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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-11-18
GASOLINE BLAZE
Truck Damaged BY Early Morning
Fire

Fire
Carelessness in filling the tank OF
a truck at the Dinsmore garage on
West Main street, Rising Sun, caus-
ed blaze about $3.50 Friday morn
ing that badly damaged truck be-
longing to the Dinsmore Bros. be-
fore the flames were extinguished.
The truck was loaded with empty
filled preparatory to the daily trip
over one of the routes to collect milk
for the Sheffield plant in this town.
The tank overfiowed, or gasoline
was spilled from the hose, and run
ming down over the engine ignited
instantly.
Max Dinsmore released the emer-.
gency brake in order to push the ma
chine away from the gas tank in
front of the garage, and the blazing
truck, gathering momentum on the
down grade, ran across the street,
striking a fence post and stopping
llTectIy Ill lIoHt VI tHe NdIHdH b IL
ton dwelling.
The blazing gasoline about the
tank in front of the garage was ex-
with band extinguisher,
and the chemical truck of the Com
Fire Company, which was
soon on the scene, smothered the
flames about the truck, but not until
the auto had been badly damaged by
The fire.
Max Dinsmore was slightly burn
ed about the face and hands, but
luckily escaped serious>burns.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-11-18
ROCK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
REOPENS

Rock Presbyterian Church, near
Fair Hill, this county, which has
been closed for some weeks undergo
ing extensive repairs, was reopened
Sunday with an allday service.
Services at 10 o'clock a. m, with
the pastor, the Rev. DR.. Schwalbe,
preaching. In the afternoon the
Rev. Harvey j. Ewing was the chief
speaker. The evening sermon was
delivered by the pastor. All of the
services were well attended.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-11-18
NEW SUSQUEHANNA BRIDGE is
OPENED
Span Over COnowingo Dam Becomes
Part OF State Roads System

Span OFer OOHOWlnSO Dam become
Part OF State Roads System
At l O'Clock Tuesday a procession
of automobiles passed over the bridg
on the crest of the recently complet
ed Conowingo Dam of the Philadel
phia Electric Company and the drive
way and it's approaches became ;
part of the Maryland State road.
system.
The first car to pass over the struc
ture carried Frank A. Furst, chair.
man of the Arundel Corporation
I'Stevenson A. Williams, Bel Air, at.
torney of the Philadelphia Electric
Company; William c. Elgin, vice.
president of the company, and John
N. Mackall, chairman of the Mary
land State Roads Commission.
When the inspection had been COM
pleted without ceremony of any kind
the structure was delivered to Mr..
Mackall and the automobiles on each
side of the Susquehanna were per-
mitted to pass from one side to the
other.
Hundreds gathered on both the
Cecil and Hartford county sides OF
the stream witnessed the opening of
the bridge. With the new span in
use the 80-year-old bridge across the
Susquehanna passed into the keep
ing of the Electric Company, which
will destroy it within the next two
weeks.
Capitalists and engineers from the
entire country took part in the pa
rade, and at it's conclusion they COM
mented on the fact that the structure
had been opened nine months before
the date set in the contract for it's
construction.
The driveway of the new bridge is
120 feet above tidewater and is
twenty two feet wide.
To reach the new bridge motorists
will use new road running from
near Berkley, Hartford county, to the
dam and thence to near Oakwood, in
Cecil county. This new road, to-
gether with the new and higher
bridge, will shorten the distance be-
tween Philadelphia and Baltimore by
several miles and will obviate the
need of using the circuitous route
that led up to and away from the old
span.
Water already impounded above
the dam gives an idea of the i'm
mense storage made possible. 1t
was said that the capacity of the lake
will be $4,000, 100000 gallons and
that, with normal river, at least
two weeks will be required to fill it.
With the filling of this lake the
entire topography of the Susquehan-
ma Valley in Cecil county will be
changed. The villages of Conowin-
go, Md, and Hasting and Peach
bottom, Pa, will sink beneath the
water and the old bridge, after it's
destruction, will be covered by water
one hundred feet deep. Four new
towns are being built above the new
water level, and all is virtually ready
for the rising water,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-11-18

Joseph Heith, about 55 years old,
employed at Stockham's cannery,
Havre de Grace. committed suicide
last Friday evening by cutting his
throat with a razor.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-11-18

One of the rarest things in the
world is self-made man who admits
that he might possibly have made a
better job of it,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-11-18

