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Evening star., 1926-04-27
VISITING NURSE BODY
OBSERVES BIRTHDAY
Society Celebrates 26th Anniver-
sary of Incorporation at Head =
quarters Today.

The Instructive Visiting Nurse So
ciety will celebrate the twentysixth
anniversary of its incorporation at
its new headquarters in the Star
Building this afternoon at 4:30 o'clock.
A huge birthday cake has been do
mated and the entire nursing staff and
officers and all members of the Board
of Mana gers have been invited.
During the 26 years of its exis-
tence the society has provided CAS-.
726 nursing visits to 101, 1863 patients.
The total for last year was S8.504
visits to 1O,624 patients. In 1900
there were only four nurses. who
visited .S51 patients and made 7.S46
calls. Today there are "a field nurses
and six supervisors.
In the early history of the organi-
zation a much welcomed gift was a
bicycle which the visiting nurse used
on her rounds. Today five sedans
make possible visits to patients in
the outlying sections of the District.
Demands on the service are so great
that these five cars are quite In
adequate to meet the present needs
Of the ganization.
Mrs. G.. Brown Miller. acting pres
ident of the society said today: "The
Instructive Visiting Nurse Society
feels a 26-year-o pride in its unique
bedside nursing service and health
education, which makes available to
every man, woman and child in the
District of Columbia, at a moderate
cost within the reach of all.
Evening star., 1926-04-27
EVERY MAN BUSY
ON ARCTIC SHIP
Thousand Details Require At
tention When S. S. Chantier
Approaches Port.
BY WILLIAM BIRD.
BY Wireless to The Star.

BY Wireless to The Star.
ON BOARD THE STEAMSHIP
CHANTIER. via Fauske, April a.
AS Spitzbergen is approached the ac-
tivities aboard redouble, If that is
possible. Everybody, from command
err to messboy is busy from daybreak
until late into the sunlit Arctic night
with a thousand details Of prepara-
tions for the landing and take-off.
Each man seems to be doing at
least three mems normal work, yet
everybody is cheerful and contented
and no grumbling whatever is heard
regarding the tasks imposed.
Comdr. Byrd Is in constant consul
tation with various members of the
party about their particular depart
ments. All Instruments, sun COM
passes, bubble sextants. drift indica-
tors and chronometers have been
carefully adjusted and tested on the
bridge.
Meanwhile F'riers' mechanics have
been occupied in putting the final fit
tings Into planes. Every detail has
been minutely foreseen.
Through young seaman Of Nor
wegian origin as the interpreter of
Comdr. Byrd, he had had a long con-
ference with the veteran ice pilot.
Isaksen. concerning ice, wind and
tide conditions in the region over
which the expedition will fly.
1saksen has sailed the Greenland
waters and has given the commander
much information which will be of
particular value if an accident forces
landing on the ice between Spitz-
bergen and Greenland and the party
is forced to drift down to the Green
land coast.
The crews chief disappointment at
present Is the absence Of ice and
temperature corresponding to their
notions Of what this latitude should
be like. Splendid weather has pre-
vailed since the departure from
Trondhjem, and the Arctic Ocean
much resembles the Mediterranean on
a balmy Spring day, except that
there is more sun. since we are ap-
preaching the zone OF continuous day
light.
Nearly everybody is anxious to see
some Arctic weather and put on Polar
clothing, but the temperature Is more
suitable for shirt sleeves.
Copyright, 1925. by the New York TYmes
and st. Louis Post-Dispatch.)
Evening star., 1926-04-27
u. S. POSITIONS OPEN.
Scientific Experts Among Those
Who Are Needed by Departments.

The Civil Service Commission today
announced open competitive examina-
ions to fill the following vacancies:
Debating machine transcriber. de-
partmental service, Washington, at
S1.320 a year.
Transitman at $3.50 a year. senior
transitman at 81 $50 a year; forest
service, Department of Agriculture.
Appointees are allowed travelling eX-
penses between headquarters and the
field and from one official station to
another.
Main f1ngerprint classifler, Bureau
of Investigation, Department Of JUS
tice. at $3.50 a year.
Physical chemist, Bureau of Mines.
for duty at Pittsburgh. at $4,000 a
year.
Junior biological aid, Bureau Of
Plant Industry, Department of Agri-
culture, at $500 a year.
Entomologist cereal and forage in
sects), Bureau of Entomology, Depart
ment of Agriculture, at $500 a year.
Scientific aid dry land agriculture).
Department Of Agriculture, at $3.50
a year.
Senior agricultural economist (cot-
toni, Bureau of Agricultural Eco
noniics, Department of Agriculture,
for duty in Washington. or in the
field, at 5000 year.
Associate plant psychologist. Bu-
reau of Plant Industry. Department
of Agriculture, for duty at Arlington
farm, Virginia, at $4,000 a year.
Printer (slug machine operator,
monotype machine operator, hand
compositor, proof reader), Government
Printing Office, at 95 cents to $L.05 an
hour.
FUN information and application
blanks may be obtained from the Of
flee of the United States Civil Service
Commission, 1924 f street.
Evening star., 1926-04-27
SUBCOMMITTEE FAV0RS
BAR ASSOCIATION BILL
Judiciary Body Also Considers
Measure Consolidating All Juve-
nile Court Proposals.

