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Evening star., 1935-10-13
SURVEYORS HAUNTED GALLINGER HOSPITAL
BY PHANTOM SHOALS OvERCROWDING SEEN
Coast and Geodetic Survey Official
Denies Existence of Mis-.
sissippi Reef.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
A phantom bed of shoals off the
mouth of the Mississippi is haunting
the Coast and Geodetic Survey.
Capt. r. r. Lukens, assistant chief
of the Division of Hydrography and
Topography, says the Government is
sure such barrier to navigation does
not exist in those waters, but reports
of this reef keep bobbing up.
Several searches have been made in
the last 20 years for the strange reef
which ships have reported, but always
they have come t. naught. In a final
effort to fathom the mystery the sur
vey ship photographer will have an
other look around in the region of the
reef ghost" early in the Spring.
"The phantom reef" Lukens said,
"is an oddity we can't explain exactly.
It was heard about most persistently
between 1915 and 1920. Vessels en-
tering and leaving the passes of the
Mississippi time and again sent in
reports Of shoal so .ndings. Moving
through fog, these ships were sound
ing every foot of their way and we
could not doubt the accuracy of their
reports. The theory has been ad-
vanced that they might have struck
mud Jumps, quantities of silt matted
together, but none of our vessels ever
ran into such obstructions."
Evening star., 1935-10-13
Supt. Bocock Sounds Winter
Warning, Citing S72 Pa
tients in One Day.

A prediction that Gallinger Hospital
would be crowded far beyond eff
cient capacity during the coming Win
ter was made yesterday by Supt. Edgar
A. Bocock in a report to the Board OF
Public Welfare
At one time during the past month,
he reported, the greatest number OF
patients ever handled in one day at
Gallinger was under treatment. The
number was 872.
The average daily population at the
hospital during September was 1856,
the second heaviest average daily CEN
sus noted during the present year.. he
said. This figure was 130 greater
than the number for September of last
year.
with this unusually high occu-
pancy rate for an early Fall month, it
can only be predicted that the hospi-
tai may become crowded far beyond
capacity during the coming Winter
months" he said.
Evening star., 1935-10-13

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very valuable service to Washington
py Its efforts to instill the principles
OF safety into the thousands of men
and women who drive vehicles on
our streets. This company has been
preaching and teaching safe opera
tion to the drivers of its many
vehicles for years, and is very glad
not only to heartily indorse The
Stars activity but to urge upon
every one of its 5000 employees,
whether they operate the street cars,
busses and trucks of the company or
their own private vehicles, to sign
the safety pledge and to make a habit
of the IL safe driving practices which
you have listed"
Mr. Hanna has ordered a COPY of
this statement be placed on posters
along with the safety pledge and
sticker under the inscription Pledge
Yourself for Safety" and placed in
every Office of the 10 divisions Of
the company.
DuhCtiu SICuAhtCu.
The following bulletin. entitled
why sign the safe drivers pledge?"
will be distributed among the
employees:
"Everybody's doing it. It's the style.
Be up to date. Get in line. The
pedestrians need it. The children
need 1t. The aged and crippled need
it. Each one of us need the protec-
ton We get. Example is better than
precept. Do it yourself, then get your
family. It's just the thing We want
other drivers to do. 1t makes you
think of the important safe habits.
These safe habits will help save your
life and your job. Nobody wants to
side with drivers who don't heed
these IL points. Every rider feels
safer with pledged driver. No good
driver can afford not to show his colors.
We have a traffic war on our streets
everyday-the red, white and blue
sticker shows which side you are on.
Your children and mine will be
safer If we all sign up. 1t don't cost
you cent, it may save you hundreds
of dollars-it may save your life. If
you sign-your sticker will help. you
to remember. Twelve little things
pledged become the vital things on
the street. You make promise and
you are your own inspector-is your
word worth anything to you? Every
one of the II pledges has saved some
body's life at one time or another.
In the split seconds that separate
safety and disaster these IL pledges
loom up as powerful safeguards.
Courtesy and Safety Twins.
mo pleasures, no hurry, no ex-
pense can justify neglect of any of
these simple pledges. These pledges
are ordinary safe driving practices
habits that save you and others trou-
BILE. Any man who drives carefully
anyway need not fear these pledges.
Common courtesy and safety are twins
on the highway. Careful drivers
don't need pledges, but they sign up
because they want to show they are
Evening star., 1935-10-13
W"'CAMPA|GNERS
GET SAFETY VOWS
ia Pledges Are Turned in
at Dinner Rally of $50
Workers.

