Evening Star Newspaper, July 1, 1931, Page 17

~ @he WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1931 WITH SUNDAY MOR! Foening Shar NING EDITION Ll PAGE B—1 INDUSTRIAL SCHODL %z, ecper sves, THOUSANDSCOMING! [ Cex PITTS PUT IN CELL FOR WHITES ASKED BY JUDGE SELLERS Existing Facilities for Boys “Utterly Inadequate,” She Declares. REPORT SEEKS POWER OVER RELIGIOUS WORK Juvenile Court Receipts Show In- crease to $75,502 in Year, With Fewer Delinquents. & Characterizing existing facilities for the care of delinquent children as “ut- terly inadequate,” Judge Kathryn Sel- lers of the District Juvenile Court, in her annual report made public today, recommended the establishment of a “proper” industrial school for wh boys which would be comparable to the Blue Plains Industrial School for col- ored boys. Such an establishment, Judge Sellers contended, would reduce the commit- ment of boys to the National Training School for Boys. In her report, Judge Sellers demand- ed authority to regulate the religion of custodial agencies and persons. ‘Would Foster Religion. “We all believe,” her report asserted. “that unless we hold the children in our churches, the churches will cease (o exist. I am personally of the opinion that one reason for the falling off in church atendance of the younger group is that the pereons responsible for their religious training have so few fixed opintons in regard to religious matters tglt they are unable to make a lasting impression upon the child in their care. “Granting to every human being the right to change his or her religious rf- filiations, we still must agree that such change better would be deferred until years of discretion are reached. In this day of changing conditions, so many things seem unstable that every effort should be made to hold the child firm in the tenets of the faith in which it has happened to have been born. “We ought, therefore, to safeguard these children when removing them from their homes and so place them that their religious training will be carried on according to the religious | Views of their parents. It is well, how- ever, to consider this from the point of | view of the child; that is, consider the child's religion. If the child has been baptized in a certain religious group the child belongs to that grcup. If un-} baptized. it should belong to the re- lglous group to which its parents be- long." Court Receipts Increase. Judge Sellers’ report revealed that receipts of the Juvenile Court for the fiscal year just ended exceeded those of the previous year. The total receipts for the past fiscal year were $75.592.12 This sum has been exceeded only once in the 5 years of existence of the court, the report pointed out, and that was in 1928, when the court's jurisdic- tion was expanded and the receipts totaled $75,782.50. | Receipts during the 1929-30 fiscal yéar aggregated $74,602.25. Significance also was attached to the fact that 13 fewer children were con- mitted to training schools this year than last, thus resulting in a saving of $10.000 for their upkeep. The total number of delinquent chil- dren cases handled during the fiscal | year just ended was 1793, compared with 2,003 the year before. A large majority of the cases handled were | those of colored boys. In addition to| 1.793 delinquency cas:s disposed of nl-; ficially, 498 were handled unofficially. | The court also exercises jurisdiction in 508 adult cazes. HERFURTH COMPANY GETS RAZING JOB Receives Contract to Clear Site for New Post Office Building in Sixty Days. H. Herfurth, Jr., Inc, of this city today was awarded the contract for| tearing down old buildings on the site of the new Post Office Department, at Twelfth and Thirteenth streets, Penn- sylvania avenue and C street. Herfurth was low bidder for the job, his figure being $8,450. The next low bidder was the Hechinger Engineering Corporation, $11,722, The contract calls for completion of the wrecking within 60 days.from notification to pro- ceed. ‘The Post Office site' now contains the No. 1 .police. precinct, No. 16 Engine of the Fire Department and the terminal of thé Mount Vernon, Alexandria and Washington Railroad. The terminal at Twelfth street and Pennsylvania avenue, together with one other building at Twelfth and C streets are excepted at present from demoli- tion, because they were appealed in condemnation from the original judg- ‘ment. Title for them has not yet passed to the Goverfiment. WHITE'HOUSE DOGS RECEIVE SILVER TAGS Get Licenses Before Remainder of Washington's Canine Population. Tax Collector Chatham M. Towers today, made his annual pllgrimage to the White House, carrying six silver dog tags