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Evening star., 1928-04-10
TRAFFIC PROBLEM
NEEDS SUPERM|ND
Enforcing Laws in Cities Diff
fiCuIt Matter Due to Po-
IiCitaI Activities.
BY J. c. ROYLE.
Special Dispatch to The Star.


NEW YORK, April l0.--Return of
motorists from the resorts after the
Easter holiday is bringing renewed
cries for a "Mussolini of traffic" from
nearly every district in the country
where traffic is congested.
The ferries from New Jersey to Staten
Island and Manhattan were congested'
and n huge volume of traffic passed
through the vehicular tunnel under the
Hudson. The same was true OF tne
Delaware ferries and bridges connect
ing Philadelphia with the shore resorts
Roads in the South were tammed by
autoists. The volume of traffic on Long
Island. Westchester and Connecticut
highways was tremendous. The same
was true OF every road out of Cleve-
land. New orleans. Atlanta, Chicago.
Detroit, Denver, San Francisco, Los
Angeles. Portland and Kansas CITY,
Traffic courts for the next, week VIII
be iammed. and there Is about as nlucn
complaint over strict enforcement OF
the traffic regulations as over lalluIe
to enforce them. 1t must not be 1or-
gotten that every tourist automobile
brings approximately $40 day IN
business Of one form or another to the
territory 1t visits. Consequently, the
congestion Is Of terrific Importance 10
the business men of the whole country
Political Recriminations.
Since every inhabitant is affected to
q certain degree by the traffic ana auto
mobile problems, the situation III De-
troit offers perhaps as good an exam
pie as any of what is taking place III
these lines. The city has spent large
sums on traffic surveys In an attempt 10
evolve system of traffic control. but SO
far the chief results have been political
recriminations.
one faction there is protesting
against "indiscriminate distribution OF
traffic violation tickets for trivial OF
fenses." This Is directed against the
traffic violation bureau, which auto
matically collects fines on sliding
scale designed to make the punishment
fit the crime"
The opponents of the bureau say
that Police Commissioner Rutledge
works his cops alternately on bootleg
ging and speakeasy drives and on traf-
fic violations They charge that for
days there will be few traffic officers In
evidence and then for space they will
be on every corner. distributing sum-
monses like handbills.
Adherents of the traffic bureau sys-
tenn replied that hundreds of sum-
monses have been brought 10 those po-
litically influential with demands that
they be cancelled When the Commis-
sioner declared that no cancellation
should be issued. without payment Of
the fine. those politically influential are
asserted to have demanded return
TO the system which put the handling
of traffic offenses In the hands of the
courts.
Benefit other Cities.
Evening star., 1928-04-10

One-half Of the 800 motor cars In
Shanghai. China, are from America,
Evening star., 1928-04-10

AMERICAN TELEPHONE IL TELE-
GRAPH. .-~ February operating income
d The American Telephone IL Tele-
graph Co. fell 70 S2e32, ,434 from
85.sI7.5z0 10 February last year. and
fos two months III 1923 " Sg,022. .095
from $500, 7s7 a year ego.
Evening star., 1928-04-10

TEGERGOLL-RAND.- --Ingersoll- Rand
earned $3.50 q share on the common In
1927, after preferred dividends. against
SI.I2 a share in 1925. Net income fell
10 $3.50 1896 from &7,S75,0s7.
Evening star., 1928-04-10
TFHI0u vALLEY COAL MERCER. :

LEHIGH VALLEY COAL MERCER. -
Plans Tor merger Of Lehigh Valley
Coal Co, and Lehlgh Valley Coal Sales
60. have progressed satisfactorily and
probably would be laid before stock
holders in a few months, J. n. Hum
phreyE, president of Lehigh Valley Coal
Told stockholders 81 the annual meeting,
Evening star., 1928-04-10

C., NJ, ST. p. &, p. RAILROAD
The Chicago, Milwaukee. ST. Paul d
Pacific has ordered 4 $50 cars. involving
SIC. 500 ,O0G
Evening star., 1928-04-10

CONSOLIDATED RETAIL 6TOREE.--
Offering of 5000 shares of common
stock u Consolidated Retail Stores,
Inc Is being maze at s2s75 a share
bocay ~ Lehman Brothers.
Evening star., 1928-04-10

TIRE PRICE oUTLCOK.--Harvey s.
Firegtone sees no immediate drop IN
tire prices resulting from the decision
Of the British TO remove rubber TeStric-
tsons, as manufacturers must carry at
least four months supply of rubber on
hand and In transit from rubber coun-
tries. be SAID.
Evening star., 1928-04-10

