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Evening star., 1925-02-22
CONCERTS

onzay Quartet Ernest Scheng postponed
illness.
Ammer Harp Trio Concert First Congregational Church.
= night at o'clock
Fritz Kreisler
= 4:30 o'clock.
limited States Marine Band Symphony the Marine Bar
racks, Wednesday night a 85 o'clock.
Washington Chamber
: Wednesday night $50 o'clock.
United States Navy Band
Friday night at 8 is o'clock. 80
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ances of the New York Philharmonic
Orchestra, Willem Mengelberg, con-
ductor, on March 10, and for Alfred
Cortot, pianist, on March 19.
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gram will be Wagner's overture from
"Tannhauser"
As tomorrow is holiday, the usual
afternoon concert will be omitted.
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Under the auspices of Mrs. James
H. MacLafferty, a large audience of
Senators and Representatives, their
wives and friends were entertained
Sunday evening at Congress Hall
with a delightful program directed
by Estelle Wentworth. Elizabeth
Thornberry. Nina Norman and Wood
ruff Youngs gave the first act from
Martha" in al tabloid version ar
ranged by Miss Wentworth. In addi-
tion, Miss Thornberry sang mi CHA
mono Mimi from La Boheme"; Miss
Norman sang Nancy's aria from
Martha" and Mr.. Youngs sang Sir
Joseph's song. when 1 Was a Lad"
from "Pinafore."
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A tabloid version of the opera
Martha" arranged by Estelle Went
worth. will be presented at the First
Congregational Church Tuesday and
Wednesday evenings. The members
of the cast will include Elizabeth
Thornberry, Nina Norman. Ellsworth
Condron, Russell Cordrey and Wood
ruff Youngs.
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Grace Tooke. pianist, will present a
group of solos, Tuesday evening, be-
fore the Tuesday Evening Music Club,
at it's club rooms. 1923 1 street.
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q UGUSTU ROSSO has issued cards
"A for a musical this afternoon at
o'clock at 400 New Hampshire avenue,
when Italian musical folklore will be in
terpreted by Geni Sadero.
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Compositions of Mary Carlisle Howe,
Washington composer, will be given
at the Friday Morning Music Club,
Friday, at IL o'clock. There will
be suite for cello piano solos, So
prano solos and soprano and tenor
duets. Those presenting the program
are Richard Lorleberg. Helen Howl
son, Lawrence Lee, George Wilson
and Mary Howe.
Evening star., 1925-02-22

Louis A. Potter. director. and Edwin
Moore, organist, presented a special
musical program at the Epworth NJ. E.
Church Tuesday evening that was great
~ enjoyed. Assisting were Gretchen
HOOD, soprano; Herman Hoffman,
violinist, and the Columbian Male Quar-
tet, composed of Paul Ledig and VIII
liam Braithwaite, tenors: Raymond G.
Moore, baritone, and John c. Smith
bass.
Evening star., 1925-02-22

A series of four concerts are planned
at the Mount Vernon Place Methodist
Episcopal Church South, under the
direction of r. Deane Shure, starting
March 1s.
The first will be given by the
quartet of the church, w. Arthur
Mccoy, first tenor; A. Clifford Wilkin,
second tenor; Howard P. Bailey. bari
tone, and James P. Schick, basso,
assisted by the Nordica Club, under
the direction of Walter T. Holt,
who will play Shubert's Unfinished
Symphony" and ]. w. Rodkey, reader,
and Mrs ]. Frank Rice, soprano.
April the Glee Club of the Uni
versity of Maryland will give a pro-
gram. =.
Adam GeibeI, blind organist and
composer, will give an organ recital
on April Is.
The annual concert of the Mount
Vernon chorus will be given on April
20, when an entire evening with the
Masters of Oratorio" will be spent.
Excerpts from St Paul, Samson,
Elijah and other oratorios will be
sung. The choir will be assisted by
Richard Lorleberg, celloist.
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For the tenth consecutive re.r
Charles Trowbridge Tittmann has
been engaged for the Bach festival
He Will. be the bass soloist in the
B Minor Mass" which will be given
May 80.
The Nome nugget., 1925-12-26