which will grace the respective necks of tbe six members of the White jdoor separating the mother lion and Lioness and Cheeta From Deadly Battle Hitch in Sliding Door Causes Near Tragedy at Feeding Time. Alertness of Keeper Ralph Norris yes- terday afternoon prevented a ible tragedy in the lion house at the Zoo. But it failed to prevent a dramatic situation that for a few minutes had keepers, animals and spectators in a frenzy of excitement. The giant cats had been lured inside the building for their early afternoon meal and John Lowe, another attend- ant, was making the rounds of the cages via an overhead runway to lift the doors to the outside cages. As s00n as all the cells but two—that of a mother lioness and her three cubs and that of the tame cheeta, or hunting leopard—were emptied, he returned to lower the doors to be sure his charges l';uld get the benefit of the outdoor al Jungle Foes Face to Face. Through some mishap one of these huge doors failed to work properly and when it fell a moment later a sliding the cheeta crashed, leaving the two big jungle cats facing each other. ‘The cheeta, panic stricken, charged against the bars of his cage frantically until the noise attracted the handful of spectators in and near the building. The lioness, apparently fearing for her cubs, roared and lashed her tail. As she advanced toward the opening the cheeta again retreated with all its force | against the bars. It was the cheeta’s mad desire to retreat that attracted Keeper Norris, and also attracted back to their cages two other lions two cages away. Ap- parently sensing that a member of their tribe was having trouble, they added their ‘voices to the din and launched | their massive bodies against the cage | partition. | Quick Maneuvers Made. Norris immediately called for help and by a series of maneuvers with an iron prod succeeded in driving the ex- | cited neighboring lions outside. This done, Lowe blocked their re-entry. Then he cleared the tiger cage adjoin- ing that of the cheeta and, with Norris this time applying the prod, the chceta was driven into the tiger's compart- ment. That ended the excitement—that is, | on the part of the spectators—for the | mother lion was easily driven to another adjoining cage until necessary repairs could be made. Meantime, every lion in the house | and the outdoor cages remained nerv- ously alert, pacing their areaway and | roaring their inquisitiveness as to just | what was going on. HERE LABOR DAY; TRAIN FARES CUT Wide Publicity to Be Given Capital’s Vacation At- tractions. NATIONAL FIREMEN’S MEET TO DRAW MANY Passenger Agents Agree on Four- fifth Rate Cut to Attract * Visitors. Washington is expected to be the mecca of extra thousands of visitors on Labor day, due to extensive publicity throughout the Eastern section of the country and special low railroad rates, which have just been arranged, the Board of Trade announced today. Passenger agents of the major rail- roads serving Washington arnd the East- ern section have agreed to put into effect for the Labor day period both reduced rates and special excursion rates, according to Robert J. Cottrell, trade body executive secretary. Co-operation of the railroads was sought by the board as a means of in- creasing at the time of the annual Labor day firemen's parade, which this year is to assume more of a national aspect, with volunteer firemen from distant points participating. Will Be Advertised. At a luncheon meeting of railroad rade Committee, the representatives announced that in ad- dition to establishing cut rates for the period, poster bulletins advertising thc Washington Labor day celebration by the firemen would be set up in rail stations throughout the eastern section. Those attending the luncheon were: Dan Moorman and James Edmunds of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Alan of the Norfolk & Washington Steam- boat Co., Frank Masi of the Seaboard Air Line, Charles A. Kline and Alfred H. Plant of the Southern Railroad, | KING 1S PREPARING FORECLOSURE BILL Would Provide for Court Or-| der Before Property Could Be Sold. Bills to regulate foreclosure of mort- | gages and the release of deeds of trust | in the District will be included in the program of local legislation which Sen- ator Kirg of Utah, ranking Democratic member of the District' Committee, is preparing to advocate in the next Con- gress. Both of these subjects also were cov- ered by one of the bills drafted by the Blaine subcommittee at the last session. | Senator King has prepared a tentative | draft, however, of bills along the same | general lines, but differing somewhat in method of procedure. Other Bills