The Washington times., 1913-01-12
WASHINGTON TIMES BUREAU

TAAI<<NANDhiA, VA, JAN Il.
The action of City Councilman Charles
b. Swan of the Fourth ward, in pre-
senting his resignation to council may
be followed by the resignation of other
members. Mr.. Swan gives as his rea-
son for his action his removed from the
Fourth ward, from which he was elect
ed. to the First ward. The State law
provides that when a member of council
removes from the ward from which he
was elected his seat shall be declared
vacated, but an old provision of the city
charter states the contrary and it has
always been a mooted question as to
the law governing the case
The members affected are r. M. Ora
ham, who was elected from the Second
ward but who is. now living In the
Fourth ward, having purchased a home
In that section of the city, and Julian
Y. Williams, who for the past year
has been a resident of Braddock
Heights. in Alexandria county, although
continuing to hold his seat in council.
Both of these members are on the
finance committee, one of the most i'm
portant committee assignments in coun-
ell. In addition, Mr.. Graham's right to
seat in council is being contested in
the courts by william Desmond, who
was elected last June by the voters In
his ward to council from the Second
ward to fill a vacancy caused by the
death of Louis Brill. but which Mr.. Ora
ham is filing by virtue Of an election
by the members of city council.
The question of a successor to Mr..
Swan will come up at the meeting OF
council on Tuesday night when the
question OF removal from wards may be
raised.
A big automobile belonging to DR..
Walter A. Warfield was wrecked last
night near the Spring Park station Of
the electric car line. a block from the
Union station. The car was being driven
by NJ. Mccoy, who was en- route to
the Union station for passenger.
When making the turn at Spring Park
ne lost control of the car and 1t smashed
into telegraph pole and the front part
of the car was practically demolished.
Mccoy escaped with slight injuries
A large, number, of civil cases are
scheduled to come before the corpora
ton court when 1t opens its session to-
morrow morning. There are also two
important criminal cases, that of Lewis
HOon. former general manager OF the
Mercantile Railway Building and Loan
Association, which closed its doors two
years ego, and Henry Stevens, who has
been indicted by the grand jury for at
tempting to kill Peter Something's a
welf-known grocer. Hooffs trial will
begin Tuesday morning before a jury
which has been drawn from Frcdericks-
turg. Va. He has already been pre-
viously tried OF one indictment eharg-
ing him with embezzlement of funds
belonging 10 the Mercantile, and the
jury returned a verdict of not guilty.
The funeral of Robert Gordon, a we'll
known resident CT Fairfax county, who
died on Thursday at the Alexandria
hospital was held this afternoon at 2
o'clock from Deinaine's undertaking es-
Enlistment. Services were conducted
by the Rev. L. F. Kelly. Interment
was in ST.. Mary's Catholic Cemetery.
Marion W Petit. the six months old
daughter of Harrie o. Pruitt. died to-
day at the home of her parents at |
1908 0ronoco street
President Taft declined an invitation
yesterday to attend the banquet of
Washington Lodge of Ma
cons on February p, but stated that