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Miss Edith C. Maddox and George Dewey Small were recently married at Anchorage and will make their home there.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-12-30

RIGA, Dec 30. - Charges that Great Britain had already transport- ed a number of General Wrangels s followers from Constantinople to Vladivcstok, together with ruaier.: that the British were collecting large forces of White" Russians in BGai- bay and Bagdad are contained Tn q statement sent out by the Russian official news agency.
 Aboard British military trans port which has already arrived at vladivostck, states the agency, are 768 Russians. of whom GOO e9fectives are in British uniforms and formerly served with Wrangel's or Denikine's 5 forces.
 Soviet Russia, according to tho agency's report. energetically pro- tests against this act as menacing to the Far Eastern republic, and charges that Great Britain, which, in Lord CurZon's note, accused Russia of breaking their agreement, is her self violating the agreement by open ly assisting the enemies of the Far Eastern republic.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-12-30

Use The Empire Want Ads to help you sell what you do not need.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-12-30

What to do with the thousands of Cossacks and other Russian troops under the command of General Baron Crimea by the Bolsheviki and took refuge in and near Constantinople, has been one of the puzzles which has perplexed the Allied govrnments in Europe. Tn April last it was re. ported that Wrangel had asked the French government to convey his men to Vladivostok.
 The Soviet government Of Russia has been suspicious that the forces would be used somehow against the BQlshevik government and during
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-12-30

For engraved. or printed calling cards see The Empire.
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REPORTS FOR 24 HOURS ENDING AT A M TODAY:
YESTERDAY

NOTE: Observations and Francisco a. m. D
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Weather Conditions As Recorded by the U. s.
 Weather Bureau

vicinity beginning
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-11-04

CHICAGo.-This town has been cell
I ebrating the fiftieth anniversary
Of the great fire. And one thing
new is the discovery that instead of
the immortal hoof of Mrs. O'Leary's
cow. a Sunday afternoon bacchanale
was to blame for the fire, according
to interesting new evidence reported
by Miss Caroline NJ. McIlvaine. secre-
tary Of the Chicago Historical society.
j. NJ. Pyott Of PIT North Waller ave-
nue.. of Holmes. Pyott 4 Co.. informed
Miss McIlvaine that his mother-in-law
Mrs. Anton Axsmith, who was an eye
witness of the confagration's begin
ming. refuted the traditional legend
about the lantern-kicking COW.
mo: 1t wasn't the cows fault" said
Mrs. Axsmith at her home at 1902
South Ashland avenue. "Why. the fire
broke through the barn roof Mt 9:3C
that terrible Sunday night, and Mrs
OLeary had MIXED the cows at 81,
o'clock.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-11-04
Hardin County, Way Down in Egypt Land

rLIZABETHTOWN nL.-Travelers
accustomed to the monotony of
the fiat expanse of level prairie
land In northern and central Illinois
find 1t hard to believe they are still in
the same state when they invade Har-
din county In this corner of Egypt"
as southern Illinois is called. A bit
Of rugged scenery has been set down
In this isolated corner, framed by the
great bend Of the Ohio river. The
hills, which stretch back forty miles
from the river, are continuation of
the Ozarks, extending east through
Missouri and southern Illinois.
Elizabethtown has the distinction,
unusual In Illinois, Of being a county
seat without railroad, telegraph or
electric lights. Its mail still arrives
by boat and most of its freight and
passenger traffic is water borne. The
few roads over the hills are wretched
at their best, and at their worst i'm
passable for three months out Of the
year.
This town is the second oldest set.
Element In Illinois. In the main part
of its brick hotel, standing on higf
bluff above the river, the Marquis d.
Lafayette spent a night when he Wis
tied this country In 1924. The mair
room of the hotel was erected in 1907
but additions date from 1910 and Civil
war days.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-11-04
FASHIONS IN BRIEF