The judiciary subcommittee of the
House District committee today or
dered a favorable report TO the. full
committee on the bill authorizing in
corporation of the American Bar AS
sociation
This subcommittee also had before
1t bill introduced. by Representative
Mcleod. Republican, of Michigan, con-
Solidating all of the other bills previ-
ously introduced covering the Juvenile
Court. This draft was made with CO.
operation of William FL. DeLacy. form
erly Judge of the Juvenile Court by
appointment of President Roosevelt,
and Charles ". Darr, chairman of the
legislative committee of the Washing
ton Chamher Of commerce.
This revised bill was read in part by
Judge DeLacy, but representatives of
a number OF women's organizations
expressed a desire that more mature
consideration should be given to all
of the provisions, so the hearing was
continued until Friday.
Evening star., 1926-04-27
INCENDIARY FIRES
DESTROY IL HOMES
Score of Negro Residents of Airing
ton County Made Homeless by
Mysterious Blazes.

A series OF fires, II in number. driv-
ing a score or so colored residents
from their dwellings. has ravaged
that part of Arlington County along
the Columbia pike formerly known
as "Hell's Bottom"
The fires. all incendiary in origin,
began shortly after midnight and con-
tinued in different parts of a quarter
mile radius up to noon today. One
of the buildings was a church. The
police of the county are investigating
and admit perplexing problem.
All that has been saved from many
of the homes are badly scorched iron
beds, a few tables and chairs, and
here and there parts of a stove that
the owners managed to rush out be-
fore their complete destruction.
All these are lined today along the
Columbia pike, some of the mat
tresses and wearing apparel still
Smouldering. Fire apparatus from
Ballston, Clarendon, Fort Myer
Heights and Cherrydale responded to
the various alarms. AS each fire
finally was put out. or prevented from
spreading. and the Fire Department
had left, a new blaze would spring up
in some other nearby section. The
last three fires occurred after 10
o'clock.
Sheriff Howard Fields and g. posse
of sub-lieutenants are investigating
The colored people ore loath to say
anything.
A theory of a possible feud among
bootlegging interests was turned down
by the Arlington County officials. Ac-
cording to them, the sale of intoxi
cants has practically been stopped in
the county.
The officials are united in the belief
of incendiaries, but their task at
present of discovering who started the
fires seems to be hopeless. because OF
the refusal Of any Of the inhabitants
of the vicinity to talk.
Evening star., 1926-04-27
HELD FOR JURY.

Pleading not guilty to a charge Of
assault with dangerous weapon upon
Police Sergt. Hugh Cornwell of the
fourteenth precinct. Robert L. Law
renee. colored. night watchman, today
was held to await the action OF the
grand jury. Bond was set by Judge
George NJ. Macdonald at $500.
The policeman was making his
rounds Sunday night when fired on,
part OF a charge of buckshot hitting
him in the leg and hand, inf1icting
slight wounds and riddling his cap.
The defendant stated that he was
guarding construction work at Nevada
and Nebraska avenues and had been
given orders to shoot any one who ap-
preached
Evening star., 1926-04-27
NATIONAL RACE BODY
TO HONOR ITS CHIEF
Life-size Bust Of Rev. DR.. Jernagin,
President Of Congress, to Be
Unveiled.

