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Washington News The To ‘WITE SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ening Staf. MOTORISTS SIGH RELIEF AS SCHULDT RETURNS T0 BENCH “Doliar-a-Mile” System Re- places Drastic Penalties of Judge Mattingly. 154 NAMES APPEAR ON COLLATERAL LIST| One Driver Gets Maximum, An- | other Accused of Fourth Offense Speeding in Four Years. More than 50 motorists breathed an audible sigh of relief in Traffic Court today when they observed Judge Gus A Schuldt, who had been absent from the court for two weeks, again take up his post behind the bench, and mete out sentences of “one dollar a mile” to replace the drastic penalties im- posed by Judge Robert E. Mattingly, who has presided temporarily. The number arraigned in court on charges ranging from overtime park- ing to operating without a permit and driving while drunk, was a small per- centage of the arrests made last night. One hundred and fifty-four names ap- peared on collateral lists, representing overnight activities of police in the traffic drive, while nine persons were locked up in the Police Court “bull pen.” Considers Seriousness of Offense. ‘The plan of Judge Schuldt to impose | penalties on speeders of “one dollar a mile” is designed to take into consider- ation the seriousness of the violation. James H. Biscoe, 21, 200 block of | Randolph place, received the maximum apeed fine as he was traveling-at a rate of 44 miles per hour when appre- hended by Policemen V. V. Vaughn! and D. E. Gallimore. He was fined $25. Charged with speeding, the fourth time since 1925, Isadore Frank, 1300 block of Taylor street northeast, ar- rested by Policemen Gallimore, Vaughn and R. H. Kaylor, demanded a jury trial when arraigned on a fourth of- fense seeding charge. Bond was fixed at $300. Misrepresentation Charged. Among those awaiting trial today was ‘William R. Trent, first block of P street, charged with securing a permit through misrepresentation. Entering the Traffic “ureau yesterday Trent ‘exhibited e soiled and torn permit and requested a duplicate. As the card appeared to have been issued to another man a clerk presented it to Policeman J. H. Fondall. Examination disclosed that the first name written on the permit had been partially erased and another substituted. | ‘The total number of traffic arrests for the 24-hour period ending 8 a.m. today numbered 237, of which 55 were for speeding, 3 for reckless driving. 2 for operating while drunk. 1 for dazzling lights and 176 for miscellaneous of- fenses. ° MRS. EDNA H. TAYLOR | DIES AT ARLINGTON Deceased Was Former Head of| Young People’s Branch of W.C.T. U. Mrs. Edna H. Taylor, former head of | the Young People’s Branch of the Dis- trict of Columbia Woman's Christian ‘Temperance Union, died at her resi- dence in Arlington, Va., last night after an iliness of about a year. She was 60 | years old. Mrs. Taylor was the widow of Brooke Powell Taylor and came to this city from Danville, Va.,, in 1910, She was head of the Young People's Branch of the W. C. T. U. for 11 years, retiring three years ago. She was for many | years a member of the Eckington Pres- | byterian Church here until several years ago when she transferred her member- ship to the Arlington Presbyterian Church, after moving to that locality. Funeral services will be conducted in the Arlington Presbyterian Church to-| morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. Inter- ment will be private. Mrs. Taylor is survived by five daugh- ters, Miss Rosalie Taylor, Miss Eliza- | beth Taylor, Miss Harriet Taylor and Mrs. Russell Rooks, all of Arlington, | Va., and Mrs. Alfred Muller of New York: two sons, Lawrence Berry Tay- lor of Cleveland, Ohio, and Leo B. Tay- | lor of this city; two sisters, Mrs. Anna | Tucker of Norfolk, Va. and Mrs.| Charles Baker of Spencer, N. C., and a brother, Huntley M. Harvey of New Bern, N. C. MRS. REWMAN APPOINTED TO LABOR REVIEW BOARD President Hoover Announces Se- lection of Deadwood, 8. Dak., ‘Woman—Office to Be Here. By the Associated Press. Announcement was_made today of the appointment by President Hoover of Mrs. Paul E. Rewman of Deadwood, S. Dak., as a member of the Board of Labor Review, which advises the Sec- retary of Labor on immigration affairs. Secretary Davis of the Labor Depart- ment, who announced the appointment. said Mrs. Rewman's headquarters would be in Washington and that she and her | associates would be called to decide; thousands of immigration cases an- ally. PMrs. Rewman has