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The Wrangell sentinel., 1926-12-23
Firsf Phones Tested
 Power of the Lungs

There were many amusing Incidents in the early days when Bell was at work trying to improve the telephone. At first persons had to talk so loudly in order to be heard over the telephone that It was said that they frightened horses that were out in the street
 On the night after Bell and Watson had talked for that first time over the marvellous distance of two miles the two young men, In their boarding house, talked SO joyfully and danced 90 wildly that the landlady said: You two will have to leave the house. II you can't be quiet at nlghtis
 Then. too, in those first days Of the telephone, foreigners who talked over it were amazed to hear It speak in their own languages. They seemed to think that since the invention had been made by an American, t could speak nothing except English.
 The first telephone booth was made when Watson, remembering his land lady's seoldlng for the noise that he and Bell had made at night. rigged up a shelter of bed blankets and erawled under them in order to talk without waking the house. That gave the idea that led to the modern booths.
 As for the familiar "Helloi' 90 closely associated with the telephone, neither Bell nor Watson had thought Of using the word They always said "Ahoy !' as If they were signaling a ship .9-Frederick H. Law in St Nicholas.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1926-12-23
ALASKA S. S. co. LOSES
 APPEAL IN KATZEEK CASE

The Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed the Judgment Of the local L. S District Court inthe case Of Dan Katzeek, vs. Alaska Steam ship Company, in which the former was awarded $5,000 for personal injuries Word to this effect was received yesterday by R E. Robert son. counsel for the company.
 The case was tried in Juneau about one year ago, the jury re- turning a verdict for Katzeek and awarding him damages in the sum Of 5000. Katzeek is a Haines In dian who was injured by flying ships tackle broken while a boiler was being unloaded at the Xogel cannery wharf near HaInes.
 Mr. Robertson said yesterday t was possible an effort would be made to take the case to the su- preme Court of the United States Juneau Empire.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1926-12-23

Japanese Taught to Repress Emotion.
 Until Late years the repression Of any appearance of strong emotion was carefully drilled into the mind and life of every Japanese child of the better class. There is much more freedom now than formerly, but the influence of past training is seen eyerywhere--in art, in literature, on the stage and in tke customs of daily life. Artists paint the autumn moon, which every Japan ese adores, but he wraps the brilliant disk within a veil of cloud.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1926-12-23
Early " sother Prophet

The shephent of BanDnry was the pseudonym t6ka.n by John CIaridge in publishing. in TIA. his noted coDec- ton of rules fer predicting weather changes. The book achieved lmme- diate popularity and had many edi- nOns
Evening star., 1926-08-15
COURT DROPS ONE
MILLER INDICTMENT
New Charges Against For
mer Alien Property Custo-
dian Pending, However.

NEW YORK, August 14.-An in
dictment against former Alien Prop
erty Custodian Thomas w. Miller and
officials of Swiss and German firms,
charging conspiracy to defraud the
Government in connection with the
transfer Of $7.000,000 of American
Metal Co. stock by Miller after the
war. was dismissed today in District
Court.
District Attorney Buckner, moving
this dismissal, explained that later
Indictment had been obtained against
Miller, former Attorney General Harry
A. Daugherty and the late John 7.
King, once Republican national com
mitteeman for Connecticut.
The later indictment, returned last
May Z was like the one dismissed to-
day. based on the alleged conspiracy
Of the three men named to transfer
the German-oW stock to pretended
Swiss owners. Mr.. Buckner said the
indictment dismissed today, which was
returned October 80, 1925, was issued
before there had been opportunity to
investigate fully the foreign angles of
the case. The later indictment fol
lowed an investigation in Europe by
an assistant district attorney, who was
given access to the books and records
of the firms which were allowed their
claims to the American Metal Co.
stock.
Trial of Daugherty and Miller on
the second Indictment has been set
for September Z.
Evening star., 1926-08-15
COURTESY BIG FACTOR
IN TRADE WITH LATINS
Breezy American Salesmanship
Methods Must Be Modified.
Says U. S. Guide.

