Evening Star Newspaper, May 19, 1927, Page 2

3 ® PROPOSED MEDICAL CENTER GETS LAND George Washington Group Told of Acquisition of Site Near Garfield. Creation of here, unsur has been assed by any in the coun ought a ste r lization by the purchase c rdjoining Gar ospita \ the north of School and Yiospita Washingte versity, whick forn part of the will comprise 4 Acquisition of the site a frov of 130 feet on § last night before George Washington School orge will Med Club, at their Purchase. the property the interest of Sterling Ruffin, | White and Charles | financed -| and will hold it r terest until | | inanced 1 ed that Tt was disc! was obtained t who land vithout perties ¢ Gie . Hompital treet ha towa School on H proceed of the ne Dr William Mathe that the proposed medi be sassed by any in this country | 1 predicted that will enlist the | profess 1 attention of medical men | of the Natic | nt n wi al . He stated that it was| hoped to dispose of the present group | of buildings on H street by Fall and that eonstruction of the new plant will sla¥e (nyraediately afterward. | n mddition to the hospitals which | have signified their intention oming a part of the center, it | disclosed that several other prominent local hospitals are planning to participate in the movement. Check for $100 Recelved. After plans for the center had been outlined at the dinner last nisht sev- eral of the alumni, many of whom are practitioners in other cities, volun- tarily came forward and tendered sub- ptions to go toward financing of the. project. The first check received was for $100. Institutions which have formally Joined 1 plans for the center arc: George Washington University Tics- pital and Medical School, Garfield Hospital and the Cancer Hospital, di- rected by the Washington Home for Foundlings, which will be erected on the present grounds of Garfield Hos- pital. Plans for this structure alread: fare in process of preparation and it is anticipated that actual construction work will start in the near future. The oldest graduate present at the banquet was of the class of 1874, al- though an ‘“old grad” of 1856 sent a message of greeting. Dr. Charles Stanley White was toastmaster and speakers included: Dr. W. C. Borden, dean of the Medical School; Dr. W. F. R. Phillips, former dean, and Dr. Henry C. Yarrow. A large silver bowl was presented to Dr. Kerfoot Shute, emeritus pro- fessor of ophthalmology, by the classes previous to the class of 1911 Dr. Thomas A. Groover »f this city. made the speech of presentation. The George Washington University Glee Club, of which Robert Harmon, & student in the Medical School, is di- rector, sang school songs. THREE NURSES QUIT AFTER REPRIMAND Casualty Hospital Students Walk Out After One Is Rebuked, Dr. Rogers Says. A reprimand to a student nurse for staying out late ultimately re- sulted in the dismissal of three stu- dent nurses from Casualty Hospital, it became known last night. Dr. Joseph Rogers, head of the hos- pital, stated that after he had repri- manded a nurse for returning to the nurses’ home after midnight one night, in violation of the disciplinary rules of the institution, a manifes- tation of discontent was made by other nurses. He told them, he said, that it they did not wish to live up to the rules they could leave the hospitul. ‘Three left their posts of duty, he de- clared. They were immediately dis- missed from the training course, and were 80 informed when they returned. The three nurses who walked out were Misses Helen Lantz, Florence ‘Waple and Mae Forbes. Allegations that the real reason for the dispute had been their refusal to work at Stanton Park Hospital, which Dr. Rogers also controls, were met by Dr. Rogers by the statement that the purses who went to Stanton Park Hospital were sent there for training in obstetrics, which is not possible @t Casualty at the present time. FALSE ALARM CHARGED. Man Is Arrested, Accused of Dis- orderly Conduct. Archie McFarland, 28 yearsold, 1245 Union street southwest, said to be an employe of the American Ice Co. was arrested this morning on a charge of turning in a false fire alarm from a box at Ninth and Water strects southwest, near his place of employ- ment. Police report on the scen arrived, being that McFarland was when the fire engines | by two fellow | emplo plant. After be- ing taken into tody by police of the fourth precinct, additional charges of intoxication and disorderly conduct were lodged against McFarland. = District of Columbia Memo 1 subscribe and promise to pa the sum of.. I wish to p ay on th ) ! This date $. (Cash or check with subs May 1 1920 8. Total Signed Mail Address. | 5 (NB.