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Evening star., 1924-07-14
NORTHEAST TELLS
BELL ITS NEEDS
Citizens Committee Submits
List of ID Requests to En-
/. gineer Commissioner.
RENEW PARK DEMANDS
Ask Bathing Beach, Playground,
Branch Library and Street
Improvements.
RENEW PARK DEMANDS

Fourteen urgent needs of the east
ern end of the city were laid before
Engineer Commissioner Bell today by
a committee from the northeast citi-
zens associations for consideration
IN the estimates now being prepared
for next year
Heading the list is renewal Of
the request for purchase of the Pat
tsrson tract, at Sth street and Florida
avenue northeast for a park This
VIII be handled by the newly created
National Capital Park Commission,
for which. an initial appropriation
VIII be asked for. In these estimates
The petition of the northeast resi-
cents was presented by Evan H.
Tucker. DIR. l. D. Walter and G. H.
Aachenbach. The list of improve
mentS they advocated follows:
An appropriation for new bathing
nea1 n in AnacoStia Park near Eastern
High School.
Would Remove Refused Plant.
Erection by the District Of it's own
rofuSe disposal plant in order that
tho plant in the northeast now rented
by the city may be given up. The
people of the northeast have been
lighting for several years to get the
trash plant out of their neighborhood.
An appropriation for a site for
branch public library in the north
east
Funds to complete the opening of
New York avenue and u street from
Florida avenue to Bladensburg road.
Larger appropriation of funds to
continue the reclamation of the Ana
costa flats and Eastern Branch
Paving of streets in the vicinity Of
the Eastern High School, namely. 9
street northeast from 18th to nth
B, from 18th to 18th. and 18th from
B northeast to A southeast.
Improvement of West Virginia ave-
nue. from Florida to New Yorw ave-
nue..
nupS.
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of the Cuban sanitary campaign with
him, accompanied him to Egypt and
South America and was getting ready
for the African invasion when Genera.
Gorgas was stricken in London en-
route.
Mrs. Gorgas was for ten year, on
the isthmus-the first American wom-
an, with the exception of the nurses,
in the Canal Zone. She not only
braved the dangers of the infested
zone, where men were dying like
flies, but the distrust, scepticism and
ridicule which Doctor Gorgas' mos
quito theory at first evoked. Her
chapters on Panama, with a graphic
account of Roosevelt's dramatic COM
mand, "Clear the way for the SAM
tary Department ~ are the very heart
of the narrative.
AS the Forthcoming biography will
show, yellow fever was the controlling
factor of their life. Doctor Gorgas
would never have been born but for
yellow fever, the epidemic in Mobile,
Ala, in 1858, having brought his moth
er and father together and led to their
marriage; just as the terrible plague
was responsible for the meeting and
romance of William Crawford Gorgas
and Marie Doughty, so dramatically
told in the first chapter of the book.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-04-11

the streams of blood. 1.-TWO men," he
says, "of the Thirty-frst regiment were
on the breach at Fort San, as Talping
leaders for the defense. One was
killed, the other, struck by a shell
splinter, was taken, prisoner. Mr..
Gordon, Mr.. Gordon, you will not let
me be killed!
Take him down to the river and
shoot him = And aside: Put him in my
boat, let the doctor attend him, and
send him down to Shanghai
Gordon not only saved the poor adj
venturers, but where he captured gar
risons of Taipings, he would arm his
prisoners, drill them, and lead them on
to attack fresh cities in the march of
the Ever Victorious army. The odds
were slightly against him, three hun
dred and seventy-five to One-an army
against three hundred and seyenty-five
armies-but his third siege reduced the
rebel capital, which he starved into
surrender The TAPPING generals laid
down their arms to Gordon because he
gave them their lives. Then Ii Hung
Chang jumped in and murdered the
whole gang of generals, and Gordon.
sorely annoyed, for the only time in
his life, carried a gun. For whole
day, revolver in hand, he hunted the
Chinese commander-in-chief through
the streets of 500 Chow, but Ii was too
sly for him, and hid under some mat
ting in a boat until Gordon's rage
cooled down.
This Scotchman who, with forty men
in a steamer, destroyed TAPPING army
near Quin San, had only one weapon
for his personal use-a little bamboo
swagger cane, such as Tommy carries
N the street. 1t was known to the Chi
sese as his Magic Wand of Victory,
with which he had overthrown an army
seven times as big as that of Great
Britain.
The Chinese emperor sent an i'm
perial decree comforting four thousand
pounds and all sorts of honors. Cor
don wrote on the back of the parch-
ment: Regret that owing TO the cir
cumstances which occurred since the
capture of 500 Chow, / am unable to
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-04-11
Coolidge and German Passion PLAYERS

