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1928— PART 1. MINNIE FRY RECALLS STAGE RADIUM PI'MN"H: HISTORY OF 50 YEARS AGO REIECTS PROPOSAL v e 11 1 el A | John Drew Has Lived 5 FOREST PURCHASE VOTED FORVIRGINIA THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, FOR TESTS U AYUCCEED STEINVASHNGTON Fall of Peking Expected to| Bring Wu Ting-Fang’s Son as Envoy. Peking falling into the hands of the Nationalists will mean a new deal in Chinese diplomatic representation in Washington as well as in all other cap- jtals, with the dramatic possibility that Dr. C. C. Wu, now here as the agent of the Nationalists may succeed Minister Sao-Ke Alfred Sze in the Nineteenth street legation. The touch of drama is furnished by the fact that Dr. Wu is the son of Wu Ting-fang. Minister of China to the = China changed Irom em sosoiute soouarchy to a re- publican form of overnment, or at ast is trying to the latter T govern- —ent though as vet w«ith little of the achinery of pop- ar control. It was in 189 hat Wu Ting-fang to Washing- i ton and he remain- ther term of e more than a year, leaving in 1909. His son, now Dr. C. C. Wu_tor Chao-chu. to use the cus- tomary Chinese form s) wa here in his childhood and at that time, it seems likely, the boy's father did not dream that his son, if he ever became eminent, would return to Washington to represent a Chinese republic. Accredited from Northerners. Minister Sze has been accredited to Washington from northern Chinese regime at Peking. for the last 18 months dominated by Marshal Chang Tso-lin, whose ejection from Peking has been the aim of the southern Nationalists. Although Chang has controlled only a fraction of China in this period, the United States and other powers have continued to recognize Peking as the capital of China and that has kept Minister Sz in the role of diplomatic Tepresentative, while Dr. Wu, of the rolling the major part of , 15 diplomatically an out- ing these years of civil war Min- ister Sze has taken a broader stand than that of a mere factiona' repre- sentative. He has tried to speak for all China in any issues with the other pow- | ers and for that reason is not strongly disliked by the Nationalists, although they are expected to replace him if he does not retire voluntarily with the fall of Peking It has been known for several years that the Peking regime has given less 2nd less financial support to its repre- sentatives abroad. In numerous in- stances Chinese legations already have been closed because no funds to pay the ministers' salaries or the expenses of the legations, were being received from Peking. Money was needed s0 urgently to wage war that little was spared to support diplomatic represent- atives abroad. Private Funds Contributed. In some instances private Chinese have contributed funds with which to keep the legations open. In other in- stances the Chinese ministers have paid their own expenses and the expenses of the legations. The status of the Wash- ington legation, of course, is the con- cern of the Minister and the foreign office in Peking, but Mr. Sze’s patriotic interest in his country has caused him 10 make many sacrifices of personal in- terests and wishes 10 remain at his post. Whether Dr. Wu would care to remain Jong in Washington is problematical Since the Chinese Nationalists look to the United States as the most likely source of diplomatic support in taining the ground won in the Wash- ington conference of 1922, and since raction parposee. (6 post. mete Wil st purposes, post be the most important in the foreign service, but Dr. Wu may prefer to be in China during the critical days of gonsolidating Nationalist victory. China is 2 member of the League of Nations, and the League aiso has recog- nized diplomatically only the Peking Tegime, s0 that the Nationalists will make a change in representation at Geneva as promptly as possible. The United States has promised to negoti- ate with the Nationalists, or any Chi- nese government, which can speak for all China and gives an indication of be- ing a stable regime. With Peking in thelr possession Nationalists will s#ek here and In Geneva for immediate diplomatie recognition. Behind in Dues to League. China is far behind in dues w0 the League of N ns, an obligation which the Nationalists must assume if they in- tend 10 keep China in the League. The Peking regime has been unwilling to spare funds to maintain legations in various capitals tionalists the position of M United Btlates gation residence is the kind of drama which i ost characteristic of the tires he will leave friends here and a rec- votion 10 his country. CHILEAN MIDDIES WILL VISIT HERE Training Ship Will Reach Annap- olis With Graduating Class for Visit Tomorrow of A | ? the Aoalemny ter Pers. wrs, Gyeh % yeare oi8. en em- Bour v mene et ie home, 645 1 Pridey morning, efir £ o seversl momihe was & emober of Pion M i vy " wnd & o5, ia Butrier, of AYenis, Gu ted States back in the days before for tests by the Navy Department. RESEARCH HISTORY OF D. C. PUBLISHED BY HOPKINS FRESS (Continued from First Pagr) \ | | of Columbia as a subordinate political |agency. In some respects it treats it as a municipal corporation, and in | others as a mere administrative depart- ment of the general Government. This has resulted, and still contiaues to re- sult. in confusion n respect to respon- nd financial obligations and tion." Willoughby explains that the re- ey e a'most wioll, ed later, he volume. in c ssue a companion wiil viewed in o5 of public administration. The volume divided into 68 chap- ters and two parts. There are also a jnumber of illustrations, consisting of various maps and diagrams. Part I is concerned with the history and general | government of the District, in which are discussed physical, economic and | social conditions: political and financial history; political status and general! {government: the financial system and | the personnel em. { Part II discusses in detail the organ- tization and function of every depart- |ment and division of the District gov- iernmen?. as well as the part plaved by | those distinctly Federal agencies that |are concerned directly with some phase of the District government. District Government Unigue. | In his introduction Dr. Schmeckebier | points out that the District is unique, |in that it is the only political subdivi- |sion in the United States in which all { the powers of government are vested in { the United States, which in the c of the District exercises functions and powers elsewhere divided between the | Federal Government, the State, thz | county, municipality and various other | eivil divisions. Congress itself performs | the function of both a State legislature {and a city council. he points out. But it | also has delegated certain ordinanc: - | making powers to other agents. On the { executive side the powers are divided |among District and Federal agencies dealing exclusively with the District and | among Federal agencies concerned with both District and Federal aflairs. “The District of Columbia is also unigue,” Dr. Schmeckebier points out. “in that it is the only community in the | continental United States which does not enjoy a suffrage and has no form | of representative government. The lack |of any elected local body to pass laws, {to fix the rate of taxation and to deter- {mine how the money shall b spent {makes it imperative that careful thought | be given to placing these powers where {they will be widely exercized for the jcommon good. The District of Colum- !bia, as a municipal corporation, is a creature of the United States, and Cony | gress may legally place its government | under the direction of a head of a de- | partment or any Federcl officer. But | the interests of the United States and | the residents of the District frequently clash, particularly in the matter of the | 2mount which the United States shall contribute to the local government. It | is egreed that the United States should { make a contribution, but the amount | has been a matter of controversy for { many years.” Little Industry Here. In a chepter devoted to economic conditions here the District of Columbia is described essentially as a community { without material commerce or manu- | facturing. The ‘unusually high ner- centage of population engaged in cleri- { cal occupations is cited in this respect, Business conditions here are likely o be more stable than in other munici- palities, it is said. as the income of the majority of the inhabitants is derived from the Government pay roll, and varies little in normal times, but hasz a tendency 1o increase. District is not subject, the hook states, to the busi- ness cycle which often results in exten- sive unempiloyment and consequent de- rangement of business elsewhere In its discussion of social conditions here the book points out that in 1920 the percentage of illiteracy ciasses of its population over 10 years of age ‘n‘zfl. which s Jower than in 1 i { xeeption of Indianapolis and Toledo, The Western cities generally have a lower rate. In the matter of home ownership the District is rankes about midway among cities of 100,000 or more. The book points out that the relatively high value of residence prop- erty in the District is reflected in the fact that in 1020 the average value of mes mortgage was $7.114 and the average amount of morigage debt was $2297. The average value of homes mortgaged was exceeded in on es of 100,000 or more, and th e amount of debt was great seven cities of the same size Recession Believed Unfortunate, t of Columbis, and ) effect of the ion of the 4 of Anacostia f the control of th- Through this area r ¥ and from the Bouth s the D Soverninent, and 4 system, which became Biste vigorous st 1910 “In the debates th | flashies,” 1t 1x stated, “which might lead one 1 wuppowe thet the question of { fiscal relations was i process of beoom g & natonal one. But there W no evidence W indicate that the country large was sUirred up over the finan- relations of the United States and the Distriet Az 8 rule, the atlacks on Lhe sting relationsh) were made mostly by mmembers of one party i the House of Rupresenteiiyes mernbers of the Bens'e of both paril taking & liberel attitude on District af- this and € are occasional Fiseal Inguiry Recalled. | The fucai dngulry of 1915-16 s de-! many miles | ing effect in shaping legisiation for the Fumersi services wiil be held st the | of inyestigation is quoted i length, the | District seried wnd the report of the commities rangement was instituted, although the 60-40 plan never was repraled The District surplus of unexpended revenues and the manner of its deter- mination are also described. In this connection the efforts to show that the District really owed the United States more than $2,000,000, through various appropriations dating back to 1874, are discussed and the tables by which tl conclusion was arrived at are quoted. “It appears that all these figures were arrived at through a purely ex-parte examination of the records under au pices of a committee chairman who evidently was firmly convinced in ad- vanee that there was a widespread con- ; to make the United States pay 12 share of th= expenses of the the book stat ‘The final lus quastion is de- ne of the com- ct the n $1,000,000 of are_auoted The political status and general gov- ernment of the District are discussed in a chapier which cites the various decisions which have affected the stand- ing of the District. Another chapter is devoted to a scrutiny of the financial system, in which are described the vari- | ous steps in computing and approving the annual budgets. This chapter also reats with the question of untaxable real estate in the District, the rise in real estate assessments and the varying as well as the other sources of venue. The chapter is purely de- seriptive, and makes no attempt to take cides on the annuaily recurring contro- versy between the District and the Fed- eral Government over the apportion- ment of expenst Local Party Influence. In discussing the personnel system in the District a portion of the chapter devoted to that system describes the influence of local political parties in the selection of District officers who are appointed by the President. “The so-czlled State committees of the political parties,” it is stated, “seem 10 be somewhat of a power in the selec- tion of District officers who are ap- pointed by the President. When there ts a vacancy ths papers generally con- tain items regarding the President con- ferring with the chairman of the so- called State committee, and at other times there are rumors regarding the -Lieut, W. power exerted by those inside the “Big Five" (the Republican State committee) in District affairs. In the case of Fed- cral appointments in the States the resident is generally guided by the s of Senators, Representatives or national committeemen of his own party. It is but natural that he should turn to the only party representative in the District—the head of the so-called committee—although it is evident at times Presidents have used other sources of information. There is 8 material difference between the chairman of a real State committee and the chairman of the so-called State committee for the District. In the Btates the chaifmen are now generally selected through some form of legal primary. In the District however, the members of their parties bave no real opportunity to indicate their choice.” How Congress Rules. One chapter is devoted to the execlu- sive and unique power of Congress over the District of Columbia. “At {)rcsent Congress has obtained for itself laws as generally come within the field of Btate legislatures. Congress can alone at present declare a legal holiday in the District. * * * Congress also passes as many laws which in other jurisdictions would be munici- pal ordinznees enacted by the city coun- cil. But it has delegated to the Com- missioners and others the power to pass municipal ordinances and police regula- tions, aithough it does not hesitate to step in and enact such ordinznces and regulations as laws of the United States. 1t is contrary to an act of Congress to fiy a kite over any street or public space in the city of Washington and George- town, bu’ it is merely a violation of a police regulation to drive an sircraft over any part of the District of Colum- bia without authority from the Com- missioners. Por the District of Colum- bia, therefore, Congress acts as a Btate legislature and municipal council, al- though some of the powers of a munici- pal council are exercised by other age 15 impossible to make any general ment regarding the powers that are actually exercised by Congress at the present time. The most that can be said i5 that Congr exercises such powers as are not conferred on other jes, and that at times it legislates ch subjects which are within the 1 ordinance-making power of the Commissioners. The attempts to regulate the speed of vehicles in the District are used to iMustrate the particularity with which at times Congress legislates for the D). trict. In this connection it s recalled that n 1887 Congress gave the Com- missioners power “io regulate the move- ments of vehicles on the public streets and avenues for the preservation of or- der and the protection of life and Jimb," ot n the automobile was developed | Congress ook away from the Commis- sioners the power to fix speed limits and prescribed rates of speed’ in 1906 which continued in effect until 1917, by which time they had become generally disr garded. Then in 1918 Congress empovi- ered the Commissioners to govern the speed of BuLO Congress ga Army officer in chargg of the park system power to make speed regulations in the parks, a power which he still possesses. But in 1925 Congress again took upon itself the duty of fixing the speed Imit in the District, and authorized the traffic director 1o allow a higher speed in cer- tain designated areas Work Depends on Chalrman, In dizcussing the District commitiees of the House and Benate the book points out that the chairmen and the majority of the members are selected from the party controlling the House or Benate, and the chairman is slways the senior | committee member in point of service belonging v the dominant | "Generaily the character of the work done by the committee is a reflection of the state of mind of the chairman,” | says the book. “If he s open-minded, industrious and reasonable, he will spyr the commitiee U good leglslation, 1f he i filled with obsessions, lacks perspec- tye or is temperamentally unfit, the ! committee will be in umnu‘y. the House will not follow his lead, and there is danger of ill-advised legislation or no legizlation st all unless the House over- rides him, which it does occasionally, mat not generally, ‘The temperament end character of other members of the commitiee may also throw the proceed- ngs into confusion. Therefore, th» pand of chance and the aititude of the Ivoters in a single congressional district ¥ may have & determin- the power to enact such public | For instance, | somewhat similar to the Dawn, in which Mrs. Frances Grayson disappeared, which has arrived here —Star Staff Phot NEW SESQUI PLANE HERE FOR TRIALS Giant Amphibian to Be Test- ed by Navy Fiyers—Similar to Lost Dawn. A new Sikorsky amphibian qui-piane, scmewhat similar_to the fated Dawn in which Mrs. Frances son and her companions undertook | their ill-fated transatlantic fiight last Winter. has arrived at the Naval Air Station, Anacostia, for test adaptability to naval aviation needs. The plane was flown here from the fac- tary on Long Island by Lieut. Rutledge Irvine, flight operations officer of the station and turned over to the flight test section for trials. The amphibian has been modified in details for service use. Its presence at the station has created much interest on the part of aviation personnel owing to the new design and construction featurss the ship embodies. The hull is inclosed and has seats for six persons, including two pilots. Forward ihe pilots’ seats are several feet of cmp'y space which may be utilized for fuel on long distance flights and in the bow is a gunner’s cockpit. The plane is powered with two Whirlwind engines, which are sus- pended from the top wing. The wheels iold up and outward when the ship is in water use. The short lower wing, xtending several feet out from each de of the hull, is designed for bracing purposes more than for lift In advance of the trials the ship has been designated “XPS-1," which means that it is an experimental lonz-distance patrol plane and the first of its iype built by Sikorsky. The flight test sec- tion of the station, composed of Lieut. | 8. W. Calloway, chief; Lieut. Comdr. A. C. Miles, Lieut. E. W. Rounds snd . Tomlinson, will subject the plane to a strenuous program of | naval aviation trials, which will include load-carrying ability, maximum altitude with or without load. top speed. mini- mum speed, rate of climb and maneu- verabl; WELCH SALARY BILL WILL BE DISCUSSED Federal Bar Association to Hold Annual Dinner Tues- day Night. Incidents of the hearings and pas- sage of the Smoot-Welch bill, provid- ing for salary increases for Federal em- pioyes, will be discussed at the annual dinner of the Federal Bar Association at the Hamilton Hotel at 7:30 Tuesday. The association will have as its guesis .a number of Senators and Represen- tatives, newspaper editors and others who were active in bringing about pas- sage of the salary increase bill. A re- ception will be held in honor of Wil- liam R. Vallance, new president of the association, and other newly clected of- ficers and members of the executive council. All Federal attorneys and employes and their friends, whether they are members of the association or not, are invited. The committee in charge is composed of Edwin A. Niess, J. Ernest Downin, Willis E. Monty, Henry P. Alden, F. C. Baggarly and Charles Wil- liam Preeman. Officers of the assoclation are Mr. Vallance, president; Edwin A. Niess, J Ernest Downin and George A. Warren, vice presidents; Ralph G. Cornell, secre- ry; Henry P. Alden, financial secre- tary and Willis E. Monty, treasurer. The executive council is composed of Willlam R. Vallance, chairman; Henry P. Alden, F. C. Baggarly, David D. Caldwell, Ralph G. Cornell, J. Ernest Downin, Thomas J. Fralley, Charles William Freeman, Benjamin B. Jenkins, Willis E. Monty, Pickens Neagle, Charles W. Needham, Edwin A. Niess, George A. Ward, George A. Warren and James A. Wetmore. own interest in pending leglslation, his #pecial interest in matters affecting his district, and his correspondence to his constituents, In addition, he must take | part in shaping general iegislation and ordinances for a city of approximately half a million people, must listen to in- numerable delegations advocating this or that, and must be prepared to defend committee measures on the floor. In |Orange Woman Declines to cabin | a5 to its | Accent $10,000 as Poison- ing Damage Settlement. By tha Associated Press | NEWARK. N. J., June 2—Terms of | the settlement proposed by Federal | Judge William Clark in the suits of the | ive women seeking aggregate damage: of $1,250,000 from the United Stat | Radium Corporation were unofcially disclosed today with the rejection of | the proposal by at least one of the plaintiffs. Judge Clark, who has no official con- nection with the cases, propesed that the women, who, physiclans say, are | oning, be given $10,000 cash, out of | which amount they would have to pay legal expenses. The other compensa- tion offered the women included a pen- | sion of 8600 a year.’the defendants to .);n,v for medical expenses and counsel ees Mrs. Quinta McDonald, Orange, ob- jected to the terms. ‘“Legal bills which I have recelved from time to time | have run up into the thousands.” she | safd. | At the home of Mrs. Grace Fryer, 497 Tremont a%enue, Orange, it was said that “she had agreed to no settle- ment Following the meetinz last night in the office of Raymond H. Berry, coun- sel for the plaintiffs, it wes said that two of the five women had agreed to accept the terms outlined. The litigation expenses, which the women would have to pay, include stenographers’ hire, medical testimony and other expenses of the damage suits in the Supreme Court. D. C. HEALTH PLAN TO BE ANALYZED BY CITY OFFICIALS ___(Continued from First Page.) turn, would be directly the District Commissione Every phase of the Health Depart- ment's present activities is treated com- prehensively in the report, which is di- vided into 10 chapters. Each division centains a summary of recommenda- tions concerning its particular topic. At the very outset of the report are a | number of recommendations for in- ternal adjustment which do not require additional appropriations or new legis- lation. Then follows a long list of recommendations requiring additional appropriations, but not requiring any change in existing legislation The third set of recommendations are those which require additional legislation. Internal Adjustment. Outstanding among the recommenda- tions for internal adjustment are the following: g That the present Bureau Statistics be placed in the Bureau of Medical Services. That notification of typhoid fever anc tuberculosis be increased. That trained public health nui special investigators onu a whole-time | status be substituted for the part-time | medical personnel for the investigation of communicable disease cases. Modification and revision of the | present system of record keeping, in | order to furnish an adequate check on the current prevalence of disease. Replacement of the present method of gaceous fumigation, which is “a waste of time and mdney,” with | ematic terminal cleansing methods | xtension of smallpox vaccination to | private and parochial schools. Certain diseases not now placarded | should be placarded. | Hospital Supervision.* | More active supervision over private hospitals caring for charity patients {suffering with communicable diseases should be provided. ‘Tuberculosis record keeping should be carefully studied and revised 1o responsible to TS, of Vital proposed gram of control. | 7" A careful study, conducted jointly by |the health and school _authorities, { should be made to determine the need | for 24-hour sanitarium care of active | tuberculosis in children and one or | more preventoria for children. Hospitals should be required to re- port all admissions of cases of venercal infections and to furnish summaries of clinic activities. Provisions should be made for epi- demilogic studies and for facilities to ascertain and follow up sources of in- fection and contacts Provisions thould be made to give technical advice and guidance to school authoritles in sex education and mear providing for carrying out eéducational measures among clinic patients and their families. Provision should be made for the ex- | amination of sex offenders, as provided | by law. Milk control regulations should be carefully revised, Effective pasteurization of all milk, except properly certified supplies, should be required. Some systematic plan for ascertain- ing the incidence of communicable diseases In the milk-producing area should be devised | More frequent bacteriologic examina- | tions of milk supplies are advisable. Present sanitary control over food- handling places should be replaced by a firm policy of enforcement, | The Health Department's program | concerning housing conditions in rela- { tion to health should be based upon a | suffering frem fatal radio-active pois- | meet requirements of expanded pro-| the Senate the committee burden is greater than in the House by reason of | the smaller membership of that body.” | District in Congress. In discussing District day in the House the book points out that during systematic housing survey. Barber Shop Sanitation. | The sanitation of barber shops should receive more effective supervisory control ‘Three years later | the first session of the Bixty-ninth Con- gress there were 14 Mondays which under the rule were avallable for Dis- trict business. On two of these the House was not in session; on six other business was considered, leaving six for the transaction of District business, but a portion of an additional day was as- signed to District affairs. In addition, some bills were considered by unanimous consent by being placed in the consent calendar or by suspension of the rules, ‘The difference in the legislative proce- dure in the Benate is pointed oul, and |the book states that “in both bodies there s generally a small attendance during the discussion of District bills, On a roll call the members troop in and | vote without having heard the discus- sion, On party measures the members are generally fold how to vote by the whips, but as there is seldom a division along party lines on District bills the members are left to thelr own devices 1o find out what it is all about.” In the chapter devoted to the Board of Commissioners the hook takes the view that the residence qualification is {a matter to be determined solel, h{ the | President and the Senate, and "if an | appointee 1s confirmed there appears to !be no way to attack his rights to the office.”” As an Instance of this the New- man case is recited at length, in which [ the United Btates Supreme Court held | that the mere fact that one is & citizen |end taxpsyer in the District does not i make him an interested party who may maintain proceedings against the in- cumbent of an office on the consent of ithe court if the law ofces of the Gov- 1 ernment refuse such consent ‘The book takes up in infinite detall the functions of every department of Lhe Distriet government, and while con- Certain problems relating to the en- forcement of the so-called female labor | law, the smoke prevention law, and the consideration. Important among the recommenda- tions which require additional appro- priations are the following: Creation of a division of popular health educatiod, under the direction of a trained publicity agent Co-ordination of the statistical, nurs- ing and medical services for the control of preventable diseases, tuberculosis and venereal disease and for maternal and infant hygiene and school care, Appointment of a qualified R 2N epi- | mattress law deserve careful study and Quality Millwork Sash and Doors Trim and Finish Here 30 Years. ‘Obtainéd Start of Career as | D. C. Amateur—Met ‘ Many Notables. | for many years sat on the porch of a house in Takoma Park yesterday and recalled scenes of 50 years ago when she was lcading lady for John Drew and a star in her own name. Born Minnle Fry of Huntsville, Ala., she spent nine full and vivid years on the stage as Margaret Lanner, married Thomas L. Coleman, famous Shake- spearean actor, and then retired when her son was born. As Mrs. Minnie Pry Coleman she has lived in Washington for the past 30 years, the last three at 202 Cedar streef, Takoma Park, D. C., where she received her interviewer with an old-time graciousness yesterday. Was Thalian Club Member. Minnfe Fry's first stage training was received here with an amateur organi- | zation, the Thalian Dramatic Club, whizh flourished for three years. Among the members of the club was the late Rudolph Kauffmann, and one of its contributing members President Garfield. The club never sold tickets, s. Coleman said, but 5 supported by the “contributing lict." It was Gen. Lew Wallace who per- suaded her mother to let Minnie Fry 80 on the stage, and at the ags fo 20 she went to New York under the chap- eronage of a sister of the late Dr. John Allen Wyeth, organizer of th Polyclinic Hospital and famous pl sician. Bhe attracted the attention of Felix Le Fontaine, who was dramatic editor of the New York Herald, and he se- cured for her roles with Mary Ander. son, John McCulloch and others. Augus - tin Daly saw her and promptly offered a role at Dal; where zhe played op- posite John Later she played in Boston, with her own company. in “East Lynne” and other plays, and then went to Halitax where she was leadinz woman when Princess Louis visited there, and later still she was I,ading women of a stock | play compa New York demioiogist to head the proposed reor- ganized division of statistics and records. Creation of a separate division of tuberculosis in charge of a whole-time qualified cirector with sufficient trained | personnel to make possible an expansion of the present clinic facilities and the | development of the fleld service for an active campaign against this disease Adequate provision for systematic in- vestigation of all reported cases of tubsreulosis, Expansion of Clinics. Increased nursing sorvice, special supervisor. ! A large central clinic and additional clinics in different sections of th= city. mere examining specialists and more under a ber of beds avail- patients should be nereal disease control. Three additional prenatal clinics in sections not served by similar hospital clinics; more free beds for maternity \ cases and increased qualifications for | midwives, Establishment of new infant welfare stations in the following locations" Georgetown, 1; northwest section. 2, southwest section, 1; and northeast sec- tion. 1. Additional hospital facilities for chil- dren and provision made for mental hygiene for pre-school children. | inspectors, nurses. dental inspectors, | operators and hygienists for the public | sehools. Equipment for administering the Pasteur treatment for rabies. Per Capita Expenditures. The general recommendations which | revision, modification and codification | gether with legislation for creating the | proposed department of health and | hospitals The report stresses that the per capita expenditurcs by the District Health Department over a five-year period were approximately one-seventh the rate of increase in 74 other large cities, and critizes rather sharply the “apparently excessive” cost of hospital- izing suspected smallpox victims at the quarantine station. “This same serv- ice could probably be provided at a smallpox hospital equipped with suit- able isolation facilities or even at the patient’s usual place of residence with- out undue risk of further spread of in- fection. and unquestionably at much | less public expense or inconvenience to the patients and their families,” the re- port declared. Discussing the need of suitable and adequate hospital facilities the report id: “The construction of suitable hospital facilities for the care and treatment of patients suffering from communicable diseases in the District of Columbia is a problem that deserves | immediate attention. The addition of hospital appears to tion of this problem. | A well program for the control of tuburculosis will undoudtedly uncover many un- | reported cases of this disease, the re- port declared | " 'The report then emphasizes some of | the shortcomings of the present fa- | cilities and actlvitles directed toward {the prevention, control and treatment of tuberculosis and makes a number {of suggestions for remedying them. | WILL PRESENT COMEDY. A comedy, “The Lady of the Moon," will be presented by the Tart and Tal- | ent Club of St. Stephen's and the | Incarnation EplunFll Church Thuis- | day at 8 p.m. at Plerce Hall, Fifteenth | and Harvard streets | The cast includes Elizabeth Ward, | Janet Birgfeld, Lulu Pollock, Marion Biscoe, Elizabeth White, Dorothy Reed- er, James Blscoe, John Brasel, H. Bruc» | Holdstock, and is under the direction of Samuel B, Reeder. | 2 MAIN OFFICE W CAMP MEIGS-BU & Fla. Ave.N.E. An old Jady who has been an invalid at the Wallack Theater in | sionally now but thinks they Increass in the number of medical require new legislation call for a careful | of existing laws and regulations, to-| |such a unit to the present municipal | be the logical solu- | i directed health department | | | MRS. MINNIE F. COLEMAN. She told of a moeting with Gilbers and Sullivan and of how after hearing her_recite .Gilbert offered to take her to England as a recitationist. She re- fused beczuse she wanted to keep on acting. She also recalls her first knowledge of Otis Skinner, who had a « important_role in one play the was leading woman. man considers Skinner the greates American actor now on the stage It was in Canada that sh» met Tom Coleman, who was playing in “Rom20 and Juliet” with Jjuiix Marlowe. She exhibited a quaint scarab rinz enzraved with an inseription from Julia Marlowe to her husband. It will go to her grandson, the says, After their marriage as Mrs. Tom Coleman for two years and when her son was born retired After Coleman’'s retirement they came to Washington to live. Produced Photoplays. Mrs. Coleman, who is now 70 years old, has been unable to ses a play for years. This is the one regret of a happy old age, as filled with memories as her scrap books are filled with eclip- pings and her walls with inscribed photographs of famous personages of the stage. Fifteen years ago when the movies were young Bhe goes to the appeared mo lacking in real actors and actresses. END TO CIVIL WAR IN CHINA FORESEEN BY CHANG TSO-LIN 7.263 Acres Included in Na- tiona; Progiam Authorized by Reservation Board. Purchase of 7.263 acres of fore-t lands in Virginia for addition to three na- tional forests in that State was in- cluded in a general forest purchase program for the Nation authorized ye terday by the Natioral Forest Reserva. tion Commission. ‘The commission. composed of Seecre- tary of War Da Secretaries Work and Jardine, enators Keyes, New Hamprhire, and Overman, North Caro- ine, and Representatives Hawley, Cre- non, and McReynolds, Tennessee, au- thorized purchase of 250 tracts of land aggregating 163053 acres, for addition to national forests in the Eastern, Lake and Southern States. Near Washington. ‘The Virginia purchases are in Smith Washington, Shenandoah, Rockoridge Amherst and Nelson Counties, and the lands are to be added to the Shenan- finall, Unaka and Natural Bridg» Forests. The closest of these areas to Washing- ton is the Shenandnah National Forest lying along Great North Mountain. on the western side of the Shenandoah Valley in Virzinia and West Virginia It is not a part of the proposed She- nandoah Natioral Park. which is on the opnosite side of the valley, in the Blue Ridge Mbountains In West Virginia the purchase of 43,699 a-res in Pandolph. - Pendleton, Pocahontas and Tucker Counties is con- templated ‘The pur of 5.996 acres for the Alabama National Forest is authorized in Alabama. In Arkansas, 10.265 acres are to bz added to the Ouchita and Ozark Mational Forests. Other purchases authorized are in North Carolina, 2.069 acres, as addi- tisns to the Pisgah and Nantahala Na- tional Forests; Tennessee, 1497 acres. as additions to the Unaka and Cherokee National Fore as additions to t! kee National Forests: 145 acres. 25 an addition to the Nan- tahal2 National Porest. In the lake States the purchase of 37,368 acres is contemplated. of which 25175 acres would be an addition to the Superior National Porest. An addi- tion of 12511 acres to the Michigan National Forest 2lso is to be made. lands to be acquired in New Eng- land consist of additions to the White Mountain National Forest, 20,934 acres being in New Hampshire and 120 acres in_Maine. In Pennsylvania 25.720 acres are 1o be added to the Allegheny National Forest. (Contis from First Pags.) 1294) rebuilt the city, cal king. ‘The second sovereign of the dvnasty founded by Kublai Khan, Young-| (1403-1425), transferred his court to Peking (ie. “North Court”). It thus became the capital of the Chincsz em- perors, who continued to rule from thers until the Manch2 dyna: fell in 1912 and China became a repu with Peking as its capital. Peking was attacked unsuccessfully by Taiping forces in 1855. English and French troops entered the city in 1860 Peking suffered grievously during the Boxer movement and the seige o e foreign legations in 1900. Foreign and native buildings were destroyed and the whole of the business quarter was re- duced to ashes. _After the revolution of 1311-1912, the city was much improved physically, the chief streets were metalled and lighted: 'wage, water and electric light sys- g it Yen- 'ms were installed and tramways laid. | Imperial Palace. Adjoining Peking to thes north is the Tartar City, within which is the For- bidden City, residence of the Emperors. This circumstance often has led Peking itself to be referred to as the Forbidden | City. The Tartar City is encircled by a | wall and planted with trees, from one of which the last Emperor of the Ming dynasty (1644), finding his escape from the Manchu invaders cut off, hanged himself. The central portion of the Forbidden City forms the imperial palace, where in halls of barbaric splendor the Em- | In the eastern and | peror held court. western portions the residences of the highest dignitaries of the empire were | situsted and beyond its confines to the south stand the offices of the six official | boards which directed the affairs of the provinees of the empire. In one of these offices Lord Elgin cigned the treaty concluding the war of 1860, and this markad the first oc- casion on which a European plenipo- tentiary ever entered Peking accom- panied by all the pomp and circum- stance of his rank. The population of Peking is esti- e S N SN ¥ e Give th Very the mated at more than 1.290,000. Peking is not an open port of trade, and for- eigners, other than members of the lomatic body, the cistoms service sions and teachers in the schools and colleges, cannot therefore base their right to reside out: the legation area in the capital on any treaty tion. Treaty of 1903. The Japanese commercial treaty with China (1903) stirulated that the Chi- nese government undertake to open of its own accord a place of international re:figenc! in l;ekm&: : - “In case of and after complete withdrawal of foreign troops stationed in the Province of Chihli and of the legation guards.” are maintained in Peking and North China and therefore this condition has not_yet come into force. The of forei other than | promise with the legations. By 1625 the authority of the Peking government scarcely extended - outside ‘the city. Trade had become stagnant and the city was constantly menaced by |opposing armies. The Peking govern- | ment—alithough by the | powers and its representatives accepted | by the League of Nations as the Chinese | representatives—had become a govern- ment in name only. Peking as a world | capital was passing into history. | FOREIGN TROOPS ON GUARD. | TOKIO, Japan, June 3 (Sunday) (P. —A Rengos Agency dispatch from Pe- king says that in anticipation of pos- sible disorders with the arrival of the Nationalist vanguard this morning at that city, commanders of foreign troops there ordered their soldiers to take positions in defense of legation quarters. American, British. French, Japanese and Italian commanders met and de- cided on this action shortly after the departure of Marshal Chang Tso-Lin for Mukden. Heavy guard details were | placed at all entrances to the foreign quarter. 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Ave NW B ASRINGTOND.C. olled” fining self 1o a recitation of their duties, in this manner points out Uinitar Teatires’ that ar8 196nd. onty 1 unigue fealures are foul the District, “ . [ ¥ Her Bwem Churen yesilerk o cink Contanmel e ‘ Cemniary, Ballaie “Delivery System Un wlernoon @t 7 |book pointing oul that this n-mnl “For an sctive and conscientious pastor of | eventuslly wes followed by the change | member service on the District coms will ofei-|in 1921 from 50-50 1o 60-40, & plan | mittes means added work and responsi- Wosiawn which wes (ollowed until the fiscal year | bility, Like other members, he has 3945, wikn Ve present Jump sun ef- | edditional commities assignments, his Hth St. 708 7th Street N.W. M St N.W. (1340 F Street N.W.) N.W.