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The McCarthy weekly news., 1925-12-26
RICH STRIKE
AT NOM

The foreman of the LatOuche copper mine recently received a wire from friend in Nome, telling of a great placer strike in the old camp. Pans running a thousand dollars each have been tahen from the bedrock, the wire said, and the discovery is causing much excitement.
 The wire telling of the Nome strike was shown to several we'll known mining men, among them Dominick Vietti, who recently came south, and who in turn in formed an Alaska Weekly man about it. Details are lacking.
The McCarthy weekly news., 1925-12-26
SUCCESSFUL SEASON
INNOKO CAMP

The best season in years as well as the longest one was enjoyed by the dredge operators in the InnokO district, interior Alaska, according to E. Anderson dredgemaSter on the Yankee creek breGge for the Plume Ore dging Company, operating on Yankee and Little creeks, who came south on the steamer Vie toria this week, and plans to pass the winter in the states. A crew of nineteen men was em D loved by the Plume Dredging Company, which had two dred gers in operation, drought the mining season, which ended Oct Ober 28.
 Rich pay wus found on Cri pp!e creek this summer by Jam es Wilson, an old timer in the country. Six men were employ ed the last few months by Vii sou in tine new oiggings and lar ge cleanupS were taken out. TEe new find has stimulated prospecting along the creek and on other creeks nearby, says Mir. Anderson.
The McCarthy weekly news., 1925-12-26
YUKON FREEZEUP
 CAUSES DAMAGE

The closing of the Yukon river, in the vicinity of Dawson last month, was attended by un usual features and considerable loss is reported to have been sustained by owners of stove wood which had been piled along the shore of the river, near the water.
 Ice began forming in the river shortly after the first of Novem Der and between the first and fifteenth of the month the river closed and opened several times, and with each m vement of ice, there remained greater accumulation along the banks, Small boats were able to cross the river between times.
The McCarthy weekly news., 1925-12-26
THE MCCARTHY WEEKLY NEWS

Entered as second class matter Septem Der 17th, 1918 at the F ost Office, a Mccarthy. Alaska. under the Act D March B. 1879
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Saturday, December 26, 1925
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1925-07-23
ESEMENYEK
(Folytatas az 1-s0 oldalrol)

gyar reformatus egyhazban
szokasos es lit 81 ev ota gyako
rolt istentiszteleteket, kiszolga
last, azok sorrendjet, lelki gya
korlatait es f6keppen nyelvet.
Mem valtoztatja meg az egy-
haz es egyhazmegye kozt jelen-
leg fentall6 es ervenyben lev6
szerzodeseket, megallapodaso-
kat es ICY mem biztosit a je-
lenleginel nagyobb szelesebb ko
Ri jurisdikciot, sem pedig mem
ad jogot az egyhazmegyenek az
egNhaz belugyeibe nagyobb
mertekben, mint az eddig vi
szonyban, beleavatkozni.
AIT kivanjuk a magyar refor-
matus testvereinknek, hogy hig-
gadtan es megfontoltan intezzel1
ugyet. Els vegiil ARA ker
juk 6ket, hogy ne hallgassanak
semmifele olyan tanacsra, amefy-
mex hattere italian szemelyi erdek-
bosszu, vagy egyszeriien rosszaka-
rat.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1925-07-23
sZIGORUAN BUNTETIK
A RESZEG AUT0HAJT0KAT

Evan Davis, 129 Wayne Ave,
avval vadolya allott a birosag
elott, hogy autojat berugott al
lapotban vezette. Kedden reggel,
a rendorbirosagon megtartott tar
gyalas Dayist biin0snek talalta. "A
reszeg hajto a kovetkez6 biinte
test kapta: 60 napi borton, otven
dollar keszpenz biintetes, vala-
mint koltseg. Az ev hatralevo re
szere eltiltottak gepkocsi hajtas-
t6l.
A keddi itelet egyike a legszigo
rubbaknak, amt Judge Jenkins
hirdetett Xxi reszeg hajtok felett.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1925-07-23