dug. At the height of it's pros perity a newspaper. "Thc Day Star of Zion" was published With fair regularity.
 Most of the settlers caEe original iy from Connecticut. Tn order. so far as possible, to keep cut worldly affairs, they petitioned the state legislature to be set aside from Pennsylvania. declaring that they did not wish 10 be as&ooInted with events of lhr mortal world. Their petition was not granted.
 The last of the original settlers held at death the faith of the founders The land of about four square miles. was sold for taxes and the property left to ruin
The Nome nugget., 1925-12-26

est prices. the best lots bringing a dollar forty. Alaska and Yu- kon muskrats brought from a dol lar to dollar twenty. British Columbia interiors brought up to dollar thirty. There was no de- mand for martin or cross fox. Red fox sold well, the interior of Alaska grades ones and twos twen- ty two to twenty-fOur dollars. The peninsula ones and twos bringing eighteen to twenty dollars The de- mand for blue fox was steady. Half the offerings were sold at prices up to fifty dollars Otter sold well. The average lots of Alaskans sold for twenty-two fifty. The white fox demand was steady. the selling basis being forty for grades ones and twos. The Lynx demand was also ex- cellent, the British Columbia large and extra large bringing twenty five to twenty eight dollars.
The Nome nugget., 1925-12-26
RELIGIOUS SCHOOLING BY MAIL TRIED FOR
 ISOLATED CHILDREN

Chicago, Religious instruc- tion by mail for children in isolat- ed rural districts is the solution of the problem of those who live too far to attend Sunday School re- gularly, in the opinion of Miss Vera l.. Moves, supervisor of Reli- gious Education in the Chicago Diocese of the Episcopal Church.
 Miss Moves has worked out a sy- stem that aims to bring religion .nto the everyday life of the child, "so that religion may be real, at tractive, and effective"
 "Each week the pupil receives through the mail material which will not only cause t,lc cEili to learn something, but also to think and to do," she said. ''The lessons are graGed and planned to fit the needs of the various ages of child hoods.
 And yet the correspondence Is not for the child alone. It is creat- ing in, every horne it toEches re- ligious atmosphere" :.
The Nome nugget., 1925-12-26
MONDAY
 (TEIEGRAPhtC)
 IOuTHFUL BANDIT CAPTURED WHILE ASLEEP

SM Melville, Ark. Dec. 19, R- Arnold Conner, youth of fourteen Years of age, admitted that he was the author of succession of law < less acts. The sheriffs posse seiZ- Fed him while he was asleep. He had in lis possession four pistols, shot gun and peck of ammuni- tion. He claimed that he turned bandit because he was disappointed with home conditions. Wednesday night he entered rural ho.rc and stole seventeen and a half dollars and a shot gun and later OH plum dered store. Friday night seek ing food he approached another mountain home and became afraid when a man opened the door whom he shot and wounded and killed his wife and child. Saturday he entered another home and beat az ct Mrs. Tom Boyd to death and killed her infant grand daughter
 Fieein. from the scene, he met Charles Moore quarte: of 2 mile away whom he shot and killed.
The Nome nugget., 1925-12-26
MOVIE PHOTOtiRAPHER
 ON ALASKA TOUR

Seward. Dec. 19, F)-Merl Law ay. who is photographing Alaska for the Fox Film Corporation left here today for Point Barrow. He will travel by way of Nenana, Alatna, Kobuk, Kot2ebue a.d Point Hope Numerous scenes of Alaska will he filmed for drama feat uring the old whaling days. Feat ure pictures of Alaska will be taken together with the scenes of natives catching bear and walrus with the implements employed before the advent of the white settlers. MT. Lavoy will travel more than two thousand miles by dog team and photograph some of the worse por- tions of the trail while enroute. He will return via Nome in Aug ust and will take large dogteam togetRer with Eskimo costumes to Los AngelOs where the feature will he completed.
The Nome nugget., 1925-12-26
DREDGING ACTIVITY
 IN TANANA