Planned. Other local measures which Senator King will introduce in the next Con- | ress are: A bill to enable the District govern- ment to expedite acquisition of land for municipal purposes under the same plan_of procedure set up by Congress for the Federal Government a few years ago; a bill to enable the District as- sessor to testify as an e:pert witness as to the market value of land in con- demnation proceedings; a bill to cnable the Commissioners to pay claims against the District up to the limit of $1,000 and providing for an annual ap- propriation from which to pay such claims without coming to Congress in each specific case. Senator King's mortgage foreclosure bill_would require a decree from the District Supreme Court in order to sell the property to be foreclosed. There would first be an interlocutory order showing that a case for foreclosure had been proved. Six months would then elapse before application could be made by the plaintiff for a final order. The property could be redeemed dur- ing this six-month period by payment of the amount due on the mortgage with interest at.10 per cent, plus costs and reasonable attorney fees for the plaintiff, Failed to Pass House. The foreclosure bill, which passed the Senate at the last session, but failed of acticn in the House, provided that within six months after the date of sale the mortgagor could redeem by paying the amount due with interest. That bill authorized foreclosure sale to be con- ducted by the marshal after 25 days’ newspaper notice. | Senator King's bill on the release of deeds of trust provides that no such release would affect the lien of a note or bond secured by the instruments of the release, unless the fact of such re- lease has been mnoted by the recorder of deeds on the margin of record of such instrument. This is somewhat similar to the pro- vision in the Blaine bill. The King bill further provides that no such notaten of release shall be made with regard to any deed of trust securing notes in ex- cess of $50,000 until notice of tmd’r{?& House kennels "l'l“w the fiscal year dbee; nning today. common Or gar ::rle'.y of pooch gets a tin badge, but has to pay just as much for it. The White House pack thereby gets & con- siderable jump on the more humble dogs, who will have to wait until about July 15 before the tin tags are ready for disrtibution. PHOTOGRAPHER DIES Howard E. McDowell, 48 years old, of 815 Emerson street, this city, dled sud- denly yesterday at the Hotel Nassau in New York, it was learned here today. Mr. McDo'well became ill Monday and | was treated for asthma that night, but | did not rally. . Mr. McDowell was a portrait pho- tographer connected with a local studio. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Roxie McDowell, and a daughter 13 years old. Mrs:-McDowell departed for New York Iate yesterday to take charge of the posed release is published in the newspapers. George P. James of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, Odell Smith, who pre- sided: Mr. Cottrell and Ward H. Marsh, dircetor of the Greater National Capi- tal Committee, the Washington promo- tion bureau of the Board of Trade, which is co-operating in the promotion of the Labor day celebration. Rates Are Reduced. Rates to Washington from the South eastern area served by roads coming to Washington are to be a fare and a fifth, and, in addition, there are to be special excursion rates, it is Teported. Because of the reduced rates affect- | ing a period running both before and after Labor day, it is expected by the Board of Trade that an extra large number of tourists will come to Wash- ington at the time of the Labor day celebration, spending a number of days seeing points of interest here. The special rates, it is announced, will affect travel to Washington from over the area from Canada to Florida, and the Atlantic coast to Wisconsin, The Board of Trade reports that in- quiries regarding the Labor day cele- bration have been received from many places, including one from Texas. SHAPIRO ASKS NEW TRIAL IN MAIL PLOT Real Eslnte-;mnge: Juror ‘Was Friendly With Prose- outor's Aide. Jacob B. Shapiro yesterday asked new trial in District Supreme Court be- cause he alleges one of the jurors was too familiar with an employe in the United States Attorney’s Office during the progress of his trial, which ended last week in his conviction, A motion for a new trial was filed yesterday afternoon, setting out 12 grounds. Shapiro was convicted on a 12-count indictment charging mail fraud and, should the motion be denied, he faces a term of from 5 to 60 years in_prison. ‘The motion for a new trial was ac- companied by an aMdavit