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Evening star., 1927-04-26

! The Assistant Secretary of the Navy
and Mrs. Theodore Douglas Robinson
! are among the passengers sailing to-
day aboard the Berengaria for Eu-
] rope. They will be absent about six
weeks, when Col Robinson viii return
to Washington and Mrs. Robinson will
open their home at Herllimer, n. Y.
for the Summer. Miss Helen Robin
son, daughter of Col. and Mrs. Robin
son, is spending a week with her
grandfather. Mr.. Roosevelt, and will
return to Washington later.
Evening star., 1927-04-26

Z The counselor Of the Argentine
] Embassy, Senor Felipe Espil, is at
! White Sulphur Springs where he was
1 Joined yesterday by Mr.. and Mrs.
LChauncey G. Parker, jr., who made
/ the trip by motor.
Evening star., 1927-04-26

: Mr.. M. B. Nour, newly appointed
sattache Of the Egyptian legation is
sat the Wardman Park Hotel.
Evening star., 1927-04-26

Mr.. Alex Wahaby, attache of the
Egyptian Legation, has taken an
department at the Wardman Park
Hotel, where he win remain until
khe leaves for his new post at Bucha.
srest the latter part Of May.
A Mr. and Mrs ChaYIas E'rapnne.
Evening star., 1927-04-26

THE President viii receive on
Thursday the Minister Of
Egypt, Mahmoud Samy Pasha
b, / who with Nine. Samy returned
to Washington Sunday after
mn absence Of several months in their
home in Cairo. The Minister viii call
on the Secretary of State, Mr.. Kellogg
today.
Mrs. Coolidge will receive a small
group of ladies this afternoon In the
Presidents house at - Dupont circle
This morning Mrs. Coolidge who is q
member of the board of the Instruc>
tive Visiting Nurse Society, received
the nurses Of the staff and the board
members on the White House lawn.
Mrs. Coolidge cut a large birthday
cake, the reception having been in
celebration of the twenty-seventh
anniversary of the society's organiZa-
1iOn.
The Secretary Of State and Mrs.
Kellogg will be the honor guests at
dinner this evening Of the Minister
Cf Bulgaria and Nine. Radewa.
Evening star., 1927-04-26

Representative and Mrs. Richard S.
Aldrich, who have been in their home
at Providence, r. l., will return TO
Washington today to remain until
June. Representative and Mrs. Aid
rich stopped in New York on their
way South, and were at the Ambas-
sador for a day or SO.
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Evening star., 1927-04-26

Mr.. and Mrs. Dallett Wilson have
returned from q three-week motor
trip,
Evening star., 1927-04-26

Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Parsons Erwin
entertained at dinner last evening in
honor OF Mrs. Erwins cousin, Mrs.
Adrienne Porcher Roberts of Florida.
Evening star., 1927-04-26
Japanese Diplomats Leaving
Tomorrow for Western Trip.

Tomorrow for Western Trip.
The Ambassador of Japan and
. Nine. Matsudaira will leave Wash
ington tomorrow for Ann Arbor,
. Mich, wkere the Ambassador will de-
: liver an address before the student
] body at the University of Michigan.
I Nine. Matsudaira entertained a
company of "a at luncheon today in
. honor Of Mrs. Taft, wife of the Chief
, JHstice.
Baroness de Cartier, wife Of the
! Ambassador Of Belgium, and Nine.
Noury. wife Of the counselor of the
Persian legation, will assist the Min
lister of Persia, Mira Davoud Khan
/. Meftah, at the reception he will give
This afternoon from 4:30 to o'clock
in honor of the anniversary of the
coronation Of his imperial majesty,
Reza Shah Pahlavi.
. The Minister of Finland. Mr. Axel
Leonard Astrom, returned to Wash
ington this morning after spending
a few days in New York.
Senator and Mrs. Royal s. Cope
land will be the guests of honor at
dinner this evening of Mr.. and Mrs.
Peter A. Drury, who will entertain
a company of %.
Mr.. and Mrs. Drury were hosts at
] dinner last evening, entertaining in
compliment to the Ambassador Of
Spain and Sonora de Padilla and Mr..
] Justice and Mrs. Harlan Fiske Stone.
Others in the company were the Mir
lister of Panama and Sonora de Al
faro, the Minister of Austria and
Nnre. Phochnik, the Minister of
the Irish Free State and Mrs.
Smiddy. Mr.. d. r. Crissinger, DR..
and Mrs Jorge Boyd of Panama,
! Baron and Baroness Won Below, Mr..
and Mrs. G.. Bryan Pitts, DIR. Mary
O'Nalley. Mrs. John Allan Dougherty
and the Rev. Edward Buckley. Addi-
tional guests were asked for dancing
after the dinner, including the Am
bassador of Chile, Senor Don Miguel
Cruchaga Tocornal. and his two
hephews; the Minister of Guatemala
and Sonora sde Sanchez Latour, the
Minister of Persia, Mira Davoud
Khan Meftah: the Minister of Latvia
and Nine. Seya, the Minister of Haiti
and Nine. Price, the secretary of the
Persian legation and Nine. Noury, the
charge d'affaires of Egypt, DIR.
Moussa; the Senoritas Padilla, the
Misses Smiddy, the secretary of the
Panama commission and Sonora de
/ Chevalier, Senior Victor Alfaro and
DIR. Kemper Simpson.
Representative and Mrs. Sol Bloom
and Miss Vera Bloom viii leave to-
morrow to attend the apple blossom
festival at Winchester, Va, returning
TO their apartment at the Mayfiower
Hotel the end of the week.
Evening star., 1927-04-26

