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Evening star., 1926-05-09
BRITISH STRIKERS
REJECT REDS AID
Decline to Accept Contribu-
! ton, But Take $1,000
Sent by MexiCans.

BY Cable to The Star and New York World
LONDON, May S.-The British
strikers refused financial aid from
Russia today and in the same breath
issued an appeal to foreign labor ana
trades union organizations for prompt
financial assistance. The general
council of the Trade Union Congress
is determined TO keep clear OF the
charge of communism.
The first foreign contributions
were received today-$l eco from
Mexican trade unions and an unspeci-
fed but relatively small sum from the
all-RuSSian Central Council OF Trades
Unions at the Palace Uf Labor, MOS
COW
Receipt of the Russian check pre-
cipitated an excited debate at the
general council meeting in Eccieston
Square, at which the vital Importance
OF improving strike finances was again
raised. The council at cnce was
sharply divided on the issue OF
whether to accept the money or re-
turn it. 1t was finally decided to
s0-.d it back with an expression ot
sis.ysE@ss&e ZION, but IA declaration o.
their inability to accept it."
The council. which today reiterated
to me its declaration OF the consti-
tutionality of what II declares Is
purely industrial strike. came 10 tHc
conclusion that acceptance OF Russian
money even though it came from
trades unions and not the SoV!ctS
would be broadcast by the British GOV
ernment as evidence of the political.
communistic nature of the strike and
its leaders.
The council denies all knowledge or
the reported collection of S1,O00.G0O
in Soviet Russia for the strike fund.
Although no more money had been
received up unit! late afternoon, the
council received reports that German
unions were making Il collection; that
Holland was sending $25 900; the In
rernatiOnal Federation of Trade
Unions at Amsterdam. $4,000: Indian
trades unions. $1,000, and Palestine
unions, $500.
No word vet has been received by
the council of any forthcoming finan-
Cial support from the American Fede-
ration OF Labor. However, the coun'
Gil today was cabled assurance from
President Green of the A. +. Of l,
that his organization fully supported
the miners claim, though the Ameri-
can labor leaders message was silent
on the question and justice of the
general strike itself.
Copyright. lo26.l
Evening star., 1926-05-09
WORDS OF CHAUCER'S DAY
USED BY MOUNTAINEERS
If a "Furriner" Goes "Cipherin
About in Kentucky, He Is a
Snooper, Not a Mathematician:

About" in Kentucky, He Is a
Snooper, Not a Mathematician:
By the Associated Press.
LEXINGTON, KY, May 8.-While
new words are being added to the die.
tionary, here are some Of the old
Anglo. Saxon words of Chaucer's day,
used by the Kentucky mountain folk
today.
Ambeer-tobacco juice.
Cipherin--snooping. If a "furriner''
goes "cipherin about" up in the hills,
he is not making mathematical calcu-
lations, but shopping perhaps too
closely into. other persons business
and probably would be taken for q
"revenooer."
Ferninst-opposite.
Gyarbro---reincarnat Of Old
Scratch himself, as 1.-The man is as
mean as old Gyarbro himself.
Kiver-cover.
Yeth-earth.
Yeebin-If some one is "yeebin at
ye," you know you are not only being
looked at but laughed at,
A lad Is "old man Jones' boy" not
his son. When he grows up, he Is an
''overgrown sturk," and If very slen-
der, "Banjer.Shanks."
A young woman may be some mans
"old woman" providing they are not
divorced-and to use a common ex-
preston. SOS the "old man."
Evening star., 1926-05-09
POLE OF RELATIVE lNAccESSlBlLlTI
IN RELATION TO
BORDERING sARCTlC LANDS

When Capt. George Hubert Will
kins reached 73 degrees 80 minutes
north latitude in the Arctic Ocean
beyond Barrow in his monoplane,
his feat was hailed as a great
achievement - great for explora-
ton, great for aviation.
Yet, for several years before the
war, a German steamship line ran
excursion boats well over the
eightieth degree of latitude, around
Spitzberger. Thousands Of persons
made the trip.
"If degrees of latitude were n
true measure of an explorers
achievements" says Vilhjalmur
Stefansson, one of the three men
to cross the inmost 500-mile circle
of the inaccessible regions. then
there are hundreds of old ladies
who have accomplished more not
Evening star., 1926-05-09

approach by ship to the Pole of rel.
ative inaccessibility. The nearest
known land Is nearly 600 miles
away-Ellesmere Island. Ships
have come nearer both Poles, but
not under their own power-drift-
ing, locked in the ice.
The map shows the position of
the Pole OF relative inaccessibility-
the explorers Pole-427.99 miles
south of the geographical North
Pole on the 160th degree Of longi-
tude west. The innermost circle.
over $50 miles in diameter and in.
cluding over $4,000 square miles
of territory, has never been pene-
trated by any human being.
Peary. when he discovered the
geographical Pole. Macmillan in
1914 and Stefansson in 1917,
stepped just inside the border of
Evening star., 1926-05-09

