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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-05
COL. HILL A SUICIDE
DUE TO ILL HEALTH
Commander of 4th Regiment
of Marines in China
Shoots Himself.
By the Associated Press.


SHANGHAI, China, September g.
Col Charles S. Hill, who brought the
4th Regiment of United States Marines
to Shanghai from San Diego last Feb
uary, when the anti-foreign situation
among the Chinese appeared ominous,
committed suicide by shooting today
he had suffered i'll health almost from
time of his arrival, and ended his
le with a service pistol while lying
in bed. He was 90 years old and the
fourth ranking colonel in the Marine
Corps.
Mrs. Hill, reported en- route to China
III the Siberia Maru. had been advised
50 return to the United States upon
wal Of the steamer at Honolulu
s1W.
iii. native of New Hamp-
ge-->. Vas most popular with his com
llanI and brother officers say he did
excellent work in connection with the
Shanghai defense despite his poor
health.
He had a record of 90 years in
service, was a graduate of both the
Army and Navy War College, and
was reputed to be one of the best
schooled officers in the corps.
A military funeral will be held here,
after which the body will be sent to
the United States. Command of the
All Regiment Will be taken over by
Col. +. y. Kilgore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-05
MEXICO DISPUTES
CLAIM FOR DAMAGES
Denies Liability in Case of Florence
M. Anderson, Slain by Al
legged Bandits.

~ the Associated PRESS.
MEXICO CITY, September 5.-The
Mexican government is understood by
he newspaper Ell Universal to consid-
CT itself not liable for payment of
damages to the relatives of Florence
II. Anderson, California school teacher,
who was fatally wounded late last
month when the Guadalajara-N ogales
train on which she was a passenger
was attacked. The paper says it learns
that the government contends the at
tackers We're bandits, not revolution
lists.
In the Ta"ta Isabel case before the
Mexican Il States Special Claims
Commits. involving claims for in
IDENTITIES lvr the massacre of a group
OF American mining men during the
Villa revolution, the Mexican govern
ment maintained on similar grounds,
that there was no liability.
The commission, meeting in Mexico
City, decided in favor of this conten-
ton, but the American representatives
refused to accept the decision and
filed a protest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-05
'ptember Furniture Sale

We celebrating ryirl Furniture Sale with exceptional
o fmrhan
truy worh-w saving
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-05
BIRD FLIGHT MEASURED.
French Scientists Use Recording
instruments on Pigeons.

PARIS, September (P).-How
birds fly is now being determined by
attaching minute recording instru-
ments to homing pigeons. Their
speed variations, wing strokes and
other movements are measured.
Man himself may fly without a
motor some day, think some common
tators, as a result of this study. They
say man can exercise more power
than shoti1d be needed for flying, if
that force can be utilized as the birds
use it.
Three aerodynamics experts recently
gave the Academy of Science a report
on experiments with their tiny instru-
ment. 1t is a mechanism As inches
long, ! Is inches wide and 1 Is
inches high and weighs ounces.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-05
WINE AREA SHRINKING.
Growers Declare Earth Is Growing
Cold Rapidly.

PARIS, September (F9.-The earth
is cooling much faster than savants
think, is the conviction of wine-grow-
ing experts. AS evidence they point
to the fact that the area in which
vines can be grown to advantage is
gradually receding.
A century ago wine was made in the
north of France, and no longer than 40
years ago there were $4,000 acres of
vineyards in full growth around Paris,
This area Eow is too cold for growing
wine grapes.
Touraine growers are beginning to
realize the danger Of the increasing
dampness, and express fears for the
future Of their higherto prosperous
industry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-05

German inventors announce a
representative motion picture film
which makes it possible to photo
graph moving automobiles, street
cars and people under ordinary street
lighting conditions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-05
Ralph Lyford, Composer, Dies.

