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4 NEW CODE OF LAWS| FORD.C. UNDER WAY All Statutes Held ““Archaic” to Be Eliminated and Situation Clarified. BY WILL P. KENNEDY. Tor the first time in the history of the National Capital as a distinct political entity all of the laws ever passed by Congress for this Federal territory, or old British and Mary- Yana statutes put into the District code by blanket provisions, or gen- eral. Federal statutes applicable here, are being carefully scrutinized so that all of the laws now in force here may be assembled into one volume. The purpose is to so codify and clarify the law—which the bench and har have told Congress is “archaic and “chaotic’—that any attorney may be able to take two volumes— one the new United Stati Code, now being distributed by members of Congress and sold at the Government Printing Office, and the other the District Code, now in preparation. —and feel sure that he has all the law on any subject that may be in contro- ve! There have been codifications of the District law before this—several of which were excellently done and of great value to the legal profes- sion and the protection of the rights of individuals, notably the code of 1901 and the code of 1924. They were well done as far as they went, but they merely assembled the current acts of Congress and did not go back to the ancient British and Maryland statutes that were made a part of the substantive law when the District of Columbia was established as the seat of Government, and they did not in- clude many laws that are actually in force here and about the existence of which the members of the bench and bar have at best only a hazy idea. Differences Not Yet Reconciled. They also have not reconciled dif- ferences between these old statutes which are still in force and subse- quent general acts of Congress that should be applicable in the District of Columbia, as elsewhere through- out the country. Also, as new courts and other institutions of justice were =et up here, their jurisdiction was not clearly defined but absorbed the jurisdiction of other institutions Which they replaced, thus extending the cumbersome process of delving down to see just what the law is. Promptly upon the adoption of the Code of Laws of the United States in the first session of the Sixtv-ninth Congress, the work of codifying the | Jaws relating to the District was un- dertaken by the House committee on evision of the laws, at an estimated expense of $25,000 and a_preliminary appropriation of $7,500. The commit- tea entered into a contract with “two talented and well trained lawyers of | the District,” according to Chairman Fitzgerald, subject to the continuing approval of Congress as the work pro- ceeds. These two lawyers are Harry A. Hegarty and Edwin A. Mooers, who have taught law for 20 and 10 years, respectively, at the Washing-| ton College of Law, each lecturing on nine subjects, and who made the codification of 1924. Satisfactory Progress Noted. he work is proceeding satisfac- torily,” Chairman Fitzgerald reports, “under the supervision of the commit- tee on revision of the laws of the House of Representatives and with the co-operation of Chief Justice Me- Coy and the associate justices of the Supreme Court of the District and of the local bar through a committee of members of outstanding ability ap- pointed by the president of the Dis- trict Bar Assocfation.” It is estimated that the District| Code will be ready for presentation to | Congress by January, 1928, with the bles and index to be added when and if adopted by Congress. The old British statutes hereinbe- fore referred to are published in a compilation by Alexander, and consist of about 129, of which quite a num- ber have never been construed and some of which have been held applica- | ble to the District of Columbia and some of which have been held Inap- plicable. The same situation is true regarding an uncounted number of Maryland statutes in force on Febru- 1801. In the Codes of 1901 and 1924, as Mr. Fitzgerald states, they were taken into the District Code under blanket provisions. Quotation From Section 1. Section 1 reads: “The common law, all British statutes in force in Ma land on the twenty-seventh day of Feoruary, 1801, the principles of equity and admiralty, all general acts of Congress not locally applicable in the District of Columbia, and all acts of Congress by their terms applicable to the District of Columbia and to other places under the jurisdiction of the United States, in force at the date of the passage of this act shall remain in force except insofar as the same are inconsistent with, or are replaced by, some provision of thie code.” Also section 1636, under repeal pro. visions, declares that “all acts and parts of of the General Assembly of the State of Maryland general and permanent in their nature, all like acts and parts of acts of the Legis- Iative assembly of the District of Co lumbia, and all like acts and parts of ncts of Congress applying solely to the District of Columbia In force in said District on the day of the passage of this act are hereby repealed, —except:" And in these exceptions come many