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The Washington times., 1929-10-04
GIVE F ULL
POWER To
POLICE

Revolutionary changes in
handling traffic in Washing
ton were urged upon the traf-
fic subcommittee of the Senate
District Committee today by
William 2. Emo, internation-
ally known traffic expert.
Emo told the subcommittee that
the present regulations should be
scrapped in favor of the Council of
National Defense code of general
highway traffic police regulations,
copy of which he furnished to all the
members.
Urges Lights Scrapped
Radical measures must be re-
sorted to if conditions in Washington
are to be improved" Emo declared.
''All authority over street tra1flc
should be vested in the Police De-
partment, and the traffic men now
paid by the public utility companies
should either be enrolled in the Po-
lice Department and paid by the city
or their places taken by regular
policemen" Emo said.
The expert also advised against
automatic light signals which he
said are the greatest detriment to
the regulation of traffic yet invented.
These lights are sold to police
departments through intensive sales
manship," Emo declared. land it is
only a question of time before it will
be found that they are a bad thing
and then they will be scrapped. l
recommend that no more be ordered.
Night Parking Hard to End
Chairmen D. o. Hastings, of
Delaware, and Senator Kean of
New Jersey tried to draw Emo out
on the subject of abolition of all
night parking, but the expert de-
clared that conditions vary in diff
ferent cities, and that it is up TO
the traffic authorities to work out
that problem for themselves.
CAN night parking Is going to
be hard thing to eliminate en-.
tirely," Emo said.
He told the subcommittee he
strongly advocated a solution of
traffic problems by police regula-
tion and not by law. Emo also
brought up the hitherto undis-
cussed topic of noise in traffic, such
as the squeaking of taxicab brakes,
and the nocturnal eranking of sec
Ond-hand cars.
"In a couple of months, l think
you could put the fear of God into
the hearts of those who make un-
necessary noise" Emo said, 'if you
gave the power to our friend, Major
Pratt
And enough men," Senator Hast
ings added.
Will Study Police
Emo promised Senator kean he
would make a. study to determ.n ne
If the present police force is sutfi-
cient to care for the traffic needs of
Washington's estimated population
of $4,000. He said it would be i'm.
possible to tell offhand how many
police would be necessary for traffic
duties.
Senator Hastings brought up the
question Of the storage of automo.
biles in the Easements Of the new
Federal buildings here, explaining
that the subcommittee had learned
that little or no preparation had
been made for the cars of Govern
ment employees. Emo said he would
advocate strongly the use of the
easements.
At the conclusion of the hearing
Emo asked the Senators to read the
books he had sent them on traffic
regulations, and told the subcommit-
tee he would be glad to assist them
ut later date if his plans permit
him to do so.
The Washington times., 1929-10-04
SCHOOL STRIKE
DECIDED
SOON


striking students question will
be brought about before next
Monday, Charles +. Carusi,
president of the Board of Edu-
cation, revealed today.
In a meeting of the board. to be
soon. the group will gather together
all available d. Ia and then give
striking children shall be admitted
to the Park View School or be
forced to resume their school work
at the Monroe School.
I'VE want to get this matter
settled as quickly as possible" said
Carusi. These children must get
back TO school"
The next regular meeting of the
School Board is not scheduled until
October Is. Meanwhile 3S OF the
youngsters. with clock.like regu.
larity, go to Park View School
daily and are refused admission
while 19 others have been admitted
to the Monroe School where they
are proceeding with their studies.
Unless the question is shortly
settled. Carusi pointed out, the
striking students. who are not being
sought after by truant officers or
marked absent. will be far behind
their regular classes and will conse.
quently suffer when they resume
their fall program of studies.
The Washington times., 1929-10-04

