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New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1926-09-04
KING IS CRICKET PAN

King George is ardent cricket fan
During the Test Match between England and
Australia, the king visiting Lord Seton
at Abbeystead, near Lancaster, and in order
not to mics results Of the match he CAUSED
a special telegraph circuit to be fitted out
from the Oval News came through from
London at the fall of almost every wicket
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1926-09-04
PRIEST CLIMBS Mt. BLANC

Father Obcrmeyer of Offering a It'll"
Bayarlan mountain village, has achieved the
distinction OF being the first German priest TO
climb Mount Blanc alone and without guido
The Federation of French Alpine Guides has
awarded him the guides medal in recognition
of his accomplishments
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1926-09-04
HIGHLAND SPATTEEs LATEST

Highland spattoes is Londons latest
fashion decree. They were sponsored by Lady
Strathspey.
The spattees are made of shower-proof
WOOL and designed TO protect dainty shoes and
stockings in wet weather. They look like
the ordinary leg covering used in the Ccotcb
costume and reach within about three inclc.
OF the knees.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1926-09-04
COMMITS SUICIDE

Shrewsbury, Mass. Sept. 4 Up
Depressed over the loss of his year
old daughter three months ago,
Lockwood L. Aldrich, Il, committed
suicide last night by shooting him
self in the head with a revolver as
he lay in his bed at home. His wife
heard the revolver shot. but when
she reached him the man was dead
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1926-09-04
NEW HAIR STYLE.

Basic, Switzerland, Sept. 4 Up
The "Hindenburg Crop" is the latest
feminine hair dressing fashion on
the continent A hair dresser in
pealed to a great many women,
especial during hot weather, be-
cause the mode is more masculine
than any which has yet appeared.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1926-09-04
BALDWIN is CALM

Stanley Baldwin, the Prime Minister,
walked out OF his office residence at 10
Downing street the other day and faced a bal
terry of cameras.
AS the final camera clicked he looked
around and said, Gentlemen, what do YOU
think OF the prospects,"
"Of coal strike settlement" the news
paper men asked. 1pterestedly.
NO Of the cricket match" he repIied
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1926-09-04
E,a,A@OLlAAI-

(Monday: Charlotte Mills tells
how she begins to suspect that her
mother and Rev. Mr.. Hall love each
other. She relates how her mother
RECEIVERS from an almost fatal ILL
ness because the rector pleads that
she must get well for his sake. She
presents, too, vivid picture of the
stern Mrs. Hall)
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1926-09-04

Now Comes Startling Information
That Tune of Yankee Doodle Is Not
American at All, It's Irish


London, Sept. 4. fPl-The tune of Yankee
Doodle" is not American at all--it's Irish"
So says DIR. Grafton Flood. an Irish au-
thorty musical history He asserts that
Yankee Doodle, was originally an Irish air
known as IAN the Way to Galway"
God Save the Kink," the British national
anthem. DR.. Flood says, also is an old Irish
tune which originated somewhere about 1898,
and has been going strong ever since
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1926-09-04

Having learned the power of the tip while
travelling in France lady at Versailles, the
palace of the French kings asked whether II
she gave guard ten dollars he could not
make the famous fountains play? When the
fountains OF Versailles play thousands of
Parisians flock to see the sight. and what the
lady thought she could get for ten dollars costs
the town of Versailles each time considerable
sum of money.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1926-09-04

NEW FEMALE DRANiATIST

ireland has discovered new woman dra-
matist in Miss Elizabeth Haro whose play
Mr.. Murphy's Island" has scored a success
at the Abbey Theater in Dublin. Miss Harte,
who was quite unknown, based the play on
Irish events of 1921. Irish audiences show
remarkable interest in the presentation OF
scenes that marked the fight of the Sim Fein.
and some plays have provoked political dis
turbances. But MIR. Murphys Island has
hurt nobody's feelings and has been well re-
ceived all around
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1926-09-04
HAS UNUSUAL DIET

