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Seward daily gateway., 1928-09-08
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TWO PROMINENT JUDGES OF UNITED STATES TRY LUCK
 ON RENAL PENINSULA

Two judges, one with a camera and the other with a gun are back tn Sew. ard after a 10 day hunt on the Kenai Peninsula under the care of the Alaska Guides, Inc They were pilot ed by Guides Al Hardy and Hal Palmer.
 "On account of the bad weather I had very poor success with my pie ture box" said Solicitor General Wm. ID. Mitchell of the United States Department of Justice. With my little gun, I brought down fine moose" stated Justice Edward R. Finch. of the highest court of New York State, the Court of Appeals. Both were regretful that they had the misfortune to run into such heavy rains as they were confident they we're in the right country fer good sport. Both complimented the guides who did all that was human9y possible to make the trip an tenjoya- Die one deSPlte the -duN5fSe con IT. tions.
 This was the second hunt enjoyed by Judge Finch on his present Alas Ia soiourn. The first one took place near Chickaloon where Judge Finch brought down a record head of Ovis Poli or white mountain sheep of which he is very proud. He is also enthusiastic about moose hunting and says he is coming again. Both juriSts were guests of the Seward Chamber of Commerce at luncheon at 12:30 today, which had been hurriedly ar ranged when it was found that the two distinguished gentlemen were in the city.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-09-08
D|SASTROUSF FIRE
 ATTACKS SEATTLE
 WATERFRONT DOCr
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOL LAR FERRY SLIP DESTROY
 ED; BOAT RAMMED

SEATTLE, Sept, 8, (P)-Fire, be- lieved to have started from a cig- arette, resulted in considerable dam age to the Colman Dock and des- troyed the ferry slip on the water front yesterday. The ferries Seattle and Tacoma were quickly backed out to safety.
 The fire was a stubborn one be- cause of the oiled blanks and tarred billings. The firemen were hampered by dense clouds of smoke and were forced to work in shifts, remaining only a few minutes befor% giving way to fresh men.
 The ferry slip was constructed a year ago and cost S100,000 The Fer ry Taocna, ,depanting for Tacoma later, was rammed by the fire boat Alki as the latter rushed to the burn ing dock under full speed. The Ia coma suffered hole in the starbOard side but continued on to Tacoma.
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PRESIDENCY RACE:
 TICHTENS |uUCH
 EASTERN STATES
NEW YORK, RHODE ISLAND, VER- GINA CONCEDED BY G. o.
 p. BE CLOSE

WASHINGTON, Sept, s, R)- From the succession of callers at headquarters here Hoover received Supplemental reporta from New York, Rhode Island and Virginia. some encouraging and others not so good
 Representative Hamilton Fish said the race in New York will be close and that the Republicans have to do some real campaign work if they hoped to carry that State He added that New York State should return majority of 100000 for Hoover. r c. Bascom Slemp former secretary to Coolidge, reported an even break in Virginia between Hoover and Al Smith but predicted the tide would swing to Hoover.
 Frederick Pack reported Repub- fcans are making big efforts to com- bat the opposition in Rhode Island.
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MESSAGE FRON DEP TFIIG ElTE
 OF JUAIEAIJ MEN
LETTER IN BOTTLE WRITTEN NINE YEARS AGO MAY
 CLEAR TRAGEDY

SEATTLE Sept, 8, (P)-Cast up by the sea a time dimmed message, which may prove to be a hoax or reveal tragedy of the deep more than nine years ago, was picked up by James Jeffres at Fort Casey, near Seattle.
 It purports to be signed by Robert Mark and Francis Kraus of Juneau, addressed ''to whom it may concern" and read: "On January 2, 1919 our boat caught fire off the coast near Los Angeles; no aid arrived and we must drown for neither of us can swim"
 The message had been written with a pencil and was so faded and smear ed that it was almost eligible It had been washed ashore in a tightly sealed bottle.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-09-08

l undertand that in the Third Divi- sion the Bone Dry Law is not invok- ed. In the First Division it is. Un- der it's provisions possession of in foXlcants, however lawfully acquired is crime. Mere intoxication is a crime, punishable by imprisonment for one year and $1,000 fine The use of any liquor incidentally, by hos pitals, doctors, no matter that the emergency, is crime. We should be placed under the same prohibition law as the rest of the Territory hn- der Federal Jurisdiction. All prosecu- tions should be under the Volstead Act. If the people of Alaska desire stricter law than the Volstead Act they should have the right, the same as the State, to enact one thru their Legislature.
 'T bl,ave in he ability as we'll as the right of the people of Alaska to govern themselves a1l control their own resources, including of course, the fisheries and game"
 PROSPERITY ERA DUE
 'I believe in the ability as well as
 Continued on Page Three)
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Every Seward Voter
 Should Do His Duty
 70 School Children

