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The Alaska daily empire., 1925-02-11
BLIZZARD IS
RAGING ALONG
YUKON TRAIL
Antitoxin Relay Teams Drop
ping in Time Tcmpera-
ture Is Rising.

RUBY. Alaska. Feb. 11.-The tenn
perature went from fS to Is belo x
last night and binding snow stor
is raging along the Yukon trail. The
antitoxin relay team was due ct
Nulato at midnight but early this
morning no word had been receive
from there.
The speed of the dog teams fell II
under six miles an hour from tel
miles
Coming From Nome.
Representative Elliott and Ralph
Lomen have arrived here from Nome
'enroute to Juneau, the first men
from Nome since the epidemic.
They report that the pneumonia
epidemic at kokrnes is under con.
troll. Two women and one chii1
have died and there is only one
serious case remaining.
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-02-11
FOR new
THANE PROJECT
ARE COMPLETED
Everything Will Be In Readi-
ness for Construction
by Springtime.

Plans Tor the plant to be erected
ests have been worked out in detail
and everything is in readiness / T
the program of development when
minor details of the transfer of
property have been settled, accord
ing to II. l.. Faulkner, local counsei
for the Alaska Gold Mines Co., who
returned here yesterday after a
months trip to Seattle and San
Francisco Agreement has been
reached on the main questions which
is entirely satisfactory to all inter
ested parties, he said.
Mr.. Faulkner spent ten days in
San Francisco and went over the
situation in detail with B. l.. Thane,
managing director for the Alaska
Gold who is in charge of the neg
citations and will represent tLat
company in its transfer of property.
Mr. Thane recently returned from
New York and said he was satisfied
with the progress that has been
made.
After my conference with Mr..
Thane. am confident that by the
time weather conditions are such
that crews can be put to work a.
Thane the negotiations will have
been completed and everything will
be in readiness to be moved at top
speed" Mr. Faulkner said All legal
difficulties that might have arisen
have been taken care of in advance
and there is said to be nothing that
can halt the project
The Alaska Gold purchased the
Gastineau Mining Company's en-
tire holdings at foreclosure sale
here last December. 1t =. HON. lhas..
complete control and is getting
everything in shape for an early
transfer to the Polk interests.
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-02-11
Cupid Had Hand IN Stolen
Corn; Case Was Dismissed

pose the widow fears your revenge?"
he asked.
mo. Your Honor" Franz Kiraly
replied. speaking for the group. "Yon
see, in our own part of the country
there Is custom by which every
year, after the corn has been har-
vested, large pot of corn meal Is
placed on the stove in houses where
there are grown-up unmarried daugl,-
ters The lover of the Oldest daugh-
ter must steal this corn. To facil-
itate the theft the family leaves the
house for half an hour after the
corn meals has been placed ON the
stove. The greatest disgrace that
can happen to the family consists in
the corn being left unstolen."
The Judge dismissed the case.
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-02-11
SHAFT DOs.r AZ FEET

SfAf DOsss 4Z fEE
CAVE CITY, Ky, Feb. 1.-THE
shaft was down AZ feet at 8 o'clock
this morning and H. r. Carmicha 4
superintendent of operations said;
I'VE appear to be very close 10
Floyd Collins. | believe we will get
him out alive"
An amplifier failed to indicate
breathing of Collins, but 1t believed
the bulb was burned out on Collins
socket.
The odor of banana oil sprayed in
Collins tunnel Sunday and Mon
day penetrated the floor of the shaft
last night.
Inch by inch, through muck and
soil and stone, deepens the shaft
through which the cave prisoner
eventually is to be brought to the
surface dead or alive.
Under the glare of electric and
acetylene lamps two hundred m.n
toll within or about the shaft. a
dozen gasoline engines thud and
tremble. There is the continuous
scrape of score of shovels and the
rasp of many picks against stone
and flinty SOIL
Ground Shivers.
The surface of this land which
overlies labyrinth of caves liter
ally shivers under the constant
pounding of men and machines.
And this shaking Of the land. say
hose who will not relinquish hops.
IS a signal to Floyd down thers
That we are coming to him.
If he is conscious. he feels these
surface tremors," the expert miners
gathered on the scene agree.
Several feet from the brink Il
the shaft so-called diamond pros
pect drill" is in operation. A highl.
within an inch wide tubing. both
drill and casing biting down through
the earth almost at the rate of a
loot for every inch the pick and
shovel men increase the shaft dep'b.
Danger For Oiggers.
Thus the experts know in al
vance what shaft diggers must con
tend with. And most important.
should the pick men be worked over
a doomed subterranean chamber, the
drill will lunge into it before tho
bottom of the shaft can collapse anc
drop the diggers to their death.
No Breathing Shown.
CHICAGO, Feb. 11.-Tests made
by the radiocasting station KYW
here. duplicating those at Sand Cavo
failed to show breathing or heart
beats of Collins, says the Herald
Examiner.
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-02-11

