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z't “LIVING CORPSES" RETURN T0 SANITY Catatonia Victims Are Roused From Stupor by Oxygen Inhalation. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. Living corpses, victims of a strange | mental malady, have been restored to apparently normal consciousness for & | brief space in recent experiments at St. Elizabeth's Hospital here, The patients are victims of catatonia, & type of insanity .characterized by progressive deterioration which ends in a stapor where there are few evidences of eonscious life. This condition may Jast until death intervenes. In the present experiments, the patient is made to inhale for from three to five minutes a conceniration of 95 per cent pure oxygen and 5 per cent carbon dioxide, the latter merely to stimulate respiration. The results, according to St. Elizabeth doctors who have witnessed them, are little short of miraculous and in a less scientific age might have been described as literal resurrections of the dead. Patient Loses Pallor. Pirst the patient begins to lose the death like pallor which is characteris- tic of the malady. The cheeks take on the rosy tint of health. If the oxygen is administered in too heavy a dose there may come even an apoplectic appearance, Then the catatonic be gins to move voluaurll}u -g.; up (:;lm way weirdly suggestive of a corpse o ing to life, looks about him. and begins to talk hilariously and incoherently, runken man. m‘:‘h:: ‘mu only lasts for one or two minutes. It is & sort of psychic gate- Way through which the patient passes from the state of simulated death to life and the almost complete use of his faculties. He talks voluntarily, answers questions relevantly, acts like a normal human being, but is aware of the lapse between this and his normal consclousness. test subjects of this LR ‘World 5Wll' veteran T b B, 7, 2, & condition thal ;fu b::: unable to obtain any record of his past. Answering questions, he gave the story of his early life, the names of his parents and ‘members of his family, the date of his enlistment, his transfers in the Army, all th hospi- tals he had been in, and his experi- ences up to the time he came to the Government hospital. What had hap- pened while he was in the catatonic was, however, not a complete THE _BUNDAY CHANGING WEATHER DELAYED STRANDED AIR PARTY IN ARCTIC Frost ~Bitten Feet and Low Food Supplies Added to Hardships of Flyers En Route to Safcty. This is the second installment of the thrilling adventures and rescue of Col. C. D. H. McAlpine, Canadian millionaire mining man, who, with seven companions on a treasure hunt by airplane, were lost in the Arctic for two months. Yesterday Richard lating the story for the party, told h | Beverly Lake on September 9, ran swept northward off their course unt Arctic Circle, when, guided by Eskimos, they star Queen Maud Gulf to Cambridge Bay. BY RICHARI By Radio to The Star. BATHURST ISLET, ABOVE AR Canada, November 9.—The last day of o1 | to Cambridge Bay was the hardest of airplane C. A. 8. K., froze his feet badl of frost bites. too tired to appreciate our good fortun salmon were the best, but the supply of very appetizing. boiling. Teal treat. Col. McAlpine and the writer had two picked out to be mounted as souvenirs, but they were eaten on the way out. The other fish, one of a kind of white fish and the other a herring, went down | hard They were brought to us straight | from the dog food caches. Bolling re- | duced their toughness, but brought out | an oil not unlike cod liver oll which | the youngsters shy at occasionally. A‘ fish not quite so good was met and the | Eskimos who frequently visited would | be greatly amused at our discomfiture. Ptarmigan were found 0 be plentiful during the early part of our stay, but when the Winter set in they gathered in flocks and became very wary and | mullly disappeared from our line of | Sea Freeses Over. Reference o the gdiary shows that| soon after our arrival bn the coast, ice started to form in nest. Not_only did the lakes ciose up within a week, | but the sea became covered. It then became a question of how long it would | be before the trip to the t would be possible. Maj. Baker realized that one | of our prime wants would be fuel. The gathering of moss and tiny willows be- came regular work for those mot out hunting. Willow-gathering was slow as they rarely were found to be much more than a half inch through near the root, and not more than a foot and & half long. By sticki to it. fuel caches were made against the time when the The information was considerable detail. t in o g hecked up and Afterward it was cl found entirely correct. Not a Cure for Catatonia. This state of normal consciousness 1asts from a few minutes to a half hour. Then the effect of the oxygen begins to wear off and the patient relapses into his former catatonic condition {rom which no stimulus seems capable of rousing him. The oxygen treatment, it 18 emphasized, is not & cure for catatonia since its effect cannot be lasting, but it may bring out valuable information on the nature of the phenomens of human consciousness. Just what happens the doctors do not know. y now are checking on ; ’*fit‘ step in the reasoning is the blood stream carries to the |, tly increaséd supply of t the amount of oxygen from normal breathing is to supply the needs of the ary brain and keep up the phehomenon of consciousness. Con- sequently, it is reasoned, there must be some abnormality in the structure of the catatonic: brain which makes it unable to utilise oxygen. . | “The chemical element in the human | body with which oxygen has the great- est affinity is iron. This ds to the theory that the catatonic's brain may be deficient in iron atoms and conse- quently umable to attract and hold enough oxygen to function normally, But with the concentrated dose of oxygen carried to the brain, the iron element is forced to take on an extra load of oxygen. So the brain has, for a brief time a requisite supply. The overloaded iron element, however, can- not hold its extra burden and as socn | as it throws it off, the catatonic re-| lapses into