Tact and courtesy are business
necessities in Latin America, and the
American "go-getter'' who pushes
through sales conversation in the
breezy American manner will find his
style cramped in Central and South
America, according to the Commerce
Department.
Social and business life, according to
a guide book to Latin America made
public today, is not divorced to the
same extent in Latin American coun-
tries as in the United States. MANY
an important contract is signed over
the coffee cups and many a business
deal consumated in the lounge room
OF some club. A salesman who eX-
poets to do business in a big way in
Latin American countries should be
provided with q complete outfit of
dress clothes, including a frock coat
and silk hat, for the Latin American
business man is inclined to Judge the
character of an establishment by the
front" It's representatives put up.
On this basis the guide book SAYS It is
the best policy to patronize only the
best hotels. and business cards and
stationery should be of the best dual.
ity.
Travellers not familiar with Latin
American customs. the guide book
continues, should be very polite to
customs officials. Exhibitions of an
ger and profanity are likely to cost the
offender dearly in inconvenience and
delay. Willingness to submit to in
Spectlon is the greatest aid in obtain
ing prompt attention
Evening star., 1926-08-15
POISON KILLS GIRL,
q, IN SUICIDE PACT
Married Man Dies First in
Belief They Will Be
United Hereafter.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHARLESTON, w. Va, August IA.
Miss Viola Dye, 81, Pikeville, Ky.
who entered a suicide pact with Alex
Mitchell. Ashland, KY, confectionery
store owner. died in a hospital here
shortly before midnight from the eff
fects of drug she and Mitchell had
taken. Mitchell's body was found in
a hotel room earlier in the day and
the girl was found in a critical con-
dition.
Tonight the girl, an employe of
Mitchell at Ashland. said they had
entered the pact year ago, think
ing they would be 'inseparable in the
next world"
She said the attentions paid
her by Mitchell aroused Mrs.
Mitchell. who left him. Three weeks
ago, she said. they decided to carry
out the plans Of the pact made a long
time before. Accordingly they pur-
chased d gun. the drug and disinfect-
ant and motored to Charleston.
Mitchell took the drug first and she
said she followed. but to make death
more certain She drank the disin-
fectant, which, doctors said. appar-
emily Counteracted the effects of the
drug. She said she fell unconscious.
after begging Mitchell to call a doctor,
a request he refused.
A note found in the hotel room
asked that Mrs. Mitchell and Miss
Dye $ parents be notified
Evening star., 1926-08-15
FOREST LEAF LITTER
VALUE BEING GAUGED
Scientists Estimate Worth to Tree
Roots of Covering. Often
Burned Away.

by the Associated Press.
MINNEAPOLIS, August l4.-Sci-
ence, plying into the secrets of the
big woods. is going to determine the
commercial value of leaf litter in dol
lars and cents.
DR.. Ralpha6l Zon. director of the
Lake States Forest Service, is collabo-
rating with University OF Minnesota
experts in the study The results will
be used as still another argument for
greater efforts toward fire prevention,
since fire destroys lear litter. thus
robbing the trees of needed nutri-
ton.
Removal of the test litter from a
section of MinneSota's S coniferous for
ests was made in Il 3O-year-old stand
of mixed Norway and jack pine. Bur
lap, treated to make it durable, was
laid on the forest floor covering three
plots of one-twentieth of an acre each
The harvest of dead pine needles
was dried. first in the open and then
in an oven. From this DIR. Zon eSti
mated that for an entire year about
one ton of needles will tall to the
ground in the jack pine and a ton and
Il quarter in the red pine.
II was found that a ton of dry
leaf litter per acre can hold a tor
and a half of water by its own absorp
ton. The scientists also were able tC
tell the length of time since the last
fire swept over the test plot.
Now the specialists will determine
chemically the amounts of such ele
ments as calcium, potassium, phos
phorus and similar elements that en-
ter into commercial fertilizers. By
comparing this value with fertilizers
containing equivalent amounts OF
chemical elements having nutritive
properties for plants. the commercial
value of the leaf litter will be shown
Evening star., 1926-08-15
VICTORY CLAIMED
|. BY CHINESE ALLIES
WI Drives National Armies
From NankoW Pass,
Report Asserts.
BY the Associated Fress.