signed by the defendant, that Mrs. Mabel Hurd, 3401 Sixteenth street, a juror, repeatedly visited the office of the telephone op- erator in the United States attorney'’s office and on repeated occasions had luncheon with a woman operator. Among the 11 other grounds set out in the motion, the defendant seeks a new trial because his conviction was contrary to law, against the weight of evidence, because of an error in law in refusing to grant prayers on behalf of the defendant and in granting pray- ers to the Government against the defendant. Justice Jesse C. Atkins has indicated he will not pass on the motion until his return to the bench following his vacation in September. POLICEMAN ON TRIAL |James A. Casey Charged With Driving Away After Collision. Policeman James A. Casey, fourth precinct, went on trial before the Police Trial Board this afternoon on charges growing out of a collision between his automobile and that of Kirk P. Roth, Harvey, Il at Florida avenue and Sev- enth street on June 17. Inspector O. T. Davis is acting as chairman of the o Gaaey is ch asey is charged with failing to stoj after the accident and it is llsz -lleleg that he drove through a stop sign and had no driver's permit. PATCHED LACE CURTAIN HIDDEN BY OLD SHADE AT WHITE HOUSE Hoover Maintains Rigid Economy Program Despite Need ) of Replacement. The patched lace curtain and the torn window shade are no longer in evidence in the White House front windows. In removing from public view these reminders of administration economy, however, it is understood there is no departure from President.Hoover's pro- gram of curtailed e: tures. In the case of the pe¥ this handsome, but worn bit of drapery is still hanging, but the window shade has been lowered sufficiently to hide the patch from view. The ragged shade in ‘the first-floor window, has been’replaced by a shade which was in another part of the ‘White House, and wj it is not torn, it is of a- different “eolor -from the other window shades on the front of the ‘White Houss. tourist travel to Washington passenger agents, called by Odell S.| Smith, an official of the Firemen’s Pa- transportation | Smith of the Pennsylvania; I. S. Walker | | {Fine Arts Commission Ceremonies Mark Introduction of Police Reorganization Plan RETIRING OFFICERS AND SUCCESSORS HONORED AND MANY GIFTS BESTOWED. Upper right: Pvt. L. C. (Ha Lower left ney, receives traveling U 2g and PPER left: Inspector Frank S. W. Burke relieves Inspector William Frank M. Helan, ppy) Norton lowers flag for the last ti veteran detective sergeant. who The gl > w flowers upon his retirement. United States Attorney John Pihelly is seen making the presentation Lower right Commissioner Crosby, C: STATUARY MODELS FORBROGE VIEWED | In-| spects Photographs for Arlington Memorial. The Fine Arts Commission today in- spected full-sized photographs of models of the equestrian grouos of statuary which will grace the Washington ter- minus of Arlington Memorial Bridge and the entrance to the Rock Creek and | Potomac Parkway approach. The exhibition was the first time the photographs, visualizing the completed | statuary in full size. have been set in place near the Lincoln Memerial. The photographis were prepared from small models and the_ enlargements were ex- | ecuted by the Army Signal Corps. Two of the statuary groups were pre- pared by Leo Friedlander, noted New York artist. These are placed at the Washington terminus of the bridge proper, that at the south side being | known as “Valor,” while the other is termed “Departure Call to Arms.” | Mr. Friedlander today made available this description of his sculptural group: “Valor—equestrian_group Wwith rid: and woman- figure holding & shield The rider symbolizes national manhood and the female figure the Goddess of | e vwm%’";l to Arms'—an eques. * Depature Cal TS —! - trian group with a warrior taking leave of the family.” This symbolism has been considered particularly fitting because the Arling- ton Memorial Bridge will be the new highway into Arlington National Ceme- tery, where many of the Nation's war dead Te) . ‘Typum peace and the arts of peace, the two equestrian groups to be placed at the entrance to the Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway have been prepared by the New York sculptor, James E. Fraser. He explained today his group on the south symbolizes music and agriculture, while the north- ern group signifies literature and am- bition. Tentatively, the groups on the Arlington Memor;:l Bridge will be 16 feet 8 inches high. The commission approved the design for the Children’s Tuberculosis Sani- tarium, to be erected by the District of Columbia, near Lanham, Md. sub- mitted by A. O. Harris, municipal archi- tect. It likewise put its stamp of IE- proval upon the design for the Brook- Jand-Woodridge School building for the Northeast. aster general of the for the quartermaser X mprovements Army, with reference at Bolling Field. SEEK ARMED BANDITS Two Men Frightened Away in At- tempt to Rob Store. 