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miringly called him "slick" or
tricky" Sc Nike never really
had a chance.
When he grew into an untram-
meled manhood, Mike was bar
tender at Dunavan's and preSi-
dent of The Young Mems indie
pendent club. Incorporated with
lofty names and purposes, the club
was a mob organized for the full
and express aim of drinking on
Sunday.
Their thirst as heavy on Sunday
as it had been on Saturday, sew
eral young men had organized the
club in the name of personal
freedom in order to refresh
Threats which were little
parched and evil-taSting after a
weekend spree. AS a club the
men were able to have lockers in
which the ingredients for a
Sabbath pickup could be stored.
When prohibition came along, it
seemed only natural, the direct
force of environment, that Mike
should become a bootlegger. He
set up shop in the Seventh ward.
This ward always was flushed
with transients and was particu-
larly hard to handle on election
day. The vote would sway easily
from Republican to Democrat or
vice versa, depending upon the
skill of those counting the votes.
T EROY KEACH was chairman
~ of the Democratic county
committee during this particular
election of 1926. One of the pre-
cincts in this ward had consist
emily polled $50 Republican votes,
despite heavy Democratic senti-
ment.
1t was customary for the county
chairman to call upon Democratic
lawyers for volunteer watchers at
the precincts. Mr.. Reach called
on Frank Daley and asked him if
he would be watcher. When Mr..
Daley aSSented, Mr.. Reach said,
Frank, since you have a case in
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Your Health
by DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN-

WHATEVER your occupation you should be sure
W to treat every cut, scratch, or abrasion sus-
tanned in your work with suitable antiseptics, such
as iodine, to prevent infection.
Workers who handle hides and animal hair are
constantly exposed to infection with anthrax Others
who are exposed to x-rays, as those in watch fac
tories and to ultraviolet infra-red rays Also
liable to diseases peculiar to their jobs
Anthrax begins as malignant postule, in
famed pimple a boil, which becomes hard has
purple center and deep red zone around it. Grad
ually this breaks down and discharges thick bloody
material and eventually may even become gangren-
Gus.
The lymph glands in the neighborhood swell and
the veins become infamed. Associated with this
there may be general weakness including chillness,
loss of appetite, vomiting and high fever.
A NTHRAX is a dangerous disease and workers
n with hides must do everything possible to pre-
vent infection. Foreign skins or hair should never
be carried on the unprotected shoulder. All hides
and animal hair should be thoroughly steriized.
Workers should wash their hands frequently in
antseptic solutions and those who sort hair should
wear breathing devices to prevent inhalation.
Among the most serious of the occupational dis
eases recently developed are those associated with
the use Of radium, the X-ray and various radio
active substances.
Exposure to X-ray and to the emanations from
radium may produce Serious buns and irritation
of the skin which result in cancer
They also affect the blood and the bood-formng
organs seriously that deficiencies of both the red
and white blood cells exceedingly common.
Employees in watch factories who prepare the
luminous dials have sustained generahzed radium
poisoning with disastrous results. Workers must
learn to protect themselves against these hazards
first by suitable screening against the rays through
wearing aprons and gloves infiltrated with lead.
Brushes for radium painting should never be
pointed with the mouth lips.
A MOTHER type of radiant energy which may
L n produce damage to the human body is that
associated with ultraviolet and infra-red rays These
are occupatona hazards particularly in welding and
cutting.
The ultraviolet rays are invisible They cause
intense irritation Of the eyes and burning of the
skin. Sun blindness and desert blindness represent
the type Of injury that be caused to the eye
by ultraviolet rays
The 1ntra-red rays essentially heat rays, and
all the damage that heat of intensity ap-
piled to the human body can in other ways.
Workers around ultraviolet or infra-red rays may
protect themselves by wearing goggles, helmets
shields, and masks equipped with colored lenses
especially designed to exclude dangerous rays
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Today Science
BY DAVID DIETZ

