Evening Star Newspaper, December 6, 1927, Page 2

.5 W - CAOWDS SE THEF LO0T GEM DSPLAY Robber Takes $10,000 in Jewels From Window, While Accomplice Uses Phone. In pliin view of sc and clerks, few two robiwd tie show window of Whitmo: F t, diamond rings st i welry valued 5t mo; than Operati 210,01 anictly and quickly, the employes od i, K hun ds of P pret mond room show win o rear directly ow. the oth, dow Dresser. man who was| impeared to be a fo! his cus- the rifling the window window decorar tomary duty the ps jnst r of well dre two men, come in o telephor many do each day. After bt g their loot the men strolled eas out, and the robbery was not discovered for nearly an hour, when W. F. Forguson, the window decorator, prepared to put the jewelry from the window in a safe overnight. Insurance requirements, J. L. Whic. more, marager of the store, explained, necessitate the removal at night of | articles used in window displays. $1,300 Ring Included in Loot. Mr. Whitmore estimated the value of the stolen jewelry this morning as aproximately $10,000, including a $1,300 diamond ring, covered fully by insur- ance. An early estimate, obtained by police last night, placed the loss at be- Tween $20,000 and $25.000. Detective Ioward Ogle instituted an investiga- tion of the robbery this morning. Clerks were busy waiting upon customers when the men entered the store. William T. Simpson, 1830 I street, was standing nearest the end of the show window and observed the entrance and exit of the pair, but did not notice anything unusual about their actions. The space in which the telephone is Jocated is curtained off from the end of the show case and one of its rides constitutes the rear of the display ‘window. A few scratches around the lock of the gate at the back of the Window gave the only indication that thieves had leen there until the door ‘was opened and the show window found empty of cholce rings and brace- lets. to use e HOLIDAY SHOPPERS URGED TO MAIL EARLY Postmaster Mooney Hopes to Have Bulk of Christmas Mail on Way Next Week. An appeal to the residents of Wash.- | :Ygi!um:a[? mBJ}i Oi.lgell‘ Ci}';;'lstmas pack- rly, an possible to post the bulk of the holiday mail Ih!‘; week, was issued by William M. Mooney, ‘Washington postmaster. ! “By the first of next week the an- nual pre-Christmas strain, and -over- load, will be thrown on the postal de- partments throughout the country,” Mr. Mooney pointed out. ‘“Reports from other cities show that the earlier mailing of Christmas-gift packages bas ‘attained tremendous headway throughout the country this year. We hope to see this week a big maliling we';;( in this ci e postmaster further pointed out that the “dead line” for certain types of Christmas-package mailing is rapid- 1y approaching. Gift packages des- tined for foreign countries must be received at the local post office not Jater than December 10, if they are to catch the ocean mails, while packages for California, the Far West and Southwest points fn this country should be in the mail by December 14, Praising the act of local merchants In placing their full Christmas stocks on the market before the first of Ds cember this year, Mr. Mooney declared it had proved a splendid incentive to early Christmas mailing. CHINA’S DEBT TO JAPAN PLACED AT $425,000,000, Return of U. S. Minister to Peking Restores Confidence of Powers There. By Radio to The Star and_Chicazo Daily News. Copyright, 1927, TOKIO, December 6.—China’s total Indebtedness to Japan alone amounts 1o 850,000,000 ven (about $425,000,000). This, according to the newspaper Nichi Nichi, was the subject of a min- isterial conference at which it was decided that the situation demands the most careful precautions against disturbance of vested interests, Official reports from Peking state that the return there of John V. Mac- Murray. United States Minister, has restored complete confidence and full co-operation of the powers. Peking's opposition to the South Manchurian Railway loan is considerably modified and settlement of wireless claims is in sight. Japanese newspapers state that the South Manchuria Railway is asking Tondon hankers for a loan amounting to 6,000,000 pounds sterling, in addi- tion to the Morgan loan, amounting to $30,000,000. . Hebrew Congress Stoned. VIENNA, Decomber 6 (4).—Arbeiter Zeitung says that when the National Orthodox Hebrew Congress opened this morning at Salgo Tarja Hun- v, & squad of Hungarian “Black- £hirts” bombarded the meeting hall in 8 synazogue with stones. Ilundreds of windows were smashed. Numerous members were slightly injured, Shop Early December 6 19 Days to Christmas Wrap Carefully and Use Christmas Seals tnd while one | THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. T, TUESDAY. DECEMBER 6. 1927. Both Sides Praise Hughes’ Findings In Lake Diversion By the Amsociated Press. COLUMBUS, Ohie, December 6 Ohfo and other States fighting Ch eago's diversion of water from Lake Michigan for sanitary drain age purposes won a “big victory™ in Special Master Charles Hughes' findings and rece tions to the Uni Court, Attorpey ner de The hailad as cago by has heen or Chi ‘repart ignal viet Vi of that ei 70N OF POTOMAC ASKS ANNEXATICN iayor Says Municipality | Cannot Exist Much Longer if Not Taken by Alexandria. Special Dispatch to The Star. POTOMAC, Va,, December 6.—The Town Council of Potomac, meeting last night in the town hall building, led the entire community by going on record as favoring annex- ation by the City of Alexandria. The vote was 4 to 2. Mayor William Kleysteuber, who does not cast a vote except in cases where sentiment evenly divided, spoke in favor of an- nexation. Councilmen McCauley, Reattis, Rol- lins and Garrett voted in favor of an- nexation, while Councilmen Fulton and Kidwell cast the dissenting votes. In speaking of his motion befors the Council, Garrett, who has lived in Ar- lington County for 34 years, brought out the many additional henefits Po- tomac would enjoy if this town is an- nexed by Alexandria. “I know Po- tomac would derive greater benefit from the $27,000 revenue Arlington County receives annually from Poto- mac Yards if Alexandria annexes this territory. We would have a larger and more up-to-date police force, bet- ter streets and electric_light, power and telephone rates would be lower. Would Ymprove Services. “The garbage and trash removal service will be improved. Potomac would have the use of Alexandria’s hook-and-ladder truck and three paid operators for its fire-fighting appara- tus instead of the volunteer operators who now handle Potomac’s equipment, Telegram and cablegram service, which we do not have at present would be instituted. “I have worked in the engineering department of Arlington County inter- mittently for the past eight years, and 1 know the county has railroad facil- ities that have never heen used or ex- tended The county also has a large water front which has never been de- veloped. Certainly it has overlooked two most important natural advan- tages which would have speeded the growth of this county. The engineer- ing work of Potomac in the future ould be carried on by the engineer- ing department of Alexandria, which is one of the finest and most up-to-date departments in the United States, __“The Alexandria Water Co.'s service in this vicinity is constantly being im- proved, and would be improved even more rapidly than at present if this town is annexkd,” he said in conclud- ing his talk. “The town of Potomac, in its present condition cannot last much longer,” said Mayor William Kleysteuber. “Our “ity. 'We could not hope for the proper co-operation from Arlington Count: “The city manager system of gov- ernment in use in Alexandria is the best system I know of. The extensive improvements and general results ob- tained in Alexandria during the past three years proves that statement,” he continued. Citizens’ Association In Favor, Mrs. Naomi P. Craver, president of the Potomac Citizens’ Association, spoke in favor of annexation and quoted figures compiled by her organ- ization in showing that the citizens of Potomac in general favor annexation. J. W. Quinn and T. W. McHugh also spoke in favor of annexation by Alex- andria, Councilmen William Kidwell and Fulton, the only members of the coun- cil to cast dissenting votes, stated that they both would like to see the town of Potomac remain as it is. Kidwell stated that if it came to a question of either incorporating with Arlington County as a city or being annexed by Alexandria he would favor annexation in preference to going into Arlington County. Walter U. Varney, corporation at- torney of Potomac, spoke in oppo: tion to annexation by Alexandria and cited several cases where Alexandria, according to his opinion, has not util- ized its present advantages in im- proving itself. POST OFFICE COMPLETES FORCE FOR CHRISTMAS Mooney Says Office Has Sufficient Employes for Yule- tide Rush. There are no vacancies in the city Dpost office and no more need apply for positions in that department for the Christmas rush. This informa. tion was learned from City Postmaster Mooney today, who said that he had been bothered recently with people coming to his office in hundreds apply- ing for pre-Christmas work. Mr. Mooney said that there were only 400 to be taken on for the holiday rush and that he had had 5,000 appii- cants. Since last June have been coming to the offic postmaster sceking these positions. Answering these applications takes the postmaster from his other wi which he says {s ahundant, espec se of year. Sues for $25,000. George J. Hillow, proprietor of a delie: essen store at 2000 Seventeenth street, was sued yesterday for 000 damages by Hernard driver of an ice cream truck. Brown charges the proprictor with negligence in permitting his car-old daugh- ter, Margaret Hillow, to handle a pis- tol. ~ He declares that while he was delivering cream at the store June 19 he was shot in the cheek with a pis- tol in the hands of the child. e is represented by Attorneys Lambert, man & Lambert. Of Plane Is Smash, By the Associated Prens, HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, N. J., bergh’s Spirit of St. Louis was in propeller blade, bent in the trans atlantic airman’s first accident in 27,400 miles of flying. a hcole yesterday as Col. Lindbergh was landing the craft after a trial flight, and the nose tilted, sending the whirling propeller into the ground. The colonel was unhurt. only relief is to go fato Alexandria | §25,- | RBrown, December 6.—Col. Charles A. Lind- the workshop today for repair of a A wheel of the plane dropped iInto The plane was at the Atlantic Alr- being overpauled CANADIAN OFFICIAL WELCOMED TO CITY ' Governor General and Vis- ‘ countess to Be White House Dinner Guests Tonight. Attended by all the pomp and core- mony i public ean bestow, the gov- crnor zeneral of Canada and Viscount- Willingdon and their party a vived in Washington today. marking the flvst time that a representative of a Brit sh monarch in he Dominion | mas otficially d the United States Cap'tal ’ Until his visit ends. m at 10 o'cloek, Visconnt Willin nwil he center of official attent | American and British notable | his p m embraces a st | the President and Mrs. Cooli | the White House at 430 o'clock this | atiernoon, in the blue room. The Chief | Executive and the First Lady will re- | turn this call of the viee-re, itors at the Canadian legation, wher will live while in Washington, at 5 o'clock this evening. Tonight the visitors will be entertained at the White House. Arriving from Ottawa shortly be- fofe noon in a special four-car train, the governor general and his party were met at the Union Station by Sec- retary of State and Mrs. Kellogg and other distinguished persons. A double line of Marines, at attention as the governor general walked to the en- trance to the presidential suite at the station, formed & human corridor for the Canadian dignitary to pass through., The Army Band vendered Canada’s national anthem. “God Save the King,” followed by the “Star Spangled Banner.” Cavalry Escorts Party. A war-strength troop of cavalry from Fort Myer escorted the distin- zuished party to the Canadian lega- tion at 1746 Massachusetts avenue. In the governor general's party were: The Canadian Minister to _the United States and Mrs. Vincent Mas- sey, the United States Minister to Canada, William Phillips; C. Mie- | ville, secretary to the governor gen- e Mrs. R. B. Oshorne, lady-in- | waiting to Viscountess Willingdon, and Capts. J. B. Jervis and Viscount Hard- dinge, aides-de-camp. Greeting the governor general at the Union Station, with Secretary and Mrs. Kellogg. wer: The Assistant Secretary of State and Mrs, Castle, Mrs. William Phil- Jips, members of the staff of the Ca- nadian legation, the chief of naval operations, Admiral Charles ¥, Hughes; the chief of staff of the Army, Maj. Gen. Charles P. Sum- merali; the commandant of the Marine Corpe, Maj. Gen. J. A. Lejeune; the general commanding the district, Brig. Gen. T. Q. Donaldson: the chief of the Western European Division of the State Department, Theodore Marriner; the President’s military aide, the President’s naval aide, the American: naval aide to the governor general, Capt. Poteet, and the American mili- tary aide to the governor general, Col. Margetts The coming of the governor gen eral creates a new chapter in the re- lationship of the two countries, as Viscount Wiilingdon is establishing a precedent on this hemisphere. Other governors general of the Dominion were content to_confine their activi- ties to Canada, but the tall colonial soldier of Britain who occupies Gov- ernment House at Ottawa at the pres- ent time is regarded as desiring to widen the scope of his vice regal of- | fice by his Washington visit. White House Guests. Tonight at 8 o'clock the President and Mrs. Coolidge will entertain their excellencies at dinner. A distinguished array of persons high in official life will participate in this affair, which will be one of the most outstanding of the season. Tomorrow afternoon at 1:15 o'clock, the governor general and Viscountess Willingdon will lunch informally at the Canadian legation. The Canadian Minister and Mrs. Massey will give a dinner in honor of their distinguished guests tomorrow night at $ o'clock at the Canadian legation and at 10:30, a reception will be held in honor of the visitors. On Thursday at 7 p.m. the British Ambassador and Lady Isabella Howard will entertuin the governor general and Viscountess Willingdon at dinner. On I morning the vice regal visitors will depart from Washington on their homeward journey, after es- tablishing a new landmark in rela- tions between the Land of the Maple Leaf and the United States. Cameramen on Hand. Flashing sabers of Marines and Cav- alrymen saluted the governor general when he stepped from his special train at the Union Station. The ubiquitous cameramen gave Viscount Willingdon his first unofficial greeting, outside the station. White House cars were on hand to cenvey him and memners of his party to the Canadian legation. The bright gold and red of the uni: forms of the Canudian officers who ac- companied him attracted the crowd that was on hand to see the governur general’s arrival. The two railway cars, specially built for the governor general, are painted blue and each hears the royal coat of arms on the side. These cars are lux- urjousiy appointed and contain com- plete living quarters for the Canadian executive when he travels by rail over the Dominion. They contain the lat- =5t convenjences and are comfortable for long journeys, 290 CAUGHT IN RAIDS. o Posted After Rum Clean-up. | OMANA, Nebr., December § (P).— | Bonds totaling more than $400,000 | have been posted by ‘rsons ar- {1ested in a drive by agents Omaha liquor resor The f a threeday drive were | night, but the agents ex | pected there would be 100 or mor “follow uy rrests. One hund made on s ch w rrANts, in Wreck. Composer Unhurt VIENNA, December 6 (). —Richard Strauss, noted Austrian composer and s wife, narrowly es jury in a mundssherbe, express train from collided with a fr Twenty-one per when an Berlin to Vienna ht train. ns were injured Lin&y Escapes Unhurt When propeller ed in Landing Mishap after the completion of the three months' tour of the country made under the auspices of the Daniel Guggenheim fund for the promotion of aeronautics. It had just been pre- pared for a test but because of the condition of the fleld the decision of Col. Lindhergh to make the flight was unexpected. It was Col. Lindbergh's first mishap nce he took the air for Paris ‘rom a tafl skid when he swerved his plane in landing to prevent crashing into a sise' ot o Friday morning | te call on | at| | More Than $400,000 in Bonds 'd and thirty raids were | Viscount Willingdon and party being greeted at Union Station by Secretary of .State Kellogg. BLIZZARD MAROONS SCORE IN MONTANA First Severe Storm Sweeps in From Canada—Work- I men Lost in Snow. By the Associated Pre: DENV December 6.—The first severe blizzard of the season roared southward from Canada today to crip- ple traffic and leave more than a score of persons trapped on the prairies in central Montana. With thermometers standing at sub- zoro marks, the storm struck in Al- berta yesterday. Snow soon paralyzed ds and traffic in cities as well as It distriets. The storm was the worst experienced In seyeral years. Driven across the Montana border airfes last night to maroon lon crew, of 25 men seven miles south of Shelby, Mont. The men were building an oil pipe line from Shelby to Great Falls. Although res- cuers ajtempted to follow the line south, they met with littie success. Temperaturss dropped in a short time from 50 degrees above to below zero. Reports came from Brady, 80 miles north of Great Falls, that 16 school children were marooned in a bus. Crippled communication lines made verification of this report imposible. . RACING DOGS CARRYING PHYSICIAN TO PATIENT Attempt Is Made to Save Life of Boy Isolated - by Snowstorm. over the j a constru: By the Associated Preas. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Decem- ber 6.—A team of picked racing dogs today struggled through heavy snow from Payette Lake, Idaho, to carry medical aid to a sick boy marooned in an isolated cabin near Weiser. One hundred and fifty miles of hard sledding was ahead of them. A dispatch to the Tribune here says Dr. Don Numbers left McCall, Jdaho, by automobile Sunday for the Payette Lake district, where nine feet of snow compelled him to try the dog team. The boy, Emmett Routson of Weiser, Idaho, was stricken with in- fluenza and hemmorhages and was not expected to survive unless medi- cal ald arrived within three days. Dogs were rounded up from among championship teams and taken to Payeite Luake to await Dr. Numbers and Roy Stover, expert musher, who will drive the team into the Thunder Mountain region in the west central district of Idaho. CHOICE OF WAR COLLEGE COMMANDANT DELAYED Was Transferred, Not Yet Filled. Delay in the designation of a com- mandant of the Army War College at Washington Barracks, Is taken in mili- tary circles to indicate that the au- thorities are having trouble in filling that office. It has been vacant since Ely was trans- i of the 2d Corps By virtue of on duty at the d to (he comma New York Cit ), iCel; Iingine is temporarily in com- mand of the institution. Two general officers sald to be un- der considerntion for appointment to re Maj. Gen. Preston Brown, commanding the 1st Corps Aren, at Boston, and Brig. Gen. Ed- ard A. King, now in command of IFort Leavenworth, Kans., and of the General Staff School at that post. The selection of either of these two offi- cers would necessarily involve the des- jgnation of another g al officer to ume the important duties now in hix charg: POLICEMEN SEEKING USE OF SCHOOL RIFLE RANGES ation for use of the rifle « of Central, Eastern and West- High Schools by District police- men in their Winter target maneu- vers under the auspices of the Na- tional Rifle Association of America, was made in a letter addressed to the Board of Kducation today by the rifle association. The letter, signed by M. A. Reck- ord, executive vice president of the association, set forth that 300 men of the local Metropolitan Police force had recorded their desire to develop their marksmanship under the Nt- tional Rifle Assoclation gyidance, The hours during which the policemen would =hoot in the school galleries, he declared would be arranged o as not to conflict in any way with the school schedule. The matter will be taken up form- ally by the Board of Education at its regular meeting in Franklin Admin- isuation Building tomorrow. Vo by a.strong wind, the snow whirled | | the White House, according to figures | Han | _Th Army Post, Vacant Since Gen. Ely | » Brown, Corps | The District Commlssioners de- voted a portion of their seml-weekl board meeting yesterday to the weighty problem of selecting an offi- cial bird for the National Capital, but finally decided that they lacked such authority. he sclection of an offcial hird was urged by the Federation of ‘Women's Clubs, which suggested that the wood thrush be so honored, inas- much as it is a native of the District and has been dren as well clubs. as various osen by school chil- | women's | Wood Thrush Urged As Official Bird Of District; Commissioners Silent | Commissioner Taliaferro thought that the designation should be given | to the American eagle, but the club objected on the ground that the eagle already is the represeatative bird of the Ntaion, and., moreover, is not a native of the District. After more deliberate consideration, however, the Commissioners took the position that they had no authority to | designate any bird as the official rep- | resentative of the District, but would | have no objection to the selection of the wood thrush if such selection is in accord with the wishes of representa- tive individuals and organizations. | Approximately one-half of the taxes ollected on real estate in the District |is pald by property owners within a radius of a little more than a mile of compiled today by Tax Assessor Wii- P. Richards. figures have been used by Mr. | Richards in the preparation of A map wh property in various zones into which | he has divided the District. | “I'he smallest return from real estate taxes, Mr. Richards said, comes from the undeveloped sections of the North- east and Southeast beyond the Ana- costia River. In these sections, too, {Downtown Property Owners Pa.y Nearly Half of Taxes in District | he said, is a large percentage of the | property on which taxes have ben al- lowed to become delinquent. There |are few delinquents, he declared, | the high-value district. | The list of delinquent | will be published tom eral Washington newspapers. There | are approximately 20,000 parcels of | property included in the list, the tax in taxpayers ow in sev- h shows the relative value of |titles of which will be disposed of| at a public sale in January, unless |the arrears are paid in the mean- time. According to Chatham M. Towers, collector of taxes, 11,406 of the 23,000 | parcels listed as delinquent last year were sold at auction. In a silver and bronze casket the body of King Youvano Johnson today lies In state at Hanlon's Mortuary, 641 H street northeast, while from all over tribute to a dead leader. King Youvano, who was a brother- inlaw of King Emil Mitchell, ruler of all the Romany tribes of thi section, died in Montgomery, Ala., Thursds Farly this morning the body arrived here in the care of his widow. Union Station officials corted her train to the concour tendants. As is customary In such circum- stances the women of the welcoming delegation began wailing loudly a soon as the widow appeared. Thes | Heaven while the coffin was being [taken to the mortuary, following the | hearse in taxicabs. Three of King Youvano's sons are HEFLIN SEEKS CHANGE IN COTTON FUTURES | Senator’s Bill Offers New Method in Procedure of Exchange Dealing. The procedure of dealing in cotton | futures would be changed completely by a new bill which Senator Heflin, Democrat, of Alabama will introduce in the Senate, he announced today. It will provide ' that the original con- tracts for the sale and future delivery of cotton traded in on the exchange shall be sold at the outset only by the cotton farmer, the merchant who buy: and handles spot cotton, the banker who finances the cotton farmer and {the spinner in the United States who buys and consumes cotton. ach original contract will show that the seller belongs to one of the four cla mentioned, and the con- tract also will show on its face that a bona fide cotton farmer, merch dealing in cotton, a banker who | finances the cotton farmer or the spin- | ner in the United States was the seller {of the contract put upon the market for speculative purposes. The bill will provide that the amount of cotton sold in a cotton futures con- tract must represent approximately the average amount of cotton pro- duced annually by the cotton farmer, hought and sold by the merchant. financed by the banker or consumed by the spinner. Senator Heflin declares that under the present system cotton contracts are sold by persons who do not pro- duce, handle, finance or spin cotton. RECEIVER ASKED. Creditors of Hough Motor Firm Petition Court. T. C. Newton, Greenwich, Conn.; ; i C. Sheridan, Woodward Building, and the Metropolitan National Bank today asked the District Supreme Court to appoint a receiver for the Hough Motor Co., 1909 M street. The petitioners say they are creditors of the company and assert that since the death of C. Royce Hough, November 18, there is no one qualified to attend to the affairs of the company and the assets of the concern are liable to depreciate. The asscts of the com- pany are stated at $8,400. Attorney Stanley D, Willis appears for the pe- titioners. American motorggcles are becom- Lxg;_ opular_in 1. HORe the East and South gypsies are com- | ing to Washington to pay their last | met by King Emil and a staff of at-| | continued to send lamentations toward | King Youvano's Body Lies in State Here While Gypsies Gather for Royal Funeral here now. Word has gone out to all gypsies in the South to seek five others, whose whereabouts are un- known, and tell them of the death of their royal father. Until they are heard from the date of the funeral cannot_be determined. The King was 78. 1In addition to his sons he was thé father of six daugh- ters, who with their husbands and children are either here now or on their way here. Five or six hundred members | of 'his tribe whom the King baptized also will come to the funeral. Mem- s of other tribes from Baltimore, delphia, New Jersey, Delaware, New York, Virginia and the South will attend. Before the week is out Letween 1,000 and 1,500 gypsies are | expected to be here. | “Friday night there will be a huge | funeral ‘feast, at which King Youvano will be eulogized by all the princes of the blood. Meanwhile scores already have passed by the casket and scores upon scores of others are preparing to render their last homage. CHINESE FACTION SPLITS. Argument Over Military Move Di- vides Nationalists. By Cable to The Star and Chicao Daily ews. Copyright, 19° SHANGHAT, December 6.—Collapse of the plenary session of the Kuomin- tang conference, which began here Saturd: and ended Mon from which much was an [ towara consolidating the Natlonalists® | grip over a majority of area of China, was due to the Nanking militarist group demanding an armed expedition against Canton, it was learned toda It is expected the session will be resumed Thursday; also few antici- pated that the split ranks will be healed by that time. Canton repre- sentatives in the party argued that full armed strength was needed against Chang Tsolin, hence Nanking unable to turn back at this time for a struggle for Canton’s supremacy. American Socis nearly every part of the body surgeon or at a gl combat cancer. wseptic operations were performed. Tomorrow’s | | tion,” L old | included) has been inspected THE SURGICAL TREATME Surgery is the most scientific branch of medicine, and in no direction is surgery capable of greater accompl Standard procedures exist for the surgical treatment of cancer in The operative technique employed by one surgeon is practically identical with the procedure used by another. There is no secrecy about the surgery of cancer. proprietary method or an exclusive instrument. n clinic is known to all. r their great associations, by means of their profusely illustrated journals and by visits of Invesfigation and study the surgeons of one country re made familiar with the work done elsewhere. States, as in Ilurope, skiliful surgeons are available to perform what would have been regarded a hundred years ago as miracles. Surgery is the main weapon with which civilization is seeking to It is used as a preventive and cure. as, a_preventive when it removes precancerous conditions and as a curative when it eliminates the cancer itself. and X-rays are employed in connection with surgery. It 1s a relic of barbarous times when unreasoning fear is allowed to prevent a patient from getting the benefit of surgical treatment. It is reminiscent of the days before anesthetics were employed, before BUREAU ASSAILED | LILLIENDAHL TRIAL - BY LT. VAN WINKLE Director Bitterly Scores Re- moval of Children in Fiery Protest to Board. Lieut. Mina €. Van Winkle. diractor of the Woman's Bureau of the I'c Department, today unloosed h viously pent-up feelings with te the movements to, establish the stion temporsrily in the | Hotel; and to relieve her department of “jurisdiction over children under 17 years of fze. | In a 13-page closely typewritten let ter to the Distri Commissioners, | which fairly bristles with indignation. | Mr in Winkle declared that the St. James' Hotel, even after extensive al- terations, would be an unde ce to sheiter children. She acked the Rureau of F cy experts who investigated the House of Detention and on whose report the bureau based its recommendation to the Commissioners that control over juveniles detained by the police be erred to the Board of Public| Welfare, Says City Searched. “Washington has been searched for a suitable building, convertible at rea- sonable cost into a house of deten- aid Mrs. Van Winkle. hotel (St. James and Sh All of them are in bad condition and unsuit- ed to detention. Ceilings are down, bad, plumbing defectiv James would cost §1 rs (based on the $54.000 cost ring our present building). and e St. James would remain an sirable place for the shelter of children, because of its location, fis lack of space for outdoor recreation and the extraordinary cost of admin- istering such a mass of a building. It has a high-pressure boiler requiring a minimum of two tons of coal per diem and three men (two licensed engi- neers and one helper), to whom the hotel paid $225, $175 and $125 ly. We have no such empl no appropriation for their hire, Unless a structure is properly divided and living rooms properly located, the problem of supervisfon cannot be met with the small staff we now employ. As we are now constructed for the efficient administration of the present | building we need an additional janitor, | @ relief matron in order that two may always be on duty each 8 hours, three more attendants, a nurse and a housekeeper—eight more employes We are now dependent on untraines policemen for relief in the absence of ivilian male emploves and police matrons and police women for relief | during absences of female employes.” Scores Bureau Inquiry. Mrs. Van Winkle expressed the opin- ion that the efficiency bureau’s investi- | gation of the house of detention was “‘obviously undertaken destruc and declared that the issue involved in the proposed transfer of jurisdiction over the children *“should not be left to unqualified investigators who were | informed by openly antagonistic focs cf the Woman’s Bureau and Board of Public Welfare."” “Thee ontroversy arose out of com- plaints made by Joseph Sandford, chief probation officer, to Mr. Howard Gill, ‘efficiency expert of the Bureau of Efficiency, id the latter. “Mr. Sandford has since been appointed to Mr. Gill's position in the bureau. It is curious, but none the less a notable fact, that the ‘efficiency experts' have never indicated any expert knowledge nor have they been admitted by any one any where to be experts on the subject of detention and care of per- sons under lawful restraint. The men who interviewed me had no previous education, knowledge or training in work of this kind, nor have they ever interested themselves in this service. “The efforts of the investigators were not used to discover whether or not real efficiency under all circum- stances exists, but to magnify out of all proportion alleged incidents in the failure of employes, which failures, even if established hy the investi- gators, bear so slight a relation to the work as a whole as to be absolutely negligible if tested by informed people or a fair tribunal. Even if established, it is indicative only of the lapse of an individual and not the failure of the plan of service or the system. It was an attempt’ on the part of the in- vestigators, who already had their minds made up, to find something wrong with the service in order to Justify their preconceived conclusions, Cites Main Questions. “The main questions for record are as follows: “Children should be separated from adults but in the accomplishment of this it is not necessary to transfer the children from the Woman's Bureau to the Board of Public Welfare. ““When children and adults are in separate byildings, with proper equip- ment the problem of administration is simplified and were this accom- plished by the Woman's Bureau there would remain no reason for the trans- fer of children to any other agency. “The Woman's Bureau, in the end. reduces the cost of administration be- cause of the availability of service useful to the House of Detention and not elsewhere available except by ap- pointment of special persons on extra salaries. The types of service rend- ered require decent men with a natural inclination to care for boys. Our detailed men have men and now meet this need satisfactorily without tremendous added cost to the District. These men are semi-incapacitated for police service. The House personnel is civilian and should include at least three additional persons. “If all other social agencies will attend to their own needs and care for their own charges after court commitment to their custody and care, The New Idea of Cancer Many Cases Can Be Cured If Reported Promptly BULLETIN NO. 10. ty for Control of Cancer, 25 West j3rd St., New York City. OF CANCER. hments than in cancer. Nobody has a What is done by one Through meetings of All over the United It is employed Not uncommonly radium Surely the triumphs of which so many brilliant examples were afforded by the great war should teach the public that surgery is one of the most beneficent resources of modern times. The Time to Cure Cancer Is When It Is Beginning. If you think yow have any of the symptoms descrived in these arti- cles you should be ezamined by your doctor or at @ hospital at once. Article—*“Cancer Clinics.* {S NEARING CLOSE Defense Rests After Widow Tells How Physician Was Slain by Thugs. iated Press. LANDIN( defense in trial rested lled three fv on behal Liliendahl and Willis B jointly with the murder o husband, Dr. A. William Lillienda last Septemb 1f ‘there was blood on her clothir After her aszed hushand was kil it came from a nose bleed her li son had and from mosqu pped as they were stinging her, t from her husband’s wounds, Mrs lliendahl testified in her own de he examination dealt with a me: ing between Mrs. Lilliendahl and Beach on the morning of the killin: To police she said she saw him drivir past her house. Yesterday on 1} stand she said she drove t him between Vineland and South Vineland he said she could not recall havine made the earlier answer and insisted