—~If vou wish to pay you | ments fill_in each of the blank £ sum Qi io only after “this great medical center | nces above, rst Girl Finalist | | | | MISS DOROTHY CARLSON, I v, Utah, girl, who will Western zone in the fourth Nat Oratorical Con- test finals here, Ma; CHICAGOWILL P ORATOR SATURDAY Last Contestant for National Finals to Be Chosen—Two Girls Seek Honor. he contending fleld in the fourth National Oratorical Contest finals, be staged here next week, will be completed Saturday night at Chicago | when that zone will select its repre- sentative orator from a field of seven ants. of Chicago's 1s and the are contes Two gi seven x already chos impatient speak: are final E learn if Miss Dorthy Lake City, Utah, who won at Angeles recently, will he the 1 in the national finals. Miss Carlson, who is 17 yvears old in addition to being the only gzirl to win a place in the finals this vear is the first girl that the hig Western zone ever has sent to Washinzton to represent it. She is reported be exceptionally well equipped the oratorical battle by virtue of her | s waitin Carlson, only experience in public speaking and in | dramat Throughout her school course she has been active in the de- bate and oratory fields. While a freshman she took the leading role | in her high school's annual play and | she has a good stage presence. Her | ambition is to become a professional | actress and her activities in school | are directed toward the accomplish- ment of this end. | Is Talented Pianist. Besides her speaking abilities, | however, Miss Carlson is a talented | planist and a feature writer on the | staff of her school's publication. The two girls who will carry the burden of the young women at Chi- cago Saturday, one of whom might become Miss Carlson’s chum on the European tour, are Miss Esterlee An- drews and Miss Frances R. P. Mec- Reynolds. If one of them wins, the prophecy of Randolph Leigh, contest founder and director, will be fulfilled, for early in the contest he guessed that the national field would be com- posed of five boys and two girls. The boys who will compete at Chi- cago for ‘the right to represent their zone in the finals are: Louis Z. Rosen- teld, De Lisle Crawford, Joseph Kurre, Lewis Nathaniel Head and Roblee Alexander. Tour Starts July 2. The boy finalists who already have been chosen, and with whom Miss Carlson and the winner at Chicago will compete for the national chan- pionship, are: William Alexander Loker, representative of The Star's region; Maxwell Lancaster, Birming- ham, champion of the Southern zone; Carl E. Albert, McAlester, Okla., who will represent the zone centering in Kansas City, M Jefterson F. Meagher, Binghamton, champion of the region_ centering in New York City, and James M. Tunnell, jr., of Georgetown, Del.. representative of the Philadelphia zone. On the two-and-a-half-month tour of’ Europe, which each of the seven na- tional contestants will have clinched with the delivery of his oration in the national finals, the young orators will be accompanied by Randolph Lelgh and Mrs. Leigh. The trip begins with passage on the Leviathan July 2 Barge Capsizes; 19 Drown. KIEV, Russia, May 19 (®).— teen peasants were drowned today in the capsizing of a milk barge in the Dnieper River. Five others were saved Roxy Wlli Have “Washington Gang” In Press Building Roxy is going to have his “Wash- ington gang” when the new Iox Theater in the National Press Club Building at Fourteenth and F streets opens early in September, Formation of such a group of local entertainers was decided on at a conference this week between Roxy (8. J. Rothafel) and Willlam Fox in New York, it was an- nounced toda A number of Washington musical artists al- ready have been approached in this connection, it is stated The local “gang” will be drilled by Roxy in person and their ef- forts will be broadeast for the first time in_conjunction with the opening of the theater IR LA CoL LR AL LU SRR AL SR S LT L S — They Died for Us—Their Memory Must Live rial Commission: i | ¥y to the order of John Poole, treas. & ) Dollars. ription), 1928 $...... (Please’ print) Il (Please pr ml.h S ar subseription in thres annual install- 1f you wish to pay in one Los | to| for | | tion of shooting hostges as reprisals | Nine- | THE EVENING STAR, GERMANS ADMIT FIVE ARCHITECTS VIOLATIONS IN WAR 70 STUDY PLANS Will Confer Here Monday on| Federal Building Pro- gram for Triangle. | Abuses Condemned in Report of Weimar Commission to Reichstag. R ANSEL MOWRER. Daily architects invited | conference Mon Department over 1 build- | triangle here | Mellon an- | and plans are being intensive atudy of all | nvolved. | BY EIX( Radio _to BERLIN, M today The Star ana_t Copyright. 14 1y 19.