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Evening star., 1926-06-06

"The excitement of a large scale
contest and the power to thrill with
the spoken word-these are the basic
reasons for the widespread interest in
the national oratorical contest, which
this year has become international
as WELL"
Thus Randolph Leigh, organizer
and director of the contests, expressed
himself in revueing the recent con-
test.
"Three years ago." he continued,
"few people believed that the contest,
even if it reached into number of
States. would assume truly national
proportions, or that it could grip the
imagination of the public. And yet
in that time the movement has swept
forward until public speaking has be-
come a major sport in the secondary
schools of America, and the con-
tagion has spread to England. France.
Canada and Mexico, as well. In prac-
tically every community in which a
contest is held the crowd OF enthusi-
asts exceeds the seating capacity OF
the meeting place. Brass bands'
school yells and widespread puoilc
interest-theSe are now the regularly
expected accompaniments OF these
competitions.
ScODe OF NAOVeH1cHNs
"The scope of the movement is by
itself enough to excite interest. Ap'
proximately 100000 boys and girls
in schools from Puget Sound to Flor
ida Keys have participated In the con
test. The plan of the pro]ect mas mas
been broadened so as to lnclude
iunior as well as senior high schools.
and even in localities where there Is
no active newspaper sponsor tne
schools are permitted to enter the
contest and are given fair repre-
sentation in IT..
"But mere bigness could not keep
interest in the contest keen. Ine
thrill Of that greatest OF the arts-the
art of quick ening the emotions by the
spoken words really the great 1ac-
tor in its drawing power:
1.-THE project is planned not mercy
to Instruct and entertain, but also to
thrill. True oratory is not matter
of cold statistics. It is not a matter
Of moving the arms or the legs or the,
lips. or even the eyebrows. but OF
moving the audience. Precisely that
is what the successful contestants
do-they move their hearers!
1.-THE reports from the final meet
lngs in various newspaper territories
and from the still more hard-fought
regional finals as well as the f1nai
contest Friday night all bear witness
to the capacity Of the speakers to
thrill their hearers.
"There have been two other factors.
less conspicuous but by no means to
be overlooked, in explaining the sue
cess of this movement. These are
the school teachers and the news
papers, which, when working to-
gether, have limitless capapcity for
accomplishment. In thousands OF
schools teachers have given not
merely hours but days, and even
weeks, to directing and selecting con-
testants. This work, for the most
paprt, has been carried on after regu-
Evening star., 1926-06-06

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pion, had been elected president of
the club to succeed Robert Sessions.
! 1925 oratorical champion. Miss Helen
| Bylund Of New York City was elected
secretary and treasurer.
| Anxious to show the Constitution
Club members all of his treasures, Mr..
Hammond conducted them on a per-
| sonal tour Of his private office. on the
walls of which are hung hundreds of
pictures Of celebrities. all autographed
and bearing friendly messages to the
popular mining engineer Miss Nat
allie Hammond charmingly aided her
father in entertaining the club mem
bers.
Thanks to the unusual courtesies
extended by Comdr. John T. G. Sta
pier. detailed by the Secretary Of the
| Navy to accompany the orator and
their party of friends on the Mount
Vernon trip, the day on the river and
at the tomb and home of Washington
was acclaimed by the group as the
most pleasant Of their lives.
House Buffet Luncheon.
A buffet luncheon and high tea were
served on the Sylph and both Comdr.
| Stapler and Comdr. Whiting, in
! charge of the Sylph. urged the mem
! bers of the party to inspect the yacht
| ''aS II it were your own property"
Points of interest on both banks of
the Potomac were pointed out by Col.
and Mrs. G. Fred Cook, The Evening
Star representatives, who acted as
hosts. A complete Photographic rec.
ord was made Of the trip by Star
| Photographers
When the party arrived at Mount
! Vernon they were given the liberty
Of the grounds and spent two hours
in seeing the various houses.
Guests On Yacht Trip.
| Those in the party included Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Cleary, parents of Thomas
| Cleary. Philadelphia finalist; Walter
Capelli. In charge of the oratorical
contest in Pennsylvania; Herbert We
mig. the 1925 champion; Miss Myrtle
| Posey. The Stars entrant: Miss Ann
Hardin, Louisville. KY. orator; Miss
Guita Bearman, Minneapolis orator.
Miss Helen Bylund. New York City or.
ator; 4. E. Lewis, Philadelphia Bull
| letin; Edward o. Wenig, grandfather
| OF young Wenig; Mr.. and Mrs. John j.
Kuhn, aunt and uncle of Wenig; o. J.
| Bue, Chicago Daily News; Mrs. A. N
Bearn1an, mother of Miss Bearman:
John Also, companion Of Wenig: Rob
ert Sessions. Arthur Glenn Andrews,
companion of Sessions from Alabama; !;
Fanny May Baldridge, Miss Hardin's s
coach; Frances Dickson Of Kansas
City Star; Mrs. w. Bylund, mother of
Miss Bylund; Mr.. and Mrs. Robert w.
! Scharf OF Brooklyn, friends Of Wenig.
and Miss Rose Stryker, guest Of Col
and Mrs. Cook.
Today the same group will ms.
semble early and go on an intensive
| sightseeing trip of the city. This
afternoon they will be guests of The
Star at a luncheon at the Willard.
Tonight some of the orators will leave
the city, while others, including
Wenig and Also, plan to prolong
their visit until late next week.
Evening star., 1926-06-06
PICNIC PLANS MADE.
Society of Natives Annual Outing
to Be Held June 10.