CINCINNATI, Ohio, September s
R.-Ralph Lyford, former assistant
director of the Cincinnati Symphony
Orchestra and operatic composer, died
Saturday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-05
All Porch Blinds, One Third Off

of
the reduction o be made on
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-03
FATHER Of NINE
WINS MERCY

A plea that he had nine chill.
dren. dependent on him for sup
port, today resulted in Walter
Payne. an employe Of Lansburgh
Furniture Company. being placed
on probation in order that he
might support his family, after he
had been sentenced to a year In
the penitentiary. Payne was con.
victed of taking numerous articles
of furniture from the store.
James M. Vaughn and Patrick
Smith, colored, also convicted of
taking furniture, dishes, and other
items from Lansburgh's, for whom
they worked, were given a year in
the penitentary and placed on pro-
baton.
Justice A. A. Hoehling, in i'm.
posing sentence. declared that
Vaughn and Smith were guilty of
the same offense as Payne, and he
felt they should be shown the
same leniency.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-03
.BLANEs Floods
ON ARMY
BY international News Service
The Red Cross flood relief fund
reached $14,762, LAB. it was an
nOunced here today.

CHICAGO. June s.-Responsibility
for the tremendous loss Of life ana
property in Mississippi floods since
the seventies, was placed directly
upon Army engineers today by Gift
ford Pinchot, noted conservationist
and former governor Of Pennsyl.
Vahia.
THE present calamity might
never have happened" Pinchot tod
delegates to the flood control con-
ference, ''but for the insistence Of
Army engineers, who have full con.
troll Of the river, that no measure Of
flood protection was equal to
levees.
For two generations the regula-
ton of the Mississippi has been left
to official routine. The present
flood is proof that official routine
has failed"
Pinchot's speech, delivered short.
ly after Secretary Of War Davis
paid a tribute to the work Of Army
engineers, created something akin
to a sensation among the more
than $4,000 delegates representing
n States who are seeking to work
out permanent flood control plan.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-03
Soviet Envoy to England
Takes Leave for Berlin

LONDON, June 3.-M. Rosengoltz.
former Russian charge in London,
whose post was wiped out when
Great Britain broke diplomatic re-
lations with Russia, today left for
Berlin. accompanied by officials of
the Soviet embassy and the Russian
trade delegation.
About one hundred friends OF the
Russians gathered at Victoria station
to see them off, cheering and sing
ing the RED Flag" as the train
pulled out.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-03
Miss F. E. Willis Accepted
For u. S. Foreign Service

Miss Frances E. Willis, of Red
lands, Calf. was among the success.
full candidates for admission into the
Governments foreign service, the
State Department announced today.
Only three other women are now
in the foreign service.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-03
az TO GET DIPLOMAS

Forty-two National Cathedral
School seniors will be presented
with diplomas tonight. Exercises
will begin at $3.50 o'clock on the
slope of Mt. st. Alban, south of the
Cathedral. Arrangements have been
made to accommodate 1000 alumni
members and friends. In the event
OF rain the senior play will be
given inside tomorrow night.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-03
ART PROMOTERS
PLAN GARDEN FETE

The Art Promoters Club an.
nounce a garden party with
dancing for Saturday evening from
8 to 12 o'clock at the Oriental
Studio, zoos / st. The committee
ON program includes Kermit Gird,
ner, Rowland Lyon, Miss Pauline
Bruner, Miss Matalee Lake. Miss
Adelaide Dwyer, and Miss Mittie
Burch. Hosts for the occasion will
be Mrs. Gideon Lyon, Muscoe Gar.
nett and Miss Gertrude Brigham.
y
Brig. Gen. Herbert M. Lord,
Director of the Budget, has re.
turned to Washington after a short
holiday at Hot Springs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Southgate.
who were married on Wednesday,
will sail on the Majestic tonight
for a trip in Europe. Mrs. South.
gate was Miss Lila Lancashire.
daughter of DR.. and Mrs. ]. Henry
Lancashire.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-03

What are your needs in an apart
mentf There are apartments for every
size family. and for every distinct taste
listed IN The Times and Herald CLASH
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-03
RETIRING HEAD
OF G. W. u.
HONORED
Alumni Body to Give
Reception for DR..
Lewis

