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The Alaskan., 1928-08-31

I1. Eldridge, of the Eldridge- Buick Company of Seattle arrived in port the early part of the week on his yacht and spent day fishing in the vicinity. He later left for Dun can Canal where the party did some more fishing.
The Alaskan., 1928-08-31

The average catch of the seiners this summer will run around 20,000 and all of their little earnings are spent in Alaska.
The Alaskan., 1928-08-31

Bob Allen is repairing the engine or the trawler Brooklyn. The new cY finder blocks ordered for the en. zine are on hand and he is finishing up the work so the craft can soon be put in commission.
The Alaskan., 1928-08-31

Bert Cornelius yaht which has been in possession of the Boy Scouts went a wandering from it's moor i,lgs last night Hunting parties failed to locate the craft up to pre- sent writing. The search will be con tinued
The Alaskan., 1928-08-31
FOR SALE

FOR SALE: Two double deck iron beds and cotton mattresses. complete. Inquire at ALASKAN OFFICE.
The Alaskan., 1928-08-31

A seaplane operated off Baranof Island as a salmon scout arrived in port this morning and took on oil, heading south shortly after dinner
The Alaskan., 1928-08-31

Frank Booth, manager of the Flu reha Trading Company of Rake, came in to town to have Fryer Machine Works do some repairs on h;s ~ngine He returned to his hone town today
The Alaskan., 1928-08-31

lIogue & Tveten window is pretti ly decorated this week to catch the eve of the hunter--duck or deer.
The Alaskan., 1928-08-31

Mrs. Jennie F. Lewis, of Wrangell who visited with her daughter Mrs. William Dunkleberger during last week, returned Saturday to her home
The Alaskan., 1928-08-31

MT. and Mrs. Henry Lutro of Py bus Bay were visitors in Petersburg during the week.
The Alaskan., 1928-08-31

Falibut prices this week are hold ine up at II to IA cents and s and ' in Ketchikan
The Alaskan., 1928-08-31

Mrs. Earl Dinner and Mrs Frank Ravens have been spending the week at the Dinner summer camp down tho Narrows.
The Alaskan., 1928-08-31

Johnny Sales and crew of men with his pile driver are making re pairs on the Citizens Dock.
The Alaskan., 1928-08-31

MT. James Truitt, engineer i'll charge of dredging operations in the Narrows left for Juneau on the Engineers boat Heur this week. .Ail tre work under his department has been completed as specified under the appropriations allotted for the work
The Alaskan., 1928-08-31
expects to return tomorrow and will then proceed to the Point

The base for the beacon off Point Prolewy has been completed by the contractors and accepted by the en- gineers who have turned it over to tho Light House Department This department will complete the work and install the light which will mark the channel of the north entrance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-08

Training one
of the d o G
te a m s to be
used by Condr.
Richard B yr d
on his South
p OF r expedi-
ton. A scene
at the Wanna
lancet. N. H..
d og farm Of
Arthur w a J.
den, where 100
dogs are being
made ready for
the expedition.
e Paramount News.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-08

Slams pageant of the
sacred white elephant.
The pageant is here
leaving Chiengmai for
Bangkok, where the
sacred beasts of albino
complexion were wei
coined by the King and
his subjects in elabo-
rate ceremonies.
G Wide world Photos.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-07

-
lin. For those who were thereafter
caught in the net spread by the Brit
ish special intelligence were practically
all from neutral countries, men and
women whose sole. interest was money
and the zast Of the game
I Let us go back once more to that
Widespread net, the British postal CEN
sofship. This time the scene is laid
in the Telegraph and cable service.
Fpr so6nb time eefsorS scrutinizir1g
cahlegrafas directed to Holland grad
uallB came to the conclusion that there
must be heavy demand in England
for costly cigars. Orders for 5000 of
one type, 1000 of another and 10000
of a third, with other cigars, became
quite common.
These orders were cabled from such
places as Portsmouth, Dover, Chatham,
Devonport, all naval bases The cable
censors applied intelligence to these
dispatches. Curious, they decided, that
the food of orders for cigars came not
at all from the large inland cities, but
from ports only.
Quietly canvass was made of these
ports Cigar dealers were interviewed.
An approximation was reached of about
the number Of cigars sold, say in Ports
mouth. before the coming of war. 1t
was then found that, judging from the
cabled orders. there would have to be
an overnight multiplication of the de-
mand for cigars in Portsmouth.
Now the arrival of considerable num-
bers of crews of war vessels of every
kind might possibly account for some
of the increase In the demand for to-
baeco. But what puzzled the repre-
sentatives of special intelligence and
that sailors do moi favor cigars.
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Production of Jet.