MANCHESTER Feb. 11.-0ecline
of the birth rate in England has
become a national peril in the oD-
inon of Sir Robert Blair, former
chief education officer of the Lon
don County Council who speaking al.
a Manchester educational conference
estimated that within the next eight
years there would be 100000 few
er workers in this country.
within the last few years. the
birth rate has fallen off tremend
ously," he said, land appears even
yet to be going down. We are los
ing 100000 children year from
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-02-11

BUDAPEST, Feb. 11.-One of the
most unusual cases ever heard Ill
Hungary recently was before the
court in the little provincial town II
Osli. when eight farmer boys, caught
in the act. were charged with walk
ing off with 20 pounds of corn stol-
en- from a widow named Voeroes.
They not only pleaded not guilty de-
spite the fact that they admitted the
theft. but produced sealed docu-
ment from the widow in which she
declared that "she and her daugh-
ter Serika counted it an honor that
Franz Kiraly (the ringleader of the
eight had considered their house
worthy of this distinction"
The Judge was nonplussed. Il sup
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-02-11
DARLING GOES TO ANCHORAGE

ANCHORAGE. Feb. 1.-THE all
plane flight TO Nome having been
cancelled at the request of the Nome
Board of Health, Roy S. Darling an !.
Ralph r. Mackie will probably ~
turn mere next Saturday.
The second relay of dog teams
carrying serum. left Kokrines at
one o'clock yesterday morning. Hai-
ry Rika brought the serum to Ruby
and the Dago Kid left Ruby with his
dogs, arriving at Whisky Creek AT
11:40 O'Clock yesterday. lie reached
Galena at las O'Clock in the after
noon and was due at Nulato at s
O'Clock last night.
GOV BONE issAovIsED
Gov. Scott c Bone has received n
cablegram from DR.. Curtis Welch. of
Nome. that the situation there is
most satisfactory.
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-02-11
Time Has Dealt Kindly
With Some Wallpapers

LONDON, Feb. 1t.-Antigue wall
paper, 200 years old. will be used
in the English furniture galleries at
South Kensington Museum The room
will be copy of an 18th century
apartment and will contain furni-
tnre made at or about the time
when Queen Anne died. The wall
paper has been taken from room in
an old house in Gloucester, where IT.
has hung for two centuries.
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-02-11
SWEDEN SEEKS AIR SAFETY

z STOCKHOLM, Feb. 11.-Experi-
mente on a large scale are being
carried out by the Swedish military
authorities in an effort to discover
the best kind of parachute. 1t Is
the intention of the government,
should the result of the experiments
be satisfactory, to make the carrying
of parachutes by air pilots and pas
sengers passing over Sweden COM
pulsory.
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-02-11
HERRING ARE
PLAYING TAG

VANCOUVER, b. c., Feb. IL
fishing fleet dodging it between
the Nanaimo region and Barkley
Sound. The first run was reported
in Barkley Sound, then the run was
off Nanaimo, followed by resump-
tion of the run in Barkley Sound.
Now the fish are back again off
Nanaimo. where the waters are full
OF herring but few boats are now
there to take advantage.
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-02-11
Birth Rate Decline Seen
As British National Peril

each age group in the schools and
on this basic, from calculations
have made, by 1882 there will be
some 100000 less workers in Eng.
land"
Taking this year as an example.
asserted Sir Robert. the board of
education is budgeting. for mil
lion less children than In its bud.
get of IA years ago.
Decrease OF the birth rate during
the years of the war In some meas
| ure accounts for the reduction In the
number of children who are now at
tanning school age, according to min
istry of health officials.
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-02-11
Ferguson's Fate Now
Rests with the House

AUSTIN, Tex. Feb. 11.-A bill ,e-
signed to restore to James E. Fer
guson. husband of the present gov
ernor of Texas. his political rights
which were taken away when he
was impeached and removed from
the governors chair seven years ago.
has passed the Senate by vote of
21 to 6. 1t goes to the House where
its fate is doubtful.
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-02-11
Huge Sums Go to Replace
Many Country Schoolhouse.

