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Evening star., 1926-02-09
]URyPLAN
SCORED BY WHITE
Method Is inefficient and
Stupid, He Says, Urging
Control by Health Board.

That clause in the District of Column
bia lunacy laws which compels local
citizens to appear before a lunacy jury
before they may be admitted to St.
EliZabeth'S Hospital for more than 80
days treatment calls for Il huge.
numbering. stupid. inefficient and anti
quated method of procedure in dealing
with the mentally sick" declared DR..
William A. White, superintendent of
St. Elizabeth's, in, an address before
the Washington Council of Social
Agencies in the Burlington Hotel yes
terday afternoon.
Such a matter as admitting a man
to St. EliZabeth's for treatment should
be dealt with entirely by the Health
Department. with the patient being
given the privilege of a hearing before
"a lunacy jury if he believes that he
is being done an injustice" continued
DIR. White.
DR.. White charged that there are
families In the District that would
send relatives to the hospital for
treatment except for their fear Of
publicity. bound to be involved at the
lunacy hearing.
Urges Commissioners Plan.
Dr. White pointed out that under
the present law the District Commits
SionerS, with the consent of a family,
have the authority to commit person
to st. Elizabeth'S for treatment for 80
days. and declared that a simple way
to change the law would be to give
the Commissioners the right TO have
person committed for Il longer
period of time.
DR. White denied he desired to de-
prive Il patient of the right to his day
in court if he desires il. He assured
mo of ha- fnN
voluntary cases"
He said that in many States the
lunaCy jury hearings have been done
away with. To show further the in
consistency OF the District law, he
said. Il have not the authority to
commit man to the hospital, but l
can hold him there until I believe him
cured"
Council to Report.
The council voted TO refer the mat
ter 10 its committee on health. Miss
Gertrude II. Bowling, chairman. for
consideration, and to make a detailed
report before the organization.
Announcement was made at the
meeting that DR.. Edward 7. Devine.
former professor of sociology at Co
lumbia University, will hold an insti-
tute here, beginning March 5, and
will lecture on various phases of So
cial work and problems
The Washington Council of Social
Agencies and the Monday Evening
Club have assumed Jointly the finan-
cial responsibility of getting DIR. De-
vine here. ii was stated. He is to
deliver an address before the two
organizations at u meeting on the
afternoon Of March l.
a. c. Moses, president of the coun-
ell presided
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CITIZENS TO HONOR
L|NCOL|N'S MEMORY
Special Program for Observ-
ance of Civil War Presi-
dents Birth Anniversary.

Four hundred or more of the leading
men and women of Washington will
gather at the City Club on Friday eve
ming to formally observe another an
niversary OF Abraham Lincoln's birth
and to call the Nation back to an era
of better law enforcement. with the
words the great emancipator pro-
claimed 65 years ago:
Let reverence for the law become
the political religion Of the Nation"
This dinner will be something more
than the ordinary Lincoln day cele-
bration. Hitherto such occasions usu-
ally have been marked by bursts of
political oratory and not infrequently
they have been used as the occasions
for delivering formal pronouncement
of party policies. Washington's Lin
coin day dinner. however. will be dedi-
Gated to law enforcement and law OBJ
servance.
Colin III. Livingstone is chairman of
the citizens committee, John B. Lar
ner vice chairman, and Mrs. Cabot
Stevens secretary. Preceding the din
ner. which begins at o'clock. there
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will be a reception to the wives Of
Government officials. Mrs. Virginia
White Speel, Mrs. William II. King,
Mrs. Emma s. Shelton. Mrs. Gilbert
Grosvenor and others will be in
charge.
Rev. Jason Noble Pierce, pastor Of
tho First Congregational Church, will
give the invocation. Secretary Of the
Navy Wilbur is to be the ranking
guest Of honor and he will deliver a
message. r. W. Dunlop. Assistant
Secretary Of Agriculture; Secretary of
State Kellogg and Secretary of War
Davis also will present appropriate
messages.
THE Benefits of the Eighteenth
Amendment to Labor in the United
States" will be voiced in an address
sent by Secretary Davis. who will be
in Michigan. The address will be pre-
sented by Assistant Secretary w. w.
Husband.
John Marshall, Assistant Attorney
General; Gen. Lincoln G.. Andrews and
Admiral Frank c. Billiard will speak
to THE Task of Enforcement" In
the group Of citizens empha sizing the
cooperation that should be given by
observance of laws three minute mes
sages will be made by Bishop Free
man and Mgr. Z. G. Gavan for CO.
operation through the church; Mrs.
Emma S. Shelton. through the home:
DR.. William NJ. Lewis, the university;
DR.. Frank Ballou. the public school;
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OPERATION MAY ALTER
JOE HARRIS BATTING
Crouch, Caused by Wartime Acct.
dent to Eye, No Longer Neces-
sary-Might Continue.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
OIL CITY. Pa. February 9.-Joe
Harris, crouching Slugger of the
Washington Ball Club and sensational
home run hitter of the 1925 world
series, may. as a result Of recent
operation, change his batting style
and then again he may not.
Joe. during the World War. vas
thrown from n truck. resulting in a
scar near the eye. The skin frightened
under the eye and this male it neces-
Sary for Harris to crouch low and
look at an upward slant as pitchers
heaved the ball toward him.
a few days ago the heavy-hitting
outflelder and first basemau submit
red to an operation of the plastic
surgery nature by DIR. George 3. Job
son of Franklin, where Harris win
terS \ a result Joe no longer VIII
have to stoop as he bats, but Joe says
he found the crouch mighty deceptive
to pitchers and may continue slam
ming them out from the bent-oVer pos
ture.
Evening star., 1926-02-09