been Repuldican national committeewoman for her M.se for eight years. She took a leading part in the last campaign. She has been active in the woman's suffrage movement, served on the South Da- kota women's board of investigation on the State Board of Charitles Corrections. ABANDONED CAR FOUND " WITH WHISKY ON ROAD Auto, Believed to Have Been Wrecked, Confiscated With Liquor Cargo. f abandoned and overturned car m:umlng six cases of whisky was found near Sheriff road and Fiftieth place northeast about 12:30 o'clock this morning by Lieut. Sidney Marks and Pvt. M. M. Deakins of the eleventh pre- einet. Car and liquor were turned over to the Internal Revenue Bureau. Po- d | of alleged liquor were IN RELIGION Study of Indian Rites Is Is- sued by Dr. John R. Swanton. Close Association to Animals Vital Part of Tribal Beliefs. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. The magle, religious and social cus- toms of the Chickasaw Indians are the subject of an intensive study just issued | by the Bureau of American Ethnology. The study was conducted by Dr. John R. Swanton of the bureau staff. The legends and mystical beliefs of this forest-dwelling _people of the Southeastern United States, as describ- ed by Dr. Swanton, have a curious similarity to those found among primi- tive races in other parts of the world. Belief in giants and fairies played & considerable part in the lives of this forest people, Dr. Swanton points out. In the woods were supposed to be be- ings 10 feet tall with long arms and small heads, which carried off women, but seldom attacked men. Sometimes, however, they killed and flayed me; In contrast to them were the iyagana- sha or little people, about three feet tall, who played the part of fairfes. They were invisible, when they wanted to be seen. they formed a liking for a human being they would lead him into the woods, make him invisible and make a “doctor” out of him. Then they would conduct him to a place near his home and tell him to return to his family. Sometimes when a child disappeared in the woods no search would be made for several days because of the helief that the iyaganasha had him and would return him in due time. The man or child carried away by the| little people never could tell what he had seen on pain of losing the magic powers with which he had been en- dowed. | Wasp Worst Enemy. The worst enemy of these pygmies was supposed te bs the wasp. If 8 wasp stung one of them he would surely die. A human being who might be with them could knock down a wasp's nest with & stick and they would credit him with supernatural powers. When a lost person was found by the little people they usually led him to a place with which he was familiar. A third being of the forest was called the tiboli, and was about the size of a man with arms shaped like clubs with which it pounded on trees in Winter. Dr. Swanton’s informant claimed to have heard the noise often. In big creeks or caves lived a horned snake, accord- ing to the Indian legends. This crea- ture was invisible to adults, but was sometimes seen by children. They made noises like thunder but were harmless. When they wanted to go from one stream to another they would cause heavy rains so as to raise the rivers so they would not have to cross dry land. ‘When the Chickasaws heard a screech owl they thought there were witches about and went quickly to the doorway and laid their moccasins there upside down. They believed that man takes on something of the nature of the food he eats, such as acquiring swiftness from eating venison. This belief ex- tended to drinking from human skulls to acquire the strength and wisdom of the former owner. In religion, Dr. Swanton points out, the Chickasaw was a fatalist, believ- ing that he would die only when his time had come. Then he would ascend by the path of spirits, the milky way, to the abode of the “Breath Holder,” the Indian god of life. There is some evidence that they believed in the ul- timate return of all souls to earth. System of Medicine. ‘This tribe had a well developed sys- tem of medicine and had a long list of maladies classified according to their | WASHINGTON, D. C, FOREST GIANTS HELD PLACE OF CHICKASAWS JOHN R. SWANTON. supposed association with animals. Some of the naive descriptions gathered by Dr. Swanton are as follows: “Red snake disease. The legs, arms or other parts of the body draw up, sometimes to the extent of breaking the back. Remedy: A vine called sarsa- parilla growing along creeks and having yellow