At the reception which the Alumni
Association Of George Washington
University Is giving tomorrow eve
ming at 8 o'clock at Rauscher's in
honor of DR.. William Mather Lewis,
retiring president of the university,
and Mrs. Lewis, the G. w. U. Glee
Club will give a music program.
There will also be several short
speeches and dancing will bring the
evening to close.
All members of the faculty OF
George washington University and
their wives. all alumni and the mem
bers of the senior class are invited to
be present. Louis Kayser, secretary
Of the university, will make the
presentations.
Assisting in receiving will be Mrs.
Howard L. Hodgkins, Mrs. william
Allen Wilbur, Miss Alice Henning,
Mrs. William G. Ruediger, Mrs. WI.
liam Van Week, Mrs. William Cline
Borden, Dean Anna L. Rose, Mrs.
John r. Lapham, Mrs. Oscar Hunter,
Mrs. Harvey Wiley, Mrs. William H.
Heron, Mrs. D. K. Shute, Mrs. John
Paul Earnest, Mrs. Charles w. Rich
ardson, Mrs. Henry, Grattan Doyle,
Mrs. Charles Monroe, Miss Julia Nc.
MILAN. Miss Rhoda Watkins, Miss
Linda Kincannon, Miss Elizabeth
Peet, Miss Edna Clark, Mrs. Charles
w. Holmes, and Mrs. Elmer Louis
Kayser.
Before the reception the Alumni
Association will hold its annual meet.
ing. The president, DR.. Hornaday,
will preside over a brief business SEES
sion. J. Louis Moneyway, chairman
Of the nominations committee, will
present the names Of the new Of.
ficers to be considered.
The Nome nugget., 1927-02-05

and left the rest. The most oi them starved and froze to death that winter. He told me of seeing children whose eyeballs had burst :. of mothers trying to nurse babies at dry breasts. of children dead on the reets of hunger. Then he told the other side of the story, how the Near East Relief had taken in over 100000 children, had changed them from hopeless wrecks to hap py. hardy, healthy. robust children who were going out of the orphan age at sixteen to support them selves.
 "In my next letter I will give you some of the latest information con corning the Armenian earthquake.
 Yours truly,
 J R. HICKMAN, cdan -ughf M?n3bsabout L Y Chairman of the Alaska Committed
 For tn" Near East Relief.
The Nome nugget., 1927-02-05
N0TICE

On account of the prevailing tcm- peraturc the lowest in nine years, the committee in charge of the Eag- le Anniversary carly this morning decided tO give the party in the small Eagle Hall instead of thc'l lar gc Hall. During the week Mir. N. B. Nelson was engaged to level the floor and to rc-linc the heating sy- stem, four additional large radia- tors were added on the stage but
 win all that the committee believes that this severe spell will tax the heating system and very probably will not prove as comfortable. us wanted. The small Eagle Hall un- 'l"ubtet''y will bs crowded but it will he comfortable. The luncheon will be served in the club rooms hrlow. The whole program as near aS possible will be carried out on the same lines, the same as it would have been done in the large hall.
The Nome nugget., 1927-02-05
CHINESE IN
 HUGE BATTLE

Shanghai. Feb. :. H-liordes oi mounds reaching to liankOw were thrown up by the army of Sun Chaun Fang an Yen Chow. The! are taking a stand along the river to halt the conQuering march of Cantonese forces toward Shanghai. one hundred and sixty miles away. The wounded over flowed the na- tive hospitals at Hangchow and the Presbyterian Mission hospital. II cannot be forctold whether the Can tonese will be halted at Yen Chow or thrust aside the troops. Suns headquarters assert that the with drawal of troops before the Cam tonese pressure at ChuchOw was q strategic move to gain better posi- tion. The Cantonese. as soon as they break through Suns resist ance. will again reach Hangchow, from where they were hurled by the tide of war. Not long ago. 13 miles of track were ;orn up by he various forces.
The Nome nugget., 1927-02-05

NEW YORK. Feb ), C4'-A hough stripped of his cham ponsilip, thru his failure make weigl limit, Rosenb. rg back whip Graham declsIv ely, winning decision. The title is
 The would have rested GraAams brow if he had bu the challenger could cope with the slashng attack of his powerful oppon ent. Rosenberg announced nten ion of paign for the featherweight title He batled Gra
 with barrage of rocking punches from the lcond round until the close of the fight but wa unable to floor his clever adversary. Grahams dane ing tactics proved of avail under the relen less fire of Rosenberg. who poured int" him both at long nd short range, staggering blows.
The Nome nugget., 1927-02-05
HEAVY RAIN AROUND FRISCO

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 5. U0-Two point twen- inches fell in the last fortyeght hours around Francisco. Further precipitation is pre- dicted. The streets of Oakland flooded and citizens have protested to the council account damage done to property in their cellars by wat CT. The damage estimated at seventyfve thousand Approximately five hundred automobiles stranded the highway between San Francisco and San Jose, A landslide few miles South of Matheson blocked the Shasta Limited route on the Southern Pacific railroad.
The Nome nugget., 1927-02-05
LITA WANTS CHARLEY ARRESTED

