Evening Star Newspaper, December 1, 1926, Page 2

2 POST OFFICE FORGE ISREADY FOR RUSH 350 Carriers and 400 Clerks Extra Will Handle Christ- mas Mail Avalanche. Forces of the Washington post office are prepared to deal with the THE EVENI 'REPORTER FINDS BIT OF HEAVEN A wéary, careworn newspaper re- porter strolled unexpectedly into a little bit of heaven at the Arlington Hotel today. biggest Christmas invasion of mail| Expecting to walk into a wearisome matter in its nistory, Postmaster W.|conferance where he would be pressed. M. Mooney announced today after re-|compelled and threatened to sit viewing his troops of clerks and car-|through numerous. newsless, dry, riers and taking - stock of reserve transportation and delivery brigades, avallable for usxe at -a moment's notice. A regiment of extra employes, num. bering approximately carriers and 400 clerks, has already heen recruited and <o disposed that detachments are avaflable for use when needed. The xtra forces ure now made up and no additional men are needed, Postmaster Mooney stated Card-Mailing Plan. A surprise attack on the legions of Christmas cards, which will pour into the office launched vester through announcement that cards destined for local delivery may be mailed now and held at the pc ger of the Publicity Bureau of the until December 22, when they will be | National Congress of Parents and delivered in ume to reach their ad-|Teachers, was speaking. Interest dressees by Christmas. Such cards!awoke in the reporter. He began to m not be cropped in boxei. bui [enjoy the meeting. must be ited in person at the The speaker continued, dwelling on main office or the substations. Estab- [how to communicate tha knowledge | lishment of tnis service marks an 10 | to reporters, novation in the Christmas mail ha “Learn how to talk 1o reporters,” dling campaign of the Washinzton |ehe gaid, as the top button of the vest office, postai officials stated. of the reporter burst under ches: All postal se . except special de-|pressure. “Learn what to say, how livery, will stop at day and a special preChristmas cam- paign has been inaugurated to urge patrons to “mail early.” Early Mailing Drive. Even with the reserve forces, the task of emerging victorious from the noon Christmas struggle wancling an anticipated 5000000 cards, besides tons of pack @ges and other mail matter before Christmas, will prove virtually impos- sible unles the public does its share by mailing carly, Postiaster Mooney explained A special committee of five, headed by W. H. Haycock, assistant post- master, has arranged for 350 sign: &tressing the necessity of early ma ing. to be carried on the street cars. and s already mailed 75,000 cards to Washington people giving mailing schedules and emphasizing the pur poses of fhe mail-early campaign Another batch of 7. ards will be mailed Tucsday and 25,000 additional cards will be distributed in the ecity. Assistant Postmas Haycock an nounced Some Packages Mailed. The full force of the invasion of Christinas mail is expected 1o hit the post office about December 13. A few packages have been mailed already to foreign countries and early mall- ings to other points indicate a Christ mas rush that will tax the full strength of the postal reserves. The War Department has loaned the post office 50 trucks, bringing the available fleet up to 180 trucks, each capable of car ©of mail matter. VIng & ton and a half Shock troops, composed of collage students from all of the Washington colleges and from several Lastern collesc including Brown. Yale, Princeton and Dartmouth, have al dy been enlisted and will be ught into action a few days before as oon as the vacations in the colleges. Mailing Schedule. Practically the members of the coilex des, Postmaster Mooney expiained, are men who are working their wa t school and many of them d postal expe- rlence during pr Christmas holi days. Some of them aie ex-service men and, in every possible case, ex seivice men have heen given the pref- erene makin, the roll of extra Christmas worisers, he added In order to 2id the forees of the Washington Post Office as well as insure the delivery of mail on time the public is urged to mail according to the following schedule and to wrap well and pack securely. California, Far West and Southwest, December 14 Iinois, Towa and States of Middle West, Deceinin i3 utnern States, December 15, 9o, Indiana and Ken tucky, December 16: New England States, December 17: New Yo Penn- sylvania v Jersev. December 18: Vir Maryland, West Virginia and North Carolina. December 20; Washington, D. C., December 21, RUDYARD 1. SMITH DIES: CITY RESIDENT 38 YEARS Expires Suddenly at Home—Was Clerk in Office of Water Reg- istrar Since 1906. idyard 1. Smith, 64 vears old, a k in the water registrar's office #lnce December 13, 1906, died sud- denly at home, 6615 First street, Talom :te last night. Brood- g h of his father-indaw, Waoodfor who died in the game house iday and was in- terred in Creek Cemetery on Monday hought to have hastened < et native of in l th 38 vea He served hemist in the vy for six retiring. at time of his ere. For several vears he d n the drug business in He is survivel by < widow and the following children: Woodford H., R Harlan and Miss Dorothy Smith. this city, and Wi n H mith, three brothers, erick. Chicago and one N Albany be held Friday morning at 9 o'clack at the late res nt will be in Rock DELINQUENT TAX LIST WILL BE READY SOON| Preparations for Publication About Property Levy Arrears Are Now Complete. Preparations for the publication of the annual tax list containing property to be sold at public auction for non- payment of taxes were completed to da Tax Assessor William P. Rich, ards and Col r of Taxes Chatham M. Towers. The list will be ready for ree weeks. Qistribution withi Although the time limit for the pay. ment of delinquent taxes expired ves terday. Mr. Richards announced that taxpayers can prevent