—Five the de: They ave v the 120 impot h the Tr proposed changes in the Feders plan for the great have accepted, Secrelary nounced today, made for an the problen Those who have indicated they will here for the meeting, Secreta | Melion said, are Louis Ayres of New ning the | ¢ g wyer, architects for the new De- to the | Ciment of Commerce building. and dus S former member of the Fine Arts Commission: M B. Medary, Jr. ot Phi \delphia, a member of the Nationa al Park and Planning Commis- | Arthur | wn of San Franc mable to make up his mind «concern A. Delano of New Yor | . forced deportation of Belgian | member of the Iine Arts Commission, | | And E. 1. Bennett of Chicago, special for German industries dur- | ! A var, but the minority architectural advi Secretary Mel- lon lemned this practice and in | tag discussion the fact was| »d that this measure of selz and sending sury u on kol dency Ger 1o cha war during Reichsi \ting world nal n war constituti 1ssem bly appointed a non-part commission to investigate Wed the report, cont German was made cichs unal e cha i iny viewpoint The make up ics m ¢ > violation of Belgi ern- | neu- | The majority of the commission was | Wittam trenu | 1y cor | the Reic empha |ing peaceful workmen | them baggageless unheated cars to Germany to work was {carvic 1 out at the orders of Ratesnau, who passed for Will Study ngle Plans. The principal subject to be brought Jefore the advisory council of archi- tects and Treasury experts will be the |two different plans for treatment of |the entire big triangle, bounded by | Pennsylvania avenue, teenth stred Abuses Were Rife. land B street. The present lplvm |.t | comm admits abuses were | placed bulldings in separate units, o 5 iinlis Ak scuin et | £ * e goRal iax) been advancad for { rife in carrying out this order. Ix ay hies | cepting the use of cyanide and phos. ting the structures all together e : - ol I sty wer streets, and presenting | zene shells, the commission considers |arching ¢ € P |t bi ontinuous facade all arvound the the use of gas justified and forbidden |& continuous S ettt re use Nallied prov. | rim of the triangle, with a big cou gases were used only under allied prov- | riw S5 ol ation. Most important is the fact |in the center. There is considerable that the commission approves unlim- dm;mw of opinion over these t lited submarine warfare 5 A swer | projects. 1 | s i Thagal Mook 15 P Mother matter which is to come | to the British illegal blockade. A Ew 4 Mo, at the front treated up also, it was explained by Mr. Me issl Jon, is the proposed treatment of the the commission finds. on, it o Z ic war v i | Treasury end of the Pennsylvania onomic war showed the opposi. | Treasury hioh venue vista from the Capitol, which [tion of the continental legal concep- (avenue vista from the CEF Oy fecy | tion that property during war is|Wwould broaden the A e inth | sacred against the English common |Fourteenth and Fifteenth strects tnio law fiicais °"|a huge plaza or parkway with wide aw which admits seizure of propery. |a huge plaza D : - The commissi -onti trafic arteries. The Department o he commission hopes the continental | tre T 1 - . Justice Building recently —proposed ea will be gener established, | Justice T e it ere v X | for this corner, where Poli's Theater Hospital ships were occasionally fired e other it on by all countries, it is alleged. | stands, would be pi - | Finally the commission declared the | Favored by Mellon. | destruction of France carried out by | ¢ o Nraion today expressed | the retreating German armies in 1917 | ;%\ gle-nearted approval ot the pro- | and 1918, was undertaken for military | M8 WPRNCAEE Lol of the corner. [putpoges | Two considerations were um-lm} Opposed by Democrat Deputy. the change. .\‘lf\'.ls‘l‘ellfl::”’!"f“l},‘y’"" B T o D gestion. Both would bo im- posed by the soclal Democrat deputy, | ., voq by the change to a plaza, he Paul Levi, who declared the deportd | in)cs, Details of the treatment to tion of Beigian workers was purely i ({WOES (2000 Corner have not as order to enable German industries to | ¢ AecOi@er (T L% gotail, but all make money. and that mixing nation- | ¥t been SEEEOPE o760 do with alities in German prison camps was |, pyjlding program now seem agreed against all international conventions | (1€ ML IR T Roe i oving the Depart- and led to infection of the well by the | ;¢ ot Justice building and_giving sick, and to terrible mortality among space over to traffic and what is the prisoners from typhus. ~ All the | {IS SPACE CFEL G nger” ‘end to the patriots protested against 1 areat trisngle. It must further be said that the com- | ¥ mission seems generally to have given no answers or un: actory answers to questions such as the invasion of Belgium and the deportation of Bel-‘ glan workers, where Germany. - | viously was in the wrong, and to have | actical the lat A pacifist. Admits connec in it traffic 'NEW GROUP PLANS T0 ASSIST POLICE IN LIQUOR FIGHT it Bage) passed over the very important ques- | against sniping. Some of the persons shot were children under 12. The commission obviously made an | 7 effort toward objectivity, but the time |designated chairman of the meile.\hr-:(- has not yet come when one cari expect | Ship committee, and he is to work o any ofiicial commission to admit |@ plan for obtaining members. = charges against the national interest.| Cards of the Church Service s!