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at Haines. Commissioner Henderson at the request of Senator Hunt, out lined the school situation there, say ing that building facilities are in adequG.e, that new building is badly needed and the town itself is not Financially able to provide for it. He admitted that appropriation of the desired money. would set a preee- dent as it has been the custom here tofore not ito extend Territorial aid to incorporated towns in the erection of provision of buildings for schools. He said however That the situation is such that it might be wise to make an exception. Senator Chamberlin was opposed to setting such prece. dent and pointed out that Seward, Cordcva and Valdez all need larger buildings for school purposes. He said he was opposed to taking down the bars and contended that incor- porated towns unable to properly take care of such needs should disincor- porate and thus be in position to re. ceive Territorial aid. Senators Hunt, Aldrich and Snodgrass spoke in favor of making the appropriation. The bill was still under consideration this afternoon.
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pleasing to the eye. The garden is inadequate for the needs of the Home. Your Committee recommends that efforts be made to secure a tract of land from the Governor Brady homestead for gardening and other purposes, either by purchase or lease, that beneficial voluntary employment may be furnished the old pioneers of the Home. Prize garden. ing would tend to interest many Of the men and make them more con- tented, and at the same time furnish the Home with fresh vegetables. A greenhouse would prove very profit able addition to the institution Your Committee recommends that s2.o0o be appropriated for that pur- pose"
 It is also recommended that addi- tional land be provided for burial purposes, the present cemetery being full It is estimated that $1.500 will be required for this. A small dental fund is also suggested.
 Work Is Satisfactory
 RelatlVe 10 the management ana general conditions, the report said:
 "The work of the superintendent seems very satisfactory and all de. partments are conducted in a busi- ness-like manner.
 ''The attending physician has given satisfaction in every respect and gets along with all the old pioneers with out friction. Those under his care have great faith in him and his ability to restore them to health. The nurses employed at the Home are giving full measure of time and their strength in their care for the feeble and suffering under their care. The wages of nurses were cut slightly in order to get through the biennium without deficit. The wages should be raised at once, to the scale before the cut, at least. We recommend a substantial increase The kitchen help was found to be overworked and employment of an additional cook is asked.
 In conclusion the report said:
 "A liberal fund should be provided for incidental and emergencies that a ways confront the management Lie present method of management with an active member of the Board
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PRISONER PICKS LOCK
 TO GET SOME MORE FOOD

CHATTANOOGA. Tenn. April 12.- R. l.. Martin. alias R. l.. Bass, alleged deserter from Governors Island, ar rested here, picked a lock at the city jail and helped himself to food after he had complained that he had not been served sufficiently to as- suage his hunger. and had been told to come out and help himself. He was returned to the cell and heavy leg irons locked around the bars and door. He then told the officers that he would present the irons to them shortly In about 15 minutes he called them and calmly handed them the safeguards
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CAIN RETURNING

J. II. Cam, president of .ly Ei Nido Gold Mining Company ani taa Anex group. at Lisianski Inle+ wil' return to Juneau en route 70 the properties. the latter part of this mcnth, according to T. s. White. in charge, who is in Juneau. MT. Cam will be accompanied by Mrs. Cam They are now in California.
 Bring your coupons to the Elks' Hall next Thursday night. adv.
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Call Berry's taxi for that closed car comfort; day and night service
 Stand at the big hotel-the Gas tlneau. adv.
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SEBASTIAN-STUKAT
 WILL OPERAT COLD
 STORAGE AT TAKU

Beginning shortly after May 1, the Sebastian-Sturat Company will oper- ate the cold storage plant at the Libby. McNeil & Libby cannery at Taku Harbor, and will maintain head. quaI ters al that place for buying and freezing halibut this summer, accord ing to Sam Morris. manager MT. Morris returned 10 Juneau this morn ing on the steamer Jefferson from q short business trip to Seattle, where the deal was consummated while he was there.
 MT. Morris will be in charge of the plant and will maintain the same force in his employ at the local house. Mr Morris said the fish house in Juneau will be retained by the but will not be in it's use this summer.
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PRAISES
 MANACEMENT0F
 PIONEERS HOME
Legislative Committee Rec ommends Many Improve
 ments and Additions.