the sale of their property by PAVIng the arrears hefore January 1. A penalty of 13 per cent wWill be added to the original bill, how. ever. More than twoscore clerks in the tax collector’s office were busy today opening mail containing checke in pay ment for the first {nstaliment of the 1926.1927 taxes. Hundreds of prop- erty owners waited until the last min. e to pav the tax eent a month untl payment ens Washing- | theoretic speeches—and look interest- ed—he came upon an entirely different proposition. The occasion was the opening ses- sion of the Publicity Institute of the District of Columbia Congress of Parent-Teacher Associations. Publicity chairmen of 65 individual parent- teacher organizations in Washington were in attendance. The reporter knew this as he strolled in. The first words that greeted his ears were: “Learn from reporters: they are ready and willing to help”; and he stopped. wondering if there was not some mistake. Apparently, there was not. Laura Underhill Kohn of New York, man- to say it and when to stop.” The last three words convinced the newsgatherer that a millennium must nat be far off. Here was a woman advising other women to learn when to stop talking. Right there the reporter hegan to sense that there was something deep- er than the ordin conference in this gathering. He really began to see the drama vir- tually all of them housewlves inter- ested in schools and school children, learning tow to communicate to the public the needs of their schools and | 4 of these women, IN PARENT-TEACHER MEETING Publicity Conference Breaks All Prece- dents—Women Told to Learn When to Stop Talking. children and how to tell the story without the flub.dub, frills and in- come the bane of reporters attempt. ing to wade through publicity “hand. outs.” In a brief sketch. the publicity chairmen were urged to make the most of their opportunities; told the necessity of having subject matter which is substantial and of knowing the technique of getting it before the public. Mrs. J. N. Saunders of this city, sectional manager of the publicity bureau, paid tribute to the local news papers forsthe co-operation extended parent-teacher organizations. Miss Frances Hays, fleld secretary of the natlonal congress, spoke on the value of publicity. At this juncture the reporter started to edge out. There's general- 1y a half-hour tie-up at this point while the officials tell the reporter how to write his stor; But not here. Mrs. Giles Scott Rafter, who arranged the conference, milingly let him go. with an invitation to come back to luncheon, if he cared to; and if he ‘nildn'l—well. Miss Ma G. Arm- | strong’s address was ready in abstract form. Miss Armstrong {8 a representative lof'a New York publicity engineering firm. A newspaper),” she said, “should be the length of & lady's skirt; short enough to attract attention and long enough to cover the subject. By technique of publicity we mean knowing what is news, first of all, and of how to put news into the form in which editors want it."” On the program for luncheon talks, dition to Miss Armstrong, were Joy Elmer Morgan, editor of the Jour- nal of the National Educational As- sociation; Morton Snyder, secretary of the Progressive Iducation Associa- tion: Tra_Bennett. editor of the Wash- ington Post, and John M. Gleissner, editor of the Washington Dafly News. MEDICAL EXPERTS PRAISE CARE GIVEN AT ST. ELIZABETH’S (Continued from First Page.) Indiana University, appointed in early September by the Tnterior Secreta The medical advisers were agreed, moreover, “that St. Elizabeth's Hos. pital is not excelled in completeness of provision for medical and surgi- cal treatment of physical iliness of patients; in specialized study of dificult ‘and doubtful mental condi- jons: in interest and earnestne: of effort in medical research: in the nse of measures of prevention anil cure of mental {llness: in disgemina- tion of the results of itz research and experience through numerous publications for the benefit of the public and the medical profession: and, finally, in utilizing exceptional educational faciliti>s in training physiclans, nurses and welfare workers for service in State hos- pitals and community. These regults have heen achieved under the in- spiration and direction of the pres- ent medical superintendent and have made, in all these rvespects, St Jlizabeth's Hospital pre-eminently a modern hospital for the scientific treatment and humane care of men tal patfents X Excitable Class Overcrowded. That serfous overcrowding of the untidy and excitable classes of patients exists. especlally in old buildings erected 40 or more years azo .was pointed out in the report In these there ix great deficlency of toilets and bathing factlities and floors are insanitary, it was stated (iond sanitation is impossible under these conditions. Otherwise, hous- ing of patients and sanitation in per- manent huildings are good. the r pori declared. Fhe committee of investigators urged that immediate provision be | made for 1500 patients. of which re- lief from present overcrowding re- quire: 0 beds: replacement of tem- porary buildings erected in war time. 200 more, and assured increase of in- sane, the remaining 500. In’ carrying out this recommenda- tion a careful plan of development of §t. Elizabeth’s Hospital should be pre- pared which would meet both present and future needs, the report say Tte requirements would be a new medical and surgical hospital of 150 Dbeds: a new reception hospital for 300 men and 200 women: better general classification of patients providing uitable separation of classes in proper relation to each other, namely. Untidy and feeble patients. excitable patients capable of training in useful ations, farm colony at Gooding and centralization of kitchens storerooms Holds System T Turning to admiss tients from the Disf the committee savs: The method governing admission, ich calls for an adjudication