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THE WASHINGTON TIMES.' MONDAY, DECEMBER 23. 1918.
SANTA HAPPY OVER
GIFTS 10 REED BOYS
(Continued from First Page.)
Doyle. Stevenson, Black. Scott, and
Conrad, and besides these there are
about fifty volume! of poetry cover
ing the whole ranee of the world. s
test verse. .
The" remainder of the cash contri
butions was devoted to the purchase
or cigarettes, and through the kind
ness of the- Washington Tobacco Co.
a total of forty thousand smokes was
obtained.
Tbaasaads of Cigarettes.
A striking feature of the eleventh
lour, gifts brought to The Times
yesterday and this morning was the
large number of cigarettes con
tributed. The total number re
ceived yesterday and today was
E.OOO. Some came In packages of
SOO, others In packets containing
100, and many donors sent in In
dividual packages.
A unique gift came from Mrs.
Katie Cooke, rf 1420 Belmont street
northwest. She sent "a wounded
Tank" a cretonne bag containing
cards, a poem, apples, candy, cigars
and cigarettes. A ten-pound box of
candy came for "some Yank who has
jrart tooth."
Miss Zada Mae Hamilton, of 632 B
street sohuthwest, was the contriDu
or of a bundle of books. One cane
was the gift of "Holiday." Some
thoughtful giver sent the Tanks a
box of scrap books, witn scissors ana
paste.
The District Chapter of the Chil
dren of t American Revolution sent
two packages of gifts, one bearing a
hand-painted picture of Santa Claus.'
Bible Class Contributes.
The Bible Class Alliance, through
XT. p. Cooke, secretary, gave a box
of religious books, "A Knight of the
Cross," and eight scripture calendars.
Four girls" from the surgeon gen
eral's office or tire War Department
can qtfaltfy today to be "real poets.
Attached to a home-baked cake they
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sent to The Times' Santa Claus room
was this verse:
Four little girls from the S. G. O.
Put heads together and said O, O, O!
4t Xmas this year, let's do something
snappy.
And make four boys at Walter Reed
happy.
Then each girl asked, "Oh, what shall
we make?"
Ant they all agreed It should be a
cake.
That would bring to the boys glad
Christmas cheer.
With wishes for a happy and prosper
ous New Year."
The verse was signed by Estella M.
Wheeler, of 630 Eighth street north
east: Minnie Pickett, of 420 Shepherd
street northwest; Florence Jleaton,
of 2033 North Capitol street, and
Catherine Futterer. of 1448 N street
northwest.
Other Gifts. "
An incomplete list of gifts received
last night and this morning, in ad
dition to those enumerated above,
follows:
One box candy, three books, three
tennis rackets, one box chewing-gum.
pipe, tobacco, safety razor, comfort
bag, home-made candy, three photo
albums, handkerchiefs, box of games,
woolen gloves, cigar holders, jack-
knife, scissors, fountain pens, talcum
powder, one boxr stationery, one
smoking set, box of toilet soap.
CIvea 1,000 Cigarettes.
Amonir the most generous girts re
ceived yesterday was one from Sirs.
Charles Boughton Wood, which la
eluded 1,000 Pail Mall cigarettes and
two boxes of other brands.
Two beautiful canea" were -the gifts
very best wishes for the New Tear,"
was the greeting sent by Mrs. Caro
line Muller. of 115 Carroll street
southeast.
"With deep sympathy and respect
for the brave soldier who may re
ceive this package," wrote Miss Ma
rie Banagan. of Providence Hospital.
"A Joyful Christmas for a. boy at
Walter Reed." from Miss Ruth M.
Htllyard, of 1124 Tenth street north
west. A Gift from Connecticut. ,
"May the Christmas of the boy who
receives this little remembrance be
a happy one," from Mrs. M. Molloy,
of 113 Austin street, Bridgeport,
Conn.