BEDFORD, Ind, Feb. 11.-That the
flimsy schoolhouse, like the hickory
stick of the TEree-R days, is drift
ing into obscurity. is indicated in a
survey made by the Indiana Lime
stone Quarrymen's association, which
shows that last year more than $225,-
100000 was spent in replacing anti.
quated school buildings with mater
ials of permanent nature.
Reports of the association said
that far greater number of school
buildings were replaced than remod.
eled, and that contracts already
awarded give promise of 1925 exceed.
ing the previous year in volume OF
school buildig construction.
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-02-11
England Is Having
Beet Sugar Boom

LONDON, Feb. 1.-THE action of
the British government in granting
a subsidy to the beet sugar industry
is causing the erection of number
of new factories in various parts of
the country. Work will be begun
soon on a S1,750 900 plant at Bury
St Edmunds, British interests pro
viding half the capital with the other
half furnished by Hungarians.
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-02-11
Greece Appeals to
League, Turkey Case

GENEVA, Feb. 11.-Greece has ap-
pealed to the League of Nations
against the action of Turkey in ex-
pelling Constantinos and claiming the
action endangers the friendly rela-
tions of the two countries.
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-02-11
Hays Orders
Movie Children
To attend School

LOS ANGELES, Feb. IL
Will Hays has issued an order
that children employed in the
studios of the Motion Picture
Producers, Inc. must keep up
their lessons or retire from the
screen. He has established
school rooms, with instructors.
where classes will now be held.
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-02-11

There's whispering about a ro
nance In the White House, sincs
Miss Margaret Stemple, pretty Ohio
Northern University student, OF
Ada, o.. visited there. She and
her mother were presented at
reception. There she met John
Coolidge and the two became fast
friends. The Presidents only sur.
viving son took her for a long tour
Of inspection of the Mansion while
ushers searched for them.
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-02-11
Woman Shot by Robber
Passes Away, Tacoma

TACOMA. Wash. Feb. 11.--Mrs.
William Case, whom an unidentified
man, bent on robbery, shot last
Friday night. died late yesterday af4
ternoon.
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-02-11
COLLINS MAY
Be REACHED BY
LATE TONIGHT
Shaft Is Down Forty Feet
This Misunderstanding
Is Not Recorded.

BULLETIN-cAvE CITY, KY,
Feb. II. - Superintendent carmich-
ael at noon today said the rescue
workers would be able to extricate
Collins before late tonight. The
twelfth section OF timbcring was
accomplished in the shaft at noon
today.
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-02-11
BRINGING HAY
FREE, FOR deer

SEATTLE, req. 1.-THE Seattle
Chamber of Commerce announces
that the Admiral Rogers sailing 10
day for Alaska Is taking hoy for
Petersburg, free of charge which
the Petersburg Chamber of Com
merce bought to save deer on some
of the islands of Southwestern AL
aska from starving.
WASHINGTON, Feb. IL. The
German commercial treaty has been
ratified by the Senate with reserva-
tions 1t is understood the treaty
is not wholly acceptable to the State
Department.
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-02-11

SEATTLE, Feb. 1.-THE manager
of the Seattle branch of the II. H..
milford Company announced he will
present Kasson with $1,000 and otn
er drivers of the first relay will Ii
SO be remember by medals.
The local dog team mushers' re-
ward has reached 1902.
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-02-11

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11-Presi--
dent Coolidge has disapproved of
suggestions to abandon flexible pro.
visions Of the tariff act.
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-02-11
WANT KASSON
FOR MOVIES

SEATTLE. Feb. IA special 10
the Seattle Daily Times from Holly.
wood says Frank Lloyd. movie pro-
ducer, has made Gunnar Kasson an
offer to appear with his dog tea.i
in perturbation of Rex Beach j
Winds of Chance"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-10-29
HENRY FARQUHAR, "a,
CLAIMED BY DEATH
Widely Known Statistician, Author
and Scientist, Was Long in
United States Service.

