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The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-11-07
MACHINE EXPORTS AT PEAK

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7-Ey- ports of industrial machinery from the United States during the first eight months of 1927 totalled S136,531 ,000. a new high.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-11-07
Nmro,Us Operf for Traffic Until 4~s Nest Thursday Noon


 Traffic, under certain con- ditions, will be permitted through Wrangell Narrows beginning at noon today un- til next Thursday. it was announced today by Major Douglas H. Gillette, Acting District Engineer. A wire received by him today from Engineer J. c. Truitt said steamers might use the Mar rows during that period if they took the channel west of Spike Rock.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-11-07

Clare Krogh arrived here yes terday on the Admiral Rogers from short trip south.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-11-07

To make the round trip to Sit ka and Skagway, II. F. Preston and Sam Guyot left last night on the Admiral Rogers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-11-07
Weather Conditions As Recorded by the U. s.
 Weather Bureau
Forecast for yuneau and vicinity beginning D. m

Fair tonight and Tuesday colder tonight moderate north easterly winds.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-11-07

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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-25

OBERNDORF, Near Salzburg, Aus
tria Q4).-Some day the poor village OF
Oberndorf, where "Stille Nacht," most
cherished Christmas songs, was given
to the world, may have a memorial
chapel to honor the two composers OF
the hymn.
Three Yule seasons have come since
the villagers, on December "a, 1924
laid the cornerstone for modest me-
mortal to the Rev. Joseph Mohr and
his school teacher friend Franz Gruber
But the chapel has remained an un-
fulfilled dream. The community itself
is too poor to lay aside much each
year toward the memorial, and the
villagers, unacquainted with modern
publicity methods, have been unable to
win the attention of the world to their
project. 1t may be years before the
chapel becomes a reality.
The memorial chapel was proposed
because the church in which the song
was sung for the first time, on Christ
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-25

mas eve, 1818-the parish church of
st. Nfcola--wls the victim of flood
in 1899. The foundation of the an
cient structure was undermined and
it was condemned and torn down.
Only two physical reminders of the
immortal song are now to be found
One is a tablet on the house in Salz-
burg where Joseph Mohr, who wrote
the words of Silent Night, Holy
Night was born The other is the
inscription on cross that serves at
the headstone on his burial place in
Wegrain, near st. Johann in the pro-
vince of Salzburg.
A bronze relief has been prepared
by Father Muelbacher to adorn the
projected memorial chapel. In this
piece of sculpture Mohr is represented
as leaning out of window in heaven
and listening TO the sounds of his
Christmas song coming up from the
earth.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-25
Prelate Wants Names
Taken From Religion

MODENA Christian children
should have Christian names, drawn
from the calendar of the saints or out
of the Bible, and should not be bap-
tized with family names, says Mon
signor Bruni, archbishop of Modena
in a pastoral letter to clergy of his
diocese
The archbishop says he has discov-
cred that recent candidates for con-
firmation have names "of cities, Of
things, even adjectives, family names
Of persons more or less famous-ever
those who we're averse to religion
pernicious names of pagan deities
names that occur in novels and in
theatrical productions that are any
thing but edifying."
The archbishop's given name is
Natalie, that of a saint, and signifies
Christmas.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-25

Then they started back toward Bisbee
but the Indians had seen them and
they Immediately set out and cut off
Daniels and his companion and fired
on them, killing Daniels. The other
man got back to Bisbee. The Indians
continued their journey unmolested
thereafter by the settlers and were
later found in Mexico.
Old Days Pleasant Memory
Mr.. Scheerer, who has resided IN
Douglas for years, says that while
there were many thrills in the CID
days he enjoyed life then as we'll
as any time in MS experience and
he says that there was a whole
hearted cOmradeShip which persons
who did not live then to enjoy them
little understand. He says that inere
is a large area through that section
including Turkey creek that is rich
in Indian and other historic lore
that might make thrilling story
if it were ever reduced to the printed
page. He calls attention to the fact
that the nearest pitched battle be-
tween the soldiers and the Indians
was in Pinery canyon some ten miles
away but there were, as the story
above told indicates, many incidents
of Indian treachery in the more
immediate neighborhood. Scheerer
says that there no doubt will be
others recalled quite if not fully as
interesting as those he has related
but he has mentioned these because
of their immediate relation to the
Rancho ManZanita which has now
been made a center for white people
to come for rest and recreation, be-
lieving that they add chapter OF
the true romance OF the old days to
this attractive and picturesque spos.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-25
DOUGLAS DAILY DISPATCH SUNDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 2 1927