"Christmas thoughts' and cheer for
you In service," from Miss M. C
King, of 2011 Rhode Island avenue
northeast. '
"A Merry Christmas and a Happy
New Year for ajl the heroes at Wal
ter Reed," wrote Miss Kathryn E.
Hodgson, or Box 22. ML Ranlsr, Md.
pltal." read the inscription on a pack
age from Jack Wilson, four years
old, of 1408 V street northwest.
nape's Brands Please.
Sending an assortment of cigarettes.
Miss Edna .Louise Sorgen, of 1012
Park road, said: '"I hope these are
your favorite brands.'
"We are young and we are old, we
are ugly and we are fair, but without
exception we are proud you went
Over There,'" was the expression ac
companying a gift sent byxMrs. M. R.
England, of 1016 Massachusetts ave
nue northwest.
"I hope the contents of this box
will help to make your Christmas
merry," wrote A. V. McDanlel, of 8.
Kann, Sons & Co.
For a soldier and his pal," was
SAYS HE KILLED
TO AVENGE NORSE
of Mrs. I. E. Schwartz, of J877 New-1"10, BretlnJF 'r?.m "'! "arT..Slb,ey
xanr, ui ov Bvicvb avutwncsi.
A big box of presents was con
ton street northwest.
Three boxes were packed with
small gifts to the wounded soldiers.
playing cards, candy, pins, etc.
"Two Illinois Girls," evidently war
workers, sent a-box of cigarettes, a
box of matches; "to light our cigar
ettes," and a big box or candy for
"two Illinois soldiers" at "Walter
Reed.
A fifteen-pound package of candy
was the girt of the girls of council
Inn, 1017 I street northwest. Two
sets of Vlctrola record. Including pa
triotic, concert, song, and dance rec
ords, were received from O. J. De Moll
& Co, Twelfth and G streets northwest.-
Greetings Varied.
Many and varied were the greet
ings that accompanied the gifts sort
ed by The Times t oday for the sol
diers at Walter Reed Hospital. On
almost every package, or box, con
ed by The Times today ror the sol
dier, was some cheery phrase, con
veying Yuletlde- greetings.
'Sincere Christmas greetings and
Not Too Late
To. bnv that diamond rift for your sweetheart, wife, sister, or
' mother ven if today is only two days off from that merry"Yule-
tide day. We will be deligntea to snow you our stocJe of diamond
jewelry.
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trlbuted by the office force or Fred
J. White Iron Works. Personal
greetings were sent by the men who
contributed.
'Soldier's Orphan Gives.
Among the big collection or cheery
greetings was occasionally round a
note which plainly showed that the
gift was sent from a home where the
war had taken toll. Clara Browning,
or 1014 Tenth street northwest, who
Is eight years old, said: "This Is from
a little girl whose papa was a soldier,
but jie Is dead now. I would like ,t
hear from the one who gets this pres
ent, for I am sure he has been, 'over
the top.'"
"Here Is a smoke and maybe a
laugh," from Mabel Gray, of tho
Cordova apartments.
"I hope that the one who gets this
pipe and tobacco will enjoy them as
much as I do the sending," from E!
A. Shuster, Jr., the Cordova apart
ments. Far Aa Iowa Bay.
"To some brave Iowa boy," from
Olga Newquist. of Stanton, Iowa.
now at 14 New York avenue north
west. "I have been wanting to do some
thing ror the boys who fought 'over
there.'" said "A Mother." "and this
I evening. The Times gave me the op
portunity. Please accept this gift
with my sincere good wishes." -
"There's a very special message
that this greeting would Impart, and
It's sent this Christmas morning
from the bottom of my heart," from
Helen S. Finn, of 601 Ninth street
southwest.
PRINCE FU8HIMI LEAVES.
Prince Fushlml and his party, are on
the Pacific en route home to Japan
after being guests of the American
Government, the State Department
announced today.
Yonr friend will view' with fnller
pleasure
A gift that has a DOUBLE measure.
Give W. S. S.
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PARKEFUBRIDGET v .