flowers. “Red squirrel disease. ‘Toothache, swollen jaws and sometimes nose bleed. Remedy: The leaves of mistletce. “Little people’s disease. The patient is out of his head, talks incoherently, and sometimes falls to the ground like an epileptic. Remedy: The root of the huckleberry. “Blue snake disease. Itching which gets worse and is followed by sores where the place is scratched. Remedy: ‘Take an old corn-cob from a pen where hogs are being fattened, burn it, and hold the affected part over the smoke. “Burning ghost disease. The feet swell up and big blisters develop upon them. Take dirt frcm the top of an old grave, heat it in a pan over the fire until it is absolutely dry and apply it to the sores.” Chickasaw Diety. ‘The Chickasaw ideas of a supreme diety, Dr. Swanton points out, were beautiful but somewhat obscure. He is referred to as Loak-Ishto-hoollo-Aba, “the great holy fire above,” who re- sides above the clouds and on earth with unpolluted people. This, Swanton says, probably is something different from sun worship and the “great holy fire” probably refers te the shining, overarching sky. A Chicka- saw seer told him that “giver of virtue to nature resided on earth in the un- polluted holy fire and likewise above the clouds and the sun in the shape of a fine flery substance, attended by & great many beloved people.” ‘The tribe considered it sacrilegious to extinguish a fire, which always must be left to burn out. The only excep- tion was made in ceremonies for the dead when a burning brand was ex- tinguished with fitting ceremonies symbolic of the departure of a soul. They believed in a “very bad people” who inhabited the dark regions of thei ‘West. ‘This tribe had a well defined legend of a former home somewhere in the ‘West. When they left this native land, according to the legend, they brought with them at the command of an oracle a “sanctified rod” which at every night's camp they fixed in the ground. They were to keep moving until in a single night the rod had taken root and blossomed. They were provided with a giant dog as a guard. The dog sank while they were crossing the Mississippi, and his howls ¢an be heard on dark nights, the Indians say. The govern- ment of the tribe was arranged generally on the clan system, each clan having both a religious and political signifi- cance. Each clan is supposed to have nnt{:ularly close relationship to some animal. OFFERCAPTURES THO INFOOTRAGE Outruns Second Man While Holding Arm of First One Caught. Edward Blair, 23, colored, 1600 block of Tenth street, is an excellent runner. | Better still is Policeman T. O. Mont- | gomery. Earl Jones, 39, colored, 1600 | block of Tenth street, is not so good, but | under certain circumstances is able to | maintain the pace set by the others. The liquor squad, composed of Sergt. George Little, Policemen Leo Murray and Montgomery, yesterday observed an automobile occupied by Jones and Blair in an alley near Twelfth and B streets. | Investigation of the machine disclosed | 6 gallons of alleged liquor, police say, but during the search Blair and Jones leaped from the car and fled. First Man Overtaken. Montgomery pursued. Jones, in spite of the policeman at his heels, was un- able to develop a great speed and was soon overtaken by Montgomery. Jones was ready to give up and submit to ar- rest, but Montgomery also wished to capture Blair. “Move your feet, boy, and let's start running,” Montgomery advised Jones, Arm in arm Montgomery and his un- willing companion sped down the street until they captured Blair after a three- block chase ‘Today Blair and Jones faced charges of transporting and possession, pre- fAcrr;ld ?y United States Attorney David . Hart, Colored Youth - Arrested. ‘The liquor squad also arrested Nor- val Fairbanks Grigsby, 24, colored, 200 block V street, on similar charges, fol- lowing his arrest while operating his sutomobile near Fourth and K streets yesterday. Thirty-six half-gallon jars discovered Grigsby's car, according to the charges. Grigsby was convicted of n before a Police Court jury Monday tence, which prob- ney James Kir] du the g:mecuudn ‘when Grigsby was convicted fore the jury Monday. Dismiss Mayor of Villarin. MADRID, July 25 (#).