Evening Star Newspaper, December 21, 1926, Page 11

RED CROSS ELECTS CHAPTER OFFICERS t Reports of Year’s Work Show Large Output and Varied Activities. OfMcers were elected and activities f the past vear reviewed, all of them | annual showing progress, at the of the District n Red held erday Chapter, Cross, at na Boardman rman and Maj. elected Willlam elected honorary c Gen. George Barnett s chairman. Other officers were: Maj. Gen. John A first vice chalrman; Miss Boardman, second vice chairman; Miw. Harry C. Barnes, secretary: H. ® Recside, treasurer, and Mrs. Mar- -t Hood Robbins and Charles . Howe, assistant treasurers. Mabel T, The executive committee was elect- | a1 as follows: George Barnett; Beardman, Mrs y Kiss Alice J. Mr. Iyber, Judge William 11 M. Goding, Mr Roy C. Heflebower, William D. Hoover, Mrs. Humphrey, Dr. Ralph Jen Gen. John A. Johnston, E. W. Miss Lydia Loring, Mrs. Reev Miss Anna C. Koerper, W. F fellow. Roland Robbins, il side, Mrs. W. W. Spalding, M S. Spencer, Mrs. Koss Th Jirs. Simon Wolf and Mr E. Howe. Report on Roll Call. In the absence of Maj. Gen. John A. Johnston, chairman of the tenth an- nual roll call, who was detained by Harry C. Barnes, secre- he chapter, read his report. s reported that $38.642 has been received for the roll call this year, with a total of 25.630 members. Gen. Johnston in his report complimented the work of the chief clerks of the Government departments who had co- operated with the District_chapter in securing the enrollment of their per- sonnel. Detailed reports were read from the production and surgical dressings de- partments of the chapter, in which it was shown that 4,826 hospital gar- ments_had been made during the past vear by 108 workers, representing 19,322 hours of service, while 202,285 surgical dressings, representing 900 hours of service, were made by the volunteers of that unit for the Chil- drew’s-Hospital; Garfieid Hospital, Episcopal Eye, Ear and Throat Hos- pital and the Instructive Visiting Nurses' Society. Mrs. Reeves Lewis, hostess and recreation for the told of the work of the Gr: at Walter Reed Hospital, W volunteers in the last ye given 3,808-hours of service. Hospital Work Reviewed. Mrs. W. S. Spencer, chairman of hospitals, gave figures of the work being done by the District Red Cross at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, Mount Alto and the Naval Hospital, includ- ing the serving of ice cream and cake from May to October at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital to a_total of 3.227 men. Chairman, M M Victor B. De Lacy, Albert Libbey, Lev Ree mpson, Charles chairman of chapter. Mrs. Roy C. Heflebower, captain of | the motor corps of the chapter, de- scribed the service of volunteers, giv- ing in all 4,817 hours tg the work and giving the use of thelr cars and gaso- line 7 te canteen_ service, according to rejert made by . Tydia, LOring, chizrman, served 1400 suppets to vet- erans on town leave-from logal hospi- tals, giving 2,500 hours in this work during the year. Miss Anna C. Humphrey, chairman of the nursing service, said 275 nurses .ad. enrolled for Red Cross service with the chapter and that 45 nurses had given volunteer service during the past year at first aid stations, etc., during parades, disasters and ex’ positions and other pubjic gatherings. Firemen Take Course. That 35 firemen of the District are to take a course in life saving and first aid from W. E. Longfellow, head of the life saving and first aid corps of the chapter, was reported by Mr. Longfellow, 'who said that new fea- tures of the work included the river|? patrol in the Summer and classes for Pullman employes to minimize loss of life in train disasters. Good work has been done by the staff assistants corps, under the direc- tion of Miss Anna C. Koerper, who shellacked 19,000 pages of Braille and transeribed 3,200 pages of Braille dur- ing the last vear. Eighty-one schools had Junior Red Cross groups, numbering 23,766 chil- dren, last year, Miss A. M. Goding, chairman of the Junior Red Cross, re. ported. These children gave 3,638 containers of jelly to chapter work, made 300 garments and 1,020 hand: Xerchiefs, filled 1,900 Christmas boxes after- | was | elected | Johnston, Mr. | Long- | w. | Hill More or Less ‘Dead Politician,’ Representative Hill, Republicun, of Maryland, may be a “more or less dead politician,” bhut he's no “lame duck.” This is according to | his own remarks in the House yesterday, when he was trying to obtain passage of a bill to dl..lln marsh lands near Government’ property in his State. One of his arguments was that the stagnant water poisoned wild ducks, and that persons who ate those ducks were in turn poisoned. Representative Hudson, Repub- lican, of Michigan, asked if the measure would h “lame ducks.” “Now, is that nice?” interrupted Representative La Guardia, Re- ican, of New York . Speaker, I'm not retorted Hill. “1 was de- feated for the Republican sena- torial nomination and not for re- election at'the House. This makes me a static statesman.” “What's a static statesman?” shouted some one. “A more or less dead politician,” replied Hill. Action on his bill was deferred. ‘lame TRUTH SERUM SO MUCH “CLAPTRAP,” COURT SAYS | Missouri Tribunal Refuses to Ac- cept as Testimony Statements Made Under Drug's Influence. | By the Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY. Mo., December ri Supreme Court yes. red that “truth serum” | tests as evidence of the innocence or | zuilt of pe charged with crime {are so much “claptrap.” The characterization was contained in an opinion, affirming the conviction and 35-vear sentence given George Hudson, negro, in St. Louis Circuit Court in April, 1925, for a criminal attack upon an aged woman. The negro’s attorneys sought at his trial to introduce testimony by a phy- sician asserting he had administered a “truth-telling serum” to Hudson, and the megro declared he was innocent while under the drug’s influence. The Circuit Court refused to admit the testimony. “Testimony of this character,” court held, sent s human knowledge, unworthy of seri- ous consideration. The serum’s origin as nebulous as its effect is uncer- tain. “The trial court ruled correctly excluding this claptrap.” in Side gt s da Order Excludes Employes. An_executive order just issued by the President excludes from the operation of the retirement act of July 3, 1926, “non-educational ‘em- ployes in the Indfan Irrigation Serv- ice intermittently and irregularly em- ployed, and educational employes on daily rates, similarly employed.” It is stated that the order “is- deemed desirable because of the intermittent character of the employment and the exceedingly frequent changes in per- sonnel.” and prepared 1.400 Christmas greeting cards during the year. Maj. Gen. George Barnett, chairman of the chapter, was absent, and Wil- liam H. Doing, treasurer of the tenth annual Toll call, presided at the meet- ing. Half-Price Sale LLNREDEEMED PLEDGES , Watches, Jewelry *Ete. Rosslyn Loan Co. ROSSLYN, VA." Rosslyn Cars to Door ‘Diamends, Cleara.nce House and mn Models. An nunl--. Easy Terms. 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