by a trial of civil cases as a_prerequi {site for trentment is archalc and Wholly out of accord with the modern handling of the problem of mental disorders. ““The routins commitment of a men- tal patient following the procedure in | the District of Columbia in civil cases | whereby the queation of insanity is passed upon by a jury trial is a prac: tice that is wrong and loses sight of o fact that insanity is a mental ill ness Every facility should be pro- vided for the mentally sick to secure |treatment as in a general hospital. No longer are mental hospitals re. Sarded as institutions for mere cus. todial care. “No provisien ls made for the vol ary admission of a patient to St. eth’s Hospital, and as a result ital care ia net sought in many |Instances, except as a last resort, when the outlook for improvement and recovery is less favorable. “The medical advisers are emphatic in their belief that provision should ! o made whereby the superintendent. when req d by a Commissioner | of the District of Columbia, by a physician, by a member of the United Statés Public Health Service or by a bolice officer. may receive and care for in the institution as a patient for a specified period (probably 10 to 15 days) any person needing imme. diate care and treatment because of mental derangement other than de- lirium tremens, drunkenness or: ex- cessive use of narcotics. “provision should be made also for an emergency admission upon the medical certificate of two physicians for a period of approximately five days | of a patient who is violent or dan. | garous. but without a court order. and | panding the determination of hix men- | tal disorder. | Remedial Legislation Urged. “Patients are admitted to the hos. | pital for a period of 30 days, and i it | is found that treatment for a longer period {s necessary. the patient must be taken to a cour* and the question nf insanity determinad by jury trial In brief, adjudication by a jury trial Arvhaic. m of civil pa- et of Columbia, Bl fs now a prerequisite to treatment of civil cases at Si. Elizabeth's Hos- pital. “The lack of adequate provision in the law governing admission to St. Elizabeth’s Hospital has long been recognized by the hospital authorities, and the superintendent has frequent- 1y called attention In hiz annual re. port to the need of remedial legis lation which would place this hospital in an advanced position—making pos- sible care and treatment of the men- tally sick at the earliest possible mo- ment and with the least possible dif- ficulty associated therewith. Rills have been introduced into Congress to effect the necessary changes. but have tailed of passage. “It is inconceivable that a mental hospital. such as St. Elizabeth’s, main- tained by the United States Govern- ment and having a standard of care surpassed by none, should have it facllities available only for patients whose mental disorder has progressed #0 far that adjudication as insane by 2 jury is necéssary. “Provision should he made where- by patients admitted to St. Ellzabeth’s can be treated. from the first symp- tom of the mental disorder rather than when the disease is apparent to every one. “The District of Columbia with an estimated population in 1926 of s528.- 000 is the largest contributing: unit to the hospital. No considerable in- crease in the admission from these departments may he expected with- in the next few years. * Increment Is 75 a Year. “Taking into consideration the larger number of admissions from the growing population of the District of Columbia and the number of adm sfons from ‘all sowrces during the past 10 years, after a liberal allowance i« deducted for the unusual condi- tion of the war period, then deducting therefrom the expected discharges and the deaths, there is a reasonable ex- pectation of an annual increment of 75 to 100 patients during the next 10 % These can only be properly 4 for in new buildings. The committes, after careful con- sideration of all the above mentioned facts and after a thorough inspection of all buildings and quarters occupied by patfents, concludes: “1-—That the housing quate, is inade- The sanitation is good in so far as housekeeping and general cleanii- ness can make it."” 'he committee found that a grave fire hazard exists in the older build- ings at the hospital and “is an addi- tional and strong argument in favor of their reconstruction.” Restraint Charges Denied. “The interiors are largely wood, as are also the porches and halls. en- trances and stairways in several in- stances are small. and In the event of fire removal of the patients, espe- cial the infirm, would prove aiffi cult, if not impossible, notwithstand- ing the excellent system of fire fight- ing and protection which s well malintained within the hospital.” Answering charges that patients have been unnecessarily restrained and that they are retained longer than necessary, the committee sald: “We are able to answer definitely that no unneces mechanical re- straint ig used in this hospital. We are informed and believe that there are no straitjackets or camisoles in the Institution now and none has been in recent vears. Relts and wristlets are rarely used in Howard Hall, where the character of the criminal insane | occasionally require such control. “'Seclusion, we find, is used where conditions warrant it. This consists of confinement of patients alone in a room with locked door for varying periods between the hours of 6 a.m. and 8 pm. We find chemical restraint used within reasonable limits and well safeguarded. A rule is in force and observed, requiring all prescriptions for hypnotics and narcotics by phy- sicians to be countersigned by the clinical director of the service. “No evidence whatsoever was found, as a result of our investigation. to indicate that patients are retained under treatment longer than neces- sary. This is an erroneous impres- sion commonly entertained regarding mental