NATIONAL CASH REGIGTER. .--
FirSg-gusTter business of National Cash
Register C0. was 800 800 ahead of a
year ago February and March set new
nlgh sales records Overseas business
l8l& year gained ~ per cent.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-03-05
SOUTHBOUND LISTING
 PASSENGERS, ALEUT|AN

The local list of reservations for the South on the S g. Aleutian, out Of the Port of Seward Saturday nite, Included the following:
 SEATTLE-Ch Lanham, Axel Samulsen, Al Daily, John Dushlln, Nick Kristensen, J. J. Corey, D. H. Williams, John Howarth, Nena Reed, T. c. Youle, Joseph Darcy, o. A. Har- enter, M. A. Dncan, Otto J Null, MT. ard Mrs. R. J. McKanna.
 CORDOVA-Frank Angerman, Capt R. B. Woolverton, Hugh P. Allen, C. w. Ishoig.
 vALDEZ-Wm. D. Coppernoll, A. ]. Dimond.
 LATOUCHE-Lilla M. Brooks, Mrs. Gus Manthey, Helen DuMarce.
 KETCHIKAN-L L. Hebert.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-03-05
CHAMBER of COMMERCE

Regular meeting tomorrow at the noon hour of the Seward Chamber of Comemrce. The Seward Grill is the place. Visitors in the city are extend ed an invitation to attend Joe Bad ger. proprietor of the Van Glider hotel aud who returned on the Aleutian from the States, will be the princi pie speaker.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-03-05
JUDGE ls WITNESS

Judge F. Coke Hill, left Anchorage last week for Fairbanks where he rial appear as a witness for the government in the trial of Nellie Beattie, accused of robbing the J. 5. marshall. Judge Hill had mail con- ttract in the interior at the time ol the robbery.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-03-05

The vesesls tied up on the water front are Discoverer, Tena, Chase, As- trid, Rolph 1, Rolph II and Marion.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-03-05

The Anchorage court session will finger for still another week, arrivals from the Inet camp report.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-03-05

Sound sleepers at Anchorage were rudely awakened one morning las. week by one of the heaviest earth quake shocks which ever smote the village.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-03-05
REBEkAH MEETING

The Seward Rebekah Lodge will meet in business session this even ing at 7:3O o'clock.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-03-05

J. J. Corey, in charge of the An chorage office, Alaska Bureau ol Mines, passed through the city Satur. day enroute to the States for a vaca- ton.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-03-05

Hugh P. Allen, special agent for suppression of liquor among the In td'ans of the Territory. passed thru town Saturday on his way to Cordo- va.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-03-05

Mrs. Helen DuMarce, was among the local residents leaving on the 5. 2. Aleutian Saturday. She will visit few days at Latouche.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-03-05

Attorney A. J. Dimond, 9 business visitor in Seward for the past week, departed Saturday for his Valdez of flee.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-03-05

Assistant District U. s. Attorney Fills returned to his local office Sat urday from the Interior.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-03-05

# you haven't tried Frye 6ruhn's Baby Beef you have missed soFne- thing, friends!
Seward daily gateway., 1928-03-05

William D. Coppernon. '. s. dis trict attorney. departed for Valdez on the s. s. Aleutisn.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-03-05

Mrs. Gus Manthey left on the s. s. Aleutian for a visit with her sister at Latouche.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-03-05

Lillian M. Brooks, Anchorage bud was g passenger on the Aeutian Sat rrday for Latouche.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-03-05

Capt. Geo. A. Howe, and his son Junior, are now working on their big quartz ledge at Mile 43 1-2
Seward daily gateway., 1928-03-05

The Rolph II and Tena arrived is port yesterday.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-03-05

The Hickman trial showed what we have always known but wanted to demonstrated namely that the more expert the testimony the less be proved by it.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-03-05

Mayor Jimmy Walker of New York has gone on the water wagon But he hastens to explain that iS IS for digestive and not moral reasons
Seward daily gateway., 1928-03-05

Even Uncle Sam's eagle-eyed officials get fooled sometimes Mrs A. C. Polk of Arcadia, Fla recently re- ceived letter which had thru from Georgia bearing one of that tobacco stamps in lieu of post age.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-03-05

Human forbearance is truly wonderful! Even when the Bible speaks of being brothers keeper 1t says nothing about being ones in-aws keeper
Seward daily gateway., 1928-03-05

With the advent of these pictures that talk movie stars must learn lines we'll actions. the board of censorship ever had job it has one now!
Seward daily gateway., 1928-03-05