Clip this map and save tit is
far more accurate than most of the
maps of the Arctic regions to be
found in atlases-and check the
accomplishments of the various ex-
petitions seeking to enter the unex-
plored territory this Summer. This
map will inform you of the act.
ual accomplishment of each expe-
dition. Finer divisions Of latitude
and longitude than. those on the
map may be made with q rule and
a scale may be laid out by divid-
ing the 500.rnile circles.
The old wartime device of col
ored pins is a good one. Capt. Viii.
kins has already entered the un-
explored territory. Place his pin
almost at the edge of the S0th de-
gree of difficulty above Point Bar.
row--just at the outside corner of
the final m in "Collinson."
Evening star., 1926-05-09

the larger circle with its radius of
500 miles. Its content is 7S5 400
square miles, out Of which these ex-
plorers have taken only small
wedges.
In this map degrees of diff
Guilty" replace degrees of latitude.
The degrees are separated by the
same distance-about 20 land miles,
but the degrees of difficulty are
arranged for explorers and center
on the Pole Of relative inaccesibility
rather than on the geographical
Pole. the center of the circles OF
latitude.
In the great inaccessible region
there are estimated TO be over
100000 square miles of territory
never seen by men. What islands,
great or small, may lie within that
enormous expanse? What answers
to the inquiries of science?
Evening star., 1926-05-09

Secretary Cut Short Southern Trip to
Watch Bills.

On his arrival last night from the
South, where he had been for 10 days,
Secretary Jardine said he had hur-
ried back to Washington to be here
during the final stages of House
consideration of farm relief legisla-
ton. He said he wanted particularly
to be in close touch with the Capitol
when amendments are offered.
In curtailing his stay in the South.
the Secretary Of Agriculture Cancelled
an engagement to deliver an address
tomorrow at Charleston, 8. C.
Evening star., 1926-05-09

Mason's assistant at Barrow, may
hear the ship and relay word back.
This is the system which will be
used for the ice fight. Howard Mason
is one of the most expert amateurs
in the United States, and Robert
Waskey put his capacity beyond
doubt on the trying overland journey.
Once the Detroiter sets out from Bar
row, these two men will be the two
links between II and the world. Earl
Rossman, correspondent OF The Star
and the North American Newspaper
Alliance, will be the middle element
at Barrow; Mason and | will take
their messages here.
Both Get Signals.
Mason took his portable set to
Esther Creek, 13 miles northwest OF
Fairbanks proper, this morning, to
insure better reception. Technical
Sergt. C. G. Clark listened In at the
Army radio station in Fairbanks, and
both operators were successful in get
ting Capt. wilkins signals.
Success in Week Possible.
Within the week our radio system
may carry the answer to a riddle or
the ages. When Capt. Wilkins heads
into the Polar sea, probably In day
or two, he does not expect to return
until he has determined whether land
exists in that ice-locked basin north
Of 70.
Charles M. Wiseley, reserve lieu
tenant, United States Army and
former staff sergeant in the air serv-
ice at Selfridge Field, Mich. will pilot
the ship on the ice fight, and Maj.
,x,tyI ~ q UfOQtnr Ih6
two men know each others methods
and the Detroiter.
1t is possible that the Detroiter may
not touch at Barrow on it's return
trip from the uneXplored region. Capt.
Wilkins expects to consume the avail
able aviation gasoline on his eXplora-
ton trip, which would mean that the
plane, after a return to Barrow, would
be compelled to wait until a ship ar
rived with more gasoline before re-
turning to Fairbanks. 1t is probable
that q ship would not be able to pene-
trate the ice until July or August.
Salvage "Gas" Usable.
At Beechey Point there is a store
Of 400 gallons Of commercial gasoline,
the salvage of a schooner wrecked in
the ice. The gasoline was tried by
NdpJ. WuklllS III Itl0 AlaSkdn ana
proved useable, though 1t diminished
the power of the plane. Beechey Point
is about $50 miles east Of Barrow on
the Arctic coast and the flyers may
end their trip into the ice there, re-
fuel with the commercial gasoline and
return Immediately to Fairbanks.
Capt wilkins, recovered from his
snow blindness but still carrying his
broken right arm in a sling, was hope
full that ill-fortune had ceased to fol-
low the party when he took off yes
terday.
1--WE have had three disasters; trag-
edy has been our lot, but we are
carrying on and with the hearty as.
surances 1 received yesterday from
Detroit, we hope to win," the leader
of the expedition said
The Eskimos in Barrow are eager
to greet the successor Of the Alaskan.
The legend that it is larger than the
| familiar Alaskan is regarded a little
indulgently by the more sophisticated
natiysav R0hert WaskAx saia last
Evening star., 1926-05-09
CITY MANAGER IDEA WINS
APPROVAL IN 361 CITIES
More Than 100000 Persons Liv-
ing Under This Form of Govern
ment in United States.
Rr the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY, May S.-Originat.
ing less than a score of years ago
the city manager form of government
has spread to include 36l cities and
towns comprising more than 5,000,'
600 persons.
These municipalities range in size
from Cleveland. Ohio, to McCraken
Kans., with 491 population at the last
census. Only few which have adopt.
ed the plan have turned back to an
older form of municipal government
said Walter Matscheck, director OF
the Public Service Institute of Kan.
sas City, which has just adopted the
plan.
Evening star., 1926-05-09