provisions still in force, but which never have been included in our Dis. trict Code, but which are now to be included. Scope Covered by the “Acts. They are acts or 1ating to the rights, pdwers and duties of the United States; relating to the organization of the District Govern ment, or to its obligations, or the powers or duties of the Commission «rs, or their subordinates or employes, or to police regulations, or generally relating to municipal affairs, includ ing those regulating the charges of public service corporations; or relat ing to the. militia, or penal statutes authorizing punishment by fine only or by imprisonment not exceeding one vear: or defining and prescribing the organization, powers, duties, fees and emoluments of the office of the Regis ter of wills: or regulating the practice of pharmacy. or dentistry, or protect ing the people from empiricism in re lation thereto, or regulating the con struction of buildings along alleys, or | for ence. the promotion of anatomical sci o prevent the desecration of graves, for incorporation and regula tion of dental and medical colleges regarding the testimony of physicians in the courts, regulating the practice of medicine and surgery, commit ments of insane persons o the Gov ernment Hospital for the Insane, and regarding the governing bodies of any religious denomination €0 in this new District being compiled, in doubt as (o whether one of these old laws ix still in force or not, there being no judicial decision, it will be put into the code, which. {herefore, will be only prima facie evidence of the law. And the compllers find that in some cases the Court of Appeals has refused to rule The result will be that instead of having to delve through Alexander llfll-ll‘ statutes and Kilty's digest | general 1 rts of acts re-| code now | in cases where there | Upper, left to right: Justices McCo with_constructive criticism. committee appointed by the president of Maryland law, and a score or more | of other books to see that laws of Congress are not “locally” applica- ble and all the acts that are locally | applicable, all of this research that has previously had to be done indi- vidually by the lawyers and judges is now being done for the common benefit of all of them and for the protection of the rights of the people and as a greal economy in time and money for the Government in this codification by Hegarty and Moers under the supervision of the House committee on revision of the laws and with the co-operation of the leaders of the bench and bar in the District. Several illustrations may be given of what Chairman Fitzgerald and members of the judiciary and the legal profession have meant by claims that the law in the District| is now chaotic. In the famous Gomp- ere' contempt case, for example, growing out of the Buck Stove and Range litigation, Mr. = Gompers escaped under a statuté in force since 1874, but not raised in the Dis- trict until the Gompers case. with | regard to the statute of limitation on prosecution of Federal crimes. Other Notable Cases Cited. Another case was decided in 1912 —Johnson vs. United States. John- son was accused of murder. The code of the District provided death by hanging. But subsequent to that code the Congress had provided a penal act which was sup- | posed to be applicable fn the Dis- | trict, and nearly every provision ufi which was subsequently held to be in+ force in the District. Under that | penal code the jury could aualify its verdict of guilty by adding “with- out the death penalty.” ~Johnson claimed that he was entitled to the benefit of the new law of Congress. | The court held that particular pro- | vision of the penal code was not in | force in the District. | Then there is another illustrative | case—that of Wilkes against Wilkes. | Here was a case where heirsatlaw | were attempting to immediately evict a widow. The court held that the act 9, Henry III, chapter 7, sec-| tion 1, allowing the widow “to r in the chief house of her husband for 40 days after this death held in force in the District of Columbia. | Then, too, there is the case that | Chairman Fitzgerald cites, in which James S. Easby-Smith in a suit for waste, under a statute centurles old, secured payment of three times the | damage. | Code Not Clearly Defined. The courts here are operating with- | out any clear definition in the code of | their jurisdiction. For example, sec- tion 61, relating to the creation of the Supreme Court of the District, says that the court shall exercise the same jurisdiction as was previously exer- cised by a prior court without sa what that jurisdiction is—so you to go far beyond the code to see what | the law was in force March 3, 1863 when the Supreme Court of the Dis- trict was instituted Then again—up until 1905 —we had | justices of the peace here in Wash ington. In 1905 Congress changed that system by setting up the Munici- pal Court. Instead of defining the new court and its jurisdiction, the sub- | stantive law said that the Municipal | Court would have all the jurisdiction | of the justices of the peace. but the | code In force then did not define all| of the jurisdiction. In 1921 the Mu-| nicipal Court