Potatoes and sour milk was a diet TO
which Mrs. Josie Hayes, Of Holycross. Tip
perary, attributed her longevity. She is dead
at the age Of 104. Two days before her death
Mrs. Hayes dug potatoes for dinner and carried
them into the house. She had nine children,
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1926-09-04
SKETCHES CLEANED
FROM ABOUT N. Y.
Chinatown Isn't Same Old
Chinatown Any More

Chinatown no longer is the rem
devious for opium and gambling adj
diets Rarely is there Tong war and
with the authorities always on guard
little trouble between the Chinese
and white people arises. Lettering
and conversation an the streets is
forbidden.
This strip of territory occupies
less than a square mile, but within
its limits are to be found everything
from local postoffice to Joss house.
Even the corner square has its
bulletin board with the news hap
penings of the day.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1926-09-04

Few historic places remain that at
one time gave Chinatown its intrig-
Iuing and mysterious name. Only the
bare outline of the gambling AMI
opi,,ra den once patronized by
"Chuck Connors" is to be seen. This
place was scene of splendor, the
furnishings being carried out in gold
and teakwood. Boarded up are I'M
derground nassageways that led for
blocks, enabling these people to flee
from the authorities when warned OF
approaching danger.
A visit to ;le Joss house costs
fifty cents, which is said to aid the
high priest in paying $4,000 year
for the honor Z holding this posi-
ton. He is permitted to leave the
building but once a year.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1926-09-04

The narrow musty streets are fill
cd with the odor of all kinds of
vegetables piled high in the store
windows and outside hang meats
drying in the sunlight. This is
means of preservation, for these
people will keep their supply any
where from week to six months
providing the outer skin has not
been broken.
Their jewelry shops are to be
boosted of, for on display are eX-
uuisite hand-caryed gold rings,
bracelets and other ornaments. Jade,
a stone highly priced by the Chinese.
also is on sale.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1926-09-04
Bertino has a police record.

San Giovanni was captured by
Patrolman Henry Webb late last
night. the policeman finding the
restaurant man hiding in a clump
of bushes in Kossuth street. Patrol
man Webb was attracted to the
spot by rustling in the bushes.
San Giovanni at police head
quarters said he shot Bertino in an
attempt to get the latter's gun. He
claimed Bertino had the gun hid
den in his shirt during the argu-
ment.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1926-09-04

The altar Of this temple is of cary
ed gold and required three genera
lions to complete. 1t is the same one
on which Lillian Gish lay in one of
the scenes in Broken Blossoms
On the wall is hung huge buuie-
tin board containinT names OF peo-
ple who have died. This board serves
as mausoleum or tombstone. Inc
Chinese do not believe in spending
large sums of money for the erection
of memorials. Instead, if man is
wealthy, q certain amount OF his
money is taken toward the notation
of his name on the board.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1926-09-04

mo. I haven't been waiting long,
is the statement heard most often on
the steps Of the New York Public
Library, at Forty-second street and
Fifth avenue. Watches are constant
ly flashing in and out of pockets:
someone is always asking the time
on these steps or they constitute one
Of the PRINCIPAL trysting places in
! New York.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1926-09-04
NORWALk MAN IS
Slain IN fEUD
Alleged Murderer Is Taken Into
Custody

Norwalk, Sept. 4 Pl-Shot five
times in the chest, abdomen and
hips, Giocomo Bertino, 33. owner of
a grocery store in Wood street, died
in the Norwalk hospital last night.
His alleged slayer is Rocco San Clio
vanni, who is the owner of a res
taurant in Mulvoy street.
The shooting is thought by the
police to have resulted in a boot
leggers' feud. The men became
engaged in an argument at Wood
and Mulvoy streets last night and
during the quarrel, San Giovanni
pulled a revolver from his pocket
and fired six shots at Bertino. One
bullet entered the left side of the
chest near the heart, two went
through the hips.
After the shooting San Giovanni
ran to his restaurant where he hid
the gun in the cellar. He then
made his escape. The gun was
found later and is being held by the
police.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1926-09-04

The milkman. usually seen only at
the backC oors of apartment houses
and private homes, now includes
steamships at New York piers in his
delivery rounds. An enterpri3lns
New York dairy concern, observing
that florists, fruit shops and candy
shops have made success Of their
catering specially to steamer trade
has entered the same field and sets
forth in glowing advertising terms
how Messengers departing from these
shores would revel in case or
cream or Grade A milk. Delivery to
the passengers stateroom is part OF
the scheme.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1926-09-04
DOINGS in FOREIGN CAPITALS
BERLIN:

