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The Washington times., 1926-11-19
$3.50 to $3.50 Fur Coats

group from which the tall slender figure q
short, stout figure may select just what - al
suits-so widely diverse these coats, of
handsome furs, fur trimmed. - - \
Silver Muskra COnts-With beautiful fox fur collars
CaracuI Pau COats-With beautiful fox fur collars.
C0rncM Kit COdts-With beautiful fox fur collars
MnrmOt COnts-With beautiful fox fur collars
Blonde Pony Codts-With cherry red fox collars
Seone (yed cOneyWit collars and cuffs OF fitch su
squirrel and marmot.
RuccoOn Coot-sefrmmed Tom Boy STYLE in size 16 only.
Floor The
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-05-07
Asks Pay for "a Years
as Mans Housekeeper

Ludlow, Ill.-Alleging breach of
contract, Miss Lydia Summit of Lud-
low has filed suit against William La
teer, executor of the estate of the late
Carl Spoerrle of this place, an uncle
of the complainant.
She asserts that In 1889 her relative
persuaded her 20 give up her profess
sion of graduate nurse to live upon his
farm and be his housekeeper. In re-
turn she was to receive all of his prop
erty upon his death. She agreed to
this and was in his employ for "a
years. She helped him to harvest his
crops, and during his last Illness
served as nurse. When his will was
probated she learned that he had left
her but So, 700 and the income from the
farm for life. while upon her death the
property was to go to relatives in Ger
many.
This, she maintains, was breach of
faith and a violation of contract, and
she asks the court to set aside the
will and award her the property or
give her its equivalent in wages for
period of "a years.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-05-07
COAST CITIES OF
WEST FADE AWAY
Once Prosperous Towns Dying
of Dry Rot.

Denver.-The Cousin Jacks" the
prospectors after gold are passing.
Hardly week now goes by but word
comes down that another has been
found dead in rotting cabin in the
ghost cities" that dot the high coun-
try of Colorado and the mining west.
The towns, many of them, are dy-
ing, too. Once well-worn streets are
grass grown, and pack rats haunt the
buildings.
Central City is perhaps the most
striking example of the change. Thir
ty years ago it boosted population
of $4,000. Today there are approx
mately 500 persons there.
President Grant and his daughter
visited Central City and the residents
paved the sidewalk from the street
to the old Teller house with gold.
Black Hawk, near Central City, is
in the same plight. Some old tunnels
have been opened, few people work
them, but vacant houses stand row on
row.
Many Of the towns are virtually
without inhabitants except for one or
two old prospectors who still dream
that the boom days will return. Ne
vadaville has two men left; American
City about the same number. A per-
son can wander through Owl, Lineup,
Mound City and Aultman for days at
time without seeing a face.
Nevadaville had the first Masonic
lodge charter in Colorado and the third
in Kansas territory, which then EN-
braced this state. The lodge still ex-
lists and men travel by burro, in au-
tomobiles or afoot long distances to
attend regular meetings.
Gunnison, Colo, on the western
slope, started as a mining town. 1t
has become the center of a rich ranch
and live stock region. Ouray, the
most famous gold camp in the San
Juan district in southwestern Colo
RADIO, is still, existent, but only as
country town. Tom Walsh discovered
the Camp Bird mine outside Ouray and
sold 1t to British interests for mil
lions of dollars.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-05-07

