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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1927-06-11
MRS. BERTHA MONTGOMERY
HAS RETURNED TO THE
CITY FROM SPRINGFIELD,
OHIO

The latter part of last week Mrs.
Bertha Montgomery, 4735 Indiana
avenue, boarded the fastest express
train running between this city and
Springfield, Ohio, in order to be at
the bedside Of her aged father, Mr..
Willis Francis, who was run over by
an automobile recently in that city.
Four of the best white and colored
physicians Of that city contend that he
has one chance in thousand in re
covering from the effects of the in
ternal injuries sustained by him. He
was just alighting from a street car
when a taxi, running at full speed,
rushed onto him, knocking him down,
breaking three ribs and otherwise al
most crushing the life out Of him, and
the doctors expect his death to occur
any hour. The taxi driver made his
getaway without anyone securing his
number or identifying him.
We believe in law and order, but
when automobiles and taxi drivers in
the most cold-blooded manner run
over men, women and children, and
especially elderly people, the taxi and
automobile drivers should be shot
down like mad dogs. For it seems
that in every city of any size the con-
stituted authorities of the cities are
utterly unable to cope with that class
OF crazy or demented auto drivers.
If the slaughter of human beings is
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1927-06-11

the Species" or "The Descent of Man"
There isn't one preacher in a thou
sand who knows what is meant when
an informed person uses the term
"Darwinism."
If educational tests and state per-
mits were required for preaching, Just
as for practicing law, and if theological
preacher factories had standards as
high as the law schools, nine-tenths Of
the men now preaching would lose
their jobs. Perhaps small town stores.
factories and the farm would gain a
little, but the church would certainly
be better of.
Of course / will say here, as | have
said before, that all this is my per-
sonal opinion and may have no value
for anyone else. / make my own bed
and lie in it happily and peacefully.
That is, / lie peacefully when the pes
tiferous holy men permit me. In
closing for this week, I invite any lay
man who has any views to express on
this matter to write me in care Of
Preston News Service, 500 Sixth ave
nue.. Pittsburgh, Pa. And we don't
mind getting a few brickbats from the
preachers
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1927-06-11
GOES TO DEATH CHAIR, BUT
LIVES TO LEAVE 1T
preston News Service)

Jacksonville, Fla, June o. Jim
Williams, condemned man, who es-
capped the electric chair Tuesday, died
Friday. The man escaped death when
no official present in the death house
would agree 20 act as executioner. The
man was strapped IN ready for the
ordeal when this circumstance oc-
Cured.
Under the Florida law the sheriff Of
the county in which a man was con-
victed or one Of the sheriff's deputies
must act as executioner. When the
hour of Williams death arrived, Sher-
iff r. L. Hancock Of Putnam county,
where Williams was convicted, was
not present. He was represented by
two deputies and both refused to turn
the switch.
Warden J. S. Bitch Of the prison
postponed the execution until Friday
at the same hour. advising the sheriff
to either be present or have present
deputy who was willing to perform
the executioner's task
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1927-06-11

more than one million dollars which
tor some time in some way or other
found its way into the pockets oi
Small, Curtis and Company bankers in
their neck Of the woods and the
slickest and most far-seeing and cold
blooded grasping money mad poll
ticians within the state of Illinois.
1t appears that the Hon. Len Small
after fighting for many years to hold
onto the more than one million bucks
which they claim did not rightfully be-
long to him, but to the people of Hi,
nois, has finally decided to pay back to
the tax payers of this state S65O,OOC
IN interest money and in dealing with
him one way or another the people OF
this state are out at least $650,0O0;
that is about the amount of money
they have lost while dealing with a
high class christian.
We are free to confess that after all
that has been said and done in tbs
Small case and the $1,O25,434, that
most anyone would take long chance
in walking away with such a vast sum
Of money and if detected in the act
they could easily secure the services of
the best lawyers in this country who
would free them Of all charges, admin
lister unto them hot bath and a thick
coat OF whitewash and ordered to de-
part in peace and sin no more.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1927-06-11
Bulletin No. 8
PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY
FROM THE AUTO THIEF
BY Chief of Police Michael Hughes