Twenty leading British companies
have a combined capital of 1855, ,0O0, 900
and 500. .485 stockholders
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Ford Sees Cut Prices and Higher Wages
AS Way to Check Business Depression

ufacturer believes. THE right price
is the price an article can steadily be
sold for" he stated. 'and the right
wage Is the wage the employer can
steadily pay"
Mr. Ford maintains that skillful
management can always find ways of
increasing wage rates, and that 1t
discovers waste elimination and other
economical methods of operation in
process.
ANY attempt to fix living
wage" continued Mr.. Ford. SIS an
insult to the intelligence of both man
ayers and workers. This implies that
all men are alike. Fortunately they
are. Only few care to live this year
as they lived last year"
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HEALTH ASSOCIATION
OFFICERS ELECTED
DR.. Victor c. Vaughan Heads Body
to Promote Welfare
of Public.

With the election of officers and the
adoption of n constitution. the District
of Columbia Public Health Association
completed its organization at a meet
ing yesterday afternoon in the board
room of the District Building. The
object of the organization, as outlined
in the constitution. is Ito create an in
terest in and to promote public
health"
DR.. Victor c. Vaughan. who served
as temporary chairman through the
organization period, was elected presi-
dent. Other officers chosen follow: DR.
q. NJ. kober, first vice president: DR.
William G. Fowler. second vice presi-
dent; James A. Tobey, secretary: Capt
w. c. Cox, treasurer: Lieut.. Comdr.
j. *. Phelps. Lieut.. Col. J. f.. Siler
Emile Berliner. Miss Gertrude Bowl
ing. Hugh Miller and Miss MeIinde
Havey, members of the executive COM
mittee
Membership was divided into four
sroupS-active. to embrace those pro
fesslonally engaged in public health
work; associate, to include those in
terested other than professionally:
sustaining, for those who will contrib
ute funds. and honorary, for persons
not exceeding two each year, who rem
der noteworthy service to the public.
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Mrs. Anthony Wayne Cook and Maj
o. l.. Oldroyd. patriotic societies; Mrs.
John Sherman, Women's clubs; Sid
ney r. Jacobs. for Masonry: Senators
S. Jones and King and Representative
Barkley, for Congress. and Gerald p
Murphy, a veteran. "A Lawyers Adj
vice" will be responded to by Andrew
Wilson; "A Physicians Warming" by
DR.. Thomas A. Groover; "A Bankers S
Prophecy" by John B. Larner.
Mrs. Wayne B. Wheeler and A. L..
Lambdin are the soloists, accompanied
by Mrs. Chester w. Adair.
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TRINITY PLAYERS
TO REPEAT SHOW
Minstrel Performance, Given Last
Night, to Be Staged Three
Times More.