4 re hunting for two Polce gAY whe Tast night attempted rmed & up the confectionery and grocery mor“&uo;n ‘Cassidy at 411 Eleventh street. R 1d-up men had The two would-be hé B "saa B entered the store as Wife were preparing to close for the Their demand for money was Mrs. Cassidy, it is sald, ran out to an automobile and began honking the horn, The hold-up men htened and s thereupon became l\::“e. and Mr. Cas- for their autom ‘?}: :w,h'd,,h‘m”d Doliec: poiice Setiere Gassidy may have stragk the car. t. Dent ard Dr. George C. Havenn Dentist Dies RITES TOMORROW FOR DR. ODELL. DR. BENJAMIN ODELL. Funeral services for Dr. Benjamin Odell, who died Sunday, will be held | tomorrow at 10:30 o'clock from Gawler's funeral parlors. Masonic burial services will be held at Cedar Hill Cemetery by Dawson Lodge, No. 16, F. A. A. M., of which Dr. Odell was a member. Dr. Odell, a resident of Washington for 45 years, was a native of Cham- paign, Ill, and was educated at the Illinois Normal School. He came to ‘Washington in 1886 as a clerk in the office of the second auditor of the Treas- ury Department. After studying at George Washington University he en- tered the practice of dentistry, which he continued until shortly before his death. He served in the District Na- tional Guard and attained the rank of major. He is survived by s brother, Dr. Charles Odell of Chicago. ST ER LD S W. H. OLIVER FUNERAL IS HELD AT ANNAPOLIS | Oldest Living Member of Waverly Masonic Lodge Is Buried Near Baltimore. Funeral services for William H. Oliver, for 30 years superintendent of construction for the Treasury Depart- ment, were held this morning at ‘clock at the J. M. Gloucester funeral parlors in Annapolis. Burial was in Loudon Park Cemetery, Baltimore. Mr. Oliver, who was 81, died sud- denly Monday of a heart attack near Annapolis. He had gone to his Sum- mer cottage on Whitehall Creek for a brief stay, accompanied by his son, James F. Oliver. He made his home in Washington at 5053 Massachusetts avenue with his son-in-law and daugh- ter, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Carr. Besides his son and daughter, Mr. Oliver is survived by five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. He was the oldest living member of the Waverly Masonic . Mrs. Oliver died three years ago. sl i DRIVER IS I{RRESTED Edgar M. Sheve, 29, of 1015 Evon street northeast was arrested on hit- and-run and drunken driving charges by Policemen W. C. Lewis'and J. D. Martin of the Traffic Bureau early to- day after his automobile crashed into another at Sixteenth and U streets. Sheve, according to police, made a left turn on the wrong side of the street and struck an automobile operated by Samuel G. Long, colored, of 1618 Fifteenth street and contini ‘without stopping. He was overtaken by the two officers after a chase of two and taken to the eighth precinct station. Shelby as commander of the headquarters detective bureau. on old precinct station No. 1, abandoned in the new set-up. r the last 25 yi as presented by the has bcen assigned t e Commissicner Crosby was on hand when Capt. F. M. Dent tock over the command of the eleventh precinct. president of the Federation of Citizens' Associations. clericai force of the United States attorney’s office. o the office of the United States attor- Assistant In the picture are, left to right: —Star Staff Photos. IREWORKS SHOW T0.0UTD0 RECORD Seats for 2,500 Being Pre- pared for Saturday Night at Monument. f A display of aerial pyrotechnics, which will be outstanding in the history of | the annual event on the Monument | Grounds, will be presented Saturday | night, according to plans announced | by” Claude W. Owen, chairman of the 1931 Fourth of July Fireworks Commit- | tee, which met yesterday to complete | plans for the Independence day cele- | brations. Seating _accommodations for 2500 persons will be provided for the annual fireworks exhibition, which is sched- uled to get under way on the Monu ment lot at 8:30 o'clock, immediately following formal official ceremonies in the Sylvan Theater, south of the Wash- ington Monument. Presentation of the colors will open the display. The aerial exhibit will in- clude 300 giant air shells, comprising more than 3,500 distinct explosions, and 10 set pieces, which, placed high atop telephone poles, may