his former condition. Aviators ascending to very high alti- tudes where there is a deficiency of oxygen have described a state of semi- consciousness passing into complete un- consciousness from which they were roused after falling into lower levels where there was a sufficient oxygen sup- ply. In both cases, it is possible, the oxygen-iron balance is upset. Doctors Follow Up Clue. Pollowing up this clue, the St. Eliza- beth’s .doctors are examining sections of a I number of brains of victims of catatonia, who have died at the they have found iron deficiency. Checking against this, they have examined sec- tions of brains of maniacs. victims of 8 disease whose manifestations are al most exactly the opposite those of cata- tonia, being characterized hy extreme excitement, constant motion and volubil- ity. These brains have shown, as was expected, an excess of iron. The data, however, still is far too scanty for a definite pronouncement as to the causes of these two maladies. Even if the theory should prove cor- rect, St. Elizabeth’s doctors point out, they still would be far from a cure. ‘They know no way to increase the iron content of the brain cells, Keeping & patient under the continuous influence concentrated oxygen would be im- ractical. The experiments seem to show, however, that catatonia may be an organic disease with a definite physical basis. Hitherto it has been classed as one of the forms of dementia praecox or achizophrenia.. It usually manifests itself in adolescence or early adults, Eapecially precoclous boys and girls have been thought especially susceptible, al- though this may not be sustained by statistics. It is first manifested by extreme depression and withdrawal from setivity. States of stupor and great excitement may alternate for a time, Eventually the stupor becomes pro- nounced and continuous. The body takes on the appearance of death, The muscles are rigid. Breathing is slow and the heart beats feebly. Nothing can arouse the patient, who apparently is as insensible as a dead man to such stimuli as pain. He becomes absolutely helpless. Return to Childhood. This has been explained as an un- conscious withdrawal from the troubles and responsibilities of life, the patient seel to_return to the comfort and happiness of early childhood when there were no problems to be faced and gradually progressing beyond this to the stage of before birth with its un- consc] ess. The determination of a specific organic condition responsible Jor the catutonic state would go far to overthrow this psychoanalytical theory. ‘The experiments anay go far to indi- cate how greatly human and animal consciousness may depend on an ex- tremely delicate balance of chemical elements, a slight upset of which throws the human orrnhm back into a purely Teflex mechanism. Persons mlroquentl{yn recover from catatonia, remaining this condition until they succumb (o some intervening disease. ‘The recoveries noted in ‘medi- eal literature have been without ap- parent cause, just as mysterious to physicians as the original factors re- eponalble for the condi snow would cover tv:glhlni and plies were left at Dease t. 'k came our way when we were able to swap with the Eskimos a pair of fleid glasses for a tiny stvoe about 2 feet long and 1 foot wide and 8 inches deep. It made an impression on the mud shack. Trading articles with the Eskimos brought us in fur clothing and it was sorely needed as the absence of sugar and other heating foods had so reduced our resistance t the cold that it seemed {mpossible to get warm under Lhre“uduccd diet put into effect by the writer, ‘The waistlines of members of the party were gradually reduced. One man lost between 50 and 60 pounds. as the scales at Cambridge Bay testified. ‘With supplies very low at Baker Lake, when our party went through surplus cigarettes and tobacco and candy were The ice we traveled over early in the morn| wabbly and we were forced to keep running and arrived meat when we arrived at Dea”e Point, but they did have our at 8 o'cloek Pearce, who kept a diary and is re- ow their two airplanes, ajter leaving into a terrific Arctic gale and were il fog and fuel shortage forced them down on Dease Point mear a settlement of the same name far abive the Their Eskimos sheltered and fed them until October 21, ted the long trek across the ice of . D PEARCE. CTIC OCIRCLE, Northwest Territory, ur trip across the ice from Dease Point all. A. D. Goodwin, mechanic of the y, and all of us are still showing signs of the 5th was e. Unfortunately 'E:rl.y of fish. Fine this was not plen The herring and white fish which were cached for dog food, were not The salmon was really very good, except when it had been dried as hard as a board and even heavy boiling would make little out of them. Still we fried the best of it, but our limited supply of meat made us resort to One of the Eskimos brought in frozen fish from a lake. That was a Ratives called 4 & day and beaded for ore. It has been planned by the Eskimos to take us across the straits from the northwest arm of Melbourne Island to Cambridge Bay. This was found to be impossible, as leads of water were met. jce for miles, and wet, cold feet soon resulted from breaking through the softened crust. It was somewhat of a relief to the party to stop the second night, for, though we had covered littlé mileage, we were very tired. We had no sooner settled for the night when we were in- formed that we must stay at this point for at least two nights, at any rate | until_colder weather made the going | better. That the Eskimo was a good | weather prophet we found on several occasions, and he did not slip up this time. We resumed our journey on October 24. Dodging the ice hummocks held us back & ln%, but by night we had covered at least 356 miles and found ourselves on Kent peninsula, very tired but happy, for the map showed ihe trip to Oam- bridge Bay from thé® to be only 25 niles more. We noticed leads of water in the straits and were not overly surprised when, after a conference, the Eskimos told us we would rest until October 325 and cross on October 26. They ex- pected colder