hospitals. The belief that pa- tients are detained unnecessarily long Is at distinct variance with the facts and practice in every public hospital caring for the mentally sick known to the medical adviser: Inasmuch as mentally sick patients should have the opportunity to secure treatment at the hospital in the same manner as patients suffering from physical illness enter a general hos- pital for treatment. the committee sald provision by law should be made for the following forms of admission without court admission, temporary care, emergency admission. ¢ The medical advisers briefly recom- mend that changes in the provision governing admisslon. detention and discharge of patients be secured which recognize insanity as a sickness and insure treatment of the individual on that_hasis. “Voluntary admission should be provided for and commitment through 21+t at'on by jurv trial after maunar of a ‘riminai no longer re- finitude of non-essentials that have be- | release (the article for the: procedure: Voluntary | the | CLADELFORESEE ISENDYTO LS. Appointment of Noted Man of | Letters by France Regard- ed Certain. Paul Claudel is virtually certain to | come to Washington as French Am bassador, although his name has not yet been presented to the State De- |partment for acceptance, it was be- {lieved in diplomatic circles today. By theb entative appointment of M. Claudel, France continues her tradi- tion of a literary ambassador in Washington. Both M. Jusserand and M. Berenger, Claudel's immediate predecessar, have been outstanding French men of letters. Classed as Distinguished Poet. Claudel is one of the most distin- guished present-day French poets. |The appeal of his verse. however, is {to the intellect. Consequently it has | never found very great popular favor. {Curlously enough, a large part of his | | European following before the war was in Germany He was formerly consul general at Hamburg. In that city a group of in- | telligentsia organized a Claudel verein |1n appreciation of his literary works. | With the outbreak of war, how {ever, he turned his talents to patr {otic verse, which so roused the ire {of the Hamburg citizens that the | consulate was stoned. After the w it s said, his unpopulavity in Ger- many due to these vorses prevented his appointment as French Ambas- sador 1o Berlin. The new Ambassador will not be jentirely a stranger to Washington. He made a brief visit here in 1919, 1 Masters English Language. i He is sald to be one of the hest mastera of English in_the French foreign service. He is 58 vears old Mme. Claudel was the daughter of | a prominent architect, and they have five children. M. Clande! is said to have expressed a preference for the American post, heing tired of the Far I where he has served as Ambassador to Japan He entéred the French diglomatic service February 6. 1890, and has served at the following posts: Vice consul. New York and Boston, 1893- 1894: aseistant consul, Shanghal, Fou Teheou, Han Heou, 1894-95: consul. Peking, Tien Tsin. 1905.06: consul general, Prague, Frankfurt. Ham- hurg, 1906-1914:" Minister, Rio de Janiero, 1916-1919: Minister, Copen. hagen, 1919-1 Ambassador, Tokio. 1921 to date. FIRE CAUSES DISMISSAL OF ECKINGTON SCHOOL Dense Clouds of Smoke From Near- by Premises Result of Small Blaze Quickly Subdued. Dense clouds of smoke rising from the rear of the Schiitz Distributing Co., 118 Q street northeast, this morn. ing resulted in the dismissal of pupils in the nearhy Eckington Schol and the turning in of two fire alarms, al- though companies responding to the first alarm subdued the fire in about 20 minutes. The fire originated story rear storeroom. Most of the damage, which F. M. Plummer, branch manager of the distributing company, was unable to estimate, was caused by smoke and water. The loss is covered by insurance, he said. The smoke attracted a large crowd to the scene. Deputy Chief Sullivan superintended the final stages of rid- ! ding the building of fire and smoke. OFFICER WILL RETIRE. Col. Rodman Await Orders. Lieut. Col. Rodman Butler, Quarter- master Corps, stationed at Fort H. G. Wright, New York, has been ordered to his home to await retirement at the convenience of the Government. He is from Virginia and entered the Army as a private in June, 1898. He was appointed a second lieutenant of valry in February, 1901, and was transferred to the Quartermaster i French in a second- Lieut. Butler to Corps in October, 1920, with the rank of major. He was promoted lieutenant colonel in January, 1921, quired unless demanded by the pa- tient or family. ““The existing method governing ad- mission is archaic, haresh and unnec- . distressing alike to patient and relatives and seriously interferes with the usefulness of the hospital in the care and treatment of the patient. its continued use cannot be too strongly criticized. ‘The medical advisers urge, as of great importance, prompt considera- tion of measures making treatment of mentgl disorders at St. Elizabeth’s as readliy and easily available as treat- ment of physical sickness is secured in the general hospital.” flospital Held Importa Setting forth that United States Government has a profound obligation and a rare opportunity at this time not only to improve con- ditions described in this report, but to establish high standards in this importan fleld of human welfare, as an example for emulation by the various States of the Union, the committee said these ends could best be served by the development of St. Elizabeth’s Hoepital along the path in which she has already proceeded a long distance as a center of re- search in psychiatry and a training school for the physician, nurse and the welfare worker for service in State hospitals and community 'his would render the largest medical service and meet the great- est need today in the field of mental medicine.” “For the cause of throughout the Union, it is fortu- nate that St. Elizabeth's Hospital is setting an example of conducting a peychiatry broadly constructed medical policy covering the entire field of psychiatric work. Summarizing results of study of medical work at St. abeth's,” the committee said, may be asserted that all branches of the medical service considered essen- tial for treatment of mental illness have been given their place in a well organized plan that considers diagnosls, treatment and restoration of patients. Rexearch work in the various felds offered by the hospital is of the highest type and is being eagerly prosecuted. There is a uni- formity of development in all fields of medical service that deserves hearty commendation.”