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Evening star., 1926-12-15
SENATE IN FIGHT
OVER RIVERS BILL
$50 900 900 Appropriation
for Improvements, Including
Harbors, HotIy Contested.

The Senate this afternoon enters
pom the second day OF. consideration
f the $50 100000 rivers and harbors
ill, with all signs pointing to a pro
racted fight over several of the
projects proposed in it.
While the Senate. at the last session,
agreed to vote en- the bill not later
than next Tuesday, it was pointed
out today by some opponents that the
number of amendments which may
be offered is not limited and each
Senator is allowed Is minutes on each
amendment after Tuesday.
Commerce Section Attacked.
The section Inserted by the Senate
commerce committee in the bill, passed
by the House last session, providing
that property owners along the Mis-.
souri, River should help meet the cost
Of the proposed Improvement between
Kansas City and Sioux City, Iowa,
was the principal object Of attack
yesterday.
Senator Wills also offered an
amendment to the controversial Tlli-
nois River channel item to provide
that the bill was not to be construed
as authorizing diversion from Lake
Michigan for the project. He said
compromise conferences were going
on, but that Illinois River advocates
have not accepted the amendment.
New Jersey Item Blocked.
Action on the Senate committees
amendment to authorize Improvement
Of the Hackensack River, New Jer-
sey, at an estimated cost of 81 .655 900,
was blocked by Senator Willis.
Senator Curtis Of Kansas, the Re-
publican leader. Joined Senator Reed,
Missouri, in demanding that
the House provisions for Improvement
of the Missouri River without cost tC
the property owners be reinserted i,
he bill
Evening star., 1926-12-15
SANTA CLAUS IS TOPIC
AT MONDAY SERVICES
Rev. DR.. z. B. Phillips Says Christ.
mas Figure Has Lost Power
and Significance.

Our modern Santa Claus has lost
its power and significance, Rev. DIR.
Y. B. Phillips, rector of the Church of
Epiphany. stated in his address at the
noon hour Christmas service held un-
der the auspices of the Department of
Religious Education of the District
Federation of Women's Clubs at
Keith's Theater today
THE story of Santa Claus has los
s true meaning, because the thing it
signifies is buried under material and
commercial progress" DR.. Phillips
stated. in contrasting the story of
Santa Claus and the story of the birth
of Christ.
Children's Day Program.
Mrs. w. L. Darby presided. Rev.
Dr. w. G.. Waltemyer, pastor of the
Lutheran Church of Epiphany, offered
prayer and benediction. Music was
furnished by the Columbian Quartet.
Rev. Ignatius Smith will be the
speaker at tomorrow's services. Mrs.
Thomas E. Robertson will preside
Music will be furnished by the Church
OF the Covenant quartet. Rev. DR.. M.
r. Lowell will offer prayer.
A special children's day program
has been arranged for Saturday, under
ley, chairman. Charles Wood will pre-
sent a Christmas story in pictures.
All of the children of Washington are
invited to attend.
Religious Duty Reminder.
DR.. John c. Palmer, pastor of West
minister Presbyterian Church, in his
address yesterday spoke of Christine
as a reminder to mankind of it's re-
ligious duties.
Mrs. John D. Sherman, president OF
the Federation Of Women's Clubs o.
the United States, delivered her an
nual Christmas message. She ex.
pressed hope that women of other
cities would follow the plan of the Dis
trict Federation in holding annual
Christmas services. Mrs. Wayne B
Wheeler was in charge of the music.
Rev. DR.. w. l.. Darby, secretary OF
the District Federation Of Churches,
offered prayer and benediction.
Evening star., 1926-12-15
Births Reported.