‘n- The five volumes none the less consti- | clation *which were distributed in tute a terrible indictment ‘of modern |many Protestant churches "soi\-eml war, and portions ought to be pub- | Weeks ago have not been recalled, nor At AHe ST oVer. will they be, as all plans for consum- §75 70 MEMORIAL organization. A revised membership rd will be printed and distributed shortly, Dr. Ellison said. Contribution Represents One| Dollar for Each Man in Organization. (Continued_from ¥ Will Enlarge Board. The secretary likewise explained | that efforts are being made to bring on to the board of directors repre- sentative clergymen and laymen from Catholic and Jewish institutions in Washington in order that the enti ity may be represented in the move: ment, The first meeting looking to the formation of this organization out of the original attempt was held Tues- day, May 10, at the City Club, with the following present: Mr. Stevenson, Mr. Douthitt, Dr. Abernethy, Dr. Pierce, Dr. Har Mr. Cooper, Dr. Ellison, Mr. Ktchison, Dr. Rohrer, Rev. Mr. Councillor, Mr. Bryan and Dr. Christle. he name izens v ss0- ciation for Law and Order of the DI trict of Columbia” was adopted and the following “‘working constitution” was drawn up: Co-operation Planned. “The purpose of the Citizen ice Assoclation shall be to furnish a medium for the organized co-operation of the patriotic people of the District of Columbia with the legally consti- tuted authorities in the maintenance of law and order in said District. “It shall be the further purpose of this association to furnish verified facts concerning the status of moral questions to all interested parties. It shall be the further purpose of the association to constantly stress the high ideals of patriotic citizenship. “The oiMcers of this association shall consist of a president, vice presi- secretary, treasurer and hoard ectors. This board shall be divided between members of and laymen. ‘The board of The United States Marine Band has contributed $75 to the District War Memorial in observance of Dollar day, one dollar for each member of this noted musical organization, it was announced last night by campaign headquarte Returns from Dollar day, with coupon appeal for dollar bills, begun to come in today, both coupons clipped from newspapers, and from donations direct through John Poole, treasurer, at the Iederal- American National Bank. It will be some time, however, according to headquarters, before the results of Dollar day will be Known. Returns are expected to whittle down to a considerable extent, with hopes of elimination, the deficit which stood at $11,394 yesterday, marking the distance from the goal of $155,000 needed before construction of the memorial in Potomac Park can begin. | dent, % of d STARLING RETURNS. |en he clerg: President Will Receive Report on Quwectors” shall be self-perpetuating and shall elect the other officers to Summer White House Sites. President Coolidge’s personal emis: hold office for one year or until their successors shall have been named. savy, E. W. Starling, assistant chief Board to Determine. o o Nite Troiibe. bacret vervide;| . Al tiatteraictipolioy shall Be de- returned from an extensive termined upon by the board of divec- g vt o | tors. Ll ff‘“",‘C“.,‘.‘q"“a,,"',:, “Those in sympathy with the prin- yialon Su of Dlaces Mot | ciples hereinabove set forth and who (oniine:sd s shull make an annual cash donation The " 4 i fon to mem- i Srenid » 2 for | shall be eligible to elect! v TR D me ating f0F | Bership (n the association by the board kny Tad to his S ¢ divectors.” known his decision as to his Summer | © e 5 2 pli While reports seem to favor itements _setting l'mvhlVIilt_lr 1 places in Colorado and the opinions of the principle involved in Gorthwest, the President has decided | the nm\'flansgc)anou were Ass;:mlbmd%y nothing as yet. He will recelve a|by six lay” members of the board. full report from Starling on the de- Dr. Ellison said: | sivability of the places visited, espe- Refers to Loyalty. T L i of health| .\, orican citizenship implies and |and conven demands loyalty to the flag and to et what it represents. The patriotic eiti- jiasnt faxc S s en recognizes his own duty at all LA LA times, not only to obey the country’s mexpe Jaws, but also to aid actively in bring- ing their offenders to justice. Our Con- | stitution framed under divine direc- tion is the foundation on which the Nation stands, and its provisions must be unversally respected. “I stand firmly for the Constitution and for all its amendments, eager to fight its enemies in whatever quarter. To particularize, none can be more desirous than myself of seeing King Alcohol absolutely dethroned in the United States of America, and it {8 my sincere conviction that this will soon be done.” Mr. Bryan said: I believe that an or- ganization of this nature is needed and that it can render a great service to the Police Department and other law- enforcing officers in curtailing law vio- lations.” Favors Law Enforcement. Mr. Rohrer sald: “I am in favor of law enforcement in the Capital «nd Selections of “Victor Herbert Favor- |believe that good people should sup- ites” 5 ‘Herbert | port the officers of the law in perform- March, “Garde du