Changing Cars in Mid-air Success
fully Attempted on Gable Railway
$50 Bar Maids Are Without Jobs
The Alaskan., 1926-11-26
FLAG F0R ALASKA

The Territorial department of ed ucation is asking the school chill dren of Alaska to submit in the I ear future, an emblem to be ac- cepted as the official flag of the Ter ritory.
 The Alaska department of the American Legion being in a better position to sponsor the movement than any other organization has the matter in hand. Several posts have the matter in hand and are work ing out definite plans which will be announced later,
 Those children and others in- teresGed in this matter should be studying the matter with the view of submitting their designs to the com n.ittee at the proper time and place. Those working on the plan are hoping that the Alaska Legis- latuIe will think enough of the plan to officially adopt it as the uag of the Territory.
The Alaskan., 1926-11-26
ADS NAVIGATION

Installations and repairs of navi- gation aids during the past week were announced by w. 0. Dibrell, superintendent of the lighthouse service.
 The bulletin issued announced:
 Cordova Bay, Wallace Rock buoy 2, established No. 22 in 53 feet of water on the northerly side of rock.
 Port Chester, Lively Rock gas buoy No. 2. reported extinguished November 22 will be relighted as soon as practicable.
 Chatham Strait, Yasha Island buoy No. 2, reported missing Nov g was replaced Nov. 15.
 Chatham Strait, Pt. Ellis light reported extinguished Nov. g. was felighted Nov 15.
The Alaskan., 1926-11-26
BUREAU fIoHER|Ec REPORTS
 SALE IF fUH SEAL

I?7.5O. The confscated sealskin dyed black, sold for $41. and the four pieces of sealskin brought $1. The total amount realized from the sale of the sealskins was $313,2S8. At the preceding public auction of sealskins, May 24, 1926, the av- craze prices obtained for dyed Pri- bi.off Island seal skins w,:re as fol lows: Black, $32.7s Bois dc Cam pcche, $2O.42; Chataignc dor, $15.27.
 The 465 blue fox skins taken on she Pribioc islands hr"us!:1 $2i TAO an average of $522O per skin. These skins consisted of $40 taken in the season 1925-25 a1d 125 Fl the season 1925-26. The three fox skins taken from animas that died in the course of shipment brought $1.50. At the preceding public auction sale of Pribiloff Island blue sale of P~ibiloff iIsands blue-fox 7kins, Sept ,mber "A, 1925, an av- craze price of $4S.62 per skin was obtained.
 The sale on October II, 1926, in- ciuded all the fox skins that remain od of the Pribiloff Islands take of the season of 1924-25, the others (341 blue peite and 26 white pelts) having been sodl on September 24, 1925. There remain hand 580 blue belts and 20 white belts of the take in the season of 192526.
The Alaskan., 1926-11-26
WATCH fOR
 B|G FISH RUN

Two million red king salmon eggs were received recently by tn. Ter rltorlal Fish Hatchery at Ketcnikan. T, ,ese are to be utilized in stoc:A:n fishing grounds next fall.
 1he eggs vie purchased f'om the State of Washington and were .aLen from the Columbia River.
 (The hatchery system of Alaska IS not satisfied wit depicting 'he rec salmon streams of Alaska by their propogation" .. salmon, thy : st needs help Washington deo."te r r supply. The record of this system '. Alaska has been one of te'r;ioT Loring and Yes Jay for m1E' years ,.anted millions If salmon eggs a" the more millions of eggs taken from these streams, the less fish ro turned. J. R. Hickman, memb.' of the Territoria Fish Commission, md sponsor of the hatcarry at Ketchikan declared before the last egislative sessit Is that le would not invest eleven cents of h.s O: Il money in the system, yet he asked f; and got "a00. of taxpayers n.oney to squar 'er in hat: .l':S salmon eggs.
The Alaskan., 1926-11-26
AN OPEN LETTER ID
 THE JUNEAU EMPIRE

