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to act upon resolutions adopted by the
board of trustees.
Favorable action, which is antici.
pated, probably will result in the
breaking of ground for the new edifice,
which will cost in the neighborhood
of 81 $50 900. within the next 80 days
Combined with Office.
The new temple will be combined
with an Office building. from which a
revenue OF 100000 annually can be
obtained. The rite has for several
years owned the lot, which has a front
age on K street of ISL feet and Thir
teenth street frontage of lat feet. AS
the lot is located In the first CONNER
cial zone, permission has been given
to- erect building 10 feet in height.
According to present plans, an audi
forum will be located on the ground
floor with n seating capacity of $500.
Clubrooms and smaller lodge rooms
will be on the second floor, suitable for
degree work and the meetings of affili-
ated Masonic bodies, including the
Eastern Star
Below these rooms will be space for
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SEWER CONSTRUCTION
CONTRACTS AWARDED
Sewer Projects Costing $25, 900 Are
Soon to Be Under
Nov

Contracts for the construction of
seven sewers. involving a total cost of
approximately S25, 900, were awarded
yesterday by the District Commits
sioners. The projects. contractors and
the price quoted follow:
The Warren F. Brenizer Co, con-
struction of the Massachusetts avenue
replacement sewer, $751; 81. 40; construc-
ton of the Dix street service sewer
$4.261.97: the construction of the Mill
tary road and Thirty-second street
service sewer, $3,716.31, and the con.
struction of the lexington combined
system sewers, $2,294.6S.
The G. B. Mullin Co., Inc. construc-
ton of the Observatory Circle service
sewer. s2.673.39
w. Harry Engle construction of the
Clark and Brewer places, service
sewer, $4297.62.
The Aiello Construction Co, Inc,
construction of Holbrook terrace
service sewer, $2,515.o4
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french spirits Low;
Only 100 Bottles of
Wine for Each Man
By the Associated Press.

ny blle ASsoIldted I-FESs.
. PARIS. January 29.--The French
man fears It, is gong to be q very
dry year in France.
The wine crop is snort. The pro-
duction is off more than one-third.
There are only 100 bottles for each
man, woman and child in France,
and the Academy of Agriculture IS
worrying about where the rest Of
It is to come from.
There Is no solution of the prob
lem but restriction, says Prosper
Gervals, an expert, for Italy and
Spain likewise are rather low--in
spirits.
However, the quality is said to be
the best in many years. Chateau
yquem, perhaps the best of white
wines, sold in barrels, m an unfin-
ished state, for the equivalent of
$3.50 q bottle, which presages a re-
tail price of several times that
much to the ultimate consumer.
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stores and above office rooms. A plan
has been contemplated to turn over
the upper floors into apartments.
Although actual drawings of the
architects have not been submitted at
the present time. it is pointed out that
the building when completed will add
to the growing number of magnificent
editices in the National Capital.
Upon the completion OF the temple
the present holdings of the rite at
Third and E streets, known as the
Scottish Rite Cathedral will be sold
This building for a long time has
proved Inadequate for the needs of
the craft because of its smallness.
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MASONIC TEMPLE
APPROVAL SOUGHT
MithraS Lodge Expected to
Consent to Building at
Thirteenth and X.

A special meeting of Mithras Lodge
of Perfection of the Ancient and Ac-
cepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry
will be held Monday evening at 1880
o'clock in the Auditorium of the Ma
sonic Temple, Thirteenth street and
New York avenue, 20 obtain the au
thorization of the members of the rite
for the erection of the Scottish Rite
Temple building on the northwest cor
ner of Thirteenth and K streets.
At the meeting, called by Ellwood
p. Morey. deputy for the Supreme
Council. the membership will be asked
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Charges Husband With Desertion.

Limited divorce is asked in a suit
filed by Mrs. Agnes NJ. Burdette
against Purdum d. Burdette, an en-
gineer on the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Co. They were married Aug
ust 20, 1906, and have one child. The
wife charges inadequate support and
desertion. She is represented by At
torneys j. B. Flynn and S. J. L.
L'Hommedieu.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

4 NOTE. DATED JAN. 80 1927. FOR 5000
signed by f. s. Alyord. has been lost ANY
0na finding same please return to maker a.
Post Office Box 1919 20"
EXPERT ENGINEER AND DESIGNER:
draw plans, write specifications. take esti-
III afee make contracts and supervise o4l3
J4th+ st, NV. Columbia 1871: residence
CLOCKS REPAIRED. ANY MAKE. BY OLD
established firm. called for. delivered and
guaranteed. Pitt. 1880 9TH NV. N. 4390-J
WANTED-1A RETURN, LOAD OF FURNI.
more. sMslTHy.s TRANSFER AND sToR-
0T'FICF OF THE MUTUAL FIRE INSTR.
INCE COMPANY OF THE DISTRICT or
CoLJMBIA W aasinn January 22s 1927.
snrance COMPANY IF the District OF Columbia
viii he held on the first Monday in February
1.-THE 7th proximol at the Office of the com
commencing at 10 o clock am.
Nv the charter of the company the e1eo
ffon of seven managers TO conduct the affairs
OF The company is required to be held at the
Tsy the sixth article of the bylaws of che
company 1t Is provided AT the. annIai
meeting of the company the first business in
order shall be the appointment OF a ~ ,ir
man who shall conduct the meeting and
eiecticn in accordance with the act IF az" w
corporation between the hours Of 10 o'clnrk
m. and 3 nm.
Amount of premium notes. 81. 1879 Ala 10
Amount of cash on hand. 49,. II 5a3 4 Z
securities POS 800 90
, isca1 furniture and fixtures oa.ee44ooSo
Losses by hre. adjusted and "''V
The annual statement viii be ra 3,559% ~, ~
distribution at the Office of the COM nan, nop
Ry order Of the board of managers
l.. PIERCE BCTELER Secretar,
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ENDS HALF FISCAL YEAR

Washington, D. C., Jan 6, tP) - The Treasury Department ended the first half of the fiscal year with Il surplus of two hundred eighteen million, two hundred eight thousand dollars. A year ago for the same period he surplus was oEr hun drrd twenty five million. six hun dred thousand dollars The income tax and customs receipts in ill creasing amounts during thr last quarter made most of the excess
 Last year the public d"h was reduced one billion. one hundred seventy three million. five hundred thousand dollars. The debt is now nineteen billion. seventyf four mill ion. six hundred fifty thousand. Six months income receipts were one billion. foriy-six million, eight thousand dollars.
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COOLlES MAKE ANTl-
 FOREIGN DEMONSTR tTION

Pekin, Jan. 6, (PD Official for .eign Iankaw dispatches, where th"
 British colony IS beseigcd by thous- ands of Coolies, show that the sit nation is increasingly serious and indicate that the natives are beyond control. Chinese miliiarists who undertook to maintain order. are mostly behind barricades. The principal foreign concessions thruour he water front are destroyed Tho city is unsafe for foreigners and the situation is very discouraging. On. German was stabbed within con eession.
 A Reuters dispath said that at q mass meeting yesterday it Was charged tha, Chinese was killed and the avowed purpose of the meet ing was to arrange to disarm Brit- Iish forces. seize foreign property, ,pnd to telegraph turnout he world ia denunctation of the British for "cruclly wounding innocent per sons.
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ORMIsTON DETAILS WANDERINGs

Los Angeles. Jan. 1. @-Ormis- ton, in a statement published in The Examiner, said: "I made the acquaintance of Mss X In Seattle. She Is a nurse." He detailed his wanderings from the time he left Miss x until he was found in Har- risburg. "I left Carmel May 22. and arrived in San Lous Obispo on the twenty third. We started again in the evening for San Mateo. was stopped by Wallace Porter. a news paper reporter. He told us he was looking for Aimee McPherson. After seeing the woman with me he was HatiRfied 1t was not Aimee. We drove on and Quarrelled over the matter. Miss x asked to he taken to hotel. She was met at the hotel by reporters and others. I went to Oakland on May thtrty- first. While there I received long distance call from Miss X who ask ed me 10 come immediately and see that she was taken to her home in Seattle. Everybody was following my blue coupe and I had no pri- vacy so I rented Ford coupe and drove to San Mateo and brought her back to Oakland and then put her on board a train for Seattle.
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CHARGES THAT VARIES
 ELECTION IOUGIIT

