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JANUARY 17, 1929, SICK SOULS AND BODIES CURED IN NOVEL CHURCH EXPERIMENT Physicians and Psychiatrists Hearken to Revolutionary Church Ministration. .“STAR. WASHINGTON, D. €., THURSDAY, SMITH ASKS PARTY | TOPAY OFF DEFGT 'Popular Contributions o ! Small Sums Urged—Militant | Drive Need, He Says. _ THE EVENI DEMOCRATIC CHIEFTAINS CONFER ROBE QUESTION UPATANNAPOLS Whether Committée. Wil Jn- clude Sendtors Is to ", Be Decided. GHET NT PLANS FOR SOLTATIN National Corporations’ Drive Outlined at Meeting Held at City Qlub. | | ol : |Pastor Cites Neurosis as| Base of Complexes to Be Obviated. | BY WILLIAM J. WHEATLEY, Staft Correspondent of The Star. Md., ‘been- STATE HOUSE, ANNAPOLIS, January 17.—While plans have made by the Democratic majority of the House of Delegates of the Maryland By the Associated Press. | NEW YORK, January 17.—Alfred E. Smith has asked popular contributions to liquidate the $1,500,000 deficit in- curred by the Democratic party in his Plans for the splicitation of national corporations doing business in the Dl&-; , trict, in the Community Chest cam- paign, were outlined at a meeting of ¢+ the unit handling that end of the cam- BY THOMAS R. HENRY. . Georg thur Hellen, Frank S. i campaign for funds was launched when | mark. Great Britain, however, escaped | Dr. Ballou addressed to the board four Wwith light snowfalls. paign at noon today at the City Club. ! Maj. Charles Demonet, chairman of this unit, presided. “We feel that these people, doing bus- | iness in Washington, even though their | governing boards are located elsewhere, | hould be sufficient]) terested to con- | ute to this cau: Maj. Demonet | sald. “This meeting today is to give | local representatives time to place our | plan before their boards, and we hope | for substantial contributions to the| chest from this source.” | All space necessary in the downtown | stores for the display of posters and ! other advertising matter for the drive has been promised by the members of department store group of the Mer- nts and Manufacturers’ Association and billboards about town have been offered for the drive by the Liggett & | Myers Tobacco Co. of New York, the| Chevy Chase Dairy of Washington and | the General Outdoor Advertising Co. | was announced today at cllt’sl‘ ters that the employes of W. B. M & Sons were the first group of this sort to go “over the top” for the drive, pledging 100 per cent co-| operation with the drive after hearing 2n address on the aims and plans of | the chest by O, T. Wright. { Large Pledges Received. While the figures were not reported at the report meeting of the special gifts unit of the chest yesterday after- | noon, it was announced that early| pledges of donations of large sums have | been received by members of this group | and these pledges are held to be a bright augury of success for the chest | campaign. Chairman Robert V. Flem-| Democratic National Chairman Roosevelt confer in the latter’s office a they discussed. John J. Raskob and Gov. Franklin B. They were silent about what —Associated Press Photo. t Albany. Pint Size Wife Took Gun Away, Beat Him, Says 255-Pound Cop By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, January 17.—Police- man John Belskey weighs, in his stocking feet and without his artillery, 255 pounds avoirdupois. Mrs. Belskey's best weight is 95 pounds. Belskey, charges cruelty. took his revolve slapped his fac punched his jaw and capped the pugnacious climax by throwing him out of the house. The court will see about it. suing for divorce, He says his wil away from him, sat on him, ESSAYS ON CHEST BENEFITS POUR N | Many Contestants Are Pupils. Six Days Remain for Flacing Entries. With only six days remaining for the placing of entries in the contest for es- says on the advantages of the Commun- ! ity Chest sponsored bv The Star, and ing of this unit expressed himself as| propcsals which Mr. Street had made.|for which prizes totaling $17 Ve satisfled with the result of the first|The first three of these—(1) that school | been nflered,pvhe essays are‘ p:ur?ngk:;:; solicitations and optimistic as to the final outcome of the unit’s campaign. ‘Many of Washington's largest giv- ers” he said, “require a few days’ notice in order to arrange their affairs for the size gift they wish to make and that is why the special gifts unit is already at work seeing these peo- ple. And I want to stress the fact that we do not require all cash with pledges. A subscription may be paid quarterly or even at more frequent in- tervals.” Promises of “very large” contribu-| tions to the chest fund already have boen received, Mr. Fleming said. Members of the special gifts unit ace: Robert V. Fleming, chairman; Clar- ence A. Aspinwall, Charles J. Bell, Frank Bell, Henry P. Blair, Harry Blake, Thomas P. Bones, Harry K. Boss, Pred. erick M. Bradley, W. W. Bride, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick H. Brooke, Frank A. Bright, Elmore Burdette, D. J. Cal- lzhan, Charles T. Clage Dwight Clark, Myer Cohen, Levi 8. Cooke, W. 8. Covington, Fernando Cuniberti, Mrs. James F. Curtis, Floyd E. Davis, Fred- eric A. Delano, Victor Deyber, Dale D. Drain, Charles D. Drayton, Miss Kath- erine Dunlop, E. Edge, Thomas Eagan, Henry P. in, L. Whiting Estes, Joshua Evans, jr.; W. W. Everett, David E. Finlay, Willlam V. Freeman, Norman B. Frost, J. Gallery, C. H. Galliher, Isaac Gans, Mrs. C. C. Glover, ir.; Mrs. Charles A.Gold- ‘harles A. ldsmith, Amiral smith, Cl , and Mrs. Cary _ T. Grayson, Randall H. ‘William F. Ham, e E. Hamilton, J. H. Hanna, Ar- Hight, Mrs. Jo- seph Himes, Joseph Himes, Mrs. 8. C. Fooper, Mrs. Reginald Huldekoper, Richard W. Hynson, Harvey D. Jacob, Joseph D. Kautman, Mrs. R. M. Kauff- mann, John B. Larner, Alfred H. Law- son, Edgar K. Legg. § Charles P. Light, John