Directs the Attention of
The Belated Shopper
to its
Stock of Men's Ties
HIS stock is so vast that we have thousands of ties
X on display at all times broad silk and knitted
silk in the shades and combinations men select
when they buy.
Men won't sarcastically ask you "Is this a necktie
or a Christmas gift?" They'll .know the minute they
see it Christmas morning that it's a necktie and the
kind they themselves would purchase.
Lot No. 1
. . Over 1,000 Ties a -complete range of -real man-
.- selected patterns on a conveniently placed
'' rack 75c
(6 for $4.25)
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Lot No. 2
. Over 2,000 Ties, of the shades and styles men wear
-' ' --on a conveniently placed, easy-to-select from
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"A comprehensive assortment of other Scarfs in exclusive
designs and of intrinsic quality $1.50, 1.65, $2.00, $2.50, $3.00,
$3.50.
The Avenue at Ninth
(Continued from First Page.)
plained to him that the hospital was
not nnder the Jurisdiction of the Bsl
tlmore pjllce but under that of tlwi
Baltimore county offlrinls la Towsot,
ue went away.
o nimseir says ha then went to
me courtnouse m Towson and" tri'4
to find Justice John Ti Hopkins, the
very man who a few hours later
neia ntm without ball on the charge
of murder.
Ishlda says he was .informed that
Jurtlca , Hopkins bad gone for the
day and ha, then returned to tho
hospital, where with bis new rerelvur
In his pocket, ho lauched and fakMl
and dined with the unsuspecting 'vic-
uui ui njs nairca ana jealousy.
No more compelling example of the
sirange ana aevious pranks fate plays
with the human soul was ever record
ed in medical or legal jurisprudence.
.uere was a man Who had analyzed
every phase, of the human brain In
its minutest and most Intricate work
ing. He knew just where and when
every thought and action or a patient
deviated from the normal. He- had
written an exhaustive volume In his
own language, the seventh edition of.'
which now Ilea on the desk In the
hospital to which he will never re
turn. He was even at the hour or the
murder engaged on an article de
scribing a- newxeyatem or differen
tial psychological diagnosis which
he has originated. And yet as he
went among the patients suffering
with mental afflictions he hugged to
bis own breast delusions no less fan
tastic than theirs and was himself
the victim of hallucinations which
were as much the vapor of his own
Imagination as those of the ward pa
tients he so carefully charted and
tabulated.
The strangest phase of the situa
tion was that he could not recognize
In himself the symptoms he so read
ily detected In others. For weeks he
had attributed every real or fancied
mlsfortune-he had to his fellow work
er. Dr. "Wolff. As he cat at the side
or deranged patients and heard them
make absurd statements which had
no foundation in fact, listened to their
lantasuc rears ana apprehensions
which had no base, he himself lived
In dally fear of Dr. Wolff.
He believed Dr. Wolff was trying
to hypnotize him. He declared Dr.
Wolff had circulated stories to the
effect that he was a German spy and
had thereby Injured him .In the eyes
of his associates, at the hospital. He
could not be dissuaded from the Idea
that Dr. Wolff was responsible, for
his play not being produced as sched
uled for the Christmas holidays.'
He believed Dr. Wolff -was spying
on the private papers on his desk.
And, totally unaware of the turmoil
raging In the brain or his Japanese
associate. Dr. Wolff went about his
duties in the hospital, occupying the
same office with the man. sleeping
ii sn adjoining, room, using tho
ame bath, eating at the same table.
"The murdered man Is described as
amiable and lovable, and no one can
remember that ho ever spoke a sin
gle critical word about the man who
harbored such 111' feeling about him.
At the hospital it was said that unr
doubtedly the most surprised man
when the first shot was fired was
the man into whose body It pene
trated. Fate Staged Tragedy.
It was as If fate, with her tongue
in her cheek, had deliberately staged
the entire tragedy to set at naught
the efforts of men. Behind locked
dcors in the charmingly arranged
rooms of this admirably conducted
Institution were men. and women
whose mental Incapacity was known
and whose Illnesses these doctors had
set out to cure. Yet, coming and go
ing through the institution doors,
free to do as be pleased, was this
doctor whose delusions and violence
were destined to lead him to commit
the cardinal crime and land In a jail
cell.