Corps”...Chambers | ance of their duty.” #45.4Tpe ier Spangled Bamner.” Mr. Etchison said: “I belleve that L1 = o its had from | today the West, score for the likely that the Presi- Coolidge will make ision until some time BAND éONCERT. At the post bandstand, Washington B . tomorrow at 6:50 p.m., the United States Army Band, William J. | Stannard directing. larch, “Maj. Gen. Hanson E. El Dahlgulst “The Four Ages of Man,” Lachner xophone solo, “Llewellen” . Wiedoeft | Technical Sergt. Eugene H. Hostetter, soloist. “The Vagabond Vedding of the Winas, Hall | Xylophone solo, “Liebesfrend” Kreisler Technical Sergt. Joseph L. Young, soloist. | Intermezzo, *The Bridal Song,” from “The Rustic Wedding Symphony,” Goldmark | | Bxcerpts from | it Wi nl 2, “The \ WASHINGTON, D. €., THURSDAY, THREE INJURED IN EMERGENCY AMBULANCE CRASH Ambulance on way to hui MAY 19, 1927, call hits tree after colliding with smaller car at Eleventh and Fio INVADING “ENENY" 'PRESIDENTIAL SILENCE STORIES STIR CAPITAL CORRESPONDENTS| RUUIED UN [:[]AST,‘Right to Rep; What Ex:c;ive Does No Say Is Debated as Result of Third Term Questions. “Black” Hurled Back After Landing on New England Shore. By the Associated Pres NEWPORT, R. I, May 19.—A Black invading force landed this morning. but heen hurled back, divided, and now occuples a hopeless position, Maj. Brown, commander of s in the war game, an- nounced to Without support frem its own fleet, outnumbered in infantry and subjected to the fire of railway and other artillery. the landing force of 20,000 men might be annihilated, he believed. Striking in the dark, the Black fleet in the coast eavly today, and succeeded in landing more than 20,000 troops. The enemy established a front from War- rens Point, at the tip of the shore line on the east of Narragansett Bt to Clarks « the outskirts New Bedford, 4 Smoke screens were thrown up to hide the enemy movements from the Blue defenders. More than 70 Black atreraft dropped bombs on the coast defenses, Troops Land Under Barrage. After the battleships Texas and Ar. kansas and other enemy w ps had begun shelling the forts the troops were landed along the beaches of Bu zards Bay. To aid in the movement other vessels shelled towns in the area. Among the villages bombarded were Westport, South Westport, Dartmouth nd Westport Hill, Mass., ompton and Tiverton ners, R. The bridge and Fall River were plac fire to prevent Blue f ing up reinforcement estimated that b had landed 23 battalions, with tanks, armored cars and mountel artillery. Coast Defenses Crippled. The coast defenses had been badly crippled by yesterday's Black attack. Many guns at the forts had heen silenced and the efficiency of others greatly impaired Gen. Brown ordered the 43d Divi- sion, which had been held in reserve in the vicinity of Middleboro, Mass. to move at once, in an effort to check the advance of the enemy. At the time this order was given the Black troops had penetrated 10 miles inland. BANK BANDIT-SLAYERS CORNERED BY POSSE Men Who Held Up Two Oklahoma Banks and Killed Police Chief Surrounded by 100 Pursuers. By the Associated Presa. OKMULGEE, Okla., May 19.—Mat- thew i<imes and his bandit band, who held up two Beggs banks yesterday morning, killed Chiet of Police W. J. McAnaily and escaped with $17,961.49, have been cornered in Quay, in Paw- nee County, by a posse of more than 100 armed citizens and officers, accord- ing to a telephone call this morning from Constable 1. W. Jones of Beggs, who was leading the posse. Jones declared that the bank rob- bers had been trailed through Bristow, Shamrock, Cushing and Yale and that apparently they were headed for Osage County, where it is believed they have been making headquarte Gen. Preston the Blue force. of Four Cor- Iroad south of 4 under enemy es from bring- Blue officers T Locusts Invade Caucasus. ASTRAKHAN, Russla, May 19 (®). rain areas estimated at 1 000 acres have been devastated by a plague of locusts in Astrakhan, Kal- muck and Caucasus Provinces Quantities of arsenic have been rushed to the scene and squads of in- structors are rallying the peasants for a battle against the pests. Air- plane sprayers are also being em- ployed. i B all the laws should be enforced. If it is a good law it ought to be en- forced. 