was reorganized, but | without any further definition of its jurisdiction, using exactly the language. fince 1901 Congress has passed a great many acts that should have been amendments to the code, but which were not o phrased, and others that | did not_purport to relate to the Dis- trict code at all, but which inferentiul- Jy did repeal portions of the code- for e . the esplonage act, with pro issuance of search war rants. Congress Authorizes Code. On February 27, 1801, lawmaking was started for the District of Colum bia as the seat of Government, and the old British common law and Mary land statutes were set as u corner- stone of the law edifice in section 1 Under an act of April 29, 1816, Con gross itself directed the judges of the Circult Court of the District to pre- pare a code, hat code was actually submitted to the House November 19 1818, written by Judge W. Cranch 1t was printed but never adopted by Cong It had the Virginia law as well as the Maryland law, as a portion of the District area that | time was Virginia territo since ceded back A Washington lawver | recently paid $100 for a copy of this | old code, same | | | t | made in 1 by William A, | 15, coples of which are extant. | Another code was printed in No- | | vember, 1857, pursuant to an act of | Congress of March 3, 1855, That act | | appointed Robert Ould and William B. B. Cross as commissioners to pre pare the code. That act provided that the code shouid be certified to by the President of the United States and published | Then in 1875 under of the act of Jun code was edited by ment the provisions 1874, a District e State Depart s in 1894, in a resolution Compilation Appe Under_authority proved March 2, 1889, a compil of District laws by William Stone Abert was published in 1894 One of the best attempts at a Dis trict code, which has proved extreme ly valuable to the legal profession, was published in 1901. It was sponsor ed by the Washington Board of Trade, which has the active co-operation of the District Bar Association and of the courts. o 1824 the most recent code, bring- Lower, leit to right: Harry R. Hegarty and Fitzgerald, chairman of the committee on revision of the laws, and Joseph A. | ward, therefore, for these reasons. It | fully asked for time in which to take | coula have no time beyond the hour | have had time to consult |cedents [ ing up to date current law enactments A private effort to work out a code |} i A THE COMPILING NEW CODE OF LAWS FOR DISTRICT oy, Hoehling, Stafford and Siddons, wh win A. Mooers, making th: of the District Bar Association. SUNDAY STAR. WA | | 0 are actively co-operating, v-a[wn-lflll_v‘ n; Representative Roy G. | Burkhart, chairman of a speciai | e ¢ BALLOT BOXES ORDERED SEIZED AFTER BARRY (Continued_from_ First_Page.) denying the authority of the commit- tee. He is at liberty, however, to take any steps he may desire to see that the ballots are safeguarded by the committee.” Senator Reed referred tempt of the committee to have a resolution adopted by the enate in the closing days of the last session, extending the authority of the com- mittee, and the filibuster which pre- | vented action on the resolution “The inquiry may be made,” he| sald, “why the committee insisted on | the resolution. The answer is that the committee belfeved that its authority might be questioned, just as It has been, and we might be obstructed by gentlemen who 100k the view that the committee had expired with the Con- to the at- of the committee was brought for was resisted by a filibuster that tied | up important public bills and sacri- ficed the public interest. The filibuster was undertaken in order to prevent a full investigation of the elections in Pennsylvania and Illinois. and possi- bly in one other State. The public will have to judge the motives of the Senators who took that course.” Barry Protests Vigorously. The controversy between the com- mittee and Mr. Barry over the author- ity of the committee is expected to raise some interesting questions. In his reply to the committee, the ser- geant-at-arms of the Senate protested vigorously against being compelled to make reply before he had time to ob- tain legal advice in the matter. He called attention to the fact that he had received the order of the commit- tee in writing at 1:26 p.m., and con- tinued: “When this order was conveyed to me by you verbally at 12:30, I respect- adv appa ce on the subject, in view of the :nt_conflicting opinions as to the present status of the committee and the legality or propriety of my ac- cepting and proceeding to spend for official purposes funds furnished to me through channels other than the ordinary channel of the disbursing of- ficer of the Senate. ’ You preemptorily told me that I of 5 o'clock today, and as I stated, it being Saturday afternoon, it would be practically impossible for me to ob- tain the desired and necessary advice, because no legal authorities could be expected to give an authoritative an- swer within the time specified. Calls Request Reasonable. “As I am the sergeantat-arms of the whole Senate, duly elected. and responsible for the loyal and efficient | carrying out of the business of the Senate, 1 most respectfully submit that my request for a brief time to ob- advice was entirely reason- nd that your demand for an im- | e reply, amounting to an ulti matum, exceedingly inconsiderate. “It is the duty of the sergeant-at- arms at all times, when ordered to serve a subpoena, to ascertain wheth- er a committee is duly authorized to | issue it, and also to ascertain whether | the expenditure of funds in the serv- | ing of a summons is to be approved by | voucher. | “The chairman of the committee to | audit and control the contingent ex- | penses of the Senate has al y an-| nounced that he does not feel author- | ized, In the lght of his present in.