that now not even posts are to be seen as relics of the good old whaling days.
 The wanton waste of this food fish for fertilizer purposes threatens the destruction of this resource, and this observation is the concensus of opinion of all those familiar with the situation. The recent re- port from Norway indicates that the seer ingy unlimited supply of her ing was not half as large from the production standpoint of previous years. Already the Japanese are becoming worried about their supply as depletion there has already been noted.
 I question the benefit accruing from capital investing in the Terri tor! which while taking riches out from the Territory gives but little monetary return. At the same time a valuable resource is being destroyed for all time. The history of the whaling industry in the di- vision is the history of the salmon ir dustry and as history repeats it's self you will find empty shacks where once stood fine reduction plants, destroyed resource and the Territory holding an empty sack while the capital you would now fa- vor would be back in the States in vested in other business.
 Respectfully yours,
 DAN ALSTON Petersburg, Alaska
 November 26, 1926.
The Alaskan., 1926-11-26

Sigurd Wallstedt deputy supreme dictator of the Loyal order of Moose
 received word while at Seward re- gently that his daughter Winner who had been critically i'll in San Fran cisco had passed away She was the eldest daughter of MT. and Mrs. Si- surd Walstedt, was born in Fair banks thirteen years ago.
The Alaskan., 1926-11-26

 STEAMER. LINE

It is being reported that John E. Ballaine, organizer of the Alaska Central Railroad company and who founded the town of Seward is f. nancing a steamship company to op- crate between San Francisco and Alaska. It is the plan 70 ship birch logs to Frisco to be made up into tirch hardwood lumber.
The Alaskan., 1926-11-26
MRS. WICkERR-
 SHAM DEAD

It has been reported that Mrs. James Wickersham, wife of Judge James Wickersham of Juneau, died at her home near Tacoma the fore part of this week. The Judge was a southbound passenger recently and 10 doubt arrived at the bedside of Mrs. Wickersham before her death.
 'Che Alaskan extends it's sym pathies to this sturdy son of the Northland.
The Alaskan., 1926-11-26

A report on the recent sale at public auction in St. Louis of seal skins taken on the Pribiloff Island off Alaska shows that the Govern r.ent netted from these sales $3OS, SS4. The report, made public by the Bureau of Fisheries, Depart meit of Commerce, follows in text:
 There were sold in St. Louis re- c,ntly at public auction S,074 fur s,al skins taxer a. Pribi.ff Islands. IS. Iapane ,s sealskins, confiscat- ed sealskin, and pieces of confis- cated sealskin. The Japanese seal skins were the United States Gov ernment's share. of sealskins talk en by the Japanese government nj 1924 and 1925.
 There were also sold at the same sale 400 Dlu0-lOA SAILS IdhOu nI IAAS Pripiloff Islands and 3 blue-fox from animals that died while being shipped from the islands.
 The prices obtaintd for the 8,O74 I'ribiloff Island seal skins were as fellows: 6,767 dyed black, $258, 345, an average of$3S.1S per skin; 1,25O dyed Boise de Campeche, $49, s26, an average of s39.46 per skin; 54 dyed Chataignt dor, $1,17O, an average of $2167 per skin; three dressed, $3.00. The prices obtain ed for the 1S1 Japanese sealskins were as follows follows: 151 dyed black, $4,394.50, an average of S29.10 per skin; 30 raw salted,
The Alaskan., 1926-11-26
KEICHIkAN GETS
 MORE ROADS
Petersburg, Alaska
 November 26, 1926.

