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ETHIOPIANS ARMED BY SMUGGLERS Guns Pouring Into Nation, Althcugh Leaders Seem Oblivious. BY LAURENCE STALLINGS. GENERAL HEADQUARTERS, ETHIOPIAN ARMIES IN THE] FIELD, via Harar, October 5.—As war flares in the northern provinces, no one in this armed nerve center of Ethiopian strategy cares to predict anything as to the nature of the con- flict between Ethiopia and Italy. Though all Ethiopian officials are bending every agency to provisioning and arming troops and there is a sur- prising amount of arms and equip- ment pouring through Jijiga, to the south, for the Somaliland armies, the general attitude seems one of blind ignorance to such operations. It is the same to the west, where, from Diredawa, supplies begin the tortuous | road to the north. | Watching the peasant infantry stream through the towns, their wives | pleading to go along, their command- | ers straight-faced and grim with the | awareness taught them in the Swed- ish and Belgian schools at Addis Ababa, an observer knows, regardless | of wild-goose opinions, that these people will resort to guerilla fighting early—heedless of tactics, command- ers and arms. One should not like to be among the Italian invaders, even though served with the best weapons which a civilization devoted to such instru- ments can provide. | The Ethiopians are pressing for- ward to a conflict which, from their notions, seems to be one with late eighteenth century weapons. Csr-‘ tainly, the French inside Blenheim— | n so far as the pcasant goes—were hardly less well equipped to meet' Marlborough’s lancers. H (Copyright. 1935 by the North American | Newspaper _ Alliance, Inc.. and Fox Movietone News.) e War (Continued From First Page;) Central Ethiopia and the outside world. i One hundred and fifty miles inland from Mussa Ali, and almost on a di- | rect line with Addis Ababa, is Dessie, | where Emperor Haile Selassie has con- centrated many thousands of warriors. | THE EVENING STAR, The Aduwa Front 0 10 20 40 SCALE OF MILES The left flank of the Italian forces, under Gen. Santini, today was reported pushing south and west from Adigrat in a circling movement designed to “pinch out” Aduwa and compel its surrender. right flank, holding Maibaria, was progress was reported from the center. PROBABLE LINE OF ADVANCE The Italian moving more slowly. Virtually no Unofficially, it has been reported that Aduwa has been taken without resistance.—Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. the forces of Ras Seyoum (the Ethi- opian commander in the area) and of Gen. De Bono (the Italian leader), resulting in the capture by the Ethi- opians of one Italian captain, three Eritrean officers, two machine guns and 10 rifles. “No Ethiopian officers were killed, but considerable casualties were re- ported among the soldiers on both sides.” Internal communications were im- proved by a resumption of service by the Gorahai radio station, which was bombed from the air within the last | two days. The Italians sent planes over Dessie | Geneva (Continued From F'irs_t Pl}!,) endure the unjust war that has been | | imposed upon them for as long as| may be necessary to defend their age- | | | long inheritance. | “They will not give way to force | | despite the superiority of the imple- [ments of war and massacre accumu- | lated against them by a merciless | enemy. | “They are conscious of defending |not only their existence but the WASHINGTON, ROME SEES FRANCE AS STANCH ALLY Belief Spreads That She Will Not Desert Italy for British Viewpoint. By the Assoctated Press. ROME, October 5.—A belief that France would not desert Italy for British conceptions of League justice in the Italo-Ethiopian conflict per- meated government circles today. The controlled press printed in bold type reports of numerous demonstra- tions in France by veterans and others favoring Italy. These demonstrations were the the signal for counter demonstrations be- fore the French Embassy in Rome to display Fascist appreciation for “blood ties binding the two races.” The fact that Charles Pineton de Chambrun, French Ambassador to Rome, did not appear on the cm- bassy balcony, as had been hoped, was discounted here as evidence of his diplomatic reluctance to commit his government by any spontaneous dem- onstration. Fascists took additional comfort from the fact that Premier Laval nad been given full support by the Frencl cabinet in acting on developments at Geneva. Laval was one of the principal par- ties to the Franco-Italian rapproche- ment during the tripratite conference at Stresa. This had been supposed to produce solidarity among France, Italy and Great Britain on Western Euro- pean problems. The French premier emerged from that conference as & personal friend | of Premier Mussolini. Fascist Black Shirts throughout Rome meanwhile awaited impatiently news of the fall of Aduwa. Neutrality (Continued From First g!xg) troubled world, the State Department today had completed arrangements for licensing all manufacture, exports and imports