—The govern- ment has ordered the dismissal of the mayor of Villarin, a town in the prov- ince of Zamora, who recently took from the municipal library the books of the noted Spanish novelist Peréz Galdos and publicly burned them. Before the dismissal the zealous mayor Wwas or- dered to reimburse the library with a sum of money large car was wrecked when live helleve the, cax e viate & tam. the hanles, in |Ovid C. Foote, Medical . George B. hen | Trible, Capt. George F. Neal, U. 8. N.; lace .dn'hwm - ROW OVER SUICIDE EFFORTS IS FATAL Woman, 65, Inmate of Gov-| ernment Hospital, Is Killed in Fight. A fight presumably precipitated by her repeated efforts to commit suicide resulted in the death today at St. Elizabeth's Hospital of Augusta Witt- man, 65 years old, long-time inmate of the ‘Government institution. An inquest will be held tomorrow morning at 9:30 o'clock at the morgue. Police reported that another inmate, a woman, was suspected of participation in the fight, but they planned no ac- tion against her. Officials at the hospital said the fight, in building C of the hospital, ap- parently began when other inmates be- came annoyed at the persistent at- tempts of Miss Wittman to end her life. Before attendants could intervene the woman had been thrown against a bed and badly injured. She received sev- eral fractures of the ribs and a broken A avsatigatic vestigation was conducted b Policeman H. Hiltner of the elevenf-kyl precinct. He sald Miss Wittman was a Washingtonian, but that no record was available of her relatives. Unless some one claims the body it will be interred in St. Elizabeth’s Cemetery. FUNERAL OF‘MRS. FOOTE TO BE HELD TOMORROW Wife of Naval Officer Will Be Buried in Arlington Na- tional Cemetery. Funeral services for Mrs. Eleanor Potter Foote, wife of Lieut. Comdr. Corps, U. 8. N., retired, will be held from the Bethle- hem Chapel of the Washington Cathe- dral at 9:30 o'clock tomorrow morning. bearers will be Dr. B. Dr. Herbert H. Schoenfeld, Capt. W. M. Darton, Capt. Cemetery. Mrs. Foote, who died at her home, 3525 Daven| street, of pmeumonia Tuesday night, was born in Chicago in 1890. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Potter of Washington. Mrs. Foote was engaged in Red Cross work at Norfolk, Va., during the World war while her husband was stationed at_the Naval Hospital. In addition to her husband and par- ents she is survived by two sons, Ed- ward Potter Foote and Dr. | relate these C. made in a regular PLAYGROUND PLANS TOBEPRESENTED AT SESSIONTOMORROW Eliot to Submit Report on Recreational System to Park Commission. GEN. JADWIN TO PRESIDE OVER GROUP LAST TIME Chief of Army Engineers Will Re- tire Early Next Month at Age of 64. Maj. Gen. Edgar Jadwin, chief of Army Engineers, will preside for the last time as chairman of the National Capital Park and Planning Commis- sion at the meeting tomorrow when several matters of interest in the de- velopment of the city will come before hat body. ¥ Gen. Jadwin will retire from the Army upon reaching the age of 64 early next month. Charles W. Eliot, 2d, city planner of the commission, will submit a report on the recreational system involving play- grounds and recreation centers. He explained today that this will be a further refinement of plans growing out of the five-year program set forth in _the Cramton bill. The commission will be given a re- water supply committee for the Wash- ington region, which proposes to plan for water needs for the metropoliten area for the next half century. The future major street cuts, dealing with the widening in the built-up areas, will come before the commission for con- sideration and several items of pro- | posed land purchases will be sub- mitted. Two highway changes in the | Washington plan are scheduled to be | brought_up for discussion. Mr. Eliot will submit a report on zoning in relation to the location of fire engine houses, police stations, pumping stations, recreational centers, playgrounds and swimming pools. This report will aim to systematize and cor- varjous public functions ‘Rd plan for the future growth of the city. ‘The proposal of a tree nursery for the District of Columbia and for the Natfonal Capital Park and Planning Commission is likely to receive atten- tion at the forthcoming meeting, as this project recently was before the District Commissioners and Clifford Lanham, District superintendent of trees and parking, for consideration. —e | WHEAT PRODUGERS |Session in Chicago Tomorrow Is for Purpose of Study of Grain Industry. By the Associated Press. The interest of those who fought for farm legislation to relieve condi- tions in the wheat belt of the Middle ‘West was focused today upon the meet- ing of the Federal Farm Board tomor- row in Chicago to get first-hand infor- mation on what the farmers of that