Whlle waiting for the owner to
come to headquarters and claim
his property detectives are specu.
lating on what will happen if the
ducks go unclaimed
Major Henry G. Pratt, superin-
tendent of police, is mighty
hunter Of ducks. So are about half
of the detectives assigned to head
quarters. Many of the men have
their own duck shooting locations
on>the lower river and the decoys
would come in very handy,
In the matter of decoy ducks
seniority is a burning question. It
has been suggested that unless the
ducks are claimed by their owner
that they become the property of
the Detective Bureau and that
each of the duck hunters take a
turn at using them.
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The Washington times., 1929-10-04
Bandit Ends Hunger
Strike in Hospital

Roy Gardner of the notorious bandits held
in the Atlanta Pententiay, under mental observation
Howard Hail. ST. Elizabeth Hospital here result of
9day hunger strike which he underwent the Federal ns
The Washington times., 1929-10-04

To buy. sell. rent or employ-use
Times and Herald Classified ads.
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The Washington times., 1929-10-04
NEW GA[I|NCER
PROBE BEGUN

Senator Royal S. Copeland of
New York, as chairman of the
hospitals subcommittee Of the
Senate District Committee, today
began a study of the Gallinger
Hospital Investigation, with a view
to determine whether a senatorial
inquiry into the institution is neces-
sary.
Copeland. himself physician of
high standing and an authority on
hospitals, was given documents per-
tanning to the Gallinger case late
yesterday by Chairman Arthur
Capper, Of the District Committee.
Capper told Copeland, in a letter
accompanying the data, that he
tCopelan6 should decide whether a
further investigation is needed.
Il have no SUGGESTIONS to make as
to your procedure in the NATTER
Capper wrote, feeling, as I do, that
it will be best for you to proceed
in your own way to determine the
facts upon which you base your
judgment"
The Washington times., 1929-10-04

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The Washington times., 1929-10-04
Citizens Will Discuss
Proposed Playground

Parks Citizens Association will meet
Monday. at p. m. in st. Adams
Parish Hall. Special topic for con-
sideration is the proposed play
ground at Thirty.fourth and Macomb
Streets.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-07-05
AN AUTHORITY ON CRIME.

Writing in Harper's Magazine, Jack
Black, who served several long terms
for felonies, effectually explodes
much of the hysteria about crime and
criminal legislation. He says most OF
the reformers begin at the wrong end.
They advocate more laws, when pres
ent laws are adequate and additional
legislation serves only to make the
problem more complex and create more
criminals. They criticize the police,
when the fault lies in the system that
has undermined many OF our police de-
partmentS.
Graft and corrupt politics have SO
lowered respect for public authority
that police departments are crippled
and honest, intelligent men are dis
couraged from taking up such work as
a vocation.
MI. Black speaks as an authority. He
has been a criminal and has known
thousands of other criminals. He as
SertS that third degree methods, the
American prison system and burden
of laws, tend to increase crime.
There has been too much favoritism
in handling crime. We must appre-
bend the guilty and protect the inno-
cent. We need 'well-paid, high-class
police officers. Otherwise, We will re-
main impotent in our fight against
the underworld. = ~,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-07-05
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HOGGING THE ROAD.

Auto owners are of one mind in the
belief that the time is not far away
when it is going to be necessary to
frame some sort of special legisla-
ton covering the operation of trucks
on public highways, since there is a
growing tendency on the part OF many
truck owners to hog the road" The
man operating heavy truck is in a
position to make driving very difficult
for others. They have size and weight
that gives them the advantage in a col
nSion with passenger sedan or light
touring car; they can get just far
enough over the road to make them
dangerous, and without fear of conse-
quence to the truck. And many driv-
erS of trucks realize this advantage,
and actually take it.
There seems to be no relief at pres
ent from the truck driver who is with
out common courtesy or who wants to
hog the road" because he knows his
vehicle is heavy enough to withstand
damage in case of collision.
Trucks are indispensable, and mod
ern business demands them. But that
does not prevent the passage of high
way laws to regulate their operation
and to protect the drivers of lighter
carS.-Slayton Herald.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-07-05