Seeking safety pledges as well as
new members for the Young Mems
Christian Association, the special
membership campaigners of the Gen.
tral Y. M. C. A. have enlisted ia
citizens in The Stars drive for trafic
safety. 3
First returns in the intensive, CITY,
wide canvass were tabulated at a
dinner rally of the $50 campaigners
Friday night at the Central Y. M. c.
A. In addition to turning in ia
signed Star Safety Council pledge
cards, the business and professional
men engaged in the drive reported a
total of 120 new Y. M. C. A. members
Schustek Wins Honors.
Andrew Schustek, member of J..
o. Martins division, won individual
honors in the recruiting of safety
pledge signers. He turned over to
Chairman John L. Vandegrift SO
signed pledge cards. George E. Harris,
leader Of the "G-men" division in
the campaign, was first in total of
Y. NJ c. A. members enrolled with q -.
Chairman Vandegrift commended
Schustek for his showing in the safety
drive and urged all the campaigners
to continue to emphasize safety as
well as health in their conversations
with prospective Y. M. C. A. members.
He said The Star drive is worthy of
the support Of every Y. M. c. A.
member.
Chinese Minister Guest.
DR.. Alfred S. K SEE, Chinese AM
bassador. and Gen. C. K. Chang,
noted commander of the Chinese
Northern Army, were guests OF honor
at the dinner. They paid tribute to
the Y. M. c. A. and congratulated
the campaigners on their progress,
Gen. Chang speaking in Chinese.
DR.. SEE is member of the local
"Y" and Gen. Chang of the Chinese
Y. M. c. A. David Penn and K. H.
Law, secretaries to Gen. Chang, also
were present.
Entertainment included a memory
demonstration by Mark Wooding, solos
by William Horner and selections by
the Chesapeake g. Potomac Telephone
Co. Quartet.
Evening star., 1935-10-13
BRAKE DESIGNING
. HELD SAFETY KEY
Stop Power Falls Short OF
Speed Gains in Auto.
= mobiles.

(The author OF this article, Lieut..
Condr. George L. Smith, U. S. ~,
retired, has made study OF motor
pehicle brakes during the past 10
years. Some OF his findings. ,oith
their bearing on the question OF
safety on our streets and highways.
are discussed beloD.)
Evening star., 1935-10-13

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in safety. At the present time this
chance Is not given.
The pedestrian waits for the green
light at the intersection. 1t comes on,
and through traffic, to be sure. ceases.
But the automobiles making right
turns en- the near side and those max
ing left turns from the far side con-
tinue. The walker in many instances
is entirely blocked. If he is not blocked,
he has to dart in and out of oncoming
cars almost as much so as if through
traffic continued.
He simply has to be lucky to get
over. Now. when one has to trust
to luck to keep from getting injured,
the condition is not safe What The
Star is primarily interested in, is not
getting home few minutes earlier,
but getting home safely. Congestion
OF traffic Is not to be desired, but it Is
far more desirable. if necessary, than
the loss of life or limb. The campaign
Is to reduce accidents. No other pur-
pose. is involved
Now. let us see il there is not a
remedy. The principal one that sug-
gests itself Is to have a time when the
pedestrian can cross the street in
safety. This can be brought about by
regulating the traff1c lights so that
the amber light would be on for a
longer time-say 20 seconds. Twenty
seconds would allow any one TO cross
any street. provided that there was no
moving vehicle traffic at the time.
vehicular Traffic Should Stop.
All right then. let's have the amber
light on between the green and red
signal for 20 seconds. Then, during
that interval, let's have all vehicular
trafiic stopped. With this plan, the
pedestrian surely could cross the street
IN safety. Well, that's what we were
after. wasn't it?
Folowing this plan, pedestrian con-
troll could be put into effect. Few
would oppose the idea now that the
pedestrian is given safe crossing While
the light might be called the "pedes-
trian light" it would be no different
than the present one, except that it
was no longer. No large expenditures
would be entailed by this plan. Me-
chanically it would only be a matter
OF timing. Rigid police enforcement,
OF course, would be necessary.
The only opposition to the above
plan might be that greater trafic con-
gestion might be caused. So what?
Pedestrians now darting III and out of
trafilc cause plenty. If one of them
Is struck there Is more congestion.
After all, what Is this idea of hurry
ing so much? What necessitates it?
What does one do after he gets to
where he is going? Very few emer-
gency cases daily exist. A few min
utes of delay certainly seems far bet
ter than hours, days and years of re-
gret.
Saving Life Important Thing.
1t is said that the plan has been
tried out In other cities and later
abandoned. Well, other plans have
been tossed aside before, and later
brought back and found effective. We
are trying to save life. That's rather
important, isn't it?
Increased congestion, if any. might
be alleviated by faster speeds between
intersections, and more right turns on
the red traffic light. That wouldn't
be so bad If all pedestrians were cross
ing only at intersections and then only
on the amber light.
The plan at first should only be tried
out in the downtown contested area.
Evening star., 1935-10-13

