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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-12
This Will Cure
Tired" Feeling

A good remedy for drowsiness on
warm Summer days is to sharpen your
wits by guessing riddles. Our readers
sent these in.
/. What is the best remedy for a
smoking chinney?-Sadie May johnson.
q What tree grows nearest to the sea?
Fillmore Curtis.
g. what is the difference between an
auction and sea sickness?-Helen Peter
son.
4. On what ship does no woman OBJ
iect to embarking marian Grim
s. What is the difference between a
carpenter and an aviator Pauline
Strorigl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-12

nuts. The one shown here is simple.
but it works
Take green hickory stick, about
three feet long and two inches in dia-
meter In the center OF this stick chiSal
out square notch, wide enough 70 al
low nut to enter and about half way
through the stick. Put the nut TO be
cracked in the notch and bend the ends
Of the stick slightly. and the shell viii
be nicely broken
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-12

"A LMoST every one has had tn,
strange experience OF feeling the
presence" Of some person IN room,
when that peySon was cut OF xiSht and
hearing, Two Munich professors have
made discoveries which may helm ex-
plain the mystery. says Popular SCIENCE
The skin, they have found. holds AN
electrical charge, as II conueeee0 with
q hidden battery, by delicate radio IN
strumentS they claim 10 have dlseev.
cred that our bodies send forth eIec-
trical emanationS which can be detect.
ed feet away. "NseN''
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A Champion of American Girls

Seeing q great number of nurses dur
ing the war coming to New York for
embarkation and having no place in
which to spend their leisure time more
homelike than the lobby of a small no.
tel, Mrs. Brady decided that they need
ed n club Of their own About that
time New York's fashionable Colony
Club moved to its new quarters ON Park
avenue. and its former building on
Madison avenue and Thirtieth street.
one of Stanford Whites last pieces of
work, was thrown on the market She
bought 1t and gave 1t to the Red Cross
and Army nurses for their New York
headquarters,
At the end of the war there was OBJ
viouSly no longer need for this club but
Mrs. Brady. with her increasing inter-
est in work for girls. had discovered
that there was no clubhouse for Catho-
lie business girls. So she had the
building restored to its original beauty
and financed an organization that has
grown into the largest OF Its kind in the
world. 1t has AGA members, and for
a very small fee gives the New York
business girls many social and cultural
advantages. II has the second finest
swimming pool III New York City,
well equipped gymnasium, tea rooms.
restaurant, chapel, lecture rooms and
now country club.
Mrs. Brady Is the Lady With the
Lamp" To the hospitals and poorhouses
of New York She keeps the old peo-
pies homes cheerful with flowers from
her gardens at Inisfada AT Christmas
each tired old soul has a Christmas gift
wrapped with personal message. The
name OF the giVer is never found with
in The inmates of City Hospital at
Blackwells Island, especially the old
and broken ones who are there for life,
know her gracious ways.
v
IN this reaching out to help every
one who is unhappy she does not
forget her personal friends. When one
is III she stops III the midst OF her busy
life TO supervise the preparation OF
delicacies To send gifts and to make
visits. Before leaving recently for a
several weeks trip abroad she not only
ordered that flowers be sent every day
to one of her friends who was III, but
wrote and left behind notes to accom-
pany them.
In all her war charities. which have
been extensive. there has been this
same giving of herself, this same syrn-
pathetic ability TO discover poignant
needs not usually sensed by the mere
check-signer. however generous. When
most OF us were alternating the physical
distress which was the backwash OF the
war-feeding the hungry and clothing
the naked~~Mfa. Brady saw and al
leviated the spiritual and esthetic suf-
fering,
1t was this sympathetic quality in her
which appealed SO strongly to Madame
Cnrie. the dlacoverer Of radluu, when
she came to America five years ago to
receive u gram OF radium from the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-12
And That Wasn't All.

I TITLE Jimmy had been out in the
~ street playing AT a call from his
mother he returned home, but imagine
her surprise when she noticed one of
his eyes black and swollen. Young
man." she exclaimed somewhat
alarmed where did You get that black
eye?"
II was chasing that new boy next
door an l caught i'm was his frank
renlV
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The Riddle Box.

L. Barnum drove 10 horses through
New York City and his horses had only
"a feet among them. How was that?
2, Why Is an umbrella strange
object?
match falls into the water at an angle
Of As degrees?
4. What is the y 9fession of post
manP
5. When is boat like a heap OF
snow?
Answers.
!. Twenty fore feet. z. Because 1t
works best and is most useful when
used up. 8, 1t goes out 4. He Is a man
of letters s. When II Is adrift
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Cross Word Puzzle.

