Evening Star Newspaper, September 15, 1924, Page 3

K LARGER STAFF [ | | I Case Workers Now Handling ‘More Wards Than Should, Board Reports. The number of case workers on the staff of the Board of Children's Guardizns should be doubled in order to give proper supervision to the boys and girls who have become pub- Jic wards in the District, W. W. Mil- lan, president of the board, told | the Commisisioners in his annual re- port today Although 60 children is regarded by experts as the maximum number one worker should be responsible for, the report shows that each supervisor on the staff of the Board of Guardians must watch over from twice to three | time that many waifs. | “Under such circumstances can the highest standards of work be expect- «d from our overburdened workers?” the board asks in its statement to the | city head: ‘o suborodinate the wel-| fare of the child to the conservation | of a few dollars is false economy of the mest unfortunate type,” the re- DOrt states in summarizing the need 1pr larger personnel. Approves Central Board. <The Board of Guardians renews its indorsement of the bill now pending { in_ Congress for the merger of all existing public welfare organizations into a department of public_welfare under the commissioners. Indorse- ment also is given the proposed mother's pension bill. The board recommends that the In- ustrial Home School on Wisconsin venue, used as a temporary rece ing home for wards pending their placement in foster homes, be sold and that a small, centrally located building be equipped as a receiving Ahome, with a cabacity for the care} of from 30 to 40 new commitments a month for a period averaging three | There also is need, the board states, for facilities for the modern institu- tional care of about 60 white chil- dren, where delinquent tendencies could be corrected and the child fitted for normal home life. Foster Homes Favored. In explaining the need for such a | Dlace, the board goes on: “To place immediately a really de- linquent boy or girl of 15, who has failed after a term of probation, in a foster home is carrying a modern principle to an illogical extremity At the present time we have no Tethed of caring for the white delin- | quent, committed for a short time, | except placing him in the Industrial Home School. which we must also use as a receiving home. This is a most regrettable situation.” The board lays emphasis in the re- port on two of its outstanding prin- ciples of operation: First, that it has always been committed to the policy of foster-home care for -dependent and neglected children, and, secondly, that children are only taken from their own homes after all efforts to rehabilitate the home have failed. Few in Institations. “The present placement of all our than 14 per cent in institutions, which is worthy of notice in view of the fact that nearly half of all children coming under our care are committed because of repeated | delinquencies, after every method of intelligent probation in their own homes has failed. ‘With this ever in mind it has been ssary in the 755 cases investi- ed, involving 1.439 children, to mmend the removal of the chil- dren from the home in only 88 cases fnvolving 148 children. Four hundre and fifty-six cases were adjusted by rec | board. Children over that age are ex- {—Kidnaped by two strangers, of the Police Department. “As a children’s organization stand- ing for wholesome childhood associa- tions, we feel obligated to protest against the system which would make it possible for a child to grow up conscious of the fact that its early history was written in the books of the police. The proposed plan is contrary to the whole trend of public opinion and law, which has been to separate children from crim- inal classes—the establishment of children's courts being prompted by such a move,” the report declares. Children are receiving more physical care than has been possible hereto- fore. All wards under 12 years are given a thorough examination at Children's Hospital within a week after they are committed to the amined regularly by a staff physican. James Stuart, agent of the board, joined with President Millan in pre- paring the report for the Commis- sioners. COUZENS TO PUSH REVENUE INQUIRY| (Continued from First Page.) | Northern Pacific land grants, joint Senate and House committee. Oklahoma Indians, Representative Snyder of New York. chairman. United States Shipping Board, Represcntative White of Maine, chairman. cterans’ Bureau, Senator Oddie of Nevada, chairman. Consolidated Ol naval oil leases at Honolulu, Senator Ladd of North Dakota, chairman. Two Inquiries Fizzle A couple of other congressional in- vestigations, though never officially terminated. have lagged and practi- cally passed into the discard. One Senator Borah's inquiry into the State Department's refusal to recog: nize Soviet Russia. The other is Senator Moses' investigation of the Bok peace prize award. The Couzens committee’s plans with regard to the Internal Revenue Bureau conjure up the liveliest pros- pect of excitement. Two prominent lawyers are now aiding in the legal conduct of the investigation, Earl J. Davis of Detroit and L. C. Manson of Milwaukee. They succeeded Franc J. Heney of California shortly after the Senate raised a rumpus over Sen- ator Couzens' private employment of that celebrated inquisitor. The Couzens committee consists of the chairman, Senators Watson and Ernst (Republicans) and Jones and King (Democrats). Senator Watson deprecated the resumption of the in- quiry until after the election, but Senator Couzens set September 17 as ic date on which the program for immediate resumption should be con- sidered. ‘Wants Simpler Methods. As to the income-tax end of the in- vestigation, Senator Couzens is per- suaded that searching inquiry can only reveal the advisability of ad- ministrative reforms. He is es- pecially keen to decentralize the sys- tem under which the business worl now has to seek relief from taxation injustices. Couzens aims at methods that will make it possible for indi- viduals yand corporations to adjust more of their tax troubles within their own locality, instead of having to make long journeys to Washington with expensive lawyers. The existing system, according to Couzens, has resulted in the develop- ment of a huge number of fakers and “fixers” alongside the legitimate at- torneys of the land. Simplified in- come-tax adjustment, the Senator is convenced, will abolish them and con- fer a corresponding boon on the whole business world. FARM BOY KIDNAPED. Special Dispatch to The Star. HAGERSTOWN, Md., September 15. who THE _ EVENING RAILROAD BY Movement in Manc (Continued from First Page.) songers, both native and foretgn, are subjected to a rigid inspection at the border. Report Chekiang Defeat. Chang Tse-Ping, one of the two Fu- kienese, whose drafting into the Che- kiang army is said to have precipi- tated the war, is reported to have been killed in the action on the Hwangtu front, where Gen. Chi Shich- Yuan's Kiangsu forces were repulsed in the early days of their invasion. The other of the two, Yang Hua- Chao, is featured in reports to Peking as having been wounded. Official advices say that the Che- kiang forces in the vicinity of Liuho, Kiting and Hwangtu, west of Shang- hal, suffered a defeat September 12, and are being surrounded by the Kiangsu armies. TROOPS LEAVE MUKDEN. Shanghai Hears of Movembtnt De- spite Peking Denials. ble to The Star and Chicago Da ws. SHANGHALI September 15.—Coinel- dent with Peking denials of Fengtien activities, private foreign advices from Mukden last night state that throughout Saturday trains departed southward with troops and a large amount of artillery supplies. At Muk- den the civilian populace was barred from the railway area during the en- trainment and all passenger traflic was halted. All messages from Peking concern- ing the war are three days late and evidently censored, except those de- claring Kiangsu successes, which are largely untrue. Henvy Fighting Reported. The heaviest fighting done so far in the civil warfare between rival Chinese m: possession of Shanghai took place vesterday and today along the Shang- hai-Nanking Railway line, directly west of the city. The defending Chekiang forces were intrenched along the creeck bank and succeeded in holding the position through the day. Severe fighting also was reported at Ihing, 100 miles west of Shanghai, a point where the Chekiang forces Bs UNDER UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT SUPERVISION Specialized Service to Army, Navy and Civilian Depositors Industrial Loans Checking Accounts 49 Savings Accounts Banking Hours: 8:30 to 5 P.M. THE DEPARTMENTAL BANK 1714 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W. JAPAN ALLOWS USE OF MUKDEN “Purely Business Traffic’’ Is Tokio Explanation of Is Formed in Capital. itary factions striving for | AUTUMN DAYS ARE HERE STAR '\VASHINGTON. CHANG’S TROOPS huria—New Cabinet have