reformatus egyhaz presbyteryanus Mahonng egyhaz-
megyenek tagja nevbo is kitinjon ezentul egyhaz
neve kovetkezo legyen "A Youngstown Magyar Pres
byteryanus Reformatus Egyhaz Kivanja, hogy egy
haz aapszbaya egyhazmegye torveny konyveve ossz
hangba hozassanak. Ennek eeneben kijeent hogy sem
htbel sem szertartasbeli vaoztatasokat k0vetel
A Youngstown refolmatus egyhaz vagy elfogadja
ezeket kivansagokat teljesit, vagy la mem fo-
gadja ell, akkor kerdes, hogy mi koyetkezik?
nevvatoztatas egyesek szernt jelent
semmt Igaz, hogy ilyen nevi egyhazat dacara annak
hogy Amerkaban egyszaznyolcvanhet protesns feleke
yet van skeriilt mind mai napg felfedezn. Sokan
ragaszkodnak regi nevhez, fGlnek at6l, hogy nevva
toztats csak eso epes ahhoz hogy egyhaz nden bel
So dolgaban beeszo anak f6nek attol hogy assanlas
atformajak egyhazat amerkaiva. Az egyhaz tor
enykonyvenek egyhazmegye torvenyeivel osszhang
zasba ozasa 6rhet6 sokak eot mivel so fereert6s
surodast oszlatna el jovoben.
Azonban n6zzk meg mi k6vetkezik akkor ha az egy-
haz kvansagokat teljesiti mereven elzarkozik
mnden ultas eol amely huszonegy ev gyomany
tete mutjanak megvatoztatasat jelenten6 Presbyte
ryanus egyhaz val6szineg pert ndt az egyhaz ellen
vsszaper telket Az amerkai t0rv6nyek szerint tel
ken emet epuet elekhez tartozik ICY telek vissza
peleseve elvesz erekes es sep templom is Az ker
des mar most, meg6re n6v megtartasa att hogy egy
lhb hatvanezer dollar cricket kivegyenek refo1mats
egyhaz kezebol?
Fenna eshetoseg is hogy gyiilekezet ket resi-
re szakad Az egylk tabor eltogada nodosaSokat be-
lemegy kiszabott fe6teekbe megmarad a Mahoning
egyhazmegye fennhatosaga aatt. telel a templonl
epiet akkor oke lle gyle1eze mask resze mereven
elzlrkozik mnden ujtas n6vvaltozas eol ki0nvalik
figgetlen lesz. Ez tabor elveszti elket templono
ujra kell kezdene mindent Ebben esetben young-
town. magyar reformatussag ket taborra szakadva az
or0kos harcok, kizdelmek sorozatat nyitnak meg
Hogy eszakadas felt6tleni EFT erednenyezn6 ar
Ia nezve nncsen sem keseg Welsh 0r0k0s0knek par
h6tte ezeot egyhazk0zs6ghez ntezett evee fetev6
sink meett bizonyitek.
"A hatarOzatot sZabad ehanalkodni meg kelI
nndent fontoni 6s gondon Meg kell talalni az arny
kozeputat, meg kell talalni megert6st, a b6ket.
Youngstownban magyarsagnak egyik eros va1Y a
refomatus egyhaz fogon ossze mnden egyes refo1ma-
tus magyar feedje mutat, feledje szem6lyesked6st
nemuljon e Macy es scent 6rdek mellett minden mas
Egy emberk6nt lepjen fel gyiiekezet Higgadt nyu-
godt targyilagos hango, mndent megfonolva mindent
meggondolva hatarozza ell nagat k0vetend0 ep6sekre
Legyen igazsag, legyen b6ke mindk6t r6szen akkor
nlsszk, hogy magyar refonatus egyhaz az elk0veke-
zendo hszonegy esztendeje meg szebb f6nyesebb cred
mennye zru lstennek, fogadot hazan1nak magyarsa-
gunknak dics0seg6re
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-06