Entertainment features, sports and
games, with prizes. will be among the
attractions at the second annual pic
mic of the Society Of Natives, District
of Columbia, at the Joaquin Miller
cabin, Rock Creek Park, Saturday af-
ternoon, June 10, from 1 until 8
o'clock.
Buses will leave Mt. Pleasant
street and Park road lend of the Mt.
Pleasant car line), to convey the pic
nickers to the proper place, beginning
at 1 pm. and Milkhouse Ford 1:20
pm. until pm; then every 40 min
utes until 1920, which is the last trip
from Milkhouse Ford.
Luncheon will be served upon ar
rival at the grounds and refreshments
later in the afternoon.
Mrs. J. G. Kondrup of 3012 Cam
bridge place in chairman of the picnic
committee.
Evening star., 1926-06-06
HIKING FASTER WINNING.
In Indiana Four Days After Leav
ing Chicago for New York.
c;al n;snatob IN The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
KENDALLSVILLE Ind, June o.
George Hasler Johnston, hiking faster,
stopped off here this afternoon for
a half hours rest before continuing
on the next lap Of his attempt to walk
from Chicago to New York In 80 days
without eating. Thousands greeted
him along his route. He left Ligonier
this morning and expects to spend
tonight at Waterloo. walking about
40 miles today.
A 5O-mile stretch Of dirt roads In
this section has slowed up his pace
considerably. Johnston has lost II
pounds since starting his endurance
test, but his physician, DIR. Peter
Lersch Of New York. says he Is in ex'
cellent health. Johnston seems to be
suffering no pangs hunger. This
is his fourth day Of 6tt.
Evening star., 1926-06-06

in any other occupation. Monotony,
for the most part, is not in our work,
but in the mind of the worker"
Final reports from the headquar-
ters maintenance fund committee in
dicated that more than $1,000 had
been raised by volunteer subscrip-
tions during the 10 days of the con-
vention. This amount, added to the
amount already subscribed, brings
the total well past the $4,000 mark,
according to Mrs. Grace Morrison
Poole, chairman Of the maintenance
fund committee.
Among the pledges received yes
terday was one from the Susan B.
Anthony Foundation at Washington,
given in memory of their founder.
Evening star., 1926-06-06
Commissioned in Reserves.

jackson W. Wisner, Rockville, Md.
has been commissioned by the War
Department a first lieutenant of In
fantry, and Ward w. Caddington.
Silver Spring Md. a second lieute-
nant of Infantry. both in the Reserve
COrDS of the ARMY,
Evening star., 1926-06-06

because of his absence from the
country. These members recently
were appointed by President Cool
idge, but the other members hold
Office on the commission by virtue of
their official positions in other
branches of the Government.
Evening star., 1926-06-06
DUGGAN IN MARTINIQUE.
Argentine Aviator Makes Hor
From Porto Rico Via Guadeloupe.