1If it is a bad law, the quick- est way to get rid of it is to enforce it. I believe that every good citizen should observe the law and support in every possible way those to whom the enforcement of the law has been intrustea.” Mr. Stevenson said: “Because of the existing lack of respect for la; order, I am glad to serve as ber of the Citizens’ Service tion, strongly believing that this dis respect for law should not be tol- erated.” Will Stand Behind Effort. Mr. Cooper said: “I am in favor of the establishment of an organization of Christian men properly officered and directed, who shall stand behind all the efforts of the various depar ments of the Government to carr into effect the laws for the protec- tion of society. It seems to me that you and those assoclated with you have undertakén a very necessary work along these lines in the organi- zation of the Citizens’ Service Asso- clation and I shall be glad to be a sociated with yow" ) Force of 20,000J 1t war game bombarded the | and Little | 30 a.m. the enemy | | { | | | | BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Calvin Coolidge’'s n to talk for publication has crea ent among Washington's news- paper correspondents as the result of recent events at White House press conferences. The interesting question has arisen whether it is the privilege of the correspondents to report what is not said on those occaslons, as well as to write about things that are dis- cussed he whole controversy hinges upon interpretation of the rules under which the newspapermen obtain ad- stration news and views on Tu, nd Fridays. The official at- titude is that when no answers are given to the written questions handed in for White House reply, correspond- ents are not entitled to deal with them in any form. In other words. it-is held that when questions are iguored, the press is to consider that they were not even asked and abstain from any reference to them as far the President is concerned. Questions Are Published. There are vigorous differences of| opinions on the subject. Correspond- ents, who disagree with view within the past few days have given ‘vent to their opposition by diselosing in full detail the questions upon which White House informa- tion was rigorously withheld. They not only reproduced the questions thus ignored, but with equal empha s, and in some cases under bi headlines, revealed how it had proved impossible to extort replies to them.| Piquancy is lent to the particular | episode in question because it con- cerns the widely published reports that Mr. Coolidge in 1912 signed a Massachusetts petition against third terms. One of the correspondents | who took his courage in both hands and reported the White House's silence wrote that no fewer than 27 questions on the subject were hand- ed in, and, of course, went as many times unnoticed. Most Washington newspaper who ‘“cover” the semi-weekly conferences have observed, whether men | they approved it or not, the rule that | when no made, none is to presidential utterance is be reported. The rule. which came ih with President Harding, is unwritten and informal. but always has been held to bind all the men and women who visit the White House for news purpos News In Silence. Yet it commonly happens that offi- cial silence on a given subject is more golden, from a ‘news” standpoint, than discussion of it might be. It is the official | | on such occasions t | corvespondents feel | titled to print exactly They do not admit th they are guilty of a o violation of the rules. They con- tend that they are not misquoting anybody, but merely confinin serves to a legitimate statement facts. Frequently they are carrying out specific orders, known in the pro- tesston as “‘queri offices. The present tempest in the journal- istic teapot probably will subside without casualties on either side, other storms of the kind during the Coolidge administration have blown over. But the newest incident un- doubtedly adds something to the di satisfaction which periodically crops up among reporters of White House new for example, officially communicated information is now to be used has once agaln hecome a moot questiol About a month ago newspaper throughout the country reported the | official demise of that anonymous and nationally celebrated c! cter known ‘the White House spokesman.” A few Washington correspondents have revived the “spokesman” and quote him indirectly, as before. But, for the most part, that description of the ex- ecutive oracle has been dropped. Another “Spokesman” Necded. Meantime Capital scribes are in a quandary just how to identify, as they feel it necessary to do. the source of administration news. Such hackneyed phrases as “well informed circl ‘official quarters,” “a high Govern- ment authority,” etc., etc.. do not, in the opinion of experienced Washing- ton writers, fill the bill. Such exp sfons too often in the past were the cloaks under which unauthorized and inaccurate Federal information reached the American public. Ever and anon President Coolidge is urged to consider the advisability of appened in doing each of faith and effective manner of placing him- self day by day in communication with the country’s millions of news. paper readers. But Mr. Coolidge in- sists that the anonymity of the White House is in the Nation's interest. The majority of Washington newspaper men ' think the President is right in this respect. By and large they feel that the present system is productive of copious and valuable “copy.” When there is real administration news avai able it's usually given out liberally But many correspondents believe the press conference rules could be loos- ened up in a way that would promote thefr interests “while not harming those of the White House. (Copyright. 