| formation, to approve vouchers for the disbursement of money by the select committee authorized at the st session of Congress. 1 repeat | what I told you verbally, that I can- | not carry out your directions until I | with those whose have legal weight “I have no desire to hamper the work of demanding. collecting and forwarding to Washington the ballots from the four counties in Pennsyl vania, and will, with pleasure do so when told by legal authorities that 1| am authorized to do so.” | Right Uplreld By Gofr. Senator Keyes, Senator Reed of Pennsylvania and other Senators who take the position that the Reed com- mittee died with the end of the last Congress, have consulted tHe pre- | and believe they have th opinion should ice the 1901 code, was compiled by sssis. Hagerty and Mooers under di- rection of the Senate committee on | printing. This did not attempt to in- | clude the old British and Maryland ! statutes that may still be in force here. But it did include in an ap- pendix many acts, which, although not strictly ‘amendments to the code nevertheless are applfoable in the DI trict and are in frequent use by the legal profession. The compilers stated in their preface that in view of the provisions In Section 1 of the code all general acts of Congress not locally inapplicable in the District’" {shail be and remain law, unless in- | consistent with or replaced by some provision of the code, it would be im- | provision of the code. It would be im. | ume to include In the appendix alli acts in force in the District of Co-| lumbia i | These same compilers, Harry A.| | Hegarty and Edwin A. Mooers, are now engaged under the House com- {mittee on revision of the laws in | making the new code which aims to include all of these old statutes that si M | | right [left 'ADMIRAL KNIGHT'S | death $1,000 + Church Hon |Co., named as executor of the estate DEFIES PROBERS| on their side. The committee, however, has before it a brief pre- pared by Senator Goff of West Vir-| ginla, a member of the committee, upholding the right of the committee to drive ahead with its work. Members of the Reed committee are confident that when the Senate re- assembles in December it will put through a resolution doing exactly what the committee wants and wiil| provide the money it may desire, The politieal complexion of the Senate, with 47 Democrats, 48 Re- publicans, including Vare and Smith of Ilinofs, and one Farmer-Labor Senator, make it practically certain the committee will have fts ways. Many of the progressive Republicans | will support it | Vance McCormick, Mr. Wallerstein and Mr. Paxton were closeted with the committee several times during the day. They and Senator Reed de- | clined to discuss the appearance of | the representatives of Mr. Wilson, | except to say that they urged the committee to keep on with its in- vestigation. Statement By McCormick. McCormick declared after he| the committee room that the| movement against Vare in Pennsyl- vanla was by Republicans as well as | by Democrats. He predicted a politi- cal upheaval in the State to “‘clean up | politics."” He declined to say whether he had| offered to help supply the committee with money to continue its work. The Robinson resolution, authoriz:| Ing the Reed committee to impound | the Pennsylvania ballots, which was| adopted by the Senate January 11, contains the following: _“That the sergeant.at-arms of the Senate and his deputies are directed to attend the said special committee and to execute its directions. That the said special committee may ap- point subcommittees of one or more members with power and authority to act for the full committee in tak- ing possession of evidence and in the | subpoenaing of witnesses and taking testimony. “That " the expenses incurred in carrying out this resolution shall be pald from the contingent fund of the Senate upon vouchers ordered by the ' committee or any subcommittee there. of and approved by the chairman of | the committee, the cost of same not lolox;eed $15,000 | Inder the last clause, the rigl | the committee to proceed wlmsmng:' other than those derived from the | contingent fund of the Senate may be | challenged, it was said last night. On | the other hand, the commitiee tan| always turned over to Mr. Barry cash 0 expend for its services, and members of the committee hold he has | no right to go beyond the RO FRhe Lo 80/ be) committee | i Mr. | | ESTATE IS $63,376 Leonora V. Griffith’s Will Names% Relatives and Church as Beneficiaries. Rear | Admiral Austin