Harrisburg. Penn. Jan. 6, tPD ,Governor Pinchot. in hil tinal mes sage to the legislature, charged that Vare's election to Washington Was partly bought and partly stolen" "I have no doubt that Ware deserves to be and will be excluded from the Senate. For many years the politics of this ate have been run as q part of the business interests. The Mellon machine in Pittsburg and the Mitten machine in Philadelphia spread their black hawk like shadows over the community borne upon wings of eminent responsibility and organized crime"
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SEND WIRELESS Mr.SS AGES
 OVER PRINTING. MACHINE

Bordeaux, Jan. $, tRl The tran mission of wireless tu"aSaecs over l printing machine has been ae conplished with success over dis tancc of 6uuU miles.
 The machine, which limits tn work of th. receiving operator tu defr manipulation of scissors te make he telegram ready IS work mg between =tho =radie= station at CroiN d.Hins, hIiH by thn Amcii= can army during the war and Mad agtscar.
 Tn" invention k conditional upun th" complete elimination of para s- lies, the pres"uc" of which ha 5 Heretofore restricted radio lrau mission te Ih. Mofzr code
 'l,h, n-N ma, Iinr rlills far ha handled iill"nn limes in. nrmhpt of words transmitted bl the Mor e code between ihc fnrdrauN and Tanararive stations during gtvon hours
The Nome nugget., 1927-01-08
PAPER CORPORATION
 FILES APPLICATION

Juneau, Jan. 5. (P)-The Federal Forest Service announced that the Inter- National Paper Corporation filed an application with the Fed eral Power Commission at Wash iagton for all water power on Re- vella Island pnnchbowf Applica- tion was also made for timber lease. They plan the installation and constructor of q paper mill nf two hundred fifty tons il day capa- city at Thorn Arm. The applica- tion covers the same lakes and streams included in the Zellerbach application several weeks ago The officials of the International com pany are due to reach Washington this week to confer with the for restry heads.
The Nome nugget., 1927-01-08
PUBLISHER SUFFERS
 FHDM AMNESIA

Longview, Wash, Ian i. LPi- Claiming not to know his name nor wG.re he came from. | well ulcsg.t u-.n uf thirty-fve years or age walh ed into police headquarters here. He recovered his senses today and said his name was Richard F.. Ian ders. He last worked in cyanide plant near Anchorage, and formerfSs published newspaper at McCarthy He remembered dealing with q man believed that he was beaten and robbed.
The Nome nugget., 1927-01-08
DEMANDS RAIsR
 M NAVAL STATUS

Washington, D. C.. Jan. s. @- Senator Johnson. republican of California, demanded that the navy be raised from fits woeful status to . par with that of any other nation." He declared that i've were outgeneraled in the Arms Confer ence."
 Johnson asserted that the Ameri- ean Navy Ia competition with other powsrs. 'is undsrbuilt. inadequate. and 70 far iafesior e to huniliate national pride aAd imperii national safety. We have mads the expert- nest of setting an example of re- training fFen competition in naval arnamsnt and that experiment fail- ed. fhsrs is ons tGia6 tsft. unless ws. wish to fall hopeissa1y behind
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REQUESTS AUTHORITY FOR
 POISONING ALCOHOL.