been victorious in previous en- gagements. Liuho Sector Imactive. There was little activity in the Liuho sector, northwest of here, to- day, where it was said that the invad- ing Kiangsu forces had been weak- ened by the movement of troops southward. Chekiang forces, after an advance of both wings along the rallway in an attempt to outflank Quinsan, last night fell back to their original po- sitions, owing to inability to move up artillery on account of the flooded condition of the country and the ar- rival of strong Kiangsu reinforce- ments. Hospitals Are Filled. Word from Hooclow states that all the hospitals are filled with wounded | soldiers and at Changchow and Wusih the hospitals are in the same sondition. Many are being sent to anking, indibating that the Kiangsu sualties far outnumber those of Chekiang. The Kiangsu dead on this front are estimated at 1.000. Wounded Kiangsu officers and soldiers brought to Hoochow are reported to be brin; ing in loot, which is arousing pro- tests A telegram from Canton states that un-Yat-Sen is mobili nd sending his son, Mukden 4 The artillery duel west of Taihu ke continued last night Kiangsu is hurrying reinforcements both overland and across Lake Taihu to Changchow and Wusih. Town Is Captured. Gen. Chang Tso-Lin opened warfare in the neighborhood of hnngh‘. kwan and Jeho! on Saturday, according to messages received at Lungwh.n‘ military headquarters, which reported Dy e BALLOONS Fit Present Rims. | Recommended by il LEETH BROS. L IlllIlillIIIlllllllIllll||IllllmlmlllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlmIlIIIiIE; £ P/ Why Stand |'—for the annoyance and inconvenience of antiquated plumbing when Colbert installs up-to-date equipment so reasonably ? | Repairing a specialt. and 100% service given on every job, whatever £ G\ its size and character. Maurice J. Colbert Heating—Plumbing_Tinning one Main 621 F_ Street 3016-3017 = e T o D. C,; Tsaoyang, near Jehol, at the opening of the engagement. The report denies that any Feng- tien troops have arrived here to re- inforce Chekiang. It declares that the major theater of war is now in the neighborhood of Yihing, where bombardment has been resumed against heavily reinforced Kiangsu troops, and asserts that the objective here is a grlve 25 miles northward to capture Changchow, which Gen, Lu predicts means the end of the war. Reports are made of lesser actions from Kianting ainfed against Tait- sang and intended to cut the Kiangsu line behind Liuho and along the rail- way near Anting. The weather is still unsettled and raining. (Copyright, 1924. by Chicago Daily News Co.) Firing Reported In Chihli. TIENTSIN, September 15.—Railway By le to The Star aud Chicago Raily News. offi Is report an outpost clash and artillery firing in Chihli province at the Fengtien border. Six trains car- rying 12,000 troops left Peking yes- terday for Shanhaikuan. (Copyright, cago Daily News Co.) Body Found in Hotel. BOSTON, September 15.—The body of a man who had registered Sunday under the name of Richard A. Ben- nett of Detroit, Mich., was found in a room in a hotel here yesterday. Medical examiners pronounced death due to chloroform poisoning. Police are investigating to determine wheth- er the chloroform was taken with uicidal intent or if Bennett was a victim of foul play. The bulk of the wealth of the natives of India is converted into jewelry, which s carried around by women who are fond of displaying their gems. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, GHII-D GUARDIANS .M taken over by the woman's bureau that the Fengtien troops captured| | |[FE INTEREST TO WIFE. 1 ASSAILS LABO—R_C_H—EFS_ 1924. Will of Alexander T. Stuart Dis- poses of His Estate. The will of Alexander T Stuart, former superinterdent of the public schools, was filed today for probate. It was executed November 22 last and provides a life interest in his entire estate for his wife, Mary Burris Stuart, with the privilege of using the corpus of the estate for her “comfort and support.”” Should any of the real estate remain at the death of the wife, it is to be converted into cash and one-half the proceeds pald to the daughter, Mary S. Hardesty, and the other half to the daughter Elisabeth S. Moore, for use during her life. At the daughter's death her share is to go to her daughter, Irene E. Moore. The widow and two daughters are named as executrices. Attorneys Cull & Cull filed the will. NOTIFIED OF DEATH. Officials Pay Tribute to Alexander T. Stuart. All