the hands with particular attention
paid to removing the dirt which col
lects beneath the nails will usually
render the skin not only clean, but
free from harmful germs. Would that
more cooks would bear this fact in
mind. Soaps advertising as containing
disinfectants have been shown to have
little, II any, stronger action than or
binary soaps.
Dishes and table silver need to be
rendered sterile after use in order to
prevent the spread of colds and other
infections from person to person. Here
again special disinfectants are not
necessary, for washing with hot suds,
followed by scalding water will render
these articles clean and free from all
common disease germs Unfortunately
both dish water and rinsing water are
commonly used too cool to be effective.
"a great deal. is heard about the
danger from dust in the home or in
the streets This has been greatly
overrated, for by the time dangerous
germs have become sufficiently dry to
float around in the air, drying and
sunlight have rendered them harmless
Dust driven by the wind is however
mlch1evous, because its often sharp
particles are apt to damage the sur
face OF the mucous membranes lining
the mouth, nose and throat and thus
favor the entry of disease producing
organisms.
ut was formerly the custom to FUN
igate rooms after the recovery of a
case of diphtheria. Some communi-
ties even went so far as to require
| that an entire house be disinfected
whenever it was vacated whether any
I person in the family had been sick OF
not. Such practices may be compared
! to the heather custom of burning in
cense to appease the gods of disease SC
| far as any good resulting from them is
concerned, for diphtheria germs and
| many other disease organisms die very
quickly outside the human body.
| Enough has been said to show that
disinfectants are not needed for every
day use in the home However some
| good diSinfectant should be kept or
hand for the treatment of wounds
Tincture of iodine or mercurochrome
are excellent for sterilizing cuts OF
bruises.
zone thing should be always re-
membered; chemical disinfectantS are
usually injurious or poisonous; and
all poisons should be so labeled ano
kept beyond the reach of children
preferably under lock and key"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-07-05
ELY TEAM WIN
TWO EASY GAMES
(By Raw Hoefler }

The Ely City team had an easy time
winning from the Grand MaraiS team
here Sunday, the score being II to s.
Snider first man up for Ely hit triple,
Hcefler next up was hit by pitched
ball and Ayala cracked one for the
circuit scoring the two men ahead of
him.
In the third inning Hoefler doubled,
Starkman singled and Lindbeck hit
for the circuit scoring two men ahead
of him. In the fourth inning Ely bat
ted around. Three errors, single by
Ayala, double by Lindbeck and a
home run by Gianotti scored five this
inning. Singles by Gianotti and Snider
and triple by Starkman and an error
scored three more for Ely in the fifth
Up to this time but three men faced
Bean the Ely pitcher each inning;
eight of the fifteen going back by the
strike out route and the others by easy
outs in the inf1eld. In the sixth Ely
added their last three runs when
Anthony was hit by pitched ball,
Lindeberg and Gianotti each singled
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-07-05
HOW TO KEEP WELL

luton may become greatly diluted and
then much less dangerous, but on the
other hand, these tributaries may be
highly contaminated and so increase
the danger. Oxidation of impurities
by air is rapid in fast flowing streams
if the water flows over rocks or falls.
Sunlight also has a better chance to
kill harmful bacteria if the stream
is turbulent, so that fresh surfaces
of water are constantly exposed. Di-
sease germs tend to die off rapidly
outside the human body.
But all of the factors mentioned
are frequently insufficient to purify
water in stream so that ~ is safe
for drinking purposes. There is no
way to tell by the appearance of water
whether it is safe to drink or not.
Not even an expert sanitary chemist
can tell except by careful analysis.
why take chance of a serious
infection by drinking water of whose
history you know nothing? Garry
water from home along with you when
you are taking to the road If you
are going any great distance replen-
iSh your stock in some one of the larg-
er communities where the water sup
ply is under supervision Don't drink
from the roadside stream or spring.
If you run dry on the way, hunt a
deep well by preference.
Most disinfectants used in homes are
no more effective in killing disease
germs than the burning of incense
would be to appease the pagan Gods.
The educational committee of the
Minnesota State Medical Association
declares that soap and water is cheap
er and far more effective
eff people would use soap and water
more freely and less distinctive con-
coctions they would be better off," de-
clares the bulletin of the Minnesota
State Medical Association. ample
light admitted into rooms will kill
more germs than any spray or smudge
'Disinfecting solutions are of value
for distinctions of the hands, and
persons having the care of cases of
communicable disease may use them
to advantage after the hands have
first been carefully cleansed. But un-
der ordinary circumstances it is not
necessary to use disinfectants Most
soaps have disinfecting powers A
hand brush and strong suds used on
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-07-05