The annual minstrel show OF the
Holy Trinity Players. which opened
last night under the auspices of the
parish Holy Name Society. will be
continued tonight, tomorrow night
and Thursday night. it was announced
today.
Several hundred persons filed the
parish hall at Thirty-fifth and o
streets last night. The show is for
the elimination of the church debt in
cident to the installation Of new
heating plant to serve the church.
the school and the rectory, which
take up almost an entire block.
The musical features of the min
strel show are under the direction of
Claude Nichols. Bronson Howard is
interlocutor. The end men are John
Baldwin. Howell Gross. Dennis ].
Fitzpatrick and George A. Dowden.
Earl p. Ready, president of the
Holy Trinity branch of the Holy
Name Society, is chairman of the
general committee.
The soloists are S. Theodore How
ard. E. Harry L. Myers. Jack Buckley,
William j. Curtin and Ambrose
Durkin. Others taking part are Nick
Donoghue. Frank Dove, Paul e. King,
William Thomas. Watson Ahienfeld.
al lilui Il. II dIQ tlIldI a. 1dlNeTl hl1lS.
John Kemp. Raymond =. Ehrman-
traut. Earl Knott, James Mcintyre,
Robert Chamberlain. Carol DAILY,
John Simmons. Joseph TrillinG, Ar
thur keogh. Joseph Ryan. James
Haney, Earl Haney. William F.
OKeefe. Eugene Potter. Francis f.
Knott. John A. Reddington, Leroy s.
Owens. Maurice S. Sweeney, John
Hardy and Gerald Mcdonald
The specialties in the show are the
Paramount Male Quartet, under the
direction of George Herbert Wells;
Mulroe. kueling and Bishop. dancers;
Cecil Hilleary. saxophone player, ac-
comparied by George Cozzens. and
Ambrose Durkin. baritone. Bob Ma
horney gives an exhibition of the
charleston
Twenty leading British companies
have combined capital of 1855, 900 900
and 500 485 stockholders
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By the Associated Press.

11s EIIV 2NSSUCIdItU TTtSS.
NEW YORK, February 9.-The
way to check Il threatened business
depression Is to cut prices and in
crease wages. Henry Ford says In an
interview published in the current is
sue of Golfers Weekly.
1T is good business" said Mr..
Ford, always to raise wages and
never to lower them. Higher wages
and lower prices mean greater power
more CUSTOM
The theory that the right price for
a commodity is what the traffic will
bear" and the right wage is the
lowest sum a man will work for" is
an unsound one, the automobile man
Evening star., 1926-02-09

All but 2i0 miles Of track have been
talu on the Argentine side of the Anto-
1agasta- -Salta Railway, and only 75
miles on the Chile side remain to be
covered in order to connect with a
railway at Augusta, Victoria. con
struction Of which strip will cost ST..
100000. payment of which will be
guaranteed by the Chilean govern.
ment.
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Schools Close
With Christmas
Programs Today

Christmas programs Of various
kinds are being held in the grade
schools of the city today. In some
Of the buildings each room is holding
a separate program and in others the
whole school will take part.
At the Wachtcr school a program
of Christmas songs. readings and ex-
crcises will be given before the en-
tire student body.
The William Moore Christmas OBJ
servancc today will be in the form Of
an exchange Of gifts, each room
meeting separately. A musical pro-
gram was given yesterday. the up
stairs rooms singing Christmas
carols, and the lower floor echoing
the same songs.
At the Richholt school today the
third, fourth, fifth and sixth grades
will enjoy ""--@:::...: - Inrts mas
readings and songs. The first and
second grades will have programs in
their own rooms.
At the Roosevelt school each room
will sing Christmas carols, the doors
being left open SO that the music
may be heard throughout the build
ing. Following this each room will
have Christmas program or party
The Junior high school students
are observing the close of school
with Il program of Christmas music
and readings. Some of the rooms are
having parties, gift exchanges and
other entertainments.
Schools of the city close this after
noon for the holiday season, and will
open again January 6.
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DAMAGE SUIT
BEING TRIED
HERE TODAY
Mrs. Burdella HelgesOn Of Re
gan Asks $4,000 From
August Westerman

