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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-22
DESERTION CHARGED
TO JOHN F. HOWARD
Salad Manufacturer Accused of
Leaving Second Wife
for Mexico.
Ry the Associated Press.

HAVERHILL, Mass. January 22.--
An indictment charging wife deser-
ton has been returned against John
F. Howard, salad dressing manufac-
turer, whose marital exploits in Mex
leo have kept him before the public
for the past year.
He is charged with deserving his
second wife, Mrs. Margaret Howard
of this city He went to Mexico City,
where he obtained a divorce and mar
ried Mrs. Eleanor Phillips, widow,
of Milwaukee, who subsequently died.
Howard then took as his fourth wife
a Mexican widow. named Cordova.
Two of Towards sons have been
embroiled with their father in at
tempts to persuade him to return to
the United States or TO make suitable
settlement on Mrs. Howard here and
both have had frequent clashes with
Mexican police.
John c. Howard, one OF the sons.
and two companions from this city
are at present in Jail in Mexico City
on charges of attempted kidnapping OF
the elder Howard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-22
FAIL TO GAIN OPEN
SESS|0NFOR WOODS
Resolution on Nomination for
Appointment to Commerce
Commission Lacks Majority.

Efforts to have the Senate meet in
open session on the nomination of
Cyrus E. Woods of Pennsylvania for
appointment to the Interstate Com
merce Commission failed yesterday.
resolution proposing an open
executive session was offered by
ginia, and was adopted, As to 81. SEN
ator Reed. Republican, Pennsylvania.
who is leading the fight for Woods.
called attention, however, that the
rules required twothirds vote.
Vice President Sustained.
Vice President Dawes agreed with
this Interpretation, and Nicely APP
pealed from this decision, but the Vice
President was sustained, 45 to 80.
Both opponents and supporters of
Woods agreed that these votes were
not in the nature of tests on the
question of confirmation itself. Nicely
and others were of the opinion that
their chances of ultimate victory were
lessened because the vote on the
nomination would be in secret
Senator'S from Virginia, West Vir-
.gir1ia, Kentucky and Tennessee are
leading the fight to reject Woods
nomination on the ground that he
comes from State which is vitality
interested in the Lake coal cargo rate
case now before the Interstate Com
merce Commission, which affects also
the coal operators in the four so-called
Southern field coal States.
Debate on Question Begins.
After the decision to keep the Sen
ate doors closed, debate was begun
on the question of confirmation, with
the prospect that it might continue
through several secret sessions on as
many days.
Nicely, Norris, Republican, Ne
braska, and Reed, Democrat, Missouri,
took the lead in the fight for an open
session, with Reed of Pennsylvania
and several other Senators arguing
against departing from the regular
practice of considering nominations
in executive session.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-22
POPULAR CHORD"
OF PRESS ASSA|LED
Menace to Journalism, Editor
Tells Conference on Char
acter Education.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, January %.
Striking the popular chord has be-
come one of the menaces in journal
ISM" declared Don c. Seitz of the
editorial staff of outlook in an ad-
dress yesterday before the third In
diana conference on character educa-
ton.
Mr. Seitz explained that in the
changing conditions brought on by
the World War, the rise in subscrip-
ton prices became possible and in its
new aff1uence the newspaper became
a convenience rather than an influ-
ence.
Run By Formula.
"Now," he said, "big interests buy
up groups of papers and they are run
according to a formula. Commercial
ism has come into play, by which
newspapers are captured and sub
merged. Nobody will buy anything
now unless she sees it widely adver
tised in the papers. This condition
does not dominate the paper in
morals, but it puts upon it's physical
side such a load that the intellectual
S1QG becomes SIldIlSI. L lie sun
mergence of the daily press and the
equal leanness of the cultural press
mark a difficult path.
1.-The press has no means of reach
ing the vacant mind" he said, unless
you make it feel that there is some
thing higher than the base ball score
to read, and that the age you live in
is always the golden age"
The speaker said that the national
passions today in America are speed
and inconvenience.
Nation of Button Pushers."
1.-THE only real criticism that pre-
walls in America today" he said, lis
that you are too slow. Every pre-
caution has been taken to reduce
to it's lowest. We have be-
come a nation of button pushers. And
we forget that under all this con-
venience is vast servitude.
THE public relies upon the clergy
man, the teacher and the editor to do
the things it won't do" he said. THE
editor has the most difficult tasks in
some respects. He has to coax sub
scribers, entertain them by all kinds
of things. and he does this frequently
in the dark. The cultural publication
has to reach public widely scattered,
but it is the saving grace in the max
ing of American character.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-22
MRS. ADDlE B. WHITE DIES.
Resident Here for IS Years Elk.
pires After Long Illness.

