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NEZINA IN PORT

The s. s.. Nezina, of the Alaska Steamship company, arrived in port this morning from the South bringing a large cargo of lumber for local contractors and the Cal M Brosius lumber yard. About 60,0O0 feet of ties came in on the vessel for the Alaska Railroad, and around 100000 feet of lumber for the Warrack Construction Co.,, for the Lowell Creek Hume project.
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Eight inches of snow fell last night in the Grandview area.
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BURNS TO DEATH

HACKENBACK. Nov, 20, (Pj- Miss Frne Riley, 32 year old poet and 9 helpless cripple, was burned l to death in bed when a short cir cult set fire to the mattress. Un- able to move either her arms or legs Miss Riley dislodged the re- ceiver from the telephone but help arrived too late.
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PARADERS ARRESTED

WASHINGTON, Nov, 20, tP)- Thirty young men and women who said they belonged to the Interna- tional Labor Defense Organization of New York were arrested for stag ing a parade before the State and War Building without permit.
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FORMER SLAVE DIES

WASHINGTON, Nov, 20, (P)- Patient Julian, a colored Wanan born in February 1864 and orcc i slave of Georgia, has died at Lex ington, Miss. She was the mothcr of Il children.
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| [ G \ 1 N | I l CE

U. S. LAND OFFICE, ANCHORAGE,
 ALASKA,
 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that RALPH SPARKS, entryman, to- gether with his witnesses, HAAKON |SUNDSBY, and THEODORE AL BERT NUTBEEM, all of SeldOvia, Alaska, has submitted final proof his homestead entry, serial O6799, for lands embraced in U. S. Survey No. 1541, Longitude 15lO 12' 30" w. Latitude 59o 36' N. conta in ing 17.55 acres.
 If no protest is filed in the U. 5. Land Office, Anchorage, Alaska, within the period of publication or thirty days thereafter said final proof will be accepted and final certificate issued. The proof is now in the files of the local Land Office at Anchorage, Alaska.
 J. LINDLEY GREEN, Register. First publication November 8, 1928. Last publication December 22, 1928.
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SCRAP BOOK EXCERPTS
(Continued from Page Three.)

Would have liked to have been on your trip to Seward as it must be beautiful. In the latter part of September I think that the Ideal spot of Alaska is up the inner chan- nel to Juneau, Cordova to Kenne- colt Richardson Hoghway from Chitlla to Valdez and Seward, spencer Glacier and the boat trip from Cordova to Seward. My mo- tion picture came out wonderful.
 Charles c. Spreen, Detroit, Mich.
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General Tailoring and Hats Blocked for Ladies and Gentlemen. Phone Adams 91. Peyser's Tailor Shop.
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NFVV JUDGE ADVOCATE

ASHINGTON, Nov, 20, (P)-Ccl. Edward Kreger Was appointed Judge Advocate General of the United States Army succeeding Major General John Hull
Seward daily gateway., 1928-11-20

THE NEW COLUMBIA PORTA- RLE PHONOGRAPH IS A WONDER FOR TONE AND VOLUME. Schal- Ierer's Alaska Shop
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STARTERS LIFETIME FOUN- TAIN PENS AND PENCILS AND |SHEAFFERS SKRIP. THE SUC- CESSOR TO INK. SchalIerer's AL aska Shop.
Evening star., 1928-04-29