Washington. Jan. 3. @-seaaa- tor Edwards. democrat from New Jersey. has prepared 2 resolution asking Mellon whether Wheeler or the Anti-saloen League had any hand in "poisoning industrial d. cohol." and # so. what authority the Treasury has for the poisaa- ing. The resolution would re- apire all infermation and corFes= pondence on poisoning. Andrews predicted the early elimination Qf poisons and said that industry pre- ferred wood alcohol to denatured alcohol poisoned which still looks and smells like alcohol.
The Nome nugget., 1927-01-08
WILL FlK\ISH
 ARMS TO \GARtGt \

Washington. n. C, Jan 6, eP, The United states decided to pc mil The rAportatinn uf Il thousand rifles and hundred and sixty ma chine guns and several million rounds of ammunition to Managu;. the seat of the Diaz conservative sisted that he was unable to main tain self power without the assist ance of the United States arms an ammunition. He charged that hi enemies are getting supplies from Mexico
The Nome nugget., 1927-01-08
BASE BALL. i\NESTiGi-
 TION STILL bS

Chicago. Jan. (. lA' Whit SuV Detroit and Tiger members swrer ingly denied ksbere's accu7al iop
 when Judge Landes hrnuem ii
 players face to face with the 1T cusers Collins former SoX seconG baseman produced q cancelled check which showed q date n variance vii he one itisberg mett ioned George ilaqss. Detroit pii cher, said he Was paid il hundred and eighty dollars from Dhe poot
 he Sox raised vel he dnn niZ pitea in the series which Eisbere declar- ed was bought Tn hearing vii be resumed Fiiday hcn Gandil witt testify supporting BiShere
The Nome nugget., 1927-01-08
NAVY APPROPRIATIONS CUT

Washington. Jan. |, @-TAe appropriations committee reported the navy bili proposing . cut of one hundred fifty thousand from the cruising expenses. otherwise the appropriations are practically
 unchanged from the present. It carries . total of three hundred for ty million. Ave hundred fifty two thousand. six hundred eighty dol lars. The arst dine ships arc h sooA repafF. but some of the seesn- dary vessels are in such . conds. ton that their speed has been re- daced from twenty knots to twelve. An emergency may be introduced for maintaining shipyards for re- paiving vessels,
The Nome nugget., 1927-01-08
THURSDAY tTElEGRApHiCi
TRAPPED BI COAT BUTTONS
 ARRESTED FOR MlRDER

Mineola. Jan. ,. tA9-Trapped by a coat button and lock of hair. Harold E. Webster, aged 2G. confessed 10 murdering his mol her in-law. Catherine Callaway, 45.
 She was found with her skull crushed at the home of another son-in-law at Hamstead. Her hand clutched the but on and hair. He killed her because she threatened to induce her daughter to sue for divorce. Mrs. Webster collapsed when she heard he confession of her husband
The Nome nugget., 1927-01-08
TUESDAY (TelE0RAphlcl
kEYES STARTS NEW
 MCPHERSON INVESTIGATION

Los Angeles. Jen. 1. B-The Times said that district attorney Reyes started a new investigation to determine the whereabouts of Aimee McPherson, when she was supposed to be kidnapped and the investigation centered on a hotel registration in Ell Paso. Two days prior to Aimees reappearance. a woman stayed there 2 day and night after June twenty-frst. She took west train which arrived at Douglas about ten hours before
 q was found.
The Nome nugget., 1927-01-08
AMERICAN MARINES
 OCCUPY MANAGJA

Managua. Nicaragua, Jan. 6. tA'D The United States Marines oc- cupied Managua yesterday for the first time since August, 1925. One hundred and sixty were landed from | he U. s. s. Galveston at Corinto and will proceed to Manaeua to guard the |. s, Legation. Officials of the DiaZ government stated that the arrival of he marines is the only thing that saved the country from anarchy
The Nome nugget., 1927-01-08
tALlES THREATENS
 .= AMERICAN COMPANIES

Mexico City. Jan. 6. (A', Press dent Gales instructed the depar ment of Industry and Commerce t9 furnish the attorney general with he names of the individuals and companies which have not applied for ratification of their report ! under the petroleum land laws. SD that he may take action. Gales indicates that he is going to cnforc the laws against foreign corpora tionS and persons not complyin" with them
The Nome nugget., 1927-01-08