A great deal of hand embroidery Is
seen on children's frocks.
Many Of the new hats of velvet
fairly sweep the shoulders at each
side.
Long coats are certainly in high IA.
vor among the designers, especially In
the dressy or more elaborate suits.
Little shirred capes that extend all
around the figure or serve merely as
overgrown sleeve caps are frequently
used In children's apparel.
Very Frenchy is the little miss who
wears silk duvetyn coat, long Of
waist and short Of skirt, with bands
OF ribbon embroidery about the wrist
GUNS that close tightly and upon the
skirt and waist.
A negligee that resembles coat and
a model suitable for maid or matron
has deep cuffs, wide pockets and a col.
lar that extends way down to the
hem, softly quilted, and 1t grows in
such dainty shades as tea-rose pink
and orchid.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-11-04
Still Another A. E. F. Romance in France

neighbOring farmer, Louise Mouroe,
and they became engaged. In April.
1921, he presented himself to the Amer
lean army headquarters at Paris and
told his story.
Rumpke said that his commander
gave him pass and sent him to Red
Cross hospital for certain supplies.
When returning to the regiment the
military police arrested and detained
him because he had lost his pass. and
when he got his liberty and had
reached the American lines the regi-
ment had moved to embark at Brest. ).
The paymaster Of the division told
him he would have to make his own
way" to join the command. Numpke
had no money and walked half the dis
lance before he quit.
The military authorities held Rump-
Ike until June, then sent him here.
He had been prisoner at the Brook
Ign navy yard more than two months
when court martial decided that 1t
had no Jurisdiction, on the ground that
he had served beyond enlistment at
the time of the alleged desertion.
Rumpke appealed to the Legal Aid So
ciety. The federal court then assumed
jurisdiction.
Rumpke's father has found Miss Mou-
roe in France. and both will arrive
here next week for the wedding.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-11-04
Aviator's Life Has Its Ups and Downs

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Stieler, who
spent his $4,000 share of the 1884,
0OO Standard Oil company mail rob-
.,ery at Whiting, Ind, in 1919 In two
year orgy of airplane and automobile
buying and travel, was arraigned in
the federal court here. The wife who
was with him while he spent the
money, and who, when 1t was gone,
took in washing and scrubbed floors
to help him. Is with him.
IF hadn't given myself up the po-
lice would never have got me-" said
Stieler, who Is twenty-three years old.
The police knew that | was mixed up
with the robbery, but they never saw
me In Chicago. 1t was the same way
when We got to Los Angeles. Even
when Bessie and We're married under
our own names they didn't get wise.
Wherever we went II was always under
our right names. Why, was pinched
for speeding once In Los Angeles, and
In the courtroom where they fined me
my picture. with a reward under it,
was hanging on the wall. And they
never recognized me-"
His interest in flying, he said, was
the result of his service as an enlisted
man with the Four Hundred and
Ninety-eighth nero squadron overseas.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-11-04
FURS IN DEMAND.
american Peltry Is Thrilling In
Expression Of Style.
srcadtail and csraeui Are the Strong
Fssorites TO Keep Out the
Chilly Blastsl

American furs are the beauteous ere
ations OF the age. They are so sumptu-
Gus. so luxurious and so thrilling In
their expression OF style. We are see
Ing lovely things made Of American
broadtail. that pressed lambs skin In
gray and taupe shades. There are
short coats OF this and wraps and long
coats. each with its own beauty and
style. One designer made sport suit
Of broadtail that viii open the purse
strings Of many a smart woman this
season II has skirt made straight
and rather short and tightly fitted
this all Of fur, and lined throughout
with satin In the same shade OF gray,
so that 1t will slip on and of and
around ones figure with the greatest
of ease. Then there Is a short and
fitted coat made naiveiy just us though
II were made of tweed or some such
ordinary material. II is the prettiesI
thing In the way Of a suit that the
American woman, always a lover Of
suits, has seen In long. long while.
Then there are all sorts of lavish,
expensive furs that the dealers ar,
selling quite casually as though hare
times had never been mentioned abov,
o whisper. They would keep out thu
chilly blasts Of Iceland, so warm ant
thick and so unsparing Of width ar
they. The most popular fur of the mo
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-11-04

In the hotel yard Is the grave Of
Elizabeth Mcfarland, for whom the
town was named, and Of John McFar'
land. her husband. who built and op-
Grated the hotel for nearly half cen!
fury.
There are no movies In Elizabeth
town. Once or twice year the Cot.
ton Blossom, or one Of the other show
boats plying along the Mississippi and
Ohio rivers, noses into the bank for n
night, and the hill farmers ride in for
fifteen miles around to attend the per-
Torrance Of "The King of Tramps,"
"Uncle Toms Cabin" or East Lynne"
But Hardin county has the largest
fiourspar mine In the world, which
has been continuously worked for
forty years. Now there Is strike on
in the mine and Elizabethtown has
been discovered" by the newspapers.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-11-04
eAL0sHEs AGAIN FOR WINTER
Flip-Flop Footwear Scheduled foi
Another Season According to the
Shoe Store Men.