M. Knight, who dled February 26, left an estate | valued at 363,376, according to the | petition of the National Savings & Trust Co. for the probate of hisboiis Admiral Knight owned equities in the Avondale and Netherlands apart. | ments. He Is survived by 4 s two daughters. iy "nd‘ The Natlonal Savings & Trust Co. ix named as executor and trustee un der the will of Leonora V. Griffith, | who died March 13. She leaves her personal effects to her nieces, Ethel W. Winters and Eleanor B. Rbinson. A legacy of $5,000 is given her brother, Henry A. Griffith. Another brother, George C. Griflith, is to have $10,000, and a like sum is left to a nephew, Charles C. Griffith. Other bequests include $3,000 each to Ethel W, Win. ters, Eleanor B. Robinson, Edwin § Griffith and Llewellyn B. Griffith: $1,000 to Ruth D. Crites and $500 each to Helen 8. and Virginia W. Grif- fith. Other relatives are remembered with smaller cash bequests, The trust company I8 to hold $10,000 trust for Charles C. Grifith for life, then to be distributed among other relatives. The remaining estate is to be held in trust for the benefit of George B. Griffith for life. At his is to go to the church pension fund of the Protestant Epis. copal Church; $1,000 to the Episcopal $500 each to the Wom- an’s Auxiliavy of the Board of Mis. sions and the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral. The rest goes to the chil- dren of Charles C. Grifith The value of the estate s not made iblic The pu National Savings & of Dr. John H. Yarnall, vesterday asked for the probate of his will. The company savs the deceased owned premises 28 P street and had per- sonal property and securities valued in excess of $240,000. Dies of Plane Crash Injuries. TAMPA, Fla., March 19 (#).— Harry J. (Mike) Brady, pilot for the Florida Airways Corporation died to- day from injuries received February 26, when his plane crashed on the outskirts of the city, causing the may or may not he law still in force here, awaiting judicial uunnmn‘on. death of Mr. and Mrs. W. Chicago. A. Glos of HINGTON, i | D. C. MARCH"® 20. MELLON CREATES NEW DRY BUREAU Shake-up Seen in Present| Forces as Secretary Out- lines Program. By the Associated Press. An order creating a bureau of pro- hibition and the office of prohibition commissioner, and defining the duties of each, was issued yesterday by Secretary Mellon, in accordance with the reorganization act passed during the closing days of Congress The order 18 effective April 1 and is expected to result in a shake-up of prohibition torces in that employes will be brought under civil service. The comnussioner of prohibition, who ably will be named this week, will be in charge of the adminis- ve end of dry law enforcement, rol of the policies remaining with cretary Mellon and Assistant Sec- retary Andrews, in charge of enforce- ment. An assistant commissioner and two deputies also will be appointed. Gets Revenue Force. In addition to the employes and agents now attached to the prohibi- tion unit, the commissioner of prohi- bition wiil have control of all deputy collectors of internal revenue, store- keepers, chemists and other employes under the Revenue Bureau who now are engaged In administrative or forcement work in connection with the ~prohibition law and Harrison anti-narcotlc act. This will result in a number of transfers in all districts of the country. Employes in_the present prohibi- tion unit will be reappointed by the tommissioner, subject to the ap- proval of Secretary Mellon and their ability to qualify under the civll serv ice law. The porhibition service is expected to be on a complete civil service basls fn about six months and it is expected that many agents will be dropped or transferred. Duties of the prohibition commis- sioner will include custody and super- vision of all stocks of liquor and wines, distilleries, industrial alcohol plants and warehouses, as well as all such places where liquor now is stored under supervision of the In ternal Revenue Bureau. Given Wide Powers. He also will have authority over manufacture, withdrawals and distri- bution of intoxicating liquors and cereal beverages. The power to hold hearings, issue citations and render final judgments in cases where there are grounds for action against per- mits is vested in him unless modified or disapproved by the Secretary of the Treasurey. Jurisdiction of tax cases arising under the Internal revenue and prohi- bition laws, where there 1s no viola- tion of the latter, will be with the com- missioner of Internal Revenue, who also will handle cases under the Har- rison anti-narcotic act. Compromise proceedings for criminal liability under that act will be conducted by the commissioner of prohibition, how- ever. lssuance of revenue stamps re- mains with the’ Revenue Bureau. The prohibition commissioner is empowered to institute investiga- tione to require proper returns of all occupational and commodity taxes, etc., to be made to collectors of Fed- eral revenue. Seizure and sale of property, with the exception of seiz- ures made by collectors under author- ity of warrant for distraint, will be a function of the Prohibition Bureau. Documents and records pertaining to assessed taxes will remain in pos- session of the Internal Revenue Bureau. The congressional act creating the Prohibition Bureau also set up & Bureau of Customs, with a commis- sioner, assistant and two deputies, but today's Treasury order made no reference to it. 