PORT OF FRANCE, Martinique,
June S @.-Bernardo Duggan, Ar
gentine aviator, en- route from New
York to Buenos Aires, arrived here
at 4:40 pm. today from Basse.Terre,
Guadeloupe. Duggan left San Juan,
Porto Rico, this morning.
Evening star., 1926-06-06

The first years program also
calls for appropriations for sites for
buildings at Chicago and Pittsburgh,
at $3,975,000 and $2,050,00O, respec-
lively: of 100000 for a quarantine
station site at New Orleans; sec, 900 for
an assay station sit at Seattle, and
SOS 900 for a courthouse site at Des-
Moines. and $35, 900 for a site at Mont
clair, N. j. In the last two places
appropriations were asked for i'm
mediate construction of buildings.
Birmingham, Ala. would get addi-
tional office space, 1926, 900; Memphis,
Tenn, extensions to postal substation,
$4,000 Paris, Tex, additional stor-
age. $4,000.
The total cost of the Birmingham
and Memphis projects. however, is
estimated at S425,000 and $325.000,
respectively, and the additional funds
necessary will be asked for next year.
Evening star., 1926-06-06

Persia will build a paper.making
plant, costing t400. 200. to supply paper
for its government printing Office.
Evening star., 1926-06-06
Sites to Be Purchased.

The program covers the purchase
only this year of sites in the cities
listed below. Buildings were author
lied for them in 1913. The amount
of the appropriation to be asked and
the cost of the completed buildings
are included in the table.
Evening star., 1926-06-06
PARK ACQUISITIONS
ACTION Is EXPECTED
IN NEXT FEW MONTHS

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Evening star., 1926-06-06
HAMMOND IS HOST
TO YOUNG ORATORS
AT HIS RESIDENCE

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Evening star., 1926-06-06

Among the other speakers on the
program of the department of the
American home We're Mrs Mary
Schenck Woolman. who spoke on tex
tiles; Mrs. Edith Mcclure Patterson,
who discussed the home budget; Miss
Alice Lakey. who emphasized the i'm
portance Of insurance for the home;
Mrs. May Dickinson Kimball the Gre
ator of mothercraft, and Mrs. Frank
G.. Gilbreath, whose subject was "Fa-
tigue and the Home"
Declaring that four things, more
than any physical cause, produced
fatigue in the business of home maxi
ing, Mrs. Gilbreath named worry as
the most fatiguing factor, working
under emotional or nervous pressure
as the second, friction third and
monotony fourth. In discussing this
last point, Mrs. Gilbreath said ANY
home maker who has a background
Of business life knows that theresE r
less menoteNy in homemaking thar
Evening star., 1926-05-23
MRS. ROBERT SYLVESTER
Mt\AM.

Whose mother. Mrs. John Young
King, announces her marriage to DR..
Maxam May .. She was formerly
Miss Lydia Conrad kimbail.
Evening star., 1926-05-23
OF Personal Interest
To Washington Residents