Praise for the present management of the Pioneers Home at Sitka and the new system inaugurated there since the last Legislative inspection is contained in the formal report of the Joint Legislative Committee re gently inspecting the institution. The report was made this morning by Senator Snodgrass, chairman of the committee from the upper House.
 Improv and additions to the property are recommended amount ing to an estimated cost of approxi- mately $16,000. These include paint ing of buildings. repairs to founda- tions new flooring, bilitation of walls. further partitioning at what is known as the barracks building. Equipment for the hospital is recon mended alteration in the heating system of that building and other general improvements, additional supplies and furniture at a cost of $2,500 are favored. Purchase of a new washing machine for the laundry is said to be necessary. Repairs to the office and quarters of the super intendent of the Home, rehabilitation of the old quarters of the nursing staff as a place for caring for insane patients are also recommended
 Additional Land Desired
 The desirability of adding to the land area of the institution was touched on by the Committees re port, which said:
 'The grounds are kept in good con dition about the buildings and are
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Trotzky Urges Drive
 Against Bureaucracy

MOSCOW. April 12.-Leon Trotzky, ehe Bolshevik minister of war, wrote an article for the Pravda. advocating strict campaign against bureaucra- cy. This, despite the fact that a PaTs dispatch. received here, report ed c rumor current in the French capital to the effect that Trotzky has beel poisoned.
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Stays Wife and Three
 Children; Confesses

SEATTLE, April 12.-M. Endo. a Japanese second hand dealer, ap- peared at police headquarters early this morning and announced he had shot and killed his wife and three children. Endo said he had tried to get his wife to return to Japan with him but she refused. !
 Endo will be examined as to his sanity. r
 ~
 There will be no meeting of the Methodist Ladies Aid tomorrow alter noon.
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MOOSEHEART TO PUT
 ON BARN DANCE PATH

Lanterns arc being oiled and shined, cider tested and boots blacked in readiness for the hayseed barn dance to be given at Moose Hall April 24. by the Mooseheart Legion. Every feature of the barn dance, from the hens perched on the rafters to the fiddler with bandana handksr. chief tucked under his chin. will be put on for the affair.
 The Ladies of Mooseheart Legion are handling the entire affair and are making plans for an extensive efeeetat1negt fqr the apests.s
 tULiEE sArrI1
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of Trustees on the ground has proven very satisfactory and should, be. con tlpped. Should there be an Increase Fade in the pension allowance, those desiring to elaye the Home to accept the provisions should get certifi- cate of health from a physician not connected with the Home"
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RICHARD HAEERLAND WANTED

Inquiry is made through the Gov ernor's office concerning Richard Haberland, whose last address was comes from David Starr Jordan Chancellor Americus, of Stanford University.
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THIS WEEK SPECIALS.

Fresh killed chickens ranging in weight from three to seven pounds. Also a few choice ducks. Place your orders early. D. B. TRIMMER. adv,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-12-27
GREECE GUSTS GEORGE
Monarch Expelled Pending Deci-
sion on Form of Government.

Athens.-King George and Queen
Elizabeth left Greece for Rumania
Tuesday night on the steamer Daph-
inc, accompanied by the marshal OF
the court and the kings aid. The
DAPHNE. is commanded by captain
of the Greek navy and will carry
guard of honor of a dozen sailors.
nGeorge, who succeeded his father,
King Constantine, on that monarch's
abdication, has been requested by the
government to withdraw from Greece,
temporarily at least.
He is the tenth monarch to lose his
throne since the war.
The government explains that 1t
considered it advisable for the king
to leave Greece until the national as
sembly has reached final 'ecision
respecting the regime best fitting the
country.
In replying to this notification, the
king said he would conform with It's
suggestion made under pressure from
the army and navy and the Demo-
cratic party
Although the king considered that
he had kept aloof from politics, he
was anxious that the national assem-
bly, should be enabled to reach an I'M
biased decision and was convinced
that the people will freely express
their will.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-12-27
U. S. MARKET REPORT.
Weekly Marketgram by Bureau
of Agricultural Economics.