person who ever opened it, she had, the
preceding evening, in her hurry to dress,
allowed Harriet to close it for her.
Before looking into the references, the
men from headquarters asked for a de-
scrption of the missing maid, and when
that eye was described the Surdams were
informed that they had been employing
"Cat-eye" Lii, cleverest jewel thief in the
country.
This seemed to be one of those facts of
great interest, but of no practical value.
The police set their cumbersome machin-
cry in motion to look for Lii on all term
inals and ferries, sent out description of
the stolen property, and added this last
robbery to the long list already against
"Cat-eye" in all the rogues' galleries in
tn country. But Lillian Mcdowell, alias
Julia Archer, etc, etc, knew her bust
ness, and kept away from terminals and
ferries. Also she dealt with "fence"
who knew his business and so altered and
reset the plumber that none of it was
ever heard of since.
Lii was a prudent crook and took no
Unnecessary chances. For two years she
evidently hid where the cat-eye would not
be seen by anyone who studied police
pictures. Then little while ago funds
must have run low, and Lii got herself
planted in the Milwaukee mansion re-
ferred to earlier in this article. Before
she had time to rob it, that "nosey" SER
geant spotted her in the trolley car.
Back in Buffalo, "Cat-eye" was meek
ness itself, and in a soft voice pleaded
guilty" She might as well, for they had
the whole story now, including those nice
references. 1t shows how easily the pro-
fessional criminal gets around the clumsy
precautions of the average citizen. Lii,
when she saw Mrs. Surdam's advertise
ment, put in one of her own, saying that
she wanted an upstairs girl with the very
best of references. The girls We're told
to apply at the best hotel in Buffalo,,
where Lii had engaged a suite of rooms
for the day.
Out of all the applicants she chose
those of a genuine servant named Harriet
Mccoy, kept them, and told her to call
in the morning. When she did call, the
hotel informed her that the lady had
checked out without leaving any address
Puzzled, poor Harriet waited in vain for
the lady to return her references.
While "Cat-eye" was so mild herself,
others of her criminal associates did not
hesitate to show their teeth. Mrs. Surdam
was called to the telephone one evening
by man who declined to give his name
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Yes, Harriet had worked for them, the
references were genuine and they could
not. say enough in her praise. Both would
like to have her back again. One had let
her get away from her during European
trip and the other while she wintered in
Florida. Two years with one family and
one with the other, faithful, competent
and honest as the day is long. What more
could any woman want to know about
servant? Of course, she might have
written to the out-of-town ones, but they
would have only confirmed the others, for
they, too, were genuine. Harriet's record
was perfect for ten years. How could
Mrs. Surdam suspect that this woman was
really thief, who had robbed almost
every woman she had worked for?
Mr.. Surdam, hearing all this, was
equally satisfied, and next day Harriet
was on the job. The husband, used to
szng-up employees, looked the new maid
over and was pleased. He noted her cat
eye, but that meant nothing to him. What
was more important, she turned it square
was reason for it. He marveled a little
that one with so much intelligence had
not gone into business. He was paying
women with business training, but far
less brains, many times Harriet's
wages.
Only about week did the Surdams
enjoy their pearl of maid, and then she
left them without notice, references or
pay. However, they did not owe her any
thing. Mrs. Surdam had been out all the
afternoon calling and, as she admits rue
fully, praising Harriet to her friends.
When she returned, her bedroom was
wreck Drawers had been pulled out
and their contents dumped on the floor;
jewel caskets had been broken into and
the door of wall safe was wide open,
though she alone knew the combination.
In all, $4,000 worth of jewels of all sorts
were gone, and with them her jewel of a
maid.
Two police detectives, impressed by the
professional thoroughness of the job,
stated that Harriet must be a thief of no
ordinary skill and experience. But how
could this be with such references cover
ing the last ten years of her life? The
detectives promised to look into that pres
emily, but meanwhile they cleared up the
mystery of the open safe by pointing to
a little piece of rubber which someone
had so placed that il prevented the bolt
from going into place when the safe door
was closed Their Questioning brought
out that while Mrs. Surdam was the only
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-06