Seward. Dec. 23. (P,-According 10 Lionel G. Whitworth, 'Dredges will probably be installed on lower Fish creek and Engineer creek in the Fairbanks district early in nineteen twenty-seven Whitworth is an English financier and he and Walter Neil are interested in the Tanana Valley Gold Dredging Com pany. Limited. This company began operations last year building q dredge that cost q hundred thou sand dollars on upper Fish Creek This dredge is about two thirds completed and will begin opera lions this spring The company has an option on Il huge ore dyke at mile torty-three near which ihey hope te gn ahead with in the near lhtnre. Whitwor Jeff for Fair banks on tour uf inspection, re- tnrnine here in few weeks en- route to London, lie will be back To Alaska in May
The Nome nugget., 1925-12-26
RELIEVES lt,,U .DG;E HAS SYMPATHETIC
 INTEREST NlSk !

Seattle, Dee. P. (P) & C. Bone. his arrival here from Washington was interviewed and expressed the belief that the Alaska Railroad will never be destroyed and the road bed turaed into q wagon trail as Congressman Free advocated, but will be supported by ike govern ment and ultimately placed upon q paying basis. Bone fur her said. ''the und arlying opposition to the railroad |. the antasorism of some congressman to public nwne"sliip, hut Ire strength of this group is not sufficient to carry out Frees proposal"
 While at Washington Bone w.s tEe guest of President tpt iidge at a luncheon and said Coolidge has the sympathetic interest of Alaska at heart, am positive he intends to support the proper mea- sures fer the development of the territory. "In anticipating leasing by the forestry department under porper regulations in the territcry for the wood pn,p indust.y. Bone said, Representatives of the Forestry Departmen. are endeavor- ing to interest capital in Alaska s timber resources, the Forestry Ser vice thrOughly understands the pre- sent situation which is dcplorable and are hopeful of remetlying it.
 . BOnc's daughter Marguerite fs q st stutient of the University of Wash. ingtOn and leaves today for his home at AtasCntlcr0. Cala., to spend the holidays.
The Nome nugget., 1925-12-26
PETITION ASKED MODIFY GeUER RELEASING
 \utO rEHe\H

kanses City, Dec 2slA'l The government yesterday p-titiuned Federal Judge Pollprk tu modify the order releasing N,lru Perovi.h under Pollock's habeas corps pro government attacked the authority of Judge Pollock and demanded thc transfer of Perovich to Alaska to face the original sentence of death which President Taft in 19e9 com
 muted to life Imprisonment. Ii ap- pears that when President Tnf commuted the sentence of Perovich he did so without tle consent of the defendant. There was some doubt in the mind of the Court as
 the guilt of the defendant, and after he had served twenty years il was considered that he had been sufficiently punished. Before Judge Pollock decided the case Perovich was advised by his council that in the event of the writ being granted he would possibly be amenable to he original sentence to which Peroyich replied that ie was will
 ing to assume the responsibility
The Nome nugget., 1925-12-26
NOTICE OF FoRFEiTIHE.