1027.) “SURGEONS OF souL” PREDICTED IN NEW EPOCH OF MEDICINE (Continued from First Page.) this morning. Intense physical suf- fering may be traced back to the dark, cruel, selfish days of the infancy of humanity, rather than to a specific organic ~ disorder. This does not mean that the maladies with which the patient goes to the physiclan are purely imaginary. The discomfort and pain may be real enough. If al- lowed to continue they may result fatally, The human being, as one physician described him, is an_entity which is more than the sum of all the physical organs and the mind. There are two conflicting sets of instincts which make up the man or woman. The first are those of the animal individ- ual—self-preservation _and reprodus tion it all costs. The others are those of the herd—love, ohedience, as- piration, faith—upon which civiliza- tions have been reared. These two sets of instincts are delicately ad- justed in the unit of humanity, and the balance needs to be upset only slightly to produce the gravest re- sults, which are not insanity, but bodily disorders. Strange Cases Reported. The psychic question was considered this morning from the point of view of specialists in specifie maladies such as heart disease, goitre, tonsilitis, dia- betes and gastric disorders. Remar abl ported. ‘While no new scientific discovery | was promulgated, the meeting might be considered as outlining a new pro- cedure in general practice. The old family physician, with his intimate knowledge of the patient and good common sense, often was an_uncon- scious expert in psychology, but the new school of specialists cannot be expected to have such close personal acquaintance with those who come to their office: Nurse-psychiatrlc procedure, it was explained, has in the past been large- ly responsible for some of the marvel- ous cures reported by cuitists of one sort or another after a regular prac- titioner apparently has failed with or- thodox methods. The object of the physician is to rescue this method of treatment from the hands of ignorant and incompetent lealers and place it in the hands of mén who understand the workings of b@th body and mind and their interrelagions. This- procedure, ¢ was brought -out, | | consists of a great deal more than simply saying to the patient: “There's nothing the matter with you. Your heart’s all right. Just imagination! Go home and buck up.” Instead, the greatest of expert knowledge is neces- sary, and every case must be handled on its own merits. First of ail, the physician must make sure whether the patient has not a functional ail- ment which is responsible for part of_his_trouble. E. B. Black of Atlanta, in th ion of the papers, gave a stril ample. A woman came into hi oftice apparently in intense suffering. He felt of her pulse and €ound it was 160: She was breathing rapidly and hard. She might have been in a very serious stage of a heart disorder or have been running. He found that she had ridden on a street car to his office. The car was crowded and she had feared all the way that she would not be able to get off at the right corner, although she actually had got off without any trouble. Dr. Black said: “I told her to lie down on the couch and close her eves. ‘Imagine yourself lying out in a green field, nobody around, the birds sing- ing,” T said. She did so, and as T felt her pulse it rapidly returned to nor- mal. T told her that she was af right then, but she insisted that 1 had not found the trouble, and that it would return as soon as there was any exertion. “I told her to lie down again and close her eyes. Then I said: ‘Come on now, hurry up, hurry up, hur The train’s coming.’ In a ver minutes the pulse was back where it had been at the first. There actually was nothing wrong with the woman's almost mystical cases were re. | heart. Worry Causes Pains. Dr. Rollin T. Woodyatt of Chicago, who made the opening address as chairman of the symposium, told of cases in his own practice. A man came to him with severe pain in the abdomen, which suggested stomach blockage and an immediate operation. But after a perfod of rest it disap- peared and then came again. The op- eration was postponed. ~ Questioning revealed that the man was a member of a prosperous business firm who feared that some of his partners were resorting to unethical practic He faced the alternative of compromising with his own conscince or resigning, with the loss of prestige, social posi- tion and income in his declining years. When he had made a clean breast of the story the trouble disappeared. He barely escaped a serfous surgical oper- ation. Diabetes, he sald, varies very exactly with the emotional pulses. “The worlQeis not awake the from their home | In just what form or language, | direct quotation as the most natural | NCARACUANWAR DECLARED “QVER" lStimson Says Factions N | Peaceful and Bandits Killed Marines. irned rounds of nd Ame lorg 15 MARINES DEFEAT 300, | Latimer Reports Arms Turned Over | in Nicaragua. | By the