of implements of war. ‘The Government, however, had not yet placed an embargo on shipments of American arms and munitions to Italy and Ethiopia, although the de- cision on which the embargo question hinges was believed to be near. Many observers thought it might be made by tonight or Monday. D. C, SAFETY IN PLEDGE Use of Stickers Would Mark Other Cars as Potential Violators. (Editorial Note: This is the second of a series of three articles by Mr. Kaiser, who is taking charge of the enrollment in The Star Safety Campaign of 7,000 Treasury Department employes. In these articles, Mr. Kaiser discusses the various promises made by sign- ers of the safe driving pledge and the District trafic regulations to which they apply as they' would arise during the course of an auto= mobile trip.) BY HERBERT G. KAISER, President, the United States Treasury Department Beneficial Association. Before continuing this summary of safe-driving promises and traffic ragu- lations which should be constantly in the mind of every motorist, I should like to again call attention to the importance of individual drivers dis- playing The Star safe-driving sticker on their cars. Such drivers will be regarded by the police and District officials as supporters of the move- ment for safety. If all motorists who have pledged themselves to drive safely will affix The Star stickers to their windshields, this will have the effect of marking cars which do not show stickers as possible deliberate violators of the traffic regulations. At the close of yesterday's article, our motorist was rolling along the street safely, in compliance with his promises and the laws. He now ap- proaches an intersection and up comes Promise No. 8, “To heed pedestrians’ rights.” This promise is covered by the following District trafic regula- tions: “The driver must yield the right of way to pedestrians crossing within any marked or unmarked crosswalk. Passing Curtailed. “A vehicle shall not pass from me" | rear of any other vehicle that has | stopped at a crosswalk or intersec- | tion to permit a pedestrian to cross | | the roadway | “Pedestrians crossing a roadway at | any point other than within cross- walk shall yield right of way to ve- | hicles. | | “Drivers shall yield right of way ' | to pedestrians crossing or those who | have started to cross on a green or and dropped bombs, which were re- | ported to have missed their mark. The Southern Front. It was along the southern front, however, that Italy appeared to be | most seriously menacing the railroad | and the capital itself. The fighting here has been in Oga- den Province, which stretches along | the border of Italian Somaliland. | One report was that 2.000 Ebmo-: pians had bzen killed and many | The Italian forces were making &/ sacred cause of the independence of | heavy use of airplanes. It was re-| gy small states which, if this unjust | ported without confirmation that nine ! aggression should triumph, would one | Italian planes last night passed over | gay pe as exposed as Ethiopia is to- Ahafatchi, a village not shown on| day to becoming the prey of a power- maps, 45 miles west of Addis Ababa. ) ful and unscrupulous aggressor. The unconfirmed report stated they | “Ethiopia asks the League of Na- | | intended to bomb the capital but 10st| tions to declare that treaties must their way and returned to their base. pe respected, that the ple v The Italians were reported to have | must s:ckep'g_ that w“l; gfefls:,z:? attempted to bomb Makale, 100 miles | sion be outlawed, that force must coutheast of Aduwa on the northern | give way to Jjustice.” wounded at Harar, which is about 70 miles south of the railroad line, and about 100 miles in from British | Somaliland. The report, however, was | without substantiation and is not con- | sidered accurate. It was announced that Dolo and the | surrounding territory had been oc-| cupied. Dolo lies against the Somali- Jand border, in the extreme south and | east section of Ethiopia. | The Italians have also moved for-| ward at Walwal, at the northern end of the “Southern front.” { Some reports placed the casualties | in Ogaden Province (the Southern | front) at 2,000, but Emperor Haile | Selassie said the casualties would hardly be more than 200 men, Ethio- pians and Italians. The General Movement. The Italian campaign plan appeared | to be in the nature of a huge pincer | movement, with one side of the pincer | pushing from the north—Aduws, | Adigrat, Danakil and Mussa Ali—and | the other side pushing from the | south along virtually the entire Italian | Somaliland-Ogaden Province line. | The entire western border and much of the southern area is free from menace, the territory being | largely British controlled. ADUWA REPORTED FALLEN. (Copyright. 1935. by the Associated Press.) ADDIS ABABA, October 5.