Mrs. Addie =. White, 40, wife of
Doyle c. White, and a resident of
this city about 25 years, died at her
residence, 1902 jackson street north
east, yesterday after long illness.
Besides her husband she is survived
by son, Francis; a daughter, Doris;
her father, w. ID. Brady, all of this
city; two sisters, Mrs. Gladys B. Por-
ter of Washington and Mrs. Mabel
Hughes of Fort Pierce, Fla, and a
brother, Eugene Brady of Baltimore.
Funeral services will be conducted
at the residence Monday morning at
1890 o'clock. Rev. S. B. Daugherty
of the United Bretheren Church will
officiate. Interment will be in Fort
Lincoln Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-22
OFFICERS CONVICTED
ON Staying CHARGE.
Constable and Deputy Sheriff Given
Life Imprisonment for Killing
Man They Sought.
INV the Associated Press.


PINEVILLE, KY, January e.
Constable Bother Smith and Deputy
Sheriff Frank Bowman were sentenced
to life Imprisonment yesterday by q
jury in Criminal Court here on charges
of killing DR.. r. A. baltimore of
Blanche, KY, Christmas da. The jury
deliberated less than two hours.
Dr. baltimore, physician for the Fox
Ridge Mining Co, was slain by the
two officers when they attempted to
arrest him on a minor charge. They
contended that he resisted arrest and
attacked them.
The subsequent trial of the officers
had aroused unusual interest through
out Bell County. Feeling ran high be-
tween factions represented, and every
precaution was taken against any dis
order in the court when the verdict
was announced. Throughout the trial
the Straight Creek train which runs
here from the scene of the shooting
was crowded with witnesses and
friends of both sides in the case.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-22
New Home for Newspaper.

FARGO, N. Oak. January, % CP).-
The new 100000 three-story home of
the Fargo Forum, morning and eve
ming newspaper, was formally opened
today. Norman B. Black, publisher,
was host to newspaper men, business
men and civic leaders. In commemo-
ration of the event the Forum issued
a 100-page edition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-22
Hip Fractured by Fall.

Injured by a fall as she was leaving
the Franklin Square Hotel, where she
has been spending the winter, Mrs.
Cornelia J. Hagan, for more than 90
years a resident of Washington, is a
patient at the Homeopathic Hospital
Mrs. Hagan suffered a fracture of the
hip. Her neice, Miss Frances Ben
jamin Johnston OF New York, is in
attendance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-22
Woman Dies Reading Bible.
Disnatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
RICHMOND, Va, January ~
Miss Lucy Strange, 35 years old, was
found dead in the kitchen of her
home yesterday. The dead woman
was sitting in a chair where she
had been reading a Bible. The room
was filled with gas, several of the
jets in the stove being found on full.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-22
BY the Associated Press.

NEWARK. N. j., January 22.-
ward from so cents to $50, Mrs
Bertha Gerhorn today will call at
police headquarters for $1,000 which
she lost on December 20 and which
she declined to accept Thursday night
when it was suggested that a half
dollar was inadequate compensation
for the young waitress to whom the
recovery was due.
She notified Captain of Detectives
Sebold of her change of heart "a hours
after leaving headquarters with the
declaration that he could keep it all
rather than pay a reward"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-22
Modern Jail Unalluring.

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa, January 90
N).-Here's on anomalous situation:
Months ago the county spent large
sums to remodel the women's section
of it's Jail. Where there was constant
occupation in the old quarters, there
has not been one inmate since they:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-22
Ordered to Aberdeen.

