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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-18
FREDER|CK,|S SPLIT
OVER ITS HEROINE
Some Think Barbara Fritchie
a Myth, Others Regard
Her as Most Real.
4, the Assoeiated pres..

BY the Associated Prese.
FREDERICK, Md, July i7.-Even
though controversy may rage over
John Greenleaf Whlttier's poetic ac.
count Of hel. deeds. Barbara lFritchie's
personality left an imprint on this
historic town as no other ever did.
From the idealism of the massively
simple granite monument which
marks her grave In Mount Olivet
cemetery to the plate belted to the
rail of the West Patrick street bridge
over the town creek. her name
deAcen.aa triumphant into the every.
day walks of life.
it is emhlazoned or d gasoline fill
ing station. A chocolate shop also
bears it So does d soft drink and q
sausage stand.
Yet doubt OF her authenticity
which has split F'redeficktown into
two well defined camps, upon occasion
has made itself felt.
Hotel Brought Breach.
several years ago. with the con
structfon of a new community hotel
suggestion that it carry her name was
met with unveiled hostility Hel
legend was branded a fraud. In com
promise. the ranks Of the ilIustrious
of a later generation We're scanned
and Francis Scott Key filied the
breach.
some historians generally have beer
prone to consider the Barbara F'ritchie
tale as chiefly a Pigment OF WhittieFts
imagination. albeit most deity con
| trived.
History does not confirm that lack
son led his trobps through FREDERICK
lie did however, pay a visit 10 the
PRESBYTERIAN imanse on West second
street He and his party then Went
down Bentz street to Patrick street
and hence out of tOwfl+p past BaIpafh
house. it Is true hut seemngly soi lit
distance behind the main body OF ms
troops. Jackson also appears to have
| been in FREDERICK four days preceding
the flag incident. *
on the morning Of, September 10
I the COnfederates broke camp ano
moved westward going out West
Patrick street past the Fr1tchie
house.
a version Of the story, said to have
been told by Barbara herself to heI
IniepA Miss Caroline Ebert none OF
Ra,.ba1s's relatives witnessed the
flag incident sets forth that Mrs.
Fritchie. near her ninety sixth birth
day. took her silk flag from the
| family Bible and went to her window
| to welcome what she thought We're
Northern soldiers. An Dfiicer rode up
and asked that the dag be given him,
/ but she refused and commented on
his gray uniform.
jackson Remark Cited.
ne left, to return with other Off
GERS and men, Barbara still standine
| her ground One of the men. It Is
related. called out. shoot her head
on Turning angrily. an Ofiieer
thought by some To have been STONE
wall Jackson. shouted:
'.If yeli harm a hair of her mead
I'm shoot you down like dos.
ffBafba14a kept her fiag
| Jackson. ii In coflceiyable, may
have had time 10 Join his troops
after his visit TO the ma11se
| MISS Ebert related the story to z
| cousin. who told d lIeighbor Mrs. e
ID. IL. Il. SouthwoIth. Mrs. South.
worth wrote Whittier about u and
the poem was evolved. Relatives
lsdisclainl that the old lady sIittched
her nag from the star under nIe and
engaged In Wi1ittierfA dialogue with
the officer who ordered Il shot down
4 d
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-18

i - & q r
mediately available be given serious
consideration by the Budget Bureau
in its determination of the President s
ALLEGATION to the District of the total
OF final estimates that may be sub.
mitted by the Commissioners on Sep
TENDER Is, 1926"
First Estimates $51.O0O. 600.
The original estimates as submitted
by the department heads called for
appropriations totaling SOL ,000 900.
This figure included about $3.006. 900
In trust and special funds.
In arriving 1T the tentative budget
the Commissioners trimmed approxi,
nlately 50 ,000.0 900 from the estimates
of the department heads. and the
Budget Bureau is expected to slash a
large sum from the preliminary bud,
get prepared by the Commissioners.
The Budget Bureau is expected to
complete the pruning process on the
tentative budget by August Is, and
return It to the Commissioners for
final modification. 1t win be returned
to the bureau in completed form Sep.
tenber Is.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-18
SEEK RATE REVISION. /.
Eastern Coal Operators Will Garry
Fight to I. G. c.

