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The Wrangell sentinel., 1925-08-20
IN THE UNITED STATES COM
 MISSIONER'S COURT. WRAN-

IN THE UNITED STATES CON- MISSIONER'S COURT. WRAN- CELL PRECINCT. FIRST DIVI- SION OF ALASKA. IN PROBATE. In the Matter of the Estate of A. J. Kalkins, Deceased.
 NOTICE
 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN That E. E. Kalkins, the Exeeutor of the above named estate of A. J. Kalkins has this day filed herein his Final Account and Report of his admin istration of said estate, and peti- toned the Court for settlement thereof. A hearing will be had upon the said Final Account and petition Thursday the 23rd day of September 1925 before the under signed at his offiffice in the said Town of Wrangell, Alaska, at which time and place any and all persons interested in said estate may appear and file objections in writing to the said Final Account and petition and contest same.
 Given under my hand and seal of the Probate Court aforesaid this 21st day of July 1925.
 VIM. G. THOMAS, U. S. Commissioner and Ex-Oficio PrOhate Judge
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but five of these whales have been killed.
 It is stated the latter part of last month, a Norwegian outfit of whal- CTS, consisting of a mother ship of 11,000 tons and four whalers, passed off the Alaska coast bound from Madalena Bay, Mexico, for Si- beria, where operations are now un- der way for the first time.
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WARSAW. Aug. 20.-- Advices from Moscow report the return to power of Leon Trotsky with his ap- pointment as Chief of the Economic Council. It is regarded as intended to forestall the possibility of his be- coming the head of some Anti-So- yiet movement.
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Commander Visitor Here

Commander o. F. Hodgson arrived from Telegraph Creek Friday and remained in town until today when he returned on the Hazel B No. ?. The Commander filled the pulpit at St. Philips church on Sunday even- ing
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The July issue of the Coast and Geodetic Survey Bulletin published in Washington, D. O., mentions the fact that l.. M. Zeskind has received supplemental instructions for work in Wrangell Narrows, Alaska.
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Sinclair Back from Trip

Donald Sinclair returned on the Admiral Rogers from a trip of sev- earl weeks to Seattle, Portland and other cities. Although primarily on a business trip Mr. Sinclair at tended the Knights Templar Con clave which was one of the great est fraternal gatherings ever held on the Continent.
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From Seattle in Gasboat

Mir. and Mrs. Dan McKinnon and little daughter, Anita, arrived in Wrangell last Thursday from Seat tie on their boat. They have been cruising in Southeastern waters on a combined business and pleasure trip. They are guests of MT. and Mrs. c. A. Carlson while in Wran- gell.
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J. Barclay, until recently an en- ployee of the Hudson's Bay Go. at Telegraph Creek, came down the river on the Hazel B No. last Fri day afternoon and will take passage to Vancouver on the steamer Prin- cess Alice tomorrow evening.
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Rev Father Turnell who was in charge of the parish at Skagway for many years. was aboard the Yu kon Monday en route to Seward af ter a trip outside.
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PORTLAND. MacMillan expects to return from Greenland next month he said in a radio message received here today. edKCan. {
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Mrs. A. W. Longaker and baby daughter arrived last week and have taken up residence here awaiting MT. Longaker who will arrive shortly to take up his work as su pervising engineer on the new curbwall on the Breakwater.
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Mrs. T. J. Case returned on the Yukon Monday from Kasaan where she went to attend the funeral of her mother, Mrs. Mary Baronovich.
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Flashes Received Just Before Going
 To Press

HONG KONG, Aug. 20.-Finance Mininster Liv Chung Hoi of the Cantonese government has been as sassinated.
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w. J. Harbke of Portland is in Wrangell the guest of J. T. Walker and family. Mir. Harbke was visitor in Wrangell last summer.
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TEA AND FOOD SALE

The Ladies Aid will hold a Tea and Food Sale at the library, Sat urday afternoon, August 22, from 2:3 to o'clock Everybody invited.
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Federal Power Commission

