tery wie REA J ¥ YEAR 01; No. 305. ° The report of Mr. Horace L. Brit- tain, Toronto, efticiency expert who made a survey of the Kingston Gen- eral Hospital and whose findings Is now in the hands of the board of governors of the hospital, consists of fMty-seven pages. On Tuesday the Whig gave exclusively his findings 4s to the administration of the institu- tion and the action of the board in offering the position of superintend- ent to Mr. Fraser Armstrong. The following is a copy of Mr. Britain's report which deals with "The neces- sary qualifications of a hospital chief' executive: In the opinion of the writer, bas- ed on detalled study of the dutles of a superintendent, in teaching hos- pitals, the chief qualifications re- quired in a superintendent are: " 3--Administrative ability and experience. 2.--TForce of character. ' $~Good general education. 4.~ADility to co-operate and se- cure on. B ity to meet 'the pubic. S~~An faostinct for economy. has been raised ¢ or mot the superintendent 6 8 mo x may become necessary in some cases to have a superintendent who is an able medical man and who, on ac- ' gount of his prestige, can insist on proper standards: but, in a hospital which bas full time or even half- time heads of medical, surgical and other services, the conditions ere diferent. a The Hne of progress is mot nec- easarly toward a medical superin- fendent, but towards the increasing of facilities, for the supervision of the visijing staff. In & teaching hospital, la saperintend- got may be a medical man, but in seality he cannot bs a medical sup- J » He is and must be EP excluded from the treat- "ment of the sick. His relations to "medical statf, except perhaps in grave emergency, are noi pro- but simply disciplinary and motor cars, the pos- ly of emergency arising is ex- ly remote. If sufficient care is 1 allocated 'to tment of the senior mem- the resident stall, conceiv- emergencies will be adequately care of. 5 jo only reasond for insisting on ll Man are: thle increase of prestige possibility of securing pdience from "Wmredical As far as the second 'is concerned, it is very doubtful whether a med- ical man as superintendent will, on the average, respond more readily to directjons by the medical staff than a.layman who has no opinion on strictly medical or surgical pro- fessional matters. It is true that lay superintendents may disregard or go pontrary to professional direction or advice. So may medical sdperin- tendents. In both ceses, it is apt to be rather the result of negligence and incompetence than of intent. The main thing is to get an admin- tstrator of education, good sense and ability who stands on his rights, but recognizes the limitations of his pro- per field. Ninety-five per cent. of a superintendent's duties are purely administrative without any ' direct reference to medical or surgical con- trol. His duty is not to treat the sick, but to bring about the cond!- tions and render the services neces- gary for proper care of the sick by those whose function it is. It is his duty to supply, under the board, the tools and workshops in good condi- tion. In fine, the first requirement is a real superintendent. If he "is also a medical man, but with his first permanent interest in admin- {stration not {n medicine, he has an additional but not essential qualifi- cation. When employing a superintend- ent the scale of salary is determin- ed largely by the qualifications of the candidates. If he has two strings to his bow, that is if he is expert in two directions, the amount of re- muneration will of course be af- fected by the amount of his possible limited amount of money for the superintendent's salary, It would seem that on the average the best value gan be obtained from a lay superintendent. ---------- GENEROUS TO POSTIES. Dismissed Men Granted Retiring Allowance by Department. Toronto, Dec, 31.--It is stated in postal circles that a number of the men who were dismissed on Sept. 1st, following the strike last sum- mer, have been generously treated ¥y the postal department. The men i and the salary they received prior to the strike, 5s well as delng given a month's gratuity, or retiring al- lowsuce, ' POLICE AND RUN SNUGGLERS BATTLE New Year's Champagne and Five Men Are Captured PPP 2000 20090 by + ¢ CANADA TO RECEIVE NEW YEAR'S PAYMENTS ¢ HTH jill ¥ ¥ {o0ss000000%00e *sesesasecosssee earnings in either line. Granted a|- | stated that KINGSTON, ONTARIO. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1084. ~ (ODNGH, "1924 | foW SIGNING OFF gveRYBoDY, GoopNGAT ae rian | The Whig Wishes Its Readers A H FRANK C. PRIESTLAND S VERY SUDDENLY Jured in Auto Accident. Frank C. Priestiand, Toronto, badly inju on the night of the 17th, when car, driving through a storm on the way from Montreal, turned turtle at the top of Barrie. field hill, died suddenly in the Gen- éral Hospital at about seven o'clock Wednesday morning. The cause of death was pulmo- nary embolism, brought about when a piece of clotted blood, from one of the injured vessels, got into the circulation and clogged the lung. Tuesday night several Shriners had visited their ailing brother and he was in great spirits. He slept sound- ly and woke at about 6.30 am, ve- marking to the nurse that he felt fine. At about seven o'clock he he felt "gueer." A house surgeon was called and Dr. Bogart immediately summoned, but in spite of all that could be done death ensued in a few minutes and The attending physician, and all the members of the staff are greatly depressed over the sudden passing of a man who had endeared himself to all by his cheerfulness and won- derful courage. Born in Hamilton, the deceased had made a wonderful success of his life and had been * prominent as a theatrical manager and promoter, being associated with L. Solman, Toronto, in theatre en- terprises in Toromto, Montreal and wa. The news of the sudden passing of Mr. Priestland was received with sincers regret by many friends in He was a member of the order and also the Shrin- 1 BF pa 8 CROWN LDP A On Bela of Pel Sik, Now in Penta. Téronto, Dec. $31.