Evening Star Newspaper, January 1, 1929, Page 27

VIRGINIA'S HEALTH WORK PROGRESSES Lowering In Death Rate of 0ld Dominion Is Again Shown. By the Associated Press. RIOHMOND, January 1.—Public health work in Virginia showed prog-| ress in 1928 along various lines of activ- ities, and it is indicated that the year just ended again showed a lowering in the death rate, according to officials of the State Health Department. Sanitation work in the State, one of the main objectives of the State Health | Department, continued to make gains, | though it was pointed out by officlals that the work is necessarily slow. As part of its work of sanitation, the State Health Department has brought about the present condition of having one million people of Virginia obtain- ing their water suplies from sources su- pervised and known to be safe, while 30 years ago there was no single water supply in the State receiving treatment. The State continued its work in 1928 to reduce still further the death rate &nd prevalence of diphtheria. Diphtheria-control work during 1928 had as its aim the continued adminis- tration of toxin-antitoxin, especially for pre-school children. A number of clinics have been held. One of the outstanding phases of work undertaken in 1928 was the malaria survey in some seven or eight counties of the tidewater section. This survey is described by public health of- als as being one of the most im- portant and extensive ever undertaken in the State, Field work, including the examination of approximately 15,000 adults and children, has been practical- 1y completed, while studies of the tests and compiling of data is expected to be completed by Spring, officials stated. A new branch laboratory established in 1928 by the State depart- ment of health. This laboratory is at the Northampton-Accomack Memorial Hospital, in Northampton County. Pub- | lic health officials believe that this new branch will lend considerable impetus to health work on the Eastern Shore. Plans are being considered for estab- lishing a health center, also, at the hos- ital. v Together with the steady forging ahead in various other health activities, the State health department, in the opinion of officials, has made substan- tial gains in the more or less intangible work of educating the people in the matter of public health. The depart- ment believes this an important phase of its activities and is constantly push- ing the program of education. THREE YOUNG MEN MORGAN PARTNERS Banking House Takes in Scions of Famous Families, Including Founder’s Grandson. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 1.—Three young men, the scions of families famous in the world of finance, yesterday became the youngest partners in one of the world’s _foremost private banking houses—J. P. Morgan & Co. They are Henry Sturgis Morgan, 28, second son of J. P. Morgan and the grandson of the founder of J. P. Morgan & Co.; |. Thomas Stilwell Lamont, 29, eldest so: of Thomas W. Lamont, who long has been a pertner in the Morgan firm, and Henry Pomeroy Davison, 30, second son of the late Henry P. Davison, who was a noted financier and philanthropist and also a partner of the house of Morgan. ‘These three young men, only a few years out of college, also became part- ners in the Morgan firms of Drexel & Co. of Philadelphia; Morgan, Greenfel & Co. of London and Morgan & Cie of Paris. In addition, Thomas Newhall and Edward Hopkinson, jr., partners in the Philadelphia firm, were admitted as partners in the firms in New York, London and Paris. The new partners bring the total partnerships to 19. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 1—~A 5- vear-old girl's early morning quest for a Christmas gift kitten Sunday re- sulted in her death and the destruc- tion of her parents’ home by fire. The kitten escaped the blaze. The little girl, Virginia Dougherty, slipped out of bed early yesterday and, attired only in her nightgown, went to the basement of the family home, at 1663 Henrickson street, search of her kitten. A moment later her screams awoke her mother, Mrs, John Dougherty, and her grandmother. Her father, after firing the furnace, had gone for a walk. Brooklyn, in THE EVE‘TING sTAR. WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1929. {Girl of 5 Hunting for Gift Kitten Dies As Fire Destroys Her Parents’ Home ‘When the mother and grandmother opened the cellar door, they were met by a wall of flame, which barred their entrance. They called a neighbor, Who succeeded in reaching the little girl, who lay unconscious in front of the furnace, her nightgown burned from her body. She died in the Coney Island Hospital last night. The house and furnishings, valued at $10.000, were destroyed. Firemen said they believed the little girl's nightgown