able feats than any explorer who
has worked north Of Alaska. 1t is
about as difficult to get to 20 de-
grees north of Alaska as 1t is to
get to so degrees around SpitZ.
bergen"
The Pole of relative inaccessi-
bility-for Capt. wilkins hopes to
prove that 1t Is relative" and not
truly an inaccessible Pole-is the
center of that region forever
barred to ships by the Arctic ice.
1t is possible to come almost with
IN 500 miles of the geographical
North Pole by ship, in comparative
comfort. 1t is possible to establish
a land base well within 500 miles
as Peary did on Grant Land before
his successful dash to the geo.
graphical Pole.
About 700 miles is the limit of
Evening star., 1926-05-09

Continued from First Page.)
and charged 1t had printed damn
able lie" about him and Senator Cap
per, Republican, Kansas.
Debate Is Prolonged.
So general were the demands for
time to speak that the House agreed
to extend the debate through Monday,
probably bringing it to a close at a
night session. Termination of the
discussion had been fixed for today
and the extension probably will delay
until late next week a final vote on
the three bills, the Haugen and
Tincher measures and the Curtis-As-
we'll commodity marketing proposal
while the debate proceeded in the
House Representative Tilson, the Re.
publican leader, issued a statement
in which he expressed the hope that
a bill will be agreed upon which will
be economically sound and at the
same time give as much relief as can
be given by legislative action.
Evening star., 1926-05-09
''Wet'' Veterans Drape Liberty Statue
In Crepe to Advertise Organization

The three men made a hasty descent
from the statue and escaped in a
waiting boat, while another boatload
of reporters and newspaper photog-
raphers drifted nearby to- chronicle
the event.
At the night session Miss Eliza
beth Marberry. member of the Demo.
cratic national committee, championed
modification of the Nolstead act. Col
Alexander E. Anderson, chairman of
the national organization committee,
said that the league already has q
membership of $4,000, seeking to
make modification of the Volstead act
an issue in every congressional dis
trict.
Evening star., 1926-05-09
Worth the Price.
m the Cincinnati Enquirer.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Life is too darn expensive" :"
growled the man who had just been
handed his bill.
STILL" retorted the doctor, Judging
form the hurry call we doctors get
most people must think it is worth
the price"
Evening star., 1926-05-09
BLACKsBURG IN GRAVE PERIL
Three Fires More Fierce, With One
Only -Four Miles Away.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
city tonight was in grave peril. Fire
In three sections that has been raging
in the vicinity for two days was
fiercer than at any other time. The
local National Guard company, ex-
hausted by "A two-day fight. returned
to the armory tonight. They will re-
new their efforts in the morning.
The blaze extended along Craigs
Creek near the Pennsylvania Mills, 16
miles from Blacksburg. Another is
in the dry run section on the south
side of Brush Mountain, seven miles
from here. The most serious fire is
on Brush Mountain near Fluffers coal
mine, only four miles away.
Evening star., 1926-05-09
VETERAN SEES PASSING
OF "IRON MEN" PITCHERS
Joe McGinnity Says Hurlers Now
Do Not Grasp Ball Properly
or Keep Busy.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, May SS-Joe Nc
Ginnity, who claims to have thrown
more curve balls than any other two
pitchers in organized base ball, says
that 'iron men" have passed out Of
the major leagues because most mod
ern hurlers grasp the pellet improp-
erly and fail to take the mound often
enough.
McGinnity, whose pitching career
extended over a period Of 80 years,
maintains that curve pitching, prop
erly done, Is no greater strain on
the arm than fast ball pitching"
After pitching game, the young
fellows Of today lay off for q week ;"
he continued. II don't think I ever
went a season in the majors without
pitching at least so games"
McGinnity was first called the 'iron
man" when he pitched six games in
seven days and won them all. He
has signed this season as pitching
coach with the Brooklyn Nationals.
Evening star., 1926-05-09