Capt. George ]. Schirch, Medical
Corps, at Fort Washington, Nd, has
been ordered to the Army proving
ground. Aberdeen, Nd for dutya A
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-22

The Prussian government offers
premium of $50 marks to all mothers
who nurse their children for at least
Jig weeks. .-..--..-..--......-......
The Wrangell sentinel., 1927-04-28

use a sailboat to travel in, to use a bow and arrows for hunting. to spin the yarn. weave the cloth and make the garment you wear and to go up to the spring with a bucket for the water you drink. To be consistent you must refuse to use a eablegram. to hear a photograph. to see a movie, to listen to a radio or 10 ride in an auto. The simple fact is that there has been as much improvement in education in the last twenty years as there has been in transportation. The school of 1907 is little better able to serve the needs of education in 1927 than the auto of 1907 is able to serve the needs of transportation today.
 You are paying for a new school building whether you get it or not. either in money or in the health and welfare of your children.
 AXEL RASMUSSEN
 Superintendent of Schools.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1927-04-28
EDITORIAL
UNSOUND ARGUMENT

In municipal affairs il rarely happens that any proposition ever receives the support of loo per cent of the voters
 Last week when the city of Ju- neau voted on the question of issu- ing bonds for additional school pur- poses in the sum of $1o0.000, the vote was S7 per cent in favor Of bonds.
 Next Tuesday WrangeII will vote on the question of issuing bonds in the sum of s50,000 for school pur- poses and s3O.000 for the improve ment of the towns waterworks system.
 The most aggressive opponent of the proposed bond issue is P. c. Mccormack, clerk of the school board. We have never known of another case where a member of the school board was opposed to bonding for school purposes.
 Mir. Mccormack was formerly a member of the Alaska Legislature, and during his many years resi- denee in Wrangell has always talk en a lively interest in municipal af= fairs. But he is unusually active in his opposition to the question of bonding for school purposes.
 In another column of this issue is an article written by Mir. Nc Cormack in which he undertakes to convince the public that a vote against bonding is equivalent to voting to uphold and maintain the stability of WrangeIl.a
 With all due respect to Mir. Me Cormack, the publisher of the Sen tinel feels that the arguments he advances are unsound. He refers to the healthy financial condition of Petersburg which has NO MUNICIPAL DEBT We readily agree with him that the town of Petersburg is in healthy eondi- ton financially. But. nevertheless, we fail to see how that town which has bonded itself in the sum of S150,000 can be said to have mo municipal debt
 Mr Mccormack cites the case of South Bend, Washington where tho town voted to issue bonds, and that in the years that followed a portion of the population moved away to the nearby town of Raymond. MT. Mccormack evidently seeks to have the reader infer that bonding was the ruination of South Bend. He fails to state, however, that the town of Raymond is also a bonded town. Raymond is bonded to the amount of $211,000 as follows: Wa ter General Bond, $117000; Gen eral Fund Bond, S69, 9,o00; Fire Hall Bond, s25,000.
 Now what possible argument is there ill telling about some people who pulled up and left one bonded town to go and take up residence in another bonded town?
 J. ". PRITCHETT.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1927-04-28
HENDERSON EXPLAINS SCHOOL BOND ISSUES
 IN ALASKA BULLETIN

"Eighty-five per cent of the smaller city school systems of the United States carry a bonded debt" according to an article appearing in recent issue of the Alaska School Bulletin, and the question of bonding is discussed editorially by Commissioner Henderson as fol- lows:
 Ut would appear, therefore, that it is a general practice for school districts and cities to issue bonds when any major project, such as the erection of school buildings or the purchase of school sites. is launched. General practice does not always prove that a rule or theory is sound and yet 1t should have some bearing on the subject.
 At the present time the follow ing Alaska communities are carry ing among their liabilities bonds issued for the erection of school buildings: Cordoya, Juneau, Ketch ikan, Petersburg and Sitka. A number of other communities are badly in need of new school build ings but have not taken the steps necessary to secure the same, in some instances because of the dis inclination of community leaders
 Tt is common practice for those engaged in various business enterprises to borrow. money. In fact, if it were not for credit the wheels of business and industry would cease turning within twenty four hours. The financial aspects of education in most respects par take of the nature of a business en- terprise. The pay as you go policy is desirable but not always possi- ble. A community with a popula- tion of 1000 to 1,500 persons can not reasonably be expected to have large surplus in the city treasury When such a community is con- fronted by the necessity for the erection of a s50,000 school build ing. it is next to useless for it to cast about for a plan under which such building may be erected with out the issuance of bonds.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1927-04-28
EVERY MINNEAPOLIS CIIIZEN OWNS $40 SHARE
 IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS

MINNEAPOLIS. Minn-The i'm portanee which Minneapolis at taehes to it's educational system Is strikingly illustrated in a prelimi- nary report Of George F. Womrath, business superintendent of schools, which shows that the city, through it's board of education, today is op- erating a school plant valued al $21, 1,000,000, the largest single business institution conducted by the taxpayers of the city.
 The value of the plant, eompris- ing FIT buildings, has almost dou- bled in the last 10 years. Now the city is planning to erect a vocation al school, to cost S1.000,000.
 Mr Womrath's data shows that all of the Minneapolis school strue- lures, placed together. would be 50 times as large as the 1S-story First National soo Line Building. the tallest building in Minneapolis. They would have a blackboard covering six acres and a total floor area of 110 acres. The value of all school properties represents about $40 for every resident of the city of Minneapolis.
 The Board of Education has car ried out a policy Of purchasing suf- ficieut sites, in advance of actual needs, so that today the city has a site for every school building that will ever be needed In the city.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1927-04-28
BISHOP CRIM0NT ENDORSED
 BONDING FOR JUNEAU

The Right Rev. Joseph R. Cri- mont, s. J., Catholic Bishop of Al aska, and a resident of Juneau, "eAphatically9 endorsed the hun dred thousand dollar school bond issue, which was voted on at Ju- neau last week and which carried by a large majority A few days before the election the Bishop wrote the following letter to the Juneau Parent-Teacher Association:
 Juneau, Alaska,
 April IA, 1927. B. D. Stewart, President, Juneau Parent-Teacher Association, City.
 Dear Sir:
 We are with you emphatically, the Sisters and I, for the School Bond Issue, and we shall be at the polls.
 1 cannot understand how it would be possible for even one Ju- neauite to hold back in this matter Sincerely yours. with good wish es for a happy Easter, (Signed)
 JOSEPH R. CRIMONT. s. J.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1927-04-28
SCHOOL NOTES
Does Wraneen Need a New Schools

Does Wraneen Need a New School 2
 This important question will soon be before the taxpayers of our city to decide. At the present time there are fifty-five students in the Senior and Junior High School.
 Here are a few of the disagree able features encountered by the students of our high school in their efforts to acquire an eduea= ton:
 l. Very poor ventilation.
 2. Poor heating, due to irregu- larity of the stoves.
 3. Inadequate laboratory for the science classes.
 1. No drinking fountains, a com mon faucet is being used
 ,. The lighting of the various rooms is very poor.
 5. Lavatories are unsanitary.
 Why should students in Wran- gel not have the opportunities of students elsewhere? In very few towns the size of Wrangell in, Al aska do children face such eondi- tions. Wrangell undoubtedly will have to build new school house sometime and there is no time like the present.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1927-04-28
HOUSE BILL GIVES AID
 TO COMMUNITY FAIRS

A copy of House Bill No. T, pro- viding for financial assistance in the giving of fairs in the towns of each Division of the Territory, has been received from Hon. Charles Benjamin. The House has already passed this bill. Mr. Benjamin ac- companied the copy with a letter which closes with these comments:
 Under it's provisions, we should have to incorporate and raise at least $250 ourselves for the fair, to enable us to get the Territorial aid
 Tt seems to me it would be well worth trying for.'
The Wrangell sentinel., 1927-04-28
Picture Unit Travels coco Miloe
 to Make Fifth Avenue"