In the school of experience some
of us pay, and some of us work our
way through.
The Alaskan., 1927-10-21
PAPER MEN FINISH SURVEY OF TIMBER SOUTHEAST ALASKA

Estimates for the Alaska road for next year, aggregat- in $1 1,234000, have been approved by the war department and submitted to the bureau of budget, it was an- nounced at Juneau recently by of ficials of the road building Organi- zation. This is a material increase over estimates approved by the de partment last year.
 Several projected harbor improve ments were approved by the U. s. board of engineers for rivers and harbors and have been submitted to the puget. This is as far as the war department can go' it was pointed out, the matter of appropria- tions to cover the estimates being
The Alaskan., 1927-10-21

subject to revision by the bureau of budget and action by congress.
 The rivers and harbors projects approved by the board of engineers were: dredging at Ketchikan creek and construction of a rock break water for a shelter and anchorage for small boats, requiring the dredg- ing of approximately 160,OOO square feet Improvements at Port Alex ander by widening the entrance to 150 feet and dredging it so sa tC give depth of 15 feet at mean low water; and construction of a small boat refuge at Seward, Resur- rection bay, including rock break water and dredging to give a depth of 12 feet at mean low water
The Alaskan., 1927-10-21

wary, and nets and traps went emp ty. Fishermen and paikers stand to lose millions of dollars while the retail price of salmon is scheduled to rise considerably.
 The Alaskan pack, which pro vides a major portion of America s table salmon, will not exceed 3,4OO,- 900 cases while the British Colum- bia pack will be one-half of what it was last year.
 Deputy Commissioner Radcliffe advanced the opinion that millions of the young salmon had been killed by subterranean disturbances"
 The decline of the Alaska salmon supply is not interesting news but the reading public will surely sit up and take notice when MT. Rad clifie of the Bureau annouces that millions of the young salmon were killed by subterranean disturbances What is pure and unadulterated bunk to Alaskans is interesting news to people in the states who knew nothing regarding the condi- tions that govern the salmon supply and take their information from government bureaus.
The Alaskan., 1927-10-21
WHAT'S IN A NAME

'Tis funny: Wrangell NarrOws or Petersburg Narrows? Somethere are who feel that Wrangell town is getting something that doesn't be- long to her when the Narrows, which doesn't touch anywhere near her door bear the name, geograph- ically, of Wrangell.
 Is the town of Wrangell any the better off because a big island in the Arctic Sea is, also, Wrangell OH the map? And why call the crook ed, rocky and narrow waterway Petersburg Narrows? At best it's but a high tide cutoff from long course around Kupreanoff and Kuiu Islands.
 Petersburg is surely blessed with it's harbor that is a harbor in any wind, but it gains no particular prestige in the Narrows beyond the North entrance. We don't think there's any advertising value nor publicity prize in the Narrows and We should like to hear from Wran- gell-the town-and learn just how much she has gotten ou of the wa ter way through it's name of Wran- gell Narrows. Wrangell, the high Russian official, adventurer and ex- plorer, has his cognomen pretty we'll plastered over and around the Territory. He didn't desire to be forgotten and in his lack of desire he had no idea that he'd be the cause of wrangle ages later Tn ways marine the long reach of wa ter is seldom referred to as other than just: The Narrows. So far as names go that's enough. There's nothing gained by dropping Wran- geil nor by adding Petersburg, nor Scow Bay nor Tonka. Better cet, why not revive the name given it long, long before any Russian drift ed this way?
The Alaskan., 1927-10-21
WHY $5S1 DIFFERENCE?

It Is because the Port of Seattle (city owned and managed) docks are better equipped and operated on a smaller expense account than privately owned wharfage of New York, or, is there some other req son? Look at this: An ocean freighter recently took onboard, as part of her cargo for the Vest loaded at New York-an 85 foot motor vessel. The loading charge there was $700. At the Smith Cove Terminal, city dock, Seattle, the 85- foot yacht was unloaded for $119. There's just much work and it calls for practically the same equip ment to unload as to load this class of freight, but difference of s5S1, In. the doing of it is amazing.
The Alaskan., 1927-10-21
FIRE PREVENTION WEEK