A FEMALE OYSTER may produce between 1000 900
n and 100000 eggs in a single season, DR.. Her
bert F. Prytherch director of the United States
fisheries biological station at Beaufort, ~ c. tells us
The eggs of the oyster microscopic in Size
about one-five- hundredth of an inch in diameter.
Enough eggs to supply the annual American crop OF
100000 bushels of oysters could be placed in one
quart bottle.
Fortunately. all the oyster eggs do not develop.
Dr. Prytherch calculates that if all the eggs pro-
duced in the American coastal waters in one season
were to develop into fullgrown oysters, there would
be enough of them to the entire United States
with layer of oysters thirty feet deep.
The number of eggs produced however, is for
tunate because of the many factors which likely
to prevent the eggs from reaching maturity. The
production varies from year to year and in some
years is insufficient to provide adequate supply
of seed oysters the very young oysters are called
VXTHEN water temperatures are above normal,
w egg production is greater The United States
bureau of fisheries makes observations of water tenn
peratureS and supplies data to the oystermen who
are governed accordingly in the planting of shells
and other materials which the seed oysters may
settle
Studies have shown that the water temperature
plays important role in the life of the oyster No
spawning occurs below temperature of 20 degrees,
centigrade. DR.. Prytherch says.
The time of spawning varies from year to year
and in some seasons has been found to during
certain phases of the While this sounds very
mysterious the correlation between the moon and
spawning is very simple Studies in Connecticut,
North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia show
that spawning usually takes place from six to nine
days after either full moon moon.
Indirectly the moon is responsible because of its
influence the tides and water temperature" he
explains.
THE higher tides at times of full or new moon
cause the water to pass over a greater area of
tidal flats. AS result, particularly in the summer
months it absorbs heat from the shore and the
suns rays Government scientists have observed in
creases of from to 10 degrees in the temperature of
the water at this time 1t is this increase in tenn
perature which causes the spawning.
BY means of observations range of tide. water
temperatures and ripeness of oysters, it has been
possible in Long Island Sound to determine approx
mately one month in advance when spawning will
occur" DR.. Prytherch says
The fertilized egg develops into swimming larva
within two or three hours Within twenty hours. il
has complete she'll 1t swms about for thirteen to
sixteen days AT the end of that time it attaches it
self to some object and remains stationary for the
rest of its life
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To any one who has ever been
associated with the growing fe-
yer of Indianapolis, John Duna-
vans saloon was a hot spot. 1t
was a seething center of turmoil.
1t was a place where the growing
underworld sat side by side with
important and not-so-important
politicians drinking beer, whisky
or pure, unauthorized tigers
blood
Mike had grown up in Duna-
vans saloon. He was dirty,
struggling boy who ran errands
for anybody's nickel. To the
driftwood that walked in and out
of the swinging doors he was a
kid that could keep his mouth
shut.
1t was an unhealthy and a
dangerous place for a future citi-
zen. Mike was tutored in the
survive or else" school of he
slums, where every possession
was seized after a bitter struggle.
AS he sat in the damp, sour
smelling saloon/at the solid wood
bar, talking rapidly with his COL
leagues, Mike never stopped to
philosophize upon the cruelty of
life. He accepted it as a fact
and let it go.
MOT unlike many of our better
~ citizens, Mixes answer to a
proposition was invariably, "Jeem-
my, what's the dough in it." But
dough" was not really necessary
to Mike. 1t was merely formula.
Mike felt pure enjoyment when
ever he was employed to trick
anybody. Occasionally he got his
head knocked in.
Mike had nerve and a certain
cleverneSS, but never enough to
realize any ambitions to be a big
time gambler, racketeer or poll
tician. He was a self-confeSsed
failure, not because he evaded any
of the laws, but because he could
never dodge the law in a big
way. He would have glowed if
any of the hoard of buns who
infested Dunavan's had ever adj
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court on election day, I'll give you
a precinct that will be near at
hand"
He pulled out map of Indian
apolis from his pocket and with
an earnest face, looked over the
possible precincts. Finally he
said casually, I've got one right
here. It's in the Seventh ward"
Mr.. Daley did not stir. The
Seventh ward meant little or
nothing to him. To Mr.. Reach,
the Seventh ward was the source
of a great deal of unnecessary
trouble. Frank Daley would be
his knight Grant out in the
troubled precinct.
MIKE had felt it a public duty
1V1 to mix into politics when he
drifted over into the Seventh
ward. Persons who cherished no
high opinion of Mike intimated
that the tough little son of Erin
was responsible for great num-
Der of misplaced votes.
These bitter critics said that
Mike had devised plan of get
ting the watchers off into dark
corner or wearing them out, and
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ARROGANCE Part of His Method