Mr.. and Mrs. Simon kann have re-
turned from a visit of several weeks
at French Lick Springs, Ind.
Miss Marian Wallenberger of Chi
cago. who attends Chevy Chase Sem
mary. has returned to her home in
Chicago.
Mrs. Edward Delsch of New York
City is the guest of her parents. Mr..
and Mrs. Edward kohner of 1888
Belmont road.
\ surprise dance was given IN
honor of DR.. Harry kronman Tues
day night at the home of Mr.. Howard
Held prior TO his leaving for New
York, Thursday
Mrs. Loeffler of Port Chester, \. y,
who has been the guest of her son-in-
law and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Theo-
dore Peyser, was joined here by Mr..
Loeffler and left during the week for
Newport News, Va, to visit Mr.. and
Mrs Sol Peyser
Mrs. Eugene Schwah of Beverly
Court has as her guest Mrs. A.
Schultz of Long Beach, y. Y.
The Friday Club met at the Coun-
try club last week for luncheon and
NAH -jonG, Mrs. Sol Meyer acting as
hostess.
Mrs. Clara Barnes and her grand
daughter. Clara Smith, accompanied
by Mrs. Louis Barnes and her daugh-
ter Miss Mildred Barnes. sailed from
New York Yesterday on the :. :.
Penniland to spend four months
travelling in England. France, Italy.
Belgium and Spain.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mendes liecht or
Baltimore. We're guests last week of
Mr.. and Mrs. David Frank.
"A Night in Hollywood" Was the
name of the dance given 81 lhe
Country Club last. night by members
of the piTan-Pi Fraternity i'll enter
tanning a number of of-toWh
guests. The participants came in
costume representing different well
known movie stars. buffet supper
was served at midnight.
Among the out-of.toWn guests were:
The Misses Louise Strouse. Carlyn
l'uld Julia Greenfield and Elsa Wolf
Of Baltimore: Elise Nushhaun Of
Philadelphia, Messrs Henry lIecht and
Paul Frank OF Philadelphia.
Mrs. Jacob Rosenthal of Norfolk.
Va. who was the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. \. Lehman. returned to her
home in Norfolk, Thursday.
Mrs. Henrietta Sommers left Thurs
day for Richmond. Va. to visit her
son-in.IaW and daughter. Or. and Mrs.
Ezekiel.
Mr. and Mrs. Irving Stra sburger
Of New York City are spending the
week end in town with relatives.
Mrs. Almond Cerposs has returned
to her home i'm Atlantic City after
being he guest of her son.in law ana
daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Neu-
myer.
Mrs. Julia Luchs is visiting Nj.
ana Mrs Etgene I.uchs, in New York
City. - 1f
Ms. Jessie Miller gave a. luncheon
Wednesday at the Country club in
honor of her aunt Mrs. strauss of
New York City, covers We're laid
for IL.
Mrs J. t. Simon and her Young son
have returned to their home i'll Nash
. vile. Tenn.
Miss Elise Nusbaum OF Norfolk.
Va. who is attending college in Phil
adelphia.. is the week end guest Of
Mrs. Sylvan King.
Miss Esther Sherry has as her
guests over the Week end Miss CarIvn
Fuld and Miss Julia Greenfield Of
Baltimore.
Mr.. and Mrs. Milton kronheim Will
Evening star., 1926-05-23

evening d buffet supper was served.
A prize dance was one Of the features.
Attractive prizes in the form of initial
pins for the girls and tie clasps for
the boys were exchanged.
Mrs. Howard Sigmund and little
daughter Nancy WHO spent 10 days in
New York with relatives We're Joined
by Mr.. Sigmund and returned home
ON Friday.
Mrs. Herbert Hahn of Pittsburgh.
Pa. has been the guest of her sister.
Mrs. Sidney Seidenmann of the Mon
terey Apartment.
Mrs. Sophia GundersheimeI is leav.
ing today for Jersey City, ~ j., TO
visit her daughter, Mrs. Ben Hecht.
formerly Miss H. Gladys Gunder-
Sheimer.
Rev. DIR. Abram Simon was present.
ed with magnificent silver tray dur
ing the evening, the presentation
speech being made by Emanuel
SchlosS, one of the confirmants.
Miss Alma Goodman. teacher of the
class. was given d leather bag.
The parents of the confirmants were
The chaperones for the evening.
Evening star., 1926-05-23
Woman Lawyers Celebrate
Two Notable Events Today

Mrs. Arthur Keith, LII. NJ. dean o.
Epsilon Chapter, Kappa Beta ri Leg,
Sororit'-. Will entertain the nemb+ T.,
at the Chevy Chase Club this evening
Epsilon was the first chapter Of ka,
pa Beta ri to be installed outside ..
Chicago, where the sorority Wa
founded. The Chevy Chase party vii
celebrate it's tenth anniversary as We
as the seventy birthday ann.
yerSary of Mrs. Ellen Spencer Musse,
one'of the founders of the Washing on
College of Law.
Chief Justice Walter !. Mccoy ami
Dr. Charles W. Needham have re
Gently become patrons Of Epsilon
Chapter. and. together with Judg"
kathryn Sellers. honorary menbs q
of the chapter. will attend the Chez
Chase dinner.
Mrs. Keith. the dean. is the wife
of DR.. Arthur Keith. eminent geologisi
and is We'll known in legal and socia
circles.
Evening star., 1926-05-23
Club Women Hostesses
At Seaside Hotel

