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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-31
of the ambulance when going on emer-
gency calls.
An Example Cited.


IF the Emergency Hospital ambulance
had to be run on twelve-mile per
hour schedule. with a little leniency
given them as special privilege by
the police, who will assume RESPONSE
bility for that unfortunate individual
awaiting the arrival of the hospital
surgeons, whose chief object Is to save
life but whose aim is always to allie
viate suffering? Only today We had an
example of the necessity for speedy
running, in excess of the trafho reg
ulations, where an excavation buried
man, pinning him beneath three tons
of earth and brick. badly mutilating his
body. We were delayed by the speed
regulation in reaching this man. If
ever poor mortal needed attention
promptly this one did. Three other
calls answered today found the patients
carried into. drug stores and private
lance was too SLOW in reaching the
scene.
TT is my intention to cooperate with
the police department. We have worked
in harmony for years. But bellete
that my twelve years Of experience In
a busy Emergency Hospital. where TO-
600 emergency cases are treated an
nually, gives me the right to voice my
opinion before, the public in regard to
this seemingly unnecessary speed reg
ulation Of Emergency Hospital ambu-
lances requiring to reach various cases
on a certain schedule fixed by the po-
lice.
IF this new policy is to be held in
force, then the high efficiency of the
service will be largely reduced. to the
detriment Of the suffering public We
are here to serve.
Criticism has been made that the
ambulances unnecessarily run at ex-
cessive speed returning from calls.
Nine cases out of every ten where the
ambulance returns to the hospital with
out a patient, the patient having been
treated at his home. 1t Is to make an
additional run on some other call OF
distress or serious injury
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SISTER MARY FRANCES
DIES IN BALTIMORE
Funeral to Be Held Tomorrow
Morning, With Interment at
Mount Washington.

Sister Mary Frances De Sales. well
known in this city for her work at St.
vncent's Orphan Asylum and at
the Gonzaga School. died yesterday at
the Convent of Mercy. Baltimore, fol-
lowing a brief illness. Funeral services
are to be held tomorrow morning. and
interment is to be at the Sisters ceme-
terry at Mount Washington. Baltimore.
A native of West Virginia, SISTER
Mary Frances was Miss Mary Prem
dersast before she took her vows as
professed Sister of Mercy in 1897. Be
sides her stations in Washington. she
had been stationed at several schools
in Baltimore. At the time Of her death
she was stationed at St Peter
School.
She was for time nurse at Mercy
HOSPITAL, and she served in that capac-
ity in the Spanish American war. JOIN
ing band of sisters from baltimore.
She was stationed at Chickamausa'
Tenn. 81
A sister. Miss Ruth Prendersast OIL
Kansas City. Mo-. is living.
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In Memoriam.
EDWARDS.

EDWARDS. In loving remembrance NJ
my dear father RICHARD Ed
WARDS who died eleven years ag"
today. March 81. 1905. and my dear
mother. SUSAN JOHNSON EDWARDS.
who died nine years ago. December
7,1s0s.
Gone but not forgotten
HELEN EDWARDS THOMAS.
GASkINS. In sad but loving renem-
brance of our dear daughter and our
loving sister. VIOLA GASKINS. who
departed this life one year ago today
March 81. 1915.
Sweet and peaceful he her rest.
Forget her we cab never.
Cod called her He knew best.
His will he done forever.
You suffered much Won murmured not.
We watched Won day by day.
Until at last. with broken hearts,
We saw you pass away.
precious from has c"n"
The voice we all loved * still
A place is vacant In our home
Which never can he filled
BY HER DEAR FATHER, MOTHER
AND BROTHERS.
LETFINGNELL. In sad hut loving
memory of my dear mother. EFFlE
DARLING ElEFFINGWEL who
passed from this life one year ago
today March 81. 1915.
By HER son, ERNEST u. LETTING
WELL.
LEWIS-GASkINS. In sad and loving
remembrance of my husband and our
father. JOHN +. LEWIS. who died
March 81, 1913, and our only sister.
DORA r GASkINS. who died two
years ago today, March 81, 1914.
The midnight is beaming
Upon silent graves.
Where sleep without dreaming
The could not SaN"-
LOVING, WEE AND Oh DIR y.
BROTHER BUZZ AND SISTER
LOUISE.
MANG. In loving remembrance of our
devoted wife a:ld mother. MAI ID
ERNIE MAN,i tnee HoffmannD, who
departed this life three years ago TO-
day March 81. 1918
HER HUSBAND AND CHILDREN.
NICHOLSON. In loving remembrance
of our dear father. ROBERT j.
NICHOLSON. who passed away seven
wears ago today. March 81. 1909.
BY HIS SONS EARL AND ELMokE.
SMALLNOOD. In loving remembrance
of our dear husband and father
STEPHEN SMALLWoop, VIII" died
twelve years ago today. March 81.
1904.
BY HIS DEVOTED WIFE MARIA.
HIS son JAMES a. AND DAUGHTER
EDMONlA.
yERIANDER In memory Of WILL
LIAM r. NERLANpEf;. WI" died
eight years ago today. March 81. 1905.
BY HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER.
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School Association Meets Tonight.

