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Evening star., 1937-03-07
CITY HEADS OPPOSE
LIQUOR ACT CHANGES
Commissioners Also on Record
Against Bill to Abolish Capt.
tai Punishment.

Proposed changes in the District
liquor control act were opposed by
the Commissioners yesterday in a
series of reports to the House Dis
trict Committee. The Commissioners
also registered opposition to a bill
to abolish capital punishment in the
District.
The Guyer bill to return prohibl-
ton to the District, the Commits
sioners told the committee, would
constitute a backward step, whereas
the Dirksen bill to permit the sale
Of hard liquor by the drink at bona
fide lunch counters would be a further
step toward the return Of the saloon.
AS for the Palmisano bill, which
would require all beer sold in WASH
ington to be bottled at the brewery,
the Commissioners said 1t would
result in great damage to bona fde
manufacturers of beer in the Dis
trict." This measure, however, virtu-
ally has been killed by the committee.
Altogether, the Commissioners took
the position: "Tfe present system Is
working satisfactorily and should not
be disturbed"
Evening star., 1937-03-07
WOODRING WILL ATTEND
FLOOD-CONTROL TALKS
War Secretary to Leave Tomorrow
to Meet With Governors Of
New England States.

Secretary of War Woodring will
leave Washington tomorrow to meet
Monday with Governors of the New
England States for discussion Of
flood-control measures In the Con-
necticut River Valley.
Accompanied by Mai. Gen. Edward
M. Markham, chief Of Army Engineers,
and Capt. Lucius Clay, Woodring will
leave Washington at 10 O'Clock this
morning and will have breakfast to-
morrow morning with Gov. Cross Of
Connecticut. At II am. tomorrow he
will meet at Hartford with Cows. Cross,
Aiken of Vermont, Hurley Of Massa-
chusetts and Murphy of New Hamp-
shire.
Congress has authorized construc-
ton of a reservoir system for the Con-
necticut River Valley at an estimated
cost of sl0,o2s, 300. plus s3.344,loo for
lands and damages.
Evening star., 1937-03-07

will probably be one Of the park off,
cials, trying to ascertain If the sap is
rising in the trees.
This year a new factor has stepped
into the question of when the trees
will blossom. 1t is the Thomas Jefter-
son Memorial, to be constructed at
the south short OF the Tidal Basin.
Some persons stoutly maintain that
the japanese cherry trees will fade
out after this year, for they are SO
old they can't be moved successfully,
and it is planned to change the con-
tour of the Tidal Basin. Others as
forcibly contend the japanese cherry
trees will be enhanced by the con-
struction of an imposing memorial to
Thomas Jefferson.
Park officials yesterday handed
down an official past performance"
sheet on the trees. This showed that
the single blossoms have begun TO
bloom as follows. April IS in 1924,
March 81 in 1925: April II in 1925,
March 20 in 1927. April in 1928,
March 81 in 1929, April l in 1880
April II in 1881, April Is in 1882,
April 9 in 1893, April Is in 1884.
April ! in 1885 and April in 1885.
They remain in bloom from 10 to II
days.
The double blossoms start to bloom
around two weeks later and stay in
flower about two weeks.
Evening star., 1937-03-07
ONLY 100 ON CITY
STAFF REPORTED
HOLDING TWO Jobs
Data Compiled for "Nepot-
ism" Survey Shows Few
Drive TaxicabS.
DENIES CLIQUE RULES
WATER Department
10 Persons in Six Families, How.
ever, Shown Having Positions
in D. C. Bureau.

A report that only 100 Of the Dis
trict's 1000 employees are engaged in
outside" work was made to Chair
man Collins of the House Committee
in charge of the District supply bill
yesterday as an investigation, ordered
by Collins into alleged nepotism in
the District government, went forward.
Maj. Daniel J. Donovan, District
auditor and budget officer, submitted
the extra" work report to Collins for
inclusion in the record of the Appro-
priations Subcommittee hearings.
Collins said the chief purpose in OBJ
tanning the information was to find out
how many District employees drive taxi
cabs during of hours.
Meanwhile, officials Of the District
Water Department denied that any
Clique" controlled job appointments
in the department, while volunteering
the information that 19 persons in six
different families hold jobs in the de-
partment. or did until recently.
In Service Many Years.
They emphasized, however. that
most of these employees had been in
the service for many years. having
entered in the lower grades and won
promotion. This inquiry also is being
conducted by Maj Donovan.
RpnrpSo0fofiy-o Co11jre
extra work report showed only COM
paratively small number of District
employees drive cabs.
Before ordering the report. Collins
had been told at least 1000 Federal
and District employees drive cabs on a
part-time basis.
The report on the extra work of
school employees was returned to Supt.
Frank w. Ballou, Collins said, because
1t failed to list the income from all
sources OF the school workers.
One Works at Bar.
Collins disclosed a cursory exani-
nation Of the entire report showed
one District worker mixes drinks at
a cocktail bar during of hours, an
other practices as a chiropractor and
policeman teaches law class.
D. w. Holton, superintendent Of
the Water Department, and his prin-
cipal assistant, Humphrey Beckett,
both emphasized that in the past five
or six years new appointments, out
side of professional and per diem
classes, have been drawn from the
eligible lists of the Civil Service Com
mission under an order issued by for
mer President Hoover.
There are said to be a number Of
related workers in various depart
ments Of the District, in addition to
those revealed in the Water Depart
ment, though no District official
could be found yesterday who would
agree there have been any instances
Of "nepotiSm."
Evening star., 1937-03-07

