davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-22
MAY RAISE
 SUNKEN SUB
Divers Are Making Survey Air Pumped Into
 Torpedo Room

PROVINCETOWN, Mass, Dec. 22-Diving operations at the sunk en submarine S-4 have been re- sumed, divers being instructed to survey the position of the wreck preparatory to an attempt to raise it.
 No sounds have been heard from the torpedo room since Sun day.
 When the work was resumed today after a five hour suspen- sion, the air compressor of the Falcon had been forcing air into the torpedo room for more than 10 hours. simon Lake, expert in submarine construction, sent a radio message to the Falcon from his home at Bridgeport, Connecti- cut, saying there should have been enough air in the torpedo room to last one man TOO hours. He computed there should have been sufficient air to have kept six men alive 116& hours. The men might be unconscious many hours before they died. At s o'clock this morning. the men had been approximately 113 hours tn their steel prison.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-22
AGED PIONEER
 IS MURDERED; BOYS CRIME
Man Slain by Youth for Money to Purchase
 Christmas Gifts

WATERvII.LE, Wash. Dec, 22
 Allen Presley. aged G5. of Mo. Cue, was murdered and robbed by youth who wanted money tc buy Christmas presents for his girl sweetheart. officials an nounce.
 James Woodin, aged IT, con- fessed he shot the old man down his cabin and robbed him.
 The lad was imprisoned after s confession.
 The body of the aged pioneer W. s discovered yesterday morn ina, frozen stiff, wrapped in an overcoat and stuffed under cot in his little shack.
 Art Woodin. uncle of the ac. eused boy. found the body, with the pockets of the pants and coat turned inside out and the cabil ransacked, after he had missed Presley for several days and had gone to investigate.
 Officers said the murder was committed last Friday night. Tt is said several witnesses watched young Woodin get off train at McCue, go to the cabin and re- turn and leave on a train later
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-22

HAIFA. Palestine, Dec. 22- Every tale of buried treasure ever spun by imaginative adventurers or some of buccaneers is dwarfet by the wealth which a British Palestine syndicate is preparing to extract from the Dead Sea.
 The company has obtained pref erence over American and con tinental bidders for the conces- sion. and as soon as the harbor which the government of 'Pales tine has planned here Is construct ed and when 20 miles of electric railway are built to link Haifa with the shore of the Dead Sea the work of turning salt into money will begin.
 From the body of water famous in Biblical narrative the syndl cate plans to extract some 1.30O,- 100000 tons of potash worth $70, 00O.OO0 and S53.000,00O tons O. bromine valued at $25O 900 ,OO0, 900
 According to representatives of Major Tulloch, British engineer, and Novemeysky. Palestinian chemist and civil engineer, who head the British-Palestine syndi cate, the Dead Sea contains sod ium chloride. potassium chloride. magnesium chloride and bromides
 By a process of evaporation, the Dead Sea produces common sail
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-22
DRY ES TRACTOR LESS THIN TWO MILES AN HOUR; IS FINED FOR
 RECKLESS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY

SEATTLE, Dec. 22-R 0. Jones who created traffic jam when he drove caterpillar tractor with concrete mixer in tow. down the Bothell Highway at an esti- mated speed of two miles an hour, has been fined $50 for reck- less driving and w. F. Dicknall owner of the tractor, has been fined $100.
 Although there were plenty of testimony to show the tractor was making less than two miles an hour, Justice of the Peace Bat cheler held nevertheless that it was case of reckless driving, in asmuch as the State law forbids moving of such an apparatus on the public highways without a special permit, which had not been obtained.
 Jones was arrested after halt a dozen cars piled up on tho tractor with the resultant traffic iam that took squad of State Police to straighten out.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-22
KLOND|KE RUSH .DAYSRECALLED
 IN COURT CASE
Man Sues for Money Ad-
 vanced to Wife of Gold Stampeder

SEATTLE, Dec 22--Echoes oi the Klondike rush were heard 'n court here when Sherman A. Pin nell, oldest mail carrier of Az toria, Oregon, opened suit to re- cover $6.140 from the estate oe his stepfather. Dennis Curran, who died here a year ago leaving $3.000 of property in his own name, and $5,oO0 in his wife's name.
 Curran left Astoria 30 years ago for the Alaska goldfields.
 After years. when letters re- turned undelivered and no word was received from him. Mrs. Elizabeth Curran looked to Pin nell for support.
 Pinnell paid $25 monthly for 20 years.
 Curran finally rejoined his wife at Astoria. living together until her death year later. Curran then moved to Seattle, dying a year after his wife passed away.
 Pinnell is suing in the King County Superior Court to recoy- CT amounts paid towards his mo ther's support.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-22
WORTH 300 BILLIONS
 SOUGHT BY SYNDICATE IN DEAD SEA