by OIueI OF FOnCe MlCndel f1uSneS
During the month of May oo2 au-
tomobiles were stolen within the city
Of Chicago, Of which number 88o
were recovered. A great percentage Of
these thefts were preventable. Here
are few suggestions to assist in the
campaign against the automobile
thief.
Always lock your car Lock the
ignition, transmission and wheel. On
closed cars lock the doors and be
sure the windows and windshield are
closed Remove the distributor as an
additional safeguard.
Carry your state and city license
cards with you at all times, also the
motor and serial numbers of your car.
Place your own distinguishing marks
on the engine and body Of the ma
chine
Secure your spare tires with a
good strong lock. Cheap locks are
worthless as safeguards. Don't leave
coats or other valuables in your car.
Investigate very carefully before
you buy a secondhand car. Make
sure the person you buy it from is
reliable. 1t may be stolen property
and will be taken from you. In all
such purchases have the machine
checked by the police automobile de-
tail-Franklin 01oo.
If your car is stolen, telephone the
police station Immediately. In report
ing the theft give all the information
you possibly can, then call at the sta
ton personally and make full report
of the theft.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1927-06-11

Because your auto. is insured against
theft is no reason why you should be
careless. An unprotected car encour-
ages the thief
By your vigilance you will assist
the police department in protecting
your auto against thieves, and if you
cause the arrest OF one Of them, help
us to convict him.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1927-06-11

going to continue in the future, as in
the past, then it will be up to the peo-
pie to take the laws into their own
hands in that respect and protect them
selves and the lives of their. dear chill
dren and the elderly people and to ut
terly exterminate for all time to come
the murderous auto or taxicab driv-
ers.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1927-06-11

Mrs. Anna Hayman is preparing a
trip to Cincinnati, Ohio, to attend the
wedding of Mrs Daisy Merchant Of
that city, which takes place June 30th.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1927-06-11

The writer feels highly elated over
the fact that this newspaper single
handed and alone jumped on Judge
John R. Caverly with both feet and
while it did not succeed in defeating
him, but its fight on him caused him
to run seventeen thousand votes be-
hind his ticket and coalition saved the
day for him and for Dennis J. Nor
moyle, Michael Feinberg and Stanley
H. Klarkowslli from falling down into
the bottomless pit.
The following are the newly elected
judges of the Circuit and Superior
Court of Cook County:
J Hons. Kickham ScanIan, Ira Ryner
William v. Brothers, John R. Caverly,
Hugo M. Friend, Harry NJ. Fisher,
Victor P Arnold, Thomas J. Lynch,
Michael Feinberg, Otto Kerner, David
NJ. Brothers, D. J. Normoyle, Stanley
H. Klarkowski, Francis S. Wilson,
George Fred Rush, Philip L. Sullivan,
John A. Swanson, Thomas Taylor,
David F. Matchett, Mary M. Bartelme.
For Judge Of the Superior Court Of
Cook County
Frank D. Comerford
At last it looks as though the peo-
pie of Illinois after much legal fight
ing will, before a great while longer,
Be able to gaze upon abot1t half ar the
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1927-06-11

Mr.. Bob Brown, Grand Rapids,
Mich, spent Saturday and Sunday in
Chicago the guest Of his brother, Mr..
Harry Brown, 400o South Parkway.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1927-06-11
Single Handed and Alone this Newspaper
Opposed the Reelection Of Judge John
R. Caverly, and as aResult Of that Oppos-
ition He Ran Seventeen Thousand
Votes Behind His Ticket.

Coalition Was the Only Thing Which Prevented
Hons. Michael Feinberg, Dennis J. Normoyle,
and Stanley H. Klarkowski; From Com
pletely Falling on the Outside of the
Judicial Breastworks.
The Nome nugget., 1927-05-28
EARLY HISTORY
 OF ALASKA

