Evening Star Newspaper, April 26, 1925, Page 6

6 NEW WING DOUBLES SIZE OF HOSPITAL $75,000 Addmon to Homeo- pathic Institution to Be Opened Tuesday. With the opening of the new two- story, $75,000 wing of the Homeo- pathic Hospital, Kirby and N streets northwest, on Tuesday afternoon, the capacity of the institution will be doubled, and the scope of the work will be extensively broadened. A reception, at which the women's board, members of the staff and board of trustees will be hosts, will mark the formal opening of the wing to the public, Tuesday afternoon. Patients, however, will not be taken in the new wing for two or three weeks, as it bas not been completely furnished and not all of the equip- ment necessary for its operation has been installed The new building, which fronts on N street, has not been named. It has been built accumulation of @ received by the hospital during the past 10 years cost, when completely furnished and equipped, is expected to be about $80,- 000. Space Has Been Lacl Complete endowment of the beds in the new wing is sought by the of flelals of the hospital to permit the operation of a free ward for men and women. Heretofore the hospital has been han k of spa a free wa has for year: been a regular waiting list of pa- tients. The building, of brick construction, to harmonize with the older structure of the hosptial, will allow the accept- ance of approximately 4,000 patients vearly, whereas last vear only 2,000 patients were treated there. It will contain, when fully equip ped and furnished, 50 beds, 20 of them in private rooms. Its opening relieves the old building of its obstetrical de- partment and permits the establish ment of another operating room and a general expansion of quarters in the old_buildin The principal feature of the new wing is the nursery, endowed by Mrs. Josephine Gedney of ‘this city. Beds in Nursery. The nursery, with the most up-to date equipment obtainable, will con t 5 beds for infants. These beds will be the new-style bassinets and will replace the old racks upon whict the new-born infants have formerly been placed. Showers, the latest im provement in equipment for bathing babies at hospitals, have been in- stalled. dowments have been received for many of the beds in the new wing The entire second floor, except for the nursery, has been endowed as a memorial to Dr. H. H. Hawxhurst by weny of his patients. Teds on the first floor have been endowed as memorials to Dr. T. L. McDonald, who for about 25 years was surgeon-in-chief of the hospital The basement is being fitted as men's) anf tworisn's ward | Provided endowments to maintain these can red, these wards will be free. M.’ Meurer, superintendent of ite hospital, sets the amount neces- sary for the endowment of each bed at between $400 and $500. In any case, it is announced, the ward space in the basement will be open to pa- tients at the lowest possible cost. In the basement also will be main- tained an extension of the free clinic which has for some time been a part of the work of the hospiial. 41 Physicians on Staff. The institution here i¢ the central hospital of the Homeona thi> A: tion of America. It wa tn 1851. It now has a staff of homeopathic physicians and a similar number of allopathic physicians. Interne service, with both medical and surgical students, has been and ue to be maintained. There of 21 student nurses and graduates. In September, a large f dent nurses, between 10 be admitted. The hospital, throughout, has Leen equipped with signal lights, repla: ing the old bell system, more quiet A sep ate refrigerating plant, re- cently installed, is another feuture which has brought the ‘nstitution up to date. HOUSE CHIEFS TO STUDY RECLAMATION PROJECTS | Four Committee Chairmen to Con- vene in San Francisco in June for Probe. Chairmen of four House committees with jurisdiction over legislation af- fecting reclamation will assemble June 3 in San Francisco to begin a two- month investigation of various proj- ects in the West. In the group w be Cramton of the appropriations sub- committee which drafts the Interior Department supply bill, Sinnott of lands committee, Smith of ation committee and Repre- sentative Leavitt of Montana, who is d for chairmanship of the Indian affalrs committee. They will be ac- companied by the ranking Democrat of each committee. Repres ve Smith discussed rec- lamation problems yesterday with President Coolidge, taking with him to the White House Dr. Hiram Newton Sav. f Berkeley, Calif., who re- ¥ completed a survey of reclama- tion possibilities in India and Egypt. COL. FRANK HEATH DIES. Graduate of West Point in 1868 Expires in Pittsburgh. Chairman Col. Frank Heath, a retired officer of the Ordnance Department of the Army, died at Pittsburgh, Pa., Thurs- srning and was buried with honors in the cemetery at West Point Military Academy vesterday according to War De- partment advices. = Col. Heath was a native of E rhml and wi uated from the United Academy in June, 18 After four years' service in the 3d Artillery, he was transferred to the Ordnance and rved therein until his statutory re- ement for age in June, 1909, three ars after reaching the grade of 5,000 CHASE FUGITIVE. Mob Pursues Man Down Broadwav. NEW YORK, April ~Five thousand persons abandoned their pursuits this afternoon to run mob- e down Broadway, just above Times Square, in pursuit of a rob- ber, who, with a companion, had just taken $5,000 in money and jewels from two victims. The fugitive, cap- tured in a subway station, said he was George Velso of the Bronx, 17 vears old. None of the money or jewels was found on Velso and the police be- lieve his companion, who lost him- self in the pursuing mob and 2scaped, had all the loot, which allows | Busy | Funeral Is Held CAPT. FRANK YILEK. FUNERAL OF CAPT. YILEK IS HELD FROM RESIDENCE Retired Army Officer Was Native of Bohemia—Burial in Arling- ton Cemetery. Funeral services Frank Yilek, 53 yvears old, U. , retired, veteran of the World War and overseer of the District of Columbia repair shop on U street between Sixteenth and Seventeenth streets, who died at hh residence, 422 day, were conducted at the residence yesterday afternoon. Interment was in Arlington Cemetery. Capt. Yilek was a native of Bo. hemia, came to this country in 1884 and enlisted in the Army in 1889, and served continuously until retired in 1920, being promoted to the rank of captain during the World War. Capt. Yilek was a member of the West Point Lodge'of Masons at High- lands Falls, ) , and was a member of Almas Temple of the Mystic Shrine in this city. He was also a Scottish Rite Mason. ABANDONS SEARCH FOR DEAD IN WRECK No Canadian Captain Reports Bodies Near Spot Where Raifuku Went Down. By thé Associated Press HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, April 25. Search for the bodies of 38 Japanese seamen who perished when the Japa- nese freighter Raifuku Maru sank 180 miles southwest of Sable Island on Tuesday, was abandoned today by the Dominion government steamship Ar- leux, her captain, H. B. Cousins, re- ported in a wireless message. ‘ “Have not found any hodies or sighted any wreckage,” said the mes- sage. “‘Considered useless to continue search. Sea rough. Arleux proceeding toward Shelburne.” The message was addressed to H. Ward Fischer of the eastern division of the department of marine and fish- eries. 250,000 AMERICANS EXPECTED IN ENGLAND Tourists Expected to Break All Records by Many Thousands This Summer. By the Associated Press. LONDON, April 25.—Transportation officials estimate that the number of visitors from the United States to Eng- land this year will exceed that of 1924 by many thousands. It is estimated that there probably will be altogether 250,000 American visitors coming here within the next few months. The whole tourist traffic movement has grown to such astounding proportions that the expenditures of the army of American excursionists each year af- fect the rate upon European ex- changes. This movement has developed al- most entirely within the last quarter of a century. The first “party tour” of Americans, or at any rate one of the very first, to come to England, landed at Queenstown June 12, 1871, from the liner Oceanic. There were 45 persons in this tour, most of them members of the Order of Knights Templar, who had crossed from the United States for a holid: After a short tour of Ireland and tland the party came to London, then visited Paris, and thereafter went to Oberam- mergau to see the “‘Passion Play.” PLAN TO AID RELIEF WORK Pupils of Colored Schools to Pre- sent Longfellow’s “Hjawatha.” Longfellow’s Indian legend, ‘““The Song of Hiawatha,” will be presented in the form of a pageant with a cast of 200 pupils from the colored ele- mentary, vocational, junior and senior high and the normal schools as a benefit for the Sterling Relief Association fund, at the Dunbar High School June 8 and 9. A pantomime, “In Quest of the Good Spirit,” by Mrs. T. L. Connelly, teacher of physical training at the Dunbar High School, also will be presented by a cast of 75 puplls. Nathaniel Guy, director of dra- matics in the elementary schools, will be general director of the pageant. The costumes, which were designed by the art department of the senior high schools, will be supervised by Mrs. Estelle Mayer of the vocational school. Music for the occasion will be sup- plied by the high school orchestras under the direction of Henry Grant and by choruses trained by the com- bined efforts of the music teachers of the schools. The Sterling Relief Association renders aid to children who would, for financial reasons, be deprived of an elementary education. Mrs. I G. Richardson is its president. CANDY BLAMED IN DEATH. Boy Victim of Heart Attack After Visit to Circus. ] Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, April 25.—Emerson Bailey, a 10-year-old boy, died vester- day after being made ill from candy bought at a circus. Death was caused by heart disease or acute indigestion, Dr. H. J. Buett- ner reported. Coroner Horton is investigating. Balley visited a small circus per- forming near his home and ate some candy floss, his mother, Mrs. Mary Bailey, told police. Returning home, he complained of feeling ill. Later he recovered and went to hed at 11 o'clock. An_ hour later he was again taken iil and died jn & fow iguies, MR M BA SR AN B S THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, Convenient Terms of Credit May Be Arranged If Desired This Stroller Specially Priced, %.l f Made of fine round fiber, with a very strong metal frame—with re. clining back that adjusts to three Top-Icer D. C, APRIL 26, 1925—PART T. Kresge Department Stores The Fair, Chicago, Ill. Quality Merchandise Refrigerator $10.75 White enamel lined, finished in golden oak. Simmons Walnut Finish Cnb Specially Priced All-steel Crib, and high sides. with link spring Porch or Lawn Chair $1.65 Natural finish hardwood with double rattan seat. Porch or Sewing Rocker Specially Priced, $1.95 Natural finish with double woven rattan seat. 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