be better viewed by the crowds. Placing of the set pieces at an alti- tude of 40 feet, on poles provided by the Chesapeake & Potomac_Telephone Co. has been arranged by Charles T. Cla gett, a member of the Fireworks Com- mittee. Thomas L. Eagan is in charge of seating arrangements, in co-opera- tion with Albert Clyde-Burton and W. E. Johnson of the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks. Harry Helwig is in charge of tickets. One hundred United States Marines will serve as ushers at the display. Final plans for the Sylvan Theater propzam in connection with July 4 cele- rations were to be worked out today at a meeting of the Executive Commit- tee of Citizens, headed by Thomas E. Littlepage. The program will include a Fourth-of-July address by Assistant Secretary of State James Grafton Rogers, which is to be broadcast over a coast-to-coast network of the Co- lumbia Broadcasting System, beginning at 7:30 pm. T HELD ON RUM CHARGE Charles G. Gentle Captured With 80 Gallons of Whisky. Charles G. Gentle, 21, of 524 Sixth street southeast, was arrested today on a charge of illegal possession of 30 gal- lons of whisky by Detectives W. R. Laflin and W. C. Grooms, first precinct. An automobile in which Gentle was said to be transporting the liquor was confiscated. SENATOR'S NEPHEW HELD IN ACCIDENT Ben T. Logan Charged With Reckless Driving After Striking Pedestrian. Ben T. Logan, 21 years old, nephew and secretary of Senator Mills Logan of Kentucky, was taken into custody and charged with driving an automobile with no permit and reckless driving last | night after striking a pedestrian at Severth street and Pennsylvania avenue. ‘The pecestrian, Louis Sterling. 35, of 734 Park road, was caught between two | street car loading platforms when thei accident occurred. He was treated at | Emergency Hospital for a fractured right arm. | Logan Ts Arrested. Logan was arrested by Pvt. J. C. Riley and later released in custody of Pvt. | C. W. Richmond of the Traffic Bureau | for his appearance in Police Court to- | day. Logan gave his address as 2246 | Minnesota avenue southeast. | TFelled by a Post Office Department | truck in the 1100 block of North Capi- tol street, James F. Fraber, 36 years old, of 222 Rhode Island avenue, re- ceived abrasions of the arms and legs yesterday. Two Treated for Hurts. Fraber walked to Sibley Hospital where he was treated. Police did not hold" the driver of the truck, Vinton E. Cox, colored, 30, of 1636 Third street. Aloysius Brown, colored, 11 years old, of 1727 Eleventh street, was treated at Emergency Hospital for a fractured right leg late yesterday after being run down by an automobile driven by Her- man L. Jenkins, colored, 18, of 151 Marlboro pike, Benning, while playing u‘.um: street at Vermont avenue and § stree ‘Woman is Injured. Mrs. Iva M. Wayland of 1722 B strect southeast sustained bruises about the body and head and possible internal injuries when the sutomobile in which she was riding overturned after a col- lision at Piftcenth and B streets south- | east early today. Mrs. Wayland was sent to Casualty Hospital where her condition was re- ported as undetermined. ‘The automobile in which the woman was riding was operated by her hus- band, Oscar D. Wayland, 53 years old, of the B street address. It collided with an automobile operated by George 1 FOR SHUGELING NOTES 10 W Attorney Admits Carrying Memorandum to Convicted Embezzler’s Mate. PRISONER CONFESSED VIOLATION, JAILER SAYS Privilege of Serving as Clerk In- definitely Removed for In- fraction of Rules. ‘The local attorney said to have car- ried letters from G. Bryan Pitts, who is in the District jail, to his wife today denied he had ever participated in any such incident. Pitts, former head of the F. H. Smith Co., has been punished by con- finement to his cell, however, despite the attorney's denial. ‘The attorney involved told The Star today that he went to the jail Monday to see Pitts on a matter pertaining to his appeal from a conviction charge of conspiring to embezzle funds and de- stroy records of the Smith company. Admits Tearing Papers. “In the course of our conversation,” he said, “Pitts wrote out a memoran- dum about the case which I was to discuss with his wife. He handed me the memorandum and 1 started out. “I stopped at the office of Col. Wil= liam L. Peake, jail superintendent, however, and he told me he believed Pitts had been smuggling letters to his wife with the aid of an attorney. I told Col. Peake then that Pitts had written out the memo and given it to me. 1 voluntarily tore the paper up. “Pitts was then questioned by Col. Peake and admitted he had smuggled letters through