1t may not be needed elsewhere. Traf-
nc is lighter up town and there are few
turns made at intersections.
The Star Safety Council has received
countless numbers of letters suggest
ing such scheme. 1t is worth trial.
People, for pedestrians are people.
should be given chance to cross the
street safely. The Stars campaign is
for safety for motorists and pedes-
trians. There is no difference between
the two-drivers and walkers-only
time. Nearly all walkers ride. and
surely all drivers walk.
Let's have safety.
Evening star., 1935-10-13
CLUB LEADER CHOSEN

Special Dispatch to The Star.
PURCELLVILLE. Va, October 12.-
At the annual meeting of the Home
Interest Club at the home of Mrs.
Walton w. Cope here, Mrs. Cope was
elected president of the organization
for 1856; Mrs. Henry Taylor, sec
retary, and Mrs. w. E. Nichols, treas
urer. A review of Life Begins at
Forty" was given by Mrs. Florence B.
Nichols of Washington and an original
paper by Mrs. Howard M. Hoge on
How to Grow Old Gracefully"
Evening star., 1935-10-13
JESSE T. LAzEAR DIES
Father of Naval Commander

Father of Naval Commanders
Wife Succumbs in Atlanta.
Jesse T. Lazear, father of Mrs.
James o. Gawne, wife Of Comdr.
Gawne, U. S. NJ, of this city, died
suddenly yesterday at his home in
Atlanta, Ga. He was retired Pitts
burgh attorney.
Mr.. Lazear, who was 50 and a ma
tive of Pittsburgh, had made his home
in Atlanta since his retirement 10
years ago. Besides his daughter he
Is survived by o son. John, and q
sister, Mrs. Charles p. Orr. both Of
Pittsburgh.
Funeral services will be In Pitts
bsrgh tomorrow. n
Evening star., 1935-10-13
Lights

Continued From First Page.)
Evening star., 1935-10-13
Club to Give Party.

SEAT PLEASANT, Md, october IL
(SpeciaD "A luncheon and card
party will be given Thursday in the
Masonic Hall here under auspices of
the Mothers Club for the benefit of
the Jobs Daughters.
Evening star., 1935-10-13
Safety

Continued From First Page)
Evening star., 1935-10-13
Howard University Program.

DR.. Conrad H. Moehlman, professor
of the history Of Christianity at Col
Rochester Seminary, Rochester.
N. Y, will be the guest speaker today
at II o'clock in Andrew Rankin Me-
mortal Chapel at Howard University.
The university choir will present a
musical program.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1935-10-10
New Wheat Contracts
Explained at Meetings

In accordance with the plan of
the County Allotment Committee
OF the Wheat Association, Waldo w.
Skuse, County Extension Agent, has
announced two meetings for the
county as follows:
Friday, October 18th at 1890 q.
m. in the Commercial club rooms,
in Prosser and Monday, October II
at 1920 am. at the county extern
sion office in Kennewick, are the
dates set for the meetings.
AT these meetings the members
OF the County Allotment Commit
tee who recently attended one of
the statewide meetings in Yaki-
ma, will explain the points of the
new 4-year wheat contracts and
take part in the general discussion
regarding these contracts. This will
occupy the forenoon session. I'M
mediately following lunch, the meet
ing will resume with the signing of
application blanks which have lust
been received in the county extern
sion office, the detailed information
on which is now being filled in in
preparation for the meetings.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1935-10-10
COUNTY G. @. P.
STARTS WORK
To Form Four Study Clubs for
Women Workers in District
Much Interest ShrOwn

Plans for a rousing Lincoln Day
banquet were started Tuesday night
at Benton City when the Benton
County Republican Central commit
tee held a well-attended meeting.
Representatives from all parts of
the country were present and much
enthusiasm was shown in the
forthcoming campaign.
In Benton county, as in all parts
of the country, political activities
are starting months ahead of the
usual time. Campaign plans are be-
ing worked out and in the opinion
of many, the next year will see new
developments in political strategy
never before attempted.
The formation of four women's
study clubs is included in the coun-
ty plans, one club to be formed at
Kennewick, Prosser, Hanford-W White
Bluffs and Richland-Kiona.
Literature on the issues of the
time will be supplied through the
national organization and much in
terest is being indicated by women
in the several parts of the country,
Vacancies on the committee were
filled by election Tuesday night and
at the present time each precinct in
the county is represented by an
active party worker.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1935-10-10
Bangs Tests on Same
Basis at T.. b. Tests