The Burleigh county district court
today is trying a ease when is at
tracing considerable intercst-that
of Burdella Hclgeson VS.. August ives
tcrman. Both parties are OF Rcgah'
this county.
Mrs. Helgcson is seeking Sl5,o0U
damages for injuries alleged 70 have
been sustained when she sprained an
ankle in 4 fall down the steps OF the
school house at Regain. She claims
she was pushed down the steps by
Mr.. Westcrman.
The case is the outgrowth OF a
dispute between the school officials.
of whom Mr.. Wcsterman Is one, ana
Mrs. Hclgcson. who was teaching the
primar ~ department there last spring
An argument over the expulsion OIL z
pupll resulted III the boards dismiss
ing Mrs. Hclgeson as a teacher ana
paving her salary in full tor the bai-
ancc Of the term. according 70 th'
evidence presented.
She refused to be dismissed, how.
ever, testimony shows, and entered
the school the following morning pre-
nared 10 teach. She was met by the
school officers who, il is claimed
accompanied her to the door and re
oues,ed her TO leave. Counsel tot
.hc defense claims that Mrs. Hedge
son fell az she ran down the step
and that her injuries were not CAUSED
by any &C; on the part Of Mr. "es
.e-nan.
The jury in the ease IT Herman
Laskin Is. Todd Land company. ct ~
re,urred q verdict late yesterday Y
favor of the defendant. Laskln wa
suing for over $1,000 damages claim
ed a. the result OF an alleged breac'
O. contract in the purchase VI eat.
property.
The ease of u j. Minogue vs.
Frank L. Hubbard was submitted Z
the court upon failure Of the defend
ant 10 appear
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STATEMENT is
GIVEN OUT BY
JUDGE LEMBKE
Second Degree Murder Yer
dict Supported By Evidence
in kOrsvick Case

Declaration that evidence, as pro
iuced upon the witness stand in the
case Of Joe korsvick, would have
fully supported verdict Of murder
in the second degree instead Of the
first degree manslaughter verdict
given, has been made by Judge +.
7. Lemke in an official statement.
A conviction on the charge of sec
ond degree murder. which would
have meant ten to thirty year prison
term. was asked by the prosecution
but tho jury brought in a verdict
Of first degree manslaughtcr and
recommended fivc-year sentence,
which was imposed yesterday By
Judge Lcmbke.
Giving brief summary of the
case. Judge Lcmbkc added that he
believed the jury was very lenient
with korsvick and declared that kor-
svick was very lucky to get away
with five-year sentence.
did Not Intend to Kill
That Korsvick never intended to
kill Pahaininen is the belief Of the
Judge, who declared he believed the
military training received by the boy,
which included killing, if necessary,
became uppermost in his mind be
cause Of the liquor he drank.
The statement, with the exception
Of the summary Of the events lead
ing up to the shooting, is as follows:
"Thc case was very ably tried by
the states attorney and counsel for
the defense. 1t took five days to
try the case and might state that VIC
are of the opinion the jury was very
lenient with this defendant and he
should serve his full term. for the
reason that evidence as produced on
the witness stand would fully sup
port verdict Of murder in the sec
ond degree. Consequently the defend
ant is very lucky in getting away
with five years.
"His appearance on the witness
stand was very good and he made a
good impression on US. We arc sat.
isfied that this young man never
intended to kill Pahaininen but are
Of the impression that the training
he received in the military service
to kill, if necessary-beca domin
ant in his mind again by reason Of
the liquor consumed as a result Of
which this unfortunate affair wa!
brought about.
II am satisfied that his conviction
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City's Community
Christmas Tree Is
Genuine Article

Mandan will have the kind of com.
munity Christmas tree that every
Dakota town wishes for but that few
can have. For Mandan's tree this
year instead Of being shipped in, is
the real. living article.
One of the large pines in the
Northern Pacific park has been chosen
AS the city's tree and work is now
being done to cncircle II with hum
dreds Of colored lights.
On the afternoon Of December -,
at ) o'clock, program is to be held
at the tree, with Santa Claus present
to talk to the Riddles and to hand
them out candies. There will be
community singing Of Christmas
carols.
In charge Of arrangements for the
occasion arc John Kennedy and
George Fitzsimmons of the Chamber
Of Commerce mercantile committee.
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Inquest Into Death
Of MinOt Woman Is
Resumed By Coroner

Minot. y. D.. Dee. 22-tP)-An in
quest into the death Of Mrs. Mildred
Wilson of Minot. who died as re-
sui, Of being struck by an automo-
bile in Mino, last Thursday evening.
is scheduled TO be resumed here this
afternoon.
Emmett Brewington Of Minot and
Charles Lyons Of Minneapolis arc
under arrest on mansiauKnter
charge in connection with the death
Of the woman.
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Davis Recommends
Two. Millions For
Upper Mississippi

Washington, Dec. 22-LR,-Secre-
tary Davis Of the war department
recommended to the budget bureau
today supplemental appropriations Of q!
on the upper Mississippi river.
tho purchase BY the treasury depart.
ment Of $2,0o0,O 900 Of the capital
stock Of the corporation, already an
thorised 81 congress. The funds
would be used ~ the corporation
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Northern Pacific
Is Putting Up Ice