1
PEkING. August 14.-An impor-
tant victory was claimed today by
leaders of Marshals Wu Pei-Fu and
Chang Tso Lin's troops over the
Kuomintung, the national armies of
the Peking government, which the
allied forces overthrew last April.
Flags flew in Peking in celebration
of the allies claim of capture Of
Nankow Pass, key to the kuomin-
tung position in the mountains north
and west of the capital.
Intrenched at the pass, 70 miles
from Peking, from which they were
driven when the government domi-
mated by their commander, Feng Yu-
Hsiang, was deposed, the kuomin-
tung have stubbornly resisted efforts
to dislodge and dispense them. Feng
abandoned his troops. going to Mos
COW, but able commanders replaced
him and the kuomintung have been
reported well equipped and trained,
with supplies reaching them from
Russian sources through Mongolia TO
Kalgan, their base.
Communication is interrupted and
the meager advices reaching here do
not indicate how far the allies We're
able to press the victory they
claimed. Stretching eastward and
kuomintunS sole soldiers line has
held against thanking and frontal at
tacks in the mountainous country in
which they planted themselves.
WI Pei-Fu, most successful mill
tary commander in China, is direct
ing operations, while his ally, Chang
Tso Lin, remains quietly at Mukden
capital of Manchuria, which he rules
as dictator. independently of the re-
mainder of China.
Wu and Chang. former enemies. al
lied their forces because of their mu-
tuaA hatred of bolshevism. by which
they declared the government they
deposed was animated. Far to the
south another force said to. be in
spired by bolshevism threatens the
success of the allies movement
northward of Peking. Recent dis
patches reported the northward
movement of Cantonese armies
against WI Pei Fus troops in
Human Province and to these. WI
Pei Flu, overload of the central
provinces, was urged to send aid.
Evening star., 1926-08-15
MRS. WHITE REPORTS
THEFT OF ANTIQUES
Souvenirs of European Trips and
Valuable Furs Taken From
Representatives Home.

Mrs Wallace IL. White. n wife of
Representative White of Maine last
night reported 10 police the theft
from her home. at ooli Wyoming ave
nue.. OF q number of treasured an
tioues and souvenirs collected by her
husband and herself during Euro
pean tours.
Among the articles lost by Mrs.
White were Il number Of Egyptian
ScarabS and tiny pieces OF silver rep
resentius mode of transportation
comprising small gondola. small
donkey kabid Il small coach and
driver and a small coach with two
white wheels and driver.
She also informs the police that two
pieces of viatka squirrel, an ermine
scarf and squirrel tails were taken.
Mrs. White. who has been with her
husband. who lS campaigning for re-
LECTION In Maine, stopped over in the
cItv specifically to investigate a re
port made to her on August : by her
caretaker that the home had been
ransacked. but apparently nothing
was missing She looked over the
rooms Yesterday and found the articles
had been taken.
Precinct Detective II. w. Smith Of
the eighth precinct station is investi-
eating the robbery.
Evening star., 1926-08-15
COFFIN DRAPED WITH FLAG
Finder. Glad of Success" Guards
Body Until Orders Come.
BY FRANK POWER.


By Cable to The Star
LONDON, August 14.-After months
OF ceaseless labor and anxiety it is an
unspeakable relief to me to know that
what / believe beyond challenge to be
the remains of Lord Kitchener of
khartoum, lie at last in a fitting tenn
porary resting place in the heart of
London.
The elm coffin, made for Lord
Kitchener at the Admiraltys instruc-
tions years ago, in which his remains
were placed at the Norwegian grave
side. is in a chapel adjoining the prem
ises of a Thurry undertaken. The case
is still unopened. 1t is set in the CEN
ter of the chapel, draped with Union
Jack. AT the head stands a simple
wooden cross and at each side a
candle.
No unauthorized person is allowed
| to enter, and here the corpe will re-
main until the government settles its
| disposal of the body.
| l have already written to Prime Min
| lister Stanley Baldwin. as follows:
| Il beg to inform you that I have in
my possession remains of a person
which / am convinced can be identi
| fed as those Of the late Earl Kitchener
of khartoum. AS head of his majesty's
government I hasten to tell you that
they are at the disposal of a depart
! ment competent in the matter"
! | have also communicated with the
Imperial War Graves Commission.
am holding myself altogether at the
disposal of the authorities and It IL
! now for them 20 take the next step.
Evening star., 1926-08-15
az BELIEVED LOST
ON FISHING BOATS
All Hope Abandoned for One
Schooner After Hurricane Off
Nova Scotia-Second Missing.