A few weeks later. 10 the strains Of
the familiar nuptial music. new bride
walked beneath her bower and had
real wedding" even TO the brides
maid and rice and old shoes; even TO
breakfast" with brides cake TO cut.
After 1t was all over. the happy best
friend looked around upon the willing
decorations and said. 1t couldn't
have been any nicer II II had been In
the home she didn't hayel And every
body present agreed with her meaning
Then your guide gives you another
side TO the picture. Over in the In
firmary a white~baired woman IL dy-
ing Of bronchial pneumonia. She has
come 10 the end Of the trail. and there
is no one TO whom she can look Tor
the last tender ministrations~~lo one,
that i8. OF her own people. But, In
spite Of that, she Is not lacking for
care. friendly nurse Is on duty at
her bedside, the hostess from her build
ing comes In 10 see her every few
hours. there are flowers on her table
from the girls in her hall. When her
spirit does slip out from It's sheath OF
suffering, II Ii with the comforting AS
surance o. understanding hands ON
hers and the knowledge that those
things that her own home would have
done for her viii be done quite as ten
derry.
There is vide gulf between the
high points Of death and marriage. OF
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became member of any church
Among the old records of the church
is little note, entitled Mr. Lincoln
Waits After Church-l864." The note
reads:
"One Sunday morning at the close of
the service Mr. Lincoln waited in his
pew till DIR. Gurley came down the
aisle on his way home. The two held
a short conversation; turning. walked
out together.
THE next morning a member of the
church, at whose house Or. Gurley
called. said to him. Doctor, did Mr..
Lincoln wait for you to speak of join
ing the church, yesterday?
No said DR.. Gurley. he did not
falling into brown study. No, he did
not volunteering no further informa-
ton on the subject"
Willie Lincoln. who died In the White
House, was an active member of the
New York Avenue Sunday School. A
story Of his interest in the work OF the
school is related by Col. Walter Gle
phane, member Of the present board
Of trustees
Little Willie Lincoln was a member
of the Sunday school and deeply in
terested In its work. He was very fond
Of DR., Gurley, who was present at his
death-bed, and expressed the wish to
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requisite number of curtains. Even the
floor runners are washed and rebound
regularly. The mechanical depart
ment cares for upkeep and repairs OF
equipment and. as a side line" even
makes dish and silver drying baskets
for the kitchens, and such small but
necessary items
Incidentally. cleanliness is every
where apparent No dish towels, for
instance. are used in the kitchens. MS
the dishes come from the washing ma
chimes so hot that they dry almost
Immediately. This is according to the
District sanitary regulations. The
kitchen equipment has been used eight
years now. but Ii still shines with al
most the gloss OF It's newest days.
The food is excellent. selected with
great care by trained dietitians, who
sample all purchases before approving
them. and who plan the meals. Spe-
cial meals are served on holidays, such
as Thanksgiving and Christmas. and
every effort is made then TO have both
food and tables as attractive as pos
sible, And what a difference tower
Ing shining flr In the center of the
great dining hall. and bit of holly
on ones plum pudding can make In
the feel OF a homeless day!
room In the hotels is furnished
with a desk"table. chair. dresser, bed
and easy chair, and hot and cold run
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Ry sELpEN CARLYLE ADAMS.