Monday is the day for the S5o.Ooo bond election for the building of a new school for Seward. The poIino place is the city hall and the polls will be open from 8 o'cock a. m. to 7 o'clock D. m.
 Every man and woman shall be a qualified eIector whose name appears upon the last assessment roll for municipal taxation.
 If you wish to vote "yes", put a cross in the box in front of the words, "FoR BONDs". If you want to vote "No", put a cross in the box before the words, AGAINST BONDS".
 Go early and avoid the rush, but see to it that not a single disse ntiro voice is raised against the new school house.
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George B. Grigsby, Democratic candida

George B. Grigsby, Democratic candidate for Del egate to Congress- Seward visitor yesterday on his way to Fairbanks After campaigning the Fourth will return here for several days stay winding up his campaign in the First Division, at Ketchikan.
 T was nominated and am running on the Dem cared for Home Rue-a full form of Territorial govern ment. What has held the development of Alaska back more than any thing the lack of the right to gov en ourselves which was accorded every other Territory We should have the right to make laws, and they should be administered by bona-fide Alaskan idents.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-09-08
Yukon Sailing With
 Considerable List
 Seward Passengers

SEATTLE, Sept, 8, (P)-The S. S. Yukon sailed North today with S9 passengers. The Seward list was:
 Miss M. Boswell, Miss, R. Jones, Miss s. Fink, Lee Linen, Donald Linen, Miss E. Linen, Mrs. L.. E. Linen, MT. and Mrs. M F. Stacey, H. B. Blauvelt, H. J. Moland. Mrs. Friar Fred Tuch, Frank Reed, A. T. L. Croft, Marie Cook, Franas Doty, Harry Hassard, G. s. Herning, L. Lee, Jim Maroney, Frank Lyons, Mrs. J. J. Bradley, Miss N. Hessong, Mrs. R. Rowland, J. Burkhard, and one steerage.
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PLATFORM ENDORSED

"Ihe National Democratic Platform adopted at houston endorses our stand. The National Republican Platform adopted Kansas City declares for contin uance of the present administration.
 Tn our declarations of candidacy my opponent anc myself are pledged under oath to support the National Platforms of our respective parties pledged to Home Rule to local self government. My opponent is pledged to the present bureaucratic system.
 incidentally and since have been asked to state my position on this question: in favor of the immediate repeal of the Alaska Bone Dry law There no reason on earth for special prohibition law for Alaska.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-09-08
WORLD "SERiES"

NEW YORK, Sept. s. (P-World series excitement has come to New York nearly a month ahead of time when several thousand baseball fans stormed the downtown offices of the New York Yankees in search of tic cts for the Athletic Yankee series, opening Sunday at the Stadium.
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CHICAGO GANGS STILL RUTHLESS
 IN DEATH CHASE
FURTHER FLAREUP IN RENEW ED GANGsTER WAR CLAIMS
 TWO VICTIMS RUSH HOUR

CHICAGO, Sept s, (P-Seething gangiand has again erupted, this time in the heart of the city at the rush hour. The latts flareup cost the life Of Tony Lombardo powerful gangstel and intimate tf Al Capone, recently slain
 Joseph F'.'yara, body guard, will probably die. Boch men were shot in tlrair backs. Frank Kreioia was ar. rested on the scene of the shooting. Beside the bodies two pistols were left by the assassins.
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Alaska For Self;
 End Bureaucracy,
 Says Geo. Grigsby

DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR DELEGATE TO CON GRESS OUTLINES VIEWS ON WHAT IS COOL FOR THE TERRITORY. WANTS HOME RULE AND TERRITORIAL CONTROL OF RESOURCES WANTS ALASKA TO REGULATE OWN FISHER IFS AND FAvoRs MODIFICATION OF BONE DRY LAW; SAYS ALASKA NEEDS ROADS AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS TO MAKE READY AND TO SPEED UP THE ERA OF PROSPERITY THAT IS SURELY IMPENDING IS ON WAY TO INFERIOR STARTING HIS CAMPAIGN.
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4O ATTENDANTS CANNED" FROM
 WASH. HOSPITAL
REVOLT ATTENDANTS HiGAINsT QUESTIONNAlRE MEETS
 WITH NO SYMPATHY