Just how far his own delving Into
the actions and reactions of the hu
man brain brought about his own
obessions Is a matter of varying
opinions. Whether or not it was tho
constant association with and study
of distorted brains which unseated
his own reason and caused him to se
people and their actions in a gro
tesque and mistaken light, will shortly
be decided by the alienists called
upon to examine Into his mental con
dition. Dr. Edward N. Brush, superintend
ent of the Institution and the chief
under whom Dr. Ishada worked, de
clared that in ail his forty years' ex
perience he had known of only one
mental expert who had gone insane,
snd that doctor was a man who had a
psychopathic personality from the
start.
"Given a well-balanced brain In the
beginning," Dr. Brush declares, "there
need be no apprehension that the
study of insanity wlll'causl insanity,
but were the Individual neuropathic
or slightly pycopathtc at the start.
he might not be able to stand the
strain.
"There are thousands of people who
manager to live, perform their work
and succeed who are not normal
mentally and who constantly surprise
us alienists because they do get by,
but put under any particular strain
or emotional stress, they are very apt
10 conapse."
Dr. Ishlda, himself so often a mem
ber of a committee to examine Into
the sanity or others, will soon race
an examination board. Both the
prosecution and the attorneys for
his defense plan to have expert tests
made. Probably no stranger examina
tion will ever go ot record than that
meeting between eminent psychiat
rists with an eminent psychiatrist.
Dr. Ishlda, unlike the average un
informed patient being examined, will
understand the reason and motlvu
for every question and test. lie may
even be tested by his own newly de
mised pystem of diagnosis. And In"
the end. It may develop that this man,
v.-hose opinion, has resulted In tho
commitment of hundreds of persons
to asylums, both in this country and
Japan, may himself be adjudged Irre
sponsible. No 'Unwritten Un" Plea.
I The unwritten law will positively
not figure In the defense of the Japa
nese professor. In spite of the fact
that he claims to have killed his vic
tim to avengo a woman's honor, his
accusations against Dr. Wolff are so
easily disproved that not even tho
most sanguine attorney would ask an
' American jury to acquit him for that
J reason If the attorneys for the Stale
J do not ask to have him committed, it
I Is probable that his own attorneys,
Elmer R. Hallo and C. C. Grason, will
I ask for a sanity test. In tho mean
time, Ishlda Is destined to spend
Christmas and many weeks following
In hfs gloomy little cell on tho third
tier of the Towson Jail. The Decem
ber grand Jury has Just adjourned,
and unless popular clamor should de
mand, he will not come up for In
dictment until the first Monday in
March.
No one frpra the Sheppard and Pratt
Hospital has called or sent any word
to Dr. Ishlda. Although little Is 'said
there Is a strong reeling of resent
ment among both the medical and
nursing staffs against .the man who
accepted the institution's hospitality
only to finally slay a man beloved
by all. and who had worked tire
lrssly there.'for the past five years.
Aside from hi own counsel his only
visitor was Dr. Matsumoto with whom
he came from Japan last January.
Dr. Matsumoto Is taking an anatomi
cal course at Johns Hopkins. The
third member of the party from Japan
was Dr. Kasokal. who Is studying hy
giene In New York. city.
Defensive .Reaction.
By & curious mental twist, which
alienists call defensive reaction. Dr.
Ishlda Is thought to have attributed
many thoughts and feelings to Dr.
Wolff which he himself experienced.
From the beginning he was at
tracted by a particular nurse. He
thought Dr. Wolff was also attentive
to her, although hospital authorities
declare that Dr. Wolff was not. At
first this young nurse, either from a
desire to be cordial to a stranger in
a strange land, or because she was
flattered by. the attention ofso emi
nent a man,, was very pleasant to
the Japanese. Finally something hap
pened which made her realize that
he was misunderstanding her cordi
ality. From that time on she studl
ously avoided him, Ishlda, either be
cause he was unacquainted with
American conventions or because he.