Tn great quantities containing
 arnalite, which treated with hot water resolves into solid potas.
 ium chloride and the solution containing magnesium chloride md magnesium bromide. A sim. ole process turns the potassium chloride into potash in demand for fertilizing arabic fields.
 The resources of the Dead Sea are considered to be practically lnexhaustible, since the strength of the brine increases year by year. A good deal of the brine seems to come from the streams which flow from the desolate l high lands of Palestine after rains.
 Potash hitherto has been almos. exclusively a German monopoly n Europe Britain plans by this new development to produce it's fertilizer within it's own empire.
 The extraction of potash and other chemicals from the Dead Sea has been under consideration for nearly 30 years. Schemes had about reached head when the world war broke out. Before the and of the war Palestine had be- come British mandate. losing ito Turkish sovereignty. and after he war plans for the new indus. ry acquired fresh life.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-22
OF
 LINDBERCH
 WEARS GOAL
Safe Flight | Is Made to Brownsville Mex
 ico City Tonight

BROWNSVILLE Tex. Dec. 22 Mrs. Evangeline Lindbergh ar rived here at 5:02 o'clock yester day afternoon in her flight to Mexico City to spend Christmas with her, son, Col. Charles A. Lindbergh.
 The big plane has covered ar. proximately 715 miles
 After taking off from Tulsa yesterday morning on the third day of the flight. two stops were made, one at Dallas and the other at San Antonio. The plane has covered approximately three quar- ters of the distance to Mexico City and is expected to arrive there late tonight.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-22
Business Houses To Be Closed
 On Neat Monday

Juneau's business houses will be closed one hundred per cent strong. on Monday, December 26. in celebration of Christmas. survey re- vealed today.
 There has been doubt ex- pressed by some firms as to whether they would close. but the proprietors of all To- cal grocery stores. meat mar kets. hardware companies, and dry goods houses declar- ed today that they would celebrate by closing on the day after Christmas.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-22
CONGRESS IS PROCESSING TO
 JANUARY FOUR
Adjourns Out of Respect to Most Beloved Mem
 Der, Sen. Jones

WASHINGTON. Dec 22-Under the shadow of death of one of it's most beloved members. Senator A A. Jones, of New. Mexico, the Seventieth Congress adjourned yesterday for it's Christmas ro- cess.
 The final meetings in the two Houses, until January 4, were brief. practically all business be ing suspended as a mark of re spect to the dead member of Con gross whose period of service covered more than decade.
 The Senate was in session less than 10 minutes.
 The House was in session about half an hour.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-22
Business in Securities
 On Increase

WASHINGTON. Dee. 22- The American world of fin ance was more active during the last year in transaction of securities than in commercial business, the Federal Reserve Board reported today in re- view of the year covering op- eration of the Federal Re serve System.
 While commercial credit business decreased $330, 0,000,- 900, loans on securities in- creased $796.000,000, reflect ing increased use Of credit by securities in markets.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-22
MURDERER HICKMAN IS CAUGHT
 THIS AFTERNOON, OREGON TOWN
U. s. AIR CHIEF, OLDEST ARMY
 PILOT, RETIRES FROM SERVICE
By klRkE L. SIMPSON Associated Press Staff Writer)


 WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 Maj Gen. Mason M Patrick, chief of the army air corps, who for six years has stood near the center Of the storm of controversy in avia ton, has stepped into calme. sea when he retired from activs service for age on December 13.
 The judgment passed upon his work for those six strenuous years by his colleagues of the old army and the young air corps alike i5 that he leaves behind him mutual understanding and sense Of team play between ground and air soldiers to further the. single ob- jective of national defense towalI which all are striving in a degree that six years ago seemed impos- sible for realization
 What General Patrick will dc with the time now apt to hang heavy on his hands--for he is still a vigorous, energetic man at 64-- he has not decided. Eight months or more will go to relaxation and rest from the grueling desk work and requirements of his office that have kept him hurrying about the country on inspection trips. Beyond that. he told The Associated Press, he has no def. mite plans. He hopes to go abroad later to see at first hant the aviation developments, both military and commercial. other countries are making.
 q have no thought of abatine my interest in air developments, he said q could not. I hope ] may. find means to be helpful, evea in retirE.nent to the limi,- less fiiture of transportation Dy air."
 With General Patrick's retire. ment, the oldest qualified aviation pilot not only of the army. but is. the United States--perhaps in the worlds stricken from the active list. The general himself makes light of his accomplishment in that regard.
 You must not overestimate that" he said, smiling. Mine is just a junior pilots rating. It was all could get or hope to gel at my age.
 But l think our young fliers of the air corps have come in- creasingly to talk to me as one
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-22
Bess Howe Going to
 Seattle for Operation

ANCHORAGE. Alaska. Dec. 22. Miss Bess Howe. the school teacher who accidentally shot herself at Ninilchik while clean ing gun and was brought here y airplane. was placed aboard southbound train yesterday, on a stretcher, enroute to Seattle, talk ing the steamer Alameda at Sew ard At Seattle she will be met by Dr. Rex F.. Swartz. who will operate upon her. She is accom- panied by Miss Narene Elliott, Anchorage nurse. After the Seat tie operation, Miss Howe expects to go to her home in Seymour, Texas.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-22

BERLIN, Dec. PA compila- tion of the numerous tricks 10 which spies in the world war. re. sorted to convey valuable informa- ton and secret messages into aad out of the country is recounted by Felix Baumann of the late German imperial secret service.
 Clothing. of course, was the | most elemental and therefore most popular medium for such purposes. Linen and shoes often carried valuable advices written in Invisible ink. As receptacles for secret despatches troaser
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-22
Missing Woman Found Dead On
 Operating Table

OAKLAND, Cal, Dec. 22-The Police yesterday found Mrs c. K. Buckles, Oakland woman. who hae been mysteriously missing oyer
 night. They found her body, lay ing nude, on an operating tab,e where she had died in the course of criminal operation. Dr. Irv- ing Cole, said to be practicing medicine without license, is' sought. Both he and his wife have disappeared.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-22
GOVERNMENT
 MUST CLEAR
 UP CHARGES
Contempt Case Takes on New Aspect-Rul-
 ing by Judge

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.-After | counsel in. the case agreed to combine the contempt of court and intimidation charges in the oil jury tampering case, Justice Siddons today decided that first the Government must clear up accusations that it intimidated witnesses during the hearings.
 Justice Siddons ruled that all though the contempt charges still remained in Court, the state ment of Edward l. Kidwell, jur- } or. that he had been made to sign an affidavit containing un- truths, must be disposed of.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-22
cHIcAGoAN IS kNicHTED

CHICAGO, Dec. 22--Justus P. Seeburg, official of the Swedish American Steamship lines. has been made knight of the Order of the North Star by the king oi Sweden. The decoration. the highest the Swedish crown can confer. was awarded Seeburg for promoting good will and coin- merce between the United States and Sweden.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-22
GIRLS SLAYER
 UNDER ARREST;
 HASCONFESSED
Los Angeles Boy Caught on Highway Near
 Echo, Oregon
DENIES THAT HE IS
 SLAYER, PARKER GIRL
Declares that Fiend, Un- named, Cut Up Girls
 Body-No Details

5ULLETIN-PENDLETON, Ore, Dec. 22.-William Ed ward Hickman, sought as the kidrapper and slayer of Mar ian Parker, has been captur- ed at Echo, Oregon, after spectacular automobile chase along the Columbia River.
 In a confession to the po- lice, Hickman stated the girl was killed last Friday and the deed was the work of a iend whom his confession did not identify.
 Hickman stated that no anesthetic was used during the dissection of her body and that she was strangled by a wire in the hands of the murderer.
 He declared the murder was not committed in the Bellevue Arms Apartment m Los Angeles.
 Hickman declared he needs money to go on and thought u kidnapping was an easy way ou
 Car Is Seen
 officers. following news r ports on Hickman's flight in tf Associated Press dispatches, s' put west from here and at sharp turn in the highway ea ,f Echo, stopped to light the pipes when Chief Tom GurdaI noticed green car approachin with switched plates.
 Gurdane and State Highwa ------------- -----------
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-22
PAPER FROM euLLRusHEs

BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 22-AiI is being sought from the Argen- tine government to develop paper making from bullrushes. It is re- ported that experiments made with rushes from the banks of the Plate. Parana. Uruguay, Pilco- mayo and Bermejo rivers show that the plant contains much eel lulose and it is believed this may be extracted at low cost.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-22
DOG IS FREE ON BOND AFTER HIS
 CONVICTION AS KILLER OF SHEEP

MT. STERLING. Ky. Dec. 22-- Kaiser Bill. German police dog. has been sentenced to death by County Judge Earl w. Senff, in County Court here. The dog. owned by Mrs Henry Gay. of Mt. Sterling, was charged with having killed 30 sheep belonging to J. Prewitt Young, farmer.
 The dog was in Court, where he was defended by w. Bridges White. A large crQwd heard the trial MT. Young identified the dog by the collar he wore. His owner is confident of his inno- eence, she says.
 Young claimed he shot the dog in it's foot. The case was appeal ed to Circuit Court and Kaiser Bill'' was released on bond of $30U to appear at the January term on condition that he be kept at1home until that time. The dog was on the witness stand when in Court.
 SEATTLE. Wash. Dec. 22-it is five months since the death of the master of Jerry. a bird dog, but the animal makes an almost daily twentytwo-mile trip to the grave of c. A. Noodle.
 Noodle died in July and Jerry was taken. in an automobile to the cemetery Mrs. Noodle has been mystified by daily disappear ances of the dog.
 Then A. N. Tefft. manager or the cemetery, telephoned to Mrs. Noodle that "a bird dog is over here. He has been sitting beside Mir. Noodles grave for days at a time. He won't let any of the caretakers come near it.'
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-22
Widow Cleared of
 Suspicion, Suicide

SEATTLE, Dec 22-A coroner ; jury has found that Harvey Ar snow, killed himself with a pistol last Sunday. The verdict cleared Mrs. Ella Arsnow, aged 34 years. widow of the war veteran of al. suspicion in connection with his death.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-22

of their own kind, who knew their language, because l have tried to know and understand every eie- ment of the new art and science to which they are devoting their lives"
 That pilots license, whatever
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-22
GERMAN SPY REVEALS
 TRICKS OF HIS TRADE

buckles, coat collars, padded shoulders. suspenders. neckties. wigs. shoelaces, handles of tooth brushes, etc, frequently served
 Still more crafty were similar devices in bookcovers tuntil fin ally all books and printed matt ar were taboo), hollow and false teeth, heels. in the cotton dress ing of minor wounds. in the nasal cavities, in candies and in com mon strings. Especially subtle were the methods adopted by w0- men spies, who on their secret lCQntinped on Page SLx.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-22
NEW POTATO KING

ALAMOSA, Colo, Dec. 22.-- Fred Spicer, San Luis Valley farmer, has been crowned Colo rado's new potato king" He raised S33.2 bushels of potatoes, or 49,995 pounds. on measured acre of ground. Spicer received cash prize of $500 and silver crown as an emblem of his rank.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-22

it's limitations, is an important element ia any appreciation of the work General Patrick has been doing these six years past. The air service was split wide in fac tional strife when he relieved Ma
 (Contlnued on Page Seven.)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-22
Begs Daughter To Chop Arm Of; Mother Dies

SANTA ROSA, Cal. Dec. 22-While the mother begged the daughter to chop her arm off so that she might be ex- tricated from beneath burn ing automobile, the girl stood by helpless, holding her mo- ther's other hand while flames snuffed out the life of her parent.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-22

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.--The United States sold 1,419 dozen worth $5,444 to for eign wearers of pants during Sep tember alone. New Zealand was the best customer.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-22
WARRANT ISSuEn

OAKLAND, Dec. 22. O. K. Buckles has sworn out warrant for the arrest of pr. Cole, who with his wife, nurse, have been apprehended at Alameda.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-22

H. E. Biggs was a passenger from Juneau to Petersburg for j short business trip, on the Ad- miral Rogers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-22

(Continued on Page Eight.)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-22