Before Alaska purchased by the United States very little interest taken in the barren territory as it was then thought to be. Alaska was part of the Russian Empire Danish sea cap tain sailing for Russia, vitus bering by name. found that land lying east of Siberia was not part of Asia that made the Russians think that they would like to know about the land to the eastward as it might help establish trade rout- es to America Boring and Cherickon with two vessels were sent to explore it. during the voyage Bering saw and named Mount St. Elias. and made a landing on Kayak Island. His boat wreck ed at Boring Island and here Boring fell i'll of scurvy and died December 8, 1741. Cherick- offs suffered greatly from scurvy and other diseases Cherckon finally reached Acatcha Bay Kamchatka. which the starting point.
 The otter and other furbearing animals had much to do with the further exploration and col onization of Alaska. During the first twenty years after Berings discovery of Alaska the fur hun ters treated the natives with extreme cruelty, and the history of this period is marked by one out rage after another, and there was much shedding of both native and white blood. This marked the early contact of the Russian with Alaska.
 Captain Cook was the first English explorer of Alaska. He sailed up the coast or S1tKa, named Coss Sound, Cook Inlet, Aleutian Islands, and up through the Boring Straits the Arctic Ocean.
 George Vancouver sailed after Captain Cook and verified all of his charts and maps of the coast.
 Prior to the Civil War several whalers made trips up through Boring Sea. and these trips were usually unsuccessful. In 1854 the Emperor of Russia made offer to sell Alaska to the United States, but the United States declined the offer. The credit for the purchase of Alaska is given to William H. Seward, who Secretary of State under Andrew Johnson. The treaty of purchase signed March 30, 1867, and March 30 is now known Seward Day.
 The United States paid s7,200,OO0 (seven mill lion hundred thousand dollars) for Alaska average of two cents per The formal trans fer of Alaska took place at sitka Octobed IS, 1867. the Russian flag lowered and the United States Stars and Stripes were raised.
 Alaska has paid for her purchase many times
The Nome nugget., 1927-05-28

over by her mines of gold. silver. copper ana tin. Also by her fisheries and furs.
 The first capital at Sitka and it was later moved to Juneau. From 1867 to 1884 Alaska was an unorganized Territory, but in 1884 Con gress enacted law creating the District of Alaska providing for system of courts. anda Civil and Criminal Code. In 1912 the Territory of Alaska was created by the Organic Act which is AlasKa s Constitution In 1903 Alaska given repre- tation in Congress. and in 1913 Delegate James Wickersham instrumental in having bill passed authorizing the United States to build a railroad from the Coast to the Interior, and work on that project started in the summer of 1913. The railroad was completed in 1923 and formally opened by President Harding during his historic visit to the Territory. The Railroad has greatly benefited the Interior of the Territory. The am- cunt of good that it has done and is doing is not for us to yet.
The Nome nugget., 1927-05-28
+ + | | | F F < r < |
 BACK UP NEWSPAPERS


 Frequently we are so closely associated [ not appreciate their worth. This applies in : general to newspapers. Even sometimes : few houses and store and garage at "wide < }. place in the road" constitute excuse enough : for the starting of newspaper and not in . frequently that wide place in the road be- : a real town, and when 1t does, ! may assured that that newspaper that ! seemed to have no excuse for beginning life | had very important part to play in the + community's unexpected development. :
 So it is all along the line of progress. : No city ever got very for without the sincere : cooperation of newspapers. Yet insti- : tuition in city gets less thanks + ceives abuse. Probably no other one F thing is better index to town than it's + weekly publications. Very often that is | about all the stranger has to go by in mak- < ing up his mind about community. If < the newspaper that falls into his hands is ! bright looking sheet. full of news, and has : prosperous air. the stranger is certain to : judge that It was published in live, pro- S gressive town. :
 TnOse who read their weekly newspa- : pers and carelessly throw them aside over : look the fact that they are not doing all for . their town that they can. If those newspa- . pers, instead of being destroyed placed : in wrappers and mailed from time to time : and mailed to friends and relatives at dis : tance. the good that could be accomplished . would soon be reflected in the towns growth. .
 Chambers of Commerce are frequently : blamed for not getting out more boost liter : ature to be sent abroad. Those who raise : these complaints could do great deal them : selves by sending out the literature that : comes into their own hands in the form of : local periodcais. Rest assured there ts no : husiness individual in Ia town more inter . ested in the growth of his community than . is the editor. or publisher. for aS the town : grows, he grows. . . . AA t~A#A A5 . . c .
The Nome nugget., 1927-05-28