region believe should be done to help them. More than 30 officials of the leading farmer-owned co-operatives and pool- ing agencies have been invited to ap- pear before the board at this first meeting outside of Washington since its organization and to give their opin- | jons as to ways in which it “can best serve the grain-growing farmers of the Nation.” ‘While the question of stabilization of wheat always has claimed first atten- tion from those in touch with grain conditions, there was nothing in the board’s announcement of tomorrow’s meeting to indicate that it intended to use the Chicago session as a vehicle the farm act into operation. The board’s announcement {tself said that the meeting “will provide a valua- ble opportunity whereby officials of these farmers’ organizations may come more closely in touch with the work of the board and with the possibilities for assistance in grain marketing which could be rendered under the agricul- tural marketing act.” Members of the board emphasized that they were going to open the grain question” without preconceived ideas. They said it was their intention to bring the interested persons round the table for general discussion of condi- tions and remedies and consideration of the latter in relation to the scope of the farm relief act. ‘While the names of those invited to give their views were not made public, the board’s statement said that 1ist. would include officials of State farmer elevator assoclations in Illinols, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, North and South Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma and Montana and the wheat ls in most of the Middle Western Sf . In ad- dition representatives of the farmer- owned commission agencies- at Kansas City, St. Louls, Chicago, Minneapolis, St. Paul, Enid, Okla,, and Hutchinson, Kans., have been asked to be present. Although called to deal primarily with wheat and course grains, the Chi- cago meeting will be presided over by a board still without a member drawn from that field of agriculture. Presi- dent Hoover is still considering a list of nominations for the vacancy on the board held open for a spokesman for wheat. port on the recent organization of the | FARM BOARD CALLS for putting the stabilization sections of | $500. THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1929. 100, . CHARITIES SHARE N ESTATE | | Miss Julia M. Stout Leaves Other Bequests to Six Residents of Capital. e ‘Ten charitable institutions in Wash- | ington and six persons named as resi- | dents of the Capital share in the estate of the late Miss Julia M. Stout, which was filed for appraisal in the transfer tax department of New York State today, according to advices re- ceived here. Miss Stout, who died in New York' City July 3, 1927, was the daughter of Lieut. Edward C. Stout, who was lost at sea from the United States ship Levant, to which he was attached at the outbreak of the Civil War. The largest bequest was of $10,025 to the Washington Home for Incurables. Elhanan Winchester Keyser will re- ceive $1,000, the advices said; Eliza- beth Keyser, $2,000; Alice G. Keyser, $1,000; Harrlet Hunter, $1,000; Fannie Lawrence, $500, and Adelaide Lawrence, Other institutions named to_share in the estate are the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation of the District of Columbia, $5.000; Aged Women's Home, $2,000; National Library for the Blind, $1,000; Washington City Orphan Asylum, $1,000; Little Sisters of the Poor, $1,000; the Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis, $1,000; the Columbia Polytechnic Institute for the Blind, $1,000; the Navy Relief Society, $1,000, and to the National Museum a miniature of Miss Stout’s grandfather, Commodore John Aulick, United States Navy. JAMES B. LAW. BURIED. Final Rites for Accountant Held at Arlington Cemetery. Funeral services for James Blaine Law, 32 years old, public accountant, who died in Garfield Hospital Tuesday night, were - conducted Arlington Cemetery this afternoon at 2 o'clock. Mr. Law attended the Washington public schools and was graduated from the Washington School of Accountancy in 1923. He received his C. P. A. degree on August 30, 1927, and was associated with the firm of Willlam Clabaugh & Co., certified public ac- countants, from May, 1923. He was an instructor of the Washington School of Accountancy. He was a member of the El Dorado Club, of Congress Lodge. No. 37, of Masons and the Washington Board of Trade. The District of Columbia Woman's Christian