'GROUP TO OUTLINE LITTLE THEATER PLAN Washington Drama Movement'’s Backers Will Meet Tues- day Night. An interesting group who lead pro- saic enough lives in the business and professional world in the daytime but revel at night In the atmosphere of the drama will attend a meeting of the Washington Little Theater Tues- day evening at 8 o'clock in the Carl- ton Hotel. Those interested in spreading the | Little Theater movement in Washing- ton will make preparations for the first group of plays which will be pre- sented early in April. The Little Theater movement is do- ing much to develop playwrights and a higher interest in the drama. Among those whose plays will be presented this season are Anna Kan- trill Laws, who is connected with the | Library of Congress. A number of talented persons of experience in amateur dramatics are listed for the casts, including Paul Messink, who enjoyed considerable success with the Ram’s Head Players and the Robinhood Players, which he organized before coming into. the Lit- tle Theater movement. Others con- nected with the Little Theater are J. Raymond Bly, Stanwood Cobb, Doro- thy Moncure, an attorney -in the De- partment of ‘Justice; Helgfrid Orvin chancellor of the Norwegian legation; Agnes Golden of the Veterans' Bu- reau and Mariame Spellbring. i The longest trip ever made by a French seaplane has been completed by & _navy lieutenant who flew from the Mediterranean coast of France down through the western coast of Africa to Madagascar and back by the Nile route, covering a total of 18,000 miles. The terms of Morris Plan Loans are simple and practical and fair—it is not necessary to haie had an account at this Bank to borrow. For each 850 or} fractionborrowed you agree to de- posit $1 per week in an Account, the grocecd: of which may be used to cancel zhe not:) th" ue. eposits may be made on a weekly, semi- monthly or monthly basis as you prefer. MORRIS PLAN BANK 1927—-PART 1 PRESIDENT CONSIDERS HIS SPRING VACATION SOMEWHERE IN DIXIE (Continued from First Page.) | that State. Others more intimate with the President have recently taken ad- vantage of every opportunity to talk Florida to him. The invitation to go to Asheville is understood to have a strong appeal to the President, principally because | he and Mrs., Coolidge visited there some years ago. While discussing that | place ‘with friends several days ago | the President said Mrs. Coolidge fre- quently spoke of the happy time they had at Asheville and many times has expressed a desire to revisit the spot. An Invitation from the Governor of North Carolina to go to Asheville for @ brief visit was personally conveyed to the President during the past week by Mrs. Lindsay Patterson, Republi- can national committeewoman from that State. 5 |, The fact that the President has been considering a Spring vacation is not generally known. It has not been so well advertised as the pros- pects of his Summer vacation. This is probably due to his insistence that those who have discussed the sub- ject with him refrain from giving the matter publicity While the President’s intimates are still_hopeful that he will consent to go South, there are some in close contact with him who are inclined to feel that the early arrival of Spring- like weather in the Capital, if it lasts much longer, will drive away any ideas of a Southern sojourn Beyond the circle of the President's household and close friends, the really absorbing question has been in con- nection with the selection of a spot for the establishment of a Summer White House. Judging from the let- ters being received and the publicity being given this matter in the press, there is the greatest amount of in- terest in this subject. It appears to have virtually overshadowed other problems before the President at this time. | | Hundreds of Letters. Hundreds of letters have been re- ceived at the White House within the past few weeks containing sug- gestions as to the kind of vacation the Executive should take and the section of the country where he should go. Some of these letters have been confined to a discussion of fish- ing, and contaln all sorts of advice and tips and ideas for the President to follow. Besides these cummunications, the President has recelved 61 definite offers of Summer homes since his announcement two weeks ago that he intends to go West. R Although some of the speculation about the selection of a Summer White House has gone so far as to make actual predictions, the President represented yesterday by one of his assoclates as positively having reached no decision. He is said to be far from it. He has some ideas as to the general section he would prefer and has been deeply interested in sev- eral of the offers he has received, but he is known to be still of an open mind. Those who are famillar with the President’s ways of doing business know he will not make a decision until he has sent