* Declaring that the nursing morale the hospital is high, the report Elizaheth’s Hospital i& main- taining a high standard of nurse tralning, although at present a minimum number of nurses is pro- vided for the care of patients. The report recommends concentration of the nine kitchens mow used into one ‘arge kitchen suitably located with reference to storerpoms and dining | halls. at says St § {ae NG_STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1 MARIE AND CAROL CONFERIN PARIS Queen Expected to Continue Journey to Bucharest Tonight. By the Associated Pre: PARIS, December 1. Queen Marie, | who arrived at midnight from her American trip, lost no time today in getting in touch with her errant son. former Crown Prince Carol, who last January renounced his right of suc- cession to the Rumantan throne. She emerged from the Ritz Hotel 10 o'clock this morning, entered and was heard to instruct the driver to proceed to the Boulevard Vineau in Neuilly. This is the street on which Carol's villa i situated, but she did not call there, meeting him instead in a pri- vate room at a fashionable restaurant on the edge of the Bols de Boulogne. The chauffeur of the Queen’s taxi at eluded the machines hastily com- mandeered by the newspaper men and made a clean getaway. The covered when Queen and Carol were not dis by the reporters until 11:30, their conferencé terminated. Centinues Journey Tonight. Marie has decided to Bucharest on the Simplon express at $:35 o'clock tonight ing until Friday evening, first intended. The serv: were busy at the hotel this morning caring for the Juggage arriving from Cherbourg, where the Queen debarked from the Berengaria yesterday. e Queen, Prince Nicholas and Princess Ileana arrived about mid. night from Cherbourg. -At the station representatives of President Dou- mergue and Foreign Minister Briand, and Col. T. Bentley Mott, represent- ing Ambassador Herrick, presented her with bouquets. She has been par- tially reassured by Gen. Angelesco, head of King Ferdinand military household, regarding the condition of the King. Queen Marie is finding consolation in the midst of her trouble in the be- lief that during her visit to the United States she not only made her people hetter known to the people of that country, but laid the foundation for a better understanding between the peoples of Europe and America. Dreams of Greater Future. Marie dreams of playing a greater as she at | role and assuming wide authority in the life of Europe by spreading the gospel of international understanding, which she developed in the United States. She s of the opinion that the United States will inevitably play a greater part in the world’s affairs, and that she is in a position now more faithfully to interpret American hopes, ambitions and ideals to the continent of Europe. During the trip from Cherbourg to Paris the official spokesman of the royal party expressed the belief that the good impression of the Queen's visit to America and the increased knowledge thers of Rumania's re- sources would enable Rumania to contract a loan, possibly a half bil- lion dollars. The spokesman made it plain that Queen Marie herself had not directly or indirectly broached the subject of a loan to financiers she met in the United States. KING OPPOSES CAROL. Ferdinand Reported as Having no In- tention of Resigning. BUCHAREST, December 1 (#).— King Ferdinand is strongly opposed to the return of former Crown Prince Carol in an endeavor to displace h young son, Prince Michael, as heir 1 p- parent. The King has no intentions of abdicating. In a letter to Premier Averescu, which was read before the Senate, the King says his health and strength are returning and that his advisers will be able to rally all the forces of the nation and form a “rampart about the throne” to enforce respect for his de cislons. The King says he has done his duty toward the country and kept his per- sonal feelings in the background when necessary for the sake of the country, giving a8 an_instance the occasion “when I, as King. put a stop to the errors and indecisions of a well-loved child.” MAY URGE TRANSFER OF PROHIBITION UNIT Enforcement Committee Said to Be Dissatisfied With Secretary Mel- lon's Administration of Law. Demand that the prohibition unit be transferred from the Treasury Depart- ment to the Department of Justice will be wade by the ['nited Committee for Prohibitfon Enforcement, it was predicted today by Clinton N. Howard, chafrman, following a meeting of the legislative committee at the Raleigh Hotel. Notice that the “drys” are not satls- fled with the prohibition regime of Sec- retary of the Treasury Andrew J. Mel- lon, was given by Elisha Kent Kane of Pennsylvania, a member of the committee, Mr. Kane suggested that Secretary Mellon be ousted, but it in expected that the transfer of the prohibition unit will be sought rather than the ousting of Mellon. It was frankly stated by Chairman Howard that the ““drys” are satisfied that Secretary Mellon is the most ef ficient Secretary of Treasury since Alexander Hamilton, that he is a financler of the first rank. However, on account of Secretary Mellon's pre. vious association with the liquor in- terests, Chairman Howard points out, and his attitude