Fire Prevention Week calls fresh attention to the fact that 12,0O0 lives and more than $1,5OO,OOO, ,00O in building and production were lost last year, the tremendous toll of fire in this country.
 Much of the loss was wholly un- necessary. Three-fourths of this countrys residence fires are from roof and chimney sources. In the city of Lansing, Mich, of 375 fires reported in five months, 176 were from wood or coal blazes.
 Those who are responsible for Fire Prevention Week use it to draw national attention to the inn portance of curbing our immense fire losses. The tragedy of it all is that probably 90 per cent of our fires are preventab1e. Losses are much lower during the month of our annual prevention week.
The Alaskan., 1927-10-21

oil, out of which the bond transac- tion arose, was for no legitimate court decisions, prior to the pre- sentation of the case before the highest tribunal, the public was muchly up stump in an endeavor to fathom a head or tail to the big transaction Editorials, even, i'll several publications of large cir culation favored the Fall-Sinclalr defense and thought it more sinned against than shining. With the de- cision, October 10, of the U. $. Supreme Court the affair is definite ly settled And the Mammoth Oil Co.,, Sinclair Crude Oil Purchasing <; Go. and the Sinclair Pipe Line Co. stand discredited. Sinclair and Fall as we'll as a number of officials of other oil companies were prett.' we'll grease smeared and the stain is more or less lasting. The odd part of the oily deal comes out m the apparent ease of Fall in the crooked work from the very first negotiations. Seemingly, if he wanted any order he just wrote it himself and he got the signature of the proper oficials-even up to the President, himself-for any thing he desired. He craved con- trol, absolutely, of the Government oil lands, and, one way or another, he got it. The immaculate gall of the looters in this gigantic swindle is more a cause of wonder than ad- miration, surely.
The Alaskan., 1927-10-21
WHOSE FIGHT-CONSERVATION

For number of years the Alaska Native Brotherhood, the native people of the Territory and a few friends have been joined together in a seeming hopeless attempt to com pei the Bureau of Fisheries to con- serve the fisheries of Alaska. Since 1912 they have been in the open declaring that unless the depart ment in charge of this industry po- mulgated real regulatory measures for conservation, the Territory would lose it's greatest industry.
 The Bureau of Fisheries pooh poohed the idea that there was any danger of depletion; the Fish Bar ons declared that depletion was an impossibility; the people of the Ter ritory were indifferent and even the fishermen, aside from the native made no attempt to stop this pros titution of the silver horde"
 These ignorant, illiterate natives showed facts pointing conclusively to the depletion of halibut, salmon and herring but none gave the heed. Today it is admitted by all forces in the Territory, that the herring fish cries are nearing destruction; scien-
The Alaskan., 1927-10-21
BRITISH COLUMBIA FISHERMEN
 DESIRE FISHERIES CURBED

Vancouver, B. C.-Because of the scarcity of salmon, 50 per cent decrease in fishing gear in British Columbia waters will be asked of the department of marine and fish cries by cannery operators and fish men, who decided to send a delega- tion to Ottawa to urge legislation to that end.
 The fishermen will ask that the number of gill nets be cut 30 per cent and the number of seines cut 50 per cent, and that the British Columbia coast be divided into areas. Seines and nets will be al lowed to fish only in those areas for which licenses are taken out Each canner will be allowed cer- tain number of seines and gill nets and only a certain amount of gear be operated in each area.
The Alaskan., 1927-10-21
CANCELLATION UPHELD

In the U. s. Daily, Washington, D. o., of October 11th there is a complete digest of the U. s. Su- preme Court decision in the famous -or infamous-Teapot Dome oil affair. MT. Justice Butler delivered the Court opinion and it is point ed out that there was fraud, evident ly, from the beginning of the Fall Sinclair activities. By the decision of the Court the United States Government is benefited to the tune of approximately $2,O0O,O0O in cash settlement. Secretary of the Navy, Curtis D. Wilbur, states, in connection with the de
 cision, that the Sinclair interests lose about $10,OOO,0OO The Gov ernment will gain possession of oil tanks at Portsmouth, N. H. valued at s1,OOO,0OO and a deal of other equipment elsewhere. Twenty-seven oil retainers on the lease and moro than 60 producing wells and the oil lands now go back to absolute U
 s. ownership. The Court, in refer ring to Fall, who negotiated the lease and agreements as Secretary of the Interior, claims that the ev tdence shows he was a "faithless public officer" In the vernacular of the street this would be express ed as damn crook" The court considered the Government allega- tion that Fall received $23O,5OO.OO in Liberty Bonds as a portion of his price and goes on record in the statement: That the company or ganized in New York to purchase
The Alaskan., 1927-10-21