had been ignited as she passed the furnace or huddled against it for warmth and waste paper in the cellar was set ablaze from her gown. RUTH BRADY MARRIED TO VISCOUNTESS’ SON Daughter of American Capitalist Wed to Michael Simon Scott at Bernardsville. By the Assoclated Press. BERNARDSVILLE, N. J., January 1. —Miss Ruth Brady, daughter of the late James Cox Brady and heir to part of his $75,000,000 estate, was married yes- terday to the Hon. Michael Simon Scott, son of the Viscountess Encombe of London. The ceremony took place at the Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help. Mgr. William I. McKean, rector of the church, assisted by the Very Rev. Adrian Weld-Blundell, prior of St. An- selm's Priory, Brookland, D. C., cele- brated the mass. The bride is a granddaughter of the late Anthony Brady of Albany, N. .Y, Mr. Scott is a descendant of William Scott, a merchant of Newcastle-on- Tyne, whose son John became the first Earl of Eldon. SOLDIERS WIN FREEDOM. Court-martialed French Fighters Given Executive Clemency. PARIS, January 1 (#)—Hundreds of court-martialed soldiers will get par- dons or reductions in sentences as New Year presents from President Doumergue. The President, in accordance with annual custom, today signed 381 com- mutations and was considering 337 other cases recommended by the min- ister of war for clemency. ARLINGTON WARNED Health Officer Says Flu Cases Now Total 200—Schools to Reopen Wednesday. | Special Dispatch to The Star. ARLINGTON, Va., January 1—In a warnnig issued yesterday Dr. P. M. Chichester, Arlington County health officer, recommended to the public that no card parties or other publi¢ gath- erings be held during the height of the | influenza epidemic. There are now 200 cases. There have been no deaths. Schools will reopen Wednesday, but under_strict supervision of health offi- cers, Dr. Chichester said that teachers or pupils who appear to be ill will be sent home immediately. GEN. J. A. YEAGER DIES. Head of Confederates. TULSA, Okla., January 1 (#).—Gen. James A. Yeager, 83, member of Mor- gan's famous command in the Civil War and regarded as an outstanding candi- date for the post of commander-in- chief of the United Confederate Vet- erans next year, died late yesterday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Kate Tuttle. He had been ill for two weeks. — e—— Only 200.000 of the 1,750,000 Penn- sylvania owners have obtained new tags. COURT ORDER BARS PASTOR FROM CHURCH Dispute Involving Gospel Light- housp Established by Mrs, Mo- Pénon Goes Before Judge. By the ‘Associated Press. DES; MOINES, Iows, January 1.—A dispute’ involving t1e Four-Square Gos- pel Lighthouse, established here by Almee. Semple McPherson, has gotten into District Court. Pending final decision by Judge Her- man Zeuch, an order has been issued restraiping the Rev. H. D. Mitzner from entering the church, of which he has been pastor. The (injunction was issued yesterday on petiion of the church board, which announced the termination of Rev. Mr. Mitzner's pastorship, effective immedi- ately. The minister expressed his in- tention of disregarding the board’s ac- tion, stating he would continue to con- duct services. Rev. John Ritchey, pastor of another of Mrs. McPherson's lighthouses here, 2lso has been excluded from the Grand avenue house. The board charges that he denounced the board in an address to his congregation Sunday night. WHALEN PROMOTES 41 AS GIFT FOR 1929 350 Complaints for Minor Infrac- tions of Regulations Are Dismissed. by the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January —Police ommissioner Grover A. Whalen, as a ew Year gift, announced the promo- | 2012 Eleventh St.,, N. W. Phone Decatur 1400 Visit Washington’s Oldest Dairy—In Washington's Newest Plant and cruisers are th prophecy. 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DETROIT, January 1.—Although sen- tenced to life imprisonment yesterday, when a jury found she had been guilty of four fiquor felonies, Mrs. Etta Mae Miller, 48-year-old mother of 10 chil- dren, four of whom are living, appar- ently is to become the focal point of a legal struggle in the Supreme Court and the State Legislature. Mrs. Miller, the first woman to feel the teeth of the habitual criminal clause of the new Michigan criminal code, was convicted in 13 minutes and was sen- tenced immediately. The law makes life imprisonment mandatory upon con- viction of a fourth felony, and rates violation of the prohibition laws a felony. Not Guilty, She Says. “I am not guilty,” she said a® Judge Charles B. Collingwood reported the verdict of the jury. “But you are guilty, because the jury has found you so,” replied the judge. “I don’t care,” retorted Mrs. Miller, if it has. 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