M. Demarest Lloyd, Charles C. Long, Mor- ton J. Luchs, Rudolph Lyon, Roland MacKenzie, Frederick D. McKenney, Miss Julla Mattis, George Miller, Mr., and Mrs. Barry Mohun, Louls B. Mont- fort, C. C. Morgan, George Hewitt Myers, Roy Newhauser, Mr. and Mrs. James Parker Noland, Newbold Noyes, Col. Arthur O'Brien, John J.. O'Connor, John E. Parker, Mrs. Rushmore Patter- son, Edgar Allan Poe, Mrs. Wiseman Priest, Mrs. John J. O’Connor, Lawrence M. Proctor, William K. Quinter, Mrs, Robert Ransdall, Eugene B. Roberts, Hugh Reilly, T. Baker Robinson, Mrs. Gwinn Rust, H. L. Rust, B. P. Saul, John Saul, E: P, H: Siddons, William H. Somervell, Starkey, Gen Al P. Stone, Thomas Bell Syeeney, Sidney F. Taliaferro, Corcoran ‘Thom, Mrs. man, WinslowB. Van.Devanter, Ken- neth S. Wales, George Walson, Monroe Warren, Capt. Chester ‘Wells, Mrs. Parker W. West, Mrs. Charles Wheeler, Harry P. White, Roger Whiteford, Spottiswood ‘White, Frederic Willlam Wile, Charles F. Wilson, Grosdale Witts, George Y. Worthington, jr. While its individual members ex- pressed themselves in hearty accord With the principles of the: Community Chest, the Board of Education, meeting Festerday, decided by a close vote not to permit a committee of scheol officials to accept Chest campaign subscriptions from teachers and other school em- loyes, as had been proposed by Elwood treet, Chest director, on the ground that contribution appeals made to em- pioyes by their superiors would consti- a form of “mental coercion,” which should not have the approval of the board. Discussion of the kind and extent of participation which the schools could undertake in the Community Chest | | Prizes of $175 cAre Offered for Community Chest Essays Washington's Community Through it the city’s givin co-ordinated. Greater good is expected to be achieved with organized effort. Citizens everywhere are uni effort. These funds are to be distr: of the District during the course of the coming year. e Holland, Belgium, Germany, Swe- officials distribute literature and infor- mation concerning the Chal to the students, who in turn would carry the information to their homes; (2) that the art classes be permitted to pre-|public and private schools of the Dis- | are posters advertising the merits of the Chest, and (3) that school build- ings be used as Community Chest drive | headquarters—received the immediate support of the board. | The' fourth suggestion of Mr. su'eet,‘l however that to permit a committee of | | school officials to spread Community | Chest data among the teachers and | other employes in the system and to accept subscriptions from those em- ployes, drew Dr. Carusi's opposal. | Mrs. Phillip Sidney Smith agreed | with the president of the board and, | following considerable discussion of the plan, Dr. J. Hayden Johnson also reg- istered his dlu;lafirovll, Isaac Gans and Henry L. Gilligan were the other two members present who upheld the proposal and argued for it. Mr. Gans explained the whole prin- ciple of the Community Chest and de- clared that it was not proposed to make demands upon the employes. Dr. Ca- rusi countered with the declaration that the discussion was not of the Community Chest, but simply of a pro- posed plece of machinery to further one of its operations. He declared he was heartily in favor of the Chest and intended to make a donation which ‘would, of right, be expected of him, but that he would not favor the Board of Education taking any definite ac'ion which would allow certain of its em- ployes to solicit funds from their sub- ordinates. Mrs. Smith suggested that the school officials committee be allowed to dis- tribute information and even subscrip- tion cards, but that they be not per- mitted to accept the cards from the teachers. Dr. Carusi approved the amendment and after further discussion, Dr. Johnson seconded Mrs. Smith's motion. The vote was a tie, with . Gans and Mr. Gilligan voting in the negative. Dr. Carusl cast the e ballot. The other four mem- bers the board—Dr. H. Barrett Learned, Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle, Rev. P. I. A. Bennett and Mrs. Mary A. McNeill—were not in attendance, due to absence from the city or per- sonal or family iliness. GALES RAKE EUROPE; 11 SEAMEN PERISH den, France and Denmark in _Throes of Blizzard. By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, January 17:—Gales sweep- ing the northwestern coasts of Eu- rope have carried 11 seamen to their deaths, while the interior suffered today from a heavy fall of snow. Advices from Rotterdam stated that the crew of eighu of the Hook of Hol- land lifeboat apparently perished when they put out to sea to aid a vessel in distress. The Swedish schooner Sophie was lost with a crew of three. Twenty-six men, forming the crew of the Norwegian steamer Skolma, were rescued off Denmark. Belglan dykes at Middlekerke and Breedene were damaged. Blizzards and snow created havoc with traffic throughout Germany. Tele- phone and telegraph service were also interrupted Violent snowstorms were sweeping Sweden. There was heavy Winter weather in France and Den- Chest drive is near. g to charitable projects will te iting for the great fund-raising ibuted to 57 organized charities | the office of the Community Chest Es- | “sny Contest Editor, Star Building, in increasing numbers and not a few of | them are coming from the pupils of the | trict. The contest will close Januaiy | 23 and all entries must be in the hands of the essay editor before that time. Prizes for the contest, $100 for first cheice, 850 for second and $25 for third, will be awarded at the dinner mecting opening the chest campaign at the Ma flower Hotel on January 28, when the prize winners will be the guests of the chest executives. Copies of the winning essays will be placed in the hands of all the cam- paign unit heads for use during the