officers of the District public school system were officially inform- ed by Supt. Frank W. Ballou today of the death on September 5. of Alexander T. Stuart, director of in- termediate instruction. ~The - an- nouncement formed a part of a circu- lar letter in which Dr. Ballou paid a glowing tribute to Mr. Stuart, who gave 54 years of an active life to the District public educational system. School Jean H. Norris, New York's oniy woman magistrate, i being spoken of as the successor to Judge Olvany, re- cently elected Tammany chieftain. “A SHADE Window B TO FACTORY | 830 13th St. NW. | 'W. STOKES SAMMONS, Proprietor. BETTER” Shades URE PEIC l Phone Main 4874 YMOUPIn SO0UZ~<T 1L business. accounts. trustee. THIS INSTITUTION Transacts a general banking Pays 39 interest on savings Offers safe deposit facilities. Acts as executor, trator, guardian, agent or adminis- Our Branch Offices are so lo- cated that they afford ample and unrestricted parking fa- cilities for your automobile Filipino Paper Traces Recent Fatal Clash to Leaders. By the Associated Press. MANILA, September 15 ippines Herald. an English language paper published by Filipinos, prints an | editorial on the recent fatal clash in Hawaii between Filipino sugar | plantation strikers and police, de- claring that “the root of trouble lies in the agitation among the laborers by unscrupulous leaders.” The paper states that “the strikers openly defied the athority of the government.” It charges that these Filipino workers left the Philippines knowing that the nation lacks labor to develop its resources and were for the most part adventurers, with a record showing no credit to the country,” and added: _ “Is it fair_to the persons remain- ing in the Philippines to be called upon to give aid to those who do not care for its welfare?” 3 Readgo use * GULDEN'S > Mustard, - You will enjoy its real mustard taste and aroma ‘ | ESTABLISWED 1867 ] Nothing Better These Hot Days Than TIGER GINGER ALE Ask Your Dealer for It. Refuse Substitutes. 10-0z. and 16-oz. Bottles Only. 1319-1321 F Street September 15 STORE NEWS 8A.M.to6P.M. “Fashion Park” and “Stratford” Clothes Made especially for this shop by one of the nationally famous manufactur= ers, in all desirable colors. The tones of gray are most popular, with “blue “ stone” and “mist” shades. We’'ll guarantee among the new they’re of high quality, with such additional value as satin linings and sweatbands of extra width. All the correct shapes are shown, with the smart snap favorite. brim already the o Stetsons, $7 and $10 Crofut and Knapp, $6 to $10 THAT MEANS HOUSE CLEANING AND BEAUTIFYING OF THE HOME HAVE YOUR FURNITURE Hundreds of forced him to enter their automobile at the point of revolvers, Preston Hoover, 19 years old, of Williamson, Pa., finally was released at Funks- our own workers, 153 referred after investigation to private organizations for relief and family welfare work when attending to your bank- ing needs. and 58 were pending at the close of the year, N()I child is or should be taken from its home because of poverty, and wherever there is a chance to raise the standards of the home without removing the child therefrom every effort is made to do so, regardless of parental delinquencies and home de- fects.” Police Contact Opposed. The board takes occasion in its re- Port to oppose a suggestion that the | work of its investigation department SPECIAL NOTICES. 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The men, ac- cording to the youth, jumped from behind a tree while he was driving the cows home and covered him with their revolvers, at the same time ordering him into their machine, which they had parked nearby. $4.00 Thursday | = Excursion tlantic City THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 18 SPECIAL THROUGH TRAIN Vis Delawaro Biver Bridge Eastern Standard Time Leaves Washingtom 12:01 A.M. Returning, leaves 8. Carolina Ave. 5:30 B.M, Tickets on sale Tuesday preceding Ex- cursion_at City Ticket Office, Pennsyl- vania Bldg., 613 14th St. N.W. and Union Station, Rembuish . baew TRERE ARERGEE 14th Street Terrace The Intown Suburb A remarkable combina- tion of Suburban Home and City Location. Over 250 Homes Sold Phone, Man Wil 627 F St. NW. £x as YOUR agent—not realize the difference? Prices $10,950 to $18,500 Sold to Real Estate Men, Government Em- ployes, Builders, Busi- ness Men, Army and Navy People—all people who are careful in home buying. 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