SEATTLE, Sept. s. (P)-"Pati if I have to ask Governor Hartley to turn out the State Militia" This was the dictum of Supt. Charles E. Taylor, at the Western State Hos pital, at Fort Steilacoom, after the names of IS more employees had be- ,an stricken from the roll of the insti- tuition. Resignation of IF and the dis missal of one for insubordination brought the total of attendants who have left Steilacoom since last Fri day to 55, 14 discharged and fl re- signed, in sympathy with their fight against the questionnaires issued by the hospital management
Seward daily gateway., 1928-09-08

SEATTLE, Sept. 8. (P)-Forty men and women, former employees of the Western State hospital were seeking employment and the roar of Fort Steilacooms ouastionnaire re- volt subsided into mutter of re- criminations and yelled threats. Quite again reigned at the institution, protesting of former attendants, in fear of whom call for aid was sent out.
Evening star., 1928-10-28

employees, as the same difficulties are
shared by the personnel of other Gov
ernment departments, the house is open
to all of Uncle Sans faithful.
~ X X
THOSE recovering from an operation
who no longer need the highly spe-
cialized care of a hospital, but do need a
restful convalescence, can be taken to
the home in an ambulance, if need be-
Those who have been odered to take
that depressing thing known to its pre-
Scribers as a rest cure" can there fol-
low out their routine in peace and quiet
Those unfortunates who have been told
they must eat only certain foods pre-
pared in specified ways that are not
according to the ways of cafeterias or
other serving houses, can be sure of
getting their prescribed diets; and,
though last in order, certainly not least
in Importance, those who, while capa-
BILE of doing their work in working hours
need complete rest and absence of
strain in their off-hours, lest they push
their strength too far, can stay at the
home and be properly cared for, can
rest in bed whenever they like. In this
way they prevent a probable collapse
Evening star., 1928-10-28
BY J. F. BRADY.

THINE has not worn the edges off
the truth of the maxim that rest,
relaxation and good food are abb
solutely essential to the preser-
vation or recuperation of health.
Mindful of this the employees of the
War Department now have a GONZALES
cent home of their own just of Merid-
ian Park, at 1899 Belmont street. 1t
has many fine rooms, spacious bedrooms
and wonderful sleeping porches; most
inviting lounge, an appetizing dining
roon1-eVeryth!ng arranged for the COM
fort and interest of its occupants. 1t is
truly as near home" as can be made.
Mother" is not there, but the welfare
service does all possible to render moth
erly assistance.
The home was established to give the
employees of the War Department a
place where they may be comfortable
and well taken care of when conValesc-
ing from an illness or an operation, at
a price within their means; where they
can have rest ana quiet when they are
tired, and, whether sick Or well, they
will always be welcome tcr meals or for
recreation.
The War Department Welfare Service
has found by experience that although
the employees of the War Department
can, by great economy, manage to get
along on their salaries when everything
goes smoothly, nevertheless, when ILL
Evening star., 1928-10-28

Establishment by Welfare War Open Others
In Government Service and Offers Advantages Previously Denied
Many Persons.

dependent relative. The War Depart
ment Welfare Service has, in some in
stances, been able to make loans to en-
ployes in emergency cases, without in
terest, from the welfare funds, and in all
cases the employees pays it back in ac-
cordance with the individual arrange
ments made. Many times, however, an
employe, feeling embarrassed to borrow
from the welfare funds, will go out and
pay exorbitant interest rates, which
gives additional worry.
Unless unfortunate, unforeseen and,
perhaps, overwhelming circumstances
arise to prevent, Government employees
pay their bills and keep out of debt, but
the shadow of illness with all its at
tendant worries and the inevitable
struggle to provide the money to pay
for it, is ever stalking darkly behind
them like shadow in the night. They
naturally do not want anything that
has the flavor of charity, but they do
need help for which they feel they are
able to pay.
The convalescent or rest home was
established by the War Department
Welfare Service during the last year in
the hope of providing this help. While
started primarily for War Department
Evening star., 1928-10-28
WhiStling Jug.
THE potters of ancient Peru on.

