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Evening star., 1926-12-26

BY means of several able spies the
American general was kept well in
formed as to the conditions in his
enemy's camp. He learned that con
tinued success had made the Hessian
troops, who We're stationed directly
across the river at Trenton, somewhat
careless of their sentry system. He
knew, too, that those soldiers of King
George would have an uproariOus
Christmas celebration, including much
feasting and drinking, as was their
custom in their fatherland. Such an
observance of Yuletide would leave
them in a semi-sober condition, which
gave the Revolutionists every oppor-
tGnity of succeeding with a surprise
attack.
The big problem, and the one which
worried Washington most, was how to
get his men across the ice-choked Del
aware River. The ommander-in-chief
did not entirely succeed in overcoming
this obstacle, as is commonly sup
posed, for he divided his army into
three parts. which We're to have
crossed at different places, but only
one of these detachments reached the
Evening star., 1926-12-26

Washington crossing the Delaware.
In preparation for this work the
German-American artist spent many
days along the Rhine studying the
flow of the stream and outlining its
banks. At the same time he made a
painstaking study of Washington s
face and of his career. The artist
must have been a good student. Ger
tainly he seems to have been able to
grasp the viewpoint Of the man whom
he was to paint, for he could not have
reproduced the incident so masterfully
without a sympathetic and accurate
knowledge Of the conditions which his
characters were facing.
Although he was looking back over
period Of nearly rs years, LeutZe
seems to have understood perfectly
that the Christmas of 1875 was any
| thing but a merry one for the Ameri-
: can Revolutionists. Their cause ap-
peared hopeless. Their army had been
doing nothing but retreat before a
| victorious foe for six months. The
term of enlistment of most of the sol
diers was about to expire, so that the
! few thousand who still followed the
colors were expected soon to disband.
The Continental Congress was un-
| able to back up the troops with money
and there was much discomfort and
grumbling on all sides. The letters
! Of Washington, Gen. Greene, Robert
| Morris and other leaders of the time
| indicate that the Revolution had al
most collapsed.
The only element OF hope in the dis
NAL situation seems TO have been that
/ France was considering coming to the
financial and military aid Of the dis
! tressed Colonies. The need of such
| an ally was imperative, and 1t was
| thought could be won If the Colonial
| forces showed some fighting spirit.
! Hence the American leaders reasoned
| a military victory just at that time
would be doubly important.
! Washington, with his usual sagac-
! ity. planned well. He was quartered
with his scantily clad and poorly
equipped army in Philadelphia. The
English and Hessians were stationed
| in several widely scattered towns In
New Jersey, waiting for the Delaware
River to freeze over, when they ex-
pected to march across and capture
: the Quaker City,
Evening star., 1926-12-26
ULTIMA THULE
BY JOHN CALSWORTHY

COntentnent.

There he is she "a id; cant touch
himself. giving his food away all these
Years Ia those eats o. his. | shooed
EN- out today, the nasty creatures:
they wont get in again
oh" ! said. you shouldn't have
done that. It'll only make him miser-
abe
She fiounced her head up. "lIoh,'
she said II wonder I've kept him all
his TINE, with his birds and his cats
dirtNine my house. And there he lies.
talking gihh"Gish about them. He
made me write Ia Il Mr. jackson of
some theater on other-1'Ve no pa
tience with him. And that little bull.
iinch all the time pcrchinG on his
pillow, the dirty little thing. Id have
turned il out. too. only i; Wouidn I
let me catch it.
What docs the doctor say"
'IDuble pneumonia caught ii get
ting his feet wei. after some stray.
/ II he bound IN nursing him.
There has to he some one with him
all the time"
lie WAS lying Very still when | went
up, with the sunlight falling across
the foot Of his bed. and sure enough.
The hullfinch perching on his pillow.
In that high fever he looked brighter
than ever. lie WAS not exactly de
lirious. yet not exactly master of his
thoughts.
MIR. jackson, He'll be here soon.
Mr. Jackson He'll do ii for me. |
can ask him. if | die. A funny
woman. l don't want to eat: I'm not
great eater-l want my breath.
that's all"
Then he seemed 10 recognize me. ~
think I'm going to die" he said: I'm
very weak. It's lucky there's nobody
TO mind. If only he'd come soon. 1
wish''-and he raised himself with
feeble eXcitement-"I wish you'd take
that wire off the window; | want my
eats. She turned them out. want
him to promise me to take them and
Bully-boy. and feed them with my
Nhen
Evening star., 1926-12-26
Food From SawduSt.

A FEW years ago a German scien-
tist made the prediction, saws
Popular Science Monthly. that even
tually men, after reading their morn
ing papers. would he able to treat the
paper with chemicals and eat II. using
as food the woody material contained
in the newsprint.
Today that strange forecast is near
to coming true. In a recent report To
the Society of Chemical Industry In
England, DIR. w. r. Ormandy an-
nounced the perfection of a remark
able new chemical process for con
verting dry sawdust into a mixture
of sugars by treatment with hydro
chloric acid. One of the sugars In
said to be ordinary glucose, or corn
sugar, a substance suitable for human
food.
This discovery is regarded by other
scientists as significant in view Of the
often repeated fears that the world IL
facing a critical food shortage.
Evening star., 1926-12-26
BY GEORGE PORTER.

tn HE famous painting. Wash
ington Crossing the Della
ware" familiar to every
L American, which has beer
more in. evidence than usua1
during this sesquicentennial year. is
seldom associated with Christmas
Yet it should he, for it depicts the out
standing event of one OF the most i'm
portant Christmases in our country's
history. December %, 1776-exactly
$50 years ago.
Emmanuel Leutze, the artist. has
been subject TO much criticism for the
many inaccuracies in his canvas. but
they have not detracted from his
works popularity the picture being
rated by some authorities as the sec
ond greatest or most admired Ameri.
can painting-the Stuart portrait of
Washington. which was rescued by
Dolly Madison from the White House
in 1914, being classed first.
LeutZe was only using his painter
prerogative, the artistic equivalent of
poetic license. when he portrayed
Evening star., 1926-12-26
Silent Rife.

A SILENT rife Is reported to have
been invented by a Berlin lock-
smith. The new gun uses compressed
air. carries 25 shots without reloading.
and can he fred automatically. Recent
tests in Germany are said to have
shown 1t capable of firing q bullet
which will penetrate tenth Of an
Annanzze1GfEzk aka ka10a0sunRxan
Evening star., 1926-12-26

always thought it showed a bit of
heart in him. If man don't look
after number one, he's as good as
gone: that's what I've always found.
Why. / should not have been worth
Evening star., 1926-12-26
Oxygen in Bottles.

OXYGEN, like hot coffee or choco-
late. may now be carried in ther-
mos bottles.
Evening star., 1926-12-26

ewes which had a cold and honest
glitter. searched me closely.
III you're going mp" she said, II
hope Noll'll give him good advice. lie
never lets me in. | wonder | Keep
him.
There were three flights OF stairs.
narrow. clean and smelling Of olcloth
Selecting one of.two doors AT random
knocked His SilVery head and
bright pinched face were cautiously
poked out.
All" he said; Il thought il might
be her"
Evening star., 1926-12-26

ITTNA THULE The words
come into my head this winter
night. That is why ! write
down the sto''y. rs know Ii,
nf n little old friend.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1926-02-19


Chicago public school to b named
Samuel GompeFs School: labor in
Washington. D G. asks that Washing
ton school Be named after dead leader
senats votes down publicity for IN
come tax returns; House does like
wise.
National Federation Of Federal En-
ployes brands as Ridiculous charges
of Representative Davey that many
government employees are etime kill
ers.v
Wife Of striking coal miner dies Of
starvation as husband seeks work out
side Of coal fields.
Legislature Of British CoIumbia
passes minimum wage law Fer workers
in lumber industry.
World war killed e6e. 900 French
farmers. 285.000 in industry and 49,
900 in professions official records just
made public show.
Eneounterine developments in work
ers' educational movement IN last six
months, according to reports submits
ed to Workers Education Bureau,
New, York City
Church Temperance Society for
Episcopal church declares for modifi-
cation Of the voIstead act.
Oil and land laws in Mexico in ef-
49, - -. ee...1 49,. nfs.s.t-. "a
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1926-02-19
timber WORKERS WILL
HOLD SPECIAL Meeting


One Of the most spirited meetings
Of the Lumber workers held n many
weeks and an attendance that Is sell
dom equaled, excepting special 0acas-
ions, was recorded Thursday evening
Of this week. when they met at the
Labor Press hall, according to =. F.
barrow, recording secretary.
President Harmon presided Ike a
veteran, expediting tie business. part
Of which had been accommodating over
3 period Of two weeks. Several new
members were obligated. and other ap-
plications acted upon.
For the benefit Of members who
work at night. it was decided to hold
special meeting Sunday, February
IS. at also Pm. It Is hoped that a
plan can be devised whereby all mem
bers Of the organization can attend .
meeting at least once 3 week.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1926-02-19

Raise wages to block threatened
business depression, says Henry Ford
in interview. 1T is good business"
Ford declares, always to raise wages
and never to lower them. Higher
wages and lower prices mean greater
power-more customers
Plans for presenting relief meas
ures for farmers shaped at conference
in Chicago.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1926-02-19

Senate passes resolution requesting
President to call conference Of oper-
ators and miners in attempt to settle
anthracite strike.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1926-02-19

Premier Mussolini heading Italy for
war, declares Representative Rainey
of Illinois.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1926-02-19
BUZZ
SAW
LET THE DUST FALL
WHERE IT MAY

Almost everybody's paper-and al
so their evening presents
about every so often a cartoon show
ing ''the public" in dire distress, help
less, just out Of luck.
''The public" as caricatured or car
tooned, is 3 wizened little figure with
scraggly s7ace curtains" low forehead,
wobbly knees. a forehead lacking the
least sign Of aggression. eyes bereft
Of any Of the light of intelligence, not
to speak of combat.
'The public" of the cartons Is the
"fall guy" who is continually stepped
on and who doesn't seem to have the
least idea what to do about it.
Why is it when cartoonists want to
depict the people en- masse they pro-
duce such a helpless, spineless crea-
ture? Why must they picture dried
up elderly waif who looks as Il he
might have been found in the ash
can or in the flag end Of q Chicago
department store remnant sale of odds
and ends?
Why is this atrocious bit of frayed-
out, played-ont near humanity pre-
scented to US as representing "the
public ?"
Where do cartoonists get their
TYPES" anyhow? Where did they find
this alleged "public," this shot-to-
pieces flag end Of helplessness and
hopelessness7 Where did they find the
poor fish and what made them think
he typified the public?
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1926-02-19

It's time something was done about
such atrocities. It's time cartoonists
were dragged forth in the early MORN
ing hours, tried by court martial and
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1926-02-19

shot without breakfast avery time
they perpetrate \ repetition Of ''the
public at the last edition Of dried
apple.
Il the public really is 50 helpless.
so utterly brainIess, 50 completely UNI
able even to cross the street Alone SO
tagged and logged, SO wizened and
withered and wilted, so down at the
heel, SO empty above the ears, SO weak
in the knees-if the public Is like that,
then by the eternal fizz the public
deserves what it geIs in this world.
The poor sap OF the cartoons doesn't
even think, doesn't even throw up ;
feeble elbow when he is hit, doesn't
fight back, doesn't hetray the slightest
sign of intelligence, interest in life
or desire for self-proteetion. He ex-
cites no pity, no compassion. no in
terest. Hes joke and the world viii
forever laugh at him because the
world is healthy and always laughe
at simplctons and boobs and funny
little guys who don't know where
they're going or why.
Why can there not be public
worth lookink at IN a cartoon? Why
can there not be public that comes
somewhere near fitting the masses of
the peoples creature Of some dec
eney Of proportions, some show Of
life. some kick left in him, some little
bulge above the eyes at least
The public of the cartoons should
get off the stage, along with the stage
Irishman, the laborer Of the square
cap, the comedy Jew and Lo, the poor
Indian.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-27
Local Aid Fund
Total Is $4,000

Weekend contributions to the Red
Cross relief fund for sufferers from
the Florida hurricane today brought
the total to $4,000. according to
William Fortune, local chapter chair.
man.
Money will be received all this
week." Fortune said. He urged con-
tributions be made at once, as the
need is greater than was anticipated
The goal here is $4,000.
Capt. II. w. Cook, who left India
napolis last week in an airplane with
serum and other supplies for the
storm area. got only as far as Jack
sonvile, Fla, according to a telegrans
The supplies were forwarded from
there by train.
Cook was expected to fly back to
Indianapolis. arriving sometime to-
day.
The Times, Optimist Club and
Mooney Mueller-Ward Company made
500 contributions over the weekend.
Number of homes destroyed in
Florida was fixed at 1926 and houses
damaged at $3.50 in a bulletin.
issued by the National Red Cross.
"At least s5,O0O,OOO is needed for
relief of southern Florida" said the
bulletin. ITO date only S2,0S7.000
has been either collected or
promised. 1t is absolutely necessary
that we all do our utmost to speed
the campaign for funds"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-27
-FOUR MOTHERS
DIE IN RIVER
Skiff Crashes Into Ferry
Baby Also Victim.
BIZ United Press

Blu United Press
POMEROY, Ohio, Sept. 27.-Four
mothers of large families, one of
them with baby in her arms, were
drowned in the Ohio River at Mason.
w. Va, early today when a skiff
in which they were crossing the
river, was carried by swift current
under a ferryboat tied to a pier.
The dead: Mrs. A. E. Foulk, so;
Mrs. John Maier, 81; Mrs. Robert
Hummell, 49,; Mrs. Will Sponagel.
AZ, and Mrs. Sponagels 7-months.
old baby
With a large party of Pomeroy
residents, the victims had returned
from weekend excursion to Pitts
burgh.
| The ferry boat was obscured by
4 darkness. and not until the crash did
occupants of the small boat know 1t
was there Stunned by the impact,
they were tossed into the swirling
water.
Two women were rescued by the
three men in the boat. The rest of
the excursionists were waiting on
the West Virginia side when the
accident occurred.
The bodies have not been re-
covered
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-27
BATTLE TO PUT
AIMEE ON TRIAL
FOR SINS OPENS
More Guards Than SpeCta-
tors as Evangelist and
Mother Appear.

BU United Press
LOS ANGELES. Sept. 27.-In the
sombre setting of a tiny courtroom,
patrolled by more guards than
spectators, Aimee Semple McPher-
son and her mother. Mrs. Minnie
Kennedy, appeared today for their
preliminary hearing on charges OF
conspiring to defeta justice.
Dressed in modest gowns of black
and white. the picturesque pastor of
Angelus Temple and the Buxom
business manager of the Order Of the
Four Square Gospel walked quietly
into court shortly after 10 a. m.
Hundreds of the evanselist's fol-
lowers and many others, denied adj
mittance TO the hearing, formed a
mob outside the Hall of Justice as
the proceedings began. They were
held in check by police.
The charges against Mr.. McPher-
son grew out ftvo alleged con
fessions" of women that they were
hired by her to pose as the Miss
X" mysterious woman companion
of Kenneth G. Ormiston. former
radio operator of Angelus Temple, at
Carmel.by-the-Sea last summer dur
ing Mrs. McPherson's disappearance.
Keyes will attempt to prove that
Mrs. Mcpherson was not Spirited
Turn to Page III
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-27
HOPE STILL HELD
FOR TRAPPED MEN
Three Separate Shafts Being Forced Through Ground
Where ForN-Tmee Miners Are Imprisoned.

IRONWOoD, Mich. Sept. 81
Spurred by the prospect that the
next twelve hours would bring sue
cess, rescue workers continued to-
day the quadruple attempt to reach
the forty-two men who have been en-
tombed in the G.. Pabst iron mine for
seventy-two hours.
Three separate shafts are being
forced through the ground toward
the 500-foot level. where the men are
imprisoned. and a diamond drill Is
sinking a small hole through which
concentrated food may be lowered.
Mine officials declared there is no
gas in the mine and that the eighth
level Of the mine, where the men
are entombed, is well supplied with
air. Exposure, thirst and hunger,
however. undoubtedly are ravaging
the trapped workers IL they are
alive.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-27
HIGHWAY INQUIRY
STILL UNDER WAY
District Attorney Gets Some
Supplemental Facts.

Although facts found in the De-
partmept of Justice investigation of
alleged Irregularities In the disposal
Of used war materials by the high
way commission were said not to
have been presented to the Federal
grand jury, it was learned today that
the inquiry still is under way.
1t was said that supplemental
facts are being presented almost
daily to Upfted States District At
torney Albert Ward, who is expected
to make a decision soon as to
whether or not the case should be
presented to the grand jury at it's
next meeting.
Indictments stand in the county
courts against six men, including
an official and former members of
the commission, growing out of the
disposal of the materials.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-27
QUIZ
IS REVIVED
BY ARRESTS
Todd, ex-Street Car Con-
duCtor, Said to Have
Threatened Wife.
NOW FACES CHARGES
Said Involved in $4,000
Ticket Theft.

Detectives today revived their in
vestigation of the death of Mrs.
Mary Todd. 81, of 935 Church ST.,
who died Aug. 2, when a bullet from
a gun held by her husband, Rucker
Todd, pierced her head.
Todd, former street car conduc-
tor, is under arrest on charges Of
grand larceny and embezzlement in
connection with investigation Of the
theft of nearly $4,000 worth of
street car tickets from the Insjian-
apolis Street Railway Company.
Admits Selling Tickets
Todd. according to detectives, ad-
mitted selling SIS worth of the stolen
tickets to passengers on his car. He
obtained the tickets, he said, accord
ing to detectives. from Mrs. Nora
Briggs, "a. Of $50 w. Ray ST., his
wife's sister.
Mrs. Briggs, also arrested on grand
larceny and embezzlement charges
and released on bond, denied any
connection with the theft of the
tickets.
The death of Todd's wife was in
volved in the case when Harry
Raitsno. Mrs. Briggs attorney, de-
clared that Mrs. Briggs heard Todd
threaten the life of his wife, shortly
before her death.
Mrs. Briggs and another woman,
according to Raitano, were at the
rodd's home when Todd returned
home drunk.
When his wife scolded him and
told him she was expecting to be-
come mother, Todd threatened,
Wed better not have any more
children, or I'll kill YOU" the attor-
ney said.
Inspector Claude Morley said Mrs.
Briggs had made no such statement
20 DetectsyeA Msrren and Tookey,
who have been working in the case.
She will be questioned, he said,
and any facts relating to the death
of Mrs. Todd developed in the car
ticket theft probe will be followed
up, he said.
Todd, detectives charged, has been
turning over the stolen tickets to
Sam Richman, 21. of 1917 Charles
St, who has been selling them to
workers at the Real Silk Hosiery
Mills.
James P. Tretton, street railway
superintendent said he did not be-
lieve Todd could have stolen the
tickets without the help Of some one
employed in the car company office.
Others may. be involved in the
thefts. he indicated.
Exact amount Of tickets stolen is
not known, but the amount Is some
thing under $4,000 Tretton said.
The thefts extended over the past
nine months, he said.
Mrs. Briggs is employed in the
.treasurer's office.
Was Held Accidental
At the time of the death of Mrs.
Todd. police and Coroner Paul f.
Robinson held the shooting to be ac-
cidental.
Todd said the revolver exploded
accidentally as he was unloading it,
He had just returned home and
was preparing to put the gun, which
he carried because his car had been
dynamited twice, away so their two
children would not be endangered.
This was during the strike of street
car employees.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-27

II. G. Barret, one Of the mine own
ers, declared that the tunnel to the
trap may be completed late today.
Hundreds of persons, including
many relatives and close friends OF
the entombed men. crowded around
the shaft all day Sunday, and many
remained during the night. Women
made coffee and sandwiches for the
workers.
Approximately 400 men were at
the shaft eager to assist with the
digging. but the shaft was so clogged
with debris that only six men could
work in it at time.
The men were entombed Friday
night by 300-foot cave-in. believed
to have been caused by the vibra-
tions Of an elevator which slipped
and killed threa men while descend
ing into the shaft.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-27
WORK OR co
TO JAIL is
MIAMI ED|CT
All Able e-Bodied Men, Both
White and Negro, Vir-
tuaIly ConSCripted.
WARNINGS ARE POSTED
Follows City-Wide Thanks
giving Sunday.

Bv United Press
MIAMI, Fla, Sept. 27.-Placards
announcing that every able bodied
man must work or go to JAIL" were
posted today by Henry r. Chase.
sheriff of Dade County and Leslie
Quigg, Miami police chief.
1--WE need men to restore Miami, :"
the placards said. This is not the
time for laggards."
The virtual conscription follows
closely the forcing to work OF all
Negro labor in clearing away the
wreckage Of the West Indian
hurricane, which swept south
Florida. nine days ago.
May Ease Tension
The order is expected by the Of
flcials to remove the cause of COM
plant of the. Negroes, a score of
whom caused troopers. police and
deputy sheriffs considerable appre-
hension over race trouble Friday
night. Putting white labor TO work
will soothe the disgruntled Negroes.
it is believed.
The far reaching step toward re-
habilitation OF the ruined city also
followed a day Of city-wide thanks
giving that the devastation and
deaths had not been greater in the
storm that slashed the city.
More than 5000 persons jammed
Royal Palm Park. crowding between
the shattered hulls Of launches and
yachts and palm trees and other va
rieties of debris and offered thanks
that the toll was not greater.
Like Requiem
The service savored of the requiem.
Many prayers were said for the
dead. most OF whom were buried
without funeral services.
Regular services were held in sew.
erai churches (which have been pro-
nounced safe despite the damage.
Mayor Romph had proclaimed the
day one of municipal Thanksgiving.
The services concluded. Miami be-
gan Immediately to dig deeper into
the debris.