To Menao D. NrCnmber. Manpo D.
 Mctnmber and M D. aIerumber.
 yonr and each of your heirs. ex-
 ecutors. administrators. grantees
 and assigns:
 You are hereby notified that fhe understand. and itS eranturs and assisnors; have expended during the year 1aso; also during each of the years ending al 13 o'clock Meridian July 1st. l922. l923, 199l and 1925, the sum of one hundred dol lars in labor and improvements up on thai certain placer claim knuwr and described is Mtt umber Group Il snake River Bench C:aiu. 4ituat ed in tue Cape Nom" ltreordins pistri"' Territory ot Nla4ka Sse "nt lhv,sion nflgiual notir" of location "t Mhr-h ia raeor,led iii Vol. l3i paP" @oA of the teceftis Of s#id Cape Ment lt~eotdrne Bis riei.
 Said labor was performrl and Improvements made for the pur- pose of holding said claims under Territory of Alaska.
 @thl YOU anu eat il pl you are hereby notified tliat if wi hin ninety daFa after the spryice of this notice on you hy publication thereof for the period of ninety days. you fail or F fuse to contrf hute to the undersigned Your pro portion of such expenditures as co-owners of said mining claim your intor"s' in said mining claim will become the prepertv of the undersigned by whom and bt who's" erantors and assignors the whose grantors and assienors the said required nr,essary eNpcndi lures Were made.
 Dated al Nome, Alaska this 7lh day of November, 1925
 I.omeu Reindeer and Trading
 Corporal ion by
 CARL j. LoMEN. Pr sidenl Ollie" and Post onice Address. Nome Alaska
 Publish Nov 2l, 2s. Dec. |. 19. 19 26. 1895; and Jan , 2. It. 2a, 30 Feh 6. 13, 1926.
The Nome nugget., 1925-12-26
NOTICE OF FORE ElTIRE.

To Elma McNausht and John Me
 Nauehl, %oar ana e@oh of youi
 heirs, executors, admin ristiNtors
 grantees and assigns.
 Hon arc hereby notified that tlp undersigned. and its aranlors and assisnurs, have expended durinp each of the years ending at l9 o'clock Meridian July 1st. 1922 one hundred dollars ill labor and improvements on each of those cer tain placer mining claims situated in the Cape Nome Recording Dis trict. Territory of Alaska Second Division known and described a. Follows:
 Yankee Doodle Claim or Group q Bench on Snake River. notice or location of which is recorded ir Volume 153. page 2tS of the Re cords of said Cape Nome Record ing District:
 Yankee Boy Claim or Group, | Bench on snake River. notice oi location of which is recorded ir of said Cape Nome Recording Dis trict:
 Minnehaha Claim or Group, | Bench on snake River. notice oi location of which is. recorded ii Vol. 153. page PIG of the Records of said Cape Nome Recording Dis trict:
 Said labor was performed and improvements made for the pur- pose of holding said claims under the laws of the United states and Territory of Alaska
 And you and each of you arc hereby notified that if within ninety days after the service oi this notice on you by publication thereof for the period of ninety days.you fail or refuse to contri- bute to the undersigned vour pro portion of such expenditures as co-owners of said mining claims your interest in said mining claims will become the property of the undersigned by whom and bs whose grantors and assignors the said required necessary expendi lures were made.
 Dated at Nome, Alaska, this 7tl day of November. 1925. F
 Lomen Reindeer and Trading Corporation, by g- CARL J. LOMEN, President Office and Post Office Address. Nome. Alaska.
 Publish Nov. 21. 2S, Dec. 5, 12, 19 26. 1925; andNJan. 2. 9. 16, 23, 30 Feb. 6, 15. 1926.
The Nome nugget., 1925-12-26
RUSSIANS NOW MARRY ON \ THREE
 YEAR PROBATION

Berlin, (P)-Marriages on three year probation have been authoriz- ed by Berlin Lokal An2ciger. After this period both parties will be pri- vileged to contract On nov and permanent marriage. if mutually lhe bond has proved satisfactory Otherwise, each party will be at liberty to separate without going through any of the usual divorce fcrmalities.
 The law was passed to clarify the state of matrimonial confusion ex- isting in Russia. said the AnzciScr. The probationary marriage needs only to he registered at 'hc city clerks office If the marriage ends in failure, tine registrar will simple draw blue pencil mark through both names, whereby officially at least, the marriage will be shown never to have existed.
 The present age at which n young man in Russia may Aarry is IS and that of girl 16. The wife may either adopt the name of her husband CT retain her own. 4 3rd contingency is that the husband may adopt his wires name.
 The children again may a1sO be named after the fa her or mother, or one child may assume tEe name of one parent and another that Of the other.
The Nome nugget., 1925-12-26
UNUFFIClAL OPINION ARMY LEGAL EXPERTS GIVEN
 RE.MITCIELL SENTENCE

