Evening Star Newspaper, March 14, 1926, Page 6

SAYS THIRD DEGREE USED N CHILREN Judge Sellers Declares Wom- en’s Bureau Holds Juveniles Without Warrant. Charges that “third degree” ods have been used on children sent 1o the House of Detention were made by Judge Kathryn Sellers of the Juvenile Court. in voicing opposition } 1o the hill permunently ablish the personnel of the w Police De- wings vesterday be of the House Dis in the h it e partment. fore a sulbc of in the institution he had cited to the eight specitic ared the Women' boys and girls from three wonins in the ton without warrant “third mittee e dec 1 hetd or_formal churge Protesting mst children in the House under such conditions elaved. in support of churges sthods, that in o wrote a con forced o the hoiding of stention Seller: her ' wis a Linst the use of rested a formal charges ainst them. e in hiad been placed meth- | {Duchess Gives Up Mansion to Live in Lodge at Gate ated Press, March 13.~The Count- rwick’s decision to live 3 the stable after she had turned her Leautiful home, Easton Lodge, ax to the trades i ngress for use as an education headquarters, was fol- lowed 1 uouncement that - the Duche: Rutlund had _retired from Arlington street mansion make her home in one of the ate lodges, The lo i i | 1as 10 rooms, however; is two stories high, with basement and an attic, which the duchess has fixed up as a studio for her portrait painter and decided that the large for her small with the ditticulties of servants she finally 1 mind to ta over the and make hersell comfortable The duchy like the Count- Varwic K up hes period Lady Warwick's new gquarters at Easton Lodge are in a wing of the old house, with # wonderful gar in which she spends many s daily BULDING MEASURE N SENKTETELP Is Behind Several Others Fears Passing of Court. cllers told the subcommit- s opposed to the bill whish permanent and legal the Women's Bureau be- w in it the beginning of a movement to do away with the 1f this bill is passed, she safd, e looked back upon as an event marking the supplant- urt powers by the police. i give the police the right m:ne whether cases should 1 to the court. It would vomen's Bureau the right ons should be Tt is another police government, s mttempt “undoubtediy would lead said, W to_graf In the case of one bov sent to the Jlouse of Detention, Judge Sellers declared after he had been held there 10 davs the arresting officer claimed he knew nothing of the case and did call making the arrest. Sellers told the subcommittee "ashington Is the only city with of Detention under police government. Angered at Interruptions. You are unfair to me,” sald Judge s when he ¥ orous oss-questioning her. time when he was discussing some in- formation he said he had received from a school official, Judge Sellers told him. “You give me the name of that person and I will sue for dam- ages The power the police have is al- most unbelievable. They can arrest any child at any time and send it to Gallinger Hospital and keep it from its paren:s.” she claimed. Judge Sellers had asked that she be ailowed to make her statements with- out interruption, and when Mr. Blan- ton continued to interrupt her with frequent questions, interpolating statements of his own, Mr. Hammer protested to the subcommittee and left the hearing in disgust. Demand Chance to Reply. Several spokesmen for the Woman's Bureau demanded that they be given an opportunity to be heard by the! beommittee in refutation of Judge Seller's charges. Mrs. Van Winkle, us director of the Woman's Bureau and House of Detention, was granted the privilege by the subcommitiee ol inserting in the record her statement of the history of the cases cited by [Judge Seller: She also inserted the following statement about the House of Detention “The House of Detention is not a Jockup in the social meaning of the the Juvenile Court was contemplated for the protection of those who need its guidance, so houses of detention were established for the protection and safety of those who detained. Detention homes are not considered by social workers as institutions, bui are generally a unit belonging to some social agency, to the county court system, to a juvenile