weather then. ~We thought they had lurg:tun to eat on Deml.r 25, but later the afternoon igoloo occupants started feeding g a big trout. We had another at night. All of us slept in anticipation of making the crossing of the straits the ryPurco tomorrow will tell of the disaster which overtook the party in its attempt to cross the straits). us wil FUNCTIONS IN PLAN FOR NEXT SEASON (Continued From First Page.) left there. After a week at Dease Point we began to regret our generosity. tes soon ran out and chocol had to be conse for the trip no time we 4 of tobacco. % divide#t; “with us, but ran out, too, and while some members of our party tried smoking moss, they gave it up in disgust. Kept Food en Minds, It was remarkable how the absence of food preyed on our minds. We tried to keep from thinking of things we liked. For a long time we could not persuade ourselves to eat ground aquir- Tels. We had been hunting them for their fur. Fortunately, they went well when we were forced to eat the 20 or so that had been skinned when the ptarmigan ran out. ‘Time dragged on, but the Eskimos | eventually told us that we would be starting for the post on October 21. Imagine our surprise when on the 20th they told us the departure would have to be postponed indefinitely. All our packing and cutting down of weight to the last ounce had gone through. The food supgly had been used accordingly and we had been eating half a biscuit a day made from the last of our flour and everything was done to get the party in as good physical shape as pos- sible for the 60 or 70 mile trip. The situation became serious again. It looked like a straight diet of dried h. We knew one member of the family had died during a hunting trip and this was a taboo against certain activities for a period following her death, but Eskimos showed no desire to explain the | change of program. Maj. Baker met the situation with | renewed promises of articles when we | reached the post, promises that have since been more than kept. The dis- tribution right there of our guns and ammunition among the natives seemed to fix the matter up. The Eskimos pro- vided one dog team. ‘We got away early and in no time had clipped off several miles. The food which the Eskimos had l\lnplnfl us— fish and caribou—came in handy, and all members of the party stood the test of the first day in great shape. Nobody Complained. Raw spots and tired muscles resulted, but there were no complaints, for were we not on the way to the post? To some of the party dog-team traveling was a nevelty. The moving pictures of a racing dog team carrying one at & furious rate are far from true. In places where the golng was good Wwe made splendid time, considering the loaded sleds, but the good places were not frequent. What with resting the dogs numerous times and the stop at noon for a cup of tea from a thermos flask, the 25 miles covered was con- sidered rood. In places we were able to | get on the sled and rest, but riding in the cold breeze did not make it com- | fortable for long and we would have to | get off again to warm up. The Eskimos told us they expected to reach Cambridge Bay in three days, but if the traveling was found to be extra good we might make it in two. Igloos were bullt on a small island between Melbourne Island and the mainland that night. Of all the trying parts of dog team traveling, waiting | for the building of the igloo is the | worst. Where we cw the snow i was not deep, and it well over an hour to get the igloo built. All the whites got pretty well chilled in the meantime, and the comparative warmth of a few degrees below J in the igloo was a relief. During the night it turned warm and our igloo caved in, much to our discomfiture, The Eskimos did not seem to mind it muc] and were able to rebuild it in the dark. ‘To us one of the most lulklng lhlnu about the Eskimo was his ability work and travel in the dark, ‘The warm weather not only spoiled the igloo, but it also ruined the snow crust, and on October 22 our ura:rcn was slow, the total being little more than five miles. Helping Dogs Difficult. Toward evanln! we got out in the straits and found great hummocks of ow and ice, made by heavy wind storms of the week om & scenic standpoint, they presented a fine picture, but to us they meant tiring work heélping the dogs and Eski- mos haul the sleds around and over the late bars t The State Department in the dipl cel will fare aimilarly in connection with a buf:rl supj reception. administration the White House have been marked by March 13 and the Commerce and Labor reception customary Armys which is scheduled f March 20. There will be the reception 6. There r, in another manner. be included lomatie :set for De- mber 5. The Department of Justice the judicial reception acheduled for January 9. Buffet Supper Planned. Another innovation which is expected to prove popular is the decision to serve r on the occasion of each ince the days of the Taft the formal receptions st the absence of anything qf the sort. By increasing the nul r of social events, President and Mrs. Hoover in- tend to have fewer guests in attendance than has been customary on such oc- casions in the past. Fewer invitations will be sent out for each event. It has been the custom during the past quar- ter of a century for Presidents to send out between 2,500 and 3,000 invitations to each White House reception and ex- perience has proven that few of the persons thus honored remained away. The result has been that the rooms on the first floor of the White House, used on such occasions, have generally been packed with people. Because of the large number of persons on hand and the lack of floor space it has been virtually impossible to have dancing as one of the entertainment features. The receptions in the past have been sup- posed to come to a close with about 30 minutes of dancing in the famous east room, but on account of the jam only a small portion of those present could indulge, and they did so under diffi- culties. Instead of sending out 2,500 or 3,000 invitations to the White House recep- tions for the cmlnfl season, President and Mrs. Hoover