—Aduwa, | “City of Vengeance.” but without an | Ethiopian soldier in its streets, was reported today to have fallen to the ! Italian Army. | It was stated unofficially that the | Italian forces moved in without oppo- | sition to find a city populated only by women, children, and such infirm men as had been unable to join Em- peror Haile Selassie’s armies. It was indicated the Ethiopian forces had fallen back behind the town into the hills while their brothers in arms fought desperately to block the east Jaw of the Italian pincers, whose west jaw was at Aduwa. Serious fighting was reported in the direction of | Adigrat. An official government communique said Adigrat, which the Italians re- ported yesterday they had captured, was held by Eethiopian forces, al- though the vanguard of the Italian column was not much more than one- half hour’s march away. Adigrat is only 40 miles from Aduwa. Italian airplanes were stated offi- cially to have shot down women and children in the Village of Bethe Hawariat, close to Adigrat. The non- combatants, it was said, were running to shelter when the flyers opened up on them. Planes Swarm Over Area. Italian airplanes were swarming all over the Adigrat area. A government communique read: “The Italians penetrated the towns of Wayeta and Enguela near Adigrat, but have not yet reached Adigrat. “A spirited battle occurred between SPECIAL NOTICES. MEETING OF THE SHARE- Co-operative Beld at_the st n THE A holders Building .m. Amendm to tion of the association will be considered. EDWARD L. MCALEER, ot I T ke s SISRCRONRNY. ¢ DAILY TRIPS MOVING LOADS AND PART w: to_and from Balto.. Phila. and New ork. equent trips to T Engtern othe; cities. “Dependable Service Since 1896." THE DAVIDSON TRANSFER & STORAGE €O.._phone Decatur 2500. 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It was believed generally that while the Italian Minister, Luigi Vinci- Gigliucei, and Italian consular au- thorities remained in the country the Fascist flyers would refrain from bombings which might conceivably lead to reprisals against Italians here. Ethiopian government officials ex- pressed belief I1 Duce might attempt to keep his Minister and other Italians here as long as possible, hoping for some incident to occur which might constitute a real casus belli. The Emperor’s advisers studied the situation closely, realizing that if this government requested Vinci to leave, Italy could consider the act a rup- ture of diplomatic relations and a virtual declaration of war. front, but their marksmanship was poor and their missiles dropped into Report Adopted. a forest. setting it afire. Simultaneously, unconfirmed reports reached the capital that 2,000 Ethi- opian casualties were suffered in fight- ing on the southern Ogaden front, facing Italian Somaliland. (A Reuter's News Agency dispatch said the Italians bombed Dessie, an Ethiopian troop concentration point 150 miles southwest of Mount Mussa Ali. It reported 700 Itallans were said unofficially to have been killed in an all-night battle in the Danakil country, with Ethiopians losing 1,300.) In accordance with their pre- arranged plan, the Ethiopians appar- ently intended to allow the Italians to advance virtually unopposed up to & certain well-defined line deep within the northern boundaries. Then the defenders would release fusillades of rifle, machine-gun and artillery fire from their mountain perches. The governemnt announced that, contrary to reports that Ras Seyoum'’s forces suffered a major reverse, they had not yet participated in the fight- | The League of Nations Council | ! Committee of Thirteen earlier had adopted a report on the Italo-Ethi- | opian warfare for immediate submis- | sion to the Council, a committee mem- ber asserting it inferred that Italy “clearly is in the wrong.” The committee decided w ask Baron Pompeo Aloisi of Italy and Dr. Tecla Hawariate of Ethiopia to appear before the public session of the Coun- cil this afternoon and present tneir final arguments. After adopting the committee’s re- port and listening to both sides, the Council will consider the question of designating the aggressor in the Italo- Ethiopian warfare. The League thus would leave its basis of Article 15 of the League Cove- nant, on which it had been working heretofore, and would proceed toward a decision based on Article :6—the punitive article. Present plans called for a resolution by the Council, appealing to both Italy and Ethiopia to cease hostilities immediately. The idea was that only when fight- ing had stopped could there be any question of new peace negotiations. The committee member who dis- closed the tenor of the report stressed there was nothing in it specifically designating Italy as the aggressor. It is for the Council itself to name the aggressor, officials pointed out. He summarized the report thus: “Any one reading the report will get the impression from the form of the record that Italy clearly is in the wrong, for one thing, because she has never appealed to the League for settlement of the dispute, whereas Ethiopia has.” An Italian communication to the League denied that Fascist airplanes had dropped bombs on a Red Cross hospital at Aduwa. There is no such hospital, said the note. The day opened dramatically. Re- ports were current