= INJECTION of what White House
officials described as political dis
i cussions' into visit to the White
House of the Oberammergau Pas
sion Players caused President Coolidge
to. cut short his reception TO them.
The Passion Prayers were received
by the President In his office just be-
fore the usual public group of those
wishing to shake hands with the exec
utive. After the players. numbering
about fifteen, had shaken hands with
the President. they grouped them
selves at one side of the office and
Ludwig Nissen of New York, chair
man of the American reception COM
mittee, delivered a short address, ex-
planning that the players We're max
ing their first American tour and were
exhibiting their wood carvings and
pottery.
Mr.. Nissen's address. White House
officials later said. also contained an
appeal TO the American government
TO interpose itself in the German stu
alton. and this. 1t was added. offend
ed the President. because OF its viola
LION OF the international custom
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-04-11
GORDON
A. D. 1885

During the Crimean war, when men
In the trenches before Sebastopol
crowded under their earthworks TO es-
cape the Russian fire, one of the SUBJ
alterns showed fear unbecoming an
officer. The young chap meant no
harm, but as he had TO be taught man.
ners, lieutenant slightly his senior
Invited him up upon the ramparts.
There, arm in arm, the two walked up
and down, the senior making amusing
remarks about the weather, while the
storm of lead swept round them, and
the soldiers watched horror-struck, ex-
pecting both to fall. That officer who
George Gordon.
After eight years of varied service
In many lands, Major Gordon came to
Shanghai, where the British officer
commanding had need of such a man.
The TAPPING rebels at war with the
Chinese government numbered one mil
lion five hundred thousand, holding i'm
pregnable cities, and threatening the
British merchants of Shanghai. These
had raised a force of four thousand
Chinese with white officers, known as
the Ever Victorious army because
they were always thrashed, and Gordon
took over the command. He was
helped by Ii Hung Chang, comman-
der-in-chief of the Chinese armies, but
no great impression had as yet been
made upon fifteen hundred thousand
rebels, intrenched in the impregnable
rock cities, which stood as islands over
fat lands laced with canals. Those
channels made the land impossible for
troops, but Gordon brought steamers,
and where a city fronted him with hun
dreds of guns and tier upon tier of I'M
scalable walls, he steamed round the
canals, cut off the line Of communiea-
lions, then dropped in, unexpected, in
the rear. His attack was always a
most unpleasant surprise to the rebels,
beginning with ugnnery that battered
down the walls, until up slope of
ruins the storming party charged. The
TaIpings, led by white Adventures, de-
Tended the breach with desperation,
and Gordon would weep because of the
slaughter. his gentle spirit shocked at
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-04-11
Army Officers Cannot Do Civil Work

principally upon section 1920, Revised
Statutes, which provides:
mo officer of the army on the &C.
tive list shall hold any civil office,
whether by election or appointment,
and every such officer who accepts OF
exercises the functions of civil Of.
fee shall thereby cease to be an off,
Ger Of the army, and his commission
shall be thereby vacated"
Unless congress intervenes with
new legislation in the meantime, such
prominent officers of the army as Col.
Henry G. Smithers, chief co-ordinator
of the bureau of the budget; Brig.
Gen. Frank R. Mccoy, with the gov.
erncr general of the Philippine Is
lands; Maj. Howard S. Bennion of
the federal power commission, and
many others may be relieved of their
present executive posts on June 80.
Even the personnel Of the War de
partment may be widely invaded by
the application of the law, under
Controller General McCarl, working
through Secretary Weeks.
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Gle
AMERICAN
0I-I:GO|l@
THREE MEN LEAD IN
MEMBERSHIP CONTEST