will limit the number to about 700 or 800. But, by increas- ing the number of receptions, the total number of rnom atitending all the receptions of the season will be about the same as heretofore. Opens December 5. According to the social program formally announced, the White House season of events will open December 5 with the diplomatic reception. E->sides the large corps of fou%n diplomats, the grlnelpnl guests will be officials of the State Department and members of the Senate and House foreign relations wg"“t""rl‘l foll ext wi ollow the cabinet dinner. This is scheduled for December “1’; ‘The third event of the season, and what is recognized in Washington as the most colorful and notable White House function of the year, will be the New Year reception on January 1. The New Year reception is looked upon in Washington as not merely a function. but & tradition. It has featured White House social affairs since the days of John and Abigail Adams, the first President and First Lady to live in the Wt;irte Iz{oufle. esident and Mrs. Hoover pro to follow the usual procedure l: 3‘0:': forthcoming New Year reception. From 11 o'clock in the morning until noon they will receive the ranking officials of the Government, diplomats and other notables. From 1 o'clock in the afternoon until the last of the line has passed, they will receive the publie— any one, regardless of the station in iife, race, color or servitude, Remaining Receptions. ‘The remaining receptions planned in order of the calendar just pl:::.md are: Members of the judiciary, January 9; members of the Senate, January 3 members of the House of Representa- tives, February 20; Treasury and Post Office Departments, Pebruary 27; Army and Navy, March 6; Interior and Agri- culture, March 13, and Commerce and Labor Departments, March 20. The dinner in honor of the Chiet Justice and members of the Supreme Court is scheduled for January 23; the one in honor of the Speal of the House, February 6, an e one in honor of the diplomatic corps, February 13, As usual a section of the United States Marine Band will ish_the hummocks. After two hours of this, the 'fi"‘u for the functions at From these leads waier spread over e | {ng Minnesota congressional delegation. | |REPUBLICANS SEEK STAR, WASHINGTQN, D. C, CLAUDEL T0 AWARD CROSS T0 KELLOGG French Tribute in Recognition | of Peace Efforts Will Be Paid Tomorrow. Former Secretary ot State Kellogg will receive the Cross of the Legion of | Honor at 4:30 o'clock tomorrow after- | noon at the French embassy in recog- | nition of his services in the cause of | world peace. Ambassador Paul Claudel will make | the presentation of the insignia and the decree of award, which was signed by President Doumergue. In notifying Mr, Kellogg of the honor which was to be accorded him, Ambassador Claudel advised the American that his “efforts which found their culmination in the signing of the pact of Paris August 27, 1928, were nowhere more greatly appre- than in France, by the French government as well as by the whole nation so profoundly attached to Among those who have been invited to witness the ceremony and to attend the reception which will follow, are Vice President Curtis, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Everett Gann, Speaker of the House of Representatives and Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, Chief Justice Taft and other members of the Supreme Court, members of the cabinet, heads of the 15 original signatory countriés, the majority and minority leaders of both houses of Congress, members of | the foreign relations committers and | TO PATCH BREACH CAUSED BY MOSES| _ (Congjnued From First Page.) Norbeck. “The rift is created by the | attitude of one section insisting that the farmers shou'd buy in & highly pro- tective market and sell in an unpro- tected one. If the East persists in this | attitude it may become necessary for | the Northwest to declare its political independence.” UPHOLDS SPEECH. Senator Moses, in Chicago, Parries Questions on_ Conference. | By the Associated Pres. CHICAGO, November 9. —Senator George H. Moses of New Hampshire, author of the appellation “sons of wild Jackasses,” as applied to certain sena- torial colleagues, ventured out into the | West today asten~"!- Lo visit his grand- | children In - € .i.ago suburb and par- | ried qu-. ‘as about a conference with Western Republicans that was under- stood to be acheduled. Newspapermen who flocked to his hotel room to hear an encore of his remark anent the ickasses” were treated to an exposition of his thoughts on the tariff, lobbles in general and specifically that of the farmers, and the Senate as its own chaperon. “Some members of the Senate are verse English on the Consti- t . ‘‘Listen, get this with ® degree of accuracy: A constitutional provision holds that a member of the Senate may not be held to accounta- bility to his colleagues for what he says apy other place than the Senate floor. I:am now to conclude that a Sen: tor can be held to accountability in the ys outside the Defends Senator Bingham. He spoke a word of defense for Sena- | tor Bingham of Connecticut, recently censured for using an employe of the Connecticut Manufacturing Association as clerk. “Nobody will say that Senator Bing- ham was not indiscreet,” Senator Moses observed. “But his purpose was en- tirely praiseworthy. The Senate shouldn’t constitute itself guardian of the conduct of its members to the ex- tent it has, “We have seen Senator Bingham for- mally censured: we have seen the pri- vate corresrondence of a Senator the subject of criticism on the Senate floor. we have scen private conversation of a Senator the subject of public criticism in the past 10 days.” Would Kill Tariff. He invoked the aid of Oscar Wilde be:"expreuinl his scorn for the tariff “The coward does it with a kiss, The brave man with a sword,” and saild he would like to kill the tariff in its tracks because it would put “high duties on the things which manufac- turing communities must eat and low duties on the things they have to and sell in order to get things to ea “And as for lobbles, why the agri- cultural lobby,” he asserted, “by far exceeds that of the manufacturers in number, influence—I hesitate to say arrogance—and in effectiveness.” SUSPECT WIFE SLAYING. California Off.