ashingtOn, D. q. Dec. 23, tP)- Unofficial opinions of the Army legal experts in Mitchell sent. ."ncc, state that no military tri- bIinaI has the rieEt tO deprive asl officer or enlisted man all pay and allowances Tor five years aIdl kerI lin during such wriod under Army control aud n.;lse II imp"s- sH.le for the accused la arCept out. s"Ir employment without pcrmiS' sen. The prevailing opinion is tt.Ht President Cnoiitig" will attnW ti Y" suspension as retirement credit Gu. to the fi.ci that lW is elis,blc .n retire in tNo ..,hi one. haIf years.
The Nome nugget., 1925-12-26
ANCHORAGE TO COMPETE
 WITH OUTSIDE COAL

Anchorage. Dec. 23,(P,- The pre- mier mine on Moose Creek. em- ploying twenty-two men shipped a hundred tons of bituminous coal to Cordova in competition with the British Columbia and Washington coal. This 5 q test shipment and will be followed by other shipments if the competition proves success full. The mine is situate in the Matannska coal belt.
The Nome nugget., 1925-12-26
NOTICE OE EOHEliIYllRN.

l To John Roland and Karl karlin, | Nour and each of your heirs, ex- ! ecutors, administrators and as- signs:
 You are hereby notified that the | undersigned has expended the sum of one hundred dollars during each of the years 1920. 1921, 1929. 1923 md 192I. m labor and improve ments upon each of the following | named claims: The Blue Jay Group. and the Polar Bear Group placer mining claims, situated on the CasaDerpaga River. in the Council City Mining District and Precinct Territory of Alaska, the location certificates Of which are found of record in the office of the Recorder of said district and pre- einct in order to hold said claims under the provisions of the laws of the United States. and the Ter ritory of Alaska. concerning annual labor upon mining claims Such expenditures being the amount re quired by said laws to hold said claims during said period.
 And you are further notified that if within ninety days from the completion of the publication here of. for the period of ninety days you fail or refuse to contribute to the undersigned your proportion of such expenditure as Il co-owner your interest in said mining claims will become the property of the undersigned yonr co-owner. who has made such required eXpendi- ture.
 Dated at Nome. Alaska the 31st day of October. 1925,
 EUGENE w. GRAHAM,
 C0-Owncr. Publish oct 3l, Nov, [. II, 21, 2s. Dee. ,, F. lY, 20. 1925; and Jan. ?, 9, 16, 23. 1926
The Nome nugget., 1925-12-26
MITCHELL APPEARS As
 WITNESS NAVAL COURT

Washington, D. C., Dec. 21,(P)- Hcedies> OI the advpce of his counsel Col. Mitchell appeared Us a witness before tIsc Naval Court Inglkll1ng intO the shenandoah wreck, with a written statement, which Admiral Jones president of the Court declined tu accept. Nit cln.lt in Il statement said his sen- tence of suspension for five years is incffecivc until the President approved of thc (Oilrts' action, and declared his statutory rights should not he abridged prior to the app- royal.
The Nome nugget., 1925-12-26
BURIED BENEATH RUIN IS TOWN BUILT FOR
 COMING OF CHRIST

Laporte. Pa. R-Buried be- meath the ruins of a group Of build ings near here lie the shattered hopes of little colony of men and women who, a half century ago founded Celestia. q town laid out and made ready for the second coming of Christ.
 Celestia's memory is preserved only by yellowing deed filed in the archives of the county court. house. It was named for the Celestial City. Streets were mark ed out anG an artificial lake was
The Nome nugget., 1925-12-26
THURSDAY (TEtEGRApHICi
KILLS HIS BRIDE
 WOULDN'T HELP SDLNE
 CROSS WORD PUZZLE