court or to the police department. In the District of Columbia drunken re taken to the Gallinger Hos- Shoplifters, almost without ex- ception, never reach the girls who are detained. Most of the shoplifters are of better moral character than the girls who are being held. Occupation, education and recreation so complete- 1y fill the lives of the juvenile inmates that there is little time for mischief. - Lodgers Kept Separate. “Lodgers are a special class f which the police make special Brovi. sion. A record is kept in a special book—separate and distinct from the House of Detention record and the Woman’s Bureau blotter. The lodgers lare provided for in quarters separate from the delinquents, “The Washington House of Deten- tion was established August, the Police Department—six fore the creation of the Juvenile Court. It has remained under the jurisdiction of the police,since that time. In Sep- tember, 1920, it moved into the pres: s at 1445 Ohio avenue and o new staff of civillan workers was appointed, ~ General supervision was transferred from the sergeant, who had been in char; r 1 ars, o the lieutenant in charge of the Wom- an’s Bureau, because it was felt best | to have an officer with speci 8 Flty pecial train. dren responsible for the conduct of this shelter. The Woman's Bureau jand the House of Detention are two distinct units in the department, and the appropriatios for the maintenance of the house Is separate from the police appropriation. The House of Detention serves as a place for the shelter and detention of persons held for the courts, various branches of the Police Department, the Woman's Bu- reau and for private and public social agencies. Lodging is provided for stranded women and children.” FORD MAY BUY SCHOOL. Desires to Purchase Old New Eng- Xperience in the care of chil- | That Will Require Two Weeks for Disposal. The public buildings bill, carrying $50,000,000 for the District of Colum- bia and $115,000,000 for Federal tructures throughout the country, is not likely to come up in the Senate for at least two weeks. ‘The measure has been approved by the Ho however, and it is confl- dentially expected the Senate will act on_it well before adjournment. The present plan is to take up the Italian debt settlement for ratification as soon of the Gooding bill relating to long and short haul railroud rates is disposed of. It will be several days before a vote is likely on the Gooding measure, which means that very lit- tle time will be left this week for de- bate on the debt agreement. Pact Debate to Be Long. It is expected there will be consid- erable discussion over the Itallan pact before it is acted upon. The an- nual supply bill for the Interior De- partment and the appropriation bill for the Justice, State, Commerce and Labor Departments were reported to the Senate yesterday and will be awaiting consideration after the debt settlement is out of the way. Whether the public buildings bill will be taken up before these apropriation meas- ures is not known. There appears to be little prospect of adjournment before the end of May if action is to be taken on the legislation that has been classed as important, including the railroad labor bill and Muscle Shoals. The resolution creating a joint com- mittee of Congress to recelve bids for the leasing of the Shoals development has been perfected, but when the bids have been received the question again will be before the House and Senate for acceptance of a lease. Bill Is Important. The public building bill has been re- garded as an important measure in view of the fact that Uncle Sam has not had a building program since 1913. Since that time the activities of the Government have been expand- ing in various parts of the country and even to a greater degree in the National Capital, where many bureaus aro quartered in temporary war structures and in rented office build- ings. fien{nor Fernald of Maine, chair- man of the public buildings commi tee, i8 in charge of the biil in the Senate. The question of locating the structures in Washington will be in the hands of the public buildings commission, of which Senator Smoot of Utah is chairman. Running No Risks. From the Stillson Zenith. The