Evening Star Newspaper, August 27, 1931, Page 32

DOCTOREXECUTE WIS RETREWENT ' Ecuador’s President Disliked Neglecting Practice for Poiitics. BY REX COLLIER. Dr. Isidro Ayora, Ecuador's most noted surgeon, now may devote his aft- ernoons to surgery instead of states- manship. South America's—probably the world's ~—only part-time President has resigned. And thereby hangs the curious tale of how a rugged descendant of the ancient Incas accepted the presidency of the equatorial Tepublic on the condition that he be allowed to shuttle back and forth between his private medical office and the executive mansion. Dr. Ayora had no aspirations for the presidency in the first place. He “ir- tually was drafted as provisinal Pres- ident at @ time when his ccuntry was in an economic tangle, cnd he had sought vainly to resign on several occa- | DR. ISIDRO AYORA. sions since. Widely Known as Surgeon. Without experience in politics, but with a wide reputation as a surgeon, an outstanding citizen and a crusader for the public welfare, Dr. Ayora became the “man of the hour” in 1926 during e of Ecuador’s numerous revolutions. | The “government was_overthrown by | military coup and military leaders took over the rule. The soldier-statesmen realized they could not handle a threat- ened economic collapse and began a search for & new leader. The quest ended at the medical of- fice of Dr. Ayora. The eminent sur- geon was reluctant to serve, but the | military tribunal insisted he was the | man needed to doctor the nation’s ills. | | Battimore. | last night found her window shopping | on Lexington street. I came here yesterday and “I pleaded with her to return home. She refused. Then I struck her in the | face in a fit of anger. I did not intend | to harm her.” Cross-examined by Magistrate J. Ed- { ward Yursik, Kearns charged his wife | married him two years ago while still | legally wed to Harrison Long of Win- | field, W. Va, Mrs. Kerns testified: “I never got a divorce from my first | husband and don't know whether he divorced me or not.” For the enlightenment of posterity “I'll tell you what I will do," DI.|he British Museum authorities are pre- Ayora, in effect, sald. “I'll accept’the |serving in their archives phonograph job if I can be President in the after- | records of words of doubtful pronuncia- oon and surgeon in the morning. cannot give up my private practice.” | Agreement. Reached. vl It was an unusual condition, but the | governmental crisis was acute and the proviso finally was agreed to. | Thus it came about that Dr. Ayora ministered to the needs of human pa- tients every morning and diagnosed the ailments of government every after- noon. diagnoses in the latter case resulted in the issuance of a preserip- tion calling for modernization of the country’s economic system along North | American lines. | To effect the modernization, Dr.| Ayora sent to the United States and | obtained the services om Prof. Edwin | Kemmerer of (Princeton University and = large staff of economists. The Kem- merer Commission recommended 25 economic reforms necessary to rehabili- tation of the financial structure of Ecuador. The reforms were instituted without delay. A national bank was established, & budget law adopted, new methods of taxation effected and cus- toms duties revised. Economic Crisis Passed. Dr. Ayora's treatment had a salutary effect and the economic crisis ‘When the work was ended, Dr. Ayora ‘called the National Assembly into spe- cial session and tendered his resigna- tion as Provisional President. His res- ignation was refused oy vote of the People in a regular election. A year ago, he again tendered his resignation to Congress, but again was refused permission to return to his pri- vate status. His last offer to Tetire proved more successful, however, and todsy he is ready to devote all of his time to ap- pendectomies and the like. DISTRICT WOMAN HELD FOR BIGAMY INQUIRY |} ZLiwrence Kerns, the Husband, Is| Fined for Assault, When Case Is Aired in Baltimore. Svecial Dispateh to The Star. BALTIMODE, August 27.-—Anotier strange domestic tangle, in which the | husband accused his wife of bigamy | and insisted she had been lured from home by “vanity and a desire for ex- pensive clothes” was unraveled in Cen- ||' tral Police Court yesterday. | ‘The hearing ended with the husband, lawrence Kerns, 37, of Washington, being fined $11.45 on an assault charge and the wife, Mrs. Ida Kerns, 23, being held pending an inquiry into charges that she is a bigamist. He was arrested Monday night in a rooming house after his wife alleged he | beat her when she refused to return to their home in Washington. Called to the witness stand in his own defense, Kerns said: “My wife disappeared last Saturday. 1 2sked police at Washington to search for her. later I learned she was in i ‘Aldb-'lluppndhd in I {tion. 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