Mrs. Frederick l.. Baeley Of Boston,
member of the legislative department
of General Federation of WOmens
Clubs, and Mrs. Gilbert Davis of Yer
mont. chairman OF the Legislative de-
partment. will give a tea at the Tray
more Hotel. Atlantic City. Tuesday
afternoon, in honor of Mrs. John ID.
Sherman, president of the General
Federation of Women'S Clubs
Mrs. Kate Trenholm Abrams. Vice
chairman of The Legislative depart
ment, will assist in receiving the
guests. and Niss tharl Williams Of
the National Education Association
will give q short address on the sub.
jeCt of the Curtis Reed bill, which
creates a department Of education.
Evening star., 1926-05-23
Nebraska State Society
At Country Club Nav 81

The Nebraska Stake Associa ton
will meet for dinner. dancing and
other forms of recreation at the Con
gressional Country Club. Montgom-
cry County, Md. Thursday evening
A. special bus will leave the Trans
portation Building. Seventeenth and
II streets northwest. at 6:30 o'clock
pm. Those having automobiles are
requested to provide transportation
for as many Nebraskans as possible.
A club dinner will be served at $50
o'clock, and there will be dancing
through the evening.
Evening star., 1926-05-23
Detailed to Honolulu.

Col. Oliver l.. SraldiuG. ir.. 18th
Field Artillery, has been relieved from
duty at Fort Sam Houston. Texas,
and ordered 20 Honolulu for duty with
trONnN.
Hyder weekly herald., 1926-06-23

Mrs. Ed Williams was tAattle accompanied by her round trip passenger the daughter Miss Evelyn Blan Taku II last week. fRon. ..,
Hyder weekly herald., 1926-06-23
THE NUGGET SH0PPE

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Hyder weekly herald., 1926-06-23

Dr. C. D. Carter announces that he will return to Hyder Tn July to look after the dental needs of patrons in Hyder and Stewart.
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Hyder weekly herald., 1926-06-23

For Rent-3 room house, part ly furnished. Forest Townsite. E. R. Stivers.
Hyder weekly herald., 1926-06-23

Mrs. Walter Blanton return ed Saturday from a trip to Se- Watch Tlis Space Next Week
Hyder weekly herald., 1926-06-23

Miss Pearl Blanton, sister of Walter c. Blanton, arrived last week from the States to visit her brother.
 Mrs. Dr. Nelson, of Ogden and Miss Agnes Pitt of Salt Lake City, sisters of general manager Dale l.. Pitt of the Premier mine, arrived Satur- day to spend the summer at Premier. Mrs. Nelson was &C., comanied by her young daugh- ter Barbara.
 Watch Tlis Space Next Week
Hyder weekly herald., 1926-06-23
LOCAL TOPICS

Mrs. Ed Williams was a round trip passenger on the Taku II last week. A good sized crowd attended the dance given Saturday ev- ening by the Premier Orches- tra in Pioneer Hall and enjoy ed an excellent time.
 Miss Marian yHenderson, teacher of the Stewart High School during the past term, left Saturday for Vancouver.
 Mrs. M. A. Ives left Saturday for a visit in Victoria and Se- attle.
 Chas. Barbee, who claims the presidency of the popular or der known as the Sons of Rest, came into town last week from the B. c. Silver, where he has been sojourning for some time.
 MT. and Mrs. Chas. Smith, of I Colville, Wn. who have been visiting the district for several weeks, will leave on the Taku enroute to the outside.
 Mrs. MacIntyre Manning of Premier left Tuesday on the steamer Amur to visit relatives in Anyox.
Hyder weekly herald., 1926-06-23