night, but they are impatient to see
if the story Is true.
When they were warned to expect
the new "tingmezon," watchmen were
set by the natives to listen for the
droning Of the motors all day long,
and a day at Barrow during this sea-
son is long.
Copyright. 1929. by the North American
Newspaper Alliancel
Evening star., 1926-05-09
TIMBER TOLL HEAVY.
$4,000 Acres In Nelson County Swept
BY Flames.

LYNCHBURG, Va, May 8 P).-
Having already consumed more than
$4,000 acres OF virgin forest, the most
disastrous fire in the history of Mel
son County still is burning in the
vicinity of Roseland, according to ad-
vice received today by II. NJ. Sears,
supervisor Of the Natural Bridge Ma
tional forest. A letter from Bryant,
where most of the damage has oc-
Cured, stated that dwellings, stables
tobacco, houses. hogs. cattle. horses
and schoolhouseS have been swept
before the blaze. but no mention of
loss of human life.
A small fire in the Natural Bridge
forest last night was eXtinguiShed
quickly, the report to Mr.. Sears said.
Evening star., 1926-05-09
AUTO HITS MAN, IS;
SKULL IS FRACTURED
James R. 0'Neil, 21, Arrested After
Car Collides With Frank Marino.
Produce Dealer.

Charged with assault by collision,
James r. O'Neil, 81 years old, of 3416
Garfield street. was arrested last night
by police from the third precinct after
an automobile. alleged to have been
operated by him, knocked down and
seriously injured Frank Marino, prod
uce dealer Of 121 T street, IS years
old. while crossing Seventeenth street
between Riggs and @ streets.
Marino was taken to Emergency
Hospital and treated by DR.. Papalia
for fracture Of the skull. Physicians
pronounced his condition critical.
O'Neil was locked up at the third
precinct.
Evening star., 1926-05-09
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. May 8--Heralded by
the temporary draping of two 60-foot
strips of heavy black crepe on the
Statue of Liberty by three of its mem
bers this afternoon. the World War
Veterans Light Wines and Beer
League opened a nationwide organi-
zation convention tonight in Town
Hall.
The hanging of the crepe from the
windows above the great eyes of the
statue, planned as a stunt" to ad-
vertise the meeting. was done while
the garrison stationed on Bedloes Is
land was at mess.
Evening star., 1926-05-09

course as certain landmarks appear
on the terrain. check the course
With notes to the navigator and l'ilot
so that they may know our exact Do-
sition and keep the instruments
oriented.
"Eleyen. fifteen. We successfully
crossed the Endicott Mountains at II
o'clock. flying high. The plane Is now
passing over the fat snow'coVered
tundra and the visibility is such that
we can see almost to Barrow.
1.-The plane is functioning perfectly
and we are making fast time. We
have travelled more than 800 miles
since hopping off at Fairbanks
Ahead and to right and left Of us
is the white wilderness, and back OF
us the mist-covered mountain barrier.
downright 1926 by the North American
Newspaper Alliance.)
Evening star., 1926-05-09

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for help and, after many busy min
utes to the telephone the governor
sought to enlist the aid of every avail
able fighting man, declaring that If
this measure did not suffice he would
call out additional national guards
men.
Fifty men Of Rockingham County
came out of the zone exhausted after
two days and nights of grim strug-
Cling TO check the fires progress.
The entire western slope of the Blue
Ridge has been swept clean by the
fire, which threatened to sweep down
the mountain side into the valley.
Evening star., 1926-05-09
MARYLAND FIRES GAIN.
Farmers In Gangs Fighting Spread In
Mountain Districts.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
CUMBERLAND, Nd, May S.-For.
est fires are spreading on Knobly
Mountain above RidGeIy and Hay
stack Mountains near Lavale, all with
in sight Of the city. over which a pail
of smoke hangs. Scores are fighting
The fires, especially farmers whose
fencing and buildings are menaced.
Fires on Wills Mountain, Fort Hill, at
Rawlings and on mountains bounding
the Georges Creek Valley, are being
fought by wardens. In nearby West
Virginia. men are being called to fight
forest fires.
Evening star., 1926-05-09
Gen. Wood to Return to U. S.