Prohibition hasn't such dark future after all; for if whiskey kills it shouldn't be many hundreds of years until only tee-totalers are left.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-03-05

Frye-Rruhn's Baby Beef ia unex- ceiled.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-03-05

When Philadelphia policeman arrested her for in- toxcaton Miss Alma Connor bit her thumb nearly off, That nice way to play.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-03-05

Another line of argument women smoking is that when drops fire from his cigaret he just burns his clothes.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-03-05
SOUTHERN DIVISION BOYCOTTED

Summing up briefly the remarks of General Manager Noel w. Smith, of the Alaska Railroad at the Chamber of Commerce luncheon it would appear Seward is boy cotted with respect to work the southern division
 Boycotted because the administration fears to go ahead with the job due to the silly objections raised at Washington by this man Howell and Treadway.
 The Alaska Railroad is evidently being operated for one purpose it would see for political purposes and for soft berths and not for the development of Alaska
 Thank heavens the majority of the Nations repre- sentatives at Washington endowed with brans and are of sufficient numbers to vote down such childish amendments as was proposed by Howell to cut off both ends of the railroad and operate only the middle sections
 couple of BOSHES!
Seward daily gateway., 1928-03-05

Politics makes strange bunk-fellows.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-03-05

ceiled.
New Britain herald., 1928-04-06
BELIEVE RAILROAD
 MERGER DECIDED
Four Trunk Lines Will Operate
 in East

Now York, April R}-The New fork Times today says the merge; of the rail transportation systems uG the east into four great trunk lines with l.. F. Ioree continuing 10 operate his Delaware and Hudson road has been decided upon.
 Lorec's Plan
 Mir. Loree's plan for a fifth trunk line was definitely discarded at a conference of rail executives here. 1he Times says, but an agreement acceptable 10 him was consum- mated at a second meeting with Otto II. Kahn, member of Kuhn. Loeb and company, acting as arbi- 1rAtor. At this meeting Mr. Lorec was promised an outlet to the west for his line and he then agreed tt the m rgcr plans
 This settlement makes possible ! he intcGra1lon of roads worth be- tween 5000, ,0o0. .o0o and s1o.0oo.- ooo.ono and operating over 5o,ooo miles of lines.
 ConSummation of the merger Is not expected to take place for sev- "ral months, however. as many de- tails are yet ito be worked out and he plan must be submitted 10 the interstate" commerce commission for 
 The aspect Of economy will be in tn" big roads appllca- tIon 10 the l. C. C. for ratification, the Times believes. They could save
New Britain herald., 1928-04-06
PRE.HUMAN HABITS
 OF BABIES STUDIED
Famous Anthropolo6ist Makes
 Extensive Research
Washington, April 6. Pl-Look at

Washington. April 6. R'-Look at the little dossic'
 Little bear.
 The little savage
 Such cAclamations. draun from fond mothers and pleasant callers by the behavior of young children. haze a deep significance to Dr. Ales Hrdlicka. noted anthropologist Of the Smithsonian Institution.
 Along with his major studies Of the American Indian and other ab- original races he has been gather ing data for years on manifesto tlons of the survival of pre- human habits in the children of civilized and unciNilized families. Many re- ports have come to him from moth- CTS, fathers and missionaries in all parts of the world, and he hopes to have enough evidence of this kind soon to warrant a book on the sub ject.
 Nearly all Of the cases reported have to do with children between birth and two years of age. and the most frequent manifestation Of pre- human habit seems to be the natu- ral adoption of the quadruped mode of locomotion. With one eAcep- ton. he says, these quadruped youngsters have been above the ay- craze in health and even in mental ity
 Instead of creeping, or crawling, i before they take an upright posi- 1 ton. they scamper about on all 1 fours. with the knees usually bent slightly and their hands and feet firmly on the ground. They move | much faster than their more usual
New Britain herald., 1928-04-06