that Premier Mus- solini was maneuvering for a peace talk with England and France, that his armies had wiped out the stain of the Italian defeat at Aduwa in 1896. Safe Driving Pledge & 1 promise to: 1. Never operate at N THE interest of accident prevention and safer conditions on the streets and highways and in ‘Go’ signal.” | President Ready to Act. What is & crosswalk? The regula- | The question confronting the State ! tions define it as ‘“continuation of Department since fighting started in sidewalk space across all street muer-} Ethiopia is whether the hostilities Sections, whether marked or unmarked, | constitute a “state of war.” On hear- OF other places which are designated ing from the State Department that by lines or traffic devices.” | war is in progress, President Roose-| Having passed the intersection safe- | velt, now cruising in the Pacific, | 1¥, our driver encounters a hill, and | stands ready to cut off shipments of ‘ Promise No. 9, “To never pass on arms to the belligerents. curve or top of hill.” | Such an embargo on munitions for | While not stated in so many words, | warring nations was made mandatory | it is plain the provision “drive on right | by the neutrality legislation recently | half of highway” as well as common | passed by Congress. There was no word from the State Department as to when the formal decision would be forthcoming. The only informa- tion there was that the department was proceeding cautiously, awaiting development of facts from official sources which would leave no doubt that “war” exists. | sense will amply cover this situation. | Law Advises Caution. Promise No. 10, “to slow down at| | intersections and schools,” is covered | | by District regulations, as follows: | “At an intersection slow down and keep vehicle under control so as to avoid collision.” “Passing school buildings during re- | The licensing set-up announced by ' cess or during opening or closing the department last night is the first poyrs or passing playgrounds, Federal supervision of arms shipments. | 15 mjles per hour.” g Such licensing was required by the | new neutrality legislation. and has no direct connection with the Italo- Ethiopian hostilities. It would have gone into effect regardless of the course of that dispute. Registration Required. “Under the new rules, manufacturers, importers and exporters of any of the implements of war recently designated by President Roosevelt must register with the State Department before No- vember 29. They must obtain licenses for each shipment. Every registrant must pay a $500 fee; list all munitions manufactured or sold, and keep records of transac- tions open for inspection. When munitions are shipped abroad, names of consignee and purchaser must be disclosed. Articles which would dis- close “military secrets” may not be shipped. In the midst of State Department plans for dealing with munitions, a delegation of youths representing the National Council of the American Youth Congress yesterday presented a petition to R. Walton Moore, Assistant Secretary of State, calling for an im- medite and complete financial and economic embargo against Italy be- cause of Italian aggression in Africa. ‘The petition said the Youth Con- gress “at this grave moment reaffirms the refusal of its membership to sup- port and its determination to oppose any imperialist war.” For Safety at 96 co-operation with the Safety Council of The Evening T, reckless speed. Drive on right of highway. Stop at all S-T-O-P signs. Refrain froth jumping traffic lights. Make turns from the proper lanes. Signal before turning or stopping. Give right of way in doubtful cases. Heed pedestrians’ rights. Never pass on curve or top of hill. Slow down at intersections and schools. Keep my vehicle in safe condition. Be courteous and considerate of others. V[ R NSO SR SRR O el o T i i A Addrwss = oo i i e e e Bmfloger=i loiS oo o Soeaniin The Safety Council Of The Ehening Star ‘Washington, D. C. Sign and send above coupon 10 The Evening Star Safety Council, Room 600, Star Building Mrs. Sarah Besley, first traffic victim to be brought to the pres- ent Emergency Hospital, today in- dorses the safety campaign of The Star. On June 21, 1915, Mrs. Bes- ley was knocked down by an auto running up on the sidewalk at Seventeenth and D streets. The operator was learning to drive and lost control of the car. Mrs. Bes- ley suffered a broken collar bone. She first was admitted to the old Dispensary back of Poli's Theater. Later she was removed to Emer- gency and was the first traffic ac- cident patient there, in fact, the first patient of any kind. Mrs. Besley lives at McLean, Va. Despite her age of 96, she is active and healthy. Her granddaughter, Mrs. John R. Blake, is & nurse 8t Emergency and lives at 1732 Tay- lor streey northwest. A ' Not exceeding 30 miles per hour in places where such speed is designated, |or even 22 miles an hour, does not in all instances mean that the car is not recklessly driven. This because of the provisions in the regulations with respect to the density