Picnickers should not trust to luck
in selecting drinking water.
A warning that water from brooks
and streams may be dangerous even
though clear and cold is issued by the
educational committee of the Mime
sofa State Medical Association to-
day. The old adage that running wa
ter purifies itself is scored as fallacy,
and the public is told that the sure
way to keep from typhoid is to select
pure water for drinking.
Whatever harm the automobile has
done in making walking almost lost
art has been counteracted in part at
least by the aid it has been in get
ting people out into the fresh air and
sunshine" declares the statement
There is great deal that can be
said in favor of this growing ten
dency to seek the open places; there
is much to be said in favor of the
picnic lunch if it is prepared with
due regard to a balanced diet; but
there is nothing that can be said for
the habit which some people have OF
trusting to luck to find water to drink
wherever it happens to be conven-
lent to stop.
MANY persons have the idea that
water from any running stream in
the country is pure and fl ito drink
if clear and cold because running
the country is pure and fit to drink
grain Of truth in that old saying, but
like some other traditions, there is a
pound of falsity there also.
IF a running brook crosses a farm
yard or pasture or flows near high
way it is bound to pick up human or
animal pollution which, taken into
the human system may cause disease.
True it is that certain factors begin
at once to render the water less dam
gerous but what chance has it of be-
coming fit to drink? Let us 1see First
of all, solid material tends to settle
out, the heavier particles first, but
the amount of sedimentation depends
on the rate of flow; the. faster the
stream the less settling. Thus solid
material may be carried long dis
tances from the place where the
stream became polluted Moreover,
disease bacteria are so light in weight
that there is comparatively little
chance of their settling so long as
the water remains in motion If other
streams join the first stream the pol
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-07-05
RAISING TAXES.

What is known as the Santa Claus
theory of government" whereby pub
lie funds are used for the benefit of
privileged groups, territories or bust
neSseS is one of the surest known ways
to increase the tax burden.
Paternalistic schemes, designed TO
help the few at the expense of the
many, should be as foreign to demo-
cratic principles of government as OBJ
noxious class legislation.
1t is an obvious fact that burden
some taxes are not the result of ex-
penditures for actual governmental
functions. The tax rate rises in direct
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-07-05
You CAN'T PLEASE EVERYBODY

The lead editorial in today's Duluth
Herald is holler because that part of
the state is not getting and never has
gotten its just consideration in con-
structing the state trunk highway
system. And down here in the south
ern part of the state you never get
through hearing Commissioner Bah
cock cussed and discussed because "he
is spending all our road money up
around Duluth where nobody lives. y
Which only proves that you can't
please everybody and that it's awfully
hard to see beyond the local view
point.-Fairmont Sentinel.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-07-05

proportion to the extent the govern
Iment branches away from governing
Into the field of commercial business.
Then waste, inefficiency and bureau
cracy creep in.
i Under a truly individualistic system,
government really governs and keeps
out of the business and private lives
of its citizens so far as possible. In
recent years determined attempts have
been made to carry us far afield from
this basic democratic principle of
Governments
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-07-05
A Hole In One.

Howard LAUDER, caddy master at
the Shagawa Golf Club, came across
with a hole in one" the past week.
He performed this feat at the ninth
hole. The golf course has been excep-
tionally busy the past week, many
tourists in addition to the local men,
bership availing themselves of the op-
portunity to indulge in this fascina-
ting sport. Mr.. LAUDER is being con-
graduated on his success at this diff
cult hole in the course.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-07-05

and an error by the third baseman
gave Ely their last run.
Philip and Roberts for Grand Marais
each scratched single from Bean
in the sixth inning but neither scored.
Lindbeck was called in to share the
pitching for Ely and allowed but four
hits in the last three innings. Jackson
singled for Grand Marais in the sew
enth took second when Becky walked
and took third on an infield out and
scored when Otel's pop fly was drop
ped. In the ninth Jackson singled,
Becky again walked and Elmer
doubled, scoring Jackson and Becky.
The line-ups and score by innings
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-07-05
ANNOUNCEMENT.