BEI4LAAIRE,, Ohio. July II pr
Eastern coal operators, backed BY
State representatives in Senate and
Congress, together with other oper.
ators in the central competitive field,
plan to go before the Interstate Com.
merce Commission at Atlantic City
next week in support of the proposed
revision OF freight rates on coal ship.
ped to Lake markets.
Less than 5000 OF the 1890 coal
miners normally at work in this dis
trfct are now employed. it was esti.
mated today by Charles J. Albesin
secretary OF the Eastern Ohio coal
operators.
West Virginia operators. who are
able to ship coal to the Lakes cheaper
than It can be mined In Ohio are ex-
pected TO muster their entire strength
To combat the revision.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-18
Schools Taking Up Forestry.

Rseorestation is becoming a popu-
lar school project in New York State.
Two thousand trees have been planted
during each Of the last three years
by pupils Of. the Cold Brook School
and the work viii be continued this
year. In the school forest of Wat
son, Lewis County, which win eventu-
ally cover SO acres, trees are planted
at the rate of 10000 a.syear.
A school forest has been started by
the agricultural department of Wal
ton High School. A plot Of more
than five acres was purchased last
year on Pine Hill. which was covered
a century ago with a. virgin white
pine forest. About q third of this plot
has already been set out, the rest to
be used during the next two or three
years to train students in practical
forestry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-18
ATLANTIS SEARCH
AIDED BY SOCIETY
Z
Lost Continent Believed to
Have Connected Europe
and America.
n the A,aJctrteI Tsreea.

Hy tine AknugI u4oAl rye 81
PARIS, July ". Now that the
North Pole has BEEN n0wn over twice
and automobiles are tfayefsing the
saliaran wastes 81 Africa. which once
bore no other indication on maps but
the words here are elephants" d
society has been formed I'd rediscovef
n continent lost 10 sight FOR some
II .000 years.
The ssociSty for the study Of At
'lantiS" IL a. group that believes q.
continent In the Atlantic OCEAN once
connected the Old and the New Worlds
and that its existence Is the explanae
ton Of various language, afitfr0po-
logical and other problems.
The society hopes to establish the
former existefleg Of the island con-
tiilsnt BY seeking out all traces that
remain Just as 5000 years or - hence
the existence of Japan might be
proved from families that had scat
tered abroad IL the islands disappeared.
Roger Deyigne, author Of g book
on Atlantis told the meeting at which
the society was organized that At.
lantis must have existed In q sort Ol
geological middle age and that dur
ing the Quaternafy epoch II musi
have had its center OF civilization
probably where the Saragossa Sea Is
The meeting decided that the pres,
snt mofrIent was admirably adapted
to founding such q society when
American missions were preparing &c
explore the Mayas cities Of Yucatan
and the pacificataon Of the Riff would
facilitate exploration Of the mysterious
prehistoric Beffyer monuments OF the
Western Atlas Mountain.
The sOciety n to meet again In the
Autumn when Il win have the results
of DIR. CfarcotB new Atlantic sound
ingB which he has just begun to make
from his arctic yacht. before it, AZ wei
as report on M. Rutot's excavation
work In south Morocco.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-18
Indian Arrow and Viking Bones Found
On Site Of Supposed Battlein 1910 A. D.

burial mound OF at least one Viking
who died with an Indian arrow In his
body more than nine centuries ago.
The arrow was surrounded by fraS-
rneilts Of bone.
Bone fragments were found In sew.
erai other spots when the excavation
was widened and heightened, and
scattered bone splinters were taken
from the side walls at depth OF 2 ~
feet, the same level on which the
arrowhead was found. MIR. Opsjon
said the arrowhead was found in
solid earth that appeared to have been
undisturbed for ages. While digging
was in progress George Jacobs past
so years OF age. an Indian OF the
Spokane tribe, visited the rock and
declared the writings had been there
for ''long time. long time. He said
they were not made by Indians.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-18
Domestic Silence

col. House, setting off on AIedi.
terranean cruise, refused to he inter.
viewed.
silence, he said. lis golden. It's
golden always. Al girl called to see
another girl one morning. bur the
maid said:
Miss Ann ain't III, miss she's
gone to her class
. Class? What class?
:" Well you sec. miss. she's getting
married next month";
g Yes, know that
And 80 she's takln' course in
domestic silence -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-18
SQUIRRELS Build Nests.
allure Magazine

From the Nature Magazine.
Birds are not the only wild creatures
which build nests. The gray squirrel
builds a Summer home in the tree
tops to hold its young until they are
big enough to get about. They lay
the foundation from coarse twigs and
lire the nest with leaves and strips
of bark Over the top they place a
roof Of leaves arranged like shingles
and on one side they leave doorway
just big enough to allow a single pas
sage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-18
By The Associated Press.