of traffic| and the width and surface of the highway. Experience Behind Law. Hazards at intersections and in| passing schools, safety zones and load- | | ing platforms, together with regard | for the rights of pedestrians, all re- | quire that the car be driven at no | speed greater than the speed at which | the individual driver can retain com- | plete control and, if necessary, stup | | the car. This, in some instances, | | might be only two miles an hour. The requirement that cars shouid | be driven to the right of the highway | and that slow-moving vehicles should not be driven abreast and should keep as near to the right curb as possible, together with the requirement that passing on the right, unless there is a continuous flow of traffic, or not passing on curves or the brow of a hill is absolutely necessary because these lpmvixions are time-honored rules of the road which have existed since the first days of automobiles and even existed in the horse and buggy days. They were applied as a result of long experience and there is nothing con- nected with the operation of the present-day high-speed automobile | that would justify abolishing them, it rather appearing that they should be more stringently enforced. FINNAN WOULD KEEP 4 LOCAL C. C. C. CAMPS Asks Approval of Forestry Work, Grading and Clean-Up and Similar Activities. C. Marshall Finnan, superintendent of National Capital Parks, yesterday said he has requested the continua- tion of the four C. C. C. camps in this area during the next enrollment pe- riod, for which recruiting has already started. Finnan said he is asking the au- thorities to approve projects in the local parks for forestry work, grad- ing and clean-up, utilizing the men from the National Arboretum Camp. The park chief made it clear that these are separate projects and do not interfere with private industry, the P. W. A. program and the Works Progress Administration plans in the COMFORT and ECONOMY SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1935. PEDESIRIAN GWEN District Blind Back Drive The Columbia Polytechnic Institute for the Blind has voted its whole- hearted support of The Star safety campaign, and all teachers and drivers for the institute who can see to drive cars have taken the safe driver's Pledge. Left to right, seated, are Bert Pierce, F. S. Hufty and R. H. Camp- Mr. Hufty, who is blind, is signing his endorsement of the cam= Standing, left to right, are J. Paul Jones, Clamen Jolly and J. H. bell. paign. Jenning. ~—Star Staff Photo. #% A3 RED CROSS GIVES PREVENTION PLAN Grayson Pledges Fight on Appalling Accident Toll in Nation. The new first aid and accident prevention program to be carried out on a national scale by the American Red Cross was outlined last night over a National Broadcasting Co. network by Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson, chairman of the Red Cross, and Dr. Robert H. Kennedy, surgical director of the Beekman Street Hospital in New York City. Admiral Grayson said that “with compelling frankness the appalling number of lives being taken each year as a result of accidents is being brought to the attention of the public by the newspapers, magazines and the radio. “The public conscience is aroused— and rightly.” The speaker pledged the Red Cross to a “national fight against careless= ness, unpreparedness and lack of in- terest that the average citizen until this time has obviously displayed.” Dr. Kennedy cited figures to show there were approximately 99,000 deaths from accident last year, and 9,500,000 persons suffered disabling injuries.” “The majority cause of accidental death is the automobile,” Dr. Kennedy said. “Any plan which offers the possi- bility of decreasing this steadily ris- ing death toll deserves the earnest consideration of every one of us. The | American Red Cross has launched such a program with a new point of view. It plans the institution of first- aid stations at frequent intervals along the highways to save lives and pre- vent permanent disabilities.” Prior to his radio address Admiral Grayson was presented with the Grand Cross of the Order of Honor and Merit by the Cuban Red Cross in recognition of his interest in inter- national humanitarian affairs, {LOCAL POLICE TO START WAR ON HORN BLOWING Order Due to Be Issued This Aft- ernoon—Arrests to Follow ‘Warnings. | his command to Capt. Milton D. Smith, acting in- spector of the Traffic Bureau, today | was preparing an order instructing stop unnecessary blowing of automobile horns. The order is a follow-up, Capt. Smith said, to Police Supt. Ernest W. Brown’s recent order calling for enforcement of regulations against unnecessary noises. Carrying the warning “Don’t Get Hurt,” big red footprints are appear- ing on the sidewalks at downtown street intersections as the contribution of the Kiwanis Club to the safe driving and walking campaign now being ‘ conducted by The Star Safety Council. The picture, made at Fifteenth street and New York avenue yesterday afternoon, shows children of the Weightman School for Crippled