The sight of dainty misses and
mistresses fip-fopping along the
street, their trim ankles hidden In the
ungraceful depths of old-fashioned ga
loshes, which startled the sophisticated
man-of-the-world ind made grandpap,
In town for the day, start reminiscing
about "the days back there when I
went a-sparkin, when they were
worn last winter, is about to be per-
petuated in the wintry days to come,
IL the predictions Of shoe retailers are
correct.
The fad struck many cities late last
winter, arriving on the wings of the
ponies" with musical shows from
the East, and was Immediately taken
up by faddists. Stage-door Johns and
boys about town smiled when Polly
Of the chorus stepped out with her
| feet hidden In the bulky arctics but
when the town young woman decided
to take up the fad, and walk along the
street with the unbuckled foOt-gar-
ments, the men who believed them
selves immune from shock, stared
open-mouthed and asked what
next?"
The fad spread until the steady flip
flop of young women shoppers became
part Of the daily grind of human
existence. For some reason the
faddists decided that the buckles on
the galoshes were merely ornaments
not meant to be put to practical use
and the tops of the boots were left to
the mercy Of the wind, Hopping this
way and that as the wearer strobe
along.
And now, shoe retailers say, the fad
Is to be perpetuated. Last year, shoe
dealers were unprepared. How coult
they read what was In a woman's
mind? Their stock of galoshes was
practically nil and when the great on
slanght came they could not meet 1t
They were soon sold out and were I'm
able to procure more before the adven
of warm weather.
But now, they declare huge stock!
! Of the ungraceful things have beer
! ordered The shoe retailers admit it,
a gamble.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-11-04

"He Will Have all the Chicago Pack.
ers in JAIL"
Of butter, but you bet your life, Sem
ator Boise is keeping track Of things.
If we had a dozen senators like him,
we would have old peace prices back
In no time. l have written to Sen
ator Boise that Samuel ]. Bowser
stands back Of him to his last vest
button. l think the senator will be
greatly encouraged"
"And do you think you have helped
matters any?" asked Mrs. Bowser.
"Helped? Helped2 Why, woman.
have done wonders! In just writ
ing these letters, believe have
brought down prices. You can't tell
| what influence have exerted. /
have also written another letter ia
Senator Knocks. asking ham to 60
| right to work and knock down the
price Of bacon. I have shown him
that there are just as many hogs in
the country as there ever was, and
the high price Of bacon was sheer rub
berry. By tomorrow I win expect the
butchers will begin to drop on theiI
| prices"
II hardly expect that" said Mrs
Bowser. "but there is good chance
| for you to see. You are probably
going out this evening. and you might
stop at the butchers and ash
him If there is to be come-down
We need some bacon for breakfast
l would do this, before I mailed ths
letters, if 1 were you"
Mr.. BOwser took up his letters ent
went out. There was mail box a
the corner, but he did not post his let
tiers. He went on half block to tn
butchers and said to him:
Butcher, you have been askin,
highway robbery prices for bacon
You have been asking As cents ,
pound. I have written to congress
about you. Are prices to com.
DOWN."
| "Mr. Bowser," softly answered tn,
butcher, II would like to sell 70,
bacon for ten cents a pound, but 1
has gone up to 60 cents and you mus
pay 1t, and congress be hanged!"
Mr. Bcwser repassed the mail DO,
rs he went home, but he did not mai
his letters. Instead Of mailing them
he tore them to pieces.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-11-04
ST0RIES % zssz here


My husband and 1--we were newly
weds-were visiting with some friends
Mr.. and Mrs John Kokes. at 40 wes<
Taylor street, that Sunday. ThS
kokes' home was almost opposite MrA
OIeary's place. 137 North De Kovea
street. We sat under the trees In th1
back yard.
ACROSS the alley we saw six mes
who were sitting in the shade behind
the o'Leary house. They were drink
ing beer. smoking and laughing. A
pretty jolly bunch. guess.
40 dear whispered Mrs. Kokes t.
me. isn't that party noisy. II some
thing doesn't happen before night !
don't know whatr
"And something did! That evening
just as my husband and I were setting
out for home near by, we saw the
flames. They were gushing from the
hayloft Of the O'Leary shed. We ran
back. A south wind swept the FIRE
across the alley to a barn storing
paint on the Kokes property. LateI
the wind shifted to the west and the
flames went rioting across the city.
I'VE remembered that some Of the
men in that drinking party had gone
into the barn, clambered into the hay
loft and dropped asleep. They had
been smoking pipes, and probably one
Of these. slipping into the hay, wal
the real cause of the start Of the dis
aster."
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-11-04
Have Written Several Letters.