Temperance Union is work- ing on plans for sending a model air- plane on a tour of South America in the cause of good will and temperance. Detailed plans for the trip are ex- ercises of the Daily Vacation Bible School, conducted under auspices of the W. C. T. U, in the Douglas Memorial Church_tomorrow night at 7:30 o’clock, . N. M. Pollock, president of t:ed District of Columbia W.C. T. U.. stated today. The little plane, measuring 19 inches across its wing, is the product of th- The trip may bc airplane, it was sald. boys of the school. Model Plane to Be Sent by W. C g i s On Good-Will Tour of South America The model plane has made several wcAemmM o'l" usic and a pageant mi will feature the concluding exercises of O e s pope and. girls %o Tavs aw e perfect attendance record during the four weeks in which it has been con- pected to be announced at closing €x- | ducted. ucted. Vocal solos will be rendered at the meeting by Mrs. Helen Lancaster of the First Baptist Church, with Miss Eliazbeth McNeil, accompanist. A pro- gram_of music also be given by the children, along with a demonstra- tion of the work accomplished by them in the school. Edward E. Simoni of the staff of the Pan-American Union will be the principal speaker at the AUTOIST STRIKES AT JUDGE AUKUM Jurist Refuses to Prosecute Man Accused of Driving While Drunk. assume a pugilistic attitude toward him, Municipal Judge George C. Aukam today refused to prefer additional charges against George Henry Fisher, reputed to be the youngest veteran of | the Spanish-American War, who was | arraigned in Traffic Court today on a | charge of driving while drunk. Judge Aukam said Fisher took of- fense when the magistrate told Police- map Miles Zmanacek of the Traffic Eu- reau he had seen Fisher's car collide with a parked automobile yesterday in front of the Municipal Court Building. The policeman arrested Fisher on charges of driving while drunk and dis- orderly conduct, after the judge said he did not care to place #n assault charge against the prisoner. Landlord Unhooked Car Wires. Fisher pleaded not guilty to the traffic charge when arraigned before Judge Gus A. Schuldt today. His attorney de- clared Fisher had not touched liquor for five months, but said his client had been drinking Wednesday night and had been arrested at that time on an intoxication charge by police of the sixth precinct. He forfeited collateral on_that charge. Yesterday, the attorney stated, Fisher found that his landlord had discon- nected the wires on his automobile so that he could not drive it. Fisher had the. car repaired and set out in it. While driving past the court building his car ran into the parked automobile of Charles J. White, 325 John Marshall place, just as JJudge Aukman was de- scending the courthouse steps. The- judge was telling his story of the acci- dent tw Policeman Zmanacek Wwhen Fisher. Judge Aukam said, “went through some motions” as though to strike him. Judge Says He Wasn't Hit. The policeman thought Judge Aukam had been hit, but the latter denied this today, and stated there was no justi- fication for an assault charge. Denny Hughes, Fisher's attorney, said Fisher previously had been confined at a veterans’ hospital at Norfolk, and he would attempt to have him returned to the institution rather than face the possibility of a jail term. Judge Ralph Given, before whom the disorderly con- duct charge would have been tried. said that if Judge Schuldt agreed, he would be willing to have Fisher sent to the Norfolk institution, according to Attor- ney Hughes. POST ELECTS DELEGATES. Will Represent Stuart Walcott Legionnaires at Convention. Delegates and alternates to the Stuart Walcott Post, No. American w' at the convention that body in ‘Wilson CERTE e e ai meeting Rlesday night, The delegates are Warren E. Miller, chairman; J. O'Conner Roberts, T. Nor- man Templeton and Floyd W. The alternates are Vernon 8. Auld, Ju son C. Dale, Dr. Ray F. John R. Dower. Motion pictures produced in Poland last consisted of 1 scientific, 94 scenic, 33 educational, 4 prop- 4 advertising and 14 features subjects. news, aganda, land 35 geheral Although he said the defendant had | | and represent 10, of '&6 mended to | E 1 | Upper—A view of the turnout PAGE 17 GAS COMPANY HEAD OBJECTS 10 ADDED ACCOUNTING COSTS Ord Preston Tells Utilities Commissioner Detailed Book- keeping Will Work Hardship. ORDER FOLLOVE SURVEY OF COMPLETE RECORDS ;AI] Service Concerns Affected by Rule Asking Change in Reports. An order issued by the new