During 1923 honors for securing
members for the American Legion were
about evenly divided between three
men. These, John A. Smith of Sioux
City. Ia, member Of the Monahan
post; Hans Hunsdorf, a disabled man,
now patient In Minnesota hospital !;
and John Kass of Detroit, led all
others in securing applications.
Smith obtained his members In a
rather unique manner. He worked out
a scheme known as the "Cudahy plan"
by means of which he caused the big
industrial firms of Sioux City to pay
up the dues for ex-seryice employees,
utilizing a "checkoffr for repayment.
His record Appropriated nearly one
member for each working day of the
year.
Hunsdorf obtained his members by
personal contact, particularly In Vet
Grams Bureau hospitals, and wherever
up to nearly $50.
Kass, a member of the Charles A.
Learned post in Detroit, made an
earnest campaign for his applicants,
and is said to have interviewed more
ex-service men than either of the
other two champs" His record APP
proximated that of Hunsdorf. But to
do this. he faced severe competition
from one Theodore Kobe. now depart
ment adjutant Of the Legion in Mich
igan. Kolbe's record was near enough
to that of Kass that 1t took board Of
judges to determine the standing Of
the two.
Kass has already made a start
toward a 1924 record. On February
% he had collected dues and applica-
tons from 66 veterans. His method
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-04-11

against presentation of appeals by
private citizens of one country or
their unofficial spokesman direct to
the head of another government.
President Coolidge, in his response
made no reference to the .'poIitical'
phases of Mr.. Nissen's address and
merely bespoke a welcome TO the Pas
sion Players, because of their fame
as depictors of the life of Christ and
because of their model lives.
AT the conclusion of response, Mr..
Nissen turned to introduce Anton
Lang, the "Christus' of the last three
Passion Plays, who also bad prepared
an address. but the President ended
the reception by asking that those
waiting outside his office to shake
hands with lin be admitted.
Mr.. Nisaen's address as given to the
newspapers prior to his visit TO the
White House declared the players
were brought to the United States in
the spirit of purely altruistic philan
thropy in the minds of few Ameri-
cans who know of their suffer
ings, because of their peculiar eco
nomic conditions
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-04-11
Washington Monument and the Public

Yes, although l can't understand
why. Several times old women from
the country have insisted on sitting
fiat on the floor before the elevator
got 80 feet along on It's journey. and
as they're usually fat and the cage Is
always crowded you can imagine what
fix that left the rest of US in
DO they talk ON the way DOWN.
Torrey was asked.
1.-THE same thing over and over.
The average cageload is 80 passengers.
Seven of them will ask: Wasn't that
simply too grand for anythingY
Seven will say: Weren't you thrilled
TO death with that view?' Seven of
them will think of this one: Didn't
everything look terribly small-just
like ants?' Seven will remark: My.
suppose you fell out of those win
dows.'"
On an average day the monument
draws about 1000 sightseers, 800 of
which go to its top on the elevator
and 200 by the stair route. More
than 100000 persons have visited
the monument since its was opened In
1888
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-04-11

THIS is about the man who has
more ups and downs than any
body on earth. He runs the
elevator Ia the Washington
monument at Washington. and, be-
lieve me, it's no cinch job.
Everybody talks too much" he
says. Talk, talk, talk, morning, noon
and night. And they never say any,
thing. Twenty-Five out of thirty<of
them don't. You can see how tough
that makes II on me-
Charles Torrey, the man in ques-
ton, has been in the government serv-
Ice 80 years. He always has had some
job connected with the public build
ings at Washington; now he has in
herited the task Of plotting sightseers
on their ive-minute trip TO the top of
the monument and on their fiye-min-
ute trip back.
do you talk much to them?" he
was asked.
Not much. They ask too many fool
questions-like you're doing now"
do any people get frightened on
the trip TO the top of the shaft?'
do they?" with whitening scorn.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-04-11

IT hS. MAh1E DOUGhl L OOh-
N n GAS has accomplished what
her late husband, Gen. VIII
liam Crawford Gorgas, was
always too busy to do. After three
years of practical Seclusion she has
completed, in collaboration with Bur
ton J. Hendrick, the biography of her
husband and his battle with yellow
fever-important chapters of which
are appearing in Worlds Work. The
book will soon be published.
While General Gorgas lived, pub
fishers were constantly urging him to
write his biography. Work, not words,
however, absorbed him. Aside from
his technical papers for medical jour-
1fals and his journal on yellow fever
which he kept for the Rockefeller
Foundation the last six years of his
life, he wrote nothing-with the ex-
ception Of his book, sanitation in
Panama"
Mrs. Gorgas always accompanied
the doctor to medical and scientific
congresses here and abroad, and
shared with him the signal honors
conferred by the United States and
foreign governments. Likewise, she
shared the hardships. She was with
General Gorgas in Havana after the
Spanish war, later went through most
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-04-11
Senate Votes Against Lame Ducks"