toward prohibition en- forcement, it will be the object of the united committee to take prohibition enforcement out of his charge. Definite action on the Mellon ques- tion and the proposed transfer of pro- hibition entorcement jurisdiction will be taken at a meeting of the com- mittee at the Raleigh Hotel tomorrow morning, Chairman Howard stated, MAJ. D. WHITING bIES. Retired Infantry Officer Expires in Chicago. . Deshler Whiting, & retired in- officer, died at Chicago last in_his 45th vear, according to War Department advices. His widow, Mrs. Sue D. Whiting of Dallas, Tex., survives him. He served in the ranks of the 65th New York Infantry in the Philippine insurrection and was appointed a sec- ond lleutenant in ihe Regular Infan- try in September, 1902. He was at- tached to the Mexican horder patrol in 1916 and was a lieutenant colonel in the National Army during the World War. He took part in the ac- tions at Chateau Thierry, in the Mar- bache and Ypres sectors and in the Meuse-Argonne offensive. Since his retirement for digabili 1922, he has served military in structor in the Dallas High School. Maj fantry Frida) APR 4. leave for | instead of wait- | nts attached to her suite! 1926. By Her Majesty the Written Exclusively for The Star HOMEWARD BOUND—Part IT. We are homesick for America, my We feel a strong vearning to be back again, and we ;rhlldrhn and I think of those three weeks in our train, with old black Sam to serve and look after us every minute of the day, and our cabins, so close together, €0 intimate and so full of flowers brought to us fresh and beautiful at every station, even the smallest. And_always something new, with kind Col. Carroll ever ready to invent different things that would give us pleasure—ever a living proof of Amer- fea’s hospitality and unstinted gener- osi How exciting it was to arrive at each fresh place, to look out the window and see the landscape ever changing, till we finally had traveled over the whole great continent and reached the ocean on the farther side. Now it is all over like a long dream, but one that has not vanished with the waking. Now I am wondering if it was all very different to what I had imagined when on the Leviathan I penned the first one of these articles. Do you sometimes try to recall the visions of places you had before you went there? I often do, and it {8 most using to 1 i am: compare them with the I But in the case of New York, for instance, the reality was so dif- ferent from the preconceived picture that I can hardly conjure it up again to draw comparison. Streets More Imposing. That strange skyline, so unique, so unexpected. More imposing still than the first vision from the boat was being inside the great streets, with the giant houses looking down upon you and telling vou all the time that there s no good in trying to compare them with anything else. They were just unique America’a_invention, the in- vention f a New World that sees big. What also forcibly strikes the Euro- pean is the stupendous expenditure of eiectricity. Nowhere in Europe are towns it up so extraordinarily ing seems impossible in America. You never seem to pause to consider what a thing will cost. We. for instance, would light up our great bufldings on certain festive nights but not for once and for all as you do your Washing- ton Capitol, vour Kansas City War Memorial, and other great monuments I have seen during my wanderings. These formidable reflectors used all the year round would mean to us an impossible luxury we would not dare to impose upon a town. It must be wonderful to have mil- lions at vour disposal and to he sure of realizing your dreams. Dreams of heauty they are. Just imagine, never to have to hesitate but just to go for- ward and realize is glorious, indeed. 1 have often had stupendous dreams but T wove them into my fairy stories knowing that I would never he able to realize ,them on earth, but you realize your visions. all of them, and you mean to realize higger things still. It is a little like reading good old Jules Verne's books. Rush and Succeed. Some one once called you a nation of gamblers. You do not keep vour money in your pockets, but immedi- ately put all you have in some great &cheme. Because you do this vou succeed hecause there is no —you just rush'in and win. vou logse your money in the undertaking, what matter? You just hegin again. - Yes, it is very wonder- ful. very remarkable. It teaches us a new point of view. We, with our old Inherited fortunes. places, houses, are afraid. We cling to what generations have made ours &0 we are not so daring, not so free. We are too afraid to 1ose. We wounld mind too much, and would feel too humiliated if we lost. You are cer- talnly colossal organizers. Fvery- thing is practical and thought out and then entirely realized without a hitch That gives you the reputation ot being materfalists only, but this is an unfair criticism. I think I have found plenty of idealism in America. Of course, you are pleased with what you do. ‘There is nothing extraordi- nary in that. You have every right to be proud of vour achievements. My Impressions of ‘American Newspaper Alliance. Noth- | Queen of Rumania and Other Members of the North They are such mrvelous ones and you want others to see what you have done and rejoice with you over fit. That {s comprehensible.” I, when 1 create the smallest thing, want others to come and rejolce with me. It has no charm unless one shares it with some one. unless some one Approves and calls it good or wonderful. No Barriers Inside U. S. Then there is also_this which has made you so great. You are a might continent and vet one country. Yo have every resource in vourself, tariffs, no taxes separating your ferent States, no frontiers. You are one enormous whole, and yet each ate vies with the other to do ma INTOMIDDLE WEST Mercury Drops Fast—Lake Vessels Are Warned to Stay in Port Because of Gale. on Wint Dee