P Utilities Commission shortiy lhe‘:b“i: took office June 1, compelling all public utilities in the city to submit more de~ tailed monthly accounts on property additions, became known late yesterday when Ord Preston, president of the Washington Gas Light Co., called on Commissioner Harleigh H. Hartman to complain that strict obedience would cost the company $10,000 additional a year. Nevertheless, the order must be enforced, Mr. Hartman held. Commission Dissatisfied. t Georgetown Playgrounds yesterday aft- ernoon when the younger generation| went on parade, | Lower, the winners—Left: Jeah | Hughes, 27 months old, of 2219 Thirty- | fifth place, and (right) Buster Beach, | 3 years old, of 2520 L street. —Star Staff Photo. -\;anishing Prisoner | Jailed Under Alias, Admits Real Name | James John Cooper Re-; turns After Arrest on Auto Theft Charge. James John Cooper, who has just completed a round trip, is back at the District Jail. ‘The colored youth did a vanishing act for several United States deputy marshals, May 29, shortly before he was supposed to tell the court why the grand jury wrote his name on a lar- ceny-housebreaking true bill. Yesterday James turned up at head- quarters, following his arrest in Mont- gomery County in connection with the mysterious disappearance of an auto- ‘mobile. Admits Real Identity. At first the prisoner stoutly insisted he was not “James John Cooper” at all. George Green was the name, James vowed. But when he faced the marshals, who had reason to recall him, James admitted his real identity. ‘There is quite a bit of mystery about James, most of which clouds his de-| parture—the deputy marshals know about his return. Although James talks freely about how he left the lockup at the District Courthouse, his explanations are so diverse, they do not satisfy the deputy marshals. Not Missed for Two Weeks. ‘The fact remains that James left, and no one saw him go. As a matter of record, James was not missed for two weeks, and then only when his lawyer informed the deputy marshals that James would appear for trial June 17. “You bet he will,” replied the mar- 1 shals; then they found James was more {or less of a free agent. {_ But James didn't appear, because, as | he explained yesterday, a girl friend had advises im such a course would | not react for his “best interests.” Anyhow, the deputy marshals say James will be present when the clerk calls his name at the opening of the Fall term. | James thinks so, too, the marshals say. (COLUMBIA PARK BODY ELECTS E. N. NEAGLE New Citizens’ Association Formed at Meeting Attended by Seventy-five. | | | E. F. Neagle was elected president of a new organization, to be known Co- lumbia Park Citizens’ iation, at its initial meeting in the Brightwood Park M. E. Church, Eighth and Jefferson streets, Tuesday night. -Other officers elected are: Clayton Rickard, vice president; J. G. Walsh, secretary, and E. G. Jonscher, treasurer. About 75 residgnts of this section attended. Columbia Park lies between Petworth Brightwood, and is some distance from the meeting place of both of these citizens’ associations, which makes it inconvenient for residents to attend the meetings of either. The section to be included in the new association is bounded by Kennedy street on the north, Blair road on the east, Emerson street on the south and Georgia aveneu on the west. Another meeting will be held in the Brightwood Park Church next Tuesday night, when it is hoped to obtain the 125 members necessary in order that a charter may be secured. ‘The most important item that con- fronts the new association, it is said, is to take up action with the District Commissioners with view to relieving the flood conditions that have pre- vailed in this neighborhood, and have clllledulmmidel’xble damage during the Navy Secretary Adams Commends Photographer for Saving Flyer. Becretary of the Navy Adams yester- Alfred Freem: drowning when their plane crashed at the entrance to Honolulu Harbor on August 14, 1925. Preeman, whose home is in Bath, Me,, although he a_ fractured in the crash, dived beneath the sur- face, freed Lieut. Gurley from the tan- gled wreckage and held his head above the water after the plane sank until assistance arrived. Breeders of mink, muskrat and other 'CONTEMPT H The commission, on & preliminary ex- amination of company accounts, be- came dissatisfied with the bookkeeping affecting additions to capital account by way of installations, new buildings, purchases of equipment and the like. In many cases it