down four flights of stairs to the sherif's
office. There, with a paperknife, she
forced a window, cut out screen and
dropped fourteen feet to the sidewalk.
In the morning the keepers of the Jail
were grieved to find a rug rolled up in
LIS bed to look like the female form di-
vine and, beneath the sheriff's wrecked
window, footsteps in the snow. Besides
this, notorious driver told of helping
limping woman to Kenmore. a suburb of
Buffalo, north of the city, and there turn
ing her over to a motorist. That was the
end of the clue for thirty-six hours. and
1t looked as if "Cat-eye" had made a clean
getaway and vas not going to ever keep
her date with the judge to be sentenced.
plumber entering an empty house in
Kenmore, which he supposed to be safely
locked up, was surprised to be confronted
by woman, who, because she had no
business there, staggered and begged him
to get taxi, seemed to him to be drunk
She prevailed upon him to go next door
and telephone for one. There is where
"Cat-eye" had her third and last piece
of bad luck. In that house lived Mrs. J.
Il: Gardiner, very alert-minded woman.
who had read the newspaper accounts Of
the limping fugitive, and went back With
the plumber to take look
''Yoa are 'Cat-eye Lii" she said to her
self, and telephoned to the police, who
arrived Just one minute ahead of the taxi
Underworld have meant freedom.
Lii has the eyes of a cat, but evidently
not the legs. The Jail physician found
that the fourteen-foot fail had broken her
left ankle, wrenched her left knee and
strained her back Worse than that.
Judge Noonan, who had intended to give
her a light sentence, made il ten years.
So, unless the parole board, as. il usually
does, turns this thief loose to prey on
society again, the warden Of Auburn
prison win have one of the best-trained
servants in the country. However, Il
won't do to leave any valuables lying
around, nor TO give hers Thursday nights
out.
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"Never mind who this is" said
a rasping voice, "but if you don't
identify 'Cat-eye' tomorrow at
police headquarters every one of
your jewels will be returned to
you"
Mrs. Surdam paused not know
ing what to say.
'And, another thing" continued
the voice, eff you do identify her,
your son will be kidnapped and
you'll mover see him again"
81 will have to talk to my hus-
band," stammered Mrs. Surdam.
Don't try to get away from the tele-
phone," snarled the voice. you're not
going to get chance to have this call
traced. l want your answer now"
He got his answer. Mrs. Surdam told
him that she would identify the thief, and
she did, which took courage, and she also
hired armed guards and an ugly police
dog to watch over her little son.
AS a result of Mrs Surdam's coura-
geously doing i.er duty, "Cat-eye" pleaded
guilty" as weakly and forlornly that
there was the usual soft-hearted and soft
headed sympathy as the deputy sheriff led
her away from the court to the county
Jail across the street. 1t did not occur to
the deputy to handcuff such a mild-man-
nered prisoner. That neglect cost him a
lot of exercise.
In the middle of the traffic, just as he
stepped back to let car pass, his pris-
oner jumped in front of it, got by in
safety, and was running like deer before
he knew what had happened. After that
drivers of cars in the next three blocks
got the scare of their lives trying to keep
, nom running over what appeared to be a
crazy woman pursued by an. equally crazy
man. When at last the deputy caught her
shs became meek again, but he hendcuffed
her, Just the same.
In Jail her behavior was exemplary ex-
Acept for one tking-she broke out and,
got away. In that hil sonfe trusting soul
worthy of higher job handed Lii bunch
of keys to go and get flatiron out of
closet that she might doll herself up and
look nice next morning when the judge
would pass sentence. You will be sur
prised to learn that this crook was dis
honest and took advantage of the loan of
those keys to unlock her own cell and
stuff 1t with piece of rug so it would
stay unlocked, Just she had fixed Mrs.
Surdam's safe.
When they thought they locked "Cat-
eye" in her cell that night, she wasn't
locked in at all, and as soon as things
were quiet she came out and sneaked
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manner. She was quiet, pleasing, healthy,
alert and yet unobtrusive, and spoke Eng
lish properly with well-modulated voice.
She had all the ear-msrks of perfectly
trained servant such as now hardly exists.
He name was Harriet Mccoy, and in her
twenty years experience she modestly
mentioned prominent families in other
cities and also a couple right in Buffalo.
Mrs. Surdam was not personally ac-
quainted with these two, but she knew
of them. Did Harriet have references
from all these people? Yes, indeed. The
girl handed her a little packet of them
and each one glowed with her praise.
Then arose the question of wages. Har-
riot came high-higher than Mrs. Surdam
had expected TO pay.
But then, why not? This girl seemed
to be a jewel and find, the kind of SER
want that she would want to keep forever,
pension in old age and remember hand
somely in her WILL Mrs. Surdam reflected
that it would be suspicious if such prize
did not command unusual wages. So Har-
riet left her references and was told to
call in the morning for her answer
The moment Harriet was gone Mrs.
Surdam went right to the telephone and
verified the two Buffalo references. II
did rot seem likely that these would be-
forgeries, but the lady of the house knew
that her husband, with his usual thorough
ness, would insist on the precaution. -.
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tives and lives in
a large mansion in
t h e fashionable
Linwood Avenue
section of Buffalo.
In that establish
ment everything
was of the best, in
Guiding the SER
wants. When an
upstairs girl was
needed, the local
agencies were un-
able to supply
anyone at all salts
factory, so Mrs.
Surdam fin ally
advertised in the
papers.
T h j S brought
half a dozen appli-
cants no better
than the others,
and then, at last.
came just what she
had in mind, but
had about given up
hone of ever seeing
again "A servant
with a faultless
Evening star., 1925-11-27

The pair have met six times and
Herman has no fear at all OF the
Meridian boy. Herman is a front run
ner If there ever was one.
The trouble with him is that he IS
such an in-andouter. Up in Boston
recently Finnegan gave him fine
pasting and just when they were &C
claiming Finn as a world beater Joe
Click took the tuck out of him. This
made Herman's showing look the
worse.
Maybe Babe thought he was not
right for Finnegan; he insisted that
his opponent entered the ring at over
the featherweight limit. thereby pro-
tecting his fight for the title with
Kaplan. AS it turned out. Babe just
saved his skin by knocking Finnegan
fiat, fact that compensated some
what for his being outpointed.
SO, all in all. Jess Mcmahon, Who
looks after the arrangement OF
matches for the new Garde- Ia will
ing to let the Kaplan- Herman feature
remain intact on the undersra nding
that the Babe thereafter will prob
ably avoid unknown tough boys. al
least until after he has had another
crack at the title.
To complicdte matters for Mcmahon.
kaplan has bobbed up with a bad
hand" His manager. Scotty Monteith.
thinks 1t will be ready for use in time
to keep the Herman engagement.
Evening star., 1925-11-27
JONES WINS BEAVER
DAM GOLF TOURNEY