In compliance with the Federal water power act (41 Stat, 1063) notice is hereby given that the Lake Virginia Mining Company, 620 Alaska Building, Seattle, Washing ton, has made application for a preliminary permit for power de- velopment on Mill Creek and Lake Virginia, in the vicinity of Wran gell, within Wrangell Precinct, Al aska. Any objection to such ap- plication, or request for a hearing thereon, together with any briefs reports, or other data for which consideration is desired, should be submitted to the Executive Secre- tary, Federal Power Commission, Washington, D. c.
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LOCAL NEWS

c. D. 0sten, the shrimp man of gell during the past week.
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Bishop R. J. Crimont was aboard the Yukon Monday en route from Ketchikan to his home at Juneau.
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Mrs. E. A. Lindman and little grandson, Charles Talmage, left on the Yukon Monday for Juneau.
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Call The Taxi

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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-04
TRACTION LINES
BATTLE OVER
BUSES
Hearing Begins on Petition
for CrosstoWn Service
from Georgetown

The fight between the Washington
Railway and Electric Company
and the Washington Rapid Transit
Company as to which corporation
should run buses to Georgetown.
Burleith, and neighboring sections,
opened before the Public Utilities
Commission in the District building
today.
Several hundred interested spec
tators looked on while officials of
the two corporations presented
elaborate arguments to show why
their particular corporation should
be given the privilege Of installing
the buses on the urosstown route.
my company is the pioneer In
bus operation here" Leon Arnold.
president of the Transit Company
declared. 1--WE have the most mod.
ern and safest bus equipment in
the world We applied for this
cross-town route because we felt
the service was needed by the
people and that the railway COM
pany were not furnishing adequate
transportation.
1--WE selected this route with
view to interfering as little as pos
sible with street car lines and after
we filed our application the Wash.
ington Railway and Electric Com
pany stepped in to get this privilege
over our petition"
Ham Recites History.
William. F. Ham, president of the
Washington Railway and Electric
Company, countered with a claim
that his company was the pioneer
in providing transportation through
out the section north Of M and
west of Connecticut avenue. He
recited the fifty years history Of
the Georgetown branch of his cor
pora ton.
1--WE lost hundreds of thousands
of dollars in building up service
to this territory Mr.. Ham de-
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and just where they are locate
One of the first results of the
case is startling. 1t is found that
the Bureau Of the Budget itself,
in the cases Of quite few Fed
eral enterprises, has been recon-
mending not any decrease in the
number of employees, but actually
an increase.
For instance. in the case of the
Traffic Commission, according to
the official estimates Of the Bureau
of the Budget, the present number
of employes-which is 213-will not
do. Next year there must be 226.
Must Be Built Up.
There must be two more grade
four clerks" in the Tariff Commits
sion. There must be two more
grade three assistant. clerks.
There must be two more grade
three senior stenographers." There
must be two more grade four
two more grade three associate
economic analysts" There must be
three more field service agents.
Altogether there must be thir-
teen more employees in the Tariff
Commission in order las those say
who choose to be amused with
everything) that the Tariff Com
mission may continue to send to
the White House tariff reports
which are too deep for the Presi-
dent, and which he ponders for
months without doing anything
about them.
Seriously, however, the Tariff
Commission is believed to be doing
an important work and the Blu
reau of the Budget, instead of cut
ting it down, Is building 1t up.
a simila" situation exists with
regard to other Federal enterprises
which later will be mentioned.
Here certain large general facts
about the matter will first be
stated.
The President said in his fore etul
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SI,000LISED
IN GIVING
PE0FL s
SIDE
Congressman zihInnan Makes
Charges Before House Dis
trict Committee