-ials Arrest, in Hos- | pital, Man Reporting Hold-up. LOS ANGELES, November 9 (#).— John Bolton, 26, founded seriously wounded in an automobile on the Coast highway here today, with the body of his bride, Mrs. Lucille Bolton, 20, be- side him, was ordered arrested in the hospital eight hours later on a charge of suspicion of murder. ‘The arrest followed questioning of | the man concerning his story of a hold- up in which he id & robber shot him and his wife. U. 8. Vessel Total v}—reck. STOCKHOLM, November 9 (#).—The United States Shipping Board's freigh- ter Conehatta, which stranded off Umea forepart. foundered. The crew was re- moved by the steamer Heracles on the | that the Conehatta stranded. Reports 1,950 Visits to th Many of these children Others are in the non-commur not be built quickly enough. Last March Congress authorized an appropriation of one- half million dollars for this sa idge, even in the stress of clos his personal attention.. This money does not become available tintil July, 1930, which would mean waiting about two years for the compietion of the sanit 1f this money could be mad tliat the health and lives of many children would be protected, H | day, was found tonight not far from The Health Department of the District of Columbia Clinic Since Its Opening in April of This Year. They Would All Benefit from Sanitarium Care Washington’s Sanitarium for Tuberculous Children can- Ith Department Clinic 512 I Street N.W, NOVEMBER_ 10, MAIL PILOT HURT AS PLANE CRASHES Suffers Fracture of Arm and Bruises in Fall in Alle- gheny Mountains. By the Associated Press. BELLEFONTE, Pa., November 9.— Suffering only from a fractured arm and bruises, according to air field at-| taches here, Jack Webster, air mail pilot, whose wrecked mail plane was discovered on Rattlesnake Mountain to- where his ship crashed. Officials at the air mail field were not | advised who located the aviator, but ! it was sald he had been removed to a | hospital at Phillipsburg, Pa., for treat- | ment. | Webster's wrecked plane was sighted | early this afternoon by searchers flying | along the New York-Cleveland air mail route, on which Webster was West-, bound, after the fiyer had been reported | long overdue at the Ohio city. When ,round crews reached the ship they ound the airman's helmet and un- packed parachute, but no sign of Web- | ster. Officials of the National Air Trans- port Co., operators of the route, and volunteers started an immediate search for the pilot and after darkness had fallen tonight searchlights were carried by the men scouring the densely wood- ed section where the plane crashed. EXTRA WITNESSES CALLED IN SECOND McPHERSON PROBE (Continued From First Page.) Allen on a beat south of Pennsylvania avenue on the night of the death, alyso will be examined regarding Allen's statement. Botts told his superiors he couldn't recall the incident, but his testimony before the original grand Jury apparently did not cause the jurors to doubt Allen’s claim. Botts is rumored to have told an entirely different story to the Department of Justice. Rul e apartment house manager, will be ed to tell of the events which followed discovery of the nurse’s body by the husband on the afternoon of September 14. The manager was the first persodn to look in the bedroom after McPherson notified him of the tragedy. | ® He has testified previously he had to push the door of the bedroom open be- cause the body lay against it, although McPherson had given him the impres- sion he had gone into the room ln(Fll!d 8 dress over the half-nude form. It was this discrepanty in testimony that is said to have played an important part in the decision of the first grand jury to indict the husband. The discrepancy is sald to have been cleared up since, at least to-the satisfaction of Govern- ment investigators, The list of witnesses summoned before the first grand jury follows: Policeman Allen, Ruff, Mr. and Mrs. McPherson, sr.; Mrs. Donald McPherson, aunt of the husband, at whose home young Mc- Pherson said he stopped briefly before retiring at the home of his parents around 1 o'clock on that fatal night; Lieut. Edward J. Kelly and Inspector William J. Shelby, since relleved as heads of the detective bureau as a result of their condemnation by the grand jury: Warren Embry, Joseph F. Waldron, Denpis J. Cullinane and William' F. Burke, detectives, who worked on the case at the beginning. Other Witnesses Called. £ Capt. W. G. Stott and Policemen J. J. Ramsey, E. P. Hartman and F. O. Brass of the third precinct, in which the death occurred; Mrs. Lillian Con- way, telephone operator at the Park Lane who overheard Mrs. McPherson erying on the telephone shortly after 8 o'clock on the night in question; Miss Eleanor Sheppard, nurse, with whom Mrs. McPherson was talking at the time; Sue Thompson, desk clerk in the apartment house, to whom the husband first came with his disclosure of the tragedy; Miss Mary Roberts, another Park Lane telephone operator; Howard ‘Templeton, drug clerk in the Park Lane and friend of the dead girl; Miss Martha Berry, nurse and friend of Mrs. McPherson; Mrs. Alleen Saville, man- ager of the High View apartments, who knew of domestic difficulties of the McPhersons during their residence at the High View. 8. M. Perkins, colored janitor of the High View, whq said he helped Mc- Pherson prevent his wife from beating her head against the wall in & fit of hysteria; Mr. and Mrs. William Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Heavrin, Mrs. Ethel Schuttler and James Mills, who heard screams late on the night of September : ne Weisbender, who didn't l‘-;elr ass side the McPherson apartment after the death of Mrs. McPherson and thought some one might have been on the roof to dislodge it; Dr. Frank A. Hornaday, who had been. engaged on a medical case with Mrs. McPherson; Maj. Albert Walker, who employed Mrs. McPherson as a nurse at one time; Robert Lyons, Patrick Lynch, Harold Connor, James