The Washington herald., 1922-04-21
FIVECANDIDATE
FOR ALEXANDRIA
COUNCIL NAMED
Will Run for First Com
mission Government
Board.
ELECTION JUNE 13
Mass Meeting Indorses Smoot,
Jones, Bryant, Fannon,
And Tice.
ELECTION JUNE 1S
THE HERALD BUREAU.


A. $. Doniphan.
7eT King Street
ALEXANDRIA, Va, April 2O.-The
five candidates who will make the
race for city council in the general
election to be held June 13 were an
nounced tonight at a mass meeting
held in the armOry. They are WILL
lam Albert Smoot. Robert s. Jones'
Arthur H. Bryant. Thomas ]. Fan
non and Edward F. Tice.
These five consented to enter the
race at sthe request of the special
committee of fifteen named at a
mass meeting held in the audito-
rum of the Elks' Home, March 81
The meeting tonight was presided
over by ]. f. W. Timberman and
was opened with prayer by Rev. DR.
Il. V. REGISTER. Miss Lucy Graves
secretary of the committee, read the
report naming the five candidates
and IL was unanimously adopted.
The report stated that the selec-
ton was made without regard to
any Affiliations. political or other
wise. and that the only thing taken
into consideration was ability and
integrity.
resolution of Chester A. Gwinn
that a committee be appointed to
conduct the campaign was adopted
This committee will be named by
the committee of fifteen and the five
candidates.
The councilmen to be elected on
June Is will assume ofice Septem-
her under the council manager
form OF city government. One of
the five will be chosen mayor and
they also will elect a business
manager.
Only one of the five candidates
Edward F. Ticer, Is a member OF
the present city council. Three of
the nominees were members of the
committee of fifteen that selected
the nominees.
Oflcers chosen by the Henry K.
Field Bible Glass Of the NJ. Z.
Church South follow: Teachers
Rev. E. V. REGISTER. D. D.. and John
n. Trimyer: vice presidents, Charles
z. Dare, Clarence w. Dettor. Law
renee NJ. Hopkins and ]. T. Humph-
rey; secretary-treasurer Walter S
NicklIn; assistant secretaries, T
Mark Cragg and Thomas NJ. Jones;
choirster, w. z. Dunn: assistant
choirster, Kenneth Baggett; pianist
Thomas NJ. Jones, jr.: librarian
George r. Smith: assistant librari-
ans. G. W. Smallwood and ]. E
Dodd-
One hundred and ninety-eight
roe shad were stolen last Tuesday
night from the boat OF Capt. Leo
NcKenney. According to Capt. Nc
Kenney, IT'S Of he shade were dis
posed OF in Washington. Three
young white men were taken into
custody by Policeman Durrer and
following an investigation today in
police court before Acting Police
Justice A. B. Nicol they were held
for action OF the grand jury.
Herbert Taylor. chief OF the
Identification bureau of the Navy
Department, this afternoon deliv-
cred an address on finger print
work at the weekly luncheon Of the
Kiwanis Club
A charter has been granted by
the state corporation commission
to the woodside Realty Company
Inc, this city. with a maximum cap
ital stock of $4,000 and minimum
Of $4,000 Officers arc: Thomas H.
Asquith, president: Charles w
simpson. secretary. and these with
Matthew G. Lepley. all of Washing
ton. constitute the boadr of di-
rectors.
The entrance examination for the
United States Naval Academy a,