The Cleveland Park School and Com
munity Association is to meet at s
o'clock this evening at the John Eaton
School. 34th and Lowell streets. Mai.
d. e. Aultman, L. S. A. will tell of
some of the out-of-the-way expert
enceS of an army man. and business of
local and general interest will be con-
sidered.
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DIED..

AUFFoRT. On Wednesday. March 90.
1915. at 1890 pm. at his residence.
482 l. street southwest, CHARLES F.,
Sr., beloved husband of Sarah II.
Auffort
Funeral services at the residence Sat-
urday. April 1. at pm. Interment
at Congressional cemetery. 81"
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be compelled In the courts by several
processes
IT,. men who are behind the move
ment are working quietly. proceeding
on facts properly substantiated, and,
they say, in the spirit of fullest CO.
operation with the authorities. They
explain that they want to help enforce
the laws, not to attack them, but that
they are prepared to go to full lengths
to stamp out determinations.
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British Steamer Carly Disabled

HALIFAX, \. s., March 31.-The
British steamer Carly has been picked
up disabled at sea by the steamer
Fogoa and is being lowed to this port.
according to message received here
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Should Not Be Eampered.

Not only give them the right of
way, but leave the regulation of the
speed of such specially provided for
vehicles or motor driven cars to the
judgment of the physicians or others
in charge of the ambulance or other
vehicle.
Especially would leave such regula-
ton of speed to the ambulance surgeon.
1t goes without saying that no intelligent
physician or surgeon in charge of an
ambulance out on an emergency call de-
sires to run down. injure or kill a
pedestrian while going to the relief of a
patient. 1t is therefore taken for
granted that the ambulance surgeon in
charge of the ambulance on a run will
regulate the speed of mis- driver accord
ing to the urgency of the case he is
making the run for, if by chance he hap
pens to know the nature of the case.
which is not the rule but the contrary
in the large majority of instances.
From my personal professional eX-
perence of three years on the Emer-
sency Hospital ambulance as surgeon
J have never met with an ACCIDENT tnc
injury of pedestrian Or property. This
has not alone been my experience in this
city, but in New York city, where | filed
similar position for one of the largest
hospitals doing emergency work The
sounding OF gong or the footing of a
big horn may create the impression that
an ambulance is going at excessive
rate of speed. This is not always the
case.
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Does Not Indorse Reckless Driving.

Il naturally think along the line Of
public safety. and ] certainly would be
the last one to indorse reckless driving.
But if | was making a run with the
Emergency Hospital ambulance | would
endeavor to reach the injured person in
the quickest possible time. II matters
little whether the case be of hemor-
rhage or fractured limb, the suffering
is intense in the latter and nothing in
the former. 1t is not the diagnosis of
the case which counts for rendering
rapid aid. for we never get the condi-
ton of the patient until we see him. 1t
may be "A gas poisoning or bichloride
case, a GunShot wound of a vital part
ruptured appendix, cut throat or a
nose bleed-and ! may state that the
last mentioned condition may terminate
lily well as any of the other mem
toned cases.
1T is a pity, indeed. that Congress
forgot to give fire. police and ambu-
lance vehicles the right to use excess
siVe speed when it is necessary. But
would rather be in error a regards the
law than bear upon my shoulders the
knowledge that ] arrived TOO late in "A
desperate case to be of professional aid.
Time in reaching "A patient is the es-
Sence of hiGh-c1aSS emergency ambu-
lance service. The delay of minute
or two has meant in the past and viii
mean in the future. the loss of life that
might have been saved could a skilled
physician have reached the patient
quicker
1T is unfortunate that one of the
hardest things that Washington has
had to contend with is the educating
of the public to use at least reasonable
care in occupying that portion of the
public thoroughfare allotted to their
use. ! have yelled, begged and pleaded
| with pedestrians to get out of the way
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Was Beyond Recovery.