Charges that Brainard II. War
ner, il, who receives $4,000
year for lobbying against public
utilities legislation, IS one Of )
number Of higf-priced lobbyists
who at public expense are fight
ing against the interests of the
people Of Washington, were made
today before the House District
Committee.
Congressman Frederick N. Zihl-
man Of Maryland told the com
mittee that he had been informed
that . total Of nearly SEQ, 900 was
being paid BY public utility com
panies Of Washington every year
to lobbyists.
''It is absolutely unfair to the
people Of the District to let these
public utility companies pay large
sums for legal service from the
money collected in fares and then
employ these lawyers to fight the
rights Of the people," said Con-
gresham Zihlman.
Lobbyist Ordered Away.
Congressman zihlnan declared 4
lobbyist Of utility company had
been ordered away from Congress
sional committee rooms.
He read into the Record q letter
from District Engineer Commissioner
J. Franklin Bell in which the latter
stated he had compiled information
regarding the legal expenditure of
all public utilities In the District for
1924 and had found the total was
between $4,000 and $4,000.
"YOu win appreciate the fact that
users Of these utilities must pay for
these expenditures and that q con.
siderable percentage Of this amount
is cllargeable to the presentation 81
the utility matter before the Public
Utilities Commission and before the
court in rate cases." Bell stated In
his letter.
II deem it is within the province
Of the Public Utilities Commission
to take cognivance OF these salaries
and give consideration to excessive
amount paid when fixing rates.
No Right To Fix Salaries.
Recently we did, by persuasion
secure a reduction in administra
tive overhead, although we have
no right at law, I understand, to
issue an order fixing rates OF sal
aries.
"Your attention Is called 20 this
because it does not seem fair to
expect the public to pay such
large amount to be used to fight
the public before the Public IT'LL
ties Commission. and In the courts.
when only meager 81 900 is per.
mitted the commission for legal
services to combat these companies.
ave need aggressive and con
structive legal service in order to
follow up public utilities matters in
the proper way, and we are never
going to have that until we secure
the full service OF q legal adviser.
Congressman Zihlnan then pre-
sented to the committee :. letter
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Crossword Puzzle on
Page 20.
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Forbes Given
Two Years
In Jail
BULLETIN.

CHICAGO, Feb. 4.-Colonel
Charles r. Forbes, former head
of the Veterans Bureau, and
John w. Thompson, Chicago
and st. Louis millionaire con-
tractor, who were found guilty
of conspiracy to defraud the
Government by a Federal jury
last Friday, were today each
sentenced to two years impris-
onment in Leavenworth peniten-
tiary. This is the maximum SEN
tence under the law.
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LEAP|VG GIRL !"
FILES DIVORCE
SUIT
Former Elizabeth Rhodes, Who
Fled Apartment, Would
Free Grover Leech

Mrs. Elizabeth Rhodes Leech,
who literally leaped into front-page
newspaper publicity in January,
1923, when she jumped from the
apartment window Of John s. Lar
combe, jr.. prominent young society
man, Is in trouble again.
She filed suit today in the Dis
trict Supreme Court, for a limited
divorce from Grover P. Leech. to
whom she was married February 2,
1924. Leech, it will be remembered,
stood by the pretty young girl in
her trouble.
Refused Her Money.
Mrs. Leech claims that her hus-
band has given her, in her year OF
marriage to him. just about $13
for clothing, although he makes
approximately 800 a week as an
automobile salesman
Through her attorney, Ralph A.
| Cusik, Mrs, Leech declares that her
husband left her at a local hotel
last year, neglecting to pay the
bill, which later was paid by Mrs.
Leech's mother.
According to his wife, Leech Is
| continually intoxicated" and is
cruel. His conduct in their apart
ment home, she says, has been so
| noticeable that they were ordered
| to leave. On numerous occasions.
| SAYS Mrs. Leech, she has been
forced to seek assistance from her
| husbands attacks. She states that
| he has refused to buy her clothes,
or to furnish her with food. shelter
and medical treatment.
Has Had Many Mishaps
This latest development in the
life of the former Elizabeth Rhodes
is but one in a long chain Of mis-.
| haps First, was the almost fatal
| tete-a-tete in Larcombe's apartment
at the Royden, 1919 r street north
west.
Miss Rhodes was seriously in
jured by her jump from the fourth
story window and for a long time
was bedridden.
She flied suit for $50 900 against
Larcombe, but the court action
was allowed to drag itself away
and nothing happened.
The events leading up to Miss
Rhodes leap from the window were
never disclosed, although gossin fed
upon it for months.
i Despite the incident, Grover
! Leech was always by the side of
his fiancee, and on Februarv
they were married by the Reverend
Nolan M. Harmon. jr.. pastor Of the
Methodist Church.
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MAN PINNED IN
CAVE IS NEAR
RESCUE
Collins Freed From Boulder
Holding His Foot-Too
: Weak to Force Way Out