The definitions are:
Horizontal
l. Large
5. Belonging to her.
9. Always.
10. A large woody plant.
IL. Ocean.
10. A beverage
ID, A high explosive (abb).
Is Male child
Is. Net
10. Pronoun.
10. Perform
81. A boys name
"a. To make joyful.
Is, A narrow country road.
26. To bridge
Vertical
/, A mans garment.
2. Street
3. place to sit.
4. Initials of famous President.
5. Height (abb).
6. Periods of time.
7. To load again.
g. Viewed.
IL. A gardening tool.
IS. Entire.
II. Red vegetables.
ID. RepaSt.
20. Not closed.
81 Chicken.
%. Mother.
%. Reputation slang.
=
Each of the following queer-looking
words is the jumbled name of a we'll
known flower. Rearrange them
! A. NILADDONE.
| b. WONFLECROR.
G. NUSHKEYOCEL.
/ y. PYOPP
| E. TUECPTRUB.
;
In the sentence below are concealed
the names of three famous base ball
players.
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The Puzzle Corner

Examining the radio loud speaker
Ruth said 4 suppose they make these
horns by the thousand now"
=
One-half of a duck. one-half of luck.
and two-fifths of Smith make city in
Minnesota. What is it?
s.
In this picture puzzle are hidden the
names Of four famous Presidents OF the
United States.
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Around the World.


Tn Salt Lake City, Utah. there stands
this temple of the Mormon Church,
wonderful in design and wonderful in
It's history. It's walls, of grey granite,
feet thick, we're begun in 1853, but il
was not untu 1898 that the tallest
spire, more than 200 feet in height,
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Indians Used This
Clever Little Tool
For Cracking Nuts

INDIANS liked nuts just as well as we
l. do today and. not having any mod
ern nutcrackers, they had a little pet
way of their own to use in cracking
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-12

Mrs. Nicholas F. Brady, who has lust
succeeded Mrs. Hoover as chairman of
the board of Girl Scouts, has long been
one of girlhood's stanchest friends
The story of her work.
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Texas has the largest State capitol
building ia the United States and the
land that Was traded 10 The contractors
fer building 1t b. now Of value enough
10 build several such structures.
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Answers to Riddles.

l. Put out the fire. ?. The beech.
3. One is the sale of the effects. and
the other the effects of the sail. 4.
Courtship. 5. One planes the board and
the other boards the plane
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BY VIRGINIA NELSON

~ ECAUSE Fate sent no daughters
- 10 the new head OF the Ameri-
can Girl Scouts, who has just
H. succeeded Mrs. Herbert Hoover
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INSTALLNENT

1KNo AIJLMEN I.
NV YATCH this one. Dick" An
1 ll-year-old girl in boy
" " ish black bathing suit and
vivid red cap, stood for
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ITO be continued in next Sundays Star
The Nome nugget., 1928-06-23
SILVER WAVE DEPARTS

The motorship Silver Wave of the Arctic Transport Company sail ed last night for Teller. Tin City and Wales at 500 o'clock, carry ing a full cargo of freight. the U. s. Mail and the following passen. gers:
 Mr and Mrs C B White, Teller Barry Keown. Teller Al Dalzeil. Teller A McAdams. Teller Mrs Vim Marks and daughter Ethel. Teller Miss Wiggins. Teller Miss Eva Swenson, Teller F Cullen. Teller Dan A Sutherland. Teller Harry Bourn, Teller Mrs K Christensen. Tin City George Waldhelm. Tin City -
The Nome nugget., 1928-06-23
MINING OUTLOOK
 GOOD

The Osborne Creek Dredging Company is making good headway in getting material and supplies hauled out for the construction of a new hull for the dredge to be built this summer at Osborne creek Some 40 men are employed by the company in the construction activ- ities. w. J. Rowe has the contract to haul the lumber and material from Nome to the mouth of Os- borne creek. From there the dredge company transfers the loads from the wagons and with cater pillars and tractors haul the ma terial across the tundra and hill to the locat tion of the dredge on Os- borne creek. A hydro-electric power plant is also being construct ed for power purposes.
The Nome nugget., 1928-06-23
DON'T LIKE ELEMENT
 IN |. .. SENATE