The executive committee OF the Ma
tional Race Congress will unveil a
iife-siZe bust of it's president, Rev. DR..
w. H. Jernagin. at the Mount Carmel
Baptist Church, Third and l streets.
Thursday night at o'clock. The bust
is the work of Normil Charles, re-
nowned colored sculptor of Haiti, who
won first prize in an exposition at
Paris. DR.. Jernagins bust will be
sent later to Philadelphia, where 1t
will be placed on exhibition during the
esquicentennial.
Among those on the program Thurs
day night are j. l.. Taylor. Miss Maude
Smothers, Rev. j. L. King, Miss Odell
F. Lucas, Perry w. Howard, DIR. w.
II. Jackson, DR.. Emmett J. Scott, DR..
G. Sumner Wormley, Mrs. Marjorie F.
Joyner, Mrs. Sylvia Olden, S. w. Ruth
erford, w. L. Houston, Rev. Junius
Gray. Miss Mary l.. Europe. DIR.
Charles II. Marshall, A. w. Mitchell,
c. w. Banton and Rev. J. l.. S. Hollo-
man
Evening star., 1926-04-27
TEETH IN DRY LAW
SOUGHT BY HOUSE
Rules Suspended for Bill Civ
ing Bureau Status to Pro-
hibition Unit.
By the Associated Press.

Measures 10 tighten rather than
modify prohibition enforcement hold
the center of attention today or Cap
itol Hill.
House rules had been suspended TO
permit quick action on an adminlstra'
tioh bill to give bureau status TO the
prohibition unit, now technically q
part of the Internal Revenue Bureau,
and to the Customs Service.
Sheaf of Bills Ready.
Meanwhile, with a sheaf of supple
mentary bills designed to put more
teeth in the Volstead act submitted to
the Senate through Chairman Cum
minis of the judiciary committee, Geh.
Lincoln G. Andrews. the enforcement
commander, has added his indorSe-
!nent to the deportation bill reported
by the House immigration committee
as another measure to help prohlbi-
ton.
Holding that the preponderan2e of
law violations came from the foreign
born element" he expressed the opfn-
ion that the bill would provide for "a
housecleaning to rid courts Of a con-
gestion of prohibition cases Alien
gunmen and narcotic peddlers. under
its provisions. would he subject 10 de-
t'Pi briii'li 40 Spbtl 10 - AEit IAttE pCt4l
established, and n Jail sentence of one
year or more. or series # shorter
sentences totalinC 1S months. would
be made a basis for expulsion.
Legislation Necessary.
The bill before the House, by Gre
ating a prohibition bureau. would give
formal legislative sanction to the praC-
tical divorcemPnt of the present unit
from the Internal Revenue Bureau. al
ready effected by the Treasury in the
reorganization of enforcement agen-
cies. The proposed prohibition and
customs bureaus both would be in
charge of commissioners responsible
directly TO Assistant Secretary An
drews. who also has supervision over
Coast Guard activities.
The measure. recommended by Sec
retary Mellon and Gen. Andrews was
amended by the House ways and
means committee to make provision for
placing all prohibition employees, eX-
cept high appointlye officers. under
civil service regulat lions. This amend
ment was accepted at the time by both
vets and drys.
House leaders arranged for consid-
GRAFTON Of the bill under suspension of
the rules, limiting debate to 40 min
utes. shutting off amendments from
the floor and requiring two-thirds
vote for passage.
Evening star., 1926-04-27
RETIREMENT BILL
ACTION SCHEDULED
StanfieId to Make Effort to
Bring Measure Before
Senate Soon.

An effort will be made within the
next few days to bring before the
Senate for action the pending legis-
lation to liberaliZe the Government
employees retirement law. Senator
Stanf1eld, Republican, of Oregon an
nounced today.
The Stanfield bill, which is on the
Senate calendar. raises the maximum
annuity from $720 to 200. 1t leaves
the age limits for compulsory retire
ment the same as at present, but
provides for voluntary retirement
at earlier ages after 80 years OF serV-
ice. 1t increases the contribution
Of the employe from 2la to per cent
of his salary.
Will Offer Changes.
The notifications from this plan
suggested yesterday by the admins
tration will be submitted by Senator
Stanfield to the full committee on
civil service of the Senate and will
be available should it be decided to
offer them as amendments to the
Stanfield bill when that measure is
taken up on the floor.
The most important change pro-
posed by the administration, as work
ed out by Budget Director Lord.
would reduce the maximum annuity
to 81, 900 and cut the employees con-
tribution from per cent to 3l2 per
cent of salary.
II Is understood Senator Stanfield
will seek to call up his retirement
bill during what is known as the
morning hour in the Senate. but
whether it will be possible to dispose
of 1t that way within the next few
days Is problematic. The Senate still
has several of the debt settlements
with small nations to ratify. after
which the public buildings bill will
be restored to its position as the un-
finished business.
Evening star., 1926-04-27

total Of 6.911. Maj. Hesse explained
that the police would be required to
arrest 3,969 motorists before May /,
which is exceedingly. doubtful. He
looks for a decided decrease this
month, chiefly because the motorists,
he said, are more cautious and are CO.
operating with the traffic officers in
observing the regulations.
Evening star., 1926-04-27
THREE BOYS RELEASED.
Fourth, Accused Of Taking Justice
Hits Auto, Will Be Tried.