Fifth Avenue" a Robert c. Wig nola Special picture production, which opens an engagement of two days at the Wrangell Theatre on Tuesday, May 3rd, involved a loca- tion trip of six thousand miles from Hollywood to New York City, where a number of important scenes were taken on the romantic street from which the production takes it's name.
 Fifth Avenue" was made by Be- lasco Productions, and is released as a special feature by Producers Distributing Corporation. Promi nent members of the cast are Mar guerite De La Motte. Allan Forrest Louise Dresser, William V. Mong and many other favorites. The story Is thrilling and impressive The settings are beautiful and there is a remarkable fashion dis play which all women will admire
 Admission prices: 25c and 1oc.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1927-04-28
CL0UDBURST BIG FEATURE
 OF IBANEZ' TORRENT"

''Ibanez' Torrent" will be shown at the WrangelI Theatre next Sun day and Monday nights.
 A truly great picture is 'Ibanez' Torrent" This new Cosmopolitan picture, produced on the lavish scale characteristic of all Cosmo- politan productions, portrays in dramatic fashion of the hectic and glamorous life of an opera star against the picturesque background of modern Spain. Vicente Blasco Ibanez, famous author of ''The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Mare Nostrum' and other gigan- tic screen productions, has never written a more gripping and en- tertaining story. It is a vivid and hot-blooded romance, realistically played and Spanish to the very core.
 A new and fascinating screen personality makes her bow to the American public in 'Ibanez' Tor rent" Greta Garbo, famous abroad for her great beauty and talent on the screen, plays the operatic hero inc. Ricardo Cortez, well-known Spanish screen star, shares leading honors with her.
 Monta Bell, sensationally sue cessful director Of "The Snob," Pretty Ladies'" Span of Life" and Lights of Old Broadway" has recreated the story before the cam era in gripping fashion. It leads up in his hands to smashing eli max in which an entire village is wiped out by the most realistic torrent ever photographed. Thrill piles on thrill as whole seas of wa ter rush on the stricken town.
 Admission soc and 25c.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1927-04-28
Public Meeting

Arrangements have been made to get Starland theatre for a blg pub lie meeting Monday night to dis cuss the bond election. Both sides wII be gwen opportunity lo speak and to ask questions. 4 weekly and a comedy Will precede Che more serious part of the program and 10 admission will be charged. The puDne Is urged to set aside other aIIaIrs and attend. No more i'm portanu matter than the bond Issue nas been submitted to the voters Of Mrangell, and Il should have the earnest consideration of every man and woman concerned with the welfare Of tue town.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1927-04-28
High School Party

The first party given by the high school this year was held at the gym on Friday. April 22nd. Invi- tations were extended to the alum nj and teachers of both the high school and grade school. The en- tire evening was devoted to danc- ing, the orchestra consisting of three instruments, Mr Kuhr play ing the banjo. Mrs. Hatton the piano and Mr. Willard the saxo- phone. Two of the members donat- ed their music, which was greatly appreciated. Refreshments were served at 12;15, and the guests de-
The Wrangell sentinel., 1927-04-28
NOTICE TO PAY SCHOOL TAX

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been duly appointed School Tax Collector Tor NrangeIl, Alaska. in conformity with Chapter 29. Alaska Session Laws. 1919.
 All male persons between the ages Of twenty-one and fifty years. except soldiers, sailors in the U. S Navy or Revenue Cutter Service. volunteer firemen. paupers and in sane persons, are subject to tax in the sum of Five (s5.00) Dollars.
 Should you be living in Alaska on or prior to the first Monday In April, 1927. said tax shall be due and payable on said first date aud shall be delinquent after May 1st. 1927. Should you arrive in Alas ka later than the first date above mentioned, tax will be delinquent thirty l30) days after your arrival or within ten l101 days after no tiee Is given you.
 All persons, firms. and corpora tions, employing labor shall fur nish list of employees to collector and are authorized by law to deduct amount of tax from wages of em- ployees.
 Fines and imprisonment are pro yided by the Act above quoted for those who fail or neglect to pay tax or furnish list of employees.
 Dated this 1st day of April 1927.
 L. NJ. CHURCHILL, School Tax Collector for Wrangell.
 Alaska