was difficult to deter~ mine from the books whether the out- lays should be regarded as for capital additions, and added into the valuation, on which a fair rate is allowed to be earned. or whether they should be charged to maintenance out of operat ing_expenses. Under orders of the commission Byers McK. Bachman, its chief ac- countant, drew up new property sched- ules in such detail that the commission would have before it in the monthly statements of the companies practic: 2 running inventory of the companies’ property. Mr. Bachman was dissatis- fled with the way the Gas Ligh Co., carried out the order, however, and the call by Mr. Preston followed. System Explained. Mr. Hartman said today that the new system was explained to representa- tives of all the utility corporations in town at a meeting held early in June, although no notice of the meeting was given out at the time. The order, in addition to the requirements stated above, compels the companies to make advance statements to the commission on all new construction, including copies of estimates of expense of the work, specifications and contracts. These statements are to be made suf- ficiently in advance to enable the com- mission’s engineering force to check them before the work starts, and allow it to make recommendations to the accounting force as to the proper addi- tions to capital account and deductions for property retirements involved. EARING IS SET FOR OCTOBER 2 Real Estate Men, Accused of Fail- ing to Advise Court of Sale, Deny Charge. Justice Jennings Bailey today set for hearing October 2 the contempt of court proceedings brought by United States Attorney Leo A. Rover and As- sistant United States Attorney Neil Burkinshaw against John B. Showalter, real estate broker, and Alexander ©O. Campbell and Luther A. Bennett, salesmen in h's employ, for alleged fail~ ure to advis: the Probate Court con- cerning a sale of property for $6,000, while they filed affidavits that a fair price for the property was $3.400. The three respondents, through At- torneys Leckie, Cox & Sherrier, today filed answers to the rule in contempt and declared that they had not with- held information. but had made known to the attorney for the estate that they could get a sale of $6,000 on a cash payment of $200 and small monthly payments, but were informed by him that the offer must be all cash. They then submitted the offer of $3,400 as the highest cash sale that could be ef- fected. Later, they admit, the property was sold for $6,000 on the small pay- ment of cash and monthly notes. They assert they had no intention of mis- leading the court and were not present and do not know what statements were made to the court concerning the offer of purchase, SYLVAN THEA.'i'ER IS SCENE OF ‘THE BLUE BUTTERFLY’ Operetta in Three Acts Will Be Presented Tomorrow Night by Drama Group. " An operetta in three acts, entitled ‘'The Blue Butterfly,” will be presented by the drama group of Neighborhood House, in co-operation with the section of drama and pageantry of the Co munity Center Department, at the Sylvan Theater, in the Monument Grounds, at 7:30 tomorrow evening. This operetta, by Kathryn and Eliza- beth Churchill, will be the fourth and final children’s program of this season. It will open with a group o three dances, including the “Swedish Weavers,” “Rufty Tufty” and the “Dance of the Greek Maiden.” The program will be concluded with motion pictures of the Neighborhood House Spring festival. participating in the play and dances include: Nelly Mullen, Margaret Koehler, Regina Flynn, Margaret Jas- per, Mabel Beavers, Erna Jasper, Nancy Nickell, Dorothy Downey, Mary Mocka- , Agnes Hennessy, Louise Peter, Thelma Conners, Edna Zirkle, Kath- erine Helwig, Evelyn Hainsborough, Mil- dred Boswell and Eleanor Edmonston. ‘The performance is being given un- gersu;: “d:;ecflon':df bl;r.mgd Mrs. J. . 8. Neligh, assisf Elizabeth Battaile at the piano. " MANY SEE CARNIVAL. Large Crowds Attend Benefit for Holy Comforter Church. cnlr:;v'e] uglwgs eonunu‘e‘ to attend the al which started Monday even! at Fifteenth and East Clpi.ky)l nregi for the benefit of Holy Comforter Church. The affair will continue until August 1, Marionette dolls will feature tonight's program and Saturday night has been set aside for the Knights of Columbus. Rev. Edward J. A. Nestor, acting pas- tor of the church, is in charge of the carnival and is being assisted by Rev. g small fur-| anim: in England have the industry. Joseph Denges, the assixtant. pa-tnr.