Three of four youths, Francis NJ.
Magrum, William Roche and William
Zeller, arrested in connection with the
theft of Justice William Hits auto
mobile. had their charges nolle
pressed by Assistant United States
Attorney Ralph Given today, when
evidence freed them of responsibility.
The fourth youth, Charles f.
O'Brien. 16 years old. of 2123 street.
said to have taken all blame, will be
tried at a later date in the Juvenile
Court.
The automobile was taken from
Justice Hits home, 1901 New Hamp-
shire avenue. Sunday and was recov-
cred in Baltimore yesterday.
Evening star., 1926-04-27
Group To See President.

1t also was learned today that the
executive committee Of the joint con
ference on retirement of civil service
employees is arranging to see Presi-
dent Coolidge tomorrow on the sub
ject of liberalizing the retirement law.
Officials of the joint conference stated
at the hearing on retirement legisla-
ton that the organization represented
more than 250.000 Government work
ers throughout the country.
Evening star., 1926-04-27

Subscribe to the District Of Colum.
bia World War Memorial by sending
contributions to John Poole, at Fed.
eral-Amefican National Bank; to The
Evening Star, or to any bank in
Washington
Evening star., 1926-04-27

Have you done your bit to honor
WashingtOn's veterans by cOntribut-
ing to the District World War
Memorial?
Evening star., 1926-04-27
AUTO LAW CHANGE
DECISION DELAYED
BY COMMISSIONERS

Continued from First Page.)
Evening star., 1926-04-27
HOUSE VETERANS COMMITTEE
TO HEAR FENNING TOMORROW
Undertaken Denies He Refused to Accept Body of
Ward Because of Condion-Surety Firm
Official Testiies.

Continued from First Page.)
Evening star., 1926-04-27
Hold Service "Perfunctory."

Both Representative Rankin, Demo-
crat. Mississippi, and Mr.. Milligan an
nounced the purpose Of their lengthy
examination into the records of the
Fenning cases was to show that the
services performed by him were
merely perfunctory" and that they
could lust as easily be done by .
Evening star., 1926-04-27

Arrests for violations Of the traffic
regulations this month are destined
to fall far short Of the record.break.
ing total Of 6,911 in March. Statistics
compiled today in the office Of Chief
Of Police Edwin B. Hesse. show that
for the first Is days in April 2.646
motorists were arrested, just 3,969
less than during the first rs days in
the preceding month.
The daily record Of arrests for the
two months follows:
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-06-03
Woman Astronomer

How many people, who think that a
scientific woman is a Twentieth-cen
fury product, know that Caroline
Herschell was, a century and half
ago, assistant astronomer royal?
Her brother was the famous astron-
omer, but her mother in Hanover
would let her have no accomplishment
outside household duties, except knit
ting. Her father, however, gave her
violin lessons on the sly.
Then her brother offered her home
in England, and she came over and be-
came successful singer. Taking up
astronomy, she became her brothers
assistant and herself was responsible
for the discovery of eight comets. I'm
doubtedly a very clever woman, she
rejected all praise. thinking 1t might
detract from her brothers reputation.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-06-03
Smallpox Still Has
the Best of Science

Smallpox, historically one of the
Oldest diseases, has long baffled med
icaI science. 1t seems to have been
known from the earliest times in In
dia. 1t existed in China many CEN
turtles before Christ. And the erup-
ton on the skin of a mummy of the
Twentieth dynasty, 1200-1100 B. c.,
suggests that it was prevalent in
Egypt.
The Crusades were probably large
ly responsible for bringing the dis
ease from the East to the West Thus
In the Fifteenth and subsequent cen
turtles numerous epidemics occurred,
with high mortality.
Since the beginning of the Tween
tieth century two distinct types of
smallpox have been simultaneously
present in Great Britain, writes a
physician in the London Mail The
frst of these is a mild, highly infec-
tious type, with a mortality of less
than per cent, which originated in
the United States and Canada and
was first introduced into England
about 19Os-5.
The second is a much more virulent
type. which originated in northern
Africa and spread thence to Spain,
France, Italy and Great Britain. Al
though this variety is not so infec-
tious. the mortality is greater.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-06-03
MiddIe-Age Philosophy