ember to attack laid down A preliminary over the Middie \West today new month was horn Temperatures, which dropp d low as 12 deg lake, D: the real thing to ma velous things, to become the most wonderful, the richest, the most de- veloped, the most prosperous State. That also makes you big, tremendous- s, we must use large adjectives speaking about you. It cannot| be avolded. g I feel very presumptious talking of huge America as though I really knew it. I quite realize that 1 saw but & minute part of it, observing. realizing, understanding just what I could in that quick rush, in which 1 was never allowed to pause or hreak through on any side line. [ would never have written these lines for publication if I had not been asked to do so. They must not be looked upon as criticisms, not as absolute judgment. I feel in nowise justified in considering them anything else but a summing up of the fmpressions of one who with an open heart and eves tried to grasp and understand all she saw. I know also that as a queen I was not able to penetrate into things as another could have done. I had to follow the road traced for me So &s not to complicate the task of my hosts. All things were showered over me in such an abundance that I only just had the strength to stand up amongst the too much of it all that was offered me. Hospitality TIs ‘Lauded But 1 shall never forget the mag- nificent hospitality of it all. That dream-like advance amid so much love and appreciation shown me by everyone. high and low. I feel that 1 want to say “Thank vou. thank you, all of vou" over and over again. Thank you, every one of you, big and small, cities, states and human be- ings. 1 shall never forget the wa: vou received me and extended your many hands toward, me in mighty friendship. 1 shall never forget your lavish hospitality, vour generosity. vour open-hearted appreciation and that delightfully expressed pleasure to have me among you which made evervthing T did so splendidly worth ‘while. v Somehow T felt that all barriers: were down. There was no hesitation about our likings for each other. It was mutual and complete. Am I wrong? Am I wrapping my, self up in fllusions? Perhaps T am but then do not tell it to me 100 hars| Iy or let me feel it too suddenly. Tt would hurt me dreadfully after having been so gloriously. deliciously, unex pectedly spoiled whilst I was your guest. As T trace these words the boat 1 am on is bearing me farther. farther away from your shores to I know not what destiny. There is a great anx tety in my heart for the life of one whoni I love. You know that it was hecause of this cruel anxiety that I had to hurry home before my time. ood-by, dear America. Do not fo get. 1 was o happy among your pe ple. and when one has heen happ) somewhere and hea hearted to leave, the only thought that consoles is the hepe of returning again one day. Good-by, good-by. | i | Convrieht. 1926, in the United States. Great Britain® and all other 'countries by the North American Newspaper Alliance. Re- Droduetion in Whole of 10 art prohibited A1V rights reserved BOY FREED OF ART THEFT AGCUSATION Destroyed Picture Left in Va- cant Store—Says He Did Not Know Value. Clarence :Edward Winston, 15- vear-old colored boy, charged with the theft and felonious destruction of an ofl painting, valued by its cus- todian at $100, was discharged to- day by Probation Officer Sanford, before whom he was given a hear- ing in Juvenile Court. After hearing the testimony of Anton Heitmuller, art dealer, 1307 Fourteenth street, custodian of the picture, Headquarters — Detective Darrell and the boy him: Mr. Sanford decided that no criminal osecution could be made against e hoy. Winston told the probation P th officer that hix uncle, John Kennedy, with whom he lived at the Four- teenth street house, was janitor of a building in which was located a store at 1301 Fourteenth street. Kennedy, the boy sald, was in- structed by the agents of the build- ing to have the store, recently vacated, cleaned up. The uncle asked the boy to do the work for him and instructed him to clean out “everything that was in there.” The boy sajd two paintings their value he knocked the one paint- ing down with a curtain rod and left the other one upon the wall, and threw it out, “with all the other trash.” The destroyed picture was &ix by six feet and the one left upon the wall by the boy was six by eight- een feet, too large, he sald, for him to remove. Loaned to Store. Mr. Heitmuller told Probation Of- cer Sanford that the picture was left in his possession to be =old from his Fourteenth street store. He' then loaned it to a Mr. TLanger to be used us a decoration in the latter's autu mobile accessory store at 1301 Fous teenth street. Some time ago M Langer telephoned Heitmuller that he was moving and requested him to remove his pictures. lieitmuller, in turn, called upon the real estate agents, asking them to re- turn the picture to him following Langer's departure. The real estate {men, Mr. Heitmuller said, told him Ithat since the pictures were high up on the wall and the door locked, no- body could get them and therefore he could take his time about removing them. Mr. Heitmuller then told of his daily visits to the vacant store, where he tried the door and looked within to mee the pictures. On November 18, however, Heitmuller found the store door open and the pictures gone. Go- ing to Kennedy, the janitor of the information concerning the one ple- ture’s removal. were on the wall and net realizing Girl Parking Feet On Table Aids Her Health, Says Expert i By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND. December 1.