their home on Belmont road in the
FAN,
Mrs. John r. Williams ard her
daughter, Mrs. John Ballantine Pit
ney, have gone to Hot Springs for
several weeks.
The Washington times., 1927-01-10
CutiCura IalCunl
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Pin1ples, Boils,
Skin Eruptions

Skilled physicians recognize the
appearance of pimples. boiis ana
other skin eruptions as being IN
indication Of an abnormal condition
of the system. This is why so
many thousands have been enabled
to free themselves of these unsightry
blemishes and painful annoyances
by taking course of S.S.S. You
owe 1t to yourself to try S.S.S 1t
helps Nature build up red cor.
puscles. 1t improves, the processes
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Il suffered from impure blood
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weight,-l didn't look natural. l had
ptmples and was also bothered with
q breaking-out that itched terribly.
l also had boils one after another.
The Washington times., 1927-01-10

habeas corpus cases have been filed
on behalf Of bureau beneficiaries.
but have never been pressed in court
for one reason or another.
Very truly yours.
WILLIAM WOLFF SMITH,
General Counsel"
The bureau appears satisfied be-
cause only "a Of the falsely held sol.
diers were under its protection.
Major Smith explained over the
phone that the others were Spanish
War veterans. etc.
This number of Illegally held vet
erans--24-wasn't large enough, ap.
parently, to arouse suspicion that
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ADVERTIsEMENI

| tried different kinds of remedies,
but nothing did me any good until
friend advised me to take SIS.
which l did. This was some time
ago. Now l feel well, and am
getting along fine. S.S.S. stopped
the itching and it cured me Of boils
] advise all weak and rundown
people to give S.S.S. a trial. It
clears up the skin and makes you
strong and fills you with energy. .
Mrs. j. w. Barker. 1887 Walnut
Street, Cincinnati. Ohio.
SIS. is made from the fresh
roots of medicinal herbs and plants
and is prepared in a scientific way
in a modern laboratory.
S.S.S. is sold at all good Grug
stores in two sizes. The larger size
is more economical
The Washington times., 1927-01-10

others among the hundreds of
soldier.patients might be unjustly
confined. Four hundred and seventy.
two were shipped away without
action by the bureau to find out
whether any sane ones were among
them or not, apparently.
Sane Men There
The number of men shipped away
Apis within one of the number
Of patients among whom were dis.
covered II of sound mind and SIX
that the hospital authorities tacitly
admit to be sane. If the law of
averages means anything more than
The Washington times., 1927-01-10