Joseph l.. B. and Gertrude Murray. boy.
Christian and Dora Middledorf. boy.
Harry a and Margaret Beckert. boy.
Meinos and Helen Tog.as, girl.
Elbert G. and Nellie r. yer boy.
friedrich p. and Eliza Upson, girl.
Wallace H. and Ella s. f-.'icford. girl.
Jacob and Louise Bladt boy
william r. and Gertrude f Heath. girl.
Stuart and Kath"vn Goodwin. boy.
Samuel K. and Edith Weaver. girl.
w. H. and Alice Carter. boy.
Evening star., 1926-12-15
Deaths Reported.

The following deaths have been reported
TO the Health Department in the last "a
isadore T. Young. II, 1O7- C St. Sc.
Morris Ahern, 70. Walter Reed Hospital.
Abraham I; McAlister. e.. 437 18th sth St.
y Margaret A Farrell, %. George Washing
Thomas Lane O'Donnell. 1. 2701 2sth
st NV.
Louis johnson, 70 Freedmen's Hospital.
George H. Buckner. ga. Freedmen's Hos
Louis Chisley. As. Freedmens Hospital
The memory is said to be stronger
in Summer than in Winter.
Evening star., 1926-12-15

From foundations to roof, a bun
allow has been built by a betrothed
,ouple in Essex. The bridegroom
ven made most of the furniture.
Evening star., 1926-12-15

Almost 10000 pedigreed silver foxes
are ~eoicto~na IN Canada.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1926-08-19
TAX NOTICE

The assessment roll of the Town of Wrangell for the year 1926 is now in my possession for the eollec- tion Of the taxes levied therein.
 The taxes will be delinquent on the 3oth day of September, 1926, al 6 o'clock P NJ, and unless paid prior thereto fifteen l15) per cent will be added to the amount as pen alty, and interest on said tax and penalty shall be charged at the rate of eight lS) per cent per annum from the date of delinquency until paid.
 PROVIDED, however, that if one half of the tax so assessed is paid on or before the 30th day of Sep tember, the remaining one half shall be due and payable on or be- fore the 31st day of December. but if the said remaining one-half be not paid before December 31st, 1926, it shall be delinquent and a penalty of fifteen (15) per cent will be add ed to the amount thereof, and in terest on said tax and penalty shall be charged at the rate of eight (Sl per cent per annum from date of de- linquency until paid.
 PROVIDED. Also that all payers of taxes who shall pay their taxes in one payment, and in full, on or before the Both day of September shall be allowed a three (3l per cent rebate on said tax.
 Taxes are payable at the Bank Of Alaska.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1926-08-19
FOLLOW THE ARc1IC DUCK
.New York.Wo orld1

Wild ducks, according to Major Lanphier, second in command of the Detroit Arctic expedition, are seen at Point Barrow in the spring flying northward and in the au- tumn flying southWard again with their young. Next year the expe- dition will renew it's search for land Tor airplane landings where, presumably. the ducks found it for their nests. since they never nest on the ice.
 If somewhere in that big white patch on the polar map indicating uneXplored reaches north of Point Barrow and centering about the Pole of Inaceessibility land can be discovered. the finding will be of immense importance in arranging routes for transpolar flights con meeting important population cen ters in northern lands. At any rate the Board of Control is quite right in deciding that the further expert ment is worth making. To glimpse new polar land is now the most tempting prize of aviation.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1926-08-19
THEY'RE USING PRINTERS
 INK IN HORSE TRADING NOW

BLOOMSBURG, Pa.-Horse trad CTS here have gone David Harum one better, and new use for printers ink has been found. The discovery came through a request made in a newspaper office for ink by a horse dealer. and he related the following story.
 Printers ink applied at night to gray or white hair turns it brown by morning and the ink then can be removed without any trace that the hair has been "doetored. Not all buyers are particular about looking a horse in the mouth when the coat of hair indicates it is not so old, and the printers ink turns the trick, the dealer said.
 Early last week he bought a horse from a local man, took it to a nearby farm, applied the print CTS ink and the next morning brought the horse back to town and sold it to the man from whom he had bought it for $40 more than he paid, the buyer not knowing it was the same horse he had sold the day before.
 Whether the ink scheme would work as well on human hair, the horse dealer didn't know.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1926-08-19