JET, that substance from which r,arv
articles are made, very .cIoselv, re-.
semoles ordinary coal 1t is formed
IKE coal. from wood and other vegs"
table matter. 1t differs from coal IN
that y contains much smaller or3an-
ury OF earthly impurities. There are
sort jet and hard jet. but only the latter
Is o. much use IN the making Of orna-
While the jet industry IN Enoland
mas never attained great innnortsncS
~ Is one OF the Oldest that cnIyntrv
boasts. Excavation has, reyeaIed ths
TACT that jet ornaments wers non,l la,
n Britain during the bronze neriod
80 there Is but little doubt hat iet
ornaments were among the very FIRST
70 De worn IN the British Isles
Aside from England, the efief let
Soducing countries are Germany Snsin
ana france, where it is easily obtained
Much imitation Jet has been made from,
Vulcanite and glass. $3.50
Inc German jet Is found associated
win amber. Since the letter sub
stance is of considerable vai,.s in the
making Of pipes and various rH-aments.
JET In Germany is treated hi -aly as a
py-prouuct and nninsd I'm Quantities
Just SUFFICIENT to meet th9 demand.
There IL Is called black amber" by
reason Of its similarity 10 the more
valuable commodity.
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ammonia in a bottle, a bit of wool and
another small bottle of ,colorless LIQUID.
But the Scotland Yard men recog-
nized in the blank sheets the same kind
of paper as that on which the inter-
cepted letters were written The rest
was an outfit for writing with invis-
ible ink.
THE Scotland Yard men waited until
nightfall before they took Peter Hahn
for ride in their machine. The lime
light Of publicity was not being sought
in this arrest.
Later in the evening man canvassed
Hahn's neighborhood for information
Hahn had been arrested, he told them,
for violation Of some war ordinance
pertaining to bakers; but 1t seemed that
he was acting under orders from some
one else. Did the neighbors know who
was his most frequent visitor?
One of the neighborS. a woman, told
of "a tall Russian gentleman who lived
in Bloomsbury" That was all she knew
of him except that he had made him.
self Objectionable to her by his attempts
to be very friendly.
With this vague description and adj
dress Scotland Yard began one of its
patient, plodding searches. Every house
in Bloomsbury was visited on one pre-
text or another. Finally in boarding
house the landlady recognized one Of
her dodgers from the description.
His name is Mueller. And he sells
foreign stocks and bonds" she said
But just now he is in Newcastle for
a few days. What has he done?"
Hasn't registered properly" she was
told.
TWO days later the ledger returned
= and was asked to come down to
Scotlaod Yard to straighten out the
matter of registration"
Mueller, tall, spare, nervous individ-
ual unlike Hahn, was very willing to
tell all about himself. He was born in
Libau, Russia; had never been in Ger
many and could not even speak the
language, although he spoke several
Others He had been in turn hotel
keeper, travelling salesman, automobile
salesman and now he was selling stock.
We'll, that sounds all right" said
the Scotland Yard man who was ques-
tioning him. But we had better get
Perhaps you will write out your account
of yourself and swear to 1t as correct"
with pleasure!'
ana Ile WTOOe AT COuSIQeFdDle le1BtH
a statement of his activities and affllia-
tons which included everything but
spying.
Scotland Yard loaned the document
to Special Intelligence, which in turn
gave it to an expert for study, His
experiences lay In the direction Of imi-
tating handwriting
When he had studied Mueller's hand
writing long enough the statement was
handed back to Scotland Yard to be
used in connection with the coming trial
Of Hahn and Mueller son the charge Of
spying.
The trial of the two men was con-
Quoted with a minimum of publicity,
as had been their arrest. Neither
Hahn's stubborn silence nor Mueller's
too obliging loquacity saved the two
men. They were found guilty.
Hahn was British subject; also he
was so stupid and so obviously mere
tool of Mueller's that his sentence was
only seven years in prison.
Mueller was clearly German spy;
but unlike Lody 1t was not patriotism
but money that was the leading motive
with him.
Nor did he show Lody's spiritual forth
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! Hard Task in Getting Netful of Swarming Spies