lists now point to the depletion of the halibut fisheries and they are given ear where no heed was given the native born fisherman; the Blu reau of Fisheries admits and re- fuses to admit that the salmon failure this year was due to over production or destruction of seed fish in previous years and try to Hull the people of the Territory into believing "Cataclysmic upheavals" :" and submarine earthquakes are the cause of the disappearance of the salmon
 But no time since the fight be- gan have the people been so hopeful of success in securing regulatory measures for the protection of the fisheries. The department in charge of this protection have no way to turn, they are on the horns of a dillema: They destroy themselves with the facts of the past summer or they are destroyed by the can ners. Regulation of gear is inevit- able and regardless of what banks or interests are interested in Alaska fisheries, they will have to bow to the laws of nature and the demand of resident Alaskans.
The Alaskan., 1927-10-21
SOUND SALMON PACK

The 1927 Puget Sound salmon pack was announced at 675,7S3 cases, by Charles R. Pollock, state supervisor of fisheries. Of this num- Der, 5O3,O95 cases wtre humpbacks, 37,464 were Chinooks, S7,944 were sockees, 45,236 were silvers or echoes, 1885 were chums and 1Oe were steelheads
 Sympathy is like blonde hair; lot of it isn't the real thing.
The Alaskan., 1927-10-21
ANCHORAGE FAIR A SUCCESS

The stockholders of the Western Alaska Fair Association who were present at a special meeting called recently, had the pleasure of hear ing read a very gratifying report of the financial condition of the as- sociation resulting from the 1927 fair. The report showed balance of $2,000 when all bills had been paid and accounts receivable ad- justed.
The Alaskan., 1927-10-21
WHAT IS NEWS.

The efforts of the Bureau of Fish cries to convince the American Pub lie that the shortage of salmon is not due to their regulatory system would be amusing to Alaskans who know the truth if it were not for the dubious outlook for the coming winter among the fishermen.
 The following clipping from the Washington News of September 2S is similar to the propaganda fur nished to all the press by the Bur eau.
 SALMON YIELD SHORT;
 PRICE INCREASE SEEN"
The Alaskan., 1927-10-21

IT some men owned the earth they would try to dodge the tax-col- lector just the same.
 A mans head is like his pocket book-it's- not the outside appear. ance but what it contains that counts,
The Alaskan., 1927-10-21

The Japanese government pays a substantial subsidy to fishing ves- sels equipped with Diesel or semi Diesel engines.
The Alaskan., 1927-10-21

Ar old batchelor says that women are given to small talk in large quantities.
The Alaskan., 1927-10-21

Subterranean Disturbances Blamed
 for Killing of Young; Packers
 May Lose Millions.
 Tn spite of the fact that the Com merce Department has been enforc- ing strict fishing regulations, de- signed to provide an adequate sup ply of salmon for the worlds mar ket, the catch this year is lower than 1t has been since 1921 and 5,0OO,00O cases short of market demands.
 For some reason the fish turned
The Alaskan., 1927-10-21

Be sure you are right, then shoot.
The Washington times., 1927-01-07
PLAYS
TOMORROW

Three basketball games Of un.
usual merit will be played on the
floor Of the Arcadia Auditorium to.
morrow night. Eastern High School
meets Hagerstown in the main at.
traction. Tech High takes on the
Washington Collegiates in a pre-
Iiminary and Dewitt Props win face
Epiphany Roses In the opener.
It Is expected that the Easternites
VIII battle the champion team of
Maryland to a standstiIl. Eastern's
lineup will be picked from Meal.
lister, Faber. Doeer, Depro, Bushong.
Hogarth and Essex.
The Collegiates, team, with one
exception. an old Business High
school team, in meeting Tech. will
strive for a victory. It should make
a great game. The Tech line.up will
De selected from Terneak, Smith,
Golatta. Gaskins, Rooney, Weieei
Berger and Heiss. The game viii
start at 1880.
The first game will be between
the Dewitt Prep quint and the
Roses. LAG
The Washington times., 1927-01-07
HOWARD OPENS
!. COURT SEASON