SPOKANE, Wash. July II. Dis
covery Of an Indian arrowhead and
fragments Of bone at the spot where
Prof. Olaf Opsjon recently declared IL
Norsemen were buried In the year
1010 AID, was announced here to.
day by the Spokane Chronicle
Following Mr. Opsjon's announce
ment last week that writings OH d
rock north OF Spokane We're Morse
ruins that described a battle between
Morse Vikings and Indians In 1910.
and marked the burial mound of IL
Norsemen Killed In the battle, excaya.
ton OF the mound was started under
the direction Of the Chronicle. ~
Prof. Opsjon. who is the author OF
numerous articles on Morse history,
declared today the place marks the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-18
URGED
FOR 1928 FARLEY
Democratic Committee Told
Iefterson's Spirit Would
Stir Faith.
BY the Associated Pres

" p
RICHMOND; Va. July I7.--Clerr
Shaver, chairman of the Democratic
National Committee. has been APP
pealed TO In a letter from Mrs. B. b.
Munford of Richmond 10 lend aid TO
a movement to convoke the next
meeting Of the committee at Month
cello, ancestral home OF Thomas
Jefferson, near Charlottesville. Va.
Mrs. Munford heads q group Of
Virginians and others who are
sponsoring the Monticello meeting
movement. Her. letter points out
that the committee should confer
might descend dpon the arbiters of
Democracy's destiny and enable
them to deliberate wisely upon the
choice of the next presidential nom
inee."
Il influence Upon Mood.
Monticello, recently dedicated as a
national shrine on the occasion Of
the anniversary Of the death Of "the
centennial celebration of the Declare
ton of independence would place
the committeeman in a high ana
| noble mood" and there, amid the
surroundings where jefferson lived
while he fought the battle of democ-
racy, is the place ito revive the
Democratic Party's faith In local self
government for the respect Of the
rights Of the Individual" Mrs. Mum
ford's letter declared.
Logical and Practical Method.
Mrs. jAfunford set forth that be
cause Of the national prominence of
the Jeffersonian mansion through the
sesquicentenniGl celebrations held In
the country, there could be no more
logical or practical method of re-
intoxicating Jefferson's democracy into
| the veins Of the men upon whom de
valves the duty Of picking the next
Democratic leader.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-18

Browne plan that The rim drive va
on the east hank OF the vail could
Sc carried under. the bridge and thus
.obviAte the trnffic fear held by the
ofFicials for rim driveway crossing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-18

More than 81 eco 900 worth OF tire.
repair materials were shipped from
this to other countries in the past
wear
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-18

An aerial cable tramway two miles
long has been constructed from the
San Antonio mine Of Mexico to con.
meet with another tramway which will
haul the ore to the railway.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-18

A new railway line. 100 miles long,
connects Moama and Balranald, New
South Wales.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-18

Under the new spOnsorship plan to
aid little orphans In the Near East,
Washington headquarters of the PO-
tOmac division Of the Near East Re-
licf has adopted" S-year-Old LOusin
A9hagOullan, who II now I'm IN or
pllanago ct C0rinth, Greece. Under
the adoption plan, which o number Of
individuals and Sunday schools In the
United States have adopted orphans,
payment ID made Of 500 q year dur.
ing the sponsorships, which run from
one to sin years, according to the age
Of the child adopted.
The little adOptee Of the Potomac
Division has been renamed Charlotte
Ruth Potomac, and under the adOp-
ton plan, she will exchange two let
tiers . year with her sponsors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-18
PARK RIM DRIVERS
ABOLITION SOUGHT
BY PLANNING EXPERT

CONTINUED from First page,
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S42, O91 ,225 BUDGET
FOR DISTRICT SENT
TO LORD FOR o. X,

aontlnued from First page.l
Seward daily gateway., 1926-01-04
Interior Mining Promoter
 En Route To England;
 Will Head Own CoInpan,