Children painting the first of the warning marks. The children, left to right, are James Cline, Le Roy Padgett, Belmont Poole and Jimmy Smith. Men (left to right), Willilam A. Van Duzer, traffic director; Inspector L. 1. H. Edwards of the Metropolitan Police: M. O. Eldridge, assistant traffic director, and Harold N. Marsh, president Washington Kiwanis Club. —Star Staff Photo. Safety (Continued From First Page) blind; the person walking slowly may have very defective vision,” Mr. Camj- bell said. way to such persons. The twelfth point of The Star safe-driving pledge is ‘to be courteous and considerate of others.” It should be the cardinal point fcr observance by every motorist.” Mr. Campbell said that with the! co-operation of the District Depart- ment of Motor Vehicles and Traffic, the American Automobile Association and the Lions Club, ‘the Columbia Polytechnic Institute is seeking to have written into the District traffic code a regulation making it com- pulsory for motor vehicles to stop and yield the right of way to any person carrying a white cane and at the same time making it illegal for any person who is not blind to carry a white cane. Van Duzer Favors Law. William A. Van Duzer, director of traffic, said that the regulation now is being considered and that he can | see no objection to its enactment. The Columbia Polytechnic Institute for the Blind now has 531 blind per- sons on its records, and Mr. Camp- bell said that he believes there are about 700 persons in the District who are either totally blind or nearly blind. “There is one blind person to every 800 to 1,000 of population,” Mr. Campbell pointed out. “There are many persons with very defective vision who do not appear on the rec- ords. Many of them conceal their defects even from their families. “In either case it is omiv | common courtesy to yield the right of | There is a dealer in glass eyes in| Washington who must have at least 100 customers who are not on our records. In virtually every instance where a person has lost one eye the other is overstrained and also im- periled. In any event, the one-eyed man is handicapped in swift-moving traffic.” Also Aids Defectives. Columbia is not established wholly for the care of the blind, but also for the assistance of those of defective vision and for preventive work. Or- ganized in 1897, the institute was in- corporated in 1900 under a 50-year District charter. A bill now is pend- ing in Congress to provide for a per- petual Federal charter. The institute maintains class rooms and a workshop. Vocational training is given and the blind may use the workshop facilities for producing ar- | ticles to sell for their partial support. | Home teachers and a “family visiting service” also are provided. The eld- erly and shut-in blind are given com- panionship and training in their own’ homes in the reading of Braille and the use of their hands. The institute maintains a truck to collect and deliver chairs for recaning by the blind and for other services. Three volunteers are available for | transporting the blind and the Junior | League of Washington and the Motor | Corps of the District Chapter of the | American Red Cross also co-operate | regularly in providing necessary trans- portation. Mr. Campbell expressed the belief | that eventually State and municipal | traffic officials will be forced to recog- nize and deal with the problem of Capt. Smith in his order, which was to be issued to police of the Traffic Bureau at today's 4 p.m. roll call, instructs members of his command to issue warnings particularly to | impatient motorists who begin blow- ing horns in traffic jams. After due warnings have been given arrests will | be made when necessary, Capt. Smith said. | = = — Virginia now is considering a law to prevent smoking by automobile drivers. “Many motorists smoke and it is | recognized that the distractian of { smoking, as well as the momentary effect on the vision of smoke and possibly ash have a bearing on driving | efficiency,” Mr. Campbell pointed out. | It is not always the careless or mali- cious driver who causes accidents. For the protection of themselves and others in modern heavy, high-speed traffic, drivers should avoid even the small distractions caused by lighting and smoking cigarettes, cigars or pipes iand the danger of even a momentary | interference with vision at a critical moment. | “Pourteen per cent of all blindness | today results from accidents and at | least 7 per cent from transportation | accidents. Any factor which contrib- utes in any way to the making of accidents should be considered.” The Columbia Institute for the Blind, which has its headquarters at | 1808 H street, is headed by H. R. W. | Miles, president, who is himself a | blind man. The other officers, S. 8. | Hufty, secretary, and E. N. Ellis, treasurer, also are blind, and most of the 15 directors are either blind or partially blind. Enjoy,Automatic Heat With a Hudson Buckwheat Blower. Two Controls Special Price W. H. 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