campaign and the suggestions ad- vanced, naturally, will be among those used in solicitation of gifts for the chest by the chest workers. Hundreds of questions about the work- ings of the chest are being received by the chest headquarters executives and are being answered for the prospective essayists. So many inquiries have been received, in fact, that a general list of questions and answers has been com~ iled for the use of the essayists and is ing furnished those who ask for it. Chest headquarters are at 1418 I street. TRADE BODY T0 BT 0., SURVEY PLANS ECOI. Ladue to Speak Tonight at January Meeting of Board. Plans for the early launching of a comprehensive survey of the District of Columbia along lines- of a model community survey drawn for initial use here by the Chamber of Commerce | of the United States will be discussed ;tom‘m at the January meeting of the | Washington Board of Trade at the | Willard Hotel. Col. Willlam B, Ladue, Engineer Commissioner of the District; has ac- cepted an invitation to speak on the aims and expected benefits to Wash- ington of the survey, designed to adver- tise the city’s advantages nationally, it was announced today by W. W. Ever- ett, president of the trade body and ! head of its survey committee. Thorpe to Speak. Other principal speakers will be Merle Thorpe, editor of the Nation’s Business, publication of the United States cham- ber, and John Ihlder formerly in charge | of the civic development division of | the national chamber and now with the Pittsburgh Housing Bureau, who | was instrumental in the formulation of the model community survey plan to be used locally. The survey is to include ‘gathering of data on all phases of Washington's development, including commercial, ar: tistic, scientific and educational, to- gether with suggestions as to future zxglmion of such activities, the belief being that such statistics properly pre- sented would “boost” Washington and aid in its development. A large fund aiready has been raised by the board for making the survey, under the direction of an employed ex- ‘(”nd Charles J. Bell is treasurer of the und. Names of Donors. | ._Fifty prominent local concerns and individuals already have contributed to the fund. They are: Thomas W. Mc- Knew, Shannon & Luchs, Fleming INewbold. H. L. Rust, B, F. Saul, W. T. | Galliher, Willlam M. Williams, Theodore ‘W. Noyes, N. L. Sansbury Co., Johnson & Wimsatt Co., Barber & Ross, Inc.; : Frank R. Jelleff, Inc.; Security Savings & Commercial Bank., Federal-American | National Bank, American Security & | Trust Co., Riggs National Bank, Nation- al Bank of Washington, Columbia Na- | tional . Bank, National Metropolitan Bank, Palais Royal, Donald Woodward, Lincoln National Bank. Woodward & Lothrop, C. B. Asher, ! Joshua Evans. jr.; Charles H. Tomp- | kins Co., Christian Heurich, John F. ? Maury, W. B. Hibbs & Co., Boss & | Phelps, Julius Garfinckel & Co., John Poole, E. G Schafer & Co., Potomac | Electric Power Co., Washington Rail way & Electric Co, National Elec- trical Supply Co., National Geographic Society, Peoples Drug Stores Co., Wash: | unsuccessful campaign for President. In a radio address last night, Mr. ! Smith deplored the practice of having a few rich men meet party deficits and | also urged the. need for continued ac- | tivity of the party throughout the four years between national elections. | He said he had agreed to turn over| royalty rights to a book of his campaign speeches to the national committee as | his contribution to the party war chest. | Coples of the book will be sent to each contributor who sends in $2 or more toward meeting the deficit. An important function of a minority party, Mr. Smith said, was to keep the people informed on what progress was being made toward. the solution of na- tional problems as unbiased informa- tion could not be had from the party in power. Wants All-Year Headquarters. For this purpose, he emphasized the | need for year-aruond headquarters for the Democratic national committee, “where Democrats throughout the Na- tion may keep in touch with members of Congress and the affairs of the nation.” “A political party that polls nearly sixteen billion votes should be a tre- mendous factor in the politics of the country and the strength and force of that great body should not be lost by failure to maintain an organization which should enable them to make themselves heard and felt in the af-| fairs of our nation,” he said. | Mr. Smith omitted any reference to his own political future. The subject of his speech was kept secret until he be- | gan to speak over WEAF and 30 allied stations of the National Broadcasting Co. chain. Seconds Roosevelt Plea. " In making his appeal for funds, the | former governor seconded recent as- | sertions of Gov. Franklin D. Rooseveit | that the Democratic party needed more | consistent national publicity between | campaigns. i “Immediately following every national | election,” he said, “there is always ap- | parent a general lack of interest in the welfare of our party. It has been the habit of the Democratic party to func- tion only six months in every four years. This is demonstrated by the fact that no attempt was made to liquidate the deficit left from the national cam- | paign of 1924 until the Spring of 1928. When the Democratic party finds itself facing a national convention, it begins to shop around the country for the place likely to put up the most money toward the liquidation of the deficit. “More than that, it has been the custom to have the party deficit taken care of by a comparatively small group of people, and usually the small group has -an interest in some particular candidate. This I hold to be an un- wholesome condition for any political party. It tends to place too much power exactly where it should not be—in the hands of the few.” Asserting