Aguaprieta. Jan. 1. @-The detectives began to check Ormis- tons movements across the boun- dary. They claim he left Mississ- ppi and was in Chicago about June twentieth. Aimee said: "I don't care what they claim to have un- covered in the way of transc0ntin- ental jams. say I am not Miss K He said his companion was Miss X. l was not at Carmel. and that set ties that"
The Nome nugget., 1927-01-08
DENIES CONGRESSNEN
 DRINK TO EXCESS

Washington, D. C., Jan (. (P) - Within a few minutes after the Senate adopted the Edwards resOlu- tion asking Mellon to submit all correspondence on liquor poisoning, the House applauded Underhill, republican of Massachu- setts. who denied Rep. Golfers charges that Congressmen drink to excess The resolution passed with out discussion. Immediately after
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GOVERNMENT TO MAKE
 DIRECT LOANS

Washington. D. C.. Jan. 5, (P)- The banks widespread refusal to make direct loans to soldiers on loan value yesterday. resulted in the startling action by Congress to authorize direct loans by the Treas ury Department There is four hundred million dollars in adjusted service certificates fund with two hundred million loan value. The Federal Reserve Banks refused the loans. Secretary Mellon is appre liensive about the government mak ing direct loans.
The Nome nugget., 1927-01-08
CALExICo HAS MORE TREMoRs

Calexico. Mexico. Jan. 4. (R)- recurrent tremOrs again shook Cal exic0 and Mexlcal. A fire destroy ed two buildings Several severe jolts sent bricks flying Into the streets and wldened the cracks in the walls of the buildings. The shocks didn't add materially to the damage. which is estimated at a million. Black Butte volcano, for ty miles South of the border, Is spouting smoke and vapors. It was unusually active in 1915, when an earthquake devastated the Imper- i:l valley cities.
The Nome nugget., 1927-01-08
GRANT ASSOC LATED
 WITH WILKINS

New York, Jan {. tPp-Hmgh pHt-'6 Grant, T former British naval eiio"r. wiiI be associated with fapIaiH Gep -r Wilkins in his
 eond expedition He says that 'he party will use two stinson planes capable of fifteen hundred miles range. Tine planes have 7s foot wings 1ia,y wj, also use
 'akkrr molnplola They will leave sealtie Fof Fal 1R February 12. It is 'beis in.nJon To explore the Afet'r n"''au- sI. AG4,rc@ miles rGrthwesl b% 'cEr Ililow.
The Nome nugget., 1927-01-08
CHALLRNGEs AUTHORITY
 QF RENATE

Washington. D. C.. Jan. 6, R- Senator Gpuld's counsel challenged the authority of the Senate tp in vestigate his reputed payment to Canadian oMcial some fourteen years ago. He asserted that the Senate was putting too broad an interpretation on its constitutional rights ta determine members qualifications by digging too far into his past.
The Nome nugget., 1927-01-08
WITNESSES LEAVE
 FOR FAIRBANKS

Seattle. Jan. 3. R-The govern- ment witnesses. including J. E. Bet tie. hotel proprietor of Longview Washington. post office inspector Star. J. E. Fitzgerald. Q Pinkham detective, sailed on the s. s. Vict- Oria enrOute 70 Fairbanks to attend the trial of William Schermer. char ged with robbing the mail from a dog team and taking thirty three thousand dollars, three years ago.
 Schermer, who formerly operated 2 rOad-hOuhe between IditarOd and Ophir, was apprehended after be- ing trailed from Alaska to Mexi- co and thence to California. Beat tie was in charge of the dog team.
The Nome nugget., 1927-01-08

Washington, D. C.. Jan. z. (R)- Secretary Mellon of the Treasury Department, said that the banks generally were making loans to soldiers on bond certificates and it was unnecessary for the govern ment to make direct loans. If Con |gress approves direct loans, it will only result in an unnecessary amount of routine for the govern ment.
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NoTrE ui, Tt.KFmiruRE.