assuming and cautious in his state
ments, but does not conceal his faith
in this new camp.
"JOhn Hammell, chairman of the
Howie Red Lake Syndicate, also sees
big future He is not lacking in ex-
perience, for he has the development
of four or five successful mines to his
credit, and he declares outright that
the surface showings at Red Lake are
the most encouraging he has ever
SEEN"
Turning to our own country, we
find the desert wastes Of the MOjave,
about 100 miles from Bakersfield,
Cal, filled with prospectors for the
gold discovered in the Kramer hills.
Here the going is easier, and miners
are arriving in every kind of convey
ance from flivvers to air taXis which
leave ON regular schedule from Los
Angeles, San Francisco, and other
coast cities.
Back of this scramble lies real
romance. Nearly thirty years ago
one Austin Burcham, a miner, drilled
powder holes 80 feet into the ground
near the site of the present diggings.
Then along came news Of new gold
strike, and Burcham deserted his
stake before setting off the dynamite
he had ready for the last step in his
long labors. Recently Edward Her
kelrath found Burcham's uncompleted
Il, nfFk hn hn
smoke cleared away he found gold ore
later estimated to be worth 81 600 a
ton.
Then the rush of the '26ers began.
The extent of the golden spread down
through the gulches and over the low
brown desert hills is yet undeter-
mined, but enough real gold has been
found to attract throngs of treasure
seekers to the field. The town of
Kramer. a. short time ago nothing but
a railway siding along the Santa Fe
tracks, became overnight a gold-mad
town. Old-time prospectors and
"greenhorns" have staked out their
claims and are working furiously day
and night.
Everyone who has staked claim
constantly is on the lookout for claim
jumpers and high-graders. Revolvers
and rifles put in their appearance soon
after the hordes arrived, and old-tim-
ers in the mining game shook their
heads obviously as the tumble of To-
cation notices piled up in the record
er's Office.
One tract of land adjoining the orig
inal discovery shaft of Edward Her
kelrath and his cousin John, original
discoveries, nealy 400 acres in extent,
which has been thoroughly staked
from end to end, was found to be
owned by Mrs. S. S. Kelly of San
Bernardino. The land was purchased
from the state many years ago.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-05-07

| for hunger gnaws increasingly in the
cold
ITO the little poplar trees that stud
the shore a legion Of dogs are chained
-huskies, collie ours, nondescript
mongrels of intricate ancestry, fish
eaters-the uncivilized and unrequited
slaves of a harsh regime. They fill
the air with doleful sound, the collies
yelping shrilly, the huskies. unable to
bark, rousing the echoes with that
wailing ululation that resembles the
cry of neither dog nor wolf, but is
the song of the wolf-dog alone.
Mining history is being written,
and these are the characters that
record it, for the HOWE claims, now
the property of the HOWE Gold Syn
dictate, are the focus of the greatest
gold rush Canada has seen in a score
of years, and this desolated commu-
nifty assures itself that 1t is to form
the nucleus of great camp"
What are the chances of striking it
rich? Is the field already too crowd
ed? Mr.. Reading is enthusiastic
about the possibilities, but 1t might
be well to wait for positive results
before YOU take the following toorse-
ri0usly:
This will be stampede probably
unequaled since the Klondike. 1t will
not assume its full proportions until
the spring breakup clears the way
for further prospecting. Assays on
the properties now being tested have
shown extraordinary values and sur
prising consistency. On the main
vein, which strikes roughly northeast
and southwest, you can pick up sam
pies bearing free gold, little glittering
specks that permeate the quartz, right
across on width of 20, 40, and even
go feet.
Great lakes and rivers make sum-
mer travel easy and rapid. For ten
miles to the east, and nearly as far
west, the country is staked solid, and
the peculiar thing is that practically
all of the claims have yet to be pros
pected.
IF the anticipations of the mining
men here are fulfilled, there will be
fresh discoveries elsewhere in spring
and fresh belts to be staked, in a zone
of possible gold-bearing rock nearly
ten miles wide and thirty long. At
present interest centers in East bay,
the northeast arm of the lake, which
is 10 miles away but in line with the
strike of Lorne Howie's lead.
$50 far the sour dough has had his
innings. A census of Red Lakes float
ing population this winter would have
read like map of the original Por-
cupine stalking, with the name of Alex
Gillies. who discovered the Hollinger,
at the head of the list. Gillies has
been in charge of development work
on the HOWE claims. He is quite I'M
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-05-07
New Fluid Reveals
Veins Under X-Ray

Kansas City, Mo.-By a proc
ess of iodiZing Oil, DR.. ]. e. For
ester of Aix-les-Bains, France,
says that he has perfected a
fluid that can be injected into
the veins of the body which
renders them immune to the
X-ray and thus makes it posi-
BILE to examine them in detail.
Hitherto bismuth has been
extensively used for the pur-
pose. A solution of bismuth
could be placed in the stomach
or other organ to be examined
and the bismuth solution would
be Opaque in the photograph or
on the inside of that organ, and
3 was, therefore, only partially of
value in examination.
The fluid which Doctor For
ester has perfected can be in
jected in certain tissues and
those tissues rendered opaque
to the X-rays. Thus 1t would
be possible to inject into the
bronchial tube certain doses of
the material and the bronchial
tubes themselves, and not the
hollows therein, would be re-
vealed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-05-07
Drastic War on Opium
to Be Made by Japan