THE potters Of ancient Peru on.
manufactured an ingenious musics
instrument which may very properly b.
called whistling jug. In collections OF
antiquities it is called silvadcr OF
silvio. Specimens are obtained from the
ancient burial places of Peru. One
these consists of two vases, with bodie
joined one to the other and q hole
opening between them. The neck
one Of these vases is closed, with th
exception of small opening in whicl
clay pipe is inserted leading to tn
body of the whistle. The closed nee
of this double vase is modelled into
representation of a birds head.
When a liquid is poured into tn
open-necked vase the air Is compressei
in the other and in escaping through
the narrow opening is forced into tn:
whistle, the vibrations producing sounds
Many of these sounds represent tht
notes of birds. One In the collection
at the British Museum initiates thf
notes of the robin or some other mem
Der of the thrush tribe peculiar to PERI
Evening star., 1928-10-28

They come from all parts of the country
under the civil service allotment of
certain quota to each State. These
homeless" clerks live In boarding houses
or apartments where they can have no
care should they be i'll, nor, since they
must go out for their meals, can they
get the special diets often recommended
by their physicians.
Again, because of the COST many
leave hospitals after an operation long
before they are well enough to be up 10
cook their own meals, or to struggle out
of bed to go out for them.
It is also fact that some employees
are working under too heavy a strain
of care and illness at home and flnan-
cial worries, to keep well and to do
their work efficiently. After Office hours
and a hard days work, when they
should have rest and quiet, they must
be taking care of some sick member of
the family. While such conditions can,
of course, be met by most, there are
some people whose physique cannot
stand this extra burden.
Government employees are self-re-
specting persons, and they are not only
self-supporting In the majority of cases,
but very often help to support some
Evening star., 1928-10-28

THE Potomac River Is intimately
connected with the Capitals
history. In days gone by the
l. river was the great highway for
Indian travel before the coming
of the white man. 1t saw the canoes
of the aborigines, filled with painted
warriors, skimming over Its surface to
meet enemy tribes in battle: squaws,
with their papooses, in the village, busy
about their daily tasks; braves in the
search for food, hauling fish from its
abundant stores, or with bow and arrow
bringing down game in the great for
estS that fringed its banks. It saw
Indian marriages and burials and great
intertribal councils.
Then that exciting day arrived for
the Indians when the white man came,
when the mighty Capt. John Smith,
with his boatload of Englishmen, ap-
peared on the waters of the river.
The fear and awe of the Indians
did not last long. Soon other boats
came and log cabins sprang up, to be
later replaced by large Colonial man.
sions, with spacious lawns and great
plantations. Sailing vessels often an
chored near the wharves to receive
cargoes of tobacco and grain from
overseas, the arrival of which brought
out the entire populace in gala attire.
Life on the old Maryland and Vir-
ginia plantations, on and near the Po-
tomac, had a picturesqueness and charm
which have not been equaled in our
modern days Nevertheless. the men
and women had their responsibilities,
administering the large estates and
solving problems of frontier days.
Presently the towns of Alexandria and
Georgetown came into being and de-
veloped trade with England. Ships
came with goods for the Colonists, and
returned carrying the products of the
new land. Up the Potomac Gen. Brad
dock sailed, landing at Alexandria and
holding conferences at the Carlyle
House, after which he made his way,
accompanied by scarclet-coated British
troopers and young George Washington,
along the windings of the river to that
fatal fight with the French and In
dians.
The Colonists, led by Lord Fairfax,
opened up the great Shenandoah VAL
ley and enlarged their holdings until
the upcountry was developed and the
Indians had disappeared entirely. Pres
entity the Colonists sprang to arms and
to establish the right of the people to
govern themselves. The new nation was
created, but the Potomac region knew
peace only short time, for in a few
years 1t was disturbed by the War of
1912 with England and the coming of
the British fleets up the river to in
wade ashington-America' seat Of
government. Then, in the early COS.
the land along the shores was red
dened with the blood of brother fight
ing against brother in the Civil War.
The original name of the river was
Patawomekee, taken from an Indian
tribe whose principal village was on
the river near the mouth of Acquia
Creek. The name later became Pataw-
Evening star., 1928-10-28