thing and another out and Is still at
1t. l have written to him that coal
is $11 ton, and that there has been
anOre mined than last year. 1t is the
railroads and the coal dealers who
are rObbing us, aad they will continue
10 rob as long IS nothing Is done.
Coal can be sold at So ton and
the other $3 is simply extortion. I'm
Eoihg to get Knocks after them, and
the way the pieces Of coal will fly
around the United States win aston.
ish Everyone. If he takes hold Of the
plans l have suggested, he will solve
the problem In about week. / have
offered to go In with him."
And here Is one to Senator
Lodge" said Mrs. Bowser, as she
picked up the third letter.
"Yes, ma'am, to Senator Lodge of
Observation-Disclosures Henry Cabot
Lodge-one OF the most prominent
men In the United States today. II
was he who first aroused the nation
to the fact that our Monroe doctrine
was in peril. II he hadn't aroused
the people, we would not have had
any Monroe doctrine by this time."
Mrs. Bowser was uneasy for q min
ute, and then she asked.
mr.. Bowser, I am not totally L.
norant Of politics. but don't exactly
Know what the Monroe doctrine ~
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-11-04

DROOKLYN, N. Wrought here
d from France as technical desert
err from the A. Il. f., Sergeant
Henry w. Rumpke, who left his home
In Cincinnati in 1884 to enlist in the
Marine corps, with which he served
throughout the war, continuing in the
service for fifteen months after the ex
piration of his enlistment, was freed
from the brig" at the Brooklyn navy
yard by the federal court.
In July, 1919, series of misadven-
lures separated Rumpke from his COM
mand, the Fifth regiment, Second d.
vision, then stationed at st. Aignon,
France. He then, with the aid of his
father. merchant in Cincinnati,
bought small truck farm at vitry
sur Seine, and went to work as a
farmer. There he met the daughter of
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-11-04
MR.. BOWSER
WRITES LETTERS
But He Has Not Mailed
Them Yet.
By M. QUAD.

~~S-r-SJrJNOsOOSOOrOAl
To- 1891. By Mcclure Newspaper syndicate-)
Mr.. Bowser came home smiling and
good-natured.
lie had a look Of Importance on his
face and he went about rubbing his
hands, Ike man who Is well pleased
with himself.
Mrs. Bowser knew that something
had happened, but she asked no ques-
fions. He seemed to want her TO, but
she gave him time.
1t was after dinner that he said:
Mrs. Bowser, I've done some work
for the people of the United States to-
day."
"You are always working for the
teople," replied Mrs. Bowser.
"Yes. most always; but l have
done something special today"
"Well, what Is lit"
81 have written several letters,
which are going to be heard from all
over the country. Here they are, all
stamped and ready to be mailed"
II see that there Is one directed to
the President" said Mrs. Bowser. as
she booked them over.
''Yes, there Is letter to the Presi-
dent, and l think he will sit up and
do some thinking when he reads it
It's time someone wrote him letter
and asked him some plain questions
In the great questions Of Europe, he
has forgotten that there are ques
tions at home. l went into store
today to buy me some socks. l used
TO get two pairs for quarter. Dc
you know what they charged me to
tdayT
Like everything else, the price
has come up" answered Mrs. Bow
ser.
II should think 1t had! The.
asked me just three times what thu
old price was. Three times, Mrs
Bowser, and it's highway robbery
There Is no excuse for it whatever
it's simply human greed. Does tn
President of the United States know
that the price Of mems socks ha
gone up to IS cents? Does he know
that If something Is not done, the pric
Of those socks will be 80 cents, an,
We will have to go barefoot in on
shoes, or else submit to highway rob
beryl"
II don't suppose the Presiden
knows anything about It," said Mr.
Bowser
"But he should know all about 1t +!
persisted Mr.. Bowser. "He wear
socks himself, don't he? And don
he know how much he has to pa
for themf What did we elect hin
for? Must he be so Interested
Europe that he does not know tn
people of the United States hay
fallen into the hands of robbers
This here letter is going to wax
him up. If 1t doesn't wake him "
you can look to see war again"
Here Is letter to Senate
Knox," said Mrs. Bowser, "but yO
have spelled his name wrong.
should be Knox and you have G,
1t Knocks You will have to fix it."
'There'll be no, fixing, Mrs. Bo,
ser. l have spelled it Knocks
cause he knocks them out II
wasn't for him, Europe would ha'
eaten us alive. He has knocked OF
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-11-04

