Richardson and George Beason were elected members of the council by the colored organiza tion, the Federation of Civic Associa- w""'—' Distrk “Comlnued on Page Column e are