Evening Star Newspaper, December 17, 1924, Page 17

BODY OF LABOR LEADER LEAVI! thousands. > THE UNION STATION Y D . LEAD STERDAY. With a military guard selected by the War Department, the pro- cession leaves the Union Station for the headquarters of the American Federation of Labor, where the remains of Mr. Gompers were viewed by CASKET BANKED WITH FLOWERS AT FEDERATION HEADQUARTERS. Thousands of Washingtonians d the remains of Samuel Gompers while they lay in state last night, istant Secretary of Labor, E. J. Henning, at left of casket. PRINCESS BIBESCO OPENS EXHIBITIO. Rumanian Minister to Washington, after opening the Applied Arts and days ago. NEW SLOGAN IN USE BY GIVITAN CLUB Ancient “Classic” Converted Into Pleasing Proclamation of Christmas_Giving. Twas the day before Christmas, and all through the town the gift- laden Civitans motored aroun’. Such is the version of the noted Yuletide classic adopted by the Wash- tagton Civitan Club as its Christmas darol ths year. Thesmembers will sing these words to a popular tune as they o about their work of distributing the approximately 100 baskets of grocer- ies, toys and other, presents to the Teedy familles of Washington on the morning ot Christmas eve. % Charities Program. Arrangements for the club's nual charities are in'charge of Civi tan, George Harris, chalrman of a special committee appointed to co- operate with the Associated Charities and the Salvation Army in making #%p and distributing the baskets. Chairman Harris reported at the lancheon-meeting of the club yester-! day in the La Fayette Hotel that the #lub already has raised the sum:of 3435 for the baskets, with bright prospects for further contributions. Members of the club have volun-| “fpered to take the baskets around 10 the houses selected as worthy by the Assoclated Charities. The bas- kets will be made up by the Salva- tion Army, it was stated. At the meeting yesterday the mem- bers heard Howard M. Cool, of the Better Business Bureau expose the . The wife of Prince Bibesco, receiving an i!luminated catalogue Crafts Exhibition in London a few Copyright by Kadel & Herbert. MAN JAILED IN DEMAND FOR RANSOM OF $12,000 Trapped at Spot Where. He Order- | ed Former Philadelphia Official | | | to Leave Money. { By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, December - 17.— Charged with sending létters to T. Woodward Trainer, former: director of public safety of Chester, Pa., de- manding $12,000 ransom for his 17-| year-old son, drowned last Summer | lat Cape May, N, J., and intimating| the boy was still alive, Chauncey F. Pyle was held under $5,000 bail] yesterday after a hearing befors United States Commissioner Manley. The commissioner fixed bail. pen |ing a further examination of Janu- |ary 8. at the request of postal-in- spectors, . who expressed the belef | that others were involved in the case. Pyle, whose home is in Media, Pa., was trapped near the junction of two interurban trolley lifies in Dela- ware County Monday night, when {an electric light device flashed as he |touched a jar supposed to contain the ransom money. — e schemes devised by, “high pressure stock salesmen” to mulct the public of hard-earned savings. . More than $1,000,000 has been wrested 'from Washington investors who “did not investigate before investing,” he de- clared. Mr, Cool outlined the prog- Tess being made in eliminating mis- representation of goods from adver- tising. He said that a number of local merchants have agreed to ban advertising comparative prices, point- ing out the unfairness in many in- stances of such methods. The club will be the guest of Ro- land Robbins, manager of Keith's Theater, at tomorrow night's per- formance in that theater, $ ASKS CODIFICATION OF DISTRICT LAWS Justice Siddons Addresses Kalorama Citizens at Meeting. The photograph shows the As: National Photo, ENGAGED TO BE MARRIED. engagement was anmounced recently. General codification of all statute laws bearing on the District of Co- lumbia was_stressed by Justice Fred- erick L. Siddons at a meeting of the Kalorara, Citizeéns’ Association in St. Margaret’s’ Parish Hall, Connectiout avenye, last ‘might. Work entailed in delying through the many phases of law - affecting. the District, and also sections of State laws applicable to this city, and the many riders tacked on to acts of Congress would {ndicate that a great saving, both in time and money, would result from such a codi- fication, he said. Justice Siddons outlined the work- ing scheme of the proposed bill which will consolidate all public welfare agencies under ‘one’ general govern- ing board. This board, he said, would be composed of nine appointed mem- bers, to serve fof six years. .All.pow- ers now exercised by the