Show William b D. D I Dies Die FORMER HEAD HAD of Ul UTAH AU DAR BAR IS DEAD AT WASHINGTON Death iDeath Follows Long Illness Illness Ill Ill- ness of Pop Popular lar Barrister Barrister Bar Bar- rister at Capital City HELD FEDERAL POST Attained Prominence in Legal Profession Was I Noted for His Brilliancy D. D fliter Iter forn former el resident of thE S State ate Bar association son of the late Yo V. V IV filter Riter and formerly I assistant attorney general n ral o of the 1 United States died morning at thc alter Reed hoE hos pital In D D. C Cp according accord accord- ing tt ari an Press dispatch Mr 1 Biters Riter's death an ill illness ness nesE of long d ra oll tm for sever several sev- sev er eral l weeks the end nd had been ex- ex pe ted 1 S uter's e r a 1 lh l re early attali rt I hi 1 is professIon and during durIn his residence resI- resI dence in Utah prIor to remo ng to Washington was noted for hIs abil- abil Ity as coun counsel el and brillIancy at the theal bar al' al DurIng hIs servIce In the attorney generals general's office Mr 11 Riter was In charge of pubic lands work and appeared often before the United States supreme court wl where ere h he was one of the most popular barristers appearing before that trl tribunal unal Following his retirement from the government service Mr 11 Riter fluter engaged engaged en- en in private ate practice In Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington beIng a member of the firm of filter Riter Matson the latter also formerly of Salt Lake His affiliations in practice In Salt Lake were with the firms of Van Cott filter lUter Farnsworth and Sutherland Van Cott Allison Amson filter Riter Mr RIter fluter was born August 10 10 1874 in Salt Lake Ci City y the soh son df f the late VIlIam W. W V. V Riter president ot of the SavIngs bank and vice president of the Deseret N bank and Susan D nt ri Riter who dIed In 1881 lIe was a graduate of the of Utah In the cl class ss of 1894 and the law school of Columbia university uni New York from whIch lie he was graduated In 1897 with the degree of LL B. B At the outbreak of the war In 1898 he enlisted with the famous Utah artillery and served ed with that regiment as a an ri n officer In the takIng part In the attack attack at- at tack en cn Manila August 13 1898 DurIng his early rears ears as an attorney at- at torney Mi- Mi liter Riter was assIstant county attorney in 1901 arid and 1902 Until 1921 he continued his tice in Salt Lake and on April 5 1921 was appoInted assIstant attorney at- at torne torney general ot of the United States States resigning January 15 15 1924 to j re sume private practice Mr 11 Riter RIte wa as about to be commissIoned corn com major In the judge advocate ad- ad generals general's department during the World war when th the armIstice was sIgned At the time of his death he held the commissIon ot or S Continued on page 6 J FORMER HEAD fAD OF f UJ UTAH AU OAR BAR IS DEAD DA AT AI L mN Continued on page 6 6 major in the reserve corps of the arm army He was ver very active In pro pro- social and fraternal or- or lons' lons of f Utah and elsewhere being a member of the the Utah liar Bal association of which he was as dent in in 1916 the AmerIcan lIar Dar Daras as the Bar Association of the District of Columbia Utah Chapter Sons Sols of oC he American n U. U AHa B club ColumbIa Alumni Federation of oC Utah sorting serving as presIdent or of orthe the latter org lie He was a thirty second degree Mason Iason and prominent In politics as one of the members rs of the Republican part party in this state and S SHe He Wa 1901 to LennIe Lendle Louise S vage daughter of C C. R It Savage who v lio survives survive him wi wish h their three chIldren Virginia Helen and antt llon Depton Savage flUe Ills HIs wife fe and children vere present tit itt the home In Washington at the time death Also surviving Mr 11 are aie aiea a sister Mrs Susie lUter Wells ells of Long Beach Ca Cal a brother brothel Levi J J. litter Riter f Salt Lake Mrs Ml's Maude fliter Cannon and Mrs May y Riter Cam Garn half haIr of Salt Lake and an uncle Joseph niter Riter of Salt Lake rale While no definite has lias been received It Is expected by rela- rela relatives tives th that t the body will be brought to Salt Lake for bUrIal I |