advocated communism. He needed
the Al cents, so he promised.
It also kept District youth from
learning about Russia from the man
who checked hats and coats at
community center dance. The hat
checker signed too.
The controller also decided to make
the law retroactive to the date the
supply bill became law with the result
the school officials had to get signed
assurances covering the three pre-
vious months from all employees even
though many were no longer in the
school service.
Here's how you get blank. They
are printed in the Division of Print
ing of the District Government, about
$4,000 of them at cost of about
$l61 taken out of the $500 allowed
the schools for printing and binding
last year. They are taken in spe-
cial trucks to the Franklin School at
Fourteenth and K. This costs the
schools another $50 a year.
Distributed to Schools.
From the accountants Office at
Franklin they are distributed in lots,
calculated to last given number OF
months, to the supervising principals
and division heads through whom
they finally reach the teacher and
the custodian.
The signed blanks pile back into
Franklin a week before pay day, twice
month except for officers and
teachers who are paid once a month.
They are checked by Franklin ac-
countants and extra clerical help
from the outside necessary to relieve
the work load, all Of whom must also
sign.
The form must be absolutely right
as to name and date, signed the way
the employees name is carried on the
books, except In the case Of . few
Evening star., 1937-03-07
TRAIN DEATHSLA|D
T0L|GHTS' FAILURE
Testimony Conflicts in Re.
gard to Operation in Cross
ing Fatalities.

James T. Corbin, 46, of Silver Spring,
Md, and Charles Shipton, As, Of $3.50
Colorado avenue. auditors for the In
ternal Revenue Bureau, came to their
deaths in a train automobile collision
at the Bates road northeast crossing
the night of February rs because of
failure of warning lights to operate" :"
a coroner,s jury held yesterday.
The auditors were killed when Cor
bins automobile was struck at the
crossing by Baltimore & Ohio Rail-
road freight train.
Conflicting testimony regarding op-
Grafton of the electric warning light
and bell at the crossing was intro
duced at the inquest at the District
Morgue.
Sergt. William J. Liverman of the
homicide squad testified one of the %
batteries Of the glass-jar type fur
nishing current from a box on the
side of the tracks for the warning
light system. was broken. This, he
said he found, was sufficient to open
the circuit ahd prevent the lights
from operating.
John P. Schrodt of the National
Bureau of Standards substantiated
the technical part of Liverman's testi-
mony. Schrodt also examined the
battery after the tragedy.
Lyman H. Davis. cab driver. and
Francis Pyle, 1900 Twelfth place
northeast, testified they crossed the
tracks at the same place from 2 to 4
hours before the accident and noticed
the warning lights were not working.
J. H. Shewbridge of Sandy Hook,
Md, engineer of the train. and Joseph
j. Pessagno of No. Seventeenth street
southeast, the fireman, testified the
warning lights were working.
The jury's verdict said the victims
came to their deaths through no
negligence of their own nor through
any of the engineer, but because of
failure of the warning lights to op-
crate"
The same jury held that Jesse Jones,
AZ. of 1901 N street. was injured IA
tally because Of his own "carelessness"
when he was struck by street car on
New York avenue near Thirteenth
street on the evening of March 8.
Jones. World War veteran, was
home on 90-day furlough from the
Veterans Administration Hospital at
Hampton. Va.
The verdicts freed Raymond E.
Nigh, Is. Of 2812 Olive avenue, the
street car motorman, and Engineer
Shewbridge from technical custody.
Evening star., 1937-03-07

laborers who mark their crosses as
assurance that they have not been
teaching or advocating communism.
If YOU are listed as K. Doe and sign
Katherine Doe it won't do and the
blank goes back.
After the hard-worked accountants
at Franklin get through their check
up the blanks are taken by messenger
to the District Building to the office
of William Hipkins in the auditing
section. He is not supposed to trust
the Franklin check-up and makes a
similar one of his own. They then
go to the general accounting ofhce
where, trusting neither previous check,
they make still another one OF their
own. If everything turns out salts
factorily, statements are buried for
ever in the files there and the over
burdened accountants and annoyed
employees are free until next pay day.
Evening star., 1937-03-07
POTOMAC CONTROL
WORK PROGRESSES
Cumberland Officials Dis.
cuss Flood Survey With
Army Engineers.
BY the Associated Press.