CHICAGO. lP A pre-conveutien campaign in Wisconsin was con ducfed to day to rid the state of the clement which now represents Us la the ,.ssy-ed States Senate A 5. Fontaine leader Of the Re publican Regulars arrived before the Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee The regulars wanted an uninstructed delegation tt the Kansas City Convention The La Toilette group sought to support Senator Norris. Clarence Buck. manager of Lowden's prasiten tial campaign filed I complete re- port of LowdenS expenditures and contributions. The expenditures to- tailed s7s.953.oo and the contrihu tions were s1SS.a-6
The Nome nugget., 1928-06-23
STEAMER VICTORIA MAY
 SAIL LATE TONIGHT

The Alaska Stea mship Company Boring Sea steamer Victoria was stormbound at one o'clock this af ernoou and had not unloaded any cargo at Solomon. Captain And erson in wire to Agent Daily said that the best he could do would be to give the Nome office four hours notice of his expected ar rival
 The weather is moderat:ng this afternoon as We go to press and it looks as though the Victoria might be able to unload her cargo at Solomon and arrive at Nome before midnight. In that case Agent Daly plans to send the pass engers aboard upon the vessel arrival.
 The Vic is taking out big con signmen- of U. 5. Mail including gold and a large shipment of fur. from this section as well as a quantity of Gold bullion from lla
The Nome nugget., 1928-06-23

Wm. Brien who for many years has been connected with the deV- elopment of tin properties at York, Alaska, returned on the Vic to look after his mining interests in that section. Mir. O'Brien states that development work will be started on the tin mines this sum mer under the superintendency of A. Mcintosh, who is sending a crew of men and 75 tons of mach inery and supplies to Lost River The freighter Tanana which left Seattle June 18th has aboard the supplies and MT. Mcintosh will al so arrive on the same vessel.
The Nome nugget., 1928-06-23
SWEDISH SE.APLANE
 FINDS NOTHING

STOCKHOLM. (P-The Swed side of Spitzbergen from South Cape to Wayden Bay On the North east Coast ill search of Amundsen, Who with Lieut.. Dietrichson. have been missing since Monday, in their search for Mobile
 The saaplane returned and re ported that nothing could be found as to the whereabouts Of Amundsen.
The Nome nugget., 1928-06-23
SAYS NOBLE ABOARD SHIP
STILL UNABLE TO LOCATE Ah1uNDSEN

MT and Mrs. A. r Boyd. for r,auy years residen.s uf Nome but wfc have resided in the states for the past several ys'rs. were returning passengers on the Vic. Accompanying them was their son Guy c. Boyd and wife. The Boyds are interested with Otto Halla in his Little Little Creek mining pro perty and expect to carry on op- erations on large scale. Nomeites will recall that Mir. A. F. Boyd installed the first local and long distance telephone lines in this section in the early days and later disposed of his holdings 10 J. C. Brown. the present owner of the telephone system on Seward Pen insula It is also learned that the Boyds are interested in mining op- erations in the states
The Nome nugget., 1928-06-23
DONALDSON ARRIVES

; The motorship Donaldson of the Arctic Transport Company, arrived in the roadstead at 1O:45 P. M. last night from St. Michael. The vessel brought a big cargo of U. IS. Mail and the following passen gers:
 From St. Michael: J. Kelley, MT. and Mrs. B. Miller, and H. Bruner.
 From Unalakleet: H. Charles.
 From Golovin: w. Beltz and Mrs. L. Ausley and son. Subscribers who do not get their paper regularly, will confer . favor lon the oflce fl, they will report it las soon e possible.
The Nome nugget., 1928-06-23
COMING ON FRFJGHTER
 TANANA

SEATTLE lP-The freighter Tanana. which left Seattle for Nome. June 18th. is carrying as passengers: Alvin Polet and A. V. Cordovado for Nome: for Deering. 5: for lost River. $: aad for Kot zebne. 1.
The Nome nugget., 1928-06-23
REPORTED ALL SAFE
 ABOARD sHp

MONTREAL. LR-Two Maroon ia wireless OrperatOrs picked 0p a messsa3e of unidentified sOurces, reporting General Mobile and party all safe aboard boat. ,., ---.=- -.--.--z-.=
The Nome nugget., 1928-06-23

Miners and Merchants Bank. Fol lowing are those who have engag- ed passage for Seattle:
 Mrs. B. X. Spaulding Mother Mary of the Angel T S Scupholm
 Mrs T Scupholm
 L W Breuer
 Mrs I. " Breuer
 Mrs A L Hermansen Mrs Lena Martell
 Mrs G M Marshall tContinued on paee Ax}
The Nome nugget., 1928-06-23

The Bangor dredge on Anvil creek was delayed in starting op- erations due to the fact that most of the crew were aboard the steam CT Victoria as well as the much needed supplies.
The Nome nugget., 1928-06-23