BY the Associated Press.
HALIF'AX, y. $. August IL
Forty-seven fishermen We're missing
tonight-a week after the storm
which now is believed to have struck
the Nova Scotia fishing industry the
most disastrous blow in loss of lives
and ships in recent history.
While government searchers today
abandoned hope for the 25 members
of the crew of the Lunenburg
schooner Sylvia Mosher. grave fears
were expressed for the first time for
the La Have schooner Sadie knickle
and her crew of % The Sadie
knickle. long overdue, was last seen
near the Sylvia Mosher off Sable Is
land before the storm. II was feared
that both crews had perished in the
hurricane that tore the Sylvia Mosher
from her anchorage and drove her
ashore on the island. a total wreck,
and left no trace to indicate the fate
of the crew.
Evening star., 1926-08-15
DESERT SEARCHED
FOR MAIL ROBBERS
Air Pilots on Lookout in Wyo-
ming, With Sheriffs, for
Two Train Bandits.
the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
WAMSUTTER, Wyo.. August IA
The sand dunes of the desert in south
western Wyoming late today were be-
ing searched by sheriffs and cowboys
FOR two men, who early today robbed
Union Pacific train Of % pouches of
registered mail while the train was
speeding through Wyoming The
value of the loot had not been de-
termined tonight.
Air mail pilots. flying between
Cheyenne and Salt Lake City, were
asked by postal officials to scan the
desert for the fugitives.
May Have Used Autos.
The robbers, instead of using the
broncho of the frontier stage and train
bandit, took TO the modern automobile,
the posse leaders here believe.
With apparently well laid plans,
two men boarded the mail car at Raw
Inns. Al miles east of here. and al the
point of revolvers. bound and gagged
the two postal clerks. Waiting at
Wamsutter, a confederate of the rob-
bers changed railroad signal so that
the train was slowed down. The rob-
bers are believed to have jumped off
and taken flight with their confederate.
The clerks remained bound until the
train reached Rock Springs. when the
robbery was discovered. because of
their failure to deliver the mail.
One Route of Flight
Only one route of flight is open to
the bandits through the desert into
northwestern Colorado. as the other
roads lead back to the Wyoming cities
of Rawlins and Rock Springs, the
posses claim. The desert, although it
stretches over a region of many miles,
is populated with only a handful of
ranchers and sheep herders, and is
practically without water holes, it's
only vegetation being sage brush.
To the sheriffs and cow punchers.
the robbery recalled memories Of
bill" Carlisle, who, single handed,
held up three Union Pacific passenger
trains in 1913 and later escaped from
prison to rob another in 1920
Carlisle now is in the Wyoming peni-
tentiary at RaWliris.
Evening star., 1926-08-15
WESTON IS FOUND;
MISSING -FOUR DAYS
Champion Pedestrian, 88,
Recognized in Brooklyn.
Lives in Philadelphia.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, August IA tired
old man with slightly Wabbly legs.
sad travesties of the strong limbs that
bore him not SO long ago proudly
from Coast to Coast, was recognized
by Brooklyn police today as Edward
Pavson Weston, missing from Phlla-
delphia since Tuesday.
Yes" he responded to the police
mans question. I'm Edward Payson
Weston, worlds champion walker
And then, his mind seeming unable
to focus more than a moment on any
topic. he talked ramblingly of other
things. He was very tired and his
ewes lighted momentarily as the police
man spoke of food.
Devours Food Eagerly.
He went to the nearest police sta
ton without protest. Food was placed
before him and he ate voraclously.
lansing then into state OF impervi-
BUSINESS to all around him, His mind
annarently was travelling backward
along the years and questioners could
learn little from him of his most
recent adventure.
Yes he said again. though no one
had asked him that. Il am Edward
Pavson Weston, the worlds champion
walker" And he smiled, slumped
there on a hard chair in the bare
room, smiled perhaps in memory OF
the feats he had accomplished ana the
honors he had won.
A physician examined him and eX-
pressed surprise.
why, he's in fine physical condi-
tion Age has done its work, but
allowing for that he's in remarkable
shape"
Slept Out Four Nights.
The old walker-he is S8-mumbled
something inaudible and Kicker OF
emotion that might have been pride
passed over his face. The police
gathered that he had come most OF
the way from Philadelphia in an
automobile. that he had slept on
doorsteps for four nights running,
and that twice he had been drenched
by rain.
Notification of his discovery was
sent to Weston's niece. Mrs. Anna
O'Hagan, with whom the old man
has been living.
Mrs. OHagan had expressed the
opinion before her uncle was found
that he had gone away because he
was unable to bear the thought that
he. all his savings gone, was forced
TO live on her slender income and
might even become a public charge.
Evening star., 1926-08-15
K|TC'HENER'S' BODY
TAKEN TOLONDON
Its Finder Puts Corpse in
Chapel and Tells Baldwin.
Papers SkepticaI.
BY the Associated Press.