CUMBERLAND. Md, March g.
City and county authorities turned
their attention to control and use of
the Potomac River today as the first
anniversary of the disastrous 1886
flood neared.
Three major developments in the
Potomac River basin marked the week.
City officials discussed with Army
Engineers the flood survey now being
conducted, progress on the Savage
River dam was reported, and the
Washington, D. c., Board of Trade
invited the Board of Allegany County
Commissioners to attend a conference
March 19 on Potomac River pollution.
On March II, 1886. the rising Potomac
flooded Cumberland's business district,
causing a loss of S5,000,000.
Meets Army Engineers.
Mayor Thomas w. Koon met with
City Engineer Ralph L. Rizer and
Maj. w. D. Luplow and E. A. Schmidt,
Army Engineers, to discuss the flood
survey.
Locations of various elevations,
streets and buildings in the flood area
have been completed, John r. Avery,
jr., Engineer in charge, reported, as
has the topography in The Ridgeley
area. He said topography now is being
taken from the Wiley Ford Bridge
downstream.
A proposed channel through the
Ridgeley area will be about 400 feet
wide, it was explained. and take in an
area in which about so homes now are
located. Avery said, however, that the
exact location of the channel has not
been determined.
Levee Planned.
Plans include the construction of a
levee on the Maryland side of the river
and walls along Wills Creek
Avery told the officials that three
diamond drills have been in operation
for 10 days making borings for the
Savage River dam.
The surveys for both projects, Avery
said, will last about two more months,
with approximately 125 men employed
in the work. When completed the
plans will be used by Engineers to sub
nit recommendations to Congress, to-
gether with an estimate of the cost.
The invitation extended by the
Washington Board of Trade said the
board was greatly interested in the
condition of the river in respect to
researches and work completed toward
improvement.
1t also referred to the recommended
tions of the Advisory Committee on
Water Pollution of the National Re-
sources Committee.
Evening star., 1937-03-07

Or Miss -, for example, abroad
on leave of absence. It missed her
ship at several ports of call but
eventually turned up in the mail
many miles away. The red rider,
like its slightly more equestrian
counterpart In the Canadian Mounted
Police, always gets its man, or woman
an, as the case may be.
Perhaps you haven't heard about
Joe zilch, q janitor. Joe, 1t seems.
was In the CONTAGIOUS ward Of .
Evening star., 1937-03-07
WILL GIVE OPERA

Students at Taft Junior High School
will present their annual entertain
ment March 1919 in the form of an
opera, ''The Pied Piper of Hamlin," !"
the score of which was written by
Anna Beiswenger and Joseph
Clokey.
Nearly 100 persons are participating
in the three-act production, under the
direction of 10 teachers. The orches-
ira will play the accompaniment,
with Patricia Rhine and Barbara
Waller playing for the solos.
Evening star., 1937-03-07
LABOR DANCE FRIDAY

Secretary Of Labor Perkins and
several other officials of the depart
ment will be honor guests at recep-
ton and dance in celebration of the
Department of Labor's twenty-fourth
anniversary next Friday night at the
Mayflcwer Hotel.
Leigh L. Nettleton Is chairman of
the Committee on Arrangements.
Evening star., 1937-03-07
Will Lecture on Jews.

Pierre van Paassen, writer and lee
turer. will speak on The Position of
the Jews in the Maelstrom of Interna-
tional Events" at meeting arranged
by the Washington Zionist District at
the Jewish Community Center Thurs
day at $50 pm.
Evening star., 1937-03-07
DRILLERS SINK FOURTH
HOLE AT TIDAL BASIN
Tests Indicate Thomas Jefferson
Memorial Foundations Will
Go Down 90 to 40 Feet.