varicus agencies would be vested in. the-one board, headed by a dirécter of public welfare.. None of the present em- ployes of the several institutions af- fected by the conNolidation measure would be legislated out of office, he | said, and there is provision for an of~ ficial secretary. Cites Bullding Need. The Nationial Tralning School for Girls, the justice stated, was:estab- lished for -the care of 'incorrigible girls from all over- the. United States National Photo. THROUGH DOOR OF FEDERATION REMOVING CASKET FROM CAISSON AT .AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR HEADQUARTERS. The flag-draped remains of Samuel Gompere remained at the headquarters for several hours, then were taken to the Union Station again, leaving for New York at 12:25 this morning. BUILDING. This phetograph was_taken just inside the door of the American Federation of Labor Building, showing the remeval of Mr, Gompers' remains from the caisson. Miss Anne Gordon, stepdaughter of Gen.. George Barnett, U. S. M. C., and Henry Suydam, formerly of the State Department and now a Washington newspaper correspondent. The ational Photo. Hospital Is Using Radio to Soothe Mental Patients By the Associated Press. LONDON, December 17.—Radio is recognized by British hospital authorities as a treatment for nerve cases and irisomnia, and a number of institutions are Install- ing wireless equipment. Doctors declare the radlo programs_are important to nerve patients’ not only in their direct effects but as antidotes for the unpleasant every- day street noises. Sir Henry Hadow is convinced of the healing influence of radio music and Sir Bruce ‘Bruce-Porter attributes to it the ‘high turn-over of 100 patients a month at the Third Lendon General Hospital. bt nearly every inmate is from the Dijstrict. He pointed to the urgent need for the building now under con- struction to housé mental defectives. There are about 900 persons in Wash-.| ington termed morons, imbeciles and {@lots, he stated, but due to the ‘ab- sence of a more suitable institution they are now treated as insane and sent to asylums. Congressional interference with the rightful duties of the District Com- missioners, Mr. Siddons said, should be curbed and the Commissioners' powers should be -extended. Laws should be passed, he stated, com- pelling the licensing of all instity- tions designed for the care of chil- dren. Upon question, Justice Siddons declared that the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia would wel- come any effort made to take away its power of appointing members of the Board of Education. This, he sald, is not a judicial function, and dges _not belong with the Supreme Court. On the suggestion of Justice Sid- dons, the n;celltlond Yolefl to l:- struct J. M. lurphy, elegate to the Federation of - Citizene’ “Associal Copyright by P. & A. Photos. OFFICIAL PHOTQ OF NEW AMBASSADOR. cation of the official photograph of M. Daeschner, newly appointed French Ambassador to Washington, and his bassador Jusserand. House Resolution Seeks to Relocate Botanic Garden A House joint resolution author- izing the -joint-committee on the library to investigate and report to Congress.on a new location.for the conservatory of the Botanic Garden south of the Mall and in the vicinity of the present loda+ tion, was favorably reported yes- terday to the Sepate from the Sen< ate committee on library. The resolution &lso provides for an estimate of the cost for a land- scape pign. Authority is given to use 85,000 to make the investiga- tion and repor to draft desolutions to be presented to the federation, citing the need for codification of District statutes and urging its support in securing.con- gresstonal action. President Geofge A. Ricker presided. RULES CHILD IS ASSET. Judge Awards Father $5000 in Suit for Damages. NEW YORK, - December 17.—A §- year-old child is an asset and not a liability, a supreme court jury. in Brooklyn decided In effect yesterday Shen it retarned a' verdiot of $5,000 in favor of Paul DI Lorenzo, against the city in a suit to recover for the death of his daughter, Angelin. The child was. killed by a pitehfork tine when the head of the fork flew oft while . street department -employe was pitching rubbish. 7 Counsel for, the city contended a child of 6 is really a lability, cos- sidering the care and financial owf-| lay in rearing it. D! Lorenzo has' ciations, | 'eight other childre Natiopal PRoto LABOR LEADERS WHO MET THE GOMPERS FUNERAL TRAIN, John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers of America (in center), and other labor leaders waiting at the Union Station for the arrival of the Gompers funeral trail. This is the first publi- M. Daeschner succeeds Am- Copyright by Kadel & Herbert IFOREST CULTURE | URGED BY GREELEY family. Future of Pulp and Paper Industry. “If the pulp and paper industry is to be permanent, forest destruction must give way to timber culture,” Willlam B. Greeley, chief of the Forest Service, said yesterday in his annual report to the United States Department. of Agriculture. cient wood pulp to meet future de- | mands for domestic requirements could be grown in this country, under intensive forest management,” con- tinued the report. 