DAT HURLEY came storming toward him, shout
L ing too rapidly to be understood, and the dep
uty administrator raped for order 1t was evident
that Mr.. Hurey objected to the language Lewis did
not turn his head but kept his eyes the far hor-
zon Strike out thirty pieces of silver" he said.
Let 1t stand betrays the union of his youth and
it was so recorded.
Nobody could be quite arrogant on plat
form as John L. Lewis without conscious effort.
feel sure it is part of his method He is no per-
suader Rather he seeks to enrage his foes to that
point where they lose their heads and make rash
and incautious statements which be used against
them Lewis does not completely keep his temper,
but he keeps his wits and in two exchanges of
screaming debate back and forth he had all the
better of the in-fghting
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In the Book Nook

in haste married the blind girl to
an unseen sutton.
Writing of tremendous power
is revealed when the mother dis
covers that her blind daughter
was married to a Chinese half
wit.
Here is cruel writing but
tremendously effective as the
mother prays besides her dead
daughter whom she hopes sees
the light of happiness in the great
beyond.
THE mother" is a masterpiece.
1t is published by the John Day
Company and sells for $3.50.
Not to read this one is to miss
one of the treats of the year.
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Mike was lettering on the porch
when he saw Mr.. Daley.
"By gum," shouted Mike to his
henchmen, '1ook who's coming"
Mika shook hands with the
white knight while the workers
cast sneaking looks at each other
which said, "Ixnay on the smooth
stuff" Mr.. Daley saw nothing
unusual about his task and pro-
ceeded to go calmly about his
business as watcher. The votes
were all correct.
Later, Mike called on Mr..
Reach. ''Why," Mike whined,
did you have to send Frank
Daley out to my precinct? I
was scared to pull a single fast
one"
In his sniveling soul, Mike
thought of Frank Daley as the
warrior of the law, who would
not hesitate to clutch Mike by
the collar and throw him force
fully out the door. Besides Frank
Daley was, in a way, Uncle Sam
to Mike.
Mike just didn't have chance.
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then counting off the ballots on
the wrong side of the voting ma
chine. Mike was particularly
adept at wearing out the watch
ers. He would taunt them, make
sly, verbal comments of their
characters and talk with such a
rapid fire string of meaningless
words that the watchers were only
too glad to escape into the free
air.
Mike always salved his ego on
election day for all the kicks and
bruises he had received during his
lifetime. He strutted and Dragged
about the polls, reaching lofty
heights in his accounts Of his
own daring and holiness.
Mike was quite ready to wear
out the confused watchers this
election day. He had glib line
of talk which would stun the
watchers into blindness, or at least
careleSsneSS.
n
4 FTER the polls were closed,
"A Frank Daley, who neither
knew Mike nor his weaknesses,
came f1rm-Stepped to the precinct.
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They're Happier NOLU