Drillers for the United States En-
gineer Office made rapid progress yes
terday as they sank a fourth hole at
the south side of the Tidal Basin to
locate bed rock on which will rest
foundations for the projected memo
rial to Thomas Jefferson.
The tests indicate the foundations
will be built on bed rock from 80 to
ITO feet below the surface.
A number of additional holes will
be sunk in the next three weeks on
land and water to get the whole pic
ture of subSurface formations.
Evening star., 1937-03-07

Relief from the nuisance is found
only in death, it appears, for then only
money due Is paid the estate without
requiring even a proxy signature. It
was the private opinion of several
employees that only ignorance OF
whether the deceased is in Heaven or
in hell stops the blank at the
cemetery.
Evening star., 1937-03-07
Realty License Bill Ready.

A bill to license real estate brokers
and statesmen will be introduced to-
morrow by Chairman Norton of the
House District Committee. A similar
measure already is pending in the
Senate.
Evening star., 1937-03-07

~ EATH, perhaps, but nothing
/ else, pursues its victim with
the relentless persistence of
- the red rider blank.
It's just an ordinary f1ll-in blank
to the effect that you, as an employe
of the District public schools, have
neither taught nor advocated COM
munism during the previous month,
but try to set your pay without sign
ing on the dotted line-whether
you are on hospital cot, about to
catch a train, or trying to enjoy
trip abroad-or even in jail.
Take the case Of Miss -, high
school teacher, who was all but on
the train at Union Station of for
vacation when a flying minion
from the Franklin Building blew in
with blank she had neglected to
sign.
Evening star., 1937-03-07
Ad Club Jamboree April 6.

The Advertising Club will hold its
annual jamboree. at the Shoreham
Hotel April 6, President Norman G.
Kal announced yesterday. A number
of prizes will be given away, among
them an automobile and . refrigerator.
Evening star., 1937-03-07

displays the yesterday wn jacs
w rerat wn the
he southern ftheA ndn Continent taf Photo
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ST. CLOUD TEACHERS
BEAT ELY JAYSEES
Two Extra Sessions Required
to Decide Thrill-packed
Game Here Saturday.

A long shot by Goldman, substitute
guard for the visitors, early in the sec
ond overtime period, gave the st. Cloud
Teachers college basketball team a II
to Is victory over the Ely Jaysees in a
thrill packed game here Saturday
evening.
After a slow and lstleSS first half
which ended with the score deadlocked
at all, both teams came back after
the intermission to play an improved
brand of ball with the lead changing
hands frequently. The final gun for
the regular playing time found the
game again tied with the score at "a
all. The first overtime period of five
minutes was scoreleSS with the visitors
gaining the edge in the second extra
session.
Ely took an early lead in the game
with Miklausich, local forward, caging
three goals in the opening quarter
while st. Cloud made two free throws to
make the score 6 to at the end of the
first period. st. Cloud came back with
three goals in the second frame while
Ely was getting two penalty markers
and the half ended 8 to 8.
Play speeded up in the third quarter
with both teams showing a complete
reversal of the slow play which featured
the first half ST. Cloud took the lead
for the first time in the game when
Rengal, forward, bagged a goal but
Miklausich tied it up with two gift
throws Deblock put the visitors in the
lead again with long toss with Kos
chak scoring for Ely short time later
to deadlock the count at IL. Koschak
put Ely in front with free throw but
two baskets by Odanovich, center for
the visitors, and one by Rengal while
Mikalusich was getting one for Ely
brought the score to st. Cloud Is, Ely
Is, as the quarter ended.
Two fast passing plays, Nicholas to
KoSchak, with the latter registering
baskets while st. Cloud was getting a
gift shot tied the score at 10 all early
in the final frame but Pagenhoff of the
visitors came back to give his team its
| longest lead of the game by bagging two
goals in a row to make the count % tc
49, Miklausich and Koschak tied the
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Music Theme of Meeting
of Music and Drama Club.

+ The music section of the Music and
Drama Club met at the William Mitchell
residence on Monday evening, the pro-
gram committee consisting of Mrs. H
G. Newgord and Mrs. Frank DiNino
The program presented was as follows
Paper, Maurice Ravel" by Mrs. Di-
Nino; program notes, Mrs. Newgord;
piano solo, 'Pavanne," Mrs Newgord;
vocal solo, ''Chanson Epique," Mrs. B
10. Strachan, accompanied by Mrs. H
N. Sutherland; piano solo, "Valses
Mobiles ct Sentimentales' 1st and Sd,
Mrs. DiNino; violin solo, "Kaddisch, y
Mrs. Otto Sarkipato, accompanied by
Mrs. Sutherland; piano solo, "Sonatine
Bird movement, Anime" Mrs. Newgord;
vocal solo, "Nicoletta," Mrs. Strachan
accompanied by Mrs Sutherland, and
piano solo, "Bolero," Miss Margaret
Mitchell.
Miss zella Richter assisted Miss Nit
chell in serving refreshments after the
| program.
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VITAL STATISTICS.