The new president and vice presi
dent would come into office six week,
earlier than under the present law
speeding up the putting into effect o.
administration policies on which thu
people have expressed themselves al
the polls.
The Norris bill went to the house
for consideration, where 1t Is under
stood to have good chance Of pas
sage. If passed by the house ind ap.
proved by the President. it will then
go to the states for ratification before
1t can become effective. The state
legislatures to be elected this year
and converting In the majority OF
cases next January would pass on the
proposal to ratify.
The Norris bill provides that the
change becomes effective on October
Is, following it's ratification by three.
fourths of the states. Should SO
states ratify 1t before October 10
1925, 1t would prevent "lame duck
short term following the congressional
election of 1926.
1t would not affect the presidential
tenure until the beginning Of the term
in 1929.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-04-11
Left Part of Estate
to American Legion

One-fourth of the estate of dis
abled World war veteran who died In
Kansas City, Mo-, was inherited by
the American Legion. The veteran,
Earl Mason of indianapolis, provided
for the bequest In his will, whics
named the head Of the Legion dis
trict disqualification committee as exc
cutor. The estate amounted to ap-
proximately $3.50.
The will recites that "every con-
sideration and kindness" had been
shown to Mason by the Legion, and
that he made the gift as a token of
gratitude. and TO assist in providing
aid for other disabled veterans. Mason
went to Kansas City several months
ago broken In health and without EN-.
ployment. The Legion. assisted him in
securing compensation and hospital
Eervice.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-04-11

Interesting observations on the
fimid characteristics of buffaloes.
made by Alexander Henry, recently
have come to light. In the year 1900
Henry was on the Red River of the
North. an employee of the Northwest
Fur company. Here he saw great
herds of buffalo cows moving south.
They Travelled at full speed until they
came to trail left by Henry and some
of his men. when they came to a
plnnging halt and shifted at the ground.
Then they wheeled and made of to
the hills.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-04-11

r r UNDREDS of army officers in
- civil positions and a large
i i number in the War depart
ment itself, may be forced
back into active military service at
the end of this fiscal year, ending
June 30.
This was revealed the other day, fol-
lowing the recall of Maj. Wallace w.
Kirby, acting director Of the bureau
of engraving and printing. and as
signment to his former military post
as head of the engineering reproduc-
ton plant at Washington barracks.
Major Kirby's return proved to be
only small part of comprehensive
program being worked out by Secre-
tary of War Weeks and Controller
General McCarl, which may change
the status of the army officers in
many parts of the world. Controller
McCarl has ruled that no army Off
Ger, under the law, may hold a civil
position after June 80, 1924, without
specific authorization of congress.
The controller bases his decision
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-04-11

of enrolling the veterans as Legion
naires is simple but efficient. 81 ask
Them" he says. Kass' accomplishment
was completed within IS days, the du-
ration of the post membership drive.
In addition he added members to other
Wayne county posts.
His approach Is such the Legion
officials in Michigan believe that he
must use more craftsmanship than do
either Smith or Hunsdorf. Smiths
plan for reaching the industrial con-
Germs is sort of an advantage, while
Hunsdorf gets men who are daily en-
joying benefits Of the Legion, they
argue. And Kass gets out and lands
the members by hard work, according
to their idea.
The three have on a triangular race
for membership honors this year. The
Learned posters have challenged
Omaha post for the greatest men,
bership during 1924, a record here
tofere held by the Nebraskans. Kass
Is one of the main reliances of the
Detroiters in bringing this honor to
his city.
Hunsdorf Is avowed to better his
record by at least hundred, and
while the men of Monahan post in
Sioux City are dependent on Smith
to handle the recruiting alone, it Is
safe to say that his record will approx
innate that of 1923.
The MAN from Michigan" has al
ready been proclaimed champion of the
Wayne county council membership
campaign, and his accomplishment re-
quiring less than three weeks would
apparently put him into the national
championship class with good chances
In the final outcome.
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June 30 Last Date to
File for State Bonus