G. G. Iiemons, redently designed manager of the Tanana Valley Gold Dredging Company, Ltd, accompanied by Mrs. Lemons, were among the Se- ward arrivals Saturday from Fair banks, en route to London, England. MT. Lemons resigned his position with the Whitworth company owing to an indepdndent promotion business he intends to embark on. Previous to disposing of his placer holdings on Fish Creek, to the T. V. c. D. Co.,, MT. Lemons promoted the Stewart river and Indian river projects in the Daw- son country At one time he had the Chicken creek placer district under option. He has also, in the earlier days, engaged in mining in Arizona, and British Columbia. British capi- tai is interested in the Interor dis tricts and he anticipates returning North in a few months as head of his own company. ', ,a
Seward daily gateway., 1926-01-04
ATHLETICS UNDER
 WAY ONCE MORE
 AT THE LOCAL GYM
REGULAR SCHEDULE RESUMED
 NOW THAT HOLIDAYS ARE IN BACKGROUND

Athletic activities in the local gym of the Seward A. c. will be resumed today as the pupils of the grade schools, after being dismissed from classes, take the floor again, indulg- ing in various games and exercises prescribed by their instructors. No changes were deemed advisable in the schedule that has been in effect and working satisfactorily up to the time of closing the gymnasium for ho-l iday affairs. As usual, therefore, the various indoor pasttimes will be in dulged in according to the following specified periods: Indoor baseball-Mondays, Thurs. days at 500 D. m. asketball-(men), Wednesdays and Saturdays, 500 p. m. Basketball-(girls), Monday, Wed
 nesday, Thursday and Friday, from 5:OO till 6:OO D. m., and on Tuesday evening from 6:30 to S:00 p. m. Ladies Calesthentics-Tue at 500 p. m.
 Handball-Monday Wednesday and
 Thursday and Saturday from 6:0O to
 500 p. m.
 l Boy Scouts-Friday evenings at 7:45.
 In all probability the next four weks
 will see the high school girls team
 making full use of the periods allot.
 ted them on the gym floor for they
 have lot of work ahead to prime themselves for their anticipated ser.
 ies in Anchorage. When coach Nc
 Evan decides that it is necessary the
 mems basketball team will be given
 additional time on the gym schedule
 in which to train. In indoor baseball this week, the
 Merchants team meets the Nile Park
 aggregation tonight and the Bankers
 clash with the Cable Office gang on
 Thursday.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-01-04
INDIANS HAD OWN THEORY
 OF EVOLUTION ROCK SHOWS

DENVER, Colo, Jan. 4.P)-The research of Dr. Jean Allard Jeancon curator of archa eology for the Colo rado museum, has disclosed that the North American Indians devised a theory of evolution which antedated that of Charles Darwin, by some B. 900 years.
 Written on rocks in symbolic lan- guage, which archa eologlsts have found in ruins, the Indians legend of the creation and evolution of man was that he was born of Mother Earth in her innermost recesses and after four stages of development found his way to the surface where he attained physical perfection.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-01-04
FOX TERRIER BEST HOME DOG
 IN BRITAIN; AIREDALE NEXT

LONDON, Jan. 4. P)-The fo1 terrier is the most popular home dog in the United Kingdom.
 The shaggy airedale, which mary owners believe to be the most hu man, ranked second. Kennel clut statistics showed that already this year, 1000 fox terriers have been reg. istered.
 The dachhund continued to slumI in popularity. The pre-war number was 232 and in 1924 it was 154. Reg istration the first eight months ot this year totaled IF.
 The dog population in the King dom is approaching the three mil lion mark.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-01-04
CHESTNUT FACES EXTINCTION
 AS AN AMERICAN DELICACY

ITHACA, N. r., Jan. 4. (P)-The chestnut as an American delicacy is facing extinction. Plant pathologists and foresters at Cornell University say the reason is a serious blight communicated from tree to tree by the wind, contamination which has been unhampered during the last 20 years.
 The disease, which these patholo- gists dscribe as incurable, makes the situation more serious. The blight was first discovered in a Brooklyn park in 1904, but it was not until two years ago that it was discovered in other parts of the country.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-01-04
FORMER BREWERS NOW SERVE
 AS U. S. PROHIBITION AGENTS

PITTSBURGH, Jan. 1. (P)-A num- Der of former brew masters in the recast role of prohibition agent, now are on duty at cereal beverage plants in this district, to prevent the mak- ing and distribution of beer contain ing more than the legal alcoholic content.
 Frederick C. Baird, prohibition ad- ministrator, hit upon the plan of utilizing the export knowledge of for mer brew masters in spotting the flow of illegal beer into the Pitts burgh district.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-01-04

The brewmaster-dry agent is sta- toned at near-beer plants suspected of violating the law with instructions to tst each barrel of product that is hauled to the loading platform.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-01-04

Mrs. Grace Corson, Seward resident for many years, departed for Seattle Saturday on the steamer Alameda. It is understood Mrs. Corson expects to locate permanently Outside.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-01-04

Cal Townsend, Bureau of Fisheries lagent on the Yukon and Interior rivers, passed through Seward Saturday en route to the states. MT. Townsend arrived direct from Fairbanks. his summer headquarters.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-01-04
STYLES IN HEARSE FOLLOWING
 DICTATES OF THE LIMOUSINES

QUINCY, H., Jan. 4. (P-Man's last earthly ride has undergone some style changes in recent years. The ornate hearse is out of date and most citizens now go to their final rest in a vehicle not greatly different from the family automobile.
 One of the country's largest hearse makers, located here, manufactures plain coach resembling a limousine but with the door in the rear. Elk cept for the vehicles sent to Latin American countries and few to large cities having numerous foreign residents, this is the approved type of funeral carriage for Americans of all classes.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-01-04
AT THE HOTELS

Van Gilder-Mr. and Mrs. D. w. Flannigan, MT. and Mrs. L. J. Scanlon,
 MT. and Mrs. H. K. Carlisle, Frank
 Carlquist, c. H. Keil. Hotel Seward-W. Baldwin, W. w. Cooley, Robert Carlson, Dan Bissoff, w. R. Sherwin, Joe Laughlin. Hotel Sexton-Arthur Skulstad, T. |Skulstad, Mrs. R. Grosvold, F. D. Estes, U. c. Wingfield
 Overland-D. M. Keillor, John Nc
 Milan, H. H. Mitchell, D.. Ericksen, J. c. McEachern, Mrs. Nell Beattie.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-01-04
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Seward daily gateway., 1926-01-04

The gas boat Chase, Captain Charles Emswiler, which has been under char ter to the Days Harbor sawmill for the past few months, arrived in port Sat urday.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-01-04

All rights for republication of spe- cial dispatches herein are reserved.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-01-04

J. Vance, one of the well-known old timers of the Interior, was Seward arrival Saturday on his way east for special medical treatment.
Putnam patriot., 1926-06-11
PHOENIXVILLE

E Il Beagette Is employed iH Ash= ford
 Mrs Josiin is on a visit Co Cape Cod the guest of Mrs Abbie Gahoon.
 James Naida is one of the gradu- ates If Putnam High school this year
 Mrs Emily Mouncy and Mrs Hor= ton were Willimantic visitors one day th.s week
 Mrs Nettie Lyon entertained her brother and family of Portland over the weekend.
 Among weekend visitors at Roy Clemens were Mir and Mrs Walter Clemens of New Britain. Mir. and Mrs. W. II. Clemens of Goodyear and William Lawton of Portland and Mir and Mrs. Herbert Amidon of Pitts field. Mass.
 \ collision occurred Tuesday eve ming between the car owned by Ellery Bartlett of Eastford and driven by his son Stanley and the New Ford car owned and driven by William Buell. of Plainfeld. AIS Well that ends wells, no one injured.
 \ family reunion was held in West ford at John Scarborough's Sunday when about one hundred guests were entertained at picnic Among those attending from here were Miss Nettie Lyon. Mir and Mrs William Lawton Miss Victoria Relish, Stan les Schumanski, Roy Clemens. R. Col
Putnam patriot., 1926-06-11
POMFRET LANDING

Wayne and Fay Hildreth spent the weekend with Mrs Hildreth.
 Miss Verna Hilton and Miss Susie Grimes from Danielson spent Tuesday in Worcester.
 Mir. and Mrs. Jones from Storrs College spent Sunday with Mir and Mrs. Ernest Searls.
 Mrs. Clapp attended Mrs. Frank French's funeral in Woodstock. She was formerly of Pomfret Landing.
 Mrs. Horace Covell has a new car
 Mir. and Mrs. Troner from East Long Meadow. Mass, are visiting Charles Kennie.
 Miss Sullivan. Everett Scott. and Adolf Anderson went on their gradu- ation trip with the other graduates to Hartford last Friday.
Putnam patriot., 1926-06-11
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