W. ARLY in 1903 little band OF
Scotch CovenanterS who had
moved to Washington from
n Philadelphia, where they had
been members OF the Associated
Reformed Church, branch of Scotch
Preshyterianism. began 10 hold regular
huhlic worship in the old first Treasury
building. under the leadership of the
sRev. James Laurie, graduate of Edin-
Nairch University, in Scotland. Because
that handful of CovenanterS on May iS.
1903. formed the Street Church OF
washington. members of the New York
Avenue Presbyterian Church are today
celebrating their i25th anniversary.
The r Street Church was erected
later on the corner Of Fourteenth and
Y streets. the present site Of the extcn
sion Of the Willard Hotel and here Dr.
Laurie served as pastor for so years, the
longest ministry OF the seven men who
have led the congregation In direct sue
ceSsicn for the past century and a
quarter.
DR.. Laurie knew nothing about church
sections. He was forced to supplement-
his salary by employment as a clerk in
the Treasury. and early Sunday morn
tnes he hullt the wood fire in the stove
ot the Treasury hall. where the first
services were held Aftsr the morning
worship opened, Or. lAurie intrusted
the care af the fire tc church officers.
who added logs as the temperature de-
nlanded
Twenty-Five years ago the New York
Avenue Presbyterian Church observed
ifs centennial. Early in the celebration
some one reminded the pastor, the Rev.
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ming water in the wash stand. and
there are two meals a day. Luncheon
Is not served, except to members of
the stad and TO patients in the in
firmary. Those luncheons represent
the only cost to the guests who are in
enough to need the use of one of the
beds in that spic-and-span little hos
pital. Medicine and service are free.
Mrs. Sarah Il. Sumner. general man
ager, says; THE hotels are being
operated for a very important group OF
Government workers and afford a de-
ctded economic saving TO them. without
constituting drain upon the taxpayer.
since they are on paying basis"
Congress has continued their APP
preparation until the end OF the fiscal
year 1929. and the planning commits
sion has indicated that it will probably
be four or five years before the tearing
down Of the Plaza group would have
To begin. III the meantime. the resi-
dents OF the buildings on the Capitol
side can be accommodated In the
Plaza buildings as rapidly as there are
acancies~although there will prob
ably not be enough Of these to so
completely around. Friends OF the
hotels say that the problem will be
discussed. and II sufficient sentiment in
the District develops, some action will
be taken TO bring the matter onto the
floor Of Congress.
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those old secessionists get up and slam
the pew doors when the minister prays
for the President of the United States"
~
OLDER members of the congregation
~ report that President Lincoln was
n regular attendant at the midweek
prayer meeting. held in the lecture room,
on the street floor Of the church He
was annoyed early In his administration
by the curious crowds who followed him
to these midWeek meetings, so he ar
ranged with DR.. Gurley to sit in the
darkened pastors study, adjoining the
lecture room, where he could hear the
service. unseen by the Worshipers
Col Clephane, who prepared hiStori-
cal sketch Of the church at the time OF
the centennial in 1903 gives the follow
ing report of President Lincoln's death
as he gathered the facts from earlier
records
Permit me to draw aside the veil
and take you with me into little room
toward which at the dead of night the
hearts OF a Nation are straining. Upon
the bed lies the tall form of him who
so often sat in that pew in the center
aisle. Around him stands little group
composed Of the grief-stricken family
and few men conspicuous in the life
CT the Nation. BY the bedside is seated
a Christian minister. The end has
come. All that was mortal Of Abraham
Lincoln has departed for the Great Be-
yond. After silence pregnant with
grief, Secretary Stanton turns to the
clergyman, and in broken voice says,
Doctor, won't you say something?'
Then DIR. Gurley, after struggling tor
the mastery Of his feelings, says, Let
us talk with God and pours forth a
prayer eloquent in its simplicity, but
full of solace to the bereaved ones
around him. And so the spirit of Abra-
ham Lincoln is borne upward to its
eternal resting place upon the wings Of
prayer uttered by the lips Of the pas
tor he loved so we'll"
Another distinguished American
whose name still holds a prominent
Church was Associate Justice John NJ.
United States. Mr.. Harlan became a
member of the church January IS, 1880,
and was elected an elder in March,
1900, serving until his death. October
IA. 1911. He also was organizer and
for many years teacher of the mems
Bible class which still bears his name.
** k
THE Washington family which prob
u ably has held the longest record Of
lay service in the Official life of the
church is the Stott family. Charles G..
Stott. now a member of the session or
bench Of elders. Is the son of Charles
Stott. who was a member of the Origi-
nal New York Avenue session, elected
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York Avenue Church Today Celebrates 25h Anniversary