cousins who crawl about on hand,
 and knees, and, Dr Hrdlicka re.
 marks. it is evidently the easies,
 ana most fit mode of locomotion tc l them at this time of their muscular l i'gamentous and skeletal de,elop-
 nent.
 Tt would seem," he adds, "that
 there must be in these cases an ad- aitlonal factor. usually dormant,
 connected with the nervous sys-
 lem, Such dormant impulse may
 perhaps be aroused accidentally by some chance trial, but it is more likely that in instances this inn pulse is stronger than in the gen eral run of infants, resulting in the quadruped progression
 Other types of pre- human hehal- for brought to the attention of Dr. Hrdllcka are equally striking but perhaps less frequent than the rum ming on all fours. One little Amer lean girl carly began to climb trees, not like ordinary children with the arms about the trunk and the knees pressed against the bark. but graspins the trunk with her hands and running up with her bare feet, as the natives do in Austra- lla. At the age of seven she still favored this method of climbing and occasionally went on all fours in play, her first mode of loconlo- ton.
 A number Of children who 20 to sleep face downward, with tbej, knees drawn up to the chest and arms folded under them, have been described, suggesting that at some ,, period in his development man or i ms pre-human ancestors found it 1 safer tc rest Tn that position than l Q expose the less protected s,om- 'ch. Som otimes, too, infants whose l bottles are too heavy for their | 'rms bring up their feet to support hem, much as young bears and kit ems do. Dr. Hrdlicka has photo- graph showing a baby in this posi- lon and another Of kitten hold nE a nursing bottle in exactly the anne posture.
 Just where the study will lead n the way of conclusions he is not
New Britain herald., 1928-04-06

millions of dollars if they could di- vert traffic to the smaller roads in stead of increasing their own facili- 1 ties.
 ] It is understood that under the plan agreed to by Mir. Loree he would release his holdings in the LehiGh Valley to the Pennsylvania and would probably share the Wa bash lines from Buffalo to Chicago with the Baltimore and Ohio. The Nickel Plate system would proba bly benefit by the disposal of Mr. Lo- rce's holdings in the Lehjgh Valley if their plan to unite with the Erie is given l. c. c. approval.
 Reports Current
 Reports had been current for some time that there was grow ing sentiment against the five trunk line plan and that Mr. Lorce's po- sition had been weakened by the New York Centrals action in ac- qniring Wabash stock. These were borne out by the reported agree ment
 The president of the, Delaware and Hudson had wagcd a fight for more than a year and for time it seemed his efforts would be crowned with success when the Pennsylvania swung its support to his five trunk line plan.
  morce commission would not ap- prove the Loree proposal was said 10 have been an important factor in the Pennsylvania change Of at titude. The Lorce plan would have left two great systems, the pcnn- sylvania and New York Central, in a commanding position with tho other three trunk lines comparative 'E small and weak to compete a gainst them.
 Those in Conference
 Those attending the conference here were Mir. Lorec, Presidents P. l.. Crowley of the New York Gen. 'ra', ". A. Atterbnry of the Penn sylvania, Daniel Willard Of the Bal timore and Ohio and J. J. Eernet of the Erie and 0. r. and NJ. K. Van Sweringen, representing the Nickel Plate system. A. I. County, financial vice president of the Penn l sylvania and George V. shriver. senior vice president of the Ralti- | more and Ohio, also were present.
New Britain herald., 1928-04-06
DE,LOt SEES FAMILY or 3i

Los Angeles, April 6.-The family of Pedro NoNlrez, 73. has been de- loused by the city health depart- ment. Tho task required two nurses, l barber, a doctor, several gallons Of coal oil and q change of clothing for tine brood of J2 children.
 Officials were reused 10 action when nearly every pupil in the school attended by somc of the >so- Nar'Z children, became the parbinE place for cooties. The present Mrs. NoNarez is Podros third wife and the mother of nine of Inc children.
New Britain herald., 1928-04-06

ready to predict, but it is plain, he says, that there are many curious and highly interesting manifosta- tons in the behavior of the young child with which science is not suf- flclently acquainted. X remarkab bic feature is the fact that the peculiar 1t1es Of behavior that are seemingly ot ataNlstic nature, he asserts, do not occur in defective Or suhnor- nal but rather in the physically as we'll as mentally superior children.
 "Tho intelligent mother, rather than the father or even the doctor" he says, ''may render a great aid 10 science by reporting careful and detailed observations
New Britain herald., 1928-03-27

was under fourteen inches of water.
 At Orville, 25 miles away. fifty families were rendered homeless. The United States plant introduction gardens as well as the state land colony. near Durham. were flooded At the land colony hundreds were forced to flee from their homes.
 Transportation by rail and water north of Sacramento was badly crip- pied, Hamilton City. an agricultural community q miles from Red Bluff expected to receive the overflow from the Sacramento river today with the crest expected at Chico, Biggs. Marysville and Sacramento.
 At Sacramento. however. the au- thorites were confident that elabor- ate preparations would prevent seri- ous damage.
 Eureka reported that rivers in that region were streaming bank full, numerous land slides occurring in the Eel river canyon. delaying trains.
 Slides along the line of the Red wood highway parallelling the rail- road also closed that artery of travel to the north.
 The Mokelumne and Stanislaus rivers in the upper San Joaquin val Icy were out of bounds in several places. inundating thousands of acres of orchard property.
 The property damage in that area was estimated at $250,000.
New Britain herald., 1928-03-27
HEAVY FLOOD TOLL
 IN THE FAR WEST
California and Nevada People
 Suffering