MANILA, May 8 CP).--Gov. Gen.
Leonard Wood, who has been in the
Philippines five years, announced to.
day his intention to spend a vacation
in the United States, probably early
next year.
He will be accompanied by his fam
ily.s
Evening star., 1926-05-09

From the London Punch.
She-That's the Trevor girl. Fancy,
she's only IS!
He-But she doesn't look like a
girl Of 1S.
6ha-NQ Girl Of 12 aYar does
Evening star., 1926-05-09

The Bishop of Garonne, France, re-
Gently issued an order that women
and girls must appear in church
wearing dresses covering the neck
and arms and reaching n tAA anlglAs
Evening star., 1926-05-09

Texas produces nearly one-tenth of
all the crops grown in the United
States, ..-.-..----------------.---
Evening star., 1926-05-09
THRONGS CHEER START.
Plane Keeps in Radio Touch With
Party at Fairbanks.
Y FREDERICK LEWIS EARP.

BY FREDERICK LEWIS EARP.
Special Correspondent of The Star and North
American Newspaper Alliance.
FAIRBANKS, Alaska, May 8.-The
Detroiter Is off for the center Of the
unexplored polar ice pack, with Point
Barrow the only stop. The gigantic
pedition hoped off here at $40 this
morning (2:10 pm. Eastern standard
time), with Capt. George Hubert
Wilkins, commander: Maj. Thomas G
Lanphier as navigator, and Lieut..
Charles Wisely as pilot.
She took the air to the cheers Of a
large crowd of the townsfolk who
had rushed to the landing field to see
her off. The field looked a little soft
when the pilot, Charles Wisely, ex
amined 1t at s o'clock this morning
but "a slight breeze helped the big
ship to clear the runway. With the
explorers waving goodbye, the De
troiter turned sharply to the right
reached out for elevation and then
disappeared among the fleecy clouds
on a course due Northward to Point
Barrow.
Radio Picks Up Reports.
Less tnan an Ilour out capt. WIKI
ins flashed back word that the plane
had sighted the Yukon River, another
hour and Howard Mason. chief radio.
man of the expedition, heard the com.
mander's report as the Detroiter pass.
ed over Wiseman, 200 miles north of
here.
Interest in the compact but efficient
set which is picking the Detroiter s
messages from the air increased, II
that were possible, as the big plane
neared the critical part of its journey
the cloud.masked Endicott crags
Mason transferred the sending set
from the wrecked Alaskan to the De
troiter yesterday so that communica
ton from the plane may continue
we'll into the mountains. During the
latter portion Of the jourpeys Waskax
Evening star., 1926-05-09
WILKINS PLANE SPEEDS
THROUGH MOUNTAINS
TOWARD ARCTIC WASTE

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Evening star., 1926-05-09
6. 0. P. CHIEFS CLASH
ON FARM AID BILLS
DURING HOUSE DEBATE

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Evening star., 1926-05-09
HUGE FOREST FIRES
RAGING-MAN KILLED;
HUNDREDS IN FIGHT

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Mary Brown, of Fitzgerald. For
about fifty years she was a loyal
member of the Missionary Baptist
Church at Mystic. Besides her
broken-hearted husband she leaves
an adopted son and nephew, Mr..
James Avera, of the U. S. NJ, sta
toned in South America.
The funeral services were held at
the Arbor Missionary Baptist Church,
Rev. Jas. Bishop officiating in the
last sad rites. The pail bearers were
Messrs. w. H. Robitzch, J. H. Bull
lard, F. Brewer Virgins, J. Paulk
and C. NJ. Grantham.
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relatives here.
Mrs. W. T. Williams spent the
weekend in Fitzgerald with hei
daughter, Miss Jewel Williams.
The new F. & B. Hotel and Cafe
opened up for business last Friday
and it is quite an addition to oul
town.
Mr.. Herman Hughes, of Sparks
was at home for the weekend.
Mrs. Nellie Patterson, Of Cordele
was the pleasant guest of Mrs. C. 7
Maddox for the weekend.
Rev. w. Fl. Budd, of Macon
preached to large and appreciatiVe
audience at the Methodist Church
Sunday night.
Miss Mildred Hale spent the week.
end with her parents in Fitzgerald.
r Mrs. Laurie Whi1 den has returned
to her home in Toledo, Ohio, after
spending few weeks with relatives
here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin Freeman and
little daughters, of Triton, were here
recently.
Mr.. w. w. Bannett, of East Point,
came Saturday to spend soree time
with his daughter, Mrs. M. F. Adair.
Mr.. Roy Graham, of Albany, was
here Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. K. P. Baker and
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