Evening Star Newspaper, December 9, 1928, Page 22

DECEMBER 9, 1928—PART 1.~ BANQUET ‘CRUISE' | [ e "] CREW IS SELECTED | William R. Ellis Is Named Captain of “Good Ship saild Miss Hickman did not have the Board of Trade.” money to pay the judgment. The whipping was administered B 4 Bl when, " :Ego wnct:‘er,‘snldé “!’hzmboy The annual banquet’of the Board of ‘ grew sf rn and refuse answer - how many times four o into ‘Trade, staged this year on a le:le big- thirty-two. The parents alleged the |ger and better than ever before” and all | law, which has passed the Senate and boy was permanently injured and |dressed up in a brand-new style; to L ¥ | has been granted a special rule in the asked $15,000 damages. wit, & “cruise around the world,” with | House, will be allowed to come up for the entertainment program to be pre-| | . | a vote in the House, is expected %o be The Instructive Visiting Nurse So- | jEws ARE HOI.DING sented on the quarter-deck of “Good | made at’ the next meeting of the Re- clety of Washington now numbers 50 | Bhip Board of Trade will be held st publk|cln steering committee, early staff members with 42 graduate nursedOHANUKAH TH'S WEEK week. the Willard Hotel February 2, it was House Leader Tilson, Chairman Snell announced last night by officials of the | of the rules committee and Chairman serving in the field daily. A nurse a erages from eight to nine visits a day % organization. | Lehlbach of the Civil Service committee s : AN A B T T S e e and? the soelety provides nursing ‘care | p, W subcom- o about ‘one-ciin_of those who are |OB¢Y Sholom ‘Hebrew School to Observe Annual Celehration pledged to pi mittee chairmen appointed by “Com- insistent ill in Washington. . ssistance is ren- This Afternoon. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEST SUMMONED 3RS FRom GarE To EDUCATION it s Wiipping lN SA[@K BASE“’%W Member of Staff Visits|| ; Helpedto Pay Fine !J!'KEYAENABJ;MI-'.M Press. e & il S CITY, December 8.— Many Homes Daily With Help. promise had been given by the sick woman to send the child to the hospi- tal for.an examination the following {day. As clearly as possible, the nurse had made the child's mother realize the serlousness of his condition and that the proverbial “ounce of precau- tion is worth the pound of cure.” It is not generally, understood that the services of the Visiting Nurse So- clety are available to all residents within the District. In cases where the patient is capable of paying for services, an actual cost fee is charged for visits, according to the time re- e . | quired and the nature of ‘the case. If . Acvice and Relief Prove Boon a person is unable to pay the usual Contract Hearing } fee, then they may give whatever they ’ i ¢ i +to Families Where - * can afford. In cases whete ths pa- ol ¥ 4|+ +to Families Where: Ill- W tlent " can, give nothing, nocharge is| 3 T T H ¥ - made. Thdro-have been cases where persons unable to stand the expense ness Has Hold. have inade payments which have been | refunded by the society upon the dis- covering of the patient’s financial con- dition. Perhaps 50 per cent of the so- ciety’s expenses are defrayed by foes collected—the, remainder are borne by contributtons from individuals and: or- gani sdcietfes. DECISION AWATED ON DALE NEASURE House Republivan” Steering Committee Expected fo"Des cide Soon on Vote Date. The Kansas City Star tonight ai nounced subscription of $100 to a fund to pay the $500 damages and costs assessed against Miss Mary Hickman, veteran school teacher, by a jury yesterday for a whipping she gave James Edwin Christian, a pupil, three years ago. The. Star Committee ~ Asks - Interior Secretary to Testify in Qit By the Associated Press. A cabinet officer, a former cabinet officer and assistants to two cabinet cfficers were summoned yesterday by the Senate public lands committee to| It was “rush hour” in headquarters cppear before it beginning Wednesday |of the Instructive Visiting' Nurse So- for questioning relative to the renewalciety. The blue-uniformed nurses were of the Salt CreeK: royalty oil contract aslsemblln%‘xn zlhe snl-fl' Toom to com- he! a y i v pile reports and receive orders for e held by Harry F.'Sinclair until it was work of the day. In an adjoining room recently nullified. the m‘l;’mne opelrntor at the little Tie - committee * decided 4 go into switch ‘wis alres busy at work. s | 8he hdd scarcely cofhpleted a call for the: ofl- eéntrget remewal in’ connicctfon | J0G BAC SCRRC u-hm”fimzz“ hard ) with' its considésation .of the ngmina- | pell again. “Instructive Visiting Nurses,” tion df Roy O., West of Chicage as\smke‘ucm ,rato:lova t'!l\e th‘me. 