His record of expenses, as kept, he
said, against the time when federal
agents might get him." follows: One
airplane $1,000; one airplane, $500;
one airplane, $500; one airplane
without motor, 5000; one airplane
motor, $6,250: installing motor, 5000;
one automobile, $l.7O0; organizing air
plane company. $3.50; jewelry for
wife, $500; living and travelling ex-
penses, $i3,4O0.
"The glider with the fine engine I
used to carry my wife and myself
around Arizona, New Mexico and Tex
as until the money gave out. 1t was
great sport, but wish now that the
cops had been smarter-that they had
caught me at the start. Then ] would
have two years Of my sentence behind
me instead Of all OF II before me-"
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-11-04

Why. iss -ast as easy a. sreass
Was the reply. There was a char
named Monroe and be had a goo,
deal to do with the Unlted States
He finally got the big head and he
said 10 Europe that she must NO,
come over 10 this continent and
claim anything. He said We owned
the whole darned show and we would
night 10 keep IL. II seems that. ia
making the treaty Of peace. Europe
was to get the best OF US. and. By
and by. she might have come over
here and sat down on our farm, but
for Senator Lodge. He smelied a raj
and he got right up In meeting and
said so. l don't know whether this
country can be saved or not. but II Il
is saved. then Senator Lodge will
have all the credit Of II. am tell.
Ing him to do his hest and am OF.
fering to back him up. II he hap
pens to run short Of money, | will
lend him $780,"
And you have written one to the
California SENATOR" said Mrs. Bowser
Yes, he Is on the right side. ii,
Is Keeping track of the meat ques
tion, and he will have all the Chi
cago packers In jail before he quits.
He's a mighty powerful man when h,
gets started"
"And here is one to the Idah'
SENATOR"
"And II 1t wasn't for him, butte
would be dollar a pound and mill
% cents quart. The robbers ar
afraid Of him. The President goe
right along and never asks the pric
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-11-04
Harp Thousands Of Years Old.

What Is said to be the Oldest harp
In the world is preserved at the Louvre
museum in Paris. It wati found In an
Egyptian tomb, and is nearly 1000
years old. Others dating back 5000
years have been discovered The
harp was held in such high regard by
the ancient Celtic races that harpers
were treated with veneration and dis
tinction, their lands being free and
their persons sacred.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-11-04
Moldino the Character.

Do not grudge the hand that is
molding the still too shapeless image
within you. 1t In growing more beau.
tiful though you see 1t not, and every
touch Of temptation may add to its
perfection. Therefore, keep In the
midst of life. Be among men, and
among things, and among troubles and
difficulties and obstacles. Character
grows in the stream Of the worlds
life.-Henry Drummond.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-11-04
GLOVES ARE IN MANY coLoRs
AAndcoverings for Fall and Winter
include Kid, Dogskin, caIfskin
and Variety Of Silks.

There is a declaration In the shows
Of new autumn and winter gloves-the
kinds Of groups and single pairs give
evidence that there Is code in the
wearing OF gloves Just as there Is a
system In adaptation of costumes to
social occasions and to practical uses.
That the great majority OF glove buy
ers do not exactly carry out the glove
creed does not disprove the intention
for specific uses In hand garblng.
Gloves for street wear retain the
old kid skins, dressed and undressed.
the former varied in dull lustered sur
faces and others with a sprightly
sheen in the finish. Dogskins are soft
with a dull sheen-and now for sur
prise In the announcement that calf
skin Is fashioned into smart street
gloves Of standard grades, dressed and
undressed. The skin has been valued
for driving gloves and for hard out
of-door uses-and now the skin Is
tanned into refined texture and ap-
pears In gloves for dress-up use.
SILK gloves are shown In profuslon--
they are to be good deal used for
evening wear, at the opera, theater,
afternoon teas, and with the street
costume. This fabric glove is so calm
ing to the hand, so easily adjusted,
that It steadily grows in favor
The new silk gloves for street wear
are double. with long wrists. and are
heavily stitched on the back. They
are shown In black. white, and In
colors to match new fabrics. One pair
Ii a reddish purple. new fuchsia
tone. and the back has three rows of