DIRECTOR LEAVES JOB
ON LEPER ISLE AFTER
QUARTER OF CENTURY
HONOLULU, Aug. 13. (/P)—Almost
a quarter of a century in the serv
ice of the inmates of Kalaupapa, the
“saddest spot on earth, on “the
lonely leper isle of Molokai,” was
completed recently when John D.
McVeigh retired as superintendent
of the settlement and assumed a su
pervisory and advisory position for
the leprosy receiving station at Kal
ihi. Honolulu.
McVeigh was succeeded as supen
intendent by Ralph L. Cooke, former
superintendent of the wireless de
partment of the Mutual Telephone
Co. Dr. W. J. Goodhue, who has
served as physician at the settle
ment since 1902, also retired and
was succeeded by Dr. Harold Mar
shall, who has been at the settle
ment in Louisiana.
Reviewing his service on the small
triangular shelf between raging ocean
breakers and the virtually impassa
ble windward cliffs of Molokai which
houses the settlement, McVeigh said
that the three greatest changes were
the building of a poi factory, the
introduction of motion pictures to
the colony, and the discovery of the
IVan Chaulmoogra oil specific for
the treatment of the inmates. These
provided palatable food, distraction
for the mind, and relief and perhaps
cure for the body he said.
The Chaulmoogra oil specific is
more efficacious at the Kalihi re
ceiving station, for its greatest ef
fect is obtained in the early stages
of the scourge and Kalaupapa re
ceives only relatively advanced cas
es. So highly does McVeigh regard
the treatment that he predicted the
close of the Molokai settlement with
in 20 years if diseased persons would
surrender themselves and receive in
jections in time. Education and the
enlisting of public support for the
territory’s fight against leprosy are
aims to which he intends to devote
himself.
“Almost every passenger steamer
arriving here from the mainland has
some contribution to the tuberculosis
sanitariums,” he commented. “But
little is done for the lepers. There
is too much of the attitude, ‘Oh, he’s
a leper; send him to Molokai to
die’.”
As the first man who gave his
undivided attention to the settlement,
McVeigh was called upon to do a
great deal of pioneering work, inter
ested the inmates in baseball, horse
racing and other sports that would
help them to forget their condition
and brought them to realize that
they were not outcasts but “vic
tims of a certain disease.”
Describing the patients, McVeigh
said: “They are first rate. They
come info my yard to work, but
they would never think of entering
my house. They are law-abiding and
it is remarkable what little disciplin
ing they need if they are all treated
alike.
“When the United States entered
the war I called the lepers together
and told them that things might be
a little hard and food short. ‘That’s
all right,’ said their spokesman ‘So
long as the country is in trouble
we’ll not complain.’ They invested
all they could in war savings stamps,
some buying more than they could
afford, but they never tried to sell
the stamps until the war was over.
During a Red Cross campaign the
settlement raised $999.70, and the
lepers wanted to make clothes for
the boys in France. I explained to
them as carefully as I could that we
could not send nothing because it
would not be accepted, but that did
not stop them and they subscribed
money to have clean persons do the
work.”
Climbing a tree James Mcllvane of
Greensburg, Pa., got his feet caught
so that he hung head downward for
several hurs until rescued.
The racing shell of Lewis Heiland
was sunk by a rock which fell or was
thrown from a bridge near Philadel
phia, but the oarsman swam safely to
shore.
George Hazeltine of Los Angeles
disposed of his $500,000 estate in a
will penciled on the hem of a white
petticoat.
"Smile With Nile” Saturday night, t
GASOLINE TAX IN WASH.
BUILDS ROADS FOR STATE
TACOMA, Aug. 13. (JP)—The high
ways of Washington have received
$6,175,300 from the slate gasoline
tax since Aug. 31, 1921. The tax
now is two cents a gallon, having
been raised from the original oue
cent levy. At present the yield from
the tax is close to $250,000 monthly,
a sum sufficient to pave 10 miles of
highway that already has been grad
ed.
All money from the gasoline tax
is used to build roads. This fund
and the license fees from automobile
drivers have been largely responsible
for the improved highway system in
the state.
SAAR TO HAVE NEW STAMP
BERLIN, Aug. 13. (/P)—A new
postal stamp with the picture of the
Virgin Mary will be issued in the
Saar district, the Catholic Germania
reports. The engraving will be a
reproduction of the famous painting
in the chapel of Bliescascel on the
Saar.
Similar stamps previously have
been issued on different occasions
by Bavaria, Hungary and the Duchy
of Leichtenstein.
FEW GIRLS GO UNBOBBED
HOLLYWOOD, Cal., Aug. 13. (/P)—
The role of a school girl in motion
pictures no longer is being handled
by the lass with bobbed hair, it was
revealed here recently. The unso
phisticated school miss now is iden
tified by her long tresses.
While seeking a player for the
part it was found that approximately
95 of every 100 girls between 16 and
20 years of age had been lured by
the call of the bobbing barber.
Smile With Nile” Saturday night.
Italy To Buy Six Million
Tons of Coal from Russia
MOSCOW, Aug. 13. (£>)—A contract
for the supply of 6,000,000 tons ot ^
Russian coal and anthracite to Italy
within the next three years recent
ly was concluded by the State Coal
Trust of the Donetz basin with the
Italian firm, Tchiche. The first 2,- ^
000,000 tons will be exported not
later than November 1st of this
year. ]
The Donetz coal basin, which for ,
several years after the revolution re- _
mained in a semi-ruined state, yield
ing an insignificant amount oi coal, ,
was reestablished during the last
two years by the state. The yield
of coal has been brought up to the
prewar level, but as the Soviet in
dustries are working only at 45 per
cent of the pre-war standard, they
are unable to consume the quantity
of hard fuel brought to the surface.
Consequently an enormous supply of
ready coal has accumulated at the
Donetz basin which finds no market, j
Before the world war Russia export
ed only a small quantity of coal.
JAPAN HONORS MOVIE STARS
TOKIO, Aug. 12. (£>)—'That the Jap- ‘
anese are as enthusiastic about mov
ing pictures and movie stars as are
the film fans of America was recent
ly evidenced by a prize contest for
the most popular Japanese cinema
player. The contest was conducted
by the Miyako Shimbun of Tokio, one
of the leading amusement newspa
pers of the capital, and the winner,
Miss Nobuko Satsuki, received 1,313,
553 votes. Both male and female play
ers were eligible. Miss Satsuki is
noted for her “vamp” roles.
“Smile With Nile” Saturday night.
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BUENOS AIRES, Aug. 12. (£>)—
I wo Argentine sportsmen, Messrs.
Braun and Schik, are at present en
gaged upon an attempt to reach New
York by motorcycle, with sidecar, the
machine being of American make.
The travelers left Port Madryn,
Patagonia, May 17, and recently pass
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