Henry Farquhar, "a years old.
widely known statistician, author and
scientist, who was formerly prom
inently identified with the United
States Department of Agriculture,
Census Bureau and the United States
Coast Survey, died at his apartment in
the Parker, 5000 Sixteenth street, yes
terday. He was delegate to the
Worlds Peace Conference at the
Hague in 1918.
Mr.. Farquhar did important statis-
teal work for the Department of Agri-
culture from 1895 to 1900, when he re-
tired. but later did similar work for
the Census Bureau, where he was re-
tired about four years ago.
He had long been identified with
scientific and other societies.
He was a fellow of the American AS
ISOLATION for the Advancement of
Science of which organization he was
vice president in 1894; member of the
American Economic Association, Amer
lean Statistical Association, the Philo-
sophical Society of Washington, Bos-
ton Free Trade League. the Inquiry,
American Peace Society, and the
American Society for Judicial Settle
ment of International Disputes
Mr. Farquhar was also a nationally
known author. He was the author of
several numbers in the sound currency
series of the New York Reform Club,
and also wrote several articles on
economic and industrial problems.
He was a member of All Souls Uni
tartan Church In this city, where he
was well known among prominent men
IN various walks of life.
Mr.. Farquhar attended Cornell Uni
versity and was first employed as a
teacher. Following, he worked for the
United States Coast Survey. and was
then an editorial writer before being
employed by the Department Of Agri-
culture.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-10-29
AIR SERVICE WASTE
SCORED BY MADDEN
Holds 1t May Be Necessary to
Take Business End Away
From Army and Navy.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
BALTIMORE, Md, October %
The United States Air Service lis In
it's present depleted condition because
the funds that were appropriated for
its development have been used for
other purposes, Representative Mar
tin B. Madden of Illinois, chairman of
the House appropriations committee,
yesterday told the Federation of Re
publican Women of Maryland, in con-
vention here.
Mr.. Madden said: II think we are
coming to the place where we will
have to take the power overrAir Serv-
Ice out Of the hands of military men
and place 1t in the hands of those who
know how and when to buy.
We don't need more money. We
need better planning. We want an
American defense that is justified,
but we want the Army and Navy to
understand that they are servants of
the people and not their masters"
Officers now in control of the Air
Service, the Representative said, are
incapable of producing the results
that Japan and several European ma
lions produce, even though the United
States uses many times the amount
of money spent by those countries"
1--WE have some good pilots" he
added, but we have no pilots except
commissioned officers, and everywhere
there are quarrels over who will be
named to the next rank.
THE difficulty lies in the fact that
our officers have insisted that no man
be allowed to pilot a machine unless
he Is a commissioned officer. That Is
ike trying TO run an army with all
generals. You can't run an army
with nothing but generals"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-10-29

Col. Sherman Moreland. who. as
trial judge advocate. is prosecuting
the accused, is a typical officer in APP
pearance, and an able lawyer, withal.
He punctuates his remarks with apol-
ogies to Representative Reid for
being compelled" to challenge this'or
that contention. and at each apology
Reid will glance up and nod as
though to say, That's all right, old
man. No hard feelings"
Waiting Line on Hand.
Another line of waiting spectators
was on hand this morning long be-
fore the Emory building. as the old
Census building is known, was
thrown open to the public They
good-naturedly brayed the chill winds
that whirled out Of the Capitol
grounds, nearby, budding them
selves in overcoats and furs and
keeping warm at times by sporadic
jigging.
The doors of the building were
closely guarded all night by a special
detachment of non-commissioned Of
ficers and other soldiers on duty as
orderlies and ushers for the court.
The all-night guard was assigned to
protect the records of the court. des.
tined to go down in history as i'm.
portant State documents.
The soldiers are as fine looking a
group of men as ever wore uniforms
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-10-29
M|TCHELL'S TRIAL
SETTING IS DREARY
Ramshack|e Building Crowd
ed-WhoIe Procedure Lack
ing in Usual Color.
BY ROBERT T. SMALL