back against the mountain and brought
down by system of pipes that car
rieS it to all parts of the hotel so
! that every room in the building will
be warmed by q gas heater when
needed The big range also has one
of the latest type charcoal broilers for
the steak service, guaranteeing the
, guests the most satisfactory sort of
treatment of their steaks.
Own Light and Water Plants
The rooms of the apartments in the
wings are the last word in a modern
hotel convenience in accomn. odation
But the floor plan of the apartments
is but one of the attractive angles in
them. Each apartment will receive a
special and distinctive attention in its
draperies, furnishings and decorations
so that no two will hint Of duplica-
ton The last apartment on the end
has been given the added. touch of a
fireplace, and already it has been op-
toned by the year by one of the close
friends of the owner of the building.
The hotel is equipped with it's own
light and water plants as well as its
own gas plant The lighting, by means
of electricity has been made one of it's
mosS charming features through the
means OF applying the light. The
bulbs are inside of lantern, the Ian
tern being hung from a beam, the
effect being that of lighting of the
building by lanterns. 1t results in a
subdued, but still effective lighting,
thereby taking away that flamboyant
result that frequently obtains in other
types of electric lighting.
The water system guarantees the
hotel with an ever ready and always
abundant supply Of clear, cool and
wholesome mountain spring water for
The drinking uses and cooking. 1t also
provides an ample quantity of water
for irrigation and other purposes from
the mountain stream which runs hard
by, the two sources being separate and
thus guaranteeing absolute purity for
the drinking supply. Analysis of the
spring water discloses it TO be rich in
those things that are found in health
giving waters at many famous resorts,
although it is not the purpose of the
management TO emphasize the hygienic
qualities of the water as the outstand-
ing attraction of this hotel.
Nine Hole Golf Course
Being a rest resort, there necessarily
must be those things that will furnish
the magnet to turn the business mans
attention from his counting room
duties or the professional man from
his practice. So there will be golf, an
ideal nine-hole golf links being all
ready for play short walk and on a
level some 300 feet below the hotel, SO
that the game and the walk both offer
appeal to the lover of golf.
There will be tennis courts with con-
crete ground and later on there will
be a plunge where the guest may in
dulge in swimming But if these are
not the sport desired, there will be the
stable horses for use and riding
through the mountains will be avail
able for all. In fact there is no sport
customarily found about a rest resort
that will not be available in access of
the guests of Rancho Manzanita, in
Guiding the games of bowling and
archery.
One of the features about this new
resort that has created favorable
and friendly sentiment toward it in
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-25
MODERN HOTEL
Continued from Page One)

rounding the new hotel turn now to
the structure itself and discover what
it offers. It is an attractive Spanish
archttectural-type building without the
patio, being set hard against the side
Of the mountain, a giant rock butting
within a few feet of the rear wall of
the house. 1t furnishes the sugges-
ton of a great, strong fortificatiOn at
the back, and adds q distinct charac-
teristic to the structure The building
faces west by south, position that
gives it an especially desirable value
in sunlight and opportunities for
watching the sunset glow over the
mountains at evening, both from the
rooms and the lobby of the hotel
There are 10 apartments in the wing
already constructed and the main
building which houses the adniniStra-
ton offices, the dining room, the re-
ception hall, the kitchen, the billiard
room, the breakfast porch and the
quarters of the owner, which are above
stairs. The entire building is of con-
crete, having been poured into forms,
and the floors also are concrete base
with wood flooring OVERLAPPING it, there
by making it as nearly a fireproof
structure as one will find.
Great Fireplace in Lobby
The main reception room, or lobby,
is a specious one, being some 80 feet
in width by a length of SO feet. It
is warmed, when fire is desirable, by
a mammoth fireplace IA feet across
and deep enough to hold an entire
cart load of forest wood At the rear
of this room is the billiard room and
the check room and registration desk,
the latter being almost squarely in
front of the main entrance.
The dining room is at the east end
of the reception room and it also has
a fireplace to lend hint of homli-
ness and cheer The dining room is
surrounded by sun parlor and dining
room while the kitchen is at the north
end of the dining room.
When one gets to the kitchen he
discovers another of the outstanding
features Of Rancho Manzanita. Here
he sees the great range that is to be
used by the cooks to prepare the food
which the management promises shall
be of superior excellence at all times
That range is equipped with gas burn
erS that will be fed by rock gas, COM
ing through the burner guaranteed to
produce $500 British thermal units OF
heat per cubic foot whereas the ordi-
nary artificial gas produces only HOO
b. t. u. This gas is stored in a tank
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-25
Land Held By Half
French Population