New York, Dec. 22. tA9 Anger ed because his bride of seventeen months wouldn't help him solve a crossword puzzle. Theodore koerner an ardent devotee of the pastime, seriously wounded her and wound up by killing himself. His wife excused herself on account help d moment later he appeared in the bedroom and fired point blank without speaking 10 hea, then turned the gun on hiIlsolf dying instantly.
The Nome nugget., 1925-12-26

ston Peninsula, Victor a Island He was in the employ of ,he Licbes company. Capt. klenkenherg also brought suit against the same company for fifteen thousand dol lars, alleging that the Linhes com nany failed 10 deliver supplies to him and his family al ihe same place in nineteen twenlE-two and three. causing them to face starva- iion The court found that the 5, hooner Arctic Started to tceir aid but abandoned the attempt becanse Arnold Li"hcs WIS abaald Klen- kenberg and his two sons finally managed tp reach shore and mush- ed To Fairbanks.
The Nome nugget., 1925-12-26
LAD HAS CORK LEG
 BUT Is BEST CENTER
 ON SCHOOL GRID TEAM

Center Point. Iowa. P)-Al- though Beryl Hunter. 19, has a cork leg, he is regular member of the Center Point high school football team. He plays center. Coach Alfred Kline said the boy is good player; tha' he makes his tackles along with the rest of the squad and asks no favOrs because of his handicap.
 "lle is a game youngster, Coach Kline declared 'and I use him at center because he is the best player We have for the position
 Last year Beryl played on the basketball team.
The Nome nugget., 1925-12-26
GOVERNOR PARKS
 xARRivEs SEATTLE

Seattle. Dec. 20, R)-Gover- nor Parks arrived from Alaska Saturday night on the steamer Ala meda, and is stopping over to visit friends, he is enroute to Den yer.
 Seattle, Dec. 21. R-Goyer- nor Parks leaves today to eat Christmas dinner at Pocatello, where his parents are coming to his sisters home. He expects to return to Seattle about the middle of January from Washington D. C. Governor Parks declared that the proposal of Congressman Free to abandon the Alaska Railroad twas economically unsoHnd"
 Governor Parks said increase mining activity and tourist travel will set high mark for the New Year in Alaska, he further stated that "there is q spirit of Optimism in Alaska, that there has been more activity this year than for several years in the past, Alaska is hold ing her own in population. q num- her of gold strikes have been re- ported and considerable develop ment work and mining has been going on, particularly in the Nome and Fairbanks districts" It is re- ported that Parks will remain in Washington until the end of Jan uary.
The Nome nugget., 1925-12-26
INBiY DINNER Fresh Killed Nome Chickens NH.O'S CAFE
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.

To F. (. MORTON and ROBERT | ENGSTROM. your lie IFS. admin fsfrators, executors and assigns: You are hereby notified that the | undersigned has expended the sum of one hundred dollars during each of the years 1924 and 1925 in labor and improvements upon placer | mining claim known as the rREEIEoVT Placer Mining Claim on Mcdonald Creek. in 'he Cape Nome Mining ansi Recording bis trict, Second Division. Territory of Alaska. the loeat ion certificate of which is of record in Volume I4S at Page il', of the records nf said mining and recording tii4irict in order to hold said claim under the provisions of he laws of the United States and the Territory of Alaska concerning annual labor upon min ing claims: such expenditure being the amount required by law 10 hold said claim during said period.
 And you are hereby notified that if within ninety days from the com pletion of tho publication hereof. you fail or refuse 10 contribute to the undersigned your proportion of such expenditure as a eo-owner vour in crest in said placer mining claim will become the property of the undersigned Nour co-owner, who has made such required rN- 0enditure.=
 Dated a' Nome, Alaska. thil ar,l AaN of october. i9e5
 A. / WATSON.
 Co owner.
 Publish Oct 2. l0, IT. 24, 2t. Nov. 2. IL "L "S. bee. !. 12. tp. 2G. 1925
The Nome nugget., 1925-12-26

ed at the steadily increasing dis placement of studies by athletics in the minds of students" set theGe and other rules for high schools here. POst-season contests for sec tional titles and contests with uni versity or college freshman teams were also tabooed.
 Only two practice games in each sport will be permitted to precede the regular season.