a lawyer not connected with his appeal. That is really all there was to the incident. Certainly, I had nothing to do with carrying any letters to his wife.” Col. Peake, however, gave a different version of the incident. Confined to Cell “I had received information that Pitts was smuggling letters from the jail,” Col Peake said, “and one of the guards saw him hand something to the lawyer visiting him Monday. When the lawyer prepared to leave I called him to my office and told him of the information that had come to me. “The attorney then told me he had carried several letters back and forth between Pitts and his wife, but said he did not know this was in violation of the jail regulations. In view of his ignorance of the rules, I took no action against him. Pitts, however, was aware of the regulation and I ordered him con- fined to his cell as punishment.” Prior to the letter-carrying incident Pitts had been designated as a tiers- man. In this capacity he did some clerical work and assisted in the jail library. Now he loses these privileges indefinitely, Col. Peake declared. W. N. FISHER NAMED DEPUTY RECORDER Expert Title Examiner Will Sue- ceed Robert W. Dutton, Retired. ‘William Noble Fisher, for many years an expert title examiner here, today was appointed first deputy recorder of deeds for this city to succeed Robert ‘W. Dutton, retired. Mr. Fisher's appointment was made by Jefferson A. Coage, recorder of deeds. He was indorsed for the posi- tion by the Republican State Commit- tee of the District of Columbia as well as by a number of real estate and business men. Mr. Fisher for more than 15 years has been identified in an executive capacity with the Columbia Title In- surance Co., his duties being princi- pally in the capacity of examiner. He is a native of Maryland and has been a resident of the District for more than 20 years. ‘The appointment. becomes effective August 1. He is a Republican and has served five terms in the Maryland Leg- islature. HONORED FOR 50 YEARS ~ IN STATE DPARTMENT Sydney T. Smith Given Letter of Congratulations and Commen- dation by Castle. Acting Secretary Castle today pre- sented a sp:cial letter of congrajulation and commendation to Sydney Y. Smith of this city on completion of 50 years of continuous service in the State De- ent. Mr. Smith was educated in the pub- lic schools of this city, and was an as- siztant official reporter in the Hous: of Representatives before his appointment to a clerkship in the State Department in June, 1881. Since then he has served as chief of the Diplomatic Bureau, as & member of the Board of Examiners, as a member of the United States delegation to Bue- nos Aires in 1910, as drafting officer of the United States Commission to Ne- gotiate Peace in November, 1918, and since as drafting officer at the depart- ment. November 28 he will be trans- ferred to the civil servics retired list, on completion of his second two years' ex- P. Marquess, 30, of 1527 Pennsylvania avenue southeast. Shows Up Firemen from two companies played hide and seek with a burning street car on Connecticut avenue this morn- ing. They finally found it in front of No. 28 engine house. ‘The firemen first received a local alarm that a street car was'on fire on the Klingle Valley Bridge. Company No. 28 rushed there, but the only street cars visible were clanking along coolly on schedule. So the firemen returned to their A came in, time that the blazing 'fimmoflurhuldnm‘g FIREMEN PLAY HIDE AND SEEK WITH BURNING STREET CAR Engine Companies Miss It on Two Calls, but Elusive Car at No. 28: street car was on the Calvert Street Bridge. Engine Company No. 321 answered the call, but had no better luck than No. 28. ‘Then members of No. 28 happened to look out in front,of their house, at Connecticut avenue and Porter street, and saw the elusive car with smoke g:urin: from beneath it. The car had en pushed there by another street car. ‘The flames were quickly extinguished the firemen with but slight damage which driven / by Motor- by tension_beyond the statutory retiring age of 170 years, AUGHINBAUGH FUNERAL SET FOR TOMORROW Veteran Employe of Evening Star Had Been Il for Months. Funeral services for Charles W. Au- ghinbaugh, veteran employe of The Evening Star, who died yesterday at his home, 3912 Kansas avenue, will be held at the home tomorrow at 9:30 Burial will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery. Mr. Aughinbaugh, who had been ill for several months, was connected with ‘The Star for 44 years in the printing depastment. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus. He is survived widow and one daughter, Miss ughinbsugh. ) Madeline M. At «