Associated P Forty-five Amer pitted against 300 © lla” Nicara guans in the fight Jast Monday ing at La Paz Centro, | which resul death Marines i | others, Rear Marines wera mot St two ng of two mer report artment said t noat 1 and lasted u » a.m., wher | the native band w aving | dead on the scene. He added that the att king band is now negotiating to | turn over ar | “Under unfavor 1 unequa | conditions the conduct and efficiency | of our men deserves the high | mendation,” says the repor Conservative troops at Granada and | Rivas and the remainder of the Diaz | troops at Managua have turned ir their arms and ammunition, and Lib | eral forces in the vicinity of Mata- | galpa were to have completed disarm- | ing yesterday, the Navy Department was advised Up to yeste | ported, the for | had turned over 5535 rifles, 263 m: chine guns and 3,600,000 small arms | cartridges, and the Liberals had laid | down, 2. fle machine guns and | approximately 2,000 cartridge: | e | | part emotion plays in disease,” Dr | Woodyatt_concluded. | "Dr. J. Ramsay Hunt of New York told the section that the entire body is under control of the nervous svs tem, including not alone memory and | thought, but such matters as diges- | tion, respiration and circulation. | There are two generally understood | parts to the system, Dr. Hunt sajd— | the vegetative, which is on a low level nd controls some of the bodily ac- and the cerebral, controlling in. t between these thers is a vast, unexplore adle ground, | where th wsually is to be trouble 1 located. In this field is the history of | the past Two Control Functions. | | ne: am Dble ay, the adm of President Two functions, excitation and hib control the nervous system, | he said, and usually are complemen- | tary. The one impels to action. The other puts down the lower impulses. | But when inhibtion fails to play its | full part and the disgusting, fear- some_thoughts and instincts are re- | leased those repressions which play | s0 large a part in abnormal psychol- | ogy are found. Ideas with a strong | emotional force behind them tend to break away from the human entity |and act independently and danger- | ously. | It usually is essential. he said, to prescribe complete physical and men- tal rest, but there must be suggestion, persuasion and skillfully directed men- | tal surgery to get the foreign body ioul of the mind. There must be a | reconstruction of the damaged ego | through confession of sin or other mental therapeutic procedure. The trouble, he said, may have been gath- ering since early childhood and can be cleared up only by expert psycho-ther- apeutic procedure, such as hypnotism, by which the unconscious can be ex- plored, or suggestic The object of all is to to restore the inner of the human entity “I am firmly convinced,” - cluded, “that there would be far less disease today if the physicians knew psychiatry. Mental suggestion is the secret of all the cults which claim suc- cessful cures. A charlatan firmly con- | vinced of his methods may be mora successful than a competent physician who is doubt. In the last analysis the foundation of all disease must be borne by the mind.” Heart Troubles Told. Dr. Nellis B. Foster of New York told of the specific role of emotional and psvehic factors in high blood pressure and heart disease. Such a malady as cardiac insufficiency, he said, is fre- quently accompanicd by dreams and hallucinations, which monotonous- ly the same night after night. The ex- planation still is obscure, Some believe the biological phenomena may be the result of abnormal circulation. The mental awareness remains high in the daytime, but is low during the night and gives the dreams a chance. Thera are also delusions of persecution in many cases of this sort, which, if al- lowed to continue, may develop into dementia. Chang ine in personality are notable, particuls in childhood, he said. This is true of those less robust chs acters who seek some excuse for not facing the world. Children with heart disease fall behind in school and show a lack of initiative. The “only child complex™ develop: ince teachers and parents are loath to rebuke a chilg whom they know has some physk disability. The child has an (‘xcu!"fi which he makes full uea, Zor not seas ceeding. The same condition, he said, fis found in older persons who are dis- contented on every job. Persons with heart disease and tuberculosis are very difficult for social workers. Dr. James 8. McLester of Birming- ham told of specific cases where emo- tional stresses had caused apparent digestive disorders. Most of these cases he believed to be hereditary. The subnormal nervous system. he said, was like a cheap auto tire. It serves very well for a time, but suf fers a biow-out from some sudden jar |li\\lf.’h more quickly than a well made tire. The digestive distresses, he said, are genuine us a rule, but would hardly be felt by a normal person. He declared that the digestive system was profoundly under the influence of the nervous system.