Tokyo.--The Japanese government
has appointed a commission with For
eign Minister Shidehara as chairman
for the purpose of an inquiry and to
originate new laws for the complete
abolition of opium derivatives in Japan
and its possessions.
The commission, which consists of
representatives of all ministries, hopes
to go even further than the Geneva
convention in prosecuting all japanese
engaging in the traffic abroad. 1t may
organize a government monopoly in
Japan, Korea and Kwangtung prov
ince in Tokyo, as was done In For
moSa.
The commission intends to take the
most stringent measures to Obliterate
illegal traffic In opium.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-05-07
Nice Doggie Hates
Bad Bill Collectors

Milwaukee. Wis.-Spider is
only an Airedale pup, but as
watch dog he is more efficient
than full-grown hound.
Loyalty to his mistress landed
her in Civil Judge Thomas Ma
hons court here recently, for
SO close did Spider guard the
premises that when Louis
Swarze, a collection agent, tried
to approach the place. Spider re-
refused to yield and Louis got no
farther than the front gate.
But Louis was persistent and
when he appeared again he
found the dog still more aggrcs-
sive and Louis went away minus
part of his trousers.
Spiders mistress promised to
chain the dog and invited Louis
TO come for his money.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-05-07
Astute Johnnie

Johnnie had intently watched the
moving of the family that had come
to occupy the house next door but
his chief interest lay in the child who
seemed to be his own age All at
tempts to make friends with the child
were unavailing, however, SO lit was
with great deal of enthusiasm he
announced.
II know what the little boy next
door name is, It's Original"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-05-07
LIES Endless Adventures

Exploration will never come TO an
end, and one need not fear that adj
venturers will shortly find life very
dull. Even when Everest has heen
conquered, the source of the Amazon
has been tapped, FL Dorado unearthed.
the moon visited, and the North pole
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-05-07

gold strike in the 90s.
The Red Lake region Of British Co
lumbia is the goal of hundreds of
young and old prOspectors, while in
our own country we find the Kramer
hills ON the Mojave desert in Cali
fornia the objective of other hordes
of Adventures stirred to action by the
lure of gold.
Lorne HOWE last summer struck
gold in wide land of quartz at Red
Lake. Now with more than 1900
claims already staked, they're calling
it Canada's greatest strike. Howie
and his companions reported how they
had discovered vein of gold nearly
1000 feet long, running from 10 to SO
feet In width. Subsequently the vein
was observed to run for distance
of more than % miles.
Red Lake is about $50 miles from
the nearest railroad, but as distance
is nothing when gold is at stake, this
district soon found itself possessed of
thriving, busting population of gold
seekers lured from all points of the
compass in the hope of digging for
tune from the earth. Despite weather
Of 20 to 30 degrees below zero, these
prospectors pushed through the $50
miles of snow and discomfort to the
land Of promised gold. Unheard of
prices were paid for dogs to make the
desolate trip and one enterprising ay-
iator, Jack V. Elliott, has established
an air route between Hudson, Ont,
and the gold fields. Hudson is on the
northern transcontinental line of the
Canadian National railways, about 24O
miles east of Winnipeg and IL miles
to the west of Sioux Lookout. It is
the nearest railway point to the Red
Lake district, and short time ago
was nothing more than q name on the
map.
What kind of place is Red Lake?
Is 1t full of dance halls, saloons,
gambling joints and other wild and
woolly institutions which spring up
like magic in such settlements? It's
hard to get information either into or
out of this district. OF course, there
are no telegraph lines, and all dis
patches have to be sent by dog team.
From E. Paul Reading, who mushed
across the barren area into Red Lake,
comes the following information as 1t
appeared in the Washington Star:
Tucked snugly in one corner of n
bay, near the outlet of this struggling
sheet of frozen water is a cluster of
tents. They are pitched on hastily
constructed log cribs and roughly
fioored. with hewn spruce. Through
the roof of each a section of rusty
stovepipe thrusts itself at a rakish
angle, belching upward in the frosty
atmosphere. zone of the tents bears
above its flaps the end of packing
case bearing in staggering black let
tiers the portentous legend, Mining
Recorders Office Another, though
it does not vet boast sign, is pro-
vincial police post; third is the of
flee, and fourth the cook tent, this
last perhaps the most important of all,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-05-07

reached on stills, there will still re-
main wonderful things to do. The
greatest things of all to explore-and
develop-are human natures and hui
man souls. And maybe we shall have
more time for these greater adventures
when we have exhausted all the
.IeSSeri
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-05-07