White, D. G. Lockett, W. J. Armstrong, Adrian Smith, Clivie Wilson, Virginia Monk, Samuel Riggs. J. Tarbell Howard and Mr. and Eliot Thompson, all friends, acquaint. ances or associates of McPherson. Garnett Melvin Frye, taxicab driver, who signed an affdavit “identifying" MecPherson as the passenger he carried from Fifteenth street and New York avenue to the Park Lane after 1 o'clovk on the night of the tragedy; Walter Kingren, another taxi driver, said to have taken McPherson from the Park Lane to Petworth about 8 o'tlock that night; Victor Gauthey, who has said & woman resembling 's. McPherson visited his home in the night in question, in company with a blonde man with a green roadster; Dr. H. C. Wooley, alienist, of St. Eliza- beth’s - Hospital: Dr. Adams Kimble, pathologist; Dr. Edward Gorman, house physician of the Park Lane; a number of newspaver men and & few other per- sons. Britain may extend its rule for mark- ing all products with the place of origin, to include poultry. e Children’s Tuberculosis have been open active cases. nicable stage, nitarinm, and President Cool- ing his administration, gave it arium, e available now, it would mean Hours for Tuberculous Children Mondays and Fridays 9-11 A.”- 1929—PART ONE. PANTS PORTRAIT OF FIRST LADY T. D. Talimadge, , noted New York artist and miniature painter, with the oil painting of Mrs, Hoover, which he has just completed. This likeness was not posed, but was made from an approved White House, where Mrs. Hoover permit CAPITAL TO HONOR WORLD WAR DEAD AT MANY SERVICES (Continued From First Page.) sentatives of patriotic socleties will hold joint and separate exercises during the day. Central High School and repre- sentative members of the Washington High School Cadet Corps will pay their annual tribute when a delegation of students places a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at 9:15 o'clock. Stephen E. Kramer, first assistant superintendent of schools in charge of cadet affairs; Lieut. Col. Wallace M. Craigie, U. 8. A, professor of military science and tactics, and other school officials will head the delegation. Mrs. George Gordon Selbold, presi- dent of the American Gold Star Moth- will place a gold star on the shrine at Arlington, the members of that or- ganization having been invited to par- ticipate with the American Legion. A committee representing the seven welfare organizations suthorized by the Government during the World War, headed by Clarence Fleming of the Washington Y. M. C. A, will unite in paying homage to the war dead of the Nation tomorrow. These organigations are the Y, M. C. A, Jewish Welfare Board, Salvation Army, National Cath- olic Welfare Conference and Knights of Columbus, Y. W. C. A., War Camp Community Service, American Library Association and the Boy Scouts of America. Rev. John J. Burke, general secretary of the National Catholic Wel- fare c«;nllefin«. will deliver the mes- sage a ceremony, whicl at 13:15 o'clock. 1 o ot One of the most impressive cere- monies at Arlington will be the solemn re-enactment of the ceremonial that marked the interment eight years ago of the Unknown Soldier, by some of th principals ®ho conducted the original services. Two Chaplains to Attend. “ITwo of the chaplains who officiated on November 11, 1921, Dr, Morris S, Larzaron, rabbi of *he Baltimore Hebrew Congregation, a World War chaplain, and Col. John T. Axton, who for ~ight years was chief of chaplains of the Army, will present portions of the orig- inal ceremonies. “Taps” again will be sounded by Staff Sargt. Witchey, U. 8. A., on the bugle he used in the burial service. The participants will keep their anual rendezvous with their comrads of the World War at 10 o'clock in the mora’lncb and will place a wreath upon mb. ‘Two noteworthy services will be held at Washington Cathedral tomorrow, the first ukms place at 11 o'clock in Bethlehem Chapel. This will be a ser ice of prayer and thanksgiving for those who served in the World War. Bishop Preeman will preach the sermon. Several of the prayers to be used in the services were written for the first Armistice day service in Washington Cathedral, which took place in 1918 and was attended by President Wilson. Station WMAL will broadcast the serv- ice and rebroadeast to England and other countries. The special Woodrow Wilson me- morial service at 3 o'clock will be the culminating event of the annual pil- image to the tomb of the war Presi- s:m. which for some years has been in cha of an informal committee, of whl:’: Mrs. Kate Trenholm Abrams is chairman. In years past these me- morial services have been attended by Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, widow of the late President, but she is traveling in the Orient at present, Three rows of seats in Bethlehem Chapel have been reserved for relatives and close friends of the war President. Bishop Freeman will preach and read from the Scrip- tures certain verses that were particu- larly cherished by Mr. Wilson. The George Washington Post of the Ameri- can gion will act as a color guard. Services to Be Broadeast. The Woodrow Wilson memorial ser jce will be broadcast on a Nation-wi hook-up by the National Brosdcastin Co. throu {\ Station WRC. Legion of- ficials will participate in the ceremony at the tomb of Wilson. Among the wreaths that will be placed upon the tomb will be one from the Woodrow Wilson Foundation. The ceremony under the auspices of the American Legion, which will ciimax the day, will be held at Washington Auditorium from 8:15 to 9:30 o'clock to- morrow evening, at which President Hoover and Maj. O. L. Bodenhamer, national commander of the Leglon, are to make the addresses. One of the most important_features of this great mass meeting will be the message which Gen. Pershing, commander of America’s forces during the war, who is now in Europe, will deliver over the transatlantic tele- hone. Amplifiers in the hall will make rd. ,.Tlvl:l lfl)-,:r. at Washington Auditerium is to be under the joint auspices of the national organization and the Dis- trict of Columi tment of the rising ?