To En MORAN. your heirs. eAeeu-
 tors. administrators. "rant'es ani
 assigns,
 You are hereby notified that the undersigned has expended dn"ing the year 1920 also duri;g each of the years ending at twelve o'clock meridian July list. ia22; July lst. 1923; July 1st. 1921: and July lst. 1926; he sum of one hundred dol lars in labor and improvements up on that certain placer mining claim known and described as Number Below Johnsou's Discovery on the Kouglrok River. situated in what was formerly known as the kon- garok Recording District, but now within the Cape Nome Recording District. Second Division. Territory of Alaska; said labor was perform ed and Improvements were made for the purpose of holding said claim under the laws of the United States of America. and the Terri tory of Alaska. and you and each |of your heirs. executors, adminis- trators. grantees and assigns are hereby notified that if within ninety days after the service of this notice on you by publication thereof for the period of ninety days. you fail or refuse to contribute to the un- dersigned your proportion of such expenditure as co-Owner of said mining claim. your interest in said mining claim will become the pro- perty of the undersigned. by whom the said required necessary expen- ditures were made.
 Dated at Nome. Alaska. this 9th day Of November. 1926.
 James Kelliher. Co-owner. Publish Nov. 6, 13. 20. 27. Dec. |. II. IS. 25. 1926;Jan. 1. 8, 15, 2e, I29. 1927.
The Nome nugget., 1927-01-08
MEXICAN TROOPS
 CHASE RENUII T1ONISrS

Mexico City, Jan T. 4 Federal reool in half dozen sections of Mexico ur, chasing rryolutiouists 'N" hIndN,- Their activities have &'-a'~ increased -n the past few drt7 " N.Ft apparent eoordtration On t5" lrHas- which nnmhar ahon.
 wt-nI' ='ao hundred men The troops haee been ordered 10 exter- mina'r hem Forty rebels were caparrd in small garrison at Farrl- l)i$Hafches- said that the reb' l. :urced tG" pr.spns al Malpai- ta.
The Nome nugget., 1927-01-08
NOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT

In the probate court for the Cape Nome l'reeino Territory of Alaska Srcund Division.
 In the matter of he Estate of u. r. Peterson, beceased. .... -.-. Notice is hereby given that the tiua! account of Jennie Hansen as administratriX of the Estate of J. P. Petersen. deceased, is now on file in the above named Court, and that hearing thereon has been set for February i", 1927, at 3 o'clock ?. NJ Aay ehi"eti"n5 to said account should ep lied in writing. At said hearing the Court will decree as to w.o ltr hei,. at law or distributes are.
 JENNIE HANSEN,
 AdmlnistratriS tnbHgh bee II is, a5, 1926. and lamar l. N. ts27
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GENERAL MOBILE
 LEAVING FOR JAPAN

San Francisco. Jan. 5, R)-Gen- eral umberte Mobile will leave here January -sth for Tokyo, where he will supervise the assembling and tests pf a naval dirigible which will he smaller than the Norge. but much impraved:
The Nome nugget., 1927-01-08

W ashington. Jan. 3. R-Celer. a democrat from New York, told the House that Senators and Represen- tatives drink to excess. He urged that poison be kept out of indus trial alcohol to protect those "who ape their betters."
The Nome nugget., 1927-01-08

Mexico City. Jan. 5. (P-Puerto dispatches said the British schoo- ner Caman with whiskey cargo was wrecked il q gale off Punta Corda. The captain and six of tac crew were drowned. The only survivor went insane.
The Nome nugget., 1927-01-08

Washington. D. C., Jan. 5. (R- Senator Mckellar., democrat Of Tennessee. reopened the smith sen atorial contest of the recent election lat Chicago, saying that when Smith presents his credentials with un-
The Nome nugget., 1927-01-08

Wiseman, Jan. ], (P-Fire de stroyed SamsOns store and the ad- joining wasehouse, causing loss of forty thousand. Wiseman is dependent on Beetles for supplies. which will have to been hauled by dog teams couple hundred miles. from now until navigation opens. The temperature is 40 below.