PARIS l9.-Half the families OF
France own farm property Latest
statistics show there are five and a
third million farms of less than 1OO
acres, and only 10000 larger ones.
Estimating the number of persons
in the average farm family at but four,
there are 22,0OOOOO people living on
farms, moce than half the total popu-
lation
The same smallness of property
ownership exists in the cities, most of
the stores being operated by members
of the owning family and one or two
helpers
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-25
CHALK CLEANS BUCKsKINs

BILLINGS, Mont. H).-Indians living
in Glacier National park launder their
buckskin wearing apparel with white
chalk. They do their laundry work
about twice a year, rubbing the chalk
into the ouckskin until all the dirt is
removed.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-25
Pee In PROGRESS"
OF AMERICA

+ CHARLOTTE, N. C. (R.-Jazz is only
a peg in musical progress, Charles
Wakefield Cadman, the composer, be-
lieves. But he does not deprecate its
existence.
Jazz is an evidence of the vitality
and energy of American music he
says. "It is only transient phase,
but has given rise to new rythns that
will enrich the musical life of Amer
lea. Jazz, however, lacks repose and
no music can be classed as great or
permanent which lacks the element of
repoSe''
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-25
THRILLS WE'RE
Continued from Page one)


it. MCGOWAN was acquitted when his
trial came off at Tombstone.
"About mile down the canyon
from Rancho Manzanita there is
what was then known as the Horn-
beck ranch which was occupied by
the Alderman brothers. They had
been rustling cattle and killing them
and selling the beef and had become
SO bothersome that complaints were
made and warrants issued for them
Finally a deputy sheriff came to
arrest them and take them away
so he want to the MCGOWAN ranch
where Ted Moore lived. He requested
Ted to go with him to get the
Alderman brothers and the two rode
down to the Hornbeck place. When
they got there, the Aldermans seemed
in perfect humor and were friendly
and agreeable. Everything was talked
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-25

the minds of the people of Douglas is
the fact that Mrs. Ainsworth believes
in patronizing home trades people and
the materials for the structure and the
furnishings of the completed building
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-25

Villagers of Obendorf, Austria, seek
to complete memorial chapel, like
the model on the right, on the site
Gruber first sang ON Christmas eve
where Rev. Joseph Mohr and Franz
Of 1918 their Christmas hymn Silent
Night" now known around the world.
NPostcards in memory of the pair, like
the one above ARE sold everywhere
in Germany.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-25
HOAX PROVIDES HOLIDAY

MINNEAPOLIS GA piece of col
legiate humor brought a day off for
10000 University of Minnesota students
and the confusion rocked the campus.
A young woman who said she was
President Lotus D. Coffman's secre-
tary, called radio stations during an
evening snowstorm and asked them to
announce there would be no classes
tomorrow.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-25

have been purchased from Douglas
firms in the main. The purchases have
meant a substantial outlay and it has
brought a considerable employment to
the artisans of Douglas and vicinity.
The Washington times., 1927-12-06
S35,000S0UGH7
IN 8 SUITS

Three suits involving $4,000 dam.
ages for alleged personal injuries
were filed yesterday in the Dis
trict Supreme Court.
George J. Hillow, 1000 Seven.
teenth st. n. W., was named de-
PENDANT in suit for SIS, 200
brought by Bernard Brown. Brown
alleges, through Yeatman, Lambert
& Garfield. that on June 10, he was
shot in the cheek with a revolver
by Margaret Hillow, daughter of
Hillow. store owner.
The shooting was an accident,
Brown tells the court. and charges
Hillow with neglect in permitting
the 12-year-old girl to possess the
firearm.
The Capital Traction Company
was named defendant in suit for
$4,000 by Victor X. Casalege, 1914
S st. N. E., for alleged injuries in
a street car collision with his au-
tomobile last February.
Joseph Leary, of the Plaza Apart.
ment. was sued for $1,000 damages
by Herbert T. Gray, alleging that
on March % he was hurt when he
tripped over cellar door at 1903
Twenty-sixth st. N. W., which be-
longed to the defendant.
The Washington times., 1927-12-06
Disguised Rum Flasks
Assume Amazing
Variety