Washington.-For the week ending
Dec. 19.-FRUITS. AND VEGETABLES
Northern round white potatoes, $1.0Os
Oils in Chicago, mostly S5c f. 0. b.
Danish cabbage. $21.00@24.00 bulk per
ton in Chicago, $25.00@30 at ship
ping points, $19sO0@21.0O f. o. b. yell
low variety onions, $2.00@2.25 per 100
lbs. in Chicag Northwestern extra
fancy Jonathan apples, $2.00@2.5O per
box in midwestern markets. Florida
lettuce. $1.25 Oils per ia blu. hampers
in city markets.
LIVE STOCK-Chicago prices: Hogs.
$7.25 for the top, $6.80@7.10 for the
bulk. Medium and good beef steers.
$7.75 @11.60; butcher cows and heifers,
$3.25@11.50; feeder steers, $4.00@8.00;
s5ht and medium weight veal calves,
$8.00@10.26. Fat lambs. $10.75@ 1S.00s
feeding lambs, $11.00 @12.50; yearlings.
'$8.25@11.0O; fat ewes, $4.50@750.
HAY-No 1 timothy, $24.50 Cincin-l
natl, $27.0O Chicago, $3.50 st. Louis,
$500 Minneapolis; No. alfalfa, $500
Chicago, $500 Minneapolis; No. 1 prai-
RE, $4,000 Chicago. $3.50 St Louis,
$3.50 Minneapolis.
DAIRY PRODUCTS-But 80 score,
5S1sc Chicago, Sac Boston. Cheese at
Wisconsin primary markets: Twins,
21B; single daisies, 231kc; longhorns,
2SAc; square prints, 23Ac.
GRAIN--No. 1 dark northern spring
wheat, $1.12@1.22 Minneapolis; No.
hard winter wheat, $1.1O Chicago; No. 2
hard winter wheat. $1.13@1.1415 st.
Louis; No. 2 red winter wheat, SLOT
st. Louis; No. 2 yellow corn, 72s4c Chi
cago, 76c st. Louis; No. white oats.
44c Chicago. 45c st. Louis. S9%c Min
neapolis
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-12-27
SOVIET PLOT TO
OVERTHROW U. S.
Hughes Makes Public Plan to
Raise Red Flag Over
White House.
MOSCOW GAVE THE ORDERS

Washington.-Evidenc showing that
Soviet Russia is still conducting revo-
lutionary propaganda to overthrow the
American government anc to raise the
"red flag over the White House" was
made public here by the State Depart
ment
Secretary of State Hughes backed
up the refusal of the American gov
eminent to entertain negotiations with
the Moscow regime by citing the text
of instructions given by Zinoyiey, pres
ident of the Communist Internationale
and president of the Petrograd Soviet
to the, Workers party of America.
The latter, the State department
said, is the American Communist or
ganization engaged in an effort to sub
vert the government along lines die
tated from Moscow. Secretary Hughes
stated the Department Of State had
been assured by the Department OF
Justice of the authenticity Of the In
structions.
Here is the program of the Com
munist Internationale, the Workers
Party of America and it's newly organ
lied branch of the Farmer-Labor party
as issued by Zinoviev in Moscow:
"The Communist Internationale
notes with great satisfaction that the
work of w. p. A. for the past year
has been expressed In satisfactory
broad and real revolutionary work,
Particularly pleasing to us is the fact
that all discussions existing up to the
present time in the ranks of the party
have finally been liquidated and we
hope that the w. 2. A., the advance
guard Of the revolutionary proletarlat
of the United States of North Amer
lea, will now more steadily conduct It's
revolutionary work among the millions
Of American proletarians.
For more intensive revolutionary
work we suggest that the following In
structions be adhered to:
Il. All the activity of the party must
at the present time be directed among
the workers of the large industries
such as the railroad workers, miners
weavers, steel workers and similar
workers engaged in the principal. in
dustries of the United States.
%. Among these workers in the fac
tories, mills, plantations, clubs, etc.
there must be organized units Of ten
The head of this unit of ten must in
solar as possible be an old trusted
member of the party who must once a
week, together with his ten, study the
Communist program and other reyo
lutionary literature"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-12-27
Minnesota Men Plan Aid
for Wheat RaiSerS of U. S.

Washington proposal for the
government t0> aid wheat farmers Of
the Northwest to switch to diversified
farming is being laid before officials
here by F. E. Murphy of the Mime
apolis Tribune and DR.. A. j. Coulter
Of Minnesota university. Their plan
contemplates the government setting
up revolving fund of $50,O00,000,
which would be loaned to farmers who
have been centering on one crop
wheat. The amount loaned to any In
dividual farmer would be $1,000 or less
and the money would be used by the
farmer to buy necessary implements,
stock and seed for crop diversiication.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-12-27
MODERNIST WINS
IN BIBLE DEBATE
InfaIIibiIity of Great Book Is
the Subject of Discussion in
New York Church.
REV. C. F. POTTER IS WINNER

New York.-Modernist scored d
technical victory over their eonserva-
tive opponents when the Rev. Charles
Francis Potter, pastor of West Side
Unitarian church, was awarded the
judges decision over the Rev. DR..
John Roach-Straton, pastor of Calvary
Baptist church, a leading fundamental
list, in public debate on the question,
Resolved, the Bible is the infallible
word of God" The Rev. Mr.. Potter
upheld the negative.
The debate, which was the first Of
series of five between the two min
listers, drew an audience that filled
Calvary Baptist church. Hundreds
stood in the aisles and many more
outside crowded to get within hear
ing distance.
The other four questions to be de-
bated are:
That the earth and man came by
creation of a living god, and not by
evolution.
That Jesus Christ is the divine son
of God.
3
That the miraculous virgin birth OF
Jesus Christ is an essential Christian
doctrine.
That Jesus will return in bodily
presence to this earth to establish the
kingdom of peace and righteousness
One of these remaining questions
will be debated in DR.. Straton's
church, two in DR.. Potter's and the
fifth in a neutral church.
The judges vote on the debate was
two to one, their decision being based
on the arguments brought out and not
upon the merits of the question. The
Judges, two Episcopalians and
Christian Scientist, expressed regret
that there had not been closer cooper
alton between the debaters in their in
terpretations of the subject. They felt
that the speakers had drafted their
arguments along different lines.
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CHAPTER "
The Room Was Deadly stlII.

The Room Was Deadly STILL
Buckeye was the capital of the Flat
woods Snugged away in a pocket of
the bluffs where Eagle run breaks into
the valley of the Wabash, it never
woke up but once-when a rumor
trickIed in from somewhere that a
railroad was headed that way. But
the rumor subsidized, Buckeye went
back to sleep, and the big world for
got that it was there.
Zeke Polick's general store was the
largest In the place. Zeke sold every
thing, from onion sets to grindstones,
including whisky-barrels of it, from
squirrel" to mellow old Bourbon
right from the spigot. A fiatwoods-
man could buy 1t as he wanted it,
from drink to jugful, but "furri-
ners" had to be identified to get it in
quantities less than a quart-an iden-
LITIGATION quite as exacting, though of
q different sort, as that required to
borrow money from Simon Colin
which Is another way of saying that
a mans face went as far in the Flat
woods as his note.
In the mellow evening of the day
following the old bankers collapse
over the remarkable letter-no syl-
liable of which had been allowed to
get beyond the red-reofed cottage
Uncle Nick Whites, tall, iron-gray old
man with twinkling eyes, sat smoking
a quitely meditative pipe In the one
chair of the store.
1t was variegated company that
grouped around him in the dim half
light of the feeble coal-oil lamp, with
its charred wick and smoke-stained
chimney.
There was Zeke Pollok, the post
master and proprietor of the store, a
little old rag Of a man; Al Counter.
man, one-eyed fisherman, with "a
complexion like smoke-dried bacon
rind; the blacksmith, with his hard
arms, and hands so horny they could
hold a piece Of iron hot enough TO
sizzle water. Village loafers were
there-aimless, doless drifters who had
nowhere else to go.
Besides these, Loge Belden, said to
be a Kentucky mountain man, tall
sanky and just comfortably in his
prime, with a reddish-sandy mustache
and goatee, leaned on the end of the
counter nearest the door. Little was
known of him except that he and his
sister had lately moved into an old
cabin on one of Simon Collins farms
up at the head Of Eagle hollow, and
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Belief In Efficacy Originated in Old
Times and only Comparatively
Recently Was Abandoned.