TINE question of the payof does not seem to be
- bothering the citizens along the line however,
for they plainly much more happy than they
were a year ago or two years back and I counted
up to a hundred new automobiles on the road be-
tween Jacksonville and somewhere around Fayette-
Vile N. c.
The local automobiles in this territory were a
rusty lot at this time last year and there are still
specimens dragging themselves haltingly along
the highways wearing last years license tags or
at all, and not worth the price of new tags in
any junkyard.
New cars along the road conspicuous to an
eye which gazed upon the hulks of year ago, in
dcating that money is going into action again,
even ii it is only money out of the deficit.
young at one of the automobile agencies
said happy days were here again. and explained that
not only were the contractors buying cars and the
farmers who got checks from the department of
agriculture for blowing under cotton and all such
vegetation, but that other people who had been
a-settin' their money all this time and had de-
cided to get up offn it.
In st. Augustine the waiter who brought dinner
at p m, said the NRA had been good to him for
although he still working thirteen hours day.
barring two hours off in the afternoon for his $25
a month, he now got one day of every two weeks.
A Gang De Luxe
A ND in Brunswick, Ca, from the boss of gang
L n of convcts in stripes learned that they are
very contented if not entirely joyous and are never
logged locked in the sweat-box They were county
convicts all but Negro state prisoner doing life
for killing another Negro and they were working at
leisurely rate and in apparently pleasant temper.
digging post holes and setting posts along a stretch
of highway
The guard was an affable and kindly citizen with
nothing but good to say of his gang, whom he ad-
dressed by the first Names and the boys found plenty
OF opportunity to lean their pick handles and dis
cuss matters in low tones.
Two Negroes were wearing leg-ironS but that the
guard explained, their fault. They had run away
once, but another boy, who never had tried to run
away was walking down the street half mile away
going to get bucket of water, under no guard
1t may have been my misfortune in seeking the
truth about the Georgia convict system on the fly to
come upon the gang de luxe
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WHEN POLITICS WAS IN FLOWER
Nike Ne7Y. Had Chnuce-Esbecazy AGAINST Frank DALEY
BY TRISTRAM COFFIN
Times staff Writer

MIKE much Of chance He looking
1V1 and IN
small rackeeer The pathetic
Mike didn't what away
Daley United States district attorney the
white knight He fearless crusader for the of civilization
fighting noble Mike
Daley
Mike,
Daley The lawlesS hated him with
fear He symbol of all that the country
posed cherhAberty the orderly of happiness He
and indomitable figure,
Uncle
Mixes weaknesses he had patriotic
Of Uncle basic loyalty his Mike stood out
FOSTERING
Of John Dunavan saloon Mike that
illegal natchng of for the Republican party actually wrong
L. il
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Bob Reynolds is a great hand for
popping into committee hearings
and laundering forth his defense
of the peoples rights"
But in the secrecy of committee
sessions it is a different story.
On the first test vote on
the stock exchange bill, Reynolds
lined up with a combination of
Tory Republicans and Democrats
to emasculate the measure. The
committee was in executive ses-
sion. The amazing SINH
larity of bids from cement COM
panies has led the Tennessee val
ley authority seriously to consider
manufacturing its own cement.
Dick Jervis, head of the
White House secret service staff,
is the ace chess player around the
executive offices.
TULEP season is on the way
~ the most enjoyable period in
Washington. A mint julep,
properly made, is a perfect baro-
meter. . If it frosts quickly and
heavily, it means rain in the Off
ing. If it frosts slowly, and
with only thin coating, it means
dry weather. And a tip: to
eliminate that unfrosted half Inch
around the bottom of the julep,
mix and stir it with the glass on
several thicknesses of news
paper. The paper is a poor
heat conductor and prevents the
warmth of the wood or porcelain
table top from radiating into the
bottom Of the glass. Erudite
DR.. Ricardo Alfaro, erstwhile
Panamanian president, now min
lister to Washington, is an expert
on Julep glasses. He explains that
true rock crystal liqueur glasses
would cost several hundred dollars
each. Tumblers and goblets Of
any size probably, would be I'M
obtainable. True rock crystal
is a geological deposit, rarely
found in uninsured pieces large
enough to produce even cocktail
glass. So-called rock crystal"
bought for julep tumblers is SIM
ply fine grade Of glass.
Copyright. 1884, by United Feature
Syndicate, Inc)
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RAILROADERS TO MEET
ON OLD AGE PENSION

Provisions of Bill Before Congress
to Be Discussed.
Railroad men who are supporting
the old age pension retirement bill
which now is before congress, will
meet at the SEVERN at 7::30 Tues
day night.
Speakers will be w. w. Royster
and j. P. Toomey, Chicago, and
G. P. Holman, Detroit, all of whom
will urge support of the bill and
explain its provisions.
A local branch of the organization
supporting old-age pension legis-
lation will be organized.
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DAILY WASHINGTON
MERRY-G CO.
By Drew Pearson and Robert S. Allen