THE WRANGELL SENTINEL
 J. ". PRITGHETT, Publisher S4.00 PER YEAR, M ADVANCE
 Foreign Countries 50O Extra Entered as second-eIass matter at the WrangeIl. Alaska, post office under
 Act Of Congress Of March 3. 1878
The Wrangell sentinel., 1926-08-19
National Forest Timber for Sale

Sealed bids will be received by the Forest Supervisor, Ketchikan, Alas ka, up to and including September 12, 1926, for all the dead timber, standing and down, and all the live timber marked or designated for cutting on an area on small cove at mouth of Anita Bay, Etolin Island, about 15 miles due south of Wran- gell, Tongass National Forest, AL aska, estimated to be 400, GOO feet B. NJ. of Sitka Spruce and 10000 feet B. NJ. of Red Cedar sawtimber. No bid of less than. $150 per NJ feet B. M. for Sitka Spruce and Red Ce- dar sawtimber; $1.00 per NJ feet B. M for Western Hemlock sawtimber; 1f per linear foot for all piling up to and including 95 feet in length; and F per linear foot for all pill ing over 95 feet in length will be considered s50000 must be depos- ited with each bid to be applied on he purchase price, refunded or re- tained in part as liquidated dam ages. according to the conditions of ale. The right to reject any and II bids reserved Before bids are submitted. full information concern ing the timber, the conditions of 4ale, and the submission of bids
 hould be obtained from the Forest
 supervisor, Ketchikan, Alaska.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1926-08-19

Deputy Marshal E. II. Bayer of Kodiak. recently took a trip to Uyak, and took into custody seven Mexi- cans who had threatened To kill the eannery boss. At trial before the Commissioner at Kodiak they were convicted of assault and were sen teneed to jail for periods ranging from one to six months.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1926-08-19
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
 AIIGnST % 1a0R

10:30 Morning Worship-Thiinget 12s00 Sunday School
 7.30 Evening Sermon: CHRIS THAN UNITY This is the third sermon in the short series of ser mons on things that Protestant Christians need to think about. 4 cordial invitation is extended to the general public.
 Robert Joseph Diven, D. D..
 Minister
The Wrangell sentinel., 1926-08-19
. CHAIN OF GREENHOUSES
 FOR ALASKA

Among the passengers aboard the Queen Saturday was Herman A Smith, president of the recently or ganized Alaska Garden and Green house Company which has been in eorporated under the laws of AL aska.
 Mr. Smith is graduate of the Agricultural College Of Nebraska and is experienced in the green house business, having served three years as manager of a big green house concern in the states
 It is the purpose of the new or ganization to establish a chain of greenhouses in the various seaports and the principal interior towns of Alaska.
 Through the efforts of some of WrangelPs most progressive citizens the president of the new corpora ton will within the next few days investigate the possibilities for a greenhouse in Wrangell
 In discussing the new industry with the Sentinel reporter, Mr Smith said:
 Just observe thoughtfully for an hour or more the process of unload ing freight at any one of the great freight ports of Alaska; observe for instance the tremendous amount of vegetables and perishables that are shipped many hundreds of miles to these northern ports. Careful investigation of statistics and. gen eraI conditions seem to justify the need of green stuff in the North and suggests-swhy not raise these commodities necessary to human ex- istance right here on the ground ?''
 It is further revealed by careful observation and by data available at destination points that fully 50 per cent of the greens bought in the States and shipped up here, go to waste before reaching the con sumer. This fact alone doubles the price. And this fact is substantiated by dealers and merchants Fancy prices are necessarily paid for these shipments; shipping and handling charges have to be added. and the small margin of profit to which dealer is entitled, have combined to make the retail price in many in stances very high. and even then the freshness and food value has virtually ceased to exist
 ..The Company will erect through the different supply centers of AL aska number of greenhouses as well as one experimental station. Experts, absolutely familiar with this line of work, will have charge of the erection of these houses, and their necessary heating plants, and a corps of trained experts, familiar with the raising of these greens, will have charge of the growing op- erations The community which will have one of these greenhouses allot- ted to her will certainly be able to count such an enterprise as one of it's genuine assets, for it will bring a goodly amount of business, fur nish a payroll, be it large or small, and certainly give momentum, com munity advertising and profit to all. "Cucumbers, tomatoes. lettuce, on- ions, radishes and other produce grown as between or side crops, as well as potted plants, and cut flow CTS, are some of the items that can be profitably raised and certainly leasily marketed anywnare in Alaska. Each greenhouse is expected to SUD- ply it's home community first"
The Wrangell sentinel., 1926-08-19
STARTS CONSTRUCTION ROAD FROM MILL CREEK
 TO VIRGINIA LAKE