The Mitchell court-martial as a
production" Is disappointing. The
management has shown no apprecia-
ton of stage values. The star, of all
things In the world sits with his back
to the audience! This is out of line
with all tradition. The colOnel's lady
also sits with her back to the audi
ence. All you can see are the mem
bers Of the court. and they are grim
Of visage, serious of mien.
Taken altogether the court is in a
sordid sort of setting. The old build
ing in which it is located is a ram
shackle affair and looks to have been
deserted for 10 years or more. The
impression one gets is almost one of
squalor-governmen squalor. But
the military flavor is unmistakable.
In addition to the court there are
half a score Of younger officers on
duty in and about the building. There
is also an old top sergeant with four
service stripes on his left sleeve. And
a private who looks exactly like
Harold Lloyd-a studious lad in khaki
and spectacles.
Col. Mitchell sits in rather close
quarters, but everybody appears to be
crowded The colonel did all he could
to make more room by bombing three
members off the court. While he was
at the height of his challenges an air
plane droned heavily overhead-a new
threat of the Air Service. The colonel
wears the new uniform of the Flying
CorpS-the coat cut after the English
fashion, with rundown collar and
lapels The colonel wears more deco
rations than any member of the
court The left breast of his tunic
fairly blazeS with the multi-colored
ribbons.
Everybody expected the court to
march in with clanking sabers. which.
according to old custom. would have
been placed upon the table in front
of the judges. But the only weapons
in sight are the sidearms of the en-
listed men. Some one suggested that
if they really expect to blast the col
onel out of the Army they ought to
bring a "soixante-quinZe" into action.
The Army has plenty left over from
the war. In olden days general
court Of this character would have
been attised in full dress, with much
gold lace and beaucoup epaulets.
The present time is more democratic.
Service uniforms of olive drab are
worn. They make the court look as IL
1t meant business.
Col. Mitchell daily faces not only
his solemn judges but a heaVy pat
terry of cameras. He does not finch
at either.
The ladies, who abound in the linn
tied audience of 80, had their first
thrill when Maj. Gen. Summerall
stalked off the court after saying he
regarded a report made by Col. Mitch.
ell as unfair, untrue-and ignorant
The general paused a full minute be-
fore he uttered that last word zig
norant." The audience "Oh-h-ed! as
it was, but one could not help but
wonder what the audience would have
done if the general had uttered what
he really had in mind-what that long
silence suppressed.
Under ancient Army Terbiage the
court is sworn to try Col. Mitchell
without favor or INSTRUMENTATION
it probably will.
(Copyright. 1921
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-10-29
INTONING OF MITCHELL CHARGES
LULLS COURTROOM In A DOZE
McMullen Tries Straight Reading, Then Falls Captive
to Sense of Rhythm as He Repeats Statement
Again and Again.

thoughts began to digresS somewhat,
1t appeared. Several thought about
how stuffy the little room was get
ting, others wondered why Supt.
Hacker doesn't put rubber tires on
his garbage wagons, few drummed
on the table in contemplation of how
many more times this San Antonio
statement had to be read, and num-
Der of persons suffered an attack Of
befogged ideas devoid Of any particu-
lar objective.
In the midst Of this lethargy that
permeated the assembly the listeners
suddenly became aware of q change in
tone on the part of Col. McMullen.
Instead of the steady. unwavering
voice with which he heretofore had
been reading from the papers before
him, slight, though very distinct.
emphasis was noticeable in several
passages. The assistant judge advo-
cate was beginning to get interested in
what he was reading, was trying to
learn 1t by heart, or was being capti-
waited by the swing of the thing.
About the same time il became ap-
parent also that the dignitied mem
bers of the court We're feeling the eff
fects of this constant battering down
process.
over and over again they had heard
the colonels words:
THE conduct of affairs by the two
departments. as far as aviation is con-
cerned, has been 50 disgusting in the
last few years as to make any self
respecting person ashamed of the
clothes he wears"
Gets Swing of Thing.
Only now they were beginning to
hear it with variations, to wit:
The CONDUCT of affairs by the
two departments, as far as AVA
TON Is concerned, has been so DIS
GUSHING in The last few years as to
make any SELF-RESPECTING per-
son ASHAMED of the CLOTHES he
wears"
Catching himself thus coloring the
already colorful Mitchell statement
Col. McMullen would halt for a mo-
ment. take a drink of water and pro-
coed again for a while without elo-
cutionary touches.
But the rhythm of the piece was
too intriguing, it seemed, and there
were some unofficial observers who
feared that any moment Gen. Howe
and his fellow judges would start
swaying in unison to the music of
the words.
There was sigh of relief all around
when Col. McMullen finally let his
voice die out and sank into his chair
to recuperate from the strain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-10-29
MRS, CAROLINE LAY DIES.
Brief Illness Precedes Death of Col
Laws Widow.

Mrs. Caroline Y. Lay, widow of Col.
Richard G.. Lay, died at her residence.
1920 n street, yesterday after a brief
illness. She had been a resident of
this city for several years and previ-
ouslv had often lived here at intervals.
Col Law died in 1919. Mrs. Lay was
more than 80 years old.
Funeral services will be conducted
at ST. Matthews Catholic Church to-
morrow morning at IL o'clock. In
terment will be In Mount Olivet Gem
etery.
Mrs. Lay is survived by a son,
julius G.. Lay, American consul gen
eral at Calcutta, India; three daugh-
ters. Mrs. William H. Wharton Of
Boston: Miss Frances Lay and Mrs.
Corcoran Thorn. both of Washington,
and five grandchildren.