1t was with no success at all that
his mother tried TO dissuade him from
this notion or interpret it until she
heard her neighbor next door calling |:
"Oh, Reginald"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-05-07
zz4W Sz2eEZT~ ~ RED LAd
H7<ey~aEo<zI Aoho
BY PRoEHL HALLER..JAKLoN
HE gold fever has brok

HE gold fever has br0k-
en- out anew. Recent
strikes in two different
parts of North America
are drawing adventure
Gus souls from all parts
of the country to re-
enact with m o d e r n
touches some of the
scenes of the Klondike
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-05-07
Spoonin1 Place

BOston.-There's so much spooning
in Bunker Hill monument that citi-
zens are asking the legislature to de-
vote $1,000 ito lighting the shaft at
night.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-05-07
Jail Closed

Cripple Creek, Colo.-Once a roar
ing, wild mining camp of the old West.
Cripple Creek, world-famous mining
town. has closed it's Jail. because
since prohibition there are no pris-
oners.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-05-07
Minds and Education

To provide equal educational facill-
ties for unequal minds is like provld-
ing equal buttonholes for unequal but
tons.-Lord Robert Cecil.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-05-08
joint COMM|TTEE
IN AGREEMENT ON
POSTAL RATE CHANGE

Washington, May 7.-(P-An
agreement was reached today by the
joint congressional postal committee
for a restoration of the one cent
rate on. post cards.
A reduction of the rate on tran
sient second class mall matter-in-
dividual mailing of newspapers-also
was agreed upon along with estab-
lishment of C. o. D. postal card
system and reduction of the serv-
ice charge on baby chicks.
The committee will meet Monday
to make a final survey of it's report
in consultation with Joseph Stewart,
executive assistant to the postmaster
general.
Asserting that the committee ma
jority had done absolutely nothing
with the most important questions
affecting postal rate revision, Sena-
tor Mcclellan, Democrat, Tennessee,
announced that he would file min
GRITTY report favoring these proposals
Restoration of 1920 rate on second
class matter and bundle rates on
newspapers; reduction of rate from
1 lie to lie on circular matter and
the removal of the service charge
on parcel post.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-05-08
Editor John F. JSprague
Meets Death at Own Hand
QUINN and Three
Others GUILTY DRY
PLOT IN SWAMPSCOTT

Boston, May 7-(P)-William L.
Quinn. former Swampscott chief of po-
lice, and three others on trial in fed
eral court for violation of prohibition
laws, were found guilty at midnight
by jury which had deliberated more
than 10 hours. Eight other defend
ants were found not guilty.
Those found guilty with Quinn were
Patrick A. Mcdonnell of Boston, David
Siegel of Chelsea, and Robert Harry
Brown of Lynn.
Acquittals were voted in the caseh
of George w. Garrett. Sam Armstrong.
Francis J. Ward, Swampscott; William
Achorn, Boston; Hugh Wyllie, former
prohibition agent, Brighton; William
Newell, former prohibition agent.
Quincy. and Fred and George Brown.
Lynn.
Earlier in the trial three defendants
pleaded guilty. one never was arrested
and two were acquitted in directed
verdicts when the government rested.
Quinn and 16 other defendants went
on trial in the federal court April Is
on charges of conspiracy to violate the
prohibition and tariff laws. The gov
eminent alleged that they had conspir-
ed to land and distribute liquor at
Little's Point, Swamphcott, not far
from White Court, the estate where
President Coolidge passed his vacation
last summer. 'N
Two of the defendants, George Mac
cha and John S. Cryan of Swampscott,
pleaded guilty at the opening of the
trial and were witnesses for the pov,
eminent. Two others, William Mil
lers and Joseph Stein, were found not
guilty soon after the trial began.
The charges againht Quinn and the
other defendants followed an investi-
cation Of liquor conditions in Swamp
scott more than a year ago, when the
town selectmen removed Quin as chief
of police after public hearings on
charges against him. The evidence
given during these hearings was SUBJ
sequently presented to the grand Jury
which returned indictments against
Quinn and otherh.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-05-08
Slayer Leopold Had
Chance to Flee with
Illinois Convict Group