". S. Wilson. of the Territorial Road Commission arrived from Ju- neau yesterday morning with a crew of men. auto trucks and other equipment for the construction of road from the mouth of Mill Greek To Virginia Lake.
 4 camp has been established at the mouth of Mill Creek and actual construction work has begun.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1926-08-19
CHURCHES
ST. PHILIPS CHURCH
.sUNDY. AUGUST 22- la26

los15 A M. Morning prayer and in-
 terpreted sermon.
 7sS0 P M Theme of lecture. Will it matter one hundred years hence? The lecture is suggested by car toon appearing in one Of our daily papers where Uncle Sam calls on Alr. and Mrs. Average citizens and demands, Do you know where your children are tonight2"
 H. P. Corser. Rector.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1926-08-19
FOR SALE

One Elto outboard motor 3 H. P. and newly painted 14 foot, oak-rib- bed row boat Both are in excellent condition and will be sold for s175. Inquire Sentinel.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1926-08-19
A. E. GURR,,
 Town Treasurer

FOR SALE A 22-inch band saw machine with five saws; also one new gasboat 32x8 feet. See ". A. Linton.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1926-08-19

Bungalow piano, American wal nut with bench, for rent or sale In quire Sentinel.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1926-08-19

GASBOAT FOR SALE AT A BAR GAIN. - Inquire at Sentinel office
The Washington times., 1926-07-28
Identity of Girl Who
Took Poison on Street
lis Puzzle to Police

1s the young woman lying In
Emergency Hospital, suffering from
the effects Of = poison dose taken
on the street Monday night, Miss
Rebecca Seay, OF 1902 Nineteenth
st. N. W.,1or Miss Betty Shea, 1901
n st. N. W., the name she gave
70 the police and hospital authorl.
ties?
This is the question that had not
been solved by the police at a late
hour today, despite the fact that
several persons who saw her pic.
ture In the paper yesterday posi-.
lively identified her as Margaret
Eeay.
Police believe the latter name Is
correct since 1t was the name under
which her picture was found. 1t is
thought that Shea Is the name of
another member Of her family.
Another mysterious angle to the
ease is that Roy Whitehouse, war
rant officer at Fort Myer, because
OF whose alleged cooling love the
young woman is said to have at
tempted suicide, denies that he
knows teither Betty Shea or Rebecca
Seay, and insists that he does not
know why his picture and address
should have been in a locket that
the girl wore about her neck.
Miss Seay, or Shea, drank a, pois.
on dose as she was standing in
front OF 1904 Pennsylvania Ave.
N. W., walked into q lunch room
and collapsed. Her recovery is ex-
nected
The Washington times., 1926-07-28
Identified BY Many
Plot, Says EvangeIist

Plot, Says Evangelist
LOS ANGELES, July 2S.-The
Identification Of Aimee Semple Nc.
Pherson as the woman who occupied
a secluded cottage at Carmel-by-the.
CONTINUED on Page 2. Column ~
The Washington times., 1926-07-28
NE | CLOSES on
OHIO lL|...L|.ER|'|Is' !
BY PAUL e. BROKAW
International News eervlce