Cutting Of ice on the new Northern
Pacific ice pond northwest Of the city
is now under way and the 17-inch
thick ice is to be used to supply all
the ice houses from jamestown to
the Rocky Mountain division.
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Nebraska Station
Dedicates Song to
Governor SOrlie

Bismarck radio enthusiasts who
were tuned in to station WHAB, the
University of Nebraska hroadcasting
station ut Lincoln, Neh., last evening
heard song number dedicated to
Governor A. G. Sorlie of Bismarck.
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The song was sung on the program
given between 3 and . o'clock, and
the words Of dedication were particu-
larly interesting to people of Bis
marck and Of North Dakota since it
is not often that u number is dcdic-
atcd TO IA chief executive Of "a state.
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VISITOR LEAVES

Mrs. r. C. Hill Of Billings, Mont.
who has been a guest at the home Of
her sister, Mrs. Charles Kidd, left
Tuesday morning for Glenwood,
Mimi, where she will spend the WIN
ter with her daughter, Mrs. Putnam.
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Personal and
Social News Of
Mandan Vicinity
CHRISTMAS PARTY AND PAGEANT

CHRISTMAS PARTY AND PAGEANT
Plans for the Christmas party to
be held this evening in Christ Epis-
copal church will include y Christ
mas tree and q pageant. Children Of
the Sunday school and members Of
the Girls Friendly society will take
part in the programs. The pageant
will be given at Z o'clock in the
church auditorium and the party will
follow Immediately in the church
hall
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NOTICE

Regular meeting Lloyd
Spetz Post No. tonight at
Legion rooms. Also enter
tainment.
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PARENTS or SON

PAKENIO Vt Sun
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis G. Johnson.
Sixth avenue northwest, are the par
ents OF twin sons born Tuesday
morning.
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HOLIDAY VISIT

Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Franzen will
leave Thursday for Beaver Bay.
Mimi, to spend the Christmas holt
DAYS with Mrs. Franzen's parents.
They will 60 to Chicago for New
Years day with Mr.. Fran1en's broth
ers. returning TO Mandan in about
two weeks.
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HOME FOR HOLIDAYS

Miss Margaret Gibson, who is
teaching in Brainerd, Mimi. arrived
in Mandan today to spend the holi-
days with her paycnts, Mr.. and Mrs.
George H. Wilson.
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the latter will enter the Northern
Pacific hospital for surgical treat
mcnt.
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yIstTs IN MANDAN

VISITS IN MANUAN
A. c. Hawkins Of Elgin, Ill.,, is a
guest of his brother-in-law, c. G.
Conyne. He will remain over the
HOLIDAYS.
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TO VISIT IN SEATTLE

Mrs. r. w. Bassett, teacher at the
state training school, has gone ia
Seattle and other western cities to
spend the holidays with relatives.
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primarily to establish barge line
service on the upper river and for
the purchase Of one tow boat and "a
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-22

The Christmas program Of the Sal
walton Army will be held this eve
ming at 8 o'clock. The public is in
vitcd to attend.
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MdndQn Ne1US

is just in every way and that is all
know about this boy"
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TO VISIT IN WISCONSIN
Miss Bertha Sybers left Sunday
evening for Tony. Wis.,. to visit with
relatives during the holiday season.
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Was hington, Dec. 22.-LP)-Colonel
Ned NJ. Green. acquitted in San
Francisco yesterday on charges OF
embczzling confiscated liquor. was
order red reinstated today as prohibi-
ton administrator in that city.
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Jury Out Only Is
Minutes to Acquit
Col. Ned M. Green

San Francisco. Dec. p tP-Six-
teen minutes after the fate of Colo
mel Ned VI. Green, deposcd prohibit
ton administrator. had been put in
10 the hands of Il Jury. he was set
free. acquitted of chars. of en-
bezziing II bottles Of confiscatcd
liquor for use at riotpus parties.
Thus did a federal court jury yes
terday dispose Of the accusations
against the distinguished soldier anC
dry law worker who admitted he was
mo lily" who confessed to taking an
occasional drink and who told then
he would have gone SO far as to stea
liquor for his sick friends If hi
thought they needed it.
a few minutes after the acquittal
defense attorneys wrote Telegram
to Assistant Secretary Of the Urea
sury Lincoln c. Andrews. requesting
the reinstatement Of Colonel Grec'
as prohibition administrator fol
Northern California and Nevada.
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TO ENTER HOSPITAL
Nrs M. X. Fread and son left last
evening for Glcndivc, Mont. where