CAVE CITY, KY, Feb 4.-Floyd
Collins, cave explorer who has
been imprisoned in the entrance OF
Il cave since early Friday morning
| was freed from the boulder holding
his foot this morning. but a slide
in the opening between him and
the mouth of the cave will stay his
| complete rescue for several hours.
The side came while Collins was
alone. and none of the rescuers
were caught behind the rock.
In Good Condition.
Rescuers were unable to de-
termine whether Collins foot was
crushed SO that amputation would
be necessary, but it was stated he
was in good physical condition and
unless complications set in he
might be able to retain the use of
the foot held under the rock
The information. was given the
rescuers Nv Collins that his feet
were free, but that he was too weak
to force his way to the mouth.
1t was not known whether Col
Inns was freed through a second
slipping of the rock that imprls-
oned him last week or not, but
rescuers stated they thought their
digging at the rock might haze
caused it TO slide the few inches
necessary to allow the weakened
prisoner to drag his foot away.
Collins fortitude has been a slim
illus to the workers who have
squeezed down the cramped and
shiny burrow to aid him. Until
last night he retained hope that he
, would he brought out alive. but
even when that faith failed him
he kept his courage.
Has Made Peace With God.
He told the mine crew he did
not think they would be able to
get him out, but added:
II have made my peace with
God"
He was able to sleep some and
said on awakening that angels
lowered over him in his dreams.
Soup, chicken and coffee have
been sent in to him, when he said
he was hungry.
kilograms of sympathy, encour-
agement and suggestions have
poured into Cave City from all over
! the United States. One from Chi.
cago offered any apparatus that
might be needed, by airplane If
necessary, to effect his release.
Doctors Rushed by Plane
LOUISVILLE, KY, Feb. 4.-Doc-
tor w. H. Hazlett and Doctor
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RENT RULE
PROVIDED
z YEARS
MORE
Ball and Lampert Lay Bill
Before Senate and House.
Based on U. S. Needs

Unanimous decision that the
present Rent Commission should
be extended for period Of two
years was reached at q meeting
of the full Senate and House COM
mittee on rental legislation today,
and a bill containing this pro-
vision has been introduced in both
the Senate and House and favor
ably reported by authority of to-
days meeting.
Renewing the life of the Rent
Commission for two years is a
distinct victory for champions of
Washington's tenants in Congress
and indicates that the pleas made
by the tenants during the pro-
longed hearings found genuine
merit in the hearts of members
of the committee.
Emergency Reaffirmed.
In the preamble to the new rent
bill introduced today Congress "re-
affirms the emergency provision of
the existing rent law" but super
cedes 1t on May. %, Of this year by a
substitute provision.
The substitute provision bases the
new authority for the rent law on an
exercise of the exclusive power of
the Federal Government to legislate
for the District of Columbia, and
correct present conditions not grow
ing out of the world war emergency,
but that nevertheless hamper the
Government in the transaction Of
public business.
Senator Ball, chairman of the joint
rent committee, introduced the bill
in the Senate, while Senator Royal
s, Copeland, who has stood trim for
adequate rental protection, was or
dered to make a favorable report
upon it.
Congressman F'lorian Lampert in
troduced the rent bill in the House
and advised members that the
Joint committee had ordered 1t
favorably reported.
Prompt Enactment Seen.
With the rent bill now on the
CAIGHUdT vi pOhu lIOAoCS anu LAiAAO
being set aside for it by the
stee. ing committees, it is believed it
will be promptly enacted, although
there may be mild fight on either
or both floors.
While Congressman Blanton Of
Texas, avowed foe Of continuation
of the rent commission, was present
at today's session, he voted with
the committee, giving them notice
that | will take care Of the matter
on the floor"
In addition to the continuation
of the rent commission, the bill
contains model licensing law
such as was advocated by the
Washington Real Estate Board and
a section designed to prohibit pyra-
miding of trusts that was suggest
ed by Congressman Blanton.
Up until today It has been the
view of the joint committee to ex.
tend the present commission for
one year only and the fact that it
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Doctors Rushed by Plane
LOUISVILLE, Ky, Feb. 4.-Doc-
tor w. H. Hazlett and Doctor
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Veterans to Meet