 At Mile 4s tTopkuk) Trail for Candle via Council At Mile 53 (Bluh) nearby Trail for White Noun tain and Council At Mile 7s (Goovin) Trail for White Mountain
 and Council At Mile 131 Isaac's Point Dime creek, Candle,
 Kotzebue and Point Barrow At Mile POT Unalakleet to St. Michael Kotlik, Mar
 shall and Holy Cross. At Mile 281 tKaltag) Dishkaket, Ophir 1ditarod, Lower Kuskokwim. At Mile 334 (Koyukuk) to Bettles, Coldfoot. Wise
 and Chandelar. At Mile 40 (Ruby) to Panama, Hot Spgs., Nenana At Mile 563 (ophir) to Tolstoi, Iditarod, Flat and
 Loves Kuskokwim. y3se5a At Mile e04 (McGrath) to Nixon Fork Mines. Ned
 fra and Middle Kuskokwim. At Mile s2s (Big River) to Medfra Rainy Pass Trail
 to Cooks Inlet At Mile 730 fTrapper's Cabn) to Alaska Range Head Mckinley Fork 75 miles, At Mile 775 tRoosevelt) to Kantishna. At Nile s2s tKnishts Roadhouse) to Kobi. and AL
 aska Railroad.
The Nome nugget., 1927-05-28
TABLE OF TRAIL DISTANCES

DISTANCES BETWEEN NOME AND NENANA
 VIA TACOTNA
Nogales international., 1927-05-08

Seven miles east Of Tucson
stand the crumbling ruins of what
was once one Of the most import
ant army posts of the Southwest.
Old Fort Lowell was established
in 1873 as an army headquarters
to serve as a defense for Tucson
and the country south of the Gila
against the Apache raiders. 1t
was named for Captain Charles
r. Lowell. who was killed at Mid
dleton. Va, during the Civil War,
and for sixteen years was one OF
the military and social headquart-
ers of Southern Arizona. During
those years it was under the COM
mand of Colonel Eugene Carr,
and was occupied by two COM
panies of the 21st Infanty and the
9th Cavalry.
There was a constant series or
minor engagements fought with
the Apaches in the surrounding
Nogales international., 1927-05-08
New Hotel Will
Be Built At
Canyon

Flagstaff. May Z That the
Union Pacific railroad company
will at once begin construction of
a $3.50, 900 hotel on the north rim
of Grand Canyon, and that the U
S. bureau Of public roads will this
summer build a 1925, 900 road a.
long the north rim from Bright
Angel point west to Port Royal,
was the word brought back the
first Of the week from Grand Cam
yon by Major J. B. Wright, county
engineer, who spent the weekend
there in conference with several
government and other officials.
In the partywere Chief Engine
er Jones Of the Union Pacific, DR..
Hughes of the bureau Of public
roads, Horace Albright, assistant
to the director Fof national parks,
Major Morrison and Mr. Wallace
of the bureau Of public roads. Mr..
Eakin and Mr.. Tillotson Of Grand
Canyon national park.
The new hotel will be reached
by stage lire from the Union Pa
cific at Cedar Point, Utah.
Water for the hotel viii be
pumped from 5000 feet below the
rim.
The bureau Of public roads en-
eineers will th'ssspring make a pre-
| liminarv survey Of a new route
from Lees Ferry through House
| Rock valley. around north of the
Buckskin mountains to Kanab,
Utah. This. when built will be a
year-arourid route. The present
road from Lees Ferry to Fredonia
is over tie Buckskin mountains
and because of snow Is closed In In
winter. While the new route VIII
not be as scenic. it will afford cas-
lier travel and wiiltbe comparative
fly free from snow
The bureau of public roads Will
this year build a S36, 900 approach
road from Fredonia south to the
new hotel. North Of Fredonia II
this county to the Utah state line
is about three and half mile:
which requires work, and Major
WRIGHT says undoubtedly the coun
~ supervisors will authorize tht
work done this summer. 1t vii
cost. Re said. less than a Thousand
dollars.
Nogales international., 1927-05-08

country during the sixteen years
the fort was occupied, and there
were several hundred casualties
in the Federal ranks during that
time and it played a vital part in
protecting life and property.
When Geronimo finally sur
rendered to General Miles in
1885, and the Apaches ceased TO
be menace. FoTt Lowell was
abandoned, as there was no fur
ther military reason for retaining
it. Fort Huachuca, southwest Of
Tombstone. nearer the border.
was not abandoned and remains
today a regular Army post. A
party of Chevrolet tourists not
long ago visited the site Of old
Fort Lowell, and found it rapidly
capitulating to the elements. Ev-
eryth;ng movable was sold at
auction by the government in
1901 With the removal of the
Nogales international., 1927-05-08

The Red Mountain property OF
the Kino Copper Company Is at
tracing a deal Of attention. With
IN a week several mining engineers
have visited it, and all returned
impressed very greatly The M
rnense deposit of 2 percent copper
ore revealed in the workings -
really very impressive.
Nogales international., 1927-05-08