Jos. Belleview the well konwn Dry Creek Dredging man. return ed on the Vic to look after min ing operations.
The Nome nugget., 1928-06-23
OL' BABE STILL HITTING

NEW YORK. LP-Babe Ruth hit his twenty-sixth homer in game today.
The Nome nugget., 1928-06-23

c. L. Peck. who formerly op- erated a dredge in the Casa sec- tion. is a returning passenger and plans to loox the couutrE over cur ing the summer.
The Nome nugget., 1928-06-23

Geo. WaIdhelm. the tin mining man of Tin City, who wintered in the States. was returning passen- ger on the Victoria. MT. Wald helm sent out thirty tons of tin concentrates last fall which netted him a good price. He expects to double the output this fall.
The Nome nugget., 1928-06-23

Ben F. Gillette returned on the Vic after spending the winter Out side. Mr. Gillette. with his part ner, MT. Anderson. will continue his mining operations just East of Nome. opposite the old milk ranch.
The Nome nugget., 1928-06-23

c A. Paxton. who for several years was foreman on the tramroad construction crew. returned on the Vic and will be associated with the development Of the tin mines at York this year.
The Nome nugget., 1928-06-23

Jerry Bryant. the we'll known mining and dredge man, returned to Nome on the Vie and will leave for Teller where he will superin- tend drilling operations on the Blue stone preparatory to installing a dredge
The Nome nugget., 1928-06-23

Dick Lisson with his Familiar smile. was Vic passenger to look aftr his mining interests hera.
The Nome nugget., 1928-06-23

E.. J. Mathews. the we'll konwn Candle Mining man, was a return ing passenger on the Vic. The Keewalik Mining Company. of which MT. Mathews is president, are again operating the property at Candle this year. The property during the past two years vas op- erated under lease and option by the Golden Center Mines. It is understood that the latter firm surrendered the lease.
 V. C. Shaefer and wife were re- turning passengers on the steamer Victoria. MT. Schaefer is looking oAtn, h;- r,;riu~ jutorosfs horn
The Nome nugget., 1928-06-23

Sam Gaylord. the well known sourdough mining man of the Casa depaga section. returned on the Vic. Sam was busy last winter as travelling salesman for the Lomen Reindeer Corporation.
The Nome nugget., 1928-06-23

MT. and Mrs. C. E. White of Spo- kane. were arrivals on the Vic. Mir. White is much interested in dredge mining at Solomon and other places and plans are now un- der way to enter the Teller and Bluestone sections.
The Nome nugget., 1928-07-14
W. C. T. Y. FAVORS HOOVER

EVANSTON. R)-In statement issued from National headquarters, of the Women's Christian Tenn perance Uunion, it said that Hoov- CT could lose most of the East and still be elected. The statement said that Hoover might be defeated in New York, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. with conflict in New Jersey, and still win the maj ority of the nations electoral votes. The W.C.TU. officers asserted two or three wet neighborhoods in the states do not give the state to Tammany." They cited figures to show that the sixty-one votes in Congress came from scattered districts in fifteen states of the Union. They declared that the women of the middle west were organizing almost entirely on Tammany basis''
The Nome nugget., 1928-07-14
FARNfER.LABORIT
 HOLD CONVENTION

CHICAGO. tP-The keynote speakers on prohibition in the Farmer-Labor Convention pro- claimed the need for a new party Doctor Leigh shannon, of prohl- bition National Committee declar- ed that a new party was needed because neither the Republican nor Democratic parties can conn pletely enforce prohibition because each of those parties is part wet and part dry Lundy. opening the Farmer-Labor meeting. saw the need for party-re-allignments be- cause of what she termed "dom- ination of privileges by the few. Colvin called upon the country to "rise up and prevent the election of Tammany's wet candidate.
The Nome nugget., 1928-07-14
DEMOCRATS IN CONFERENCE
 FOR CAMPAIGN PLANS

ALBANY. (P)-Governor Smith is shaping a campaign plan in con- sultation with others. He will have the final say both as to the organization and strategy to be us g! Smith admits that he has no pfeconceived ideas as to what is to be done but by seeking the ad- wise of the party leaders, he de clares that campaign plan will be formulated. The Governor was in conference with Senator Robin son. the Vice-Presidential nominee, today.
The Nome nugget., 1928-07-14
KODIAK BEAR NO THREAT
 OF EXTINCTION