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 4. Lq,--Iitas attorneys ask ed district attorney Reyes to file complaint against Charley Chaplin charging him with failure pro vide for his wife and children. Reyes said he would take the request under consideration and would probably confer with Chaplin's attorneys. Chapin's attorneys said that the charge without founda- ton he had been sending Lta hundred dollars a week the the children.
The Nome nugget., 1927-02-05

Residents of Fairbanks have peti- tiOned the Alaska road commission to construct an automobile road from the city of Fairbanks to Cinema Hot Springs. distance of about sixty miles. The proposed road has been cleared for a distance of about four miles to the mouth of the Lit tie Chena river. the work having been done . year ago by the people of Fairbanks: and now they want the Alaska road commission to take over the project and complete 1t.
The Nome nugget., 1927-02-05

B. M. Stone. former prominent newspaper publisher of Nome. Sew ard, Ketchikan, now lives in Los Angeles. After leaving Alaska he went to the new mining camp of Leadheld. Inyo County, California. where he published a newspaper for some time. Recently he suspended the publication of his paper pending further development of the camp. He was\ operated on for cataract of one of his eyes. short time since, the operation being successful.
The Nome nugget., 1927-02-05

SEATTLE, Feb 4, (49-Tom Jensen. Senator elect Nome, en-route to visit friends in Fargo
 North Dakota, predicted that commercial aviation was an accomplished fact in Alaska. Before it can get firm foothold the prices must be reduced Be- cause of long and the sowness of driving overland between Nome and Fairbanks, passengers are willing to pay hundred and fifty dollars. n- stead hundred, which is real saving when they value time. Alaska has twenty-two good landing feds
The Nome nugget., 1927-02-05
NEAR EAST RELIEF
 BY J. R. HICKMAN

MT. J. K. lIeckman. president ot
 lie Miners & Merchants Bank of
 Ketchikan, Alaska. who is spending the winter in Seattle, writes th'
 Nome Nugget entertainingly or
 some of his experiences in the
 Queen City.
 Last summer ii was my good
 fortune to he at a meeting in ketchi kan where the story was told of the heroic efforts of group of Am
 ericans to save the lives of d good
 many orphan children in the Near
 East Up to the time I heard that lecture and saw the pictures or
 which the lecture brought the | words Near East Relief. had no special significance. to me. l was so impressed with the mans earn
 estness and his message that l spent
 some time in introducing him to my friends and helping him in his efforts to secure funds throughout Alaska for these children.
 Later in the summer my wife
 and came to Seattle for vaca- ton trip, when she was suddenly
 taken ill and the physicians ordered an immediate operation. All at once the word hospital had mean ng to me. It meant the one chance for life for Mrs Hickman. found myself exceedingly grateful to the
 people who years ago had built q | splendid hospital in Seattle, that the best surgeons that I could find
 could have every opportunity to re- lieve her intense sufferings. l be- gan to think too about the man
 who had told us of the men, women ! and children who had been driven | from home, and who through no fault of their own, were unable to
 secure such care as I was able to
 give my wife through the erection of this Seattle hospital.
 "At this time, Mrs. Heckman's condition is most satisfactory and | shortly she should be about again During the time of her conyal- essence, have been fortunate en- l ough to spend some time with q man who was overseas in the Near East Relief Service. and the things he told me has made me feel that must do more than I though
 could do, partly because the need
 is so much greater than l thought partly because I want to back UT the heroic Americans who are fight l ing a winning fight with famine disease and death, and partly out of sheer gratitude because when we needed hospital care, it was possi- ble for me to secure 1t. | "I have taken so much time iN
 telling my own story that there isn'f much room left for the child.
 ren, but l never realized quite what
 shortage of relief funds means un. til my friend here told me of how
 one day he stood before group Ol
 more than one hundred orphan
 children demanding admittance tt
 an orphanage and there was room
 for only twenty. This man picked
 out twenty of the younger childref
The Nome nugget., 1927-02-05
TRAM ROAD
 IS ASSURED