that he sonally “would regret the necessity of asking any small group of people to meet such a defieit,” n:; mmm't l(,zeoverrmrx- tcbservecl thnl: “there musf a great man; who can afford to send the ymmgfl committee $100—a great many who could afford $50—a great many more | $10, or even $5.” Urges Militant Democracy. He urged that the Democratic party be a progressive, militant party, and poin! out the need of a minority party under a system of government such as that of the United States. “The: dark chapters of American history from 1921 to 1924 are an indi- cation of what can take place in the government of our country in the ab- sence of an actlve minority party,” he | sald. “Were it not for the vigilance of ( the Democrats and Progressives in Con- gress, the whole shameful story of the ofl leases might never have been told.” Mr. Smith told his fo audience that there was ‘“need all times for f;::‘hcu concerning public happen- “To produce and to publish material and information costs money,” he con- tinued. “‘There are two sides to many public questions and there are ts which ought to be brought fairly and honestly before the American people in the next four years. “As a matter of fact, we have had immediately following the election a number of misleading editorials printed in the Republican press concerning the crushing defeat administered to the Democratic party. While it is true that our system of the electoral college gave Mr. Hoover an overwhelming victory, judging from the standpoint of the popular vote, the Democratic party made the best showing in the campaign of 1928 that it has been able to make since the second election of President ‘Wilson. Popular Vote Strength Cited. “The Democratic party, by its progres- sive platform and its vigorous clmgfifn, did more than its share to arouse in- terest in national affairs, as is evinced by the fact that 11,000,000 more people voted in 1928 than in 1920 and 12,000,- 000 more than in 1924. Notwithstand- ing the overwhelming Republican ma- jority in the electoral college, the Democratic party reduced the Repub- lican majority in the popular vote by over 1,000,000 votes in 1928, as com- | pared with 1924.” In 1928 a switch of 8.8 per cent of the total vote would have given victory to the Democratic ticket, the former governor said, whereas in 1924 it would have required a switch of more than 15.2! and in 1920 more than 13.7 per cent. “A change of only 420,000 votes out of the total of 36,500,000 votes cast, properly scattered throughout the States,” he asserted, “would have al- tered the whole complexion of the elec- toral college and would have given the Democratic party 269 electoral votes, which would have meant victory instead of defeat.” MAN HELD IS BELIEVED T0 BE “SOCIETY BANDIT” Identified by Chicago Banker as Aid in Cash and Jewel Hold-Up i LEO N. McGUIRE Star Staff Photo. Former member of the Georgetown intercollegiate debating team, was de- clared winner of the $25 faculty prize as the best speaker in the second prize debate at the university School of Law last night. While McGuire argued in favor of keeping Marines in Nicaragua, the op- posing team, favoring withdrawal, won the decision. McGuire's teammate was J. Herbert Walsh, The members of the negative side were Franeis J. Sul- livan and Mark Wilmer. PELLAGRA CONQUERGOR, DR. GOLDBERGER, IS CALLED BY DEATH (Continued From Pirst Page) late today, and the ashes thrown to the winds over the Potomac. For two months Dr. Goldberger has been at the Naval Hospital suffering from a disease which attending physi- cians have been unable to diagnose. It was believed to be an anemia somewhat similar to pellagra but it did not re- spond to the same treatment. An autopsy was performed this morn- ing, the results of which were not announced. It was believed that his condition was due to some undeter- mined infection. The funeral will be strictly private. | There will be a brief service by Rabbi Abram Simon before the ashes are given to the winds. “The value of Dr. Goldberger's work is inestimable.” said Dr. G. W. McCoy, director of the hygienic laboratory of the Public Health Service and a close friend of the dead man. “We believe that it constitutes one of the most im- portant contributions since the discovery of the cause of yellow fever.” Dr. Goldberger, Dr. McCoy said, pos- sessed not only a keen scientific mind but a devotion and a determination rare even among men engaged in medical research—a fact which was demon- strated by his falling three times a victim to diseases which he was studying before finally succumbing. He survived yellow fever, typhus fever and the bone-breaking dengue fever before he started on his pellagra researches. ‘When he was mlg'n:d ]t,o st;%y lagra, which was ravaging large - mln:‘tr)f the South, he soon found that it would be necessary to secure human subjects for his experiments. Dr. Goldberger’s determination finally en- abled him to secure permission to place convicts in Mississippl on a diet which he believed would produce pellagra. As a return for this service he checked the disease in the large orphanages of the State. The work on pellagra, Dr. McGoy points out, was valuable not only for its discovery of the cause and cure, but for the new light shed on the whole subject of human diet. His work with yellow fever, typhol fever and dengue fever was declare valuable, but highly technical. Next to the conquest of pellagra, Dr. Goldberger conducted important experi- ments with measles, which led to the discovery that this disease is cont: only in its early stages. This enabled qu-rantines to be lifted in two or three das, whereas formerly whole families had been quarantined for weeks because of iliness among the children. Came to U. S. When 7. Dr. Goldberger was born in Aus- tria-Hungary July 16, 1874. He came to the