--Owing to the initiative of the attorney-general for Onterjo, when the appeal from the sentence passed on Aemilius Jar- vis, sr., shall be heard by the divis- fonal court at Osgoode Hall, Peter Smith's case will be considered, too. In other words, a somewhat un- usuel thing has come to pass: The crown hes appealed in a criminal case. : The attorney-gencral advances this as a ground for an appeal from the sentence imposed on the form- er provincial treasure. "That Aemilius Jarvis, the elder, is appealing against the sentence im- posed on him for the indictable of- tense of which he, the sald Aemilius Peter Smith was convicted of con- : | ve day in and day out deliv- ¢ ered to them the newspaper. + + * P6920 000000000200 Farmer Immigrants. Winnipeg, Dec. 31.--Plans for a huge colonizing undertaking, spon- sored by the Roman Catholic church, will, when completed bring hund- reds of British families of the hest type to the farm lands of Western Canada during the Summer of 1925, says the Daily Tribune. Thousands of acres of prairie lands and a vast capital expenditure are involved in the project, in which the negotiations have now reached an advanced stage. The three partieg to the negotia- tions held so far, are the church, the provincial governments of the west, and the Canadian National Rallways. Conferences to consider the appy THE NEW BROADCASTER A WAITS PPP PPTRPPOCOIOIPITROSDS * x * 4 CONFESSES TO KILLING * FOUR OF FAMILY ¢ re * Logansport, Ind, Dec. 31.-- @ # Mrs. Emma Hobough, 33-year- ¢ © old widow, confessed that she & #4 killed the four members of her ¢ ¢ family, found dead Monday in ¢ & the farm home, eight miles @ & from here, according to Sheriff & & Walter Bowyer, of this (Cass) & & county. She was known to be ® 4 demented for some years. + * * PPP PSOBIOIOPIOIOISTTOS News of f the Wires In Condensed Form The Prince of Wales will Madrid earty in Jaduary. The Italian ministry is shaken by the resignations of ministers. The Russian soviet has ordered one hundred fighting airplanes. Honey export trade little over 1,000,000 pounds. France and Germany resume ne- gotiations of commercial treaty. Berlin ¢s looking for possible com- promise over Cologne evacuation is- sue. Toronto city with cheque for $16,000 from Royal Win- ter Fair. Gemmany wants same etatus as Switzerdand in joining League of Nations. The Allied conference in Paris next week may revise the repara- tion percentages. The Ontario highways minister proposes a revision of the highways policy, assigning greater cost to visit bodies were toppled into the water and room made for more victims. STEAMSHIP AQUITANIA IS DELAYED BY STORM MAY CUT OFF ALL CREDITS To Europe U France Does Not Pay the US. Delt. COLDGES ATITTODE. President Does Not: Favor In- mediate Agitation n the Matter of Loans. Washington, Dee. 31. -- The flareup in the Senate and the House over suspicion on the pant of some senators and representatives that at| the French Government is inclined to repudiate its war debt of nearly four billion dollars to the United States is not to be the ending of | the matter as far as Congress is concerned, unless France takes steps to make 'ds definite arrangement with this country for discharging its obli- gations. 3 It was indicated today that if mo definite proposal comes from France within a reasonable period, a reso- lution will be offered in the Senate expressing in its terms that it is the sense of that body that American bankers should not make any addi tional private loans to debtor gove ernments associated with the Unit= © od States in the world war if they =. do not follow the ree of Great. Britain in arranging to liquidate their indebtedness. - While it is conceded that such & resolution would have no binding effect on Americar bankers, Some senators hold that an expression of the sense of the Senate along the line indicated would influence hanks ing interests in this country to with= hold any financial assistance to deb- tor natiofis which have mot shown a disposition to pay their war time and post-wartime debts to thls. country. The ad i _govetn~. ing and since the Great 'War: ; in Burope in 1914, American banks ing interests have sought the views of the State Department before une dertaking to advance large sums to. other nations, and have been influei: enced by the department's attitude. i I-- Ooolidge's Attitude. 4 President Coolidge, it was learned today, does not sympathize with any immediate agitation of the sygges~ tion that the Bemate should make declaration intended to influence private bankers. He is understood to be of the opinion that only ia - cases where loans by American bankers to foreign governments or nationals would be against the best interests of this country, would the United States Government be just- ified in advising that such loans be barred. Before embarking on & po=- liey of that.character, the press dent, it was gathered, would walt further developments with references to the intention of debtor nations 36 Hours Late at New York-----|?%%** Made Only 220 Miles in 24 Hours. S-- New 'York, Dec. 31.--The wea- ther encountered by the Cunard lin- er Aquitania, which is expected tp dock here to-night, thirty-six hours late, has been of such a nature that .| the vessel made only 220 miles be- i i ie fil | f ih : i 3 Ki tween noon last Friday and noon Saturday. Information to this effect is contained in redio dispatches re- colved at the offices of the steam- ship company here. The. Aquitania left Cherbourg at 7 p.m. last Wednesday with more than 1,000 passengers. She ran into stormy weather and high seas late Among the passengers are the Duke and Duchess of Sutheérland, Major-General Sir Newton James commander of the Australian ) Forces from 1910 to 1917, Sir Arthur Shirley Benn, mem- Ser of parliament from Plymouth since 1910, and Lady Bean. -------------- College Changes Name, - Durham, NC. Dec. 31.--The Ottawa, Dec. 31.~Immigration to Canada from all sources for the first eleven months of the present year totalled 121,685, according to an official statement issued today by