Infatuated, could not see that It was
his own error which had caused the
change, but attributed it to Dr.
Wolff's Influence.
After he became interested In the
pretty nurse he seemed, oblivious to
the fact" that he had a wife and
children in Japan. Even when asked
yesterday if he wanted to send word
to her of bis predicament, ne snui
his eyes though for a few minutes,
and then said, very indifferently:
"Oh. yes; I. suppose I'll have to let
them know about it."
Sorry for Crime.
He said he was sorry he had done
the shooting, but persisted in his as
sertions that Dr."w"olff had circulated
the story that he was a German spy,
that It was because of her belief he
was a German spy that the pretty
nurse would have nope of him. and
that he knew that Dr. Wolff had
called the police station shortly be
fore the murder asking that the Jap
anese doctor be investigated as a pos
sible German ageqt. When Dr. Brush,
no longer a young roan, bravely dis
armed Ishlda and demanded to know
why he had shot Dr. Wolff, Ishlda re
plied: "He has said that I am a. Ger
man spy. that I am a traitor to my
own country and to this country: so
I killed him."
As he was being led out of the
Institution he laughed long and loud
ly, not bitterly, but Just as if some
one. had Just finished a very funny
story.
"It was not until his arrival at the
Towson Jail that he told the story
that he had killed Dr. Wolff because
a nurse bad been assaulted.
, Dr. Brush, the eminent psychiatrist,
who Is head of the hospital, had Just
hei-un to" worrv about Ishlda's condi
tion, "Whenhe first came to me with
the complaint thai Dr. Wolff was cir
culating the story he. was a German
spy, I laughed heartuy at me ao
surdlty of It." said Dr. Brush. "1
neyer said anything to Dr. Wolff
about It. and were Dr. Wolff alive he
would say he never dreamed Ishlda
had any animosity against mm.
Later, when he complained Wolff was
staring at him and hypnotizing blm.
I told him he was carrying the thing
too far. When he complained that
Dr. Wolff had looked at the papers on
his desk, I demonstrated to him that
Wolff had merely laid his own -manuscript
on the desk wh"le he was lec
turing to "the nurses and using the
blnelcbaard near bv.
"Ishlda had written a little play em
phasizing the difference between cus
toms and conventions in Tqkyo and
New York. One or the patients, who
Is an artist, was painting the scenes.
It developed that the nurses did not
have time to rehearse their parts In
the sketches, and I ordered It post
poned. Ishlda declared that Wolff
was at the bottom of It. It was the
morning before the shooting that 1
realized Ishlda was getting beyond
reason. He came to my residence at
8 o'clock, before I was dressed. His
early visit alarmed me, and I saw him
In my bathrobe. He wanted to com
plain of Wolff again, and I told him
he was carrying things altogether too
far.
"-.aligning Together.
"That same night only a few hours
before the shooting, as I was leaving
the hospital for the night, I round
them laughing and jOKing logemer.
As I said good-night to them, I felt
iiv rrratlnrd. believing that I had
at last dispelled Ishlda's doubts of
Wolff, and that everything wouia oe
all rlchl
"The next development was when
I heard tho shots as I sat In my
r,rrfr tha next morning."
It has now developed that Ishlda
shot Wolff In the back as he was
bending over a desk. Wolff wheeled
around, received a second shot In
the abdomen and fell groaning to the
floor. Ishlda fired a third shot Into
M fnre as he lay dying.
Wolff never spoke and died almost
instantly.
His father. Bev. D. W. Wolff, cam
from Myerstown, Pa., yesterday for
the body. He was grief stricken, but
tried not to be resentful. He said:
"I hope this miscreant will ba
properly punished."
Dr. Brush, who Is editor of the
American Journal of Insanity, first
heard of Ishlda when he sent an
article to the Journal from Japan.