United States with his parents when. 7 years old, and recelved his medical education at the College of the City of New York and Bellevue Hospital Medical College. He was resident physician at Bellevue from 1895 to 1897, and was in private practice in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., from 1897 to 1899. In 1899 he was appointed assistant surgeon in the Public Health Service, and was promoted to surgeon in 1912. He was a fellow of the American Medical Association and a member of the American Public Health Assocla- tion, the Association of American Pathologists and Bacteriologists, the American_Association for the Advance- ment of Science and the Masonic order. His home was at 3735 Kanawha street. Before the fatal attack he had suf- fered three other severe illnesses, all contracted in the course of his experi- mental work with them. He fell sick of typhus fever 15 years ago, while ex- perimenting with the organism re- sponsible for it in Mexico City. He had hardly recovered when he was as- signed to study of yellow fever in New Orleans. He contracted the dis- ease. Later he became a victim of dengue fever, or bone-breaking fever, while conducting experiments with it in_Brownsville, Tex. Following these experiences he was assigned to take charge of the Public Health Service investigations of pel- legra, a disease which afflicted large sections of the South, which usually ended fatally and which brought not only death but insanity. He worked on d d this problem for nearly 14 years. When : he started work the cause of pellegra was a mystery. He determined that it was due to a dietary deficiency. Turning to the problem of a cure, he discovered the vitamine “PP,” or pel- lagra preventative, and showed that it is contained in dried yeast. This in an inexpensive, concentrated safeguard against the malady. Due to Dr. Gold- berger's discoveries pellagra practically has been erased from the lisk of dread diseases. During the height of the Mississippi flood two years ago a widespread epi- demic was threatened. It was prevent- ed by the distribution of several car- loads of yeast cakes through the danger zone. Dr. Goldberier continued to experi- ment with pellagra-preventative foods, using himself as the subject of his ex- periments. Last November he fell ill of a malady somewhat akin to pellegra, but which did not respond to the same treatment. Apparently it was one of National attention is being focused on an experiment in religion which has been in progress for approximately two months at the Mount Pleasant Congregationalist Church. This is described by Rev. Moses R. Lovell, pastor, as “an effort to realize ithe idealism of Christianity with the technique of science.” 1t has been ddescribed as a “Protestant. confessional.” This, Rev. Mr. Lovell says, is misleading beca although there is a superficial resemblance be- tween the “life adjustment center” he has established and the Catholic con- fessional, both the procedure and the fundamental purpose are different. ! “The life adjustment center,” Mr. | Lovell says, “probably appears more like the confessional than any other Chris- tian religious practice. But the pur- pose of the confessional is to prepare persons for the next world, while our purpose is to adjust them to this world.” The life adjustment center consists of a group of specialists, consisting of two physicians, four psychiatrists, three social workers, a director of religious education and a minister. Each is serving without pay and devoting many hours each week to the work because of their interest in the experiment. The service, says Rev. Mr. Lovell, is for all who are in trouble—physical, financial, moral and social. Here they are able to discuss their difficulties un- der the seal of the strictest confidence with experts in all these flelds. The experiment is based on the belief that the individual is a unit—that a moral difficulty may be at the bottom of a case of physical pathology or mental complex or that a physical difficulty may be basically mental or spiritual. Similar to Confessional. The person attending the center first tells his whole story, in a strictness of confidence comparable to that of the confessional, to an expert social worker. The social worker judges from this con- versation the probable basis for the trouble and refers the patient to the expert most likely to locate it. He is then ushered into a large, nicely fur- nished reception room upon which open the offices of the other members of the staff, to await his turn. If he has been referred to a physician he tells his story again and is given a thorough physical examination. The whole process may end jhere with a prescription for treatment. If the case is more complicated the patient is re- ferred to one of the psychiatrists who probes into the depths of the psychic life in an effort to determine the hidden Icomplexes which are preventing the in- dividual from making a good adjust- | ment to life and society. Very likely the psychiatrist turns the patient over to the social worker after he has finished his examination and the social ‘worker may, in turn, refer him to the clergyman. il The center might be compared to a medical clinic where specialists in vari- ous parts of the hody, all working with & common purpose, examine the patient. But these men are doctors of the soul, working through the mind and body. They are members of various churches. Some. are not church members at all, but all recognize the vital power of religion, properly applied, to facilitate 1 8ocial adjustments. During the past two months there have been 100 patients, but some have returned several times so that there have been 150 private consultations. This figure does not include the fol- low-up visits of the social workers. It is too early, Mr. Lovell says, to make any statement