The people of Nome and Seward Peninsula should feel proud of the Nor, ,hwestern Alaska Chamber of Commerce. in bringing to success full issue the construction of the tram road between Sheldon and Candle. In the dispatches arriving Thursday it was noticed that the House passed and sent to the Sen ate bill authorizing an appropria- ton of S750,000 for the construc- ton of the tram road
 The local Chamber of Commerce has been working on this subject for the past two or three years in connection with our delegate Dan Sutherland and Col. Steese of the Alaska Road Commission. and it is with pleasure to those who have worked hard to get this measure through congress, to note that we have not worked in vain.
 Many times the Chamber of Com nerce officials are scoffed at be- cause some member proposes some thing which at the time does not appear feasible or have any chance of getting by, take for instance the harbor and jetty work. why every body laughed and some stopped pay ing their annual dues because they thought it was foolish to ask con gress to do something for us.
 But we finally interested congress ill the harbor and We still have them interested, and now bill is in congress asking for an appro- priation to make q resurvey of the harbor with the object in view of extending the ietties out to double their length into deeper water. We believe we will get the extension because the engineers have recom- mended it and believe in it.
 Then again We wanted the Ter ritory to buy the old railroad line from Nome to Kougarok, again we were ridiculed by the all wise ones but we interested the legislators and bill was put through whereby the Territory purchased the rail road. which is now rehabilitated and in use by large number of people.
 Our next move now is to see that the territorial legislature appropri. ates a sufficient sum of money to be used in connection with the Fed eral appropriation in the construct ing of this tram road between Shell don and Candle Creek. lCiyculara have been arranged and sent to all the legislators asking their support and We are si ly enough to believe that we will obtain it. Let every one in this section drop his or her hammer in the sea and get behind your Chamber of Commerce and all pull together. Most of the worh falls on few members and when you think they are not doing as well as you could, why those at the working post will gladly surrender the work to others. It is no eas, matter to take care of on6s owr buslness and try to carry on i'm provementa. for the otihsr fellow who VIII not lsad ! Asn1
The Nome nugget., 1927-02-05

motored down 10 Los Angeles. Cali fornia, where they will pass the win ter. They were nine days on the trip, as they went by easy stages. The rainy season was on. too, and that made the roads in bad shape. So they just took their time
The Nome nugget., 1927-02-05

Why. stay at hon@f Everything h all astaaGcd to take care oh cyery body h None. t yoa have say spee1al psebiesa to detaia ysa. It tho Cosnmtttee know, and psovis.oa will hs nads to accannndate yse at tlles Eagle Annlvssaagy, Gatueny. Rshs.ssy -, es1A E: '. -.
The Nome nugget., 1927-02-05

WASHINGTON. Feb. 6, l49-In bill which the President signed, hundred and fifty thousand was authorized for the Seward tram roads in addi- tion to the regular road appropriations. The Alas- ka railroad received appropriation of million four hundred thousand.
The Nome nugget., 1927-02-05

DETROIT. Feb. 5. (49 Wilkins starts to-day for Fairbanks At the farewell reception last night. the Detroit Aviation Club gave him American flag with which to claim any land for the United States. which he may lind in the blind spot.
The Nome nugget., 1927-02-05
sMUGGLE HOUSES TO CANADA

REGINA, Feb A. (Eg-W. F. sny of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police told the customs commits sion that there automobiles radio sets, and even houses smugged to Canada from the United States Farmers buy small houses in the United states which are shipped in sections.
The Nome nugget., 1927-02-05

Kenai. the malamnte dog for merly owned by George Johnson. the subject of many photographs taken by tourists. has been sold to P A. Cole of Alder Creek. N Y.. who has been in Anchorage exam lining and registering foxes for the American National Fox Breeders Association.
The Nome nugget., 1927-02-05

Jake Berger and wife are now located in, Los Angeles. MT. Beger Is interested in oil and mining com panies, and just now is engaged in the formation of a mine merger which includes properties in Cali fornia. Arizona and British Colum- bia. the principal figure in which Is c. c. Julian. a well known oil pro- moter and developer of Los An geles.
The Nome nugget., 1927-02-05

W. K. Taylor. who has been op- erating on Bear creek near Seward, started a tunnel the past year to cross-cut the lead and recently he was in fifty feet. according to late Seward arrivals from the Hope dis trict. He plans continuing next year until he reaches the ore. This past season he has had four men employed on his claims. among whom was his brother from Mon treal.
The Nome nugget., 1927-02-05

A. F. Guinan. wellknOwn North ern mining man and one of the high line operators fin the early days of Nome, who is now dredging on up per Gaines, in the Innoko district. is spending the winter in the States.