Following the inquest. at which DR..
William Carr, the deputy coroner, who
performed an autopsy on the body, had
testified that Mrs. Everly's death was
due to the fact that her chest had been
crushed. DIR. j. Ramsay hewitt, the cor
oner. declared nothing could have
saved the womans life.
Time had nothing to do with it,"
said Dr.. hewitt. The autopsy showed
conclusively that the woman's chest
had been crushed and the wound on her
head did not cause her death. 1t was
surprising that she lived as long as she
did"
The coroner said further that even
if a physician had been present at the
time he would have been unable to save
her life
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SAYS MRS. EVERLY'S DEATH
WAS DUE TO ACCIDENT
Coroner's Jury Returns Verdict in
Case of Woman Run Down by
Automobile.

The death of Mrs. Margaret Everly,
sixty-two years old, Of 632 North Caro-
lima avenue southeast, who was struck
by an automobile Wednesday night on
Pennsylvania avenue near 18th street
southeast, was the result of an acct
dent. according to a verdict of a cor
oner's jury at an inquest yesterday
afternoon.
John McCabe, eighteen years old. of
Good Hope road. who was operating
the automobile at the time of the &C
cident, was exonerated from blame.
DR.. F. V. Meriwether of Casualty
Hospital, who went with the ambu-
lance to treat and remove the patient
to the hospital, testified at the inquest
in answer to a question, that the round
trip from the institution to the scene
of the accident consumed thirty five
minutes.
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st. Louis bank clearings in 1918 ag-
grega ed 53.52S,336.
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WANT UN|FORMRULE
ON MOTOR TRAFFIC

Continued from First Page.)
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In memory Of W IL
LIAM Il. NERLANpEE. VII" died
eight years ago today. March 81. 1905.
BY HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER
The Prescott daily news., 1916-02-15
ROSSTON NOTES.

The fourth annual session of the Old Fiddlers' Contest has passed into history. The exercises this year were the best in the history of the insti- tuition.
 The large school building was lit erally packed with people eager to witness the performance. The order was almost as good as at church.
 The prizes were as follows: Best band $10, to Carolina band, led by Clarence Dunn; second best $5, to Glendale band, led by Mir. Edwards; best single fiddler $2, to Mir. Tom Whitehead, the veteran fiddler of Rosston; best left handed fiddler. Tom Norton; youngest fiddler, Joe Baily of Holly Springs; best lady fiddler, Mrs. Willie Taylor; ugliest fiddler Jim Sewell, though MT. Sewell thikns the honor, possibly, was bes- lowed undeservedly.
 We think before the next session some radical changes will be made in the management, We think next time home talent will not be al lowed to compete for prizes. The writer believes this will be a wise arrangement.
 We forgot to mention that the third prize, s2.50, went to Otwell Brothers band of Gale, led by our esteemed friend, MT. Luther Otwell.
 The management will be pleased if bands thinking of entering the con- test next year will begin early with their preparations and they will also thank you for suggestions about judges or any other points touching the question of a fair deal for every body
 School is moving along nicely, lack ing only two months of the close. We are pleased to have several new stu dents last week, from adjoining com munities whose schools have closed.
 The Sunday School here seems to be falling off in numbers but we had an interesting lesson this week on the subject, Striving for the Christ Spirit" Parents please bring your children and let's teach them the beautiful lessons of the Bible, the best book in the world.
 Committee. Fresh MarshmellOws in large size packages l0c, at Hesterly Drug Store.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-02-15
GUM GPOVE.

Health is better now in this conT- munity than it has been for some time.
 Arlice Pittman, one of the former students of Shady Grove, has started to school out here and We are very glad to enroll him.
 Everyone is invited to come to our debate next Friday, Feb. Is, 1916. The subject which we are going to discuss is, Resolved, that the women of the U. s. should be given the right to suffrage" We had one last Fri day, the subject being, Resolved, that the U. S. should enter on a new md enlarged policy of military. prepara- tion." On the affirmative side was Roy Peachey, Mcrrette Switezer and Oscar Stone; on the negative was Corbette Hale, Ray Peachey and Johnnie Francisco. The judges were Miss Ruth Holcomb, Messrs. Frank Switezer and Arlico Putnam. They rendered their decision in favor of the negative side. Some one said that somebody else said that Lizzie had Arlice yespied.
 1 MT. and Mrs. Eugene Loe are the happy parents Of a baby girl.
 There is another hoy eyespied up here It is Ivan Rolls, by Rhea, Edith and Mabel.
 l If you hear ar unusual noise up here in this neighborhood at any time don't get scared. It is only J. Fran cisco rattling his oceans. So. bys, bye, for this time.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-02-15
STATE SUPERINTENDENT
 WILL GO TO DETROIT