as to definite results. This is true especially because of the strictness of the confidence which is maintained, so that nothing can be said which might lead to the identity of any of the individuals treated. This might be possible even if names were changed and circumstances altered. Very few of the persons who have come to the clinic are members of the Mount Pleasant congregation. They have come from all parts of Washing- ton and from Virginia and Maryland. “When we opened the center,” says Rev. Mr. Lovell, “I was greatly in fear of attracting cranks. Such an experi- ment might be expected to draw great numbers of such persons. I have been agreeably surprised. The cranks have constituted a very small proportion of our attendance. It is astonishing to ob- serve the general high caliber of the men and women who come to us. They generally are intelligent persons who recognize the effect of one element of the individual on another element.” Calls Experiment Revolutionary. Rev. Mr. Lovell admits that the ex- periment is revolutionary in Protestant- ism and probably in Christianity. Dur- ing ihe past month he has been deluged with letters from churches all over the Unted States asking for an outline of his procedure. Many of these have an- nounced their intention of starting simi- lar experiments i their own commu- nitfes. ‘There have been, he said, two steps in this direction in the past—one of the Emanuel movement in Boston, which was connected with a church, but which did not carry the idea to the same extent," and the body and soul clinic in New York City, which has no religious connections. His own church, Rev. Mr. Lovell be- lieves, was in an ideal situation to take such a step since each congregation is own policies and theological doctrines without outside interference. The con- gregation of the Mount Pleasant Church is made up largely of a liberal group of professional and business men and Government scientists. “I have no doubt,” the minister says, “but that we will continue the clinic after this experimental period, but, of course, there will be some changes in details. We arently have struck upon a real need. “In my opinion religion received its final touch of idealism in the life and teachings of Christ. I believe there can be no advance in this respect. The trouble has been that the Christian world 1n practice has fallen far behind this lofty idealism. The idealism has failed because it has lacked the tech- nical means for realizing itself. Sci- ence is supplying this technique and we cannot afford to ignore it. Modern science, in one sense, is the second Messiah. a unit in ltself. able to lay down its| REV. MOSES R. LOVELL. thoroughly competent in all these lines.” Neurosis Prevalent. Approximately 50 per cent of the| persons who come to the life adjust-| ment center, Mr. Lovell says, are suf- fering some sort of neurosis which is undermining the life of the individual and which may be indicated by phys- ical, moral and social symptoms. Gen- erally the symptons themselves give no obvious clue to the underlying cause, which is deep-seated and may require hours of probing by the psychiatrists. These psychiatrisis are members of the staff of St. Elizabeth's Hospital. A volunteer worker is Dr. Sinclair Bowen, prominent local physician and Eplscopa?hn layman, who at the Tri- ennial Convention of the Episcopal Church here last Fall advocated a closer co-operation between Episco- palian clergymen and physicians. At this session the Society of the Nazarine | proposed the establishment of clinics | somewhat similar to that established by | Rev. Mr. Lovell in all of the larger| | Episcopalian churches, A frequent cause which sends people to the life-adjustment center is some marital trouble which threatens to lead to the divorce courts. Others come for advice on securing jobs for which they are suited and still others for arrange- ment of the family budget. The trou- | ble. with some is purely physical. | 'The " life-adjustment ~center is only | one of the experiments which Rev. Mr. Lovell is condueting this Winter. One is a survey of the religions of the world, each of which will be explained by a prominent member, where it has been | - possible to obtain such a speaker. Thus, Ahmed Mouhtar Bey, Turkish Ambas- sador to the United States, will L.‘(plainl Mohammedanism. _Catholicism will be | explained by Rev. John N. Cooper, pro- fessor of sociology at Catholic Univer- sity, and Protestantism by-Bishop W. P. McDowell 6f the Methodist Episcopal Church. There will be 25 lecturers, with one lecture each Thursday night. Dr. Nolan D. C. Lewis of St. Eliza- beth’s Hospital now is giving a series of Sunday afternoon lectures on psy- chology and psychiatry, and the church also is fostering a child guidance study course at which parents are enabled to hear some of the foremost experts in the United States on the physical and mental life of children. MARYLAND ASSEMBLY EXPECTED TO DEFEAT PROPOSED DRY LAW (Continued From Pirst Page.) Brssed the Maryland General Assem- y. with the support of the legislative representatives of the counties affected. “The State Senators and 50 members of the House of Delegates from' Balti- more City and the counties that do not now have local enforcement laws are practically all, with the exception of the re) ntatives of one county, op- posed to the passage of the law recom- mended to the Legislature. by Mr. Crabbe. This county will undoubtedly be voted a local enforcement act if its delegates introduce and support such a measure. “Under the doctrine of local self-gov- | ernment I will continue to oppose the passage of enforcement acts for Balti- more City or for the counties of the State, a majority of whose tive representatives are opposed to such laws. Local Enforcement Laws. “In the 1927 session I supported, and the House and Senate , local pro- hibition enforcement laws for five coun- ties, which laws had ‘the support of the delegates from the counties affected. In each instance these laws appeared to be in accordance with the desires of the majority of the people of the counties affected, and in each instance the mem- bers of the Legislature from those counties stated that the laws would strengthen the enforcement of prohibi- tion in their respective counties. “I joined in introducing one of these laws from Montgomery County, which prohibited the transportation of liquor in Montgomery County = -~'s either within or outside the ¢ ..., Mont- gomery County law caly prohi.. 