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The Kusko times., 1926-12-18
BILL SCCHIRMEYER'S CONFESSION BRINGS
 OUT "REMINISCENCES
(Sewart Gateway.1

For many months past secret ser yice men connected with the Post office Department have been combing the world not only in Alaska but Outside in the States, gathering bits of evidence to he presented to the Federal Grand Jury when 1t meets at Fairbanks, some time next January This ene particular case has become known as the Kuskokwim mail rob bery. There doesn't seem much likeIi- hood now that the grand jury, in case they. do return any true bill, will link anything Tn the Kuskok@inr..,
 ! About three years ago, when the irse.s uHfofs of ,a robbery of the regis tersd mail Of 6 considerable sum of money ssreeeived, it. caused lot of txcltenieSft f3.t6e viii1ity and general interest tArerywhere. Rumore were Ysgsle ssssstf shffrk, Everyone was accord sd one or ts5os. ssc.SS;ia1ss:; but tiEere re- named $ decit6gJ -acit. of anything definite as to how or Ntste4, or where r fobberythad oceurqsd-z Working OH the belief that Somebody, must have done it..abeut every musher who trav- 9led for. winter or two was searched every few n1iles5 and it got so every Gime nfusher met A stranger he would begin to remove his parka and mukluks as 2 mark of saving time on he trail. Howeyer, searching mush- srs served -one useful nurpose---it re- ;overed ss0e ffria4ked from girl of the underworld.
 Contsssi8h keyives Interess-
 Interest, in--the robbery had, very seneralls died- out wheia 1t was sud lenly revived blythe alleged confes- sion of Will C. Schirmeyer that he mad committedSthe mail. robbery at his
The Kusko times., 1926-12-18
ANDREWS WOULD MANUFAC-'
 TURF MEDICINAL LfUOR

WASHINGTON.-Assistant Treas urer Andrews said the immediate cre- ation of private corporation for the manufacture of medicinal whisky, and to take over all existing supplies of ilquor5 will be asked of Congress-
 Andrews said it is imperative that the corporation quickly set about dis tiliing whisky, lest the present supply of 15,000,000 gallons be exhausted be- fore five years, the time estimated as necessary for new stock to age.
 Andrews criticised the present sys-' tenn of private ownership and distri- button of whisky. Mellon, who joined with Coolidge in vetoine, the previous proposal that the Cavern ment take over supplies of medicinal liquor, has indorsed the new plan
The Kusko times., 1926-12-18

the Pacific, for the North again. The robbery was so large and so much in- terest was attracted by it that Will
 liam Burns, head of the great detec- tive agency of his name, came West from Chicago and handled the case in person.
 Among the passengers on that trip of the Humboldt was man and a very beautiful woman, believed ta@the time to be the wife of the man. Later the couple were arrested in San Fran cisco. charged with the theft of the gold, and confessedl They made no, par5Iediar defense.
 The priscBo.s desaF;bed at greaet .ensth just how tne robbery was com mitted. ?. The woman said that she had become well acquainted with the purser and one evening kept him walking back and forth on the-oppo- site side of the ship, while the man went into the pursers room; pried out tae eHu oI one ol tie poXSs, feulo|eG the gold, and replaced the end. all within 38- minutes time
 Later it was found that the confess sion was all myth, that the robbery never occurred on the Humboldt, that no end had ever been pried out off any of the boxes, nor could it have been done in the manner or time described, and there there had never been a time v-hen the purser's sro. lti had been ungaarded. Nh. Burns" taslI timony was that the less rewr 6e- cured on the Humboldt
The Kusko times., 1926-12-18

There are indications that affairs in Europe are becoming stabilized. France has had the same Cabinet for several weeks.-Memphis Commercial Appeal.
The Kusko times., 1926-12-18

We learn that nnigersity man has worked his wa through college by car ing for a baby. Great numbers of them have fiunked their examinations for the same reason.-Portland Ore gonian.
The Kusko times., 1926-12-18

go.,4hoasa, IS miles from Iditarod, on the mail trail Bill is said to have al- legged that others helped him, and goes into great details as to how the robbery was accomplished. For a long time after the supposed robbery Bill went around about his ordinary acairs. and while the country is over run with postal inspectors he is never searched; then he left Editarod and went Outside, and is not searchedI He finally winds up in Tia Juana, where a couple of skirts get him and take hie. to the cleaners, Later he is brought to Los Angeles, sick, and left at the La SaIie apartments. an alleged un- derworld joint run by a Russian woman called Anna Takotf. At this time he had about s2,000 in mone5. and some diamonds. By the alleged; raising of a small check-like. from s15 to s1,506--his funds, he claimed+ + were reduced to 13 cents. and house. keeper eopped off his diamonds and, clothes. Old-time friends from Fiat came to his relief and cared for his, immediate needs.
 Then came the big surprise wh4a Bills friends learned that he had con fessed to the mail robbery and gone North.
 The questionis, did Bill do it, or is he just romancing? Many, believe that the story has lot of romance to it.
 A Parallel Case Cited.
 In this connection many believe there is a parallel case in what was known few years, ago as the Great Humboldt Robbery" At that; time the Washington-Alaska Bank at Fair banks shipped by express four boxes of gold, consisting of two large and two small boxes. Travelling at the same time as tourists with the gold shipment was Mr. and Mrs. Adams, the former then president of the Adams Express Company, and re- marking the manner in which the shipment was handled, made the prophecy: "Some time we are going to have q loss"
 While on board ship the gold boxes were stored under sort of Settee in the parser's room. snd out of respect to MT. Adams and to show How good the gold was guared, while the purser was at meals the mate would pace to and fro in front of the dcos of the purser's room.
 On reaching Seattle an express .wogan took receipt for the boxes, later taking a receipt n good condi- tion for from the Seatt.e assay offices, where the boxes were piled up against the wall and were not. opened for some time.
 When the contents of the boxes were examined it was discovered that a. considerable portion of the contents If one of the larger boxes was miss ing.
 - By the time the robbery was discov- ared the Humboldt was away off on
The Kusko times., 1926-12-18

What labor really needs in these days of instalment payments is not a five-day week but a forty-day month. Norfolk Virginian-Pilot
The Kusko times., 1926-12-18

What King eofton needs is a Mus solini.-ArkansAs Gazette. [ League of Nations might test itself by disarming Chicago's gunmen.- Manchester Unibnz.".
 What the political bosses would Hike to have is the primary without the pry.--Norfolk Virginian-Pilot , Scientist says that eertai,i asaziezl nntes can prevent sleep. S. tsa es. Faia promissoly Hotes, profess.
 ts.aae,s Gazette.
 f.Is s est;fnafed that sthe dollar will LOW buy only sfxty-eight cents worth, FHd sometimes what you receive for it. }slr't worth thatl much. Memphis Commercial-Appeal.,
 Fleeting is fame The other day a. 9aper referred to. Jack Dempsey; husband ofsEsteEde Taylor" Life
 Why doesn't Chicago come right out in the open and admit it s a. refuge for sne protection of wild fe?-Arkan-
 as Gazette.
 An authoress was arrested for-writ- ing bad checks. There ought to be some way to get at 'em or-writing bad books. too.-Mobile Register In fairiiess it ought to be cencaaA8 that the old-fashioned dinfa novel which is now selling for s259 is print ed on better 'paper.-Detroit News. An American schoeiboy proposes to devote the proceeds of book he has written to the.cost of the remainder of his education His example might well be followed by many grewn-up novelist.-Punch.
 We have been pretty successful in ! this country so far in keeping down 1 the red flags, but we are still having a l lot of trouble with the red tape.- Memphis Commercial-AppeaL 1 It may be difficult matter for a rich man to entereinto the Kingdom of heaven, but it's certainly dead easy EfQr him to getson the board of direct fors of the church.-Ohio State Jour- nal.
 I But the million-dollar senator is probably after all not so dangerous as
 the poor one for whose election the
 millionaires are willing to make as-
 founding. contributions. = Columbus | The Lord Bishop of London, return ing from America, announced that he
 was unable to distinguish between a ]. Republican and emocrst. It's easy,
The Kusko times., 1926-12-18

your LordshiP. A Republican says, Just look at prosperity under Cool idge"; a Democrat says, "Yes-just look at it".Life.
The Kusko times., 1926-12-18

Once women merely asked equality with men, but now they have out stript us.-Pittsburgh Chronicle-Tele- graph
The Kusko times., 1926-12-18

What the political bosses would like to have is the primary without the pry.-Norfolk Virginian-Piot.
The Kusko times., 1926-12-18

League of Nations might test itself by disarming Chicago's gunmen.- Manchester Unibns..
The Kusko times., 1926-12-18
PRESS SQuIBS.

What King eofton needs is a Nus. Gazette.
The Kusko times., 1926-12-18

<, Scientist says that certahi aasie notes can prevent sleep. S. aaa es faia promissory fotes, brofes=se k;,asas Gazafta.
The Kusko times., 1926-12-18

E The Lord Bishop of London, return
 ing from America, announced that he
 was unable to distinguish between a Republican and 2 emocrat. It's easy.
The Kusko times., 1926-12-18

But the million-dollar senator is probably after all not so dangerous as the poor one for whose election the millionaires are willing to make as, founding, contributions. = Columbus
The Kusko times., 1926-12-18

In fairliess it ought to be cencaaAa that the old-fashioned di,na novel which is now selling for s2.59 is print ed on better paper-Detroit News.
The Washington times., 1926-10-11
COURTS MERCY
GIVEN GIRL

NEW YORK, Oct. ia slip of
a girl Of IS. in cheap clothes, stood
in Bridge Plaza Court, her face con-
torted with grief.
She gave her name to the court
as Julia Marie Walsh, daughter Of
Mrs. Anne Walsh, Brooklyn. The
charge was burglary, that she had
broken into her mothers home and
stolen a fir and dresses belonging
to her sister, Susan.
She had envied her older sisters
pretty clothes, she told Magistrate
Harry Howard Dale. In her eyes.
it was only taking what she de-
served. But the crime assumed a
different light when Magistrate Dale
turned to Mrs. Walsh and asked
the formal question:
This is your daughter. madam"
Not Her Daughter
"No. Her name is Schwab. She
was left with, me 1S years ago by
her parents, who were theatrical
people. 7 brought her up as my
own"
The girl looked blankly at the
woman who had been mother to
her. Slowly her pretty face paled
and her head moved IN a meaning
less nodding. She was too stunned
to speak because Of the unexpected
revelation.
1t was some time before Magis-
frate Dale could get a coherent
story from the girl. He had her
start with her earliest recollection.
Julia told Of having attended
school in Greenport until she
reached working age" Then fol-
lowed several positions, finally be-
coming a laundress at SIS a week,
all of which, she said, she turned
over to Mrs. Walsh.
Judge to Investigate.
Magistrate Dale sent her to. the
House of the Good Shepherd lem
porarily. He said he would have
the case investigated.
Mrs. Walsh later declared that
Mrs. Walsh later declared that
Julia was always given the best of
everything. The first weak Julia
was with her, Mrs. Schwab paid
her SIS. Mrs. Walsh said. After that
she never again heard from the
girls parents.
The Washington times., 1926-10-11
Run Down and Weak
Now Hale and Hearty
Dir. Boyd Chewing, Wash
ington, D. c., Gives High
Praise to Health Building
Qualities of Todd's Tonic

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my stomach was in bad condition
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i feel strong and healthy. I can
Rruthfully recommend Todd's Tonic
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b n w. Washington, D. C.
Todd's Tonic is made Of finest
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Peoples Drug Stores throughout
this city,
The Washington times., 1926-10-11
CRIME IN CALIFORNIA IS
INCREASING, SAYS REPORT

SACRAMENTO, Calf, Oct. IL
Crime in California is on the in
crease according to the report just
made public by Clarence s.. Morrill,,
chief of the State bureau of crimi-
nal Identification and investigation.
Among the highlights are the
following:
Arrests for major law violations
have more than trebled in the State
during the past seven years.
In the same period women taken
into custody have increased five
fold.
During the IL months Just con-
eluded 27.291 persons were taken
ento custody.
The Washington times., 1926-10-11
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Novel and efficient installations, both
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The Washington times., 1926-10-11

ADVERTISEMENT
Evening star., 1926-10-10
PROGRAM PREPARED
FOR COLUMBUS DAY
Music and Addresses Are Ar.
ranged by X. Of c. Eve
ming School.

A Columbus day program Will be
given Tuesday night at the Knights
of Columbus Evening School at 8
o'clock. Music will be furnished by
Prof. Henneman, head Of the music
department Of the Sisters College.
DR.. Charles II. Mccarthy of Catholic
University will give the principal
address.
The class in dramatic art is plan
ming to give school play in January.
The course is under direction OF Mrs.
James Hartnett.
Judge Meehan has been absent from
his class during the past week on
account Of illness.
Prof. William Z. Leahy was out of
the city Friday. His class in consti-
tutional law was conducted by Rosa
Downing.
The Santa Maria Club held its first
meeting of the school year Tuesday
evening with large number of mem-
bers present Plans were made for
activities through the year. In addi'
ton to the work of the past year. the
club will organize section in parlia-
mentarv procedure. Among the new
sports to be conducted under auspices
of the club are basket ball and bowl
ing. 4 number of candidates have al
ready come forward for these teams.
Hike parties are to be organized for
Sunday mornings.
Miss Louise :. Kelly. Miss Mary
Eike. Miss Ruth l. Reynolds and Miss
Barbara D. O'Brien were appointed on
the social committee of the Santa
Maria Club to extend a welcome to
all the new girls of the school. The
clubs first dance was held last night
at the school. The next dance will
be given October 20.
A special meeting of the student
council was held last Thursday. and
arrangements were made for orga nj
zation of the council and the election
of new delegates for the coming year.
Prof James McCnnville of the Mar
ist College is the most recent addi-
tion to the faculty. He has charge
of the philosophy and logic classes.
Father McConville is professor of
philosophy at the Marist College.
Evening star., 1926-10-10
WILL OPEN PRACTICE
COURT OCTOBER is
Washington College of Law Swings
Into Busy Semester With In
teresting Courses.

Women in the District of Columbia
have but recently acquired legal prop
erty rights that Egyptian women en-
joyed thousands of years ago, accord
ing to DR.. Roscoe J. G. Dorsey. lectur-
ing on Jurisprudence to the post -gradu-
ate class of the Washington College
of Law He also stated that it was
the man instead of the woman in an
cient Egypt who in the marriage cere.
mony promised to love. honor and
obey.
DIR. Dorsey's course. which started
last week, began with an account of
the migration of ancient peoples into
Egypt. their habits. customs. maxims
and early moral and physical laws.
These courses will continue through.
out the school year
a number of employees from the In.
terstate Commerce Commission are at
tending Maj Fred y. divers course
on public utilities.
Mrs. Flora Warren Seymour. class
of 1915. member of the Board of IN
dian Commissioners at Chicago. will
in the near future address the student
body on the work of the Board of In
dian Commissioners.
Mrs. Bertha Robbins Gold of the
class of 1925. secretary to Senator
George II. Moses was installed as dean
of Epsilon Chapter, Kappa Beta Pi
Sorority. on September 80 at dinner
given at the Raleigh Hotel.
The Beta Chapter of the Phi Delta
Delta Legal Sorority held its regular
monthly meeting at the school on
Thursday evening. October I.
Practice court work will begin on
October Is with lecture by Judge A.
D. Smith. All cases have been fled
with the clerk of court. William G.
Jones. and junior counsel will be as.
signed by Dean Grace Hays Riley the
coming week. During this course the
entire senior class will try two cases.
in one of which each acts as attorney
for the defendant. and in the other as
attorney for the plaintiff. Members of
the Junior class will serve as jurors
and assistant attorneys, thus giving
them some knowledge of actual court
work.
The examination in the short pre-.
liminary course on history of law
given by Capt. Frederick c. Lusk will
be held Thursday, October IA. This
course will be followed by a class in
contract cases. conducted by Prof.
Elizabeth G. Harris.
Evening star., 1926-10-10
SCHOOL FIRE ALARM
PLAN DEMONSTRATED
Impressive Prevention Exercises
Held at Shaw Junior
High.

Impressive fire prevention" exer
High School Wednesday. J. Leo Kolb,
chairman of the citizens committee
and Fire Chief George S. Watson de-
livered addresses. Lieut.. A. H. Chap
man and a squad of firemen demon.
strated the alarm system and the use
of a fire extinguisher.
The students contributing musical
numbers. recitations and essays were
boys of the glee club, Rosalind
Butcher, Audrey Carter and Bernard
Nelson. a tire-hazard QUESTIONABLE
was distributed to all students as the
contribution of the printing classes.
The program was arranged by J. G.
Logan, general science teacher, with
the aid of teachers and pupils Of the
art, music. civics, English, CONNER
cial and other departments.
The upper classes extended a vel
come to the $50 new pupils Septem-
ber- %. Features of the exercises
were the address of welcome by Bora
Reynolds. the school creed. by Anita
Harris: solos by George Carter and
Albert Stepney. school cheers and
songs. Part two of the program con-
oASICN VI dild tIioI uses III COS
tune, and excerpts from the "Pied
Piper of Hamelin,' given by the
school last Spring.
The Shaw faculty has six new
teachers this term--Miss A. V. Payne
English and history: Miss NJ. Z. Scott,
science and mathematics: Miss D. l..
Williams. art; Miss I. NJ. Hall, physi-
cal training: Miss |. Miller. mathe-
matics. and w. T. Dixon, commercial
subjects. Miss NJ. F.. West is the an.
nual substitute stationed at Shaw
The Shaw Parent Teacher Associa.
ton held the first meeting of the year
on Tuesday night. The features were
social hour and get-together." with
refreshments by the girls in domestic
science and music by the glee club.
followed by a business session, at
which the retiring president, G.
w. Jackson. presided. The officers
chosen for this year are: John High.
smith. president; Mrs. NJ. Keye. vice
president; Ralph Scott, secretary; w.
A. Goodloe. treasurer
The Columbia University Extension
Center at Shaw will open at O'Clock
Saturday, October 16. The lecturer,
Miss Laura Zirbes of Columbia Uni.
versity. will give course on reading,
treating its problems as found in be.
ginning, primary and Intermediate te
grades. The course carries university
credit Of two points. Teachers of all
grades are registering for the course
with Miss Kirkland. principal of Shaw.
Evening star., 1926-10-10
INDIANS USE MUSIC
FOR R"B|GMED|C|NE'
Natural Remedies Sufficient
for Bruises, But Not for
Severe Ailments.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

RED WING. Mimi, October o.
Indian medicine men of British CO.
lumbia consider material remedies
good enough for bruises. small cuts
and other minor ailments, but when
a patient is really i'll they get ou'
their most potent medicine" which
is music. And the sicker the patient
the more singers are called in to help
the doctor and add TO his power.
This important role of singing il
the treatment of the sick by tribes
of western Canada is reported by
Miss Frances Densmore, who has Just
recorded for the United States Bureau
of Ethnology 120 songs from Indians
living in 16 different localities of
British Columbia.
Views Hop Harvest.
Each Autumn hundreds Of Indians
from all over British Columbia are
brought to the hop fields along the
Fraser River Valley to work at gather
ing the hop harvest. Miss Densmore
took advantage of this unusual gather
ing of tribes to bring her phonograph
in order. to preserve and compare
their songs. This enabled her to
AHlclNlCW lAC SliSCIS dulOHC
more than 1000 Indians, representing
a number of tribes.
British Columbia is so very large
and diversified" she stated. on return
ing to her home here, that | OBJ
tanned songs about the whale, seal
and shark from Indians living by the
ocean and songs about the mountain
goat and deer from inland tribes. ]
have songs from the west coast of
Vancouver Island and others from In
dams living along the Fraser. Thomp--
son. Skeena and Mass Rivers
Miss Densmore was particularly
successful in recording songs from
medicine men of the tribes.
Doctor Sings. Too.
II find that here, as in tribes whicE
have studied in other regions, music
is essential to the treatment of the
sick" she said. 'In these tribes, as
in others. the doctor sings of the
source Of his power and affirms the
recovery of the patient. One song.
for example, says. You will be cured:
the whale is going to help me cure
you"
The ethnologist spent the early part
of the Summer at Neah RHy. where
she continued her work of recording
songs of the Makah Indians. famous
whale hunters of the Northwest. She
also visited Cape Flattery to record
songs of the Quileute. said to be the
most successful hunters of the hair
seal
Evening star., 1926-10-10
TEACH SCHOOL PUPILS
HOW TO RIDE ON TRAINS
Berlin Announces Course of In.
struction for All Children in
Advanced Grades.

BERLIN. October Q R.-Pupils in
the advanced grades of the public
schools are to be taught how to ride
on a railroad train. The text book
has been issued BY the National Rail
ways Administra ton and contains
among other things a chapter de.
signed to eliminate controversies over
possession of seats, which frequently
lead to fist fights.
THE mere depositing of luggage in
the rack above seat" the sylla bus
says, docs not reserve the seat in
the absence of the passenger. A visit.
ing card or piece of luggage tagged
with the owners name must be left
on the seat"
The book also reveals that If a pas.
senger on a through trip misses con.
nections at a junction point because
the first train is late, he can return
free of charge to the point of de-
parture. Moreover he can obtain a
refund Of the fare to the junction.