Half a block from the hotel
where the Anti. Saloon League is
holding it's dry conference a
leather goods store is displaying
window full of first aids to
evasion of the Volstead act.
There are all sorts of B. 70. L.
receptacles disguised in the form
of innocent hand baggage for any
quantity up to gallon, in addi-
ton to nifty leather encased half
pint and pint hip TASKS.
For an afternoon at the races
or a football game there's a square
leather case to swing over the
shoulder to look like pair of
field glasses. The glasses are
couple OF round pint TASKS with
silver cup tops.
A brief case for the dignifiad
office man contains two flat glass
containers of a quart capacity
each. A tiny suit case such as a
society woman would carry as IN
overnight bag is equipped with
four pint bottles. a glass cock
tail shaker, cork screw, a knife
to slice the orange and lemon
The Washington times., 1927-12-06
'M|GN0N' GIVEN
BY OPERA CO.

Following plendid presentation
Of "Mignon" last night before
brilliant audience, the Washington
National Opera Company tonight
will give Bizet's Carmen" as the
second performance in its festival
week at Polls Theater.
Paul AlthouSe, the great Amer
lean tenor, will he heard as Don
Jose. with Jeanne Gordon in the
title role and Ivan Ivantzoff as the
toreador. Dorothy Speare, already
widely known in the literary field
in this country, who made sue
cessful operate debut last night as
Mignon, will sing Micaela tonight.
owing to the Illness of Marjorie
Maxwell, who had been cast for the
part.
Maurice Capitaine. Of the Opera
Comique. Paris. delegated to this
nation as an ambassador of song
night at the close OF the second act.
With the national emblems of
France and the United States as
a background. he was escorted to
the footlights while the operate
ensemble and the audience joined in
the singing of the "Marsellaise" and
the Star Spangled Banner"
M. Capitaine sang the melodious
role of Wilhelm Meister with rare
artistry and a true sympathy for
the part. His voice Is not one of
great power. but is true and sweet
and is handled with that ease of
style so characteristic of the French
school. NJ. Paul Claudel. French
ambassador, who was largely in
strumentar in pefsuading the
French ministry of fine arts to
send M. Capitaine to this country,
watched the triumph of his Young
fellow countryman from a box.
Great interest centered in the
American debut of Dorothy Speare.
who shared the prima donna
honors with Nine. Luella Melius.
Miss Speare's lyric soprano was
admirably suited to the somewhat
florid role of Mignon. She dis
played a beautiful restraint in her
handling of the pathetic and lovely
"Connais-tu-le-pays?" one of the
gems Of her role, which is only
too often overdone by less capable
artists.
Nine. Melius. in the coloratura
role of F'ilina, measured up to her
previous successes here. Her sing
ing of the difficult polacca 10 SON
Titania' was magnificent.
The Washington times., 1927-12-06


Merging in the ebb and flow Of.
Yuletide spenders, the pair entered
the store just before S o'clock, and
without arousing the slightest sus-
picion sought a telephone booth,
curtained to privacy. very near the
show window.
One of the gentleman bandits en-.
tered the booth. his pal. smiling
suavely, leaning the while against
display case, unconcernedly watch
ing the throngs and four clerks.
anxious to please inquiring custom.
ers
Shielded from view the occupant
of the booth jimmied the door to
the show-window, smiled to crowds
passing on the street, loaded his
pockets with "Whitmore's best"
stepped from the compartment and
indifferently Joined the other bandit.
Together they left the store-with
the same unconcern as they entered.
Business, being constant during
that part of the day, it was not
until an hour had elapsed that Will
liam T. Simpson, of 1913 / St. N.
W., clerk discovered the loss.
Then came a scurry. conference
with Manager John L. Whitmore,
followed by a police call.
Detective Howard Ogle took charge
of the case
The Washington times., 1927-12-06
I FILED
BY KING