According to recent announcements
made by American Legion officials in
Minnesota, June 80. 1924. is the last
date applications for the Minnesota
soldiers bonus may be filed. Bene-
fciaries of the soldier bonus act. in
case the soldier is deceased are
widow. If single: II there be no widow.
then children of the service man under
eighteen years of age. If there b.
neither widow still single. nor chill
dren, the mother Is beneficiary.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-04-11
Fish Flags Victim

More strange forms are exhibited by
the angler fishes than by any other
fish family. Living at the bottom of
the sea and seeking their prey by
stealth, angler fishes do not need pow
erful swimming muscles. and as con-
sequence rhe size of the body and
TAIL has become considerably reduced.
so that the head. relatively to the size
of the body, is unusually large and
yilla;noGsIy ugly The rays of the back
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-04-11
Vie Prof.

Prof.-Why are you taking this
course, Mr.. Brown?
Stude-Er-well, because / am very
fond of the subject. 1t gives me a
new insight into the problems which
er-Tm called upon to meet in every
day life. 1t has been an inspiration
to me.
Prof-very good. Now, Mr.. Smith.
you tell one.-The Columns.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-04-11
DON'T GAMBLE WITH
YOUR HE AL T H;
DEMAND THE BEST

Tanlac Has Benefited Thou
sands of Persons Suffering
From Stomach Trouble,
2 Indigestion, Rheumatism,
Nervousness and Kindred
Ailments-Tanlac Is for
Sale by ALI Good Drug
gists-Accept No Substi-
tute-Over Forty Million
Bottles Sold.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-04-11
Roses Her Favorite Flower.

Roses are the favorite flower Of
Mrs. Lloyd George. wife of the famous
statesman, who accompanied her hus-
band on his first trip TO America. AT
her home she has hundreds of varie-
ties of roses and is always on the
lookout for a new one.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-04-11

started the ball rolling TO
" put an end to "lame duck"
legislation when, by vote
OF 6S to Z, 1t passed Senator Norris
constitutional amendment bill to
change the time for converting con-
gress and inaugurating the president.
The bill provides that the terms of
senators and representatives shall be-
gin the first Monday in January and
OF the president and vice president
the third Monday in January following
the election in November. 1t also
provides that regular sessions of con-
gress shall convene the first Monday
In January each year.
Adoption of this amendment would
abolish the present short session of
congress, converting the first Monday
In December of election years, when
the old congress sits for three months
after the new congress has been
chosen.
1t would also convene the new con-
gress two months after election in
stead of thirteen months after as at
present.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-04-11

fin are long, and the foremost is pro-
vided with fiaglike flap of skin at the
top. extremely sensitive to touch, and
playing an important part in the cap
ture of its food.
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SPRING TIME
Is TONIC TIME

The System Needs "Spring
Cleaning" Just as the
Home Does. TANLAC
Has Been Called the
Worlds Greatest Tonic
by Over 100000 Persons,
Who Have Testified That
Tanlac Has Helped Them
Regain Their Strength
and Health.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-04-11
Gorgas, His Widow and Yellow Fever

IRIS. MARIE DOUGHTY COR
II GAS has accomplished what
her late husband, Gen VIII
liam Crawford GorpaS. was
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-04-11

Z" = ASHINGTON. - The senate
N started the ball rolling to
{" put an end to flame duck"
The Washington times., 1924-11-14
COOLIDGE GETS
D. {. RENT
REPORT
Executive Said To Be Anxious
To Know Effect on Morale
of Federal Workers

President Coolidge today has Dis
trict Attorney Gordon's report on
local real estate conditions before
him, but he has not yet had op.
portunity to give it an examina.
ton.
The report probably will not be
made public until after the Pres
ident has digested the report and
has received the fLther data called
for by Attorney General Stone. 1t
Is understood that the report in
it's present form is not complete.
The, report of District Attorney
Gordon is confined to the allega-
tons Of financial initiation in local
real estate operations alleged in
the original report prepared by the
Senate District Committee last
spring. He does not touch upon
general housing conditions.
President Coolidge is understood
to be anxious to ascertain whether
there is housing shortage and
whether the rentals in the city
are so high as to impair the NOR
ale Of Government workers. II
was said today that he has no
plan Of action, to be followed as
yet, and that he will consult with
local officials and others before
arriving at any policy.