Joliet. Ills, May 7.-(P)-Nathan
Leopold, Jr., who with Richard Loeb
killed young Bobby Franks "for a
thrill in Chicago two years ago.
was offered an opportunity to fee
from the new prison at Statesville,
Wednesday, by seven convicts who
escaped after killing a deputy war;
den and woUnding guard and two
TRUSTEES. Hjalmar REIN, states at
torney of Will county, asserted to-
night Leopold had told him.
Leopold, however, refused, ac-
cording to his story to REIN. War
den John L. Whitman, who said
during the day that Leopold was
not in the section of the new prison
from which the prisoners fed. de-
clared tonight he was in the soli-
tary confinement block where the
deputy warden was killed. White
man said, however. he knew moth
ing of any offer made to Leopold to
accompany the seven convicts.
REIN said Leopold, who is serv-
ing life sentence for killing young
Franks. explained he had been
placed in the solitary confinement
block for taking some sugar from
the culinary department.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-05-08
Forest Fire Burns.
Over 100 Acre Area
Hardwood in N. HI.

Mortified. N. H, May 7.-Rl-A
fire burned 100 acres of hardwood
forest along the. Boston and Maine
Railroad tracks here and early to-
night was reported beyond control.
A work train bearing 200 men was
rushed from Concord, Ii miles away,
to fight the flames.
Between 200 and 300 acres of Sec
ond growth trees and heavy scrub
had been burned at last accounts.
Three hundred men had been re-
cruited from Tilton, Mortified. Con-
cord and Manchester, but SO fierce
were the flames that they could do
little to stem them. A schoolhouse,
a residence and several farm build
ings were barely saved by the build
ing of backfires. but no other dwell
ings were near the fire, the billy
country consisting mostly of farm
lands. The Cleveland. Stewart, Ce-
dar. Lovejoy and Winslow farms
were included in the area so far
burned.
The fire started a few miles south
of Tilton, 1t was thought from To-
connective sparks. The flying embers
started two other FIRES. which cover
ed much smaller areas. The flames
were visible for score of miles and
telephone inquiries came from many
scattered points.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-05-08

New York, May 7.-(P)-The spec
ial federal grand jury investigating
the sale of - American Metals
Company today indicted, Harry M.
Daugherty, former United States At
torney General, Thomas w. Miller.
former alien property custodian. and
John T. King. former Republican
National Committeeman. for con-
spiracy to defraud the government.
The grand jury of the southern
district of New York, concluding in
vestigations begun last January,
charged Daugherty, Miller and King
with conspiracy to defraud the gov
eminent in connection with the
transfers of 100000 Of American
Metals Company funds from the Gus
tody of the government to the So
ciete Suisse Pour Valeurs De Metaux,
Swiss company alleged to have been
German owned.
The indictment charges alleged
conspiracy on the part of Daugherty
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-05-08
Petition Out for
Revision Tariff
Rates. Bath Ferry

Especial to the Kennebec JournaD
Bath, May Z. - A petition IS
out which is to be presented to the
Public Utilities Commission of the
State seeking a revision of the tariff
schedules at the State ferry between
Bath and Woolwich. Duncan NC
Jntosh. a resident of Woolwich is
heading the move and he states that
thew merely ask the State to revise
the tariff rates to the point they
were when the city of Bath and DOWN
of Woolwich owned the ferry.
It now costs SO cents to transport
automobiles and 25 cents to cross
with a horse and team. This is some
what in excess to what it used to De
and to bring back the old scale Is
the aim of the petition. Another
item they desire adjusted is that OF
demanding that the farmer pay an
extra dollar unless his load OF hoy
crosses before nine o'clock In the
morning.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-05-08
Two Student Reserve
Officers Injured
By Grenade Blast

Cambridge. Mass, May 7-tR-
Two student members of the reserve
officers training corps at Massachus-
etts Institute of Technology and an
instructor were injured today by the
explosion of a hand grenade. Leo
Goldstein of Roxbury. a student. was
hurting grenade under the direction
OF Lieutenant Arthur Connolly, but
held 1t too long and the missile ex-
ploded in his hand.
He was severely burned on the
head and hands Connolly also was
scared by the explosion, as was
Leonard Strevatie. another student.
All were taken to the Cambridge city
hospital. where 1t was said they will
recover.