in the District supreme Court. They
comprise more than half the entries
between H. C. No. 1851 and H. C..
No. 1871 Anyone can look at them
and find out how these veterans
were rewarded for their two years
OF overseas service.
Process Is Long
The process Of setting these men
free was long-drawn out one. It
began January 25. 1926. and with
the exception of the four pending
cases-H. C. 1900. 1894. 1885, and
l354-ended November Is.
During those 10 months, As vet.
kerans wrongfully held as lunatics,
were liberated by Jury trial. One
every week throughout the 10
nonths-at a cost of $500 out VI
the $40 a month pension. Each
man telling of others to follow. at
the same ransom. And the Vet
Grams Bureau only five miles away
And Congress in session.
Not a move did the Veterans
Bureau make to help those men, to
save them that unjust expense, to
comb the institution for comrades
who may have been left behind. as
Gaskell combed the SHINY shell holes
on the scissors front to bring IN
French wounded under ''heayy
artillery and machine gun fire"
Monday, December q. we sub
m.tted the following memorandum
to the Official spokesman of the
Veterans Bureau:
Records of the Supreme Court
of the District of Columbia show
that between January Is and No
vember 10, 1895. As persons falsely
held at st. Elizabeths Hospital were
released by habeas corpus proceed
ings. The records show. too, that
II of these persons were adjudged OF
sound mind: % were found other.
wise illegally held, and six were re-
leased by the hospital Authorities
without oontesting the claim Of false
detention, and that the ma ority of
these falsely held persons were
World War veterans.
1.-THE cost to which these veterans
were subjected in releasing them
selves from Illegal detention is esti'
mated by Controller General McCarl
to range from 5000 to $500 per vet.
eran.
Questions For Bureau.
What action has the bureau
taken to determine whether or not
other veterans are similarly held
in other psychopathic institutions?
What action has the bureau taken
since January rs. 1925. tending to
save these falsely. held veterans the
expense of releasing themselves by
habeas corpus action?"
On Thursday, December 80, we
received reply, in the form Of a
The Washington times., 1927-01-10

be sane, because the hospital re-
fused to contest their claim of san.
ity, and % more are found to lie
unlawfully detained. And all that
at a cost of $500 per man.
Isn't it reasonable to suppose
that some of the less efficiently
conducted institutions may show a
similar condition? Is it reasonable
to suppose otherwise? If such
things can be. under the nose and
eyes of Congress. and Of the Vet
Grams Bureau. and of the Interior
Department. what can we expect of
Institutions in the obscurer parts of
the country-Wh where scores of veter-
ans have been shipped the last
year or two?
These go cases are all recorded
AnuERFHcEMEMR
The Washington times., 1927-01-10
AnvERTIsEMEMT

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Todd's Tonic. made Of finest Cat.
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Unlike ordinary Tonics, Todd's
Tonic 10 a reconstructive Tonic and
not a mere laxative. Therefore its
results are greater and more last.
ing. For sale at all Peoples Drug
Stores and all other drug stores
through this section.
The Washington times., 1927-01-10
ADVERTIsEME EMIT
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BUILDS up QUICKLY WITH Wine TONIC
Mr. William Contee, Washington D. c., Says He "Came
Back" Quickly Through Reconstructive Qualities Of
Iodds Tonic Which Is Made of the Finest California
Wine.

Il was in a general run down
condition. my appetite was poor
and ! was losing weight. ! had
heard SO much of Todd's Tonic
and its great building qualities that
decided to try it. After using
one bottle Of Todd's Tonic, there
was a decided difference in my
strength and general feeling. have
gained in weight and my appetite is
fine. l can surely recommend
Todd's Tonic to all who are in reed
The Washington times., 1927-01-10

a Mother Goose rhyme. there were
sane men In that shipment.
But they are a long way now,
from the. District Supreme Court
records, which proved so handy in
expediting the habeas corpus release
of the IS who escaped from their
prison by the aid Of private lawyers.
The Washington times., 1927-01-10

patients comprising all the pension.
drawing veterans per cent of
those held as insane, and deprived
OF their freedom and their property
were found on examination by the
jury to be sane and capable Of
handling their own affairs. And
six more are tacitly admitted to
The Washington times., 1927-01-10

letter, the the body of which fol-
lows:
"In pursuance TO instructions
from the Director Of the United
States Veterans Bureau and my
telephone conversation with you to.
day you are advised that am just
IN receipt of a report relative to
the discharge of Bureau patients
from st. Elizabeth's Hospital be-
tween January /, 1926 and Deem
Der q, 1925 as follows:
Number Of Bureau patients
discharged from st. Elizabeth's
Hospital as improved or having
made a social recovery. ....... 1856
Number of patients transfer
led to other hospitals. ......... Az
Number Of patients discharged
on habeas corpus. ........... "a
Number Of patients who have
died s.....s.'........ "
Number of patients who have
ieen discharged by the hospital
upon request CT Bureau. s
Jotal :...... -.'.s.ss'.'.'.''s 0E2
"Of the "a patients discharged on
writs of habeas corpus, three were
rearrested Immediately by the police
on the ground that the men were
Of unsound mind and dangerous to
be at large. These cases are still
pending.
you are further advised that of
the "a patients mentioned, only eight
were admitted to st. Elizabeth's Hos
pital at the request of the United
States Veterans Bureau. The others
had been sent to the hospital either
by the Army. Navy or Marine Corps.
Public Health Service or District
Commissioners, and subsequently
taken over by the Veterans Bureau.
II am further advised that several
The Washington times., 1927-01-10
TELLS TROUBLES