Echolastfcism was the philosophy of
the schools of the Middle Ages. 1t
represented an attempt to fuse the
beliefs of the church with the logic Of
Aristotle. The greatest teachers Of
the scholastic method were those Of
the Thirteenth century. among them
being Albertus Magnus, Roger Bacon,
Duns scotus, and Thomas Aquinas.
The latter, known as the "Angel Of
the Schools" outlined the whole
scheme Of Roman Catholic theology in
his "Summa Theologia." Though the
latter scholastics busted themselves
with many improbable speculations-
such as How many angles can be
supported on the point of a needle Pr
the whole movement was valuable In
awakening the mental life of Europe
from the lethargy of the previous CEN
turtles, and in preparing the way for
the revival Of classical learning known
a. the Renaissance.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-06-03
Cheerful and Sturdy
Room for Small Boy

A small boys room should be above
all things CHEEKY, sturdy-yes, but
homelike and inviting. He does not
appreciate all the dainty fripperieg
dear to his sisters heart. The wise
mother plans his room so 1t is a pleas
ant place for him to store his treas
ures and entertain his friends with.
out damage to fragile material and
delicate colors.
As beginning. If you are planning
to refurnish your small sons room,
select warm two-tone tan-stripe pa
per, dark enough so dirt will not
show, but light enough to give a
cheerful light to the room. For deco
ration put one Of the many bright-coI-
Ored wall paper friezes at the top
about eighteen inches deep showing
In its spreading scenic design, YER
mhAon and grange, blue and green on
q cream or tan ground.
Monks cloth draperies In warm
Bolden brown with an orange stripe.
with gold-colored undercurtains viii
DO serviceable, surely, and decorative
also. The drapery material may be
nsad as cover for the metal bed as
well perhaps fringed along it's
Jength. Bright colors may be added
In vermilion pillows, green and red
copies Of old English prints on the
walls and the banners and trophies
Near to every youngsters heart
Kansas City Times.
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On Thinking

Thinking is very dangerous busi-
ness. Particularly If we believe what
we think 1t will lead US to do things
which we may later regret. Or it will
lead us not to do them, which we may
regret even more. It makes for investi-
cation and analysis-for dissection
and probing and it is not long be-
fore we begin to detect flaws In those
very delights that we once believed
to be perfect. We may even go so far
as to discover hopeless errors in our
selves. Thus, disillusion sets in--dis-
Illusion that threads its subtle way
into the contentment of our lives and
spreads with lightning-like rapidity.
Soon it is too late to do anything but
submit. We are lost in sea Of ideas.
Thinking, like love. is a game without
rules. We strongly advise against II.
.--1ias@tannae
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-06-03

Would Snpe The Hnwk

In some of the states there is q
bounty on hawks. It is ill-judged leg
islation, not to call it by harsher
name. Nearly all Of the American
hawks are beneficial. There are only
two members of the great hawk fam
lily which are almost always criminal
ly inclined and. which are likely to be
found In any numbers In the United
States. These two birds Of bad habits
are the sharp Skinned and the Cooper
hawks. The goshawk also Is bad
actor. but he is not abundant enough
in the United States at any season to
cause much alarm. All the other
hawks should be allowed to live. They
do good work every day. Chicago
Evening Post.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-06-03
Countr.s National Pnrka

There are 10 national parks In the
United States, with total area OF
1872 square miles, including Hot
Springs, Ark. Yellowstone, Sequoia,
Glacier. Grand Canyon and others.
There are seven national military,
etc, parks under the jurisdiction of
the secretary Of war, including
Chickamauga and Chattanooga, Get
tysburg, Shiloh, Lincoln's birthplace
and others. Also large number Of
so-called national monuments, incIud-
Ing DEVILS Tower (Wyoming), Monte
yuma Castle (Arizona), Petritied For
est (Arizona), Chaco Canyon (New
Mexicol and others
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-06-03
No One ESCAPES

"'The poor are pinched by poverty"
said the thoughtful one.
Eyes" snapped the hard-boiled one,
"and the rich by traffic cops and dry
agents."
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-06-03

+ It's not much use to lay your plans
Fnless you warm up to your work and
batch them out.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-06-03

An Irish soldier had lost his left eye
In action, but was allowed to remain
in the service on conserving to have
o glass eye in its place. Being
typical "absent-minded beggar." he
appeared on parade one day minus
his left lamp
NOLAN" said the officer, you are
not properly dressed. Why is your
artificial eye not in its proper placer"
"Sure, sir" replied Nolan, Il left it
An my box to keep an eye on my kit
while I'm on parade