-bme't the diplomatic corps. high offi- cials of the Army and Navy and rep-| resentatives of various civic and patri- | otic organizations, will witness the cere- | monies. Park to Hold Overflow. 15,000 le will hear the -Jm at the ‘:f itorium. Col. John Thomas Taylor, chairman of the com- mittee in charge, plans to have loud speakers set up in the adjoining park to take care of the overflow, The musie will be rendered by the Army Band under Master Sergt. Philip Kohn, It is significant that at the time of the exercises more than 12,000 posts of the American Legion and 6,000 units the messags of the nal der by u.d‘la. One of the most ex- tensive radio hook-ups ever used will convey these messages to America and Europe_through ths Columbia and Na- tional Broadcas Bystems and local- ly by Stations WMAL and WRC. Msj. L. E. Atkins will it Past National Comdr. Paul . _McNutt, who in turn will introduce ident Hoover and later Comdr. Bodenhamer. A musical program_will be presented, and Rev. F. Kittell of New ! photograph of her and finished at the ted the artist to apply the final touches. BOMB CONFESSION WITNESS MISSING Stevens, in Mooney Case, Is Sought by Authorities After Starting Motor Trip. [ By the Assoclated Press BELLAIRE, Ohio, November 9.—With three persons corroborating the alleged 8-year-old death-bed confession of Lewis Smith that he was responsible for the San Francisco preparedness day bomb outrage of 1916, when 10 persons met death, interest in the case tonight cen- tered in the whereabouts of Frank O. Stevens, an inmate of the National Military Home at Dayton, Ohio, and one of those who claim to have heard the death-bed statement. Stevens left Bellaire today, accom- panied by a man who identified himself as a “Cincinnati newspaper reporter.” They were sald to be en route to that city by automobile, but efforts to trace fhem failed. Dramatic Meeting. A dramatic scene occurred during the day in a cabin in the hills of Belmont County when Stevens faced Mrs. Cora Monroe Wegee, sister of Smith, who first announced that her brother had confessed to the bomb killings for which ‘Thomas Mooney is serving a life term in California. As Stevens entered the door Mrs. Wegee denounced’ him, shouting, “I have violated my dead brother’s con- fidence.” Bhe claimed that she had been led to believe Stevens was dead, and thaf would not have announced lil con had she known he was afive. The woman fainted, and when she was revived she forcibly ejected the newspaper men from her cabin. Stevens, . Wegee and tho latter's son, Ott, told the same story about the de 'd confession—that Smith told them he and not Mooney ‘rlnnud the bomb which resulted in a half score of deaths apd two score maimed. No Government Action. At first it was beligved that M;:] authorities would investigate the alleged canfession but Attorney General Miteh- Governmeny had no right to deal with the Moomrey ease. Smith died in Cleveland six years ago, after he was ipjured while work- ing on an automobile, Mrs. Wegee said her brother told her at that time that Mooney was not even present. me how he stood on a road sbove that monstrous crowd and hurled the bomb, I had not revealed this statement be- fore because of a promise I made my brother.” Members of the Smith family re- vealed that he was a “soldier for- tune” and that after serving in the Spanish-American War, he served time as an Army deserter. Later he joined the German army. When h: returned to America he drifted from place to lace and his family did not know of is movements. MITCHELL ANSWERS SCHALL. Says Department Has No Right te Probe Case, Willism D. Mitchell, Attorney Gen- eral, today wrote to Senator Schall, rep- resentative of Minnesota, that his de- partment had no right to investigate the purported confession of Lewis Smith, now dead, that he was responsible for the bombing in 1916 of & Preparedness day parade. The confession was brought to Senator Schall’s attention in a letter from Frank Stevens, an inmate of the S8oldiers’ Home &t Dayton, Ohio. In an interview with the New York Heraid Tribune last night, previous to the announcement of Mr. Mitchell that the Government could take no part in such an investigation, Senator Schall said, “There is a possibility that the Department of Justice will not care to enter the case. I suppose they will plead that the case is a State matter, and therefore to be left to the State. However, I think the Department of Justice should take it up, for if a man is serving time for a crime he did not commit it should be looked into.” ‘There was no indication given at the Department of Justice as to what was contained in the letter to Mr. Schall, but it was thought the grounds were the same as expected by the latter. Mr. Schall has not yet received the letter. Unuimou; lo—r-l(Ae;.If. PROVIDENCE, R. I, November 9 (). —Jesse Houghten Metcalf, senior United States Senator from Rhode Island, was indorsed for renomination by & unani- mous vote of the Republican State cen- tral committee here today. Action of the committee virtually assures Senator Metealf of renomination by the Repub- lican State convention next Fall. ——— York, pational chaplain of the Legion, will deliver the invocation. Among the members of the cabinet who have signified their intention of attending the ceremony are Secretary of War , Secretary of the Interior Wilbur, Secretary of Commerce Lamont, Secretary of Labor Davis and Secretary ell at Washington announced that the | bal PRELATES TO NAME PRESIDING BISHOP Protestant Episcopal Church Leaders Meet Here Wednes- day to Fill Vacancy. Bishops of the Protestant Episcopal Church in America will assemble in solemn conclave Wednesday morning to elect a successor to Most Rev. John Gardner Murray, the former presiding bishop, who died suddenly at the spe- cial meeting of the House of Bishops in Atlantic City October 3. The con- clave will be held in Bethlehem Chapel of Washington Cathedral. The action to be taken is of para- { mount importance to the Protestant iscopal Church, as the prelldln: bishop is regarded both at home an abroad as its spokesman. Until Bishop Murray was elected at the triennial at New Orleans the office |of presiding bishop went to the active bishop of a diocese who had been long- est consecrated. For a generation this was the late Right Rev. Daniel Sylvester Tuttle of St. Louis. It was decided at his death to make the office elective, Bishop Murray had served four of the six years for which he was chosen. His successor will be elected to fill out the term and will be eligible for election for six_years at the next general convention at Denver, in 1931. 