and thereafter fie ma longer put on his
gay disguise. All through the trial OF
himself and Jansen for espionage he
seemed indifferent 10 what there was In
store for him.
They were found guilty and sentenced
10 be shot.
&, Jansen was nfst and went through
his ordeai stoIiaFy, without fiiiiening.i
Then Roos was led In. For the first
time since he attempted suicide his
wide, blue eyes we're a1igflt again with
life. -
May smoke cigaretfe9" he asked.
He was given one. The hand that lit
1t was steady But each pull at his
cigarette he inhaled With a greed that
was almost sensual
His eyes narrowed and his nostrils d.
lated With the intenseness of his last
minute of life. Close to his fingers
came the lighted end A last deep puff
and the fire touched him. Slowly he
crushed 1t out between thumb and fore
finger and looked at the bit Of still
smoking ash.
Then he Tipped 10 away, this con-
suned symbol Of his own end
THE END.
(CopyriEht. 192s1sG
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tude on the eve of his execution or he
broke down and wept. But at dawn he
pulled himself together, and when he
faced the firing squad in the Tower
he insisted on shaking hands with each
man before he died.
The execution, like everything else
about the case, was kept as quiet as
possible. Meanwhile letters continued
to be sent to the tobacco dealer" in
Amsterdam; letters in Mueller's style
and apparently his handwriting, on the
paper and with the invisible ink that
were found in Hahn's bakery.
The information conveyed in these
letters must have Seemed of value to
the tobacco dealer, for he replied fire.
quently and generously, his generosity
eventually attaining the respectable sum
of f4o0 in several payments to Mueller"
for expenses"
But that establishment which is the
lot Of most of US in this vale of tears
seems finally to have oYertaken the gen
tleman in Amsterdam. For one day in
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least remarkable about the contents;
the writer seemed to be one of those
mechanical-mineed people who assimi-
late only trite phrases. and think it
worth while passing them on to others.
The censor was about to allow the
letter to go through when a thought
struck him. 1t was really remarkable,
the censor decided, that any one should
take the trouble to write letter that
apparently said so little. From the
vague impression of character which
handwriting sometimes gives, the censor
visualized heavy personality who would
not easily be moved to write.
Acting purely on this guess the censor
had the letter taken to the laboratory
of special intelligence. There series of
chemical reagents was applied to the
paper with visible results. 59a
Out came report Of trip across the
Atlantic Ocean on steamer named;
the warships seen ON the voyage were
also named and described. and, the let
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coming to England ito sell my prod
dctS"
He was stiff and Teutonic in type and
his accent and English distinctly forr
eign. His passport said that he was a
Dutchman by birth and, he volunteered
this information, had moved to America
too late. in life to acquire either gram
mar or American accent in his English.
He had a square, blunt face, narrow
intense eyes of pale blue, broad cheek
bones, the tiaring nostrils Of fanatic
and stubborn mouth.
His mind. like his body, moved
heavily but there was a power of
passion in the man that was the only
thing impressive about him; for In
intelligence he seemed commonplace.
He had been examined exactly as the
other passengers and when told he could
proceed he had little reason to suspect
that he had been singled out for further
investigation.
AS a matter of fact the Scotland
Yard men looked further into his case
only because of two vague indications.
He was rather the kind of personality
the handwriting on the intercepted
letter would indicate; and his accent
was more German than Dutch.
The Scotland Yard men permitted
themselves q look at his handwriting.
The trail got warmer: 1t was the hand
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ter added, tomorrow I leave for Dub
lin"
The signature was a numeral S." The
Invisible ink was plain lemon juice. The
letter was written with q hall-pointea
pen. The stationery was hopeless as a
clue, so common was it in kind And
the postmark was Liverpool.
AS will be seen, special intelligence
had little to work with other than the
fact that the writer was either leaving
or had already left for Dublin But
Scotland Yard detectives Scrutini2ed
every passenger on the next boat to
Dublin
The results did not seem encouraging
at FIRST the most promising suspect
being q man whose American passport
gave his name as Anthony Kupferle, a
member Of firm of Kupferle 81 Co.,
manufacturers of woolens in New York.
He had come to England several days
before on the Arabic, his passport
showed. and he gave as his reason for
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stead of remittance. there came only


stead of a remittance there came only a
bruSque note.
lowing to a sequence of wrong in
formation coming from you" read his
decided letter, which has inisled lis,
we are herewith dispensing with your
services"
Thus ruthlessly cast asidR~S zealand
Yard consoled itself by hsly1g an au-
tomobile with the money from AFnster-
dam. With q certain Irony The auto
mobile WAS named uellerg and after
a number of years wore itself out In the
service Of Scotland Yard. 49,.
X X Il X
THE net of postal censorship which
= had caught with Others, Mueller
and Hahn, proved itself still finer IN
mesh in another case. 4
A letter addressed to Rotterdam was
in the ordinary course of events read
by censor in post office ON the Eng
lish coast. There was nothing In the
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BY JOSEPH GOLLoMB,
Author OF "MGster Man Hunters"

VISUALIZE which fisherman has cast his netvas
W between the and the net in size Then
that confronted the British Secret Service
in England during the war
hiding of humanity individuals that
had the ratio of about to every 100000
them trained German
spy hidden these spies kept sending
reports out of England.
cipher apparently nera in Holland Sweden
the Big Behas Paris ZeppenS London
tragic
civilians at the front practically negligible
a
out of 100000 diSheartenng to human
British its
stationed in postal telegraph and
cabe to fSh in a
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THE bad luck the German secret
> service had been having with send
ing German spies to England must
have caused change Of tactics IN Der.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-11-13
STATE LEADERS
OF IRRIGATION
TO MEET HERE