elected moderator Of the Presbyte~ion
General Assembly, the highest Office IN
the church.
DR.. Sizoo was called in May, 1924
from the Second Reformed Church %
Somerville, ". J..
Sunday afternoon, July rs, 1925, the
news OF the death at DAYTON. Tenn,
OF William Jennings Bryan reached
washington. DR.. Sizoo and many
leading members Of the church were
out OF the city. No announcement of
funeral plans had been made. but
Frank E. Edgington, clerk Of the ses-
sion, and Paul F1shbaugh Of the board
OF trustees constituted an lnrorrna:
committee. which wired Mrs. BRYAN.
offering the use Of the New YORK
Avenue Church for her husbands
funeral. Mr.. Bryan was an cutstsnd-
ing Presbyterian elder and had served
as vice moderator Of the General As
sembly.
Mrs. Bryan accepted and DR.. sizoo
was summoned from his Summer
home. in Chaumont, n. T., for the
Evening star., 1928-04-29
Worker Is Indispensable at 90

how 70 relax SenSibiy. No. by rlrr.uS
madly from one motion picture thea.eT
20 another, or rushing about in motor
car operated az a reckless speed. o,lt
by reading, enjoying music Sratched BY
his radio set nom the ether. by walking
about WaShiugton'S beautiful PARKS and
by an occasional tlShtng trip along The
Potomac, He has worked induSsri0GSiy
during Government hours and has en-
)oyed his leisure inselltSenIly--aOd con-
Servativsly.
His posture IS erect. his pace Is ns1u
and true, and he is strong tor a man os
his weight and height His health u
something which the most of as may
we'll marvel about
His advice ~ al those WhA seek -
extend their residence or earth aevoGd
the normal span Is to 50 into partner
ship with moderation in all that vGu
do You cannot eat your cake AVA
have Il, too" The athlete who ;yat0S
for championship contests has 81 deyy
himself many " the pleasures q he,
The person who would live % q r.{N cid
age must have similar rules
For II years previous 10 his enSSSe~
meNt in Government service, Warren
Rreniser was respectively 10 chagSe ~
a woodworking shop and tbe lAFxcSt
eaNl0etmaSiNg shop IN Washington,
Uncle sam rTrueS aftd pensions BIS
veteran etNployeS That WAS pro2aS'y
one og the reasons Why Nj Bfer'Zvy
shifted from commercial tc Government
woTk, And now the remarkable cog0ls
uon has developed shat he has WS1e
himself SO Invaluable that the W&g ~
part0ent doeS not want him 70 rvtige,
The retirement age IN teJeral aeQ3tt'
nlentS ranges from IS to 20 YEATS
brentser has exceeded this limit oy
more than a SgNAre ag years. NasNtt&~
standing, you viii nnd htM at hlS BENCH
II months IN the year ~%3eyeEnnsTs}s
employees are granted 81 DAYS vacation
annually The nNNagenaFlaR doeS uo.
wish e. give up his work, The Ma
Department. in fact. eannOg agtoY0 J0
lee him retire Under tAlS mutQalA
Agreeable arrangement tins proSpsSts
are that Warren Agenthcg viii remain
the dean of Federal workers as loas AZ
he Is able IL ply plane, chlSel and etee'
hand tools
"Y0u must ee the oldest lNlylS meN
oer ~ che District q A n. aren't yoU
MIR Rreul&er9N ne Was asked
I'm enly q boy as compared WssN
some og those veterans replied tAe
eahtnetmaker. "One tNrneg Soldies
Who lives here In Washington Is "a, eug
he has been retired from business teg
many wears | was sergeant sn COMPANY
=, lSist Regiment Union Army, Saa-
tin0ed HfeniseF, who speaks wildly IL
battles fought three score and six wears
agc, Taps have long since sounded for
NEST cf my comrades
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course. but these two extremes are not
merely exaggerated figments of the
imagination. The emergencies may
come any day. but in the meanwhile
there is a deal Of plain living 10 be got
through with And In that monotonous
level are often found the mole-hills
that character stubs its toes on.
A great number OF the girls who come
to Washington are very young and very
inexperienced. Many are earning their
first independent money. And there are
always traps for the unWary or heed
ieasly innocent. probably fewer in Wash
ington than In many other big cities
but that does not make the ones that do
exist less dangerous TO their victims
Here is a place TO go after work. where
there Is some one who cares about your
goings and comings,
Those who were In Washington during
the war period will recall the dreadful
conditions that called the hotels into
being.
Last year, the end of the fiscal year
ot 1927. their books showed net sur
plus Of better than $4,000, or over a
thousand dollars a week They are stay
ing consistently OH the right side OF the
ledger. And they are not handling small
" Il
that year were $446. .22327. their gross
disbursements. l0,343.7s In addition
they carry on outside activities which
brought last year "reeoveries" amount-
ing 10 S2b,7i6l8. leaving net dis
bnrsement Of 1898 62762, and so net
surplus Of $50 sos 65 Provisions alone
for the year came to approximately
100000
They have their own kitchens, their
own purchasing officer twho buys
through the general supply ofilcel. their
own Ice plant, their own laundry. And
here is ali exceedingly interesting point,
their laundry and ice plant serve not
only their own needs, but those of other
departments as we'll Three and half
million towels and 10000 miscellaneous
pieces were handled by the laundry for
the departments last year IN addition
10 their own 100000 pieces
The Ice plant serves the Capitol and
its actlyitiea, Heat and light are also
furnished from the hotel units 10 the
surrounding buidinga that were for
meriy occupied by them, but that are
now la use by The District National
Guard, the Juvenile Court OF the Dis
/ tfiet and the Bureau of Home Eco
iiomics Of the Federal Department ol
| Agriculture,
In The hotel kitchens 800 two~p0und
| loayes Of bread are baked daily. Other
daily amounts Of food averaged include
i7b pounds ot breakfast bacon 600
pounds Of beef, 900 pounds Of fish. i50
pounds of butter. 900 dozen eggs 90
gallons 0f milk and 10 gallons of cream,
while 30 gallons Of iee cream are made
for each evening meal
In the laundry, IN addition 10 lis
| regular activities, The hotels linen Ia
| manded, furniture renphoiatered, and
| the hanginaa and curtains are made
and repaired, When the thousands ol
windows IN the yaflnus buildings
needed reeuftainlng last year, 5000
| yards OF unbieached muslin we're
bought and made Nd here into ths
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where he had a brilliant ministry of
more than 80 years.
After the Peggy O'Neal episode the
Second Church Jared badly. FIRE.
quently 1t was closed and the building
needed repair In 1849 Rev. James F..
Eckard was called to revive the work
and was greeted on his first Sunday by
congregation of one man. For nine
years the church struggled along under
the brave leadership of Mr.. Eckard.
Meanwhile r Street Church was en-
joying excellent growth and prosperity.
Dr. Laurie's pastorate continued until
his death. in 1853. when he was sue
ceeded by DIR. Phineas d. Gurley. who
holds an immortal place in American
history as the friend and confdant Of
Abraham Lincoln. In 1859 DR. Gurley
presented To the Presbytery of Potomac
motion which resulted in the joining
OF the Second Church with the con-
gregation of F. Street Church and the
erection Of the New York Avenue
Church. which stands today.
In the l25 years 10 Presidents OF the
United States have been actively identi-
fed with the church. They are John
Quincy Adams Andrew Jackson, Mar
tin Van Buren,. William Henry Harri-
son, Miliard Fillmore. James X. Polk,
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Concerning Clipped Glass.

(HEETS Of glass that are covered
~ with a shell-hke raised pattern are
;n use for screens. partitions. electric
slight fixtures and for other purposes.
This Clipped elaSs-for the pattern is
often really chipped out Of the surface
involves 3 process that is interesting.
The sheet Of glass 10 be treated is
placed under a sand blast in order 10
give it a grain. This ground surface
is next treated with solution OF good
glue and the glass is placed in drying
sToom on rack. where il remains for
some hours. Next the sheets Of glass
are removed To the chipping room.
WHERE they are placed on edge back to
back, with the coated surfaces outward.
This room is heated by steam coils. and
when the heat is turned on the glue
reaches its utmost degree Of desiccation
snd curls of the glass in pieces from
the size Of a dime to that of silver
dollar. but ii adhereS so closely TO the
glass that. in its effort to get free. it
tears piece of the surface, the result
heing beautiful pattern.
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Glass Keeps Cool.

IT is said that there is a window glass
= OF Austrian invention whose chief
popularity is that IL prevents the pas
sage of about nine-tenths Of the neat
OF the suns rays 1t is well known that
ordinary window glass allows nearly all
Of the heat derived from the sun 70
pass through. but on the other hand
interceptS nearly all heat coming from
non-luminous sources, such as a stove
or the heated ground. This Is tfe rea-
son why heat accumulateS under the
glass roof OF a hothouSe.
If covered with the Austrian glass a
hothouSe would become mosc decidedly
a cold house. since the heat could not
get into it.
One advantage claimed for the Aus
trian glass is that a house whose win
dows were furnished with it would ie-
main delightfully."- cool IN Summer But
IN Winter. perhaps, the situation would
not be so agreeable. Indeed. the ranes
would have to be exchanged for others
OF ordinary glass. since otherwise 10 sun
heat could enter the house.
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A Canal of Steel.

TN connection with the Nile irrigation
4 system ct Wadi Kom-Ombo there
was constructed a canal Of steel $500
feet in length. whereby water from the
service reservoir is distributed to the
earth canals.
In this section this metallic canal Is
U-Shaped. 20 feet broad and IL feet
deep 1t Is made up Of II sections. con-
nected by expansion joints, and the riv-
eted steel plates of which 1t consists are
6 millimeters in thickness.
During the construction the engineers
were troubled. among other things. by
the unequal expansion Of the metal.
The expansion was greatest on the side
where the sun happened TO shine full
upon the plate, and the inequality was
often sufficient to displace the end OF a
section about to be Joined as much as
& inches 10 one side or the other.
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in 1859. Charles C. Stott. ir., is now
q deacon in the church.
Since the beginning Of Dr. Laurie'S
ministry III 1903 the church has had
only seven pastors in direct succession.
This number does not include the
pastors OF Second Church from 1921
To 1859. They were Daniel Baker
John N Campbell. E. D. Smith, George
Wood and James r. Eckard
The seven pastors in direct line have
been James Laurie. PhineaS p. Gurley
Samuel S. Mitchell. John r. Paxton,
William A. Bartlett, Wallace Radcliffe
and Joseph Richard Sizoo. the present
minister.
Next 10 Or. Iaurie's. the longeSt
pastorate was held by DR. Radcliffe.
now pastor emeritus, DR. Radcliffe
was pastor for - years. from 1895 to
1922. He came TO Washington from
the Fort Street Church OF Detroit.
where he had won wide recognition as
an outstanding preacher. Three years
after coming to Washington he was
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Capitol Expansion May Doom Government Hotels

the imposing vistas of marble and
granite that are the Union Station on
the one side and the Capitol on the
other. And the city wants to be Abov.
the business OF making its lovely Plaza
in their place.
On a walk through the buildings.
you might very easily be in an over
grown boarding school, except for the
disparity In ages. and in these days of
dressing alike. even that is sometimes
difficult 70 detect.
Ranging from the littlest stenogra-
pher to the most learned Ph. D.. and
running the gamut of the entire United
States, from Massachusetts, 10 Okla
foma, from the freshening breezes of
the Pacific TO the salty tang OF Cape
Cod. you realize that here are Uncle
Sans nieces come TO Washington TO
work for him.
Then your guide begins 10 make pic
lures for you She points out a special
spot in one OF the Hobbies. There an
important event" has taken place
Mary B. was engaged. She had no
mother or father living, nor any sisters
or brothers. She could go 10 the justice
of the peace. or TO minister's house.
and Eay few words over her ring and
be married. But, wistfuliy. Mary