68 Bishops Constitute Quorum. The position is comparable in many ways to that of the Archbishop of Can- terbury in the Church of England, (church leaders point out. The canon law provides that at the death of the presiding bishep the senior bishop with- in two months ghall call a special meet- ing of the House of Bishops to elect & successor. The call" for the meeting Wednesday was issued by Right Rev, William A. Leonard of Cleveland, Bishop o!l:O?lo. ekt piscopal Church regulations govern- ing- such - actions proma that l':‘ least 68 bishops must be present to constitute & quorum. That this will be more than complied with is indicated by the fact that 85 bishaps have already announced their intention of attending. The meeting will be opened at 9:30 am. with the celebration of holy com- munion. The celebrant will be Right Rev. Charles P. Anderson, Bishop of Chicago, assisted by the Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of Washing- ton. Following this service the House of Bishops will go into executive sessioi . The deliberations will be secret and only the name of the bishop elected will be announced. None of the can-. whose vote is close to that of the-prelate chosen will be made known, nor will. the public be admitted to either the. celebration of the holy eucharist or the subsequent concla The house also will elect a missionary Bishop of Honolulu. Very Rev. Harry Beal, dean of St. Paul's Cathedral, Los Angeles, elected to that post at the At- lantic City meeting, has‘ declined the eplscopate. Speculation as to Choice. There is naturally eonsiderable specu- lation over who will be chosen presid- ing bishop. The canon law provides that the cholce must be made from a bishop having jurisdiction in the United States. Tradition is said to dictate also that the pre bishop be the head of a geographically small diocess and have a s cessful ‘record as adminis- trator. In addition, it is reported that there is a strong feeling against the selection of any one more than 65 years old as the responsibilities are regarded as too arduous for a prelate mare ad- b v.needg years. x flwell lox'mee‘dl c::’umhmen &ul::u nfi: offer any pre ns _copeern “the ou;:nm"‘" beli * any’ eve - that Bishop Freeman d be an ideal se- lection. They point to the progress be- hl‘fil attained under his direction in the bullding of Washington Cathedral and its associated institutions and declare that few grelnu are more favorably regarded by the clergy and laity throughout the church. Likewise there are Chicago church- men who voice‘the merits of Bishop Anderson, while in New York is found sentiment favorable to Right Rev. Wil- liam T. Manning, thn’f of New York, and Right Rev. Ernest M. Stires, Bishop of Long Island. In other quarters word is heard of Right Rev, Thomas Camp 1 rst, Bishop of East Carolini Right Rev. James DeWolf Perry, Bish- %p of Rhode Island; Right Rev. John . Ward. Blshog of Erle, Pa.; Right Rev. Phillp Cook, Bishop of Delaware: Right _ Rev. Charles Lewis Slattery, Bishop of Massachusetts; Right Rev, Charles_Fiske, Bisho) York; it ‘Tucker, Trving Peake Johnson, Bishoj rado, and Right Rev. H. L. Burson/ Missionary Bishop of South Dakota, to the presiding, hop. It 15 expected that the new presid- ing bishop will make his injtial public appearance at the dedication of the College of Preachers of Washington Cathedral Th ¥ ursday. ‘The new presiding bishop will be the seventeenth ‘prelate who has been ele- vated to that dignity. The first bishop so honored was Right Rev. William ‘White, Bishop of Pennsylvania. wha served two terms, from July 28,,11789. to October 5, 1789, and from September 8, 1795, to July 17, 1836. CONFESSES SHE KILLED HUSBAND WITH JACK Mrs. Varna D. Woodall Breaks Down When Confronted With Family Picture. By the Associated Press. ‘WENATCHEE, Wash.. November Mrs. Varna D. Wood: confessed to police today that she beat her husband, ‘Walter R. \Woodall, 55, to death Thurs- day with an automobile jack. Confronted by newspaper pictures of her husband, herself and children, Mrs. ! Woodall was said by police to have broken down. “Seeing the pictures and all that, T know I did it,” she was quoted as sayin, She exonerated her son Burnice, 1 who also has been held in jajl. “The boy did not do it,” she said. “I must have been demented.” Mrs. Woodall told police she believed her husband was going with another woman, because he was not‘glvml her money. She said she laid a heavy jack beside th:> woodshed Wed- nesday night, and the next mornin when it was still dark sent her husban out to get wood. She told police she followed him and when he was stooping to pick up the fuel, hit him over the back of the head with the jack. who was assessor bis] Playing Cards Are Desired by the Patients at Walter Reed Hospital Army veterans at Walter Reed Hospital welcome gifts of new or slightly used Pl-yln!‘ . These may be left at the Business Office of The Star, which is glad to of Agricultyre Hyde. Nearly half the membership of the United States Sen~ ate and House of Representatives also will attend. as well as Ambassadors and Ministers of the nations with which' the United States was allied in the World War. A colorful ball at the Willard Hotel, under the auspices of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. will climax the social events of tomorrow. Invitations have been sent President Hoover, Vice mmldem and other high of- serve both the public and the in- valids as forwarding agents, Not only cards, but Chess and Checker Sets, Ba mmon Sets, Dominoes, Parc] and Mah- i St s Sl games are Ac o copvalescent patients. s 1t is confidently that the public will promptly and erously supply this need. e