her vesterday's testimony was correct “Well."” Prosecutor Hinckel ask« an you tell me now how many times you saw Beach on that da “I only remembered that one time when I drove past him.” “Then you did not see him going v your home? don’t recall “What dress did you wear wh you got up that day “The one now in evidence. ‘as it blood-stained then?"” I don't know. “Your son had a nose bleed that you think might have stained {1?" “Yes.” “But on that day were you wearing the same stockings you had on at the time of the nose bleed?" “No: but I had heen slapping at mosquitos while 1 wore those stock- ings.” During her earlier axamination Mrs. Lilliendah] stuck to her story that the murder of her husband was done by two negro robbers. . BAND CONCERTS. TODAY. the United States Home Band Orchestra, at Hall, 5:40 o'clock. March, “For Freedom's Flag." Baron Overture, “La Fee Mesuline”.., Cas Suite d'orchestre, “Gitanella, By the MAY! The the its e score 1 [ 1 h¢ By Soldiers' anley Lacomie (a) “Les Romani.” (b) “Sur les Etoiles. Excerpts from musical extravaganza, “Chu Chin Chow" . Horton Fox trot popular, “Funny Tune,” Olson ‘Waltz spite, “Spring, Beautiful Spring) ... Finale, “The F 0 o incke hting Yanks,” Croshy “The Star Spangled Banner.” TOMORROW, By the United States Marine Band estra, at the Marine Barracks, 5 o'clock. Marche, “Des Petits Soldats de Plomb” . ..Pierne Overture, * «Thomas *Two characteristic numbers....Sousa { (@) “Nymphalin," () “The Coquette. Solos, for violoncello, (a) “Andante Cantabile” (b) “The Swan' “Dance of the Hours “La Gioconda™ Pavana, Mueller Saint Saens from . .Ponchielli dance in ancient P Ravel nate «...MacDowell 1 Trovatore," Verdi Marines’ hymn, “The Halls of Mon- tezuma. “The Star Spangled Banner.” U. S. Destroyers in Italy. NAPLES, Ttaly, December 6 (#).— The United States destroyers Borie and Tracy arrived here today. They will remain 10 days during which tir their crews will have an opportunity of visiting Rome as well as nearby Pompeii. From Naples the v will go to Marseille, where they will spend Christma Tragica,’ Grand scenes from * their present reason for a change of system will be untenable. The Police Department has no wish to continue the care of children after court action. Sees Excessive Costs. “The coxt of case administration of police cases under other auspices than the Woman's Bureau will prove ex- cessive. The Woman's Bureau. hav- ing charge of detention, is enabled to clear hundreds of cases a year which require no further handling by other agencies, but which, if the control were surrendered, would resuit in many contacts with other agencies and social workers. The intent of the investizators was to entirely disregard the Woman's Bureau and to set up a new agency within the Board of Pub- lic Welfare and to sever all contact of the police with all children's cases immediately upon arrest. Kven if cen- tralization of all detention, with com- plete clinical service, were achieved (centralization of detention home. re- ceiving home, Industrial Home School. etc.) the Woman's Bureau must still insist upon control of each case until the preliminary investigation has been made and the case presented by its officers to the court. (a) Because no other agency is better fitted by train- ing. experience and opportunity for this service. (b) All other agencies are, or should be, too busy adjustinz cases requiring intensive follow-up work. Such agencies should not be permitted to incumber themselves th the heavy preliminaries which interfere with their primary functions usually badly done when too much time is devoted to work which natural- ly belongs to the Woman's Bureau. The service of the Woman's reau and Detention Home in each case should be conciuded with presentation to court—then follow trial, probation, dismissal or commitment to an instit tion or to the Board of Public W fare’'s receiving home or clearing house. The ideal thing is that before final decision the court should possess the privilege of sending cases to a receiv- ing_home or clearing house pendir final disposition. but this action bears no relation to detention pending pres- entation to court by the police and holding cases by the police preliminar to presenting the case evidence 'n court or other disposition. Corrective Steps. “The correct steps in an effective plan for communities possessing po- licewomen, juvenile court, probation and a public welfare department a then, (a) Woman's Bureau and deten- tion under police, (b) Juvenile Court and probation, (¢) clearing house or re- ceiving home under Board of Public Welfare, (d) institutions for commit- ment under Board of Public Welfare, (e) home finding and home care under; Board of Public Welfare.”" Mrs. Van Winkle's letter also con- tained a review of the history of the Woman’s Bureau, which was inserted, she expluined, “because the Commis- sioners of the District of €olumbia have had too many problems to work out in their short incumbency.” *T feel,” she added, “it my duty to for- ward this review for their informa- tion, believing that only if they are fully and fairly informed can they solve justly this problem.’