Nearly 100 reservations have been
made at the Barbara Worth hotel
today for the annual convention of
the Irrigation Districts Association
Of California, which will take place
here Thursday and Friday of this
week. Delegates from districts in
all parts of the state viii be in the
valley for the two day session.
On Thursday there will be a ses-
sion of the executive committee of
tle association, of which Charles l..
Childers, Imperial Irrigation District
attorney, is member. This gather
ing will take place in the blue room
of the hotel, where the business ses-
siOns will be transacted.
Friday will be occupied with a
trip to the various towns of the val
ley and to the heading at Apdrade,
from which point the directors and
staff Of the Imperial Irrigation dis
trict will escort the visitors over the
irrigation system to the Laguna
dam and other points of interest.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-11-13
BOOK DISPLAY
BY LIBRARY Is
WORK OF ART

A delight to Youngsters who love
books as well as to those whose
taste for literature is still to be
formed will be the Children s Book
Week exhibit installed today in one
of the windows of the Office Sup
ply Co., by Miss Evalyn Bomm,
comfy librarian.
TO stimulate love for reading
among the young people of FL Cen
tro Miss Eoman has built little
playhouse in which live mother and
father, the children, grandmother
and grandfather, the cook and the
maid, to say nothing of the eat and
dog
Tiny furniture, equipped with all
the details of home life makes the
little model realistic, the final touch
of veri-similitude, and the object of
The exhibit, is achieved in the minia
ture library. Every person in the tiny
household has found little book
suited to his or her tastes or prac-
teal needs.
For the grown folk there are
novels, books of biography and
travel and poetry. For the children
there are the popular juvenile
classics as we'll as books for bows
containing all sorts of boy lore, and
books that deal with the favorite
pursuits of girls. i
There is the Boston cook book
for the cook and Il work on house
keeping for the parlor maid.
The remainder of the window is
taken up with beautiful illustrations
from famous books for children,
connected by ribbons with the books
in which they may be found.
Large posters, whose object is to
stimulate interest in Children 5
Book Week. also added to the at
tractive effect of the window.
Miss Boman will leave the exhibit
at the Office Supply Co., for the
of this week, after which
it will be shown in Brawlcy, Calexi-
90, Holtville and other valley towns.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-11-13
Farm Bureau Head
At Conference

S. +. Robinson, president of the
Imperial County Farm Bureau is in
attendance at the tenth annual con.
vention of the California Farm Bu
reau. which is being held in Sacra.
mento November l2, 13 and II.
Many interesting sessions are
scheduled on the three day program,
with speakers of state and national
importance addressing the gathering
AT today's session Gov. and Mrs. c.
G. Young are guests of honor. Of
ficers We're elected this afternoon.
Tomorrow will mark the close of
the meeting, with talks and reports
given by state senators and assem-
blymen.
Mrs. j. L. Taecker, county home
department chairman, is also attend
ing the Farm Home Department ses-
sions, which are being held in con
junction with the Farm Bureau meet
ing.
The local delegates are expected
home the latter part of the week.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-11-13
Central Union
Girls Win Game

Central 5 indoor team defeated
Calcxieo 9-6 Friday, November o.
on the home field in one of the most
decisive games of the season.
Both teams played good fast
game and the scores were even
when central's team, with renewed
spirit, took the lead and played TIL.
superior game. Vivian Haskell,
Central catcher, played brilliant
game behind the bat and made Con-
trails only home run. Rose Labruch.
erie, Central's star pitcher, played
havoc with her opponents when she
began tanning them out with ease
in surprising succession.
Good support was had from the
cheering sections but some few
students, from both schools, felt it
their duty to use more spirited
methods and "razzcd.' -
Imperial Valley press., 1928-11-13
PERSONALS

f.. l.. Manning of Riverside spent
the Armistice Day holidays hero
with Mrs. Manning and Mr.. and Mrs.
w. G. Costello.
Mr.. and Mrs. s. @. Lingo returned
today from trip to Sacramento and
San Francisco. Mr.. Lingo was local
delegate to the Kiwanis convention
at the capital city and Mrs. Lingo
shopped in San Francisco for her
women s wear store.
Miss Evalyn Boman had as her
weekend guests Mr.. and Mrs. Verne
Garland of Los Angeles, former res
idents Of FL Centre. The party was
augmented Mt dinner Sunday night
by Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Olmstcad, also
of Los Angeles.
Earl Gray and Mrs. Mabel Cole
man were Armisticc Day visitors TO
the valley from Rialto.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-11-13
ARMISTICