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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-01-29

graph impression is used by the op.
orator to make note of all occurrenc IS
in connection with attempts to com
plete the call.
At the beginning and end Of con-
versation the operator stamps an i'm.
preston on the ticket with the calcula-
graph "a time clock especially des gnei
for the purpose) to determine the
elapsed time of the conversation.
The toll tickets for each days Dusi-
ness are turned over to the chief OPP
orator. who sees that they are assorted
alphabetically by terminating points.
In some cases tickets are arranged
numerically by originating call num-
bers.. After the tickets have been ar
ranged properly they are mailed to
the accounting Office for billing.
Telephone accounting is one Of the
essential operations of the business.
1t shows the disposition Of revenues
received for telephone service, as well
as the financial operations of the com.
pany.
Accounting for the District of Co
lumbia, Maryland, Virginia and West
Virginia is handled at Washington.
Baltimore, Richmond and Charleston
respectively, under the direction of 0
Division Auditor Of Receipts.
Each department is divided into four
subdivisions, general. bookkeeping.
toll and results. After the monthly
bills for telephone service are pre-:
pared they are placed in window en-:
velopes. To facilitate the handling Of
this great volume Of mail a special
mailing machine is used, This ma
chine ticks, seals and stamps letters.
In place Of stamps the machine i'm.
prints on the envelope Postage Paid'
together with the regulation concella:
tion showing the place, date and time.
When these letters reach the Post
Office it is only necessary for the
postal clerks to sort them to the In.
dividual sacks for distribution,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-01-29

Clark County IS. d. Bankers. have
appointed an agricultural committee
of five to cid the county agent in put
ting across the latter's program Of
work. with especial emphasis on a ten
acre corn contest and eradication Of
tuberculosis in the county
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-01-29
CalOric
7Requirerne
of the Child

nfETITIANS declare that the aver
~ age boy or girl Of four years
should receive about forty calories
pound Of body weight per day. The
average weight of child Of four years
Is forty pounds. Therefore the total
caloric requirement would be ap-
proximately 1000 calories. Calory II
merely the name for certain meas
ure Of heat derived from the burning
of food.
4 Necessarily. the caloric requirement
Of the child is dependent on his
temperament, since a child who plays
hard and long requires more nourish-
ment than one who leads quieter
life. Rate Of growth also has bear
ing on caloric requirements. The
child who Is growing rapidly should
be given more food to meet his caloric
needs than the boy or girl whose
growth Is normal.
Mothers know the daily diet should
consist of the essential foodstuffs pro.
rein. carbohydrates. fats, minerals and
water. The important thing for her Il
to learn the foods that contain these
essentials in balanced diet. Below
is well-balanced menu for any child
six years old compiled by an authority
on home economics.
ONE DAYS MENU FOR SIX
YEAR-oLD CHILD.
R.n.LRa,A
stewed prunes ........12o caiories
" cupful cream of wheat IS calorios'
Served with half cream g
tbsp and half evaporated
milk .................... 140 caloriSS
fslice buttered toast ......160 calories
cup cocoa made with
evaporated milk ........1so Galleries
s45 calories
Luncheon at School.
Baked potato and butter. 200 Galleries
" cupful spinach. ,........ rs calories
l baked apple Il tbsp. sugar,
u ttbsp. butter) ...H.. 200 calories
glass milk .160 calories
slice bread buttered with
II tbsp. butter .......... 100 calories
6s5 4calories
Afternoon Luncheon at School.
orange ...i.............1O 100 calories
Dinner.
small piece broiled steak
u eapful mashed potato .ioS eaioriss
rs cupful lima bean soup
made with evaporated
milk 70 calorles
l glass milk, orange drink 16o calories
$40 calories
Total ...... .l.840 calories
Children often become wearied OF
drinking plain milk. Mixing their milk
with fruit juices is a welcome change
Following is the recipe. for refresh
ing milk drink: Mix u cupful orange
juice. II cupful evaporated milk.
three teaspoonfuls of sugar, " tea
spoonful Of lemon Juice and a few
grains of salt. Shake well in fruit
jar before serving.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-01-29
ALL AMERICAN
DIRECTORY TEAM

This "All American" football team
for 1925 was picked from the listings
of telephone directories.
The positions and players are:
.Ends-Fast, Gustave, Annapolis, Md:
Quick, Earl NJ, Charleston, W. Va.
Tackles-Swift, J. e. Solomons, Md:
Lively, j. Cecil, Hinton, w. Va.
Guards Bloxam, Joseph, Salisbury.
Md: Blocher. j. Harry, Hampstead.
Md. Center-Rush, ]. H. Whiteford.
Md. Quarterback-Spry, John H..
Petersburg. Md. Halfbaek- Buck.
William Macdonald. Logan, w. Va.
Fullback-Back. John T., Huntington.
w. Va.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-01-29
MRS. JENNIE TAYLOR

Licensed Funeral Director
Gentleman Embalmer Lie
ensed for Maryland and Penn
sylvania.
Dignified service given all
calls, night or day.
Cor. N. Queen & Walnut Sts.
Phone 1872 Rising Sun, Nd.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-01-29

A girl is known by the company
she keeps, and most girls are keep
ing company.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-01-29

Some people are so fond of hear
ing themselves talk that they don't
know the difference between a con-
versation and a monoIogue.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-01-29

You can always save lot of time
by letting the other fellow have the
last word.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-01-29

Just because young man makes
name for himself don't jump to
the conclusion that he isn't proud OF
his ancestors.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-01-29

It's all right to speak we'll of the
dead, but don't do it at the expense
of the living.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-01-29

If you doubt that there is nothing
new upder the sun, try to frame up
a few excuses that have never been
used.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-01-29

The only sure way of having peace
is to wait for the other fellow to
begin the trouble.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-01-29
FOR SALE OR REM,

FOR SALE OR RENT
Nearly new two story, four room
dwelling on Mount St., Rising Sun,
Md. Apply to
MAY B. HORWITZ,
!. - Rising Sun, Ma
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-01-29

orst thing about hard words
,lhey come so easy. =.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-01-29

What you don't know costs you a
lot OF money.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-01-29
WOOD FOR SALE

Sawed any length; de-
livered anywhere. 1
G. G. Hill =
Rising Sun, Md.
Phone 24-x
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-01-29

~ trust a man who deceives
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-01-29

The ounce came from Crete.
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-07-12
JOHN ". WEEKS
DIES TODAY IN
new HAMPSHIRE
Former Secretary of War
Senator and Congress-
man, Passes Away.

LANCASTER, n Ii, July -
John w. Weeks, folner Secretary
of War, died here today as a result
of angina pectoris. following a long
period of illness. He relinqushed his
seat in the cabinet of President
Coolidge in April, 1925, and resigned
six months later He strongly OPP
posed Gen Mitchel's aircraft policy.
The former Secretary of War died
witout recovering consciousness from
coma in which he sank early
yesterday. Mrs. Weeks, a son Sin
clair, and a daughter, Mrs. John w.
Rayenge, were at the bedside.
After the funeral at the home in
West Newton, Mass. the body will
be temporarily placed in a vault
there waiting for a transfer to the
Arlington National Cemetery.
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-07-12
FIREMEN CLASH
WITH TEAM Off
ADMIRAL GRAF 7

The undefeated juneau Fire De
partment team will take on a strong
team from the Admiral Line steamer
Dorothy Alexander at City Park al
I p. m. today, it was announced
this afternoon by Manager Jack
Woodard. A strong aggregation will
represent the Firemen.
The club from the steamer is said
TO be fast with corking good bat
terry. 1t has a pitcher with consid-
cradle fast experience He is re-
puted to have hurled at one time a
few years ago for the Chicago Gil
ants, one of the strongest Negro
ball teams in the States. 1t has
played in fast amateur circles.
Manager Woodland has picked out
Andrews and Jackson for mound
duty tonight Capt. Coughlin will
do the receiving. Barragar will prob
ably cover first Other infielders
who probably will be in the game
are Jimmy McCloskey. M. and II
MaeSpadden. Kearney, Vale, Hen
ming and Holman. Outfielders will
include Novel; Oliver, Manning, G.
Breyik, Brown and Mangan.
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-07-12
Business Code for Women
Be Formed at Convention

DIES MONIES. la. July 12-For-
mutation Of a code of business prin-
ciples for women which will help
removing existing prejudices against
the woman in business will be one
Of the major objects OF the National
Federation of Business and Profess
sional Woman's Clubs at its eighth
annual convention to be held here,
July Il to II.
The convention will be attended
by 5000 delegates representing A.
600 women in forty-seven states en-
ranging from medicine, the arts and
law to banking and undertaking. I'm
der the leadership of Mrs. Olive
Joy Wright, Of Cleveland, Ohio, ma
tional president they will discuss
the problems, ethics and future of
he business woman.
y Members of the organization, of.
ficers said, have sometimes found n
tradition among business men that
women in business are unreliable,
do not understand sportsmanship and
fair play and do not pay their bills
promptly By establishing code
of business principles it is hoped
to abolish this tradition by removing
the cause and to educate business
men to regard their feminine CO.
workers as honest and dependable
Another important subject to be
discussed is a program of education.
The Federation will seek the cooper
alton of school systems and leading
business firms in every community
to raise the educational standards for
women and girls in business. The
organization goal is a high school
education for every business girl.
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-07-12
SPECIAL CUSTOMS AGENTS
FINISH WORK IN SECTION

james w. McGonochie and Paul
Watson. special agents of the Gus
toms Service who have been with
Frederick Freed inspecting stations
in the Territory returned from a
trip covering Skagway, Eagle, Fair
banks, Seward and Cordoya on the
Admiral Evans Sunday Mr. Wat
son Will return TO his office in Seat
tie and Mr.. MeConnochie, accompan-
led by his sister, Miss Alice f. Nc
Connochie who has been with him
on the trip. will return to his New
York office.
Mr.. Freed and Mr.. Whittier left
the party at Seward and took the
Victoria Saturday night from that
place for Nome whore they will
make an inspection.
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-07-12
PRESBYTERIAN PARTY AT
SERVICES HERE SUNDAY

Atparty OF about 100 members of
the Presbyterian Tourists aboard the
Admiral Rogers stopped in Juneau
Sunday morning and took the Glac-
ier trip, after which they attended
services held in the Palace Theatre
where DR.. X. j. Robertson preached
an excellent sermon
DR.. 5. Hall Young, well known
Alaska Missionary is with the party
and is in excellent health and
spirits A group under the auspices
OF the Missionary Educational Move
ment, an interdenominational So
ciety. will leave Seattle about Aug
ust 4th for Alaska and DR.. Young
hopes to return with them.
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-07-12
Former Var Secretary Passes Azvay t7er Long Hines,
MUTINY, COAL
MINERS, ENDS
Three Hundred and Seventy
five Convicts Come to
Surface and Surrender.

LANSING, Kan, Jnly 12-The
375 convict miners who started
mptiny Friday night and locked
thmselves in t'te Kansas Peniten-
tiary coal mine. $50 feet below the
surface, capitulsted late Saturday
night and came to the surface.
Futility of further resistance and
collapse Of the revolution brought
the mutiny To an end and the mine
cage. which had been tied down at
the bottom of the shaft, was re.
leased. Groups of miners. 10 each
came to the surface in the cage
after word, seid over the mine tele-
phone, had been received that they
Were ready TO surrender.
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-07-12
RUM1NIA SEEKS RETURN
OF FORTUNE IN JEWELS

BUCHAREST. July 12.-Recent at
tempts of the Bolshevik government
to sell the Russian Crown jewels
has prompted the Rumanian Royal
Family to try to recover that parl
of the Russian collection which for
merly- belonged to the Rumanian
Crown.
Major Charles f. Sprat, of New
YORK, an old friend of the Rumaniap
Royal family has been asked to ne.
gotiate with the Bolsheviks with a
view to the early return of these jew.
els to Bucharest.
Sent to Petrograd.
"heh Rlmania was threatened VITA
invasion by the Germans In 1916, the
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-07-12
Surprise Appointment.

1t was generally assumed in the
event the Republican party won the
national election of 1921 that John
w. Weeks would be a member OF
President Hardings cabinet His Sc
lection for Secretary of the Navy or
Secretary of the Treasury was regard
ed as certain His success as a finan-
cier was recognized. His graduation
at Annapolis and experience in nav
al affairs had been recorded as fit
ting for the navy secretaryship.
A big surprise came, however, when
President elect Harding announced lie
would appoint Mr. Weeks as Secre-
tary of War
a rich life experience in the go
years preceding the appointment was
found to have equipped Mr.. Weeks
for that duty also and he soon was
recognized as a fortunate selection
for the army then facing the post
war problems of reorganization and
reduction to a peace-time basis.
"sld Into Job"
1t was said of him that he slid
into his job" the easiest of any
of the other cabinet officers and
grasped the conglomerate details of
army dministration with a thorough
ness and quickness that spelled con
fidence throughout the War Depart
ment for the staff officers and hun
dreds of subordinate chiefs.
Those who sought light on the
methods used by the new Secretary
soon found it. They had only to re-
view the many-sided life of the man,
which showed at a glance that he
had lived among live things, had
learned to know them and incident
ally had come to know himself.
From the time he was born
on the little New Hampshire farm
near Lancaster, April II. 1860, he
kept in each stage of life an ever
present human viewpoint.
Becomes Schoolmaster.
Until he was II he was doing
chores on the farm, and taking a
friendly interest in the horses and
other living things about the barn
yard. His graduation at the cross
roads school and local high school
(Cnptiunpd m, papo Txuo
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-07-12
TERRIFIC EXPLOSIONS

DON Eh, n. D., july II. - Many
persons are reported to have been
killed and scores were injured, in a
series of terrific explosions in the
area in which the Lake Denmark
Naval Ammunition Depot is located.
late last Saturday afternoon.
Seven bodies had been discovered
late last night in the area devas-
tated but they were not brought out
of the guarded area due to con-
tinuiDg danger from bursting shells
In addition to the seven known
dead three other members of the
Naval Depot are known to be dead
aud upward of 30 are missing.
Property Damage Enormous
The damage to the Naval Arsenal
and adjoining Picaninny Arsenal of
the army reservation. is estimated
at 100000.
Stores and munitions at the Naval
Depot are valued at $87,000.00O.
Hundreds throughout a radius of
few miles of the Depot were in
jured when blasts leveied their
homes.
Work of Lightning
A bolt Of lightning, late Satur-
day afternoon, struck the Arsenal.
which exploded. The entire Depot
force of 70 marines, were called out
To fight the fire.
A second greater explosion caught
them, leaving them dying and in
jured. Ambulances, doctors and
nurses were called out but held
mile away. until further danger
from explosions was believed over.
Large Area Is Hit
Refugees from the villages sur
rounding the arsenals gathered in
towns outside the area of destruc-
ton where the Red Cross. Salvation
Army and other relief organizations
cared for them.
Thraal
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-07-12
MARRETT Is BACK
FROM REUNION OF
CLASS OF 1876

Walter II Marred, the wellknown
Lynn Canal fox farmer. who left
a month ago TO attend the semi
centennial reunion of his clan at
Bowdoin College, the class of 1876.
returned home on the Princess Louise
Saturday night.
This was Mr.. Marrett's first trip
back to his old Maine home where
he was born and raised and spent
the years of his young manhood,
for thirty years. He visited rela-
tiyes and friends old schoolmates.
those who were his pupils when he
was an instructor at Yarmouth and
fore he came to Alaska.
Mr.. Marrett says he found every
where a live interest in Alaska but
little accurate knowledge of the
Territory. He says they would hard
ly credit his accounts of the Alaska
climate when he told them that 1t
did not get as cold here as it does
in New England, and that the win
, ters are much shorter.
There were nineteen members of
the class of 70 at the semi-centen.
NAL reunion, the largest number
that ever attended a 50th anniver.
sary gathering in the history OF
Bowdoin. Mr.. Marrett was student
in his junior year when Longfellow,
in 1875, attended the semi-centen-
nial reunion of his class of '25 He
says there were nine members of
the class at the reunion-just ten
less than the recent reunion of the
class of rs.
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-07-12
Pleads Guilty to
Murder; Frees Man
acine CalIo,cs

CHICAGO, July Robert Scott
today pleaded guilty to numbering
Joseph Maurer drug clerk, in a
hold-up, for whose Staying his
brother Russell has been sentenced
to hang on October 10.
Russell Scott contended during
his trial, that he did not murder
Maurer He was found guilty and
alienists pronounced him in full con.
troll of his faculties Mrs. Russell
Scott has been unceasing in hel
efforts to clear her husband
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-07-12

government hastily dispatched to Pc
trograd for safe-keeping $75, 900, 900 in
gold of the states money and a
large amount of private funds. At
the same time the King and Queen
sent to Moscow all their crown jew
els, as we'll as the private collec-
tion of intimate relatives, the whole
lot valued at about $25 100000
At the outbreak of the October.
1917, revolution in Russia the So.
viets confiscated all gold and gems
in the state treasury. including those
belonging to Rumania.
Subsequently fifty-one cases of these
jewels. mostly those of private Ru-
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The Alaska daily empire., 1926-07-12
BORIS F1VORS AMERICAN
WONAN FOR HIS QUEEN

SOFIA. Bulgaria, July f2.-An AM
erican woman has chance to become
Queen OF Bulgaria il she possesses
beauty. gentle birth, a sympathetic
nature and moderate means.
These are the qualities demanded
in a wife by King Boris, the only
bachelor-sovereign in the world. His
friends say he has given up hope
of finding companion for his
throne among the Royalties of Eu-
rope, and that his eyes now are
focused on an American girl.
or intensely democratic and simple
nature. the thirty-two-year-old ruler
has always held Americans in very
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-07-12
Gaines Sits Dry-eyed
At Daughters Funeral

SEATTLE, July IL Wallace c.
Gaines, at the funeral services Sat
urday night, of his daughter, Miss
Sylvia Gaines, with whose murder
he is charged, sat dry-eyed and nc
visible emotion was displayed. A
handful of persons about him wept
He sat stolidly for 5 minutes
through the services. He did not
view the body.
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-07-12

COLUMBIA. S. G, July 12-Am-
brose E. Gonzales. aged G8 years,
author and editor, died here yestor-
day.
Ambrose Elliott Gonzales acquired
nation wide reputation through his
stories written in the strange dia-
lect of the Negroes on the South
Carolina coastal islands. His mas
terry of the dialect. known as "Gul-
lah". enabled him to write fluently
in it, and the publication in 1922 OF
The Black Border" a collection Of
short stories in that dialect, was
widely and favorably commented up
on in literary circles.
Started on Railroad.
Mr.. Gonzales at the age of 16
became a railroad telegrapher and
after working as such for several
years spent two years at farming
in South Carolina. He returned TO
the key in 1881 and became com
mercial wire operator in New York.
He next turned his attention to
newspaper work, which he entered
in 1885 with the Charleston s. c.,
News and Courier Five years later
he was appointed Secretary of the
state department of agriculture. In
1891, with his brother, n. G. Con
zales, he founded The State. the
present morning newspaper of Golum
ba, S. c., and had been president
treasurer and manager of that news
paper since 1893.
During the Spanish-Ameriean Wal
Mr.. Gonzales served as captain in
the American army.
Suffers Stroke.
Several years before his death Mr.
Gonzales was stricken with paralysis
which partly disabled him. However
he continued the active management
of his newspaper and the writing OF
negro dialect stories The latter
formed the bulk of his literary work
although occasionally he wrote other
stories. In addition to these activi-
ties he operated a large farm near
Columbia.
4
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-07-12
FOREST FIRE
PERIL IN N, W,

SEATTLE, July 12.-The forest
fire peril in the northwest continued
today with high temperatures and
nounced under control.
Last Saturday was the hottest day
in Salem, Ore, 107 degrees. At Eu-
gene the temperature was 104 de-
grees and at Medford 106.
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-07-12
HALIBUT PRICES

PRINCE RUPERT, B. c.. July 12.-
American halibut sold today at 10
and ia cents and Canadian at S
and 159 cents. There were $4,000
pounds offered.
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-07-12

high regard, and Is understood to
have confided in his advisers more
than once that he would have no OBJ
lection to sharing his crown and
happiness with a fair heart from
across the Atlantic.
A Poor Man.
He virtually has no means of his
own. his country is poor. and. there
fore. he must seek wife who pos
sesses a competence of her own.
His own civil list or salary from
addition to this, however, he is al
lowed about 100000 a year for the
lCnntinnad ON PAGE Three \
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-07-12

BULLETIN-DovER, N. J..
July 12.-Capt. William Sayles,
commanding the party which
as soon as the bombardment of
explosions ceased today, entered
the devastated area in search of
dead, reported to Washington
that the victims known vii,
probably be 16 persons.
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-07-12
LIGHTNING is
CAUSE, GREAT
DISASTER, EAST
United States Naval Ammuni-
ton Depot Struck by
Lightning, Explodes.
SIXTEEN KNOWN DEAD;
SCORES ARE INJURED
Property Damage Is Estimat-
ed at One Hundred Mil
lion Dollars.

BULLETIN - NEW YORK.
July II. - Explosions resumed
late this afternoon at Lake De-.
mark Ammunition Depot wher
a sudden shift of the wind sent
ilre roaring on a new magazine.
fouIteen more magazines are
in danger.
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-07-12
A. E. GONZALES
PASSES AWAY AWAY
Author with Nation wide
Reputation Dies In
South Carolina.

COLUMBIA. S. C., July 12-Am-
brose E. Gonzales, aged GS years,
author and editor died here yester-
day.
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-07-12

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