The new road between Saxman and Mountain Point Just south of ketchikan, unrertaken by the Stems and Carlson Construction Company Lf Spokane has been completely graded according to recent report. ] his road will be the connecting link between Ketchikan and the New England power plant at Georges Inlet. According to the report the road is IT feet in width from shoulder and extends in some rlaces to a width of 20 feet. Seven ty-five men have been employed in the worw which has been under the supervision of l.. w. Tuft of the government bureau. The road is not to be opened until sometime next spring when the gravel sur facing will be completed.
 (Ketchikan to Mountain Point is mighty nice but Petersburg to our Mountain Point would be better.
 That could be the first step to securing a road to the power plant at Blind Slough.
The Alaskan., 1926-11-26
WAR HERD |S
 MADE POSIMAN

Charges Alone" full-blooded Ar ikra Indian of North Dakota has been through executive order, auth orized by President Coolidge, order to Mandan, s. Dakoto as postmaster.
 Charges Alone secured his ap- pointment on his war recodr which equaled that of Sergeant York of Tennessee. Charges Alone lived up to his name during the world war by killing or capturing ninety Ger rians single-handed.
The Alaskan., 1926-11-26
ADDS
 EQUIPMENT

Capt. Joe Diamond of the Ketchi- kan Fire Department in report re- gently made stated that 27 Game we'll fire alarm boxes and other equipment valued approximately at 24.500 will arrive in Ketchikan about the~tenth of December. When inst tailed the city will have forty loxes throughout the city.
The Alaskan., 1926-11-26
John w. Troy,
 Editor June IT Empire,
 Juneau, Aisska

EulLOT June iE hmplFe,
 Juneau, Aiaska
 Dear Sir:
 Your referen, to the ls rin" in Gustry in Alaska and the danger of thasing away ado tional h ,rring re. duction plants from Alaska has been called to 4'y attention.
 First I call to your atten!i3r th1' am solely responsible for the her. ring petition which now has the en- dorsement of over three thousand signatures of resident fishermen, and businessmen. It has been en- dorsed without qualification by the Wrangell Chamber of Commerce, and only with slight modification by the Ketchikan Chamber.
 After. an exhaustive study of the situation in every section where reduction plants wtre in operation, tie conclusions set forth in the pc ttt:on are absolute facts as indicated by the signature of fishermen who are in direct touch with this indus try.
 bring to your attention the situ ation as presented by the whaling indusry in this division a few years ago analogous to the herring in dustry. Tha work of the whaling stations at Murders Cove, Port Arm strong and another, were lauded to the sky for the amount of returns capital invested was bringing to the Territory The companies had no thought of the morrow and cleaned out every whale in the district so
The Alaskan., 1926-11-26

part of the year Altogether, there were Al tide stations in operation tion in Alaska territory during the iyear Primary tide stations will be maintained at Ketchikan, Seward, and Valdez during the present year. An important current and tide survey was made in southeast Alas ka and in Puget Sound, extending over a period of three months. The work was carried on from thirty current stations, covering the i'm portant passages between Puget ! Puget Sound Washington, and Cross Sound, Alaska, where the cur rent velocity is sufficient to be a menace to shipping. This survey forms the basis for a special report | by Colonel Jones, recentyl issued by the Coast and Geodetis Survey, on :, tide and current Investigations.
 During the year, a seismograph was kept in operation at the mag nelis station in Sitka, for the pur- pose of registering and checking up on earthquake shocks, and an in vestigation of auroraA in connection with telegraph and radio disturb ances was made at this station. Colonel Jones, in his report stressed several important needs of the Coast and Geodetic Survey at his time. Among other things he says, For years there has been m Ehasized the needon the Pacific Coast for seaworthy launches r tenders of approximately 60 feet in length for work in conjunction with the large ships and to do that work for which the ship is too large and too expensive and for which boats carried on the ships davits are too small The need is urgent for three such tenders.
 ''The two ships now surveying on the Coast of Washington and Ore gon are operating with hired launches which are pooryl suited to the work. Then it becomes neces- sary to carry on the work with the small boats while the ship stands by. Although the cost of leasing the launches is greater than to own and Cperae them, the consideration of unit cost of the work demands that this expensive practice of leasing launches until necessary tenders are provided"
 Another passing need, according to Colonel Jones, is for an addition al magnetic survey Of Alaska. H says, "The magnetic survey of Alas ka is inadequate and additional sta tlUns should be occupied. The pressing need at present is for the occupation of repeat stations along the main routes of travel These have not been occupied for eight years, longer period than is con- sidered safe.
 'tThe results of these magnetic surveys are of great value in vari- ous ways. They are indispensable to local surveyors who have frequent ly to re-establish property bound aries located many years ago by means of the compass.