The romance of Princess Julia,
daughter of King Emil Mitchell,
head of the gypsy tribe in the
United States, is again threatened.
Through King Emil, the Princess
today filed suit for the annul-
ment of marriage to William L.
Osborn on November Is. The mar.
riage took place at Rockville.
The steps to annul the marriage
were decided upon yesterday after
a gathering of the royal clan from
all of the Eastern States.
The case of the royal Princess
act in marrying a "commoner" was
laid before the elders and efforts
were made to have the tribal Gus.
toms of annuling the marriage pre-.
vail, but both the Princess and her
husband Haunted their independ.
ence in the elders face and an
nounced their intention to make
the royal wedding stick
The father, under oath, alleges
that the Princess is but IS years
old and Through fear" has been
forced to continue to live with her
husband who has threatened to
kill the parents and family of the
said Princess"
The husband, Osborn, lives at the
National Hotel.
A scandal incident to the wedding
was revealed in the Kings petition
for annulment.
He says that on November s, tine
Princess went to Philadelphia to
visit her sister. Osborn went to
that place on November IA and
induced the Princess to discard her
royal raiment and put on American
dress. The father then alleges that
Osborn brought the Princess back
to Washington ana lived with her
three days before the wedding
ceremony took place.
Following the wedding, the king
threw a monkey wrench in, the
works by accusing his unwanted
son-in-law of the theft of $2S5 and
two rings. This charge, both
against the princess and the son.in.
law, was, Rolle pressed in Police
Court and the princess was turned
over to the Juvenile Court and
charged with incorrigibility. This
charge. however, was dismissed and
she was again charged with lar
ceny which charge is now pending.
Attorneys Harry F. Kennedy and
M. J. Lane represent King Emil
Mitchell.
The Washington times., 1927-12-06
SECOND SECTION
LOCAL NEWS
WIFE NO. 8 SUES
To VOID TIES

Clarence H. Osterman. Of 916
I st. n. W., today sued for annul.
ment Of his third marriage.
Wife No. 3, Belva M. Osterman,
of sS7 Grant .Pl. n. W., tells the
court that she married him on Octo-
Der IL in Alexandria and dis
covered on December that he had
another undivorced wife living.
In their order of appearance on
the marital stage are Mrs. Emma
Z. Osterman, Mrs. Lottie E. Wal
tiers Osterman, and wife No. 2. the
petitioner. who asks annulment Of
her marriage which she alleges
was false, fraudulent and untrue"
and obtained by her would -be-hus.
band through ''misre presentation
and fraud''s@e @st@
The wife is represented by Attor-
ney II. NJ. Fowler.
The Washington times., 1927-12-06
Al WASHINGTON
HOME TOWN PAGE
'DRYS' To RAISE
MILLION FUND

The keynote of the AntiSaloon
Leagues program to raise a million
dollar fund to prevent the nomina-
ton or election of any wet" can
didate for President, was sounded
general superintendent. before the
leagues convention at the May
flower Hotel.
DIR. McBride's speech followed a
three-hour session of the hoard of
trustees. which has in its hands
the program, later to be ratified
by the national executive commit
tee. for reorganization of the league.
and the naming of officers for the
next two years.
One million dollars would not he
too much to dam up any spirit of
lawlessness fostered by the out.
lawed liquor traffic, Mcbride told
his audience.
He challenged the "wets" to
come out in the open" and advo-
cate repeal OF the Eighteenth
Amendment. instead of trying to
"detour around it by the wine and
beer route"
1t can be repealed by the same
process by which it was enacted. ne
pointed out.
Penalties for violations OF the
prohibition laws are now ridiculous.
ly inadequate" he said, in advocar-
ing more severe punishment.
'Lawlessness must be stamped
out at any COST he said. I'VE
should surely be willing to use
what is needed of the $500, 900
prohibition fund in saving the coun-
try when attacked.
I'VE should advocate. mobilize.
organize and marshal public senti-
ment, so as to put into office. from
President to mayor. those who will
maintain constitutional government.
Our advance should be first for
a dry and active Congress, which
would stamp out the liquor enemy
by legislation"
Miss Cora Frances Stoddard. of
the Scientific Temperance Fedora.
ton. expressed the opinion that
emancipation from alcoholism will
be~achieved only as legislation and
education pull in harness together.
The Washington times., 1927-12-06
7 INES DOLL|ES
At THEATER

''Flossie Flirt" and her darling
little sister, Baby Smiles" will
make their third public appearance
next Saturday morning on the
stage Of the Colony Theater, 4935
Georgia Ave. NJ. W., at 1890
o'clock. Last Saturday the two
charmers were at the Chevy Chase
Theater and made a great hit.
During the performance five of
these dolls were given away to
children in the audience. and more
will be given away at the Colony
Theater.
Those winning dolls last Saturday
were:
Dotty Shelton. 2517 Rittenhouse
st. n. W.
Violet May Karchen, 1897 Mill.
tary I'd. n. W.
Anne Cochrane. 1926 Jocelyn Ave.
Gene Stuhler, 3240 Mckinley St.
n. w.
Margaret f. PROXY, 2sO Del Ray
Ave, Bethesda, Md.