'tl}\‘n ® h ; ’ | urgent case,” continued her voice, “the Secretary of ‘the TImterjor. Mr. West, baby was born yesterday—why didn't who recelved a recess appointment last Summer; was asked ‘to testify al the Wednesday meeting. = Hubert Work, you call sooner? Oh, you have only who resigned as Interior Secretary to | just heard about us? We will send a become chairman of - ‘the R,epubucmfmly terior, were summoned for Thursday.|The Star Building, where the nurses’ partment, Ernest’ O. Patterson, who has | Mother Very Il contract void ‘after President Coolidge pared and in addition had . brought Decision as towhen the Dale bill to liberalize the Civil Service retirement BY GRETCHEN SMITH. ' “CAPT.” W. R. ELLIS. . _In response {o° mflore" mt:n Everflel:.,l gre;ld;flt of ?emnd that it Brlgoweé'm‘lwme ‘:nn dered to all, irrespective of race, creed organi , on def of the ar- | for a vote early in the present session, or sex. The mcle‘!’; endeavors not.only rangements for the event, which is the| Mot W. Trew, Luther W. Linkins, Ben [/\r. Tilson . iaté yesterdny stated: he to render physical aid to those in need, principal social activity of the board for | T. Webster. |'would’ bfing the matter for & de- but to educate those it assists in t the year. Entertainment—Jerome F. Barnard, cision #s soon as the g -com= fundamertals of health hygiene, as well Formal Speeches Banned. chief engineer. T. Brooke Amiss, Fred- 'mittee meets to draft its ‘program of e Rndipesken O CEINS, One traditional feature of, the banquet erick M. Bradley, John H. Davidson, C. | legislation. I will be retained, however, in that there W. Clever, Fred A. Smith and Fred East.| House leaders emphasize that when Vi e et v i st T(l:ck;uamltoond }:. sscxrt‘:‘:h nurse’}: | thiy wn(“dflr in exfiuuve m‘t‘. 'uhfi v dinner speeches. Ac- . Thomas, Odell Smith, Elmore T. | poli low retirement GAS STATION MANAGER banquce wi b & Jehst s apeechioes: Rl B quet as “speechless” LOSES $76 IN HOLD-UP Three Colored Men Make Escape Burdette, L. Plerce Boteler, George J.|to come up for a vote in the House, Wells and Fred J. White. l,the must consider-the probability that as those of former years, when formal 3 addresses were banned. The major An_ Sedan After Third 8trest Robbery. Dinner—W. C. Witts, chief steward: | it faces” a.Presidential véto if passed. Thomas I. Eagan, J. Paul Ward, Lioyd | Chairman Snell of the rules com- portion of the evening, following the dinner, will be given over to an enter- ‘Three colored men last night pointed a pistol at Wheeler W. McLendon, man- Chanukah, the feast of dedication or feast of lights, an event of social en- tertainment and home gatherings amoxig’ Jews throughout the world, be- gan Friday and will continue all this week. At the Ohev Sholom Hebrew School the annual Chanukah celebration will be phserved this afternoon at 4 d'clock. The main.feature of these celebrations is «the rcehm tation of :the perpetual Jamip as Mymbolic of thelight first kindled ‘at' Sinai. + The’ third candle will e lighted at the Chanukah ceremonial this evening gt sundown, the first hav- ing been lit last Friday. “King Antiochus and -the Renegrade Jew,” a Chanukah play in two acts, Wwill be a part of the entertainment at the Ohev Bholom School. The cast in- cludes. Gertrude Feldman, Morris Katz, Nathan Goldman, William Casel, Leon Cohen, Joseph Sitnick, Ivan Mensh, Herman Zabrek, David Sommer, David Epstein, Julius .Sommer, Esther Osin, Bernard Osin and Annte Dworkin, The’ sketch was arranged by Rabbi J. T. Loeb, who will be in charge of the program. He will be assisted by Miss Minnie Feldman, Miss ' Libbey Lewis and Berl Goldberg. F. Gaines, Harry P. White and James | mittee bore the brunt :of, blame for remarked, “Sarah’s baby's sick!” Thé B. Edmunds. failure to get the measure passed in visiting nurse recognized @ .call. After extracting evasive replies ‘to' important questions, she evoked the promise to] “get Sarah to take the baby *im- mediately to the clinic at the Children's Hospital.” Many times in this way, | & visiting nurse, calling upon 4 patient, detects illness in others and is able to render assistance, or to offer advice to -those in .ignorance of what to do or where to turn in times of distress. tainment program. Souvenirs—John T. Bardroff, second ! the House last session after it had Carrying out the idea of a “cruise,” | Steward; Charles W. Morris, A. K‘ passed .the Senate. It became known Capt. Elis and 'his assistants ate ape | Shipe, George H. Davis ahd L. Lee|that Mr. Shell held up the special rule, ranging for the. construction of a|Combs. | e desk pban st of 8 e L e | ente'to the wishes.of the President. ment events will be staged. . Floor~Edgar Morris, chief steward; |, 1 IS generally conceded -that with Plans also call for' the placing of | Chatles A. Appleby, Harry Dean, W.| Lhe 8reat majority-of the House mem- seats at the ends. of the on| Herbert Gill, Paul F. Grove, Capt. T. E. | Ty hicdged to vote for. the measu a raised platform, to enable banqueters | Bean and Harry E. Mockbee. e sty MmN W seated there to see all that happens. e i sy e T The roster of the Midwinter dinner e - commiesss fhliowa: | the President’s expected veto. inion President—W. W. Everett, commodore. ;’Esmrd.y' R R o b Chairman—William R. Ellis, captain;| Tnvitations and récoptions—Tdwin C. | lenders, scemed to be that the bill wil First vice chairman—John Saul, fitst | G , - passenger_representative; E.| phocien” Willnm© oreion o i officer. C. Brandenburg, J. Harry Cunningham, |'amerfcan Feder: {"fl;‘ 3 {‘4,,,‘,’, h . Second vice ~chairman—Geofge ' V.| W. W. Ross, Francis R. Weller, E. F.| american Tederation of - Lat o Triplett, second officer. Colladay. E.'J. Murpha. George Shinn, | 0Pt fubRofied the Da'e bill as part qcSecretar—C. Hayward Marshall, ex-| Arthur Carr, George Piltt and George | faper: ' ° Lgieric o bt woamend ‘cutive of er. Audit and budget—Raymond M. Florance, auditor. Physician—Dr. Joseph ‘D.. Rogers, nurse immediately.” - A few minutes later :an order was received in the staff room. “Please send Miss A—— to this address. Assistance needed immedi- national committee fn the Hua_\er | " Miss A——, who served in the section campaign; William' J. Donovan, assist- | ¢f town from which tha call had come, | ant to the Attorney General, and E. C. | stood in readiness, a business-like look- Finney, Assistant Secretary .of the In | inz black bag in one hand. Leaving The sessions will be public. ihv.‘adqunrters are established, she start- Mr. Work renewed the Sinclair con- |ed on foot in the direction of her latest tract early this year after consultation |call. All visiting nurses do not enjoy with the solicitor of the Interior De- | the luxury of a car. | ordered by his committee, out of defer- also been called by the - committee. | . . Miss A——'s call had come from the Later protests | sgalat the, CO0Tact| ol O poce ot “ntaasnt peons 3o of the Penn 01l o. Biing st the Department of Justice declared the | Th¢ premature arrival of ‘a baby had Third street and Marylind _avenge . found the mother more or less unpre- southwest, took $76 from him and de- i parted south on Third street in a small sedan. . McLendon has just closed the station and was going to his home, 640 Eley- |enth street northeast, when, on Third | street between Main street and Mary- |land avenue, the three men stepped | from a parked car, pointed the gun at | him and ordered him to give them his money. The money was not recelpts of the | | station. This had been locked in the station safe, McLendon reported to po- lice. had forwarded to it complaints received | from Scnator Walsh, Democrat, Mon-, tana. { serious physical complications. The mnth;r t‘gas a very ul’fl woman and fre- quired the most assiduous care after 1ic Tands. commitie, Asked the. sum. | e beby had drrived and.the doctor's moning of witnesses called today by | “OTX a5 OVer. the committee,-the nomination of Mr. Nelghbor: Suggested.| Call ‘West bringing the case to a head, He | Instructions’ had been 'left by the =aid he wanted to ask'Mr. West if h> | doctor as to- diet, medicines and care | took any steps to determine the legality | for the sick mother; instructions which ‘of the renewal allowed by his prede- | must be carefully followed . to restore cessor when protests were lodged with | the motlier’s health, as well as to safe- the department. guard the health end the welfare .of Chairman , Nye of,‘the committee | th? new-Born infant.. An old colored sald no suggestion was. 'made at to- | Woman had been employed by the wom- day's meeting to queéstion Mr. West |an's husband while he attended to his along other lines, but he believed there | business as storekeeper in a shop be- were some Senators who wanted ‘to ask | neath the“Home, The colored” woman, him about his purported connections | Who looked after the ' housework and with the Samuel Insull public utility | 8D older ch'ld of the family-during the dnterests. illness of the mother, was wholly in- capable of giving the proper care to an person. A neighbor, realizing the situation, had heard of the Instructive Visiting Nurses and suggested ‘to the father that one be called. Within a few minutes after the ar- rival of the visiting nurse there was an extraordinary chamge. The mother lay in a comfortable position on a freshly made bed. The baby, also clean in fresh linen, lay in a’neatly prepared crib next to the mpther. The room | had been matle neat and tidy and the | window hadl. been- pened, letting in a flood of fresh air amd sunshine. As the nurse prepared td’ leave the wan. tired face of the .wéman in the bed lightened with'a smile, ick?” she asked “You will ‘come - anxiously. To an affirmative reply, she said, “Don't: zend any one . else—you come—I don’t wdnt anybody but you.” That was the greatest compensation the nurse could have received. “You should have called me sooner,” she said.as she picked up the little blaci bag to leave. “I might have been able .to give you attention and advic: which ‘would have prevented much suf- fering.™ Leaving this house, the nurse turned south and walking a few blocks stopped before a delicatessen store. As the entered she ‘was greef with a_tired, anxious e: so glad you have come,” she spol have been'so worried all night. ‘Sister has had a_bad “sdre throat and :you know how bothered I am when any- et thing happens to g"tl: LR lling. The nurse passes rough the store g\m’ed last night when the motar e | 1p some back stairs to a small, neat bed- 2 was driving; to w-shbnfivfn - | room, where a child of about 6 lay in swiped: by, an automobile - Defense | bed. ' The little patient was suffering highway -near < Md., hurling | from heart disease and had bee; him to the side of the-road and.dam- | fined to her bed under a physician’s aging his machipe.- . g | care for 10 months. She replied to the The driver. of the automobile falled | nyree’s inquiry as:to that throat by to stop, and Sergt. Falvey was picked | sqying> ‘“Its been . hurtin’ since last up by a gynsdng motorist and brought | night,” i 1o Casualty Hospital here, where Drs. Case Difficult. Jicse, shock and lacerations of the hiead. | .0 “Clore throat” proved:to be nothing |3 serfous. In addition, a lowered pulse 1Iis condition is thought not serious. showed improvement in the heart con- Sergt. ‘Falvey was conscious when Brought to the hospital and told physi- | 4o e went v the stairs .to - the delicatessen ~shop cians the passing automobile struck the greatly relieved. | To sympathetic’ cus- handle bars of his motor cycle, cata- D e Dy W T | i, oyer the counter, she was heard to remark, “I don’t know what 1 gould chine. ;-le said he was driving at the ey the Toad “when. the. crash | ve dong’without: the visiting mitse. When ‘Sister’ first got sick I:nevet’ occurred. could have taken care of her without closing the shop, and if I'd ‘close’ the shop it wuold have ruined me.” ‘The next place visited by the nurse. was a different-case, in that the patier# failed “to fully co-operate with the nurse for her 'own good. It was a pre- natal, case—a girl not. yet out «of her I.eeqémd already 'the mother of gwo children. . Perhaps it was her extreme youth which made her fail to see the |9 necessity cf the advice given by the nurse. None of the instructions given |on a previous visit had been carried cut, and the patiently repeated warn- ings and recommendations of the nurse fell upon sullenly indifferent ears. F. Carl, chief wireless operator; Harry C. Grove, Fred Allen, Harry H. Urges Care for Boy. Helwig and George A. Emmons. At.the home of a post-operation case; ‘the nurse was skillfully dressing the patient's ‘wound, following the sur- geon’s: orders, while she was working, her eyes would occasionally wander to a boy of four who sat quietly in a far corner. The ‘child Jooked pale and delicate. Conversation turned upon the subject of the boy and it was learned | that at one time he had been threaten- ed with tubercular trouble. 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Senator Walsh said he wished to ask Mr. Donovan what steps were taken by the Department of .Justice i find- ing the contract void and whether its | decision was announcéd as soon gs it was determined. -The announcéement came :ow_‘ard the close of the national campaign. A The Senator. said he wanted ‘{o _in- | quire of Mr. Work if he took any steps to determine the legality of the lease ’nfter protests were presentéd against t % 4. Make THis a ; START REGULAR PAYMENTS FEB. I; v In this connection the committee has called James P. Kem of City, counsel for the White Eagle Oil Co., ‘who protested the contract renewal, and Senator Capper, Republican, Kansas, ‘who presented his protest. 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