DR.. o. w. Parker, registrar of births
and deaths for Ely, has made his re-
port to the city council of births and
deaths for December
During the month there were six
deaths in Ely all of which were above
Sc years of age with the exception of
one child, eight months old
Births during the month reported
were as follows:
December 5, to Mr. and Mrs. Steve A
Orazem, twins, boy and girl
December IA, to Mr. and Mrs. Anton
Pavlisich, son.
December IL, to Mr.. and Mrs. D. j
Skule, son.
December 81, to Mr. and Mrs. VIM
Morse, a son.
December 80, to Mr.. and Mrs John
KapSch, son.
December 81, to Mr.. and Mrs. Lauri
Luhtanen, son.
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score as each scored bucket and with
less than minute to play Rengal put
the downstate team in the lead with a
free throw A tree throw just 26 sec
onds before the end of the game by
Koschak tied up the contest for the
seventh time to send play into an over
time session.
Both teams failed to score in the first
overtime although each were given OPP
portunities to do so with Ely missing
three chances on short pot shots any
one of which would have won the game
In the second overtime period, Gohmar
of the visitors let fly long shot early
in the session to give his team the
edge. Free throws by Ely and the viSi-
tors made the final count q to Is
Gohman's basket was distinctly of the
fluke variety being a long toss from
near mid-floor with the bail striking
the back rim of the hoop, caromins
straight up several feet above the basket
and then falling down through the
meSheS.
Miklausich and KoSchak lead the Ely
scoring attack with Is and 10 points
respectively, to account for all of the Ely
scoring. Odanovich, center, with 8
Rengal, forward with 6, and Pagenhoff
guard, with 6, were the high men fo
| the st. Cloud club. One of the featureI
of the game was the outstanding de-
fensive play of Stukel, Ely center, wht
gave a fine exhibition of blocking shot
and getting rebounds off the back
board. The Ely team missed thirteel
free throws out of twenty chances Will,
the visitors missed four out of nine.
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NOTICE FOR BIDS
Ely, Minnesota, January 6, 1887.
Office of the City Clerk.

NOTICE lie HEREBY GIVEN That
sealed proposals will be received by the
City Council of the City of Ely, Min
nesota, up to eight 90 o'clock P. M,
Tuesday, January 10, 1887, for furnish
ing the City of Ely, Minnesota, with it's
requirements of Incandescent Lamps for
a period of one Cd year from the date
of the execution of the contract.
A certified check in the amount of
$4,000 must accompany each proposal as
a guarantee of good faith
The City Council of the City of Ely,
Minnesota, reserves the right to re-
ject any and all bids.
Address all proposals to the under
signed and mark plainly upon the out
side of the envelope, Proposal for In
Candescent Lamps"
BY order of the City Council of the
City of Ely, Minnesota.
A. o. KNUTSON,
1T LA City Clerk.
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Junior Council Has
Interesting Meeting

The Junior Council of Catholic
Women met Tuesday evening at the Old
High School
At the meeting, plans were made for
a Communion Breakfast at the Forest
Hotel on January II. Rose Mochnik is
chairman of the committee in charge
assisted by Christine Lenich and
Frances Hutar
The group will have a toboggan party
on January 10 and following the party
lunch will be served at Charles Ham
burger Shop.
Tuesdays meeting was in charge OF
Rose Tisovich, June BONNER and An
gela Chernivetz who served a most de-
lightful lunch
The committee named for the next
meeting of the group is Onne Grahek
Frances Strukel and Katherine Spreit-
Ter.
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|ELY OFFICERS
COUNTY CLUB
Local Men Win Committee
Berths in County Club and
Farm Bureau.

M. B. Elson, secretary Of the st.
Louis County Club and Farm Bureau
has sent out notifications of appoint
ments on committees of the club for the
year 1897.
Ely is well represented on the COM
mittees making up the Civic and Com
merce section of the club of which o.
j. McIllvenna of Virginia is chairman.
Ray Hoefler is on the executive COM
mittee; Stanley Adkins is member of
the education and citizenship commit
tee; William Hanson and Frank Zgonc
on the game and fish committee; Peter
Schaefer on the legislative; Jacob L.
Pete, Ray Hoefler and Sig Olson in the
tourist and publicity group, and Waino
Somero is member of the good roads
committee.
All are prominent committees and
carry much weight in the councils of the
civic and commerce group made up OF
the executive, education and citizenship
forestry, game and fish, legislation
tourist and publicity, safety and good
roads committees.