CANTON, Ohio, July 2s.-Arrest
of the murderers and their accom-
plfces in the Don r. Meilett as
sassination Ioomed imminent today
when 1t was learned at the head
quarters Of the wide flung co-ordi-
mated hunt that but a few links of
evidence remained to be uncovered
to complete the investigators case
against certain Canton Jungle"
characters.
Ora Slater, head of the campaign
against the underworld, said today
that he would arrest no one to be
held on suspicious person
charge" No arrests win be made
until confession is gained, he
said.
The first arrest made by myself
VIII be on a warrant charging MUIR
DER. the Cincinnati detective stated.
For several days Slater and his
cohorts have been able to place
their hands upon at least one ol
the men connected with the murder,
It became known today.
In. order to complete the chain of
evidence, Earl Hexamer, acting
chief of police. and Slater TO-DAY
will indulge in a wholesale grilling
Continued on Page 2, Column 81
The Washington times., 1926-07-28
XII MAYOR
CHURCH
ROW
b international News serviee

MEXICO CITY, July %.
The first serious incident in
the clash between the Mexican
government and the Catholic
church vas reported today
from Agus CaIientes.
Mayor Humberto Cervantes
ii reported 10 have been
lynched by j mob because he
ordered the arrest of the town
priest who refused 10 register
as prescribed By law accord
ing to one unconfirmed re,
port.
Facts OF Case In Doubt
Another dispatch charges that
the mayor entered into an argu-
ment with the priest which ended
in his shooting the clergyman, and
then the citizenry retaliated BY
lynching the mayor.
Still another version Is that the
mayor was stoned to death.
Official confirmation Of these
reports is lacking.
Ready to Take Church Over
schismatic Catholics OF Mexico.
who hold = doctrine opposed to that
Of the Roman Catholics OF the coun.
try. announced today that they
were prepared to take over the
churches and institute services as
soon a. rhe churches are abandoned
by their regular clergy on August
/. Their action would depend upon
Continued on Page 2, Column u
The Washington times., 1926-07-28

MONTEREY, Cal, July 2s..
Aimee Semple Mcpherson de-
clines to confront the Wit
nesses who are breaking down
her story Of her kidnapping and
seizure in Mexico.
She will not come here now
Ito fight the growing tide of
evidence against her evidence
indicating that she occupied a
cottage here, begoggled and
disguised, in company with
her former radio operator at
AngeIus Temple during the
period when she says she was
held across the border.
Sure Of Case
Detectives have about completed
their investigation here. confident
that they have established their
case against the Los Angeles
evangelist.
The captain u detectives, Her
man Cline, says he Is positive that
Mrs. Mcpherson was the mys-
terious woman who accompanied
the man who has been identified
as Kenneth Il. Ormistoli. After
occupying the Benedict cottage At
Carmel for Few days, the couple
is said to have departed, leaving
behind them an expensive radio
set, articles Of wearing apparel
and books.
Identified BY Many
''Three persons have positively
identified Mrs. Mcpherson as the
woman who occupied the cottage. =
Assistant District Attorney Ryan
declares. He also declared he had
obtained affidavits from a dozen
witnesses naming Ormiston as the
man who rented the Carmel bunga
low under the name Of Mcintyre.
The new evidence viii be pre-.
sented to the Grand Jury when 1t
reconvenes, Ryan said.
The Washington times., 1926-07-28

to be Miss Maiiey. who, dressed in
mems clothes, commanded her ex.
petition with the assurance born OF
the safe elimination OF many adven-
lures.
The couple fell Immediately In
love and Joined company az lar as
Chahernow, where Belgian mis-
sionary married them.
This extraordinary romance OF the
desert came its first cropper in 1918,
when Lesdain first began his pro.
ceedings for annulment Of the mar
rage.
The Washington times., 1926-07-28