8,000,000 Tons of Paper Used in Year Recalling that In 1922 the United States used 8,000,000 tons of paper— more than half the world consump- tion—and that 1,000,000 tons of it were imported, Mr. Greeley estimates that in 1950 the paper industry will require 15,000,000 cords of wood an- nually. Of the 9,000,000 cords of pulp wood used n this country in 1922, he adds, only 5,000,000 cords were grown here, he said. 3 The problem is complicated, says the report, which was made public last night, by concentration of the pulp industry in the New Engiand, middle Atlantic and lake States, with a resultant drain on forests in those reglons. Few mills are situated in Alaska, on the Paclfic coast or in ‘Southern States, which have much it ['larger supplies of pulp, timber. Pointing out that to grow timber 'to meet future needs would require a decade, the report describes the immedlate problem as a need to find é Chief of Service Speaks for| “Suffi- | National Phote. THE KING ATTENDS_ DIVINE SERVICES. King Boris of Bulgaria. who was an honored guest at special services held in Sofia on the day of the National Festival of Victories, November Copyright by Underwood & Underwood STATE NEARCLOSE N HGHTS THAL May Rest Case Today. Visits to Sweetin Home Described. | BISHOP BAST DECISION TO BE GIVEN TOMORROW { A r { Court to Rule on Release of Prelate | Accused of Misapprpriating | Charity Funds. By the Associated Press. | COPENHAGEN, December 17.—The | | Superior Court will decide tomorrow | whether Dr. Anton Bast, Methodist | Episcopal Bishop for Scandinavia, who | is being held in connection with alleged | { misappropriations of charity funds, can | be released pending. further proceedings, | |it was announced yesterday. |- Bishop John L. Nuelson and Bishop | Edgar Blake, who arrived here Monday | By the Associzted Press I night to demand the immediate release | MOUNT VERNON, IIl. Dece of Dr. Bast, discussed the case with 1o- | _ros :,rr(,” e e ] cal Methodists and decided to offer the | Gisie Sweetin and Lawrence M. Hight Danish_ authorities bail' for the church | charged with poisoning fo deain Wil official srl‘wuld the court refuse to inter- | forq Sweetin and Mrs. Anna Hight vene otherwise. i 3 2 yould caik It was understood that Bishops Nuel- | hators creminy |+ WOUd rest its case son and Blake intend to present a pro- Wishts to'the |Sweetin home, test tp American Minister Prince today | the signs of affection he showed againSt the detention of Dr. Bast | toward “Elsie,” his- sitting up with | the sick Sweetin _and the sermon he | preached over the body of the man he |is charged with poisoning were re- |1ated 1ni testimony yesterday before a |crowd that filled ‘the Circuit - Court | room. Lon Grossman, friend of Sweetin told of conversations he had with Mrs. Sweetin 4n which they discussed the poison rumors. “She said" he -testified, had been hinted to her that if they found poison:in Mrs. Hight's stomach they would dig Sweetin’s body out for examination. ‘T know, she said, ‘they’ll find. poison in her stomach and in Wilford's stomach, for I was poisoned myself. She thought he had been poisoned by ice cream eaten at Benton." Mes. Molly Jofies of Ina, testifying as to HIght's visits ‘to the Sweetin Home. sald “Hight would enter ‘he back door. Sometimes it would be in the morning and sometimes in the afternoon. - I saw. them getting Into an automobile together on several occasions.” e Tanning Official Dies. BOSTON, December 17.—Thomas S. Kiernan, vice president of the Griesse- Pfleger Tannring Co. of Chicago, was taken suddenly ill in the office of the company here yesterday and died be- fore a doctor could be summoned Death was beliaved to have resulted from natural causes. The body will Dbe held until the arrival of members of the family from Chicago. — enough timber to keep the pulp in- dustry going. Confidence is expres: ed, however, that the advisory com- mittee of pulp manufacturers ap- pointed last year by the Secretary of Agrigulture will discover medns of alleviating the shortage. Establishment of a definite pro- gram for extension of national forests by purchase and a concerted drive for elimination of waste in. manufacture and consumption of timber are ad- vocated by Mr. Greeley. ‘that it