XXTASHINGTON Aph 16Tri diminuive Senator White of
w smoking; the the Black
air mail McCarran and Black long
black odorerous
With dro White stood long he could day scratched
said THE Smokeeers
Carran
McCarran the
They waiting Of
senate barber shop morning at 73O when the tonora
think there lot behind
well
Authorizations Boshevsm Writ
H which
imitation of the Presidents Roosevelt turned
thumbs down letting his voice be initiated Larry Todd Soviet
named by Dr. the famous
the in
table members of the profession Writ frequently alluded
Or Squirt popularized quaan by Donald A
Rchberg general counsel of MIRA.
Colombia certain 20
w unless the state
expires
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Fair Enough
WESTBRO6K pEdLER

WJAsHNGToN. April 10. - All the way from
Miami to Washington I have been taking
bury squints the car went by at upturned
patches Of earth where men doing various jobs
labeled local Improvements under the auspices Of
the CWA. They were putting in three streets in
one struggling town which, from quick look at sixty
miles hour would to be pretty well stocked
up with streets right now.
In other places new roads were being showed
through the pine woods or parallel highways we're
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Burglar Makes Third Visit

Making his Sabbath visit for the
third week in succession, a burglar
sntered the home of Frank Van
Sickle, 1924 Arrow avenue, yester-
day and took a watch valued at
S110. In the two previous bur
glaries a f1ashlight and small
amount of cash were taken.
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Some say the new deal has
not yet provided bread for all,
but it would be a captous critic
who complained about its cir
cuses. The Writ hearing provided
the best satire on American
politics since cot Thee I Singl"
and John L. Lewis has just fur
nished on successive nights the
two most rousing melodramas
seen in Washington this season.
I suppose the high spot was
his encounter with Pat Hurley
on Tuesday. But before I get to
that I must give a brief descrip-
ton of the mans technique in
speaking. He went to work in
the mines as a boy and had al
most no schooling, but he reads
prodigiOusly, I rather fancy
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being laid down to duplicate
concrete roads which could not
have been many years old and
might not have been paid for
yet. All along the way, they
seemed to be building hills in
territory which hadn't any or
tearing down hills in lumpy
country and draining swamps
and putting in lakes. do not
mean to scott at these works. 1t
seems pretty rotten that they
have no Everglades in Utah, and
hope they are building some
there now that they have the
change. and Florida could use a
set of Sierras.
I do not know who is going to
pick up the tab and pay for all
this b11t 7 S11O7OSo MFR ROOSp-
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Democratic Leader Dead

By United Press
COLUMBUS, Ind, April 16. -
Charles H. Wagner, SO, former
Democratic chairman in the old
Fourth district, died suddenly at his
home here. In 1920, he was the
Democratic candidate for secretary
of state,
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that sometimes he sits up with Shakespeare, since
in the middle of speech you will hear "forsooth' or
'it is the stab of Brutus." In appearance John L..
Lewis is bigger bushier and paler Bill Borah. His
eyebrows gables, and the whole mask is that OF
the actor The countenance may be that OF Borah,
but the voice is pure Walter Hampden.
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velt does, and hope that he is keeping in mind Prin
Barbara Hutton Mdivani and his own bosom
friend, Vincent Aston, whose guest he lately Mr..
Astor. from the measurements and financial statis-
tics of the yacht Nourmahal, from which Mr.. Roose
welt set forth every day to poster the seagong fish,
has more money than any one man needs or de-
serves.
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HJeemC bM
b.
Haywood BROUN

WTASHINGTON. April 16.-"The name is Lewis
w John L." This the opening of the first
sleech made by the president Of the United Mine
Workers in the big auditorium Of the Commerce
building many months ago. No such introduction
is necessary any more for John L. has made many
speeches since and under the deal he has estab-
lshed himself the most powerful labor leader
in America. He is probably the finest orator in the
p. F. Of =.