(Continued on Page six.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-25

ultimately were to be selected, a list
of IL or Is names was sent to the
court, and the court then selected the
jurors for the particular case.
Favors Realty Men.
Mr.. Gibson mentioned the names
of real estate men serving on the
jury recently in four different
cases. asking if he knew how they
became jurors, and witness replied
he presumed the selection to be ac-
cording to the regular routine. Mr..
Gibson said he noted that in nearly
all condemnation juries, from June
80, 1924, to June 30, 1926, at least one
or two real estate men were jurors.
Mr.. Johnson replied that their
names had evidently been drawn
from the box and the jurors had
probably been qualified by the court,
adding that he personally thought it
was a good thing to have a real
estate man on such jurys
Mr.. Houston interjected here the
observation that in general practice
the original batch of names to be
selected for jury duty was compiled
by the jury commissioners, and that
the clerk would then pull such
names from the box into which the
jury commissioners had placed them.
You can't take out any names ex-
cept from the group that are put in
the box, you know" observed Repre-
sentative Gilbert of Kentucky. IF the
clerk did not put any names but
those of real estate men in the box
you couldn't draw out any names
but those of real estate men"
Court Instructs Clerk.
clerk was instructed in his duties by
the court, and that he presumed such
duties were diligently performed.
Questions developed that the jury
commissioners were not present
when the clerk put the names in the
box.
Chairman Gibson read sections
from the District Code which he
construed to entail duties of seeing
to all points Of the selection of the
names upon the jury commissioners.
Mr.. Johnson said he was not fully
acquainted with the law in detail on
that point, although he had general
knowledge of his duties as a jury
commissioner.
Representative Hammer Of North
Carolina, went into an extensive eX-
animation as to the regularity OF
procedure in allowing the clerk of
the jury commission to make the
general selection of the names.
The committee then turned its at
tention to the Farmers Produce
Market. Engineer Commissioner j.
Franklin Bell took the stand. He
said that three tentative selections of
a site for the market, for which a
bill is now pending in Congress al
lowing 100000 for purchase of such
a site, had thus far been advanced.
He mentioned generally the Ecking-
ton site, the Southwest waterfront
site and the midcity site, near 9Th
and l. streets.
Denies Railroad Pressure.
Accessibility to buyers, conven-
fence to the farmers bringing in
products to the market, proximity
to probable future location of whole
sale houses and to transportation
lines were points he summarized as
among the determining elements
which authorities believed should
finally dictate the selection of the
site.
Questioned as to whether the B.
& O. Railroad had been eXerting any
pressure to forward the lexington
site for consideration, Col. Bell de-
MED any knowledge of such an oper-
alton.
He suggested that an offer of from
225,000 to 100000 square feet of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-25
Attacked by Cat, Sues.

The Piggly-Wiggly Stores, Inc,
was sued for $4,000 damages yester-
day by Helena r. Draper, 1901 Six
teenth street, for alleged personal in
juries. While at the company's store
at 1904 Seventeenth street, June %,
the plaintiff says she was attacked by
a cat, which scratched, bit and tore
her leg, inf1icting a dangerous wound.
She is represented by Attorney Henry
NJ. Fowler.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-25

ground in the midcity sites general
location be obtained, since the prop
erty value In this case might prove
a formidable obstacle in view of the
100000 limitation.
A. J. Driscoll, president of the
Mid-City Citizens Association, took
the stand. and promised to obtain
such an estimate, stating that prac-
teal real estate opinion in the neigh
borhood was that the site might be
obtained there well within that linn
ittation.
Estimate Is Requested.
He pointed to the advantages of
the site from it's accessibility to both
buying public and farmers, and be-
cause of the fact that it was near
the center of the city's population
as well as the city's geography
Mr., Houston was in charge of the
examination on this proposition. He
asked Mr.. Driscoll to get a tangible
proposition before the committee for
consideration as soon as possible.
j. G. Yaden, chairman of the Ctti-
Zens' Advisory Council, introduced
Walter l. Swanton, member of the
council and chairman of it's sub
committee on the farmers market
site, who told the committee that
after q survey of hte three sites men,
toned the citizens council subcom-
mittee had decided upon the midclty
site as the most favorable, mainly
because of it's accessibility.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-25

The Illinois Legislature has six
woman members. five in the lower
house and one in the upper branch.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-25

Exquisitely tailored models of beautiful quality
crepe de chine, others daintly trimmed with laces,
fine peats and tucks and two-tone ribbons.
Silk Underwear Section.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-25
Glove Silk Boomers, $2.25

a remarkably high-grade glove silk bloom
remarkably low price. Full-cut models, we
forced In flesh and roseleaf.