Department No. ! Of the Veterans
of Foreign Wars will hold It's
monthly meeting tonight at the Dis
trict National Guard Armory, Fifth
and L streets northwest, when
plans will be made for the nationcl
buddy campaign during the month
of May.
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Lord Knous u. S. Need
For More Workers
By WILLIAM HARD.

at his disposal told the country the radio
that there superfluous Federal employees among us
they be uprooted and thrown the wall
of the Federal garden into the wide outside world
there has been passionate hunt in Washington to try to
find unneeded and unWanted employees
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YEGGS Use
EXPLOSIVE
IN THEIR
WORK
National Jewelry Manufac-
turing Co. Is Victim of
Expert eracksmen

Approximately $4,000 in dia-
monds and other gems comprised
the loot of experienced yeggmen
who blew open the safe of the
National Jewelry Manufacturing
Company, 916 r street northwest,
last night. The burglary was dis
covered today.
The safe, located in the rear of
the second floor Of the building,
was found with doors open early
today by G. A. Redhead. partner
in the manufacturing firm. when
he arrived to start business for
the day.
The dial had been battered off
with hammer. An electric drill
had bored. through to the inner
compartments of the safe A
charge Of nitrogfycerine, under &
wet blanket, completed the job.
Fingerprints were found on the
inner doors. Fred Sandberg, po-
lice fingerprint expert; took inn
pressions of the tell-tale marks.
Sign Said walk In"
On reaching the office today, ac-
c0rding to Mr.. Redhead. he sus,
pected something wrong when he
found a walk In sign. usually
hung on the door, lying in the cor.
ridor. The thieves had taken the
sign literally.
Marks of a croW-bar on the door
were the next evidences to Mr.. Red.
head Of untoward happenings. The
offices were strewn with paper
torn envelopes, and other refuse
The room containing the safe was
in disarray. The crowbar, electric
drill, hammers, and other nipple
ments of the burglary lay on the
floor.
The drill had been attached to an
electric polishing machine while the
safe blowers worked. The wire
used in connecting the drill to the
machine was found cut.
Calls Police Aid.
Mr.. Redhead Immediately sum
unoned help from police headquar-
ters. He also telephoned his part
ner, John J. Quill.
Investigation disclosed that the
yeggs had neglected two trays of
diamonds, valued at several thou.
sands of dollars. The net loss,
however, according to members o.
the company will reach $4,000 or
more, as the insurance on the safe
amounted to only half of the ap.
proximate value Of it's contents.
Among the missing Valuables
were a large number Of loose and
mounted stones, which the com
pany was repairing for various
jewelry stores in this city. This
repair work constitutes a large
mart of the firms business. and
the company has wide clientele.
The manner by which the burg
lars entered is puzziing police, VINO
however. venture the conjecture that
that the thieves may have ente"eJ
the building early last night the
building cia.ses at 10 o'clock, and
all lights arc extinguished at that
time. The eieNatOr operator goes
home. There is no night watch
man.
Experienced Craftsmen.
Detectives Mansfield and Thomp
aon. who ERE investigating the case
are sure that the burglars were
experiencad men. The neatnes5 ot
their lob and the few clues is ties
tinoony Of their adeptness.
several other detectives from
HEADQUARTERS were at the scene {
the- crime today. A number G
Jewellers. customers of the firm. ass
anpeared and offered their con
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Q Mexican Bandits Executed

MEXICO CITY, Feb. Anime ban
ATS have been executed, the war
denartment ann nnced today. in
General Luis sierrez' campaign
- stop banditr', IN Tamaulipas.