Not far from Alexandria, on the Vir-
ginia side of the Potomac, Is located
the 8000-acre tract of Mount Vernon,
Washingtons home, which is preserved
in the same beauty and picturesqueneSS
Of the earlier days. Across the river on
the Maryland shore is Fort Washington.
built for the defense of the National
Capital in 1908.
Some distance below Fort Washington
on the Maryland side stands Marshall
Hall, the former home of the Marshall
family. The grounds have been turned
into a recreation park. Below Marshall
Hall on the Virginia shore stands
GunSton Hall, we'll preserved, which
was built in 1853 by George Mason.
author of the constitution of Virginia
and the Virginia bill of rights. :"
Mason was one of the trainers OF the
Constitution of the United States, but
not signer. He was an intimate friend
of Washington and Jefferson.
On the Maryland side is Indian Head
the great Government reservation OF
1000 acres, set apart as a proving
ground for guns. armor plate. powder
ington. in Virginia, the river passes
Quantico, where the United States
Marine Corps training station is
located. At Whitewater. across on the
Maryland shore, A miles below Wash
ington, the main body of the British
fleet anchored in 1914 while Washing
ton was being invaded.
Near Matthias Point, SIS miles from
Washington, on the Virginia shore,
John Wilkes Booth landed when he
crossed the river from Maryland in, his
attempt to escape capture after his as
SasSination of President Lincoln. On
the Maryland side is the site Of the
house of rr. Mudd, who. unaware of
the crime, set Booths leg. which had
been broken as he jumped from the
Presidents box to the stage of Ford's
Theater.
Farther on is Colonial Beach. Va, the
nearest point on the river to the BIRTH
place of Presidents Madison and Mon
roe, in Westmoreland County. Three
miles beyond Colonial Beach, in West
moreland County, Is Wakefield, the
birthplace Of George Washington.
Five miles below Wakefield is STRAIT
ford, the home of the Lees. Robert Z.
Lee was born here.
At Point Lookout, los miles below
Washington, Is the site Of one of the
largest, If not the largest, Federal prison
OF the Civil War. 1t is here that the
Potomac reaches Chesapeake Bay, 95
miles from the sea. AT this point IL is
Z miles wide It is navigable as far as
Washington for fairly large vessels.
The chief industries of the Potomac
below Washington are agriculture,
oystering. fishing and grabbing. Great
oyster beds abound. and there is also
plenty of fish-bass. shad and herring.
Along its lengthy way of 265 miles
the Potomac Is the boundary line be-
tween West Virginia and Maryland and
oelow Harpers Ferry between Virginia
and Maryland
CLARA ISABELLE BOONE.
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mack and finally Potomac. The In
dian meaning for the word has been
variously nterpreted-'riv of burning
pine" "bushy river ''river of travel
ing traders" and they are coming by
water" The last seems to be accepted
as the true rendering.
The Potomac is formed by the juno
ton OF two branches, the North and the
South. The North Branch rises in the
Western Alleghenies, near Fairfax Stone,
at an elevation of about 5000 feet. The
headWaters of this North Branch rise
in the Allegheny plateau, which is the
watershed between the streams that
flow into the Potomac, and on into the
sea, and those which flow into the
Monongahela, thence into the Ohio and
the Mississippi, and finally into the
Gulf of Mexico. The South Branch,
which has its source in Pendleton
County, w. Va, and Highland County.
Va, flows through narrow valleys be-
tween steep, wooded hills. The two
branches meet IL miles from Cumber-
land, Md.
At Harpers Ferry, w. Va, the Shen-
andoah River joins the Potomac. John
Browns Fort, which was originally at
Harpers Ferry, has been moved to the
grounds of Storer College, negro edu-
cational institution at Bolivar Heights,
not far from Harpers Ferry. This fort
was the scene of the fight in October,
1859, between the United States soldiers
and small band of men gathered by
John Brown to attempt the abolition of
slavery by raising negro insurrection.
In 1871 there were living along the
Potomac and it's tributaries over 30O,-
600 persons. almost all cultivators of
the soil. who raised wheat, tobacco, In
dian corn, rye, oats, potatoes, hemp and
fax.
Forty-seven miles below Harpers
Ferry and IA miles above WASHINGTON
are the Great Falls of the Potomac.
This mighty cataract is one of the
scenic wonders near Washington and
attracts thousands of visitors each year.
The river narrows to about 800 feet in
width above the falls and rushes over
a great ridge of granite.
Eight miles below Great Falls and a
short distance from the river stands
Cabin John Bridge. 1t has a stone
arch 200 feet wide at its base, and was
erected under the supervision of Jeffer-
son Davis, then Secretary of War.
The river passes Georgetown, now a
part of Washington, and widens in
front of the City of Washington, passes
under the Highway and Railway
bridges. arriving at peninsula, East
Potomac Park. Opposite the peninsula
is located the Army War College, used
since 1907 as an Army post.
Five miles below the Capital is Alex
andria, which is full of memories of
colonial days. when Lawrence and
George Washington, Robert e. Lee and
the Alexanders were prominent. Gen.
Washington became one of the towns
trustees, an active member of the
Masonic Lodge, captain of the local
militia and member of the volunt GER
fire company. Christ Church, whare
Washington and Lee worshipped, is still
standing and in use.