San Francisco. March 27 P-- Flood waters roared through north ern and central California and west ern Nevada with renewed violence today.
 Hundreds of persons were home less in California where two deaths were attributed 10 floods, and prop erty damage was estimated tt up- wards of s5o0.ooo. The city of Reno, Nev.. also was threatened with fur ther inundation.
 Continuous rains over the north ern portion of the state, high winds. snow flurries at Reno and in the Sierra range near there, aggravated the situation.
 Reno. already partly inundated by the rush of waters from the Truckee river. was in the path of another four foot rise and a flood warning was spread through the lowlands this morning. Authorities said the peak of the flood would not reach Reno for several hours but that the situation was serious. The California flood center shift cd momenta rily from norti1 Sacra- mento Valley as reports received here showed scores of places inun- dated by the Feather. Bear. Sacra- mento and Tuba rivers. The crest of these flood waters will not be reached. 1t Is believed 1 for about IS hours at points below 1 Marysville.
 At midnight the town of Biggs
New Britain herald., 1928-03-27

space 10 miles square in Switzerland produced the most perfect spruce from which all the old masters made their violins.
 Harry J. Strong of the Trimpak Corporation of America called att tention to the great amount Of waste in building when carpenters buy rough lumber and do their own finishing, especially for trim. If Henry Ford built flivvers the way some carpenters build houses, Fords would cost s5,oo1 apiece" he said.
 He called attention to changing demands by home owners. People today want a certain amount or architectural merit. they want good looking houses inside and out he said. They want more and b>tter ln- terior equipment. more huilt-in con- vcniences. more built-in labor saving devices. better heating. plumbing and lighting and finer decorations throughout.
 And say. don't believe all these stories about business going had. The population of the United States, it's wealth, purchasing power and standards have grown to the point where present day construction only equals our normal requirements. We are not and have not for three years been in the midst Of q boom. It will not be long before the seven and a half billion dollar year will be ex- cecdcd.
 Tn 1890 the population was Gc,- 90o,0Q0. Now 1t is 12o, 900, ,o0o, a gain Of over SI per cent with at lea st that much increase in business op- portunlty. The number of houses has grown from lS O0o, 900 10 26, 1000. .000, a growth of 100 per cent. F'iftee n years from today the population of the United States will be l5o, ,ooo, 900 and our normal construction will be
 s9,350, ,0oo. But that's only annual construction. Some day you fellows 1 are going out and sell repair and re-
 modelling jobs
 Mir. Strong said that new hard wood floors can be laid chea per than
 the cost Of expensive floor covering
 and that now door and window trim can he purchased for less than eX. penslve drapories to cover the ole 1 warped ones.
New Britain herald., 1928-03-27
PROSPECTS BRIGHT
 FOR CONTRACTORS
Builders Encouraged at New Britain Lumber Co. Banquet

Building conditions are improving all the time and there is plenty more business available for contractors who will go after it, New Britain building contractors were told last evening at dinner given by the New Britain Lumber Go. at the Bur ritt hotel.
 The menu was printed on pine boards measuring six by nine inches and consisted Of the following items: Oyster cocktail a Ia Park street, oak celery. hickory olives, mahogany consomme, cedar roast chicken, po- tatoes D4s {dressed on four sides), peas, sanded; ice cream, kiln dried: /: veneered coffee and lockjoint courtesy. The mahogany consomme. was made lip to look like mahogany sawdust served in bouillon cups.
 George K. Macauley, vice presi- dent and general manager of the New Britain Lumber Co.,, presided.
 Three reels of motion pictures showing the progress Of the market ing of Arkansas pine, from the time IL is cut in the woods until 1t ap- pears in the completed house were shown. The pictures went into detail in following the progress of the lumber through the mills and fac tories, and in portraying the cfli- ciency Of modern wood working ma chinery.
 Marketing of lumber has been the second largest industry in the couu- try since it was started by Captain John Smith in the colony of Virginia according to Donald C. Hyde of Nicolo, Stone X Myers of Boston. Mir. Hyde answered the arguments as to why Arkansas pine could be better than any other kind by saying that 9
New Britain herald., 1928-03-27
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 Stomach So Bad

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