CHICAGO. Jan. <1O.--Mrs. Edith
Knowle testified In her divorce
suit that she led a "hand.to.mouth
existence" while her husband fol.
lowed a glass-to-mouth life."
The Washington times., 1927-01-10
RY DONALD McD0uGAL

81 Ezabeths of the largest the largest and
one OF the most efficiently conducted the most eff
gently conducted institution of its kind the United States
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Bureau Little Help
To ''Insane'' Vets

Ih IS the nineteenth of of conditions SUI
founding uGy proceedings policies Washington This
the result of several weks Investigation by member of The
Times staff " - "' ~ ~
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Like father, like son e
both like REM for coughs

It's hard for plumbers go through winter
without catching cold working the way they do
in dampness and That's what MI. D. D.
Hardy of 2145 Grace St, Chicago and his
w. tell us, and they ought to know But
though they sometimes get coughs a result of
their work, they've found way to get rid of
them. REM? You guessed it. Listen to this
Sou workohe nkeesu damppL whe
o gea coughan nj o g o on"
Mr. /
stuck httome
son had a he same time
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and got a REM. fused
it beora it had
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cough and the boys short orr''
So many who have tried REM speak of the quick
relief it brings. This quick action largely due to
special ingredient in REM--efective harmless that
is not found in ordinary cough yrups Cinging your
throat as ii swallowed, REM spreads soothing, heal
ing film the nAamed and membranes
No Opates in REM. And it pleasant take.
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INTRODUCTORY 90
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, 1927-11-28

tax for said estate according to the
best of its knowledge. Taxlists
which are forwarded later to the
commission, will, together with a
list of those estates that have omit
ted to send in their taxlsts, be
transmitted to the Government,
in order that other measures be
taken.
Blanks for taxlists will be distri-
buted some days previous to the
meeting Of the Tax Commission
and are required to be accurately
filled out by the parties concerned
and delivered to the Commission
on the day which is fixed for each
street in the town and each quarter
in the country.
Tax Commission for St. Croix.
November -, 1927.
FRANK L. FOXWELL.
DesDatcbjug Secretary
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-15
GALES BREAKS
REVOLUTION

MEXICO CITY, Jan. 16.-With a
general offensive. against rebels In
fun swing in Durango, the Mexican
government today maintained that
the revolt Is under control.
Durango offers the one remaining
stronghold Of the rebels. It is ex.
pected to be effective, although It is
admitted that the rebels, who are for
the most part Indians, may be ex.
pected to offer stubborn resistance.
Attacks upon railroads continue
throughout various parts Of the
country and Federal troops were
thwarted in an attempt to burn the
bridge north Of otinapa.
Federal troops are guarding WORK
ers who are repairing damage done
to the railroad line to Guadalajara.
Mining companies in Guerro re-
port that their operations have been
handicapped by the rebels carrying
off their supplies of explosives.
In Catholic quarters, reports were
received today that Bishop Diaz,
former spokesman for the Catholic
Episcopate, who was arrested earlier
In the week, has crossed the Guate-
malan frontier, to which he was es.
corted by Mexican government
agents.
There were some reports here that
Bishop Diaz might strive to reach
the United States from Guatemala.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-15
CHINA INQUIRY
BY HOUSE

With disquieting reports Of anti
foreign agitation in China being re-
ceived daily, the House Foreign AT
fairs Committee today prepared for
exhaustive hearings upon proposals
that the United States withdraw
from the concert of powers which
dominates foreign relations with
the far,eastern republic.
Representative Porter R.) of
Pennsylvania, chairman and author
Of the resolution to be considered,
announced that the country's lead
ing students of Chinese affairs
would be, summoned before the
committee next week.
The resolution requests President
Coolidge to negotiate treaties d.
rectly with the Republic Of China.
While the State Department has
declared itself in sympathy with
movements to relinquish much Of
the foreign control over Chinese
affairs, it has declared that the
present civil war and the absence
of any dominating government in
China. makes drastic action unwise
at this time.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-15
s': Man. Waiting for SWeefie, Shot Down
E0PENS.
smith ROW