some one, in whose judgment he has g-eat confidence, personally to visit the places which, from their descriptiom, carry an ap- peal. This agent of the President’s will consider these siies from every possible point as to their availability. Altitude Comes First. First of all, the President wants considerable altitude. There must be some degree of seclusion. The house in question must be sufficiently large to meet the demands of the presidntial household. There must be fishing grounds and no mosquitoes. Also the immediate location must be able to afford the proper accommodations for those who will be close at hand during the vacation, such as the Secret Serv- ice men, the chauffeurs, the Presi dent's secretary and assistant secre- taries, and Executive Office force, tele- graph and telephone operators, to say nothing of the small army of news- paper correspondents and photog- raphers. At the present fime Colorado, Utah, Wisconsin, South Dakota, Minnesota, Milchigan, Washington, Oregon and California are strong contenders, The President has Indicated that the last three named States are too far West. It is thought by some that Colorado and Utah might ultimately lose out because of their distance from the Capital. However, it is thought that the President will not enter upon the task of putting these many offers through the process of elimination at least for several weeks. BAKERS OBSERVING 50TH ANNIVERSARY Retired Physician and Wife Mark Golden Wedding at Home Here Today. Dr. and Mrs. William W. Baker are quietly celebrating their golden wed- Aing anniversary at their home, 1841 rth Capitol street, today. Dr. Baker, who is 76 years old, was a practicing physician here for more than 30 years and after retiring because of poor health, was a clerk in the office of the Second Assistant Postmaster General: He retired about two years ago from that po- sition. Mrs. Baker, who is 75 years old, was before her marriage, Miss Marie A. Walsh, Petersburg, Va. The couple were married in Baltimore, March 20, 1877. They have lived in Washington since their marriage. Their daughter, Mrs. C. Alfonso Zelaya, wife of the son of the for. mer President of Nicaragua, arrived several days age from San Francisco Easy Pay to be with her parents on their an- niversary. Due to Mrs. Baker's con ditlon, there will be no reception, but friends will be received at the home. Loans are pass- ed within a day or two after filing :f lication— ith few excep- tions. MORRIS PLAN vwntsa ;3: ?mlly made year, though they may be f)d for any period of from 3 t0 12 months. Under Supervision U. S. Treasury 1408 H Street N. W. SARGENT DENIES FUND CRUX EXISTS Has Received No Reports of Hampering of Justice, He Insists. By the Associated Press. In the face of reports from various sections of the country that the ad ministration of the Federal courts would be seriously crippled by the lack of funds du 0 the fallure of the second deficiency bill. Attorney Gen- eral Sargent denied again yesterday that the financial shortage has caused hampering of important judicial activi- | ties or a situation with which the de partment is unable to cope. Urges Strict Economy. In a circular letter to district judg and court officers, Mr. Sargent recent- ly asked that a strict policy of econ- omy and retrenchment be adhered to. I have recelved absolutely no re t of any untoward situation in any he sald yesterday, g ; b il HNNSYLYANL S i | therefore cannot make? any comment on these situations. If and when such a condition does arise the department will meet it.” Sees No Suspension. It was reiterated that no couris would have to be suspended becausw of inadequate funds nor were judge: in danger of not receiving their sa arfes. The operative officials of t various courts have been urged to ad. here to a strict policy of economy, ths manner in which saving is effected being left to the judges, district attor- neys and marshals. it was pointed out which juries were not needed might ve given precedence over those in which a jury hears the case ASSIGNED TO UNIQUE 10B. Makes Living by that trials in Montana Man Catching Cougars. LIBBY, Mont.. March 19 (#).—-Boh Bakker has a unique job in Montans He is a catcher of cougars. Bob has made his living in cat ing cougars for many years and never vet has fallen down on the filling of an order for this species of the cat family which flourishes in these parts He not only finds his occupation profitable one, but he insists he en. joys it Already he claims the scalps 500 of the big cats and he is spending his time in Glacier National park afte: Bakker traps them alive Karlton Jr. in Spring Models! 4-Piece Suits and Topcoats Exclusive Saks Make, Offering Superior Quality at One Price: $14.95 YOU will like the new Karlton Jr. Suits better than ever! There are splendid Navy Blue Serges (ideal for confirma- tion and other dress- up occasions) — and there are many good- looking Spring mix- ture effects in all new shades. 7 to 18. .FOR the first time, now, Topcoats are sold under the Karl- ton Jr. brand. Just see how remarkably smart are these excep- tionally well tailored Tweeds! 7 to 18. 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