Mrs. M. A. Ives left Saturday for visit in Victoria and Se- attle.
Hyder weekly herald., 1926-06-23

Jens Pederson, manager of the Salmon River Dock Com, pany, returned on the Norco from a vacation trip to the States.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1926-06-17
STANDARD OIL EMPLOYEES
 ACQUIRE STOCK WORTH
 TWENTY-E EIGHT MILLIONS

Stock certificates of the Standard Oil Company of California have been despatched to 12,000 employees who through the operation of the Companyas Stock Investment and Savings Plant have acquired 481.- 976 shares of Company stock with a present market value of about 2S.000,000.
 The plan was initiated by the Company five years ago for the pur- pose of assisting employees to be- come stockholders and to encourage thrift. Under the plan the employee was permitted to apply up to 20 per cent of his salary to the pur- chase of stock. The amount he spe- cified was deducted from his salary each month. For each dollar so de posted the Company from it's own funds added, as a bonus, the sum of fifty cents. As sums sufficient for the purchase of shares of stock were accumulated, the Company issued the stock from it's treasury to the trustees for account of the employee. Current dividends from this stock were applied 10 stock purchases.
 The plan was suspended Decem- Der 31st last owing to certain con ditions arising from the consolida- tion of the Standard Oil Company and the Pacific Oil Company. Dur ing it's four years and seven months of active operation the participating employees saved about $15,750, ,000. To this the Company added more than $7,750,000. Through divi- dendS and the sale of rights the em- ployees accumulated approximately S2.30Q000 more. making a total of nearly $26,000, 1000. The market value of the stock purchased is now about $28,000,00O.
 To participate the employee had to have one year of service with the Company. Of those eligible to par ticipation 85.77 per cent took part in the plan. The maximum payroll deduction permitted was 20 percent of compensation. The average de- duction was 1754 percent.
 In a statement issued in San Francisco, K. R. Kingsbury, Presi- dent of the Standard Oil Company of California, said:
 "The result of this great ex-
 pertinent in thrift and in stock
 purchase by employees is very
 gratifying to the management Of
 the Company. Approximately 12,-
 900 of our employees are now
 stockholders. The long period of
 saving has revealed in Standard
 Oil personnel a fine spirit and
 determination of which we are
 all very pround."
The Wrangell sentinel., 1926-06-17
FISH FROZEN IN BLOCKS BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE
 BY THAWING ICY PRISONS

CHICAGO, Ill., The possibility Of transporting Alaskan blackfish to Chicago by freezing them into solid blocks, and then bringing them back to life by thawing the ice, is being investigated by Walter H. Chute. associate director of the S2.00O,000 Shedd Aquarium to be erected in Grant Park.
 Preliminary investigation has de- termined that the Alaskan black fish, principal food of the natives living between the Yukon delta and the Kuskokwim river, has tremen- dous vitality, and is as lively as ever when thawed out after weeks in their icy prisons.
 Cases have been reported where frozen fish have come back to life after being swallowed by native dogs. In these instances the fish were thawed out by the animal heat of the stomachs, their move ments causing the dogs to vomit them I'D alive.
 This species is probably the most abundant of all fishes which occur in the fresh and brackish waters of the northern part of Alaska. It is found in all small streams of the low grounds, in the wet morasses and sphagnum-covered areas, which are soaked with water and which at times seem to contain water suffi- cient only to moisten the skin.
 In the low grounds or tundra are thousands of small ponds of very slight depth, connected with each other by small streams of variable width. These narrow outlets of the ponds are at certain seasons so full of fish that they completely block them up.
 The natives capture them by the use of small traps. The fish are placed in grass baskets where they quickly freeze, and then are put on stages to keep them out of reach of the dogs. When brought into the house, after weeks on the stages, the fish thaw out and wiggle around, apparently unharmed.
 While their numbers are so vast as to enable whole settlements to subsist, this species, which is the sole representative of a family and order of fishes, is rare in museums and collections in general. The body is rather long, the pectorals are
The Wrangell sentinel., 1926-06-17

SAN PEDRO. June 17.-Thirty- nine warships of the United States fleet sailed this afternoon for Puget Sound summer practice.