I hereby wish to announce to the
voters of School District No. II, that
have filed for the office of Director
and solicit their support at the election
IN July 16. If elected, I promise to
do all in my power to fill the duties
of the Office to the best of my ability.
WILLIAM F. ANDERSON.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-07-05
IOCaI, .............3I "a zU 10
Batteries, Ely-Bean and Anthony;
Grand Marais-Philip and Otel
Legion Juniors Win From Eveleth
SATURDAY.

The Frank Lozar Post American Lee
gion Junior ball team won its second
game of the season defeating the Evel-
eth Legion team. Last week the Ely
lads went to Tower and won easily 80
to A. Fifteen hits by the Ely team help.
ed by fifteen errors and quite a few
bases on balls accounted for the
twenty-four runs The Ely lads were
generous also and had six errors chalk
ed against them and these coupled
with nine hits and three walks gave
Eveleth their thirteen runs There was
a strong wind blowing and the balls
were very hard to judge, this fact be-
ing responsible for most of the errors
Ely Juniors will play at Eveleth on the
Fourth of July and the winners will
go to the Regional meet later in the
month.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-07-05
Valuable Tree Leaves

The leaves of the travellers tree"
Of Madagascar are serviceable ir
house building as thatch, partition
and even for making walls.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-07-05
Won Fame as Architect

The first professional architect in
America was Peter Harrison. He
drew the plans for the Redwood Il.
brary. Kings chapel. the Jewish syna
gogue. and Brick marker at Newport
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-07-05
Ell Howe's Philosophy

mo ne can be as sorry for the
neople IS ] am" said a politician. and
not he candidate. Citg
rimeS
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-07-05
In Other Words

BE dignified, young men," a psy
chologist advices college students. In
other words. up, boys, and high hat
EN- !-Boston Transcript.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-07-05
First to Cast Of Spain

Venezuela was the first of the Span
ish colonies In South America to for
mally declare independence; this was
In 1871.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-07-05

Batteries, Ely-Grahek and Nicholas;
Eveleth-Spehar, Schaefer, Bjork and
SkoSich.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-22
HOSPITAL SHOWS
HUGE EXPANSION
Freedman'S Handled 1858
New Patients During Year;
Needs Set Forth.

Activities of Freedmen's Hospital have
enormously expanded" in recent years,
according to the annual report of the
hospital made public today by the De-
partment of the Interior, under whose
Jurisdiction, it is administered
New and improved methods of ex-
aminations extensive laboratory pro-
cedure and special clinical and labora
tory research are some OF the causes OF
this increase.
The policy of the hospital has been
shaped so as to afford the most liberal
aid to the Medical School of Howard
University in making its clinical facil-
tiles available to the students and
faculty.
1t is shown that 1858 patients were
received during the year, which, with
IT'S in the hospital at the beginning of
tne year, make a total of 4,033 indoor
patients receiving care and treatment.
OF the number admitted 1.105 paid for
their treatment, as against $40 the
preceding year.
In the outdoor department 20,684
patients were treated in the various
clinics. A total of 1,725 surgical OPP
erations were performed. Four thou
sand. six hunded and eighty emergencies
were treated.
Among pressing needs, the surgeon in
chief states, are two buildings one for
maternity service and one for clinical
activities. The former work is now car
ried. on with much difficulty in a ward
designed for general medical diseases,
and the latter is wholly unsatisfactory
on account of inadequate housing facil-
titles. The report sets forth the need
for additional personnel and urges pro-
motions of several employees who now
receive the minimum salary, although
their efficiency ratings and years of
service justify better compensation.