Howard University Dasketeers
open their season at home tomor.
row night in the new gymnasium,
when they meet the fast Morgan Col
lege aggregation of Baltimore.
Much interest Is being shown IN
this game for several reasons, first,
because Morgan defeated the
''Bisons" twice last season. and in
view Of the fact that they still have
their veteran combination intact they
hope to again down the Howard
boys. Lanky Jones, the 'Horse
Haggerty" Of the Yellow md Black
team, with Hill and Brown, are con.
sidered as among the best talent in
negro basketball circles.
Howard has a much stronger team
this year and have high hopes Of
taking the Morgan boys in camp.
Captain Spears, Simpson and Bund.
rant. veterans OF last years squad,
are well surrounded with valuable
reserve strength. A fast preliminary
game will be staged at 1880 p. M,
while the main attraction will start
at $50 D, m.
The Washington times., 1927-01-07
Jimmy 0'Connel May
Hurl Himself Into
Baseball Scandal

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 2.
Jimmy O'Connell, former New
York Giant, indicated today that
he might inject himself into the
troubled waters of big league
baseball.
O'Connell, now working as a
stevedore here, was barred
from baseball in 1924 in con-
nection with a bride he 10
alleged to have offered a Phila-
delphia player. o'Connell said
he might have something to
tell Judge Lands if his attor.
ney thinks it best for him to
do SO.
Fright now, I haven't any
thing to say" said O'Connell,
"and / don't know whether /
will tell anything or not. !
got raw deal last time and /
haven't much confidence in the
investigation"
The Washington times., 1927-01-07
Inter Family Duckpin
Rivalry To Be
Continued

The merry duckpin rivalry
between the Family Viehmeyer
and the Clan Donaldson will be
renewed next Monday night,
probably at the Convention Hall
runways.
Three sets of three galles for
total pins will be rolled, the
entire competition to require
three separate nights. In their
last inter-family meeting, the
Donaldsons bested the Veihmey-
ers by less than 100 pins, and 1t
is the hope Of the Viehmeyer
boys to overcome this margin
and add a few pins to it. The
latter group has brought on a
brother, Harry, as reserve ma
terial. He did not roll in the
last block.
The Washington times., 1927-01-07
ELEVEN VIE
FOR CITY
TITLE |
By r. D. Thomas

Charlie Bartelmes. the smooth
stroking dignified pocket billiard ex.
pert. no longer Is the undisputed
peer Of Washington cue pushers in
the pocket-cushion game.
BarteImes has two formidable
rivals in the city championship tour
nament now in progress at the
Arcadia. He has won two games
and lost none but so has George
Kelly and also Joe Mccain.
And judging by the class shown
by these three as compared with
the other eight players in the
tournament. they are likely to fight
1t out for first honors.
With the sudden squirt In pocket
billiards. due to the advent Of two
great stablishments-Arcadia and
King Ptn--the title tournament has
attracted more attention than any
OF the past. Pocket billiards is
booming. Although the Arcadia and
King Pin are within a stones throw
OF each other in Mt. Pleasant. both
are doing heavy business.
CHI Dent and Fred Talbert
also are indicated In the tour.
nament but have won only one
match each. Bob Reynolds.
Ed Tindell and w. NJ. SmaIe
each has lost q game without
winning one and Harry Len.
pelne and Red Davidge each
mas lost two. Gene ROurke will
make his debut tonight in q
match with Cliff Dent.
These eleven players are the elite
Of Washington pocket billiardists
Tney were corralled by Joe Concan.
non, the Arcadia manager. who has
won a number Of city and terri.
torial championships without q miss
on a table measuring feet bv Q
ana 80 On a 5 by 10 table. Until
The Washington times., 1927-01-07
EMERSON EASY
FOR EASTERN

Eastern High School basketers
have q pair Of players who can be
depended upon in the coming schot.
astic court season. The work Of
Beanie" McAllister and Isl" Ho.
garth, mainstays Of last seasons
team. stood out In the, contest
which the Emerson Institute lost
last night by . 1870 verdict.
McAllister and Hogarth were
much In form and the game they
flashed thrilled Eastern fans.
Emerson was unable to cope with
the brand of basketball the Lincoln
Parkers displayed. although No.
Cartee, forward, Gagged three has
kets from scrimmage, two Of which
were Of the sensational kind.
The Washington times., 1927-01-07
MainfOrt Takes Mat
In Revenge Match

Wrestling fans should see real &C
ton at the Mutual Theater tonight
Bobby Mainfort lie out for revenge
over Jack Collins, Of Norfolk. Col
Inns came here an unknown and
scored q neat victory over Mainfort
Since then Mainfort has been trying
to get Collins on the mat. He has
been successful, and tonight he will
try to get his revenge