When Ishlda arrived in this country
last January, he at once sought out
Dr. Brush, who gave him letters of
Introduction.
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STREET BAR HEADS
DISCUSSTRANSFERS
(Continued from First Page.)
ward keeping the railway from finan
cial rocks. The two together, maae
an exceedingly- strong -financial ag
gregation, despite upsets of the war
and the 6-cent fare.
Capital Traction Better Off.
The Capital Traction Company is
conceded to be the most successful
street railway line In the United
States on a 5-cent fare and shows a
disposition to concede more to the
public than the other company. This
prosperity under adverse "circum
stances Is due to the ownership of
compact mileage operating through
congested areas, with comparatively
little trackage that Is not profitable.
The Washington Railway and Elec
tric has twice as much trackage, a
large part of which Is Into unprofit
able suburban sections;
After the conferences this after
noon, a date will be fixed for a hear
ing, and the report of Mr, Beeler will
be made public The hearing Is ex
pected to attract large crowds in
view of the appointment by civic or
ganizations of committees to attend
and present requests for transfers at
definite points.
As heretofore told In these columns.
the attitude of tho railroads Is one of
agreeing to- a romparatlvely small
the hauls will- be exceedingly short, I
and -of opposing "transfers htt via
give the public hauU"onMerJ' long."
Mr. Beeler has not recommended
transfers where this prirllega would
enable passengers to abuse It by
round-trips, or otherwise, but he, does
favor. It la understood, free transfer
on longer hauls than the roads want
to give, and also favors transfer, at
Junctions like Peansylraals, trenaa
and Fourtenth street, that would ac-
commodate thousands of workers.
There are exshanged at thta, point now
1-cenV transfers from which the cxa
panlcs derive about ,E6 la reraaua
each year. r !
Unless the railroads show a spirit
of liberality as to transfers that will
be of genuine benefit to the public,
there unquestionably will bo a wide
spread 'demand' that the commission
revoke Its former decision granting
5-cent fares and once mora, take up.
this subject In, conjunction with free
transfers.
The public has manifested a strong
feeling on the transfer -question. leav
ing nothing undone through Its civic .
organizations to make It plain that "i
the people neueve ue rauroaas should
be generous and that the utilltlei
commission, should compel considera
tion If necessary.
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JAPANESE FARMHAND
KILLS 2; ENDS OWN LIFE
HUTCHINSON, Kans . Dec 23.
Mrs. Glenn Snell and her fifteen-year-r.ld
daughter, Nola, were murdered
Saturday afternoon at their home
near Lerado, Reno county, while
Snell. a farmer, was absent from
home.
Ho returned late at night and
found tho bodies' and that or 31. Ta
kashlshl, a Japanese farm hand, who
had committed suicide by shooting
Infatuation of the Japanese for thf
glrl Is said to have been the cause
of themurdrrs.
Swltt A Company! sales of beef In
Washington. D. c for tho week ending
ftaturday. December 21. 1318. nreraced aa
follows: Oomestle bf. II. tt cents Aln.
Cattle Buying For '
Swift & Company
Swift & Company buys more than 9000 Head of cattle
on an average, every market day.
Each one of them is "sized up" by experts.
Both the packer's buyer and the commission- salesman must
judge what amount of meat each animal will yield, and how fine it
will be, the grading of the hide, and the quantity and quality of the fat.
Both must know market conditions for live stock and meat
throughout the country. The buyer must know where the different
qualities, weights, and kinds of cattle can be best marketed as beef.
If the buyer pays more than the animal is worth, the packer loses
money on it If he offers less, another packer, or a shipper or feeder,
gets it away from him.
If the seller accepts too"iittle, the live-stock raiser gets less than
he is entitled to. If he holds out for more than it is worth, he fails
to make a sale.
A variation of a few cents in the price per hundred pounds is a
matter of vital importance to the packer, because it means the -difference
between profit and loss.
Swift & Company, U. S. A.
Washington Local Branch, 10-14 Center Market
D. T. Dutrow, Manager
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