Bessie McGray Of San Francis
co is doing all kinds Of Beauty
Work at the Stag Barber Snop,
Morley avenue. (adv.)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-16
BAD WEATHER NEWS

If news be judged by the number
Of people affected the weather re-
port is the most important item in
the paper. This week the weather
news has been bad.
The United Press has reported
more than 100 deaths from the heat
in eastern States. The entire coun-
try was miserable Git was 108 in
Yuma, Ariz.), but showers brought
relief to the midwest before there
hot spell ended in a damaging hail
storm.
Earthquakes in Trans-Jordania
and the Holy Land Monday killed
about 500 persons, and damaged his
toric buildings which have been, the
mecca of tourists for centuries.
Cracks were caused in the famous
temple of Karnak. Authorities on
antiquities are rushing to ascertain
extent of the losses.
In Germany, floods took 200 lives.
And, if you believe the long dis
lance forecasts of Herbert Brown,
which credulous folk swallow, the
world is in for good many more
tough hurricanes and mercury dis
Hturbances soon.
The comet is to blame, some folks
say. They are wrong, but even the
sage scientists and sham shouters
who point out their error, do little
to control the elements.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-16
EDITORS, WITH CAUSES

George Dale, Muncie editor, will
be paroled as recommended by IN
diana State Farm trustees, Cover
nor Jackson announced Friday. The
fine of $500 will stand, but it is to
be paid out of a fund raised by the
New York World to help free him.
In Canton, Ohio, former Police
Chief Lengel is on trial in connec-
ton with the murder of Don Mellett,
editor of the Canton Daily News.
Three men are serving life terms for
the murder, and one of them, Floyd
Streitenberger, an eX-detective I'M
der the former chief. Lengel is al
legged to have been in conspiracy
with underworld leaders to rid Can
ton of their foe.
Not an editorial cause originally,
but one which generally is quite
supported bv the press of the ma
ton, Is thai of Senator Jim Reed
in Pennsylvania. 1t +, received a
severe setback Tuesday.
The suit to impound ballot boxes
of Delaware county in the contested
senatorial election of last November
was thrown out off court. 1t was a
test case for the seizure of other
ballot boxes.
Nothing can be done until the
next session of Congress.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-16
DOWN MURDER ROW

The New York tabloids have been
splashing this week in what is called
butcher shop" murder. Two
women were slain. Their bodies
hacked to pieces, and the parts dis
tributed over the city. Police ar
rested the janitor of the house
where they lived, and placed him
on the grill for thirty-six hours in
vain attempt to get confession.
A professional knife thrower went
crazy in the kitchen of a New Jer-
sey hotel, and began hurting cutlery
at other employees and guests. A
police officer, displaying bravery
such as police seldom get credit for
having, walked straight into the
barrage of flying blades, and killed
the man with bullet between the
eyes.
In Chicago, the three Klein killers
marched smiling to the scaffold Fri
day morning and paid the penalty
for murder in an attempt to break
out of the Illinois penitentiary about
year ago.
An electrocution took place the
same morning in the prison where
Mrs. Ruth Snyder and Judd Gray
are waiting. Steps to secure post
ponement of their dates with death
are being taken by attorneys.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-16
PAPER BULLETS
WIN CHINA WAR
Nationalist Ascribe Vic
tories to Propaganda. /

BIZ Times Special
SAN FRANCISCO. July 16.-A
war with paper bullets'-l5, 900 900
of them-a war with pen and paste
pot, pamphlet and proclamation.
Such is the triumphal march OF
the Nationalist Army Of China from
Canton to the Yangtze. as described
in letter from the Nationalist News
Agency in Hankow to local Young
China headquarters here.
Before leaving Canton the armies
vowed the7 would not halt until
their hcrses drank in the swift yell
low tide of Yangtze. They carried
only light hand rifles and they
faced an enemy with heavy guns.
airplanes, bombs, trench mortars.
The answer is morale. And one
reason for the unusual morale was
the vanguard Of propagandists,
armed with their paper bullets,
The army itself was under strict
discipline. Each soldier made n
will" as he left home. Each pledG-
ed that he would never speak Of HIS
fallen comrade as dead bat would
say tai hwa" the has won his
flower)
This plus the morale of the civil
ians in the country through which
they marched is said to have won
the victories.