Word has just been received at
the County Extension office accord
ing to County Extension Agent
Skuse, that, effective january LIST,
1896, testing of cattle for Bangs di-
sease will be compulsory, in accord
ance with state ruling just signed
by Walter j. Robinson, State Com
missioner of Agriculture. This
places the Bangs tests on the same
basis at the T. B. tests.
AS the funds that were appropri-
ated to cover indemnity payments
to farmers for diseased animals
slaughtered are limited in amount,
it is very desirable that all farm
ers Of the county who have not al
ready made application for the
Bangs disease tests to do SO at
once in the hope that If they should
have cows which react, that there
would still be time to get indemnity
payments. 1t is very uncertain as
to whether any more money will be
appropriated to make these pay
ments, after the funds on hand have
been exhausted. -.--..
Request should be made by mail
or otherwise to the County Exten-
sion Office, Kennewick. a@a
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1935-10-10
HONOR ROLL Is
SHORTER NOW
Tweet Again Turns in Perfect
Marks for First Six Weeks;
Only Perfect Score

School must be getting tougher
only one pupil in the four upper
grades managed to get straight AS
for the first six weeks period this
fall. David Tweet, member of the
junior class rated that distinction.
Only three other members of his
class made the roll at all.
Nine members of the senior class
rated the honor roll, six from the
sophomore class and ten from the
freshman class D.
The list of pupils and their stand
ings follows:
Freshman-Vivian Higley, "A,
2-B; Irma Waggoner, 4-A, LIB; Earl
Johns, ga, 2-B; Ellen Wysong, pa,
Alb; Burke Hauschild, PA, 3-B;
Wayne CARRIER, IA, 2-B, 1-C; Lee
land Petitjean, IA, 2-B, &c; Anna
Marie Mueller, IA, BIB; Mervin
Michner, la, 4-B; Elsie Lewis, la,
2-B, &c.
Sophomore Frank Visger, Ia,
BIB; Ted Robinson, la, 3-B;
Wayne Smalley, la, 3-B, &c; Min
ME Thackara, la, 3-B, 1-C; Luella
Lewis, Ia, 2-B, 1-C; Alice Walker,
5-B.
Juniors Tweet, "A; Fran
ces White PA, LIB, 1-C; Martha
Chellis, IA, LIB, I'D; Rollin Smith,
3-B.
Seniors Mary Thresher, 4-A,
lib; James Giard, ga, 2-B; Elaine
Petitjean, ga, LIB, 1-C; John
Stafford, IA, 1-B, 1-C; Margaret
Reymore, Ia, 3-B; Harold Crock
EFT, la, 2-B, 1-C; Barbara Haus-
child, Ia, 2-B, 1-C; Stanley Will
son, Ia, LIB, 1-C; Maude Elder,
4-B
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1935-10-10
COUNTY HASNO
BONDED DEBT
Last of 100000 Court House
Bond Issue Cleaned Ahead
of Payment Time

Final payment Of $l3.341.25 (in-
terest included) on the 100000 is
use Of court house bonds will be
paid this week, according to a state
ment made today by Ben Knox,
county treasurer. This payment was
not due until March IS Of next year
but tax payments have been good
and sufficient money in the bond
redemption fund was available to
make payment at this time. Ben
Knox made application to otto Case
state treasurer, for the privilege Of
making final payment before the
bonds were due and the request was
granted. This will mean a saving in
interest OF $3.50.
The court house bonds were issu-
ed in 1926 and a policy Of retire
ment has been steadily followed for
the last nine years. With this pay
ment Benton county wipes out the
last of its bonded indebtedness. The
county was formed in 1905. The
current expense fund is carrying
$4,000 in unpaid warrants, but
against this there is half q million
dollars in unpaid taXes.-Prosser
Record Bulletin.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1935-10-10
HORN ROAD TO
BE BEGUN SOON
PWA Gives $4,000 for Com
plotting Project Begun Un-
der CWA Last Winter