The charge that Jesse Smith was
murdered In the apartment Of Harry
Daugherty, former Attorney General.
who received SIS 900 under the will
when Smith went down to his
DEATH" was repeated by Senator
Tom Heflin Cd Of Alabama Ia the
Senate late yesterday.
Helm read q newspaper dispatch
which quoted ]. Ramsay hewitt,
coroner for the District, as admitting
that he held mo sufficient investiga.
ton" before issuing a certificate Of
suicide in Smiths death. The coro.
ner was q close. personal friend Of
Daugherty, Heflin charged.
Helm also declared that he had
received letters from New York
which stated that John T. King,
former Republican national com
mitteeman from Connecticut, who
was indicted jointly with Daugherty
in conspiracy case. had passed
off under mysterious circumstances.
Heflin also declared IL was doubt.
fur II Charles r. Kramer. former
counsel for the Veterans Bureau,
had actually committed suicide. He
added:
what are we coming to IN this
nation when men in high places can
be bumped off, slipped out, or put
away In the grave?"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-15
FOR NEW
CABINET POST
.1nternasional Newrssl. Photo

A definite plan Of Government
reorganization, with the concentra.
ton of all public works bureaus
under a single Cabinet head, was
adopted at the final session OF the
convention Of the American Engt-
neering Council at the Mayflower
Hotel yesterday afternoon.
The program, the result Of seven
years Of organized planning on the
part of engineers all over the
country win be introduced in the
House next week by Representative
Adam Wyant Of Pennsylvania.
It is the plan to abolish the
present Department Of the Interior
and substitute for 1t the new
Cabinet office to be known as the
Department Of Public Works and
Domain.
Seven allied technical organize
tons, made up Of 100000 engineers,
are backing the proposal, according
to Dean Dexter KimbalI, Of Cor
nell, president of the council.
The assembly closed with a din.
ner at the Willard Hotel last
evening, with Charles M. Schwah,
the steel magnate, the principal
speaker.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-15

DR.. Herman N. Bundesen, health
commissioner, made that prediction
today in Judge Francis Allegretti's
courtroom, where the three women
were arraigned on charges of op.
Grating under-cover lying.in hos
pitfalls and failure to, report death
rates.
According to the Chicago health
commissioner. who succeeded in re.
ducing infant deaths by 500 in the
past year, most deaths occur in
cases outside of hospitals, where
the mothers are attended by mid
wives.
"This is. the most vicious prac,
ttce that has come to my attention
In years" DR.. Bundesen said. land
the sooner we put stop to it the
better for Chicago babies. Since
have been health commissioner I've
made 1t my life's aim to reduce In.
FAINT mortality. and If these charges
are true, adequate punishment for
this most atrocious Of crimes should
bring about the saving Of hundreds
Of babies.
The three women, who admitted
that they did a thHiviHg business
caring for prospective mothers in
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-15
DR.. w. M. Lewis Talks
Before Knights TempIar

Larger endowments for American
universities. to be gained by gifts
from wealthy alumni, are required
for educational progress, DR.. Will
lam Mather Lewis, president of
George Washington University, told
his banqueters of Washington Com
mandery No. /, knights Templar,
ut the New Willard last night.
Other addresses were delivered by
Elwood p. Morey, deputy of the
supreme council Of the Scottish
Rite, and James T. Gibbs, deputy
xrand master Of Masons.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-15
Citizens Counsel Backs
Car Line Merger Bill

The pending bill designed to force
a merger Of local traction companies
was approved last night by the Cit.
zens Advisory Council.
Some doubt was expressed, how.
ever, as to the constitutionality of
those sections Of the bin providing
for raising the gross revenue tax Of
the companies from 4 to 6 per cent
II they fail to merge.
The Is per cent limitation on park
and school site purchases win be COM
sidered at the next meeting of the
council Friday NIGHT, it was decided.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-15
BLONDE FAINTS
UPON ARRIVAL
81 International News Service


NEW YORK, Jan. is. - The
strangiing Of Louise Lawson. girl
singer. was recalled today by the
mysterious shooting last night Of
Ignatz Salz. As. fountain-pen manu-.
facturer, IN the apartment house at
% West Seventy-Seventh St., where
the Texas girl was murdered two
years ago.
Two Men At Door
Salz, who was awaiting the ar,
rival Of a girl at his bachelor
apartment. was shot at the door
by one Of two men when he
answered their ring. The bullet
entered the right side of his back
and lodged in the abdomen. He was
taken to a hospital and probably
will recover.
An attractive blonde, who called
at SAILS apartment after the shoot
ing occurred. tainted when told
Salzohad been shot. She had din
ner engagement with Salz. The
girl refused to give her name, but
told police she was married. De
tectives do not believe she had any
knowledge Of the crime.
Staying NeighbOrhoOd"
Police believed that the two men
shot Salz because Of jealousy over
a woman. Jewelry and $4,000 was
found in Salz's clothes.
Salz could give police only q
vague description of his asSailantG.