LONDON, Augut IA. Frank
Power. British newspaper man. who
recently announced that he believed
he had found the body of the late
had written to Premier Baldwin stat
ing that the body is now at Water
loo Station awaiting disposal by the
proper governmental department.
Power, who said that he was con-
fident the body could be identified as
that of the British field marshal who
disappeared so tragically after the
sinking of the cruiser Hampshire oft
the Orkneys in 1916, said the coffin
would remain in a private mortuary
on Waterloo Road until Monday.
A case which Power asserts holds
the coffin in which he believes Lord
Kitcheners body is inclosed was de-
livered at Waterloo Station by train
from Southampton last night. 1t
was taken later to the Waterloo Road
mortuary and covered with a Union
Jack.
Also Notifies Relatives.
Discussing the final disposition of
the body, Power said, lin waiting to
hear from the government, nothing
will be done without due regard be-
ing paid to the wishes of relatives
and the government" Power also
stated that he had communicated
with certain relatives of the late
field marshal and that one of them
was present when the coffin arrived
at Waterloo Station.
Powers story of the discovery OF
the body on the coast of Norway
which story recently was discredited
by the British government in a white
paper, is being scoffed at by the
English press. The Evening Star to
day protests against permitting
Power Ito hawk an exhumed corpse
about the country as that of the
tragic generalissimo."
Evening star., 1926-08-15
RUSH EDERLE PHOTOS
BY SHIP AND PLANES
Resourceful Picture Producers. in
Serving Papers, Save Time by
Modern Methods.

The manner in which the picture
of Gertrude Ederle. starting her Chan
mel swim. were rushed to The Star
is indicative of the reSourcefulness
and ingenuity employed by photo
graphic concerns through modern
means of transportation on such an
occasion.
The pictures were rushed across
the ocean from Scotland on the En-
press of Scotland, which docked in
Quebec yesterday afternoon at /
o'clock. A seaplane saved many
hours. however, by meeting the ship
400 miles east of Quebec in the Gulf
Of ST. Lawrence, and after taking
aboard the pictures carrying them to
Rimouski. where they were put on
another seaplane and landed in
Quebec Friday night.
Yesterday morning they We're
loaded aboard a land plane which flew
to Plattsburg, n. V; placed on an
other plane and landed in New York
City at 2 O'Clock. Transported across
the city in a taxicab, they were put
on a Pennsylvania express. which
brought them to Washington at SIS
last night.
Evening star., 1926-08-15
Three Whales Off New Jersey.

SEABRIGHT. y. j.. August II CF).
There she blows sounded off the
Jersey coast today and Capts. White
and Peterson of the skiffs Annoyance
and Sea Sarpint put out with har-
poons n everything for three 40foot
whales disporting off the bathing beach.
Capt. White sank a double harpoon
into one but il sounded and his line
parted. The other whales started in
the general direction OF shrewsbury
and poipts noEth
Evening star., 1926-08-15
WINES AID HUNGARY.
100000 Bottles Found Among
Nations Liquid" Assets.

BUDAPEST, August Ia R.-
Among Hungary's most valuable
liquid assets, former Commissioner
General jeremiah Smith found were
10 100000 bottles of the finest vintage
wines, which the government was will
ing to sell at one-fourth their former
prices. Among these were 1000 900
bottles of the famous Tokay wines.
produced only in Hungary. which
could have been bought for 81 bottle.
Before the war Hungary was a
great wineproducing and consuming
country. It's citizens drank freely of
the delicate, amber-colored wine from
the slopes of the famed Tokay Noun
tains. But the World War brought an
end to all this conviviality and the av-
erage Hungarian Is now content to
drink beer or plain water
Evening star., 1926-08-15
Mike Knew Best.

From Every body s Magazine
Pat and Mike were having a fist
fight. Pat was landing every blow he
aimed upon Mikes anatomy. Mikes
friend Bill stood by, an interested on
locker. Finally he shouted:
Mike. For the love of Pete, and
can't yez stop my of them?"
Mike blurted back. AN do yez say
my of Thin goin' by?"
Evening star., 1926-08-15
HEAT FAILS TO SUSPEND
BRITON'S BARE-KNEE BAN
Birmingham Is Adamant to Plea
of Chorus Girls. Who Talk of
:
Boycotting City.
By the Associated Press

By The AssOCIated PFees-
BIRMINGHAM. England. August
l4-Birmingham's anti-hare knee reg
ulations relating TO the stage must be
observed regardless of heat waves.
This was the answer OF the city
fathers TO the appeal of chorus girls
appearing here. who endeavored 10
have the law suspended so long as
the hot weather continued.
Tights must be Worn at all times.
the council decided.
Birmingham is the only town in
England which insists upon the wear
ing of tights on the stage. and the
chorus girls have been talking of boy
cotting the theaters here, especially in
Summer.