The red coral of the Mediterranean
sea is mentioned by some of the ear
lest Of the Greek writer's. Orpheus of
Thrace mentions it in poem as q
valuable remedy for the sting of scor-
pions and for snake bites, and its mys-
teal origin is described by Ovid. The
myth that the coral is soft In the water
and becomes hard when exposed to the
air persisted until the Seventeenth CEN
fury. 1t was used in early times by
the Mediterranean races not only as d
level and as an amulet for resisting
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his duty, an what the taxpayers back
whar e come from r. payin' I'm Fr."
"Duty r no duty" rejoined the fish,
erman, "it's a dern good sign"
"AIl the same," snapped the post
master, eff l had gal-which | amt
got, ma never had-I wouldn't want
'er throwed with i'm like Slime Collins
gal is, an she shouldn't be, nuther."
saw, well, Zeke" drawled Uncle
Nick, eff she tuck after 'er daddy in
looks, reckon they wouldn't be no
great danger
The raucous laugh that followed
from the crowd Jared the postmaster
Il don't care what y'u say" he
shrilIed in his high. thin voice, Tickle
Collins got good looks enough, If that's
what y'u want. / dunno what Sine
Collins a-thinkin' about. 1t amt like
i'm, t. take in a teetotal furriner that
away, preacher r no preacher-don'
keer If e was classmate o. Ken's.
That amt no recommend, f1ohow-
bein' a classmate O. Ken's-f'r he wus
as orn'ry as the devil makes 'em.
They're boun' to be throwed t'gether
more'n they ough' t. be-"
"Ain't much more'n kid, nuther,"
the blacksmith remarked, apparently
thoughtfully impressed, as he searched
his pockets for a match.
"Som'er's around seventeen r eight
cen"
The postmaster glanced across at
Uncle Nick, as If for confirmation of
his statement. The old man took the
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Comes Along.
pipe from between his lips and sat
tapping the stem against his thumb
nail.
81 low y'ur not fur off," he answered
meditatively to the postmaster's look.
big Jacks twenty past, an I've hear'n
say Texie wus three years younger to
day. That would bring 'er right
around seventeen r eighteen"
"An' s'poson' she is-every lick Of
It," the postmaster went on. "A gal
amt got none too much sense at eight
een-an' Their amt no gal but what
can be drawed on, If the right Teller
comes along"
"Hol' on thar, Zeke, hoP oni' Uncle
Nick had been leaning back against a
cracker barrel. His chair came down
with bang, and his voice rang like
struck metal. you're goin' a leetle
too fur. They's THOUSANDS an tens o.
THOUSANDS O. gals that cayn't be drawed
on, no matter what Teller comes along.
'Ther's a heap more nice gals than
men. Their never wus q bad gal but
what Their wus bad man first. An
after It's over-she'S done. All en-
durin' the years t come her heart has
e be drug In the dust, while the man
no, won't call i'm man, an cayn't
call I'm beast, FIR the beasts r. clean
ompared-carries is head as high as
b'fore. I tell y'u, people hain't never
looked at them things right. The man
deserves t. be judged accordin' t. the
same way the gal is-only more So"
| A hush fell over the group. The
blacksmith sat patting his foot softly
on the floor. Presently his calloused
hand came down upon his knee with a
sounding slap, while his eyes, dull at
most times from long looking into the
forge fire, lighted with the fervor Of
his feelings.
"Good FIR you, Uncle Nick! l agree
with y'u complete. That's my kind o.
preachin'-right t. the pint"
"My sentiments to a hair" chimed
in the fisherman. IT alw'ys takes the
girls part an be id t. the man.
That's how I lost this eye. 1t wus
when-but no matter, / hain't never
b'grudged it."
The f1sherman's lone eye settled into
a vacant stare at crack in the floor !;
the hard lines of his face deepened.
Could the others have glimpsed back
Of that scanned and weather-beaten
mask, they might have read there the
deep craven memory of day that was
dead-a dream and an awakening, a
romance and a tragedy-that had
driven him, as the storm drives the
driftwood, with what the world calls
a crime slated against him, to bury
his life here with his dog and fishing
gear, alone in his bachelor cabin on
the river shore.
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Else to Go.
that he had taken the Job of clearing
the timber from an upland field and
making 1t ready for the pillow. Some
said he had been pearl fisher, others
that he was wanted" down at Vim
Cennes The Flatwoods held him at
arms length-and waited"
"Ricollect Jim Rummidge, don't yu,
Ecker" Uncle Nick remarked.
"Jim Rummidge, reckon / do that"
piped Zeke's thin voice, as he leaned
forward across the counter. "Ain't
go'n' e fright I'M, nuther, not right
soon 1 amt. Went off t. M'souri OWN
me dollar and thirty-four cents, and
/ never did git It."
saw, well, Zeke, don't worry none, "
Uncle Nick rejoined, ''y'u've wormed II
outen some other pore devil b. this
time, more'n likely"
The blacksmith slapped his heavy
hand down on his thigh, the others
laughed, the fisherman's frisky eye
twinkled and he swore merrily.
Zeke said never a word, but the ex-
preston In his little rat eyes might
have meant any number Of things.