SEWARD. P)-Paul Redington.
 chief of the Biological Survey,
 Harry Whitney of Pennsylvania.
 John Stully of Illinois and H. W.
 Terhune returned from the Aleut- ian Islands yesterday where they
 have spent seven weeks in obser- vation of big game regions. They are convinced that the famous
 Kodiak Bear are in no threat of extinction because of the increas- ing number of hunters arriving from the States. Redington stated that
 while there were several authen- ticated incidents when a wounded or cornered bear attacked the hum ters. it was an exception rather
 than a rule. He plans to send qualified biologists into the coun-
 try to study the domain of the
 bears.
The Nome nugget., 1928-07-14
CHILDREN PICK UP HAND
 GRENADE; 20 RULED

VIENNA. R)-Dispa.ches from Kattowitz. in upper S;asia, said that twenty children were killed when one of group who were p:ayin around. picked Up 6 ha l:l gt)tde which exploded Katt.- w:z was the scene of nucn fig''- irr Luring the war and it is WV 2re hable that the hand grenade whirh the children pinas , ur IS one which was not Gre when :ha troops were in the ccuntfy.
The Nome nugget., 1928-07-14
SENATOR CHAMBERLAIN
 DIED THIS MORNING

WASHINGTON, lP)-Former Un- ited States Senator Chamberlain died this morning after finger ing illness. His daughter. Mrs. George Blain was at the bedside. He was a former member of the United States Shipping Board. MT. Chamberlain married again at the age of seventy two and his bride was at the age of forty nine. Following is short sketch of his life:-
 George Earle Chamberlain reach ed the peak of his public life when he was called upon to head the work of the Senate military com mittee during the trying days of the world war.
 The draft act. which brought it's millions of men into the ranks, was the one factor looked upon by Senator Chamberlain as assuring the winning of the war. Before it's introduction. he had offered com pulsorv service bill. and through out the war and afterward he con tended that his own measure. which threw the question open to debate. was responsible for the success of the legislation finally enacted. His own idea. he said. came from an almost forgotten document in the War Department archives written by Major General Emory Upton. a Civil War Commander.
 He was elected as member of the legislature. district attorney. state attorney general and governor before being elevated to the Sen ate in 1909 and reelected in 1914. He served two terms as governor.
The Nome nugget., 1928-07-14

NOTICE OF \ SPECIAL MEETING
 OF THE STOCKHOLDERS OF
 LOST RIVER TIN MINING
 COMPANY
 Nome, Alaska, July 14, 1928 TO THE STOCKHOLDERS OF THE LOST RIVER TIN MINING COMPANY:
 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a Special Meeting of the Stock holders of the Lost River Tin Min ing Company, corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the Territory of Alaska, will be held at the ofice room of the Golden Gate Hotel at Nome, Alaska. on Saturday, the 28th day of July, 1923, at S:O0 o'clock P. M. for the following purposes, viz:
 l. To adopt, ratify and confirm, or disapprove of the action of the Board of Directors and officers of this corporation, taken on April IT, 1928. authorizing the the exe- cution of and the execution by the proper officers of this corpora tton of certain contract between this corporation and Alex F. McIn- tosh, whereby this corporation granted said Mcintosh an Option to purchase all of the property of this corporation. on certain terms and conditions. all as set forth in said Contract. a copy of which will be presented to the stock holders at said meeting; and to consider and vote upon the approv- al. adoption and ratification of said agreement.
 ?. To transact such other bus mess as may properly come before said meeting. Also to ratify and confirm all acts of the Board taken since the last regular meeting of ehe stockholders.
 By order of the Board of Dir ectors of the Lost River Tin Min ing Company. B. A. ZIMMER Secretary
 Publish-July 14. 21. 1928.
The Nome nugget., 1928-07-14

WIMBLEDON, (P)-Helen Wills today retained the championship in the women's singles. by de- feating Senorita Ella De Alvarez. before a huge crowd of people, in clnding the King and Queen. The score was 6-2. 6-3. Henrie Cochet and Jacques Brugnon. the French Davis-Cup pair. won the men s doubles from Gerald Patterson and J. B. Hawkes., Australian veterans. bv score of 1911, 6-4, 64.
The Nome nugget., 1928-07-14
CONFERS WITH MOBILE
 ON RESCUE

STOCKHOLM, (R)-Lieut. Lun- dberg visited the base hospital here and conferred with Mobile on plans for the rescue of the Italia mem bers. Lieut.. Lundberg said that airplanes offered the best method of rescue and was against any at tempt to reach land in rubber boat. He said that they had bet ter wait until better weather for flying.