A decree handed down by the
Paris divorce court has granted an
annulment OF marriage to NJ.
jacques de Lesdain, an equally IA
nous French explorer. Their mar
riage eliminated romance as novel
as any expounded in the most
imaginative "best.seller."
In 1902, while Lesdain was leading
an expedition through the Cobb
desert, he crossed the path Of an
other explorer. This latter proved
The Washington times., 1926-07-28
dream
BABT'S DAD

~ A44h%A A@4AANA4 &NGNs k@EA ~
LONDON. July 2s.-The Kings
bench court today declared Baby
Goeffrey Russell the dream baby, !"
the legitimate child Of the Hon.
John Hugo Russell, son or Lord
Ampthill and Mrs. Christabel Rus
sell, thus bringing to conclusion
one OF the most famous divorce
cases in the history Of the Eng.
Iish courts.
Russell petitioned for q divorce
from his wife In 1922. charging her
with infidelity. Mrs. Russell de-
tended the case and in the course
of the trial Russell's attorneys de-
MED the paternity OF Geoffrey, on
behalf OF their client.
Medical Evidence Presented
They maintained that the Rus
sells had never lived together as
man and wife. Mrs. Russell
answered this charge with the
claim that Geoffrey was q dream
CONTINUED on Page 3. Column 81
The Washington times., 1926-07-28
POLICE ASKED TO SEEK
FOR DEAF MUTE YOUTH

d. c. police were asked today to
search for Albert Grandman, a deaf
mute, OF Natick, Mass. The boys
parents say that he wrote them
from here, telling them that he was
going south to look for a position.
He u 1S years old, feet 10
inches In height, weighs $50 pounds
and has q light complexion. His
relatives viii pay his expenses back
The Washington times., 1926-07-28
Green Kept No Records
Paid All In Cash

All payments were III cash. Green
explained. Under questioning BY
Senator Reed D.l cf Missouri. he
declared the Illinois politicians re-
fused to accept checks, and de-
manded straight cash. SO he paid.
he admitted. and in some instances
he couldn't ten within $500 how
much he had given to Mckinley fol
lowers.
The Washington times., 1926-07-28

Ten minutes after Edward
a. Brauniger, 81 years old, Of
1542 Seventh st. N. W, em-
ployed as senior lithograph
transferer at the Interior De-
partment, received a letter to-
day asking for his resignation,
he walked out of his house
into the woodshed and shot
himself through the heart. He
was taken to Emergency Hos
pital in 3 dying condition.
Refused Breakfast
Coupled with despondency over
POOR health, which had kept him
away from work since July 10,
his wife. Aris Brauniger. said the
man declared he could mot bear
it any longer" when be got the
letter today.
Refusing an invitation to sit
down and eat his breakfast,
Brauniger, according to his
mother, left the kitchen TO clean
up the yard, he said. Three min
utss later the family heard shot.
Mother Reaches Him
First to reach the scene was his
mother, who found her sons clothes
burning, lust over the heart. A
zG-caIlber revolver, which he had
kept under his bed for sir years,
Mas lying beside his prcstrate body.
Screams OF the wife and mother
attracted Policeman B. r. Camp.
bell. Of the Second precinct. who
was standing at Seventh and O.
Streets Northwest. He summoned
the Emergency Hospital ambulance.
At the hospital physicians say
the man viii not live out the day.
Threafened Suicide
Mrs. Brauniger says her husband
had threatened to take his life
about 10 years ago. At one time
It was necessary for her to grab
the gun cut Of his hands, she de.
cIares.
When he got the letter from the
Geographical Survey. Department
OF the Interior. where he has been
employed for two years, at first he
refused to show it to his wife and
tried to laugh the matter off, Mrs.
BrauniRer told police.
At the department today, John J.
Madegan. chief clerk, denied the
letter requested the mans resignar
Ition but said 1t only contained q
blank form which he could sign
and resign II he wanted to.
Brauniger IL survived by his wife
end mother and mother-in.Iaw, Mrs.
Marion Bethon, all living at the
aame address. He il of German
descent.