3 the sale of intoxicating liquor or its wans- portation for sale. “Judge Peter of the Montgomery- Frederick Circuit, in. his chi the grand jury last month, stal that prohibition was as well enforced in Montgomery County as in any part of the United States. We believe this to be the situation in Montgomery County and call attention to the fact that the peo- ple of Montgomery County approved our present local option or county prohibi- tion law by direct vote in 1883. “I am unable to see anything that can be gained for sound government or | increased temperance through asking | the counties of Maryland to vote a pro- } hibition enforcement act on Baltimore City before the people of that city de- sire such a local law and express will- ingness to co-operate toward its en- forcement. When the people of Balti- more want and will support a locai pro- hibition enforcement law they will so| instruct the State Senators and Dele- gates that they elect.” - | | i Charles M. Schwab Ill of “Flu.” | NEW YORK, January 17 (P).— i Charles M. Schwab, chairman of the | board of the Bethlehem Steel Corpora- | tion, was confined to home on | Riverside Drive today with a slight ! attack of influenza. | ra t i General Assembly, in session here, to convene on Wednesday, the grand in- quest committee, the supreme inquisi- torial body of the State provided for by the constitution, there is some doubt in the minds of the leaders as to whether the body of the lower house can proceed alone, or whether the committee must include members of the Senate. While the first part of the section providing for the appointment of the committee | deals with the House, it also provides for appointment of a “standing com- mittee” of the two houses with almost similar powers. ; The plans have been formulated by the House, and Francis P. Curtis, dele- gate from the second legislative district of Baltimore City, chairman of the com- mittee, has written to the special coun- sel urging them to accept the appoint- ment, In the meantime the question as to the right to Rroceed with senatorial representation has been referred to Themas H. Robinson, attorney general, for an opinion as to the meaning of the section providing for appointment of this inquisitorial body. House leaders frankly admit that they do not know, but if the attorney general rules that the Senate must be included, then comes the question of voting. It would be the desire to give the Senate equal voting powers with the House. 'he committee of the House, as it now stands, consists of 13 members, but Speaker E. Brooke Lee of Silver Spring sald that if the Senate is to be in- cluded it might be necessary to crease the House committee to 15, gi ing each one-third of a vote, and hav- ing five members of the upper house. Roads Quiz to Be Made. Despite charges made on the floor of the House that the committee is to whitewash the State Roads Commission scandal which is to be the main, “if not the only subject of its investigation, Democratic_leaders, including Speaker Lee, insist that it is to be a thorough investigation, without fear or favor, and without regard as to whether it affects democratic appointees, The insurgents have béen given places on the committee, and tHere is little doubt that if the investigation is not thorough the matter again will be brought to the House floor for an-air- ing, as this matter has been the bulwark of attack on the part of the insurgents since the General Assembly convened. Speaker Lee, a member of the com- mittee, and director of the party's destinies in the Lower House, as well as administration spokesman, said that the hearings before the committee will be open to the press, and nothing will ‘be who has been involved is in jail. ‘The section of constitution which is bothering the House leaders, and on which the opinion of the attorney gen~ eral has been sought, says: “The House of Delegates may in- quire, on the cath of witnesses, into all complaints, grievance and offenses, as the grand inquest of the State, and may commit any person for any crime to the public jail, there to remain til discharged by due course of law. 'y may examine;and pass all accounts of the State, rehun{‘ue'ltmr to the ¢ol- lection or expendi of revenue, and appoint auditors to state and adjust ‘They may call for all pub- lic or -official papers and -records and send for persons whom they may judge necessary, in the course of their in- &nmu. concerning affairs rela to e public interest, and may all office bonds which shall be made pay- able to the State to be sued for anv breach thereof.” McCARL USURPED RIGHTS OF BOARD, LEHLBACH CHARGE. (Continued Prom First Page.) declared today that his increase was only $2,000 and wrote the following letter o Representative Lehlbach: “I note that at the hearings before your committee yesterday Representa- tive Jeffers is quoted as saying that it had been reported to him that the salary of the librarian of the Public Library had been increased from $5,000 to $9,000 under the Controller General's interpretation of the Welch act. I wish to correct this misapprehension and to state the facts. ““The position previous to July 1, 1028, was allocated