Approval of a PWA grant of $4,000
to pay part of the cost of complet-
ing the Horn Road in Benton coun-
ty has been given by the Washing
ton, d. @. office and work on the
remaining ASS miles will be started
as soon as the money is released,
commissioners said Tuesday.
The county will apply $4,000 Of
secondary highway money to the
road work. The road was started
under CwA and crews had con-
structed five miles of grade before
relief money was withdrawn. The
road, which has long been sought
by Prosser residents, will open a
new route between the county seat
and the Hanford and White Bluffs
districts. - u.s.
The county engineers office an
nounced that location of a new
road up a canyon southwest of Fin
ley has been completed and con-
struction work probably will be
started late in November. The route
will be graded and surfaced at a
cost of $4,000 and paid for with sec
ondary highway money. 1t will give
wheat farmers on $4,000 acres a
shorter and better road to markets.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1935-10-10
TO DO STUNTS
FOR w. B. MEN
KenneWickers to Put On Pro-
gram at Joint Session at
Up-River Town

On Friday of next week a caravan
of Kennewick businessmen and res
idents Of the outlying district will
go to White Bluffs for joint meet
ing. The local visitors will have
charge of the program, a portion Of
which will consist of the moving
pictures taken of the upriver boat
races, etc.
Several numbers are being pre-
pared by the Kimanis club and the
chamber of commerce and the High
lands Improvement club will fur
nish a number or two. The party
will be stag affair and the MEM
bers of the community club at White
Bluffs are inviting a number of
farmers in their section to come to
the meeting.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1935-10-10
KENNEWICK is
GOOD AS BEST
Jack Turner Buys Back BUSH
ness Sold Early this Year;
Seeks Other Location

Jack Turner this week purchased
the Pastime pool hall from Blair
and Wolf, who have been conducting
the establishment this summer, hav-
ing purchased the place from Mr..
Turner at that time. =.
Mr.. Turner, since selling out, has
toured the two northwestern states
looking for a suitable business OPP
portunity. He says he has Travelled
$4,000 miles during the summer and
found but one town in which he'd
care to make his home, other than
in Kennewick. That town was
Omak, Washington. But he found
no opportunity for him at tina t
place.
"Kennewick is no worse off than
the rest of the towns in the North
west" Mr.. Turner said. Times seem
tough here and business is quiet,
but it's lot worse in many other
towns. And Kennewick is a nice
place to live"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1935-10-10
Bird Hunters Must
Have Guns Plugged

Shooting season on upland birds
opens Sunday and local hunters are
making proper arrangements for the
occasion. This year every repeat
ing shotgun must carry plug,
whereby not more than three shells
can be carried in the gun. Bag
limits remain the same as last
year.
In this immediate section the Of
ficial shooting time will begin Sum
day at $40 am. and close at 5:14
pm. On the following Wednesday
the shooting day will be about ten
minutes storter.
Open season for ducks and geese
will open this year from October
81 to November ID, inclusive. Shoot
ing time for ducks and geese has
been set at TOO am. to 4 pm.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1935-10-10
Park and Library to
Go On Short RatiOnS

Too many people voted against
the special tax levy last Saturday
to have it carry. The vote was not
actually against the proposition, for
it carried by a large percentage Of
those getting to the polls. The cleo
ton failed because not a sufficiently
large number of people were inter-
ested enough in the park and Ii
brary to make the effort necessary
to vote.
The actual vote was nearly hun
dred short of the required number,
369. Something over two hundred
ballots were counted and the levy
was declared as failed because of
the insufficient number of ballots.
The park and library, as a result,
will be forced to continue on the
short rations for another year.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1935-10-10
TO PLAY
WITH YAKIMA
X. III. S. to Have First Exper-
fence Under the FIOOdIights
Tomorrow Night

Tomorrow night (Friday) the
Kennewick Lions will go to Yakima
to meet the strong, powerful Yalzi-
ma Pirates in a night football game.
This will be the Lions first expef-
fence under floodlights and they are
eagerly awaiting this game.
Yakima boasts a very strong team
which is more powerful than the
record Of their two consecutive de-
feats indicates. Coach Johnny
zaepfel has been holding strenu-
GUS practices this weeka he hopes
to gain Yakima's first victory Of
the year. .te d
Likewist Coach Johannes has or
dered heavy workouts and studies
of Yakima formations. The prob
able starting lineup for KennewiclS
will be: RE, Rorick; LIE, Reymore:
RI, Holden; 1t, Swayze; re, will
son; LG, Helm; Q, Giard; @, Lin
coin; RH, Oliver; LII, Jones; FB,
Walters. . RI
The accompanying picture is that
Of the Yakima Pirates and their
coach zaepful. In the back row,
from right to left are ellis, Lab
berton, Rish, Edmunson. Middle
row: Kelly, Arteel, wisner, Shears.
Front row: Carsten, Sparton, Phil
lips, Keep, Parlett, Gaslzill Bailey.
The game at Yakima begins at
eight O'Clock. A large number Of
Kennewick rooters is planning to
attend the game.