Little Rock, Feb. ,15.-State Super intendent George E. Cook will leave next Saturday for Detroit, Mich, to attend the annual meeting of the De- partment of Superintendence of the National Educational Association. He has been advised that the prospects are for the largest attendance in the history of the organization. It is be- lieved there will be at least three thousand superintendents of schools, from all sections of the country, en- rolled. MT. Cook expects as many as fifteen from Arkansas, including ]. ]. Doyne of Conway, R. c. Hall of Little Rock. George Reid of Fort Smith, Ury Mckenzie of Texarkana, o. L. Dunaway Of | Springs, and Prof. Root and pr. well of Fay etteville.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-02-15
HAPPENINGS AT THE
 STATE HOUSE.

Little Rock, Feb. 15.-The Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Company of Hartford, Conn.,, has applied for re- admission to the state, having with drawn from business in Arkansas sev- eral years ago.
 The following corporations surren- dered their charters yesterday: Rec tor Telephone Co.,, of Piggott; Rus sellville Iron Works, of Russellville; Cooperative Land and Live Stock Co.,, of Crossett.
 The following new concerns were in corporated:
 Southern Mining Co.,, of Little Rock, to engage in the zinc mining, S10,OO0.
 Southern Hardware Co.,. of Hot Springs, S12,O0O capital, E. L. Cotter president.
 Denning Coal Co.,, of Denning, S10,- 900 capital.
 Brandon Gray. Inc, of Texarkana, confectioner, George B. Gray presi- dent, $5,000 capital.
 Himm- Ramsey Mercantile Co.,, of Bauxite. Harry F.. Hill president, $l0,- 900 capital.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-02-15
RED TO RECEIVE
 EIGHTY THOUSAND
Principal Item Annual Rivers and HarbOrs Appropriations S7,3S2,000 for the Mississippi River.

Washington, Feb 14.-Details of the annual rivers and harbors ap- proprations bills as completed in committee except for the project to deepen East River channel in New York harbor became known tonight. the measure aggregating $40,000,000 and providing only for continuing projects under way will be brought up tomorrow for report to the house with the New York project the only pending question.
 It carries not only cash appropria- tions for every section but numerous authorizations for preliminary ex- aminations and surveys at other places. The principal item in the bill is $7,3s2,o0O for the Mississippi river. This includes $600,000 for dredging the southwest pass in Louis jana, $5,000,000 is provided for im- proving the Mississippi from the head of the passes to the Ohio including Mississippi river commission expen- ses to secure a permanent channel depth of nine feet.
 The money is to be expended for general improvement, levee building and for the improvement of naviga- tion at all stages of. the river and on water causes connected.
 Appropriations carried in the bill include for Louisiana Red River (Ark. and La.) below Fulton, Ark, $55,- 900; bayous Bartholomew, Macon, D'Arbonne, and Corney, and Boeuf and Pensas rivers $11,000.
 The Texas appropriations include Red River between Ouachita river and Fulton, Arkansas, $25,000
 Arkansas appropriations, Ouachi- ta river (Arkansas and Louisiana) lock and dam construction $474 ,00C and open channel work up to Cam den, $25,000, Arkansas river, Ark. and Okla.) including Pine Bluff work and dredging plants operation $2O9, TOO. White river $30,500. For removing water hvacinths obstruct- ing navigation S10,000 in Florida and $20. .000 altogether for Alabama Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-02-15
ARKANSAS RIVERS FARE WELL
 IN HANDS OF COMMITTEES

Little Rock, Feb. 15.-Arkansas rivers have fared very we'll at the handles of the Rivers and Harbors Committee, in contradistinction to the usual course, which has been to re- duce the Arkansas appropriations to a minimum. This time, however, the committee, almost ignored the en- gineers, who practically recommended the abandonment of the Arkansas river improvements. Among the items agreed upon were: Arkansas river $209,0 900, Ouachita $474,0OO, White $30,500, St. Francis and L'An- guile $9,500, Cache $3,000. The en- gineers had recommended $35,0O0 for the Arkansas and $5,000 for the White.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-02-15
HAS INDIVIDUAL DICTINC-
 TION OF WEARING ROSE