Evan Jones won the handicap tour
ney yesterday at the Beaver Dam
Golf Club and had his name inscribed
on the Presidents cup.
He registered a net 73, going around
in 95 and having a handicap OF %.
Z. w. Spicer, who was second with
a net "a, won a turkey for having the
low gross score OF Sc.
J. d. Graf took third place with II.
scoring 81, with 10 off.
Evening star., 1925-11-27
TORRE A CHESS HERO
BY BEATING LASKER
BY JUNIUS b. WOOD.

By Gable to The Star and Chicago Daily News.
MOSCOW, November 27.-Carlos
Tore of New York, playing his first
year in big chess company. became
the popular hero of the fans in the
international tournament last night
when he defeated DR.. Emanuel
Lasker Of Germany, former world
champion and veteran of As years Of
competition.
Tore next Sunday will celebrate
the twenty-first anniversary of his
birth at Merida, Mexico. DIR. Lasker
is 81. In this country chess players
are as popular idols as prize fight
ers in other lands.
The e-Lasker game ended
without applause as an evidence Of
the crowds respect for both masters.
The attentive audience hardly whis-
pered and watched the game for five
hours, until on Torres forty-third
| move DIR. Lasker resigned.
| The temperament of the two men
was in striking contrast. Tore,
while awaiting his turn to move,
paced rapidly up and down the long
lane behind the ropes. not noticing
| the other games or the eager faces
| before him. DR.. Lasker either calmly
sat at the table putting a cigar or
| slipping milk, or strolled away to
watch other games and exchange
comments with other masters.
Though Torres victory puts him
temporarily first in the tournament,
| Bogoliubov's game being adjourned.
| Torres game of the previous day
when he tied Capablanca, extrlcat-
| ing himself from an almost hopeless
| chess.
| (Copyright 1925)
Evening star., 1925-11-27
BORG SETS A RECORD
FOR HALF-MILE SWIM
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MIAMI, Fla, November 21.-Arne
Borg, aquatic champion, yesterday
hung up new world and new
American record in the half-mile
swim when he negotiated the distance
in the Venetian Casino pool here In
10 minutes 20 3-5 seconds.
Borg in his successful attempt shat
tered two records which he himself
had held. breaking the American
mark of 10 minutes 43 3-5 seconds. set
April II. 1924. in Honolulu. and the
world mark of 10 minutes 35 seconds,
which he established also last year
in Guthenburg, Sweden.
Johnny Weismuller, on exhibition
here this week with Borg, failed to
lower his own world record in the
100meter swim of $685. seconds,
which he set Sunday in clipping one
fifth of a second from his previous
world mark. Weismuller's time was
SO seconds fiat.
Both swimmers, racing against time,
will make their final attempt for new
records Sunday, after which the two
champions, accompanied by Coach
William Bachrach, will leave for Chi
cago.
Evening star., 1925-11-27
WALKER RUNS FIRST
my. M. C.. A. Event

Raymond j. Walker OF Business
High School placed first in the twelfth
annual Thanksgiving day mile run
held over the downtown streets by the
Boys Y M. c. A. His time for the
distance was minutes, "A seconds.
Second and third places in the mile
event went to Williams Gross of Co
lumbia Junior High and Elmer Fugitt
of Tech.
Cabell Goolsby of Central captured
the half-mile race for Intermediates.
Joseph Lynch Of Gonzaga placed sec
ond, and William King of Central took
third. The winners time was 4 min
utes, 222 seconds.
Gold. silver and bronze medals went
to those placing in each of the events.
and loving cup went to Walker. to
be placed among the Business trophies
for year.
Evening star., 1925-11-27

There is only one way to break
through a stiff straight-arm and tackle
the opposing runner carrying the ball.
That is to drive into him low as in the
upper illustration. 1t is almost an
impossibility for a runner to push off
such a tackler. If the tackler tries
to come in high to tackle runner
who has good straight-arm the run
ner is bound to push him aside and
tured in the lower illustration.
Red" Grange uses the straight
arm and those who have stopped
him to date have employed the meth
Cd pictured in the upper illustration
to break through his straight-arm
and throw him.
Copyright. 1929