to old grade 6 of the pro- fessional and sclentific service, the ~alary rates of which range from $6,000 to $7.500. Like many others in the District of Columbia service, I was a% the bottom of the grade and therefore the salary was $6,000. “The board of library trustees saw fit to place the position of librarian of the Public Library in grade 8 of the professional and scientific service, the beginning salary of which is $8,000, which is the present salary. The in- crease in the salary was, therefore, $2.000 and not $4,000. “It will be noted that boards of li- brary trustees elsewhere the country over have the power to fix library sal- aries. In taking the action they did in this case their resolution states that ‘with the great increase in the duties and responsibilities of the position, the specifications in the amended classi- ficatlon act describing the duties of grade 8 of the professional and scientific service more nearly define ths duties of the position of librarian of the free public library than do those of grade 7. They also in their annual HIT‘! for 1928 said: ‘By this means the H- braray trustees have at last been abje to secure for the librarian a salary. keeping with the duties and responsibill- ties of the position and on a parity with similar position, elsewhere.’ “I am sure that you will wish to cor- rect this error. I, therefore, ask that my letter be Inserted in the Record at the appropriate place.” Do You Want a Car? | the perniclous anemias. It was & puzzle | ington Gas Light Co., Arthur Carr, Cap- Last October. To further interest in the coming campaign The Evening Star today is offering prizes totaling $175 for the best essays to be written by Washingtoni: Community Chest in the National Capital. These essays mist be under three hundred words in length. All persons in Washington, except employes of The Star, are eligible to awards. Manuseripts must be submitted to the Community Chest Essays Contest Editor of The uary 23. Their merits will be judge: Star. That essay deemed best will be awarded a prize of $100 Sccond best, $50, and third be: Be sure and enter your essay early. Do not delay. ans on the advantages of the Star before Wednesday, Jan-' d by a board of editors of The st, $25. ital Traction Co., W. C. & A. N. Miller, | Washington Loan & Trust Co., S. Kann y Sons Co., District Lawyers & Wash- 1 ington Title Cos., Real Estate & Co- | lumbia Title Insurance Cos., Golden- berg’s, Hecht's, Samuel J. Prescott and | | New Willard Hotel. PRISONER TO WED, ATLANTA, Ga, January 17 (#).— Love will find a way, it is said and Ervin L. Trusty. 21, of Montreal, Cana- da, who is serving a four-month term in this State for larceny, will be mar- | ried Sunday to a girl in Cincinnati, the ceremony to be performed over tele- phone, if plans announced by the youth do not miscarry. The novel affair is believed to be ihe first of the kind in this secbon of the Sout By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, January 17.—Police to- day believed that in Rocco Rotuna they had the “soclety bandit” who in recent months has plundered men and women of wealth and social Kosmon. Rotuna was identified by Melvin A. Taylor, president of the First National Bank, as one of the men who held uj and robbed him and a party of frient {:lkt October. Cash and jewels were en. Rotuna also has been identified, po- lice say, as one of the men who kid- naped and robbed a party of Chicago and Detroit people last Priday. He also awaits trial for robbery of the In- land Tire Co., and has in appellate court an appeal for a new trial in con- nection with robbery and shooting at the Parody Cafe a year ago. Altogether Rotuna’s bonds total $245,- to his fellow scientists. When the seriousness of his condi- tion became known, 20 of his colleagues volunteered for blood transfusion opera- tions. After six of these had failed to show good results the practice was given up. The malady which was taking his life was unknown to medical science. Dr. Goldberger has been a resident of Washington much of the time dur- ing the past 14 years when he has been studying pellagra, but has made fre- quent fleld trips into the affected ter- ritory. . He is survived by his widow, three sons and a daughter, Sur. Gen. Cumming of the Public Health Service this morning declared that Dr. Goldberger's work was one of the outstanding contributions to the science of medicine. Not only was it of specific value in the conquest of pellagra, but it added greatly to the general krowledge of Duman nutrition,’ be said, “Religlon in the past has been con-,@ cerned primarily in getting rsons | @ through the perils of this world in as short a time as possible and in as fit a condition as possible to enter the next A @ world. This certainly was the idea of | the enrl{ochrhmm and it has been the idea of both Catholics and Protestants. They have been concerned with adjust- ments in this world only as they might effect the probability of adjustment in the next world. Now we are turning our attention to adjustments in this world for the sake of this world.” Mr. Lovell believes that eventually nae glergmen of u)&ly wlfll be A‘:‘c,cseed- ed by the aggregation of specialists— one eoncem:a with gemggstlc teaching, one with care of ¢ ly, one wit] care of the mind, and one with care for social adjustments, with others added ac new specialized needs arise. “No one man,” he says, “ever could |@ live long encugh to learn enough to be % Then you are overlodking many opportunities to secure’ splendid autos at reasonable prices and terms if you fail to read care- fully the advertisements in The Star under Sale Automobiles. There is a list each day alphabetically indexed ac- cording to name of car, followed by the offerings of the local dealers. The list of such bargains in today's Star may be found on pages 46 and 47.