Little Rock, Feb. 15.--A. l.. Smith, former alderman and prominent in- surance man of Little Rock, probably has one distinction which can be claimed by no other man in the state. He always wears a rose on the lapel of his coat, winter and summer, spring and fall, in sunshine or snow storm. Sometimes they are hard to get, and he must resort to the con- servatories, but there is a standing reward for any one who will ever see Al Smith without rose.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-02-15
CLEAN DITCRES AND CREEKS

Now is the time for farmers to see to the ditches and creeks; to clean out the trash, limbs and trees, and make an easy path for the flood waters of the summer Co get away. Many spoiled acres could be saved by a few hours work in the spring. A day with a shovel now may be worth fifty dollars next June. New channels may be cut, if desirable, by the farm CTS much cheaper than to let the flood cut them
The Prescott daily news., 1916-02-15
ONE THOUSAND PERSONS
 NEED NATIONS TWO WEEK S

County Judge Harry E. Cook and others signed statement made pub lie Monday afternoon at Lake Village, to the effect that there are one thous- and persons in that city and vicinity, victims of the floods, who will need rations for the next two weeks. It is believed that after that time they will be able to take care of them selves.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-02-15
ARkANSAN VICE CON-
 SUL AT MONTEVIDEO
JnO. C. Terry, Formerly a Resi- dent of Prescott Receives Ap- pOintment-Has Been in So. America for the Past Year.

Jno. C. Terry, a former resident of this city, was recently appointed Vice Consul of the United States to Mon tevideo, Uruguay, by Secretary of State Robert Lansing.
 MT. Terry has been in South Amer ica for the past year, having gone there as secretary to Minister Jeffrey, and will assume the duties of his new position soon. There are a number of this young gentleman's friends in Prescott who wiil be glad to learn of his promotion.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-02-15
Rls BALLOTS TOO 1 MANY IN ELECTION
,,,nreme Court Rules That Num-
 her of Votes in Excess of Poll
 Tax Receipts in Hampstead County.

Evidence in the Hampstead County oot fpht returned by the Supreme fourt to the lower court for a new |rial. shows S45 more votes were cast 1, +be special county seat election (ban there are poll tax payers in the kountv according to the Supreme fonrt's decision given Monday. 1 Hone won over Washington in the |Dwer court. but the decision of the k,,nreme Court keeps the county seat tt Washington.
 Too Many Votes.
 l The Supreme Court held that pre- Irmution of correctness and regular ty of prima facie returns from De- Roan Township was overcome by evi- |ence introduced on behalf of the Sontestants showing that S45 more totes were cast in the special cleo 6on than were shown on official lists f the poll tax payers of the county; hat there was testimony also of il- egal voting permitted by election |ndges in DeRoan Township, and that his testimony, taken together. was !uffcient to overcome the prima facie etums and to shift the burden to Hope of showing that these returns ere in fact correct.
 The court further held that there Eas no testimony on behalf of Hope xplaining how the disparity between he official lists of poll tax payers Ind the prma facie returns occurred.
 Other Grounds.
 Other grounds insisted upon by the 3pntestantS, the court held were mere Irregularities, and there was nothing the record to warrant overturning he finding of the trial judge to the fleet that Irregularities in other cwnships outside of DeRoan were lot sufficient to impeach the entire 3etums from those precincts.
 The case was remanded for new flal' and under authority of the case
 Bowen against Lovewell, 69 Ark. Ol, the appelloes are given the au- horlty, if they can, to purge the re- uns from DeRoan Township, and 1t the cloud that now hangs over it.
 the evidence continues the same, De county seat will remain at Wash hgton.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-02-15
ONE AND ONE-THIRD FARES
 FOR LAYMEN'S MOVEMENT

The railroads of the state have an- nounced a special rate of one and a third fares for the round trip for the convention of the Laymen's Mission ary Movement to be held in Little Rock March l, 2. s and ,. The indi- cations are that there will be large attendance from all over the state. Several hundred delegates were reg istered in a campaign conducted last Sunday in all the Protestant churches of the city.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-02-15
DEPUTY LABOR COMMISSION
 FER NORTHWEST RKANSAS

Deputy Labor Commissioner E. l.. Mckinley is spending this week in Northeast Arkansas, inspecting the woodworking mills of that part of the state.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-02-15
WILL ASSIST HOPE CITI-
 ZENS CONSTRUCT HIGHWAYS

State Highway Commissioner Owen and Engineer Carter will go to Hope Feb. 16 to attend meeting to ar range for the construction of an inn proved highway North and South across Hampstead county, through Hope, distance of about forty miles. The citizens are deeply interested in the project.