visitor held out her arms to the small son of the house. “Don’t you want to kiss me, Tommy? “No, I don't,” said Tommy, stepping ack. “Why, don't you like me, dear?” “No, I don't.”” “Why not? “Because you're ugly—that's why not. interrupted the boy's r. - “Aren't you ashamed?” “Well,” said Tommy, “I got punished for not tellin’ the truth yesterday, and I'm not going to run any risks today. Quaint Custom. By a curious law dating back to 1779, all the grapes left on the vines after the harvest in the vineyard at Beziers, France, go to the benefit of the poor and the owners can be fined picki the 11 NEW HOME W.R.SPEARE Ca UNDERTAKERS Founded 1872 1623 Conn. Ave. Branch 4209 9th St. N.W. (Petworth) Phone Potomac 4600 ALMUS R. SPEARE CLYDE J. NICHOLS BUILDING ASSOCIATION land Structure. PAWTUCKET, R. I., March 13 (&), [—Another one-room schoolhouse, built in pre-Revolutionary War days, y be added to Henry Ford's collec- tion of things historic surrounding the famous old Wayside Inn at Sud- bury, Mass. rland, that the manufacturer would like to buy the old Diamond Hill Schoolhouse, which was buiit in 1750 jor thereabout: nd in which children attended class up until a year ago. [The old one-room dtructure soon will [be #nid at public auction, because a jmodern schoolhouse has been built. e L ‘Telephone girls of England are to be isciplined if caught “listening in"* on vire conversationgs PAYS Surplus, $1,000,000 Cor. 11th & E Sts. N.W. JAMES EERRY, President JOSHUA W. CARR, Sec'y HONORTONATION'S [50TH BIRTHDAY Schools to Have Part in Spe- cial Exercises Planned for July 4. e The committee on arrangements for the celebration on July 4 in the National Capital of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of American independence will meet tomorrow af- ternoon at 4 o'clock in the board room of the Franklin School. v ch: ing a committee of 50 repre- e citizens of Washington to assist in planning and carrying through the event, under the auspices of the.Community Center Department of the public schools, with co-operat- ing organizations here. Among those who have already ac cepted service on this committee Commissioner Cuno H. Rudolph, Com- missloner J. Franklin Bell, Dr, Frank W. Ballou, superintendent of public schools; Mrs, Cecil Norton Broy, di- rector community center department Willtam Knowles Cooper, general sec retary of the Y. M. C. A,; J. Harry Cunnjngham, president of the Board of Trade; Rev. W. L. Darby, execu- tive secretary, Washington Federa- tlon of Churches; Mrs. M. W. Davis, community center department; Mrs. A. C. Driscoll, community center de- partment; Right Rev. James E. Free- man, Blshop of Washington: Marie foore Korrest, director pagenntry and the drama, community center de- partment; Maj. U. 8. Grant, 3d direc- tor of public bulldings and public parks of the Natlona) Capital; E. C. Graham, president Board of Educa- tion; Mrs. L. W. Hardy, general sec- community center department win B. Hesse, superintend- ent District of Columbla Police De- partment; Mrs. Edith H. Hunter, community center department; Mrs. I. E. Kebler. community center de- partment; Maj. Gen. John A. Lejeune, commandant United States Marine Corps; John B. Larner, Ralph W. 1 David Lym, itect of the Capitol; Rev. Charles W. Lyons, pres- ident Georgetown University; Chief Justice Walter 1. McCoy, Supreme Court, District of Columbiu; president Dis e of American 6 —_— . > JH 14, 1926—PART 1 ‘Women; Mrs. Gabrielle Pelham, gen- eral secretary, community center de- partment; Brig. Gen. George Rich- ards, U. 8. M. C.. chairman February 22d celebration; Brig. Gen. 8. D. Rock- enbach, U. A., commandant Dis- trict of Washington; Bess Davis Schreiner, community center depart- ment; Judge Gus A. Schuldt, Dr. Abram Simon, rabbi Washington He- brew Congregation; L. A. Snead, pres- ident District of Columbia Council, Boy Scouts of America; Gen. Anton Stephen, vice president, Merchants and Manufucturers’ Assoclutio Right Rev. Mgr. C. ¥. Thomas, Dr. George Tully Vaughan, president Sons of the American Revolution, and Isaac Gans, appointed chairman of finance for July 4 celebration Ly the Board of Commissioners. Plans Up for Discussion. According to plans to be discussed tomorrow afternoon, it is hoped to raise approximately $3,500 including expenses for fireworks, pageant, and other items, for this year's celebra- toin here, and it is confidently ex- ed by the committee that all or- nizations and clubs, of prominence the city will come forward at an early date, with generous contribu- tions, following the example laBt vear of the Chamber of Commerce, Board of Trade, Merchants and Manufucturers Association, and in [ in QOur Housewarming The new million dollar home of the Federal- American National Bank will be open to the public for inspection tomorrow night at seven o'clock, and continuing” throughout the week, daily after eleven o'clock every morning. generous financial aid made possible the successful Fourth of July cele- bration of 1925 in the Central High stadium. o Chairman Gans of the finance com- mittee has included the following prominent business men in the per- sonnel of his committee: Frank B. Noyes, G. Logan PYayne, John Hays Hammond, John Poole, Julius Gar- finckel, Frank Hight, E. I. Colladay, Morton Luchs, Julius Peyser, Charles Berry, William Ham, Harry Nor- ment, Appleton. Clark, Samuel J. Prescott, Col. Charles Clifford, George Dunlop, Lester Barr, Thad Dulin, Martin A, Ieese, Robert N. Harper, Charles Goldsmith, Harry King, Harry Hayes, B. F. Saul, Frank Jeleff, Thomas P. Littlepage, A. T. Britton, Dr. Ralph Jenkins, John Dolph, Harry Wardman, Emil Ber- liner, Willlam Dove, Merritt O. Chance, R. Norman, H. 8. Omo- hundro, Charles A. Camaller, Wil- liam Clark Noble, Ernest Herrell, William ~ Everett, Emanuel Hecht, John Newbold, Fleming Newbold, Brig. Gen: Amos Fries, John Smith, Daniel J. Callahan, Dr. L. J. Battle, M. A. Winter, A. A. Weschler, Walford, Willlam Phelps Eno, Simon Lyon, William J. Eynon, Wil- liam J. Haltiga John® H. Hanna, Ivan €. Weld, Willlam Duge, Leon- ard B, Schloss, Elliott Goodwin, S. Lanshurgh, Louis Bush, C. C. Cal- May, Myer Coh B. Sandridge, Charles W. Claggett, Guy Withers, C. Meredith Winship, Charles H. Tompkins, Morris Ca- ritz, John T. Crowley, Willlam B. Hardy, Charles W. Darr, Samuel Ganss, Herman Schultels, D. A. ?ktnner, ‘W. W. Spaid, Joseph Drey- uss. No Ring in His Voice. An Irishman went into a jeweler’ to purchage a gold ring. “Eighteen carat?” asked the sales- an. “No, ye're wrong,” sald Paddy. “Of've been aitin’ onfons.” Poimiie; gl Willie’s Choice. Mother—Now, Willle, you may choose from these pants on the counter a pair you like. Willle—Here's my cholc the card attached to them “These pants can’t be beaten. She Made Sure. > the Atlanta Comstitution. P other —Anna, the baby still cries! Perhaps & pin §5 sticking it. A, the maid—No, maam, it isn't that. Mother—Are you sure? Anna—Yes, ma‘am. 'To make sure, T Stuck it with a pin, and you ought to hive heard it cry then We take pride n inviting’ you: to our new home, because we feel you will be thrilled in viewing the results of the masters who have combined to make ours one of the most beautiful banks in the country. - Open for Business in our new quarters March 22 at 8:30- o’clock - o FEDERAL-AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK_ FOURTEENTH A IS PLANE AS GREATEST WAR WEAPON SEEN BY WHITE Mitchell’'s Military Counsel Tells Texas Field Graduating Class to Develop Flying. By the Associated Press. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., March 13.- Prediction that the airplane will have a greater effect on warfare than gun powder or other weapons of war wWas made before the graduating class of the Alr Service advanced flying school, Kelly Fleld, at exercises to day. Col. Herbert A. White, judge advocate of the Eighth Corps Areu who was military defense counsel for ‘Willlam Mitchell in his recent trial by general court-martial, made the predictions. “No man can foretell the future of fiying or its effect,” Col. White de- clared. *“But simply because we can not subject the future to the accurate demonstration of i mathematical proposition, we should not drop our study and contemplation. Without vision the people would perish. And the world must look largely to the men who fly to develop the art.’ A self-propelling garden plow his been invented by a Frenchman.