—It may he unladvlike for a girl to tilt back her chair and park her feet on a table if she is tired, but it is & healthy means of rest. So the delegates to the National Consumers’ League convention learned yesterday from Miss Frances Perkins, industrial board chairman of the New York De- partment of Labor. “Recently 1 found there was a sound, healthy basis for the habit. Persons who have to do much standing find relief in raising their limbs above the head so that blood will rush the other w * Some factories emploving girls have inaugurated five-minute rest periods, during which the wor ers are expected to lie down with their feet supported on a kind of bolster, she said. PRESBYTERIANS CUT BUDGET ON MISSIONS | Reduction From $15,000.000 to $12,000,000 Favored for 1927. Divorce Issue Up. i | By the Associated Press. | CHICAGO, December 1.—The Pres. | byterfan Church budgat for home and foreign missions and Christian educa- tian, =et at $15,000,000 a ar for the |last three vears and never attained, will he eut to $12,000.000 for 1927, the | ehurch committee on hudget and | finance virtuslly determined yester. day. The most it has raised in any T is $10,000,000, J. Willilam Smith. | Philadelphia banker and chairman of | the committee, pointed out. The finance committee other church groups met preliminary und three [to & council session today, at which | | Will be drafted recommendations to | the Sun Francisco General Assembly | next May. All the sessions were ex- ecutlve. The principal interest among Pres: byterlans in the semsions toduy and Thursday hinges not upon the work of the council, but upon the delibera- tons of a separate committee, meet ing coincidentally, which is empower. ed to consider the advisability of amending the Presbyterian confession | of faith to limit to the single ground of adultery the church’s justification of divorce. The Presbyterian confession of faith now sanctions divorce when there is “wilful desertion” by one mate which amounts to absolute abandonment be- vond any hope of reconciliation. . - A study of gifted children showed that 18 per cent of the hooks read by v in January, | bullding, the art dealer said he sought | the girls were bove' books, but only 2 per cent of the boy \&irls’ boo ading was in jwas not the weather man promissd a ce v attack would hring von ) Thursday over much of the Comes From Ca The cold wave, which moved in from the Mackenzie River Valley of Canada, struck first in North D: ! Tuesday, moved pidly eastward and southeastward. and was destined 1o overspread most of Wisconsi parts of Towa, [llinois and Indian today. A marked feature of the vasion was the rapidity with which the mercury dropped Reaction already had I on the western e district, and over most of the western up e of the e xtend Midd - lake res Below tor will the Temperatu The thern in Duluth, M read 5 below at midnicht, a drop 29 degrees since morning. and a mile northwesterly wind v whip- ping through the lake p abhove was predicted for Milwauk today. and lake vessels were warned to stay in port because of the gale. Other subzero temperatures were sprinkled over the Northwest. was 5 below at Aberdesn, S below at Grand Forks, N. Dak., and 11 helow Fargo. At Sionx Falls the mercury took a 30.degree spill in 10 hou p declines under cold winds also were reported from Des Moines and Omaha, after two days of warm weather, The heaviest nor - in G0 vears has covered the roads and trails near with snow Calumet, Mich., 5 to 6 feet deep. Many deer hunters who went to the North woods, wer reported stranded in camps. WILL SPEAk ON OPERA. Mrs. Albion to Address University Women on “Pique Dame" Friday. Edounard Albion. wife of t of the Washington Opera nnounces that she will give talic on the opera “Pique Dame™ at the American Assoc of University Women's Club, 1634 1 street. iday afternoon da0 o'clock. 18 is in response to mat requests hear the story of tin opera by Tschaikowski, RRussian con pose which will he given not ¢ fts local premiere but its American debut in Ru: n, with « of prin ipals all Russian and the chor singing in Russian, at the Washi ton Auditorium next Monday night by the Washington Ope N Mrs. Albion will he assisted in her talk by Mme. Rimsky-Korsakoff, niece of the composer. She in Chevy Chase < time tell some interesiing facts uncle and abont . Zlatin of the loe: the e opera any will § with i com SO trate parts of from the ope tenor who is in Washington, probabiv will be present and sing =ome of the arias, Monday afternoon Mre. Albion give A similar talk in Itimore at the Roland Park Clul to o of those who expect to hear the ope:: given in that city hy the Washingto company next ‘Tuesday nigit. the night following the local prem WILKINS TO TRY AGAIN. Soon to Return to Seek Land in the Arctic. FATRRAN Aluska, Deceriber 1 UP).— Friends of Capt. George W Kins anexplorer who led 1 Detr Aretic expedition Iast Winter and Spring, are advised here that will s0on return North to resnme his quest for land in the Aretic. Wilk who is in Detroit, Is to he accompant to Fairbanks by Carl B. Eielson, w piloted one of two planes used by the Detroft undertaking In the first attempt ht w made 150 miles north of Alaska ov the Arctic ice without sighting land. IS AWAITING TRIAL. ! Defendant in Divorce Action Is Not Convicted. In the suit for limited divor, vesterday by Mrs. Mary Pa ngt Charles Parker, the wif. made the statement that her hust 15 now tn jafl awaiting trial on ol of having ted the Iharvison narcotic ex the additi chavges thal he has previously heen convicted on other charges of violat- g the drug law. The Star's report safd vesterday that he had been con- Vietad and was serving o tern in jail. As u matter of fact he is now in jail awuiting trial, it was learned today ACQUITTED IN SLAYING. Colored Man Not Held Responsible for Death of Woman. John 1. Moore, colored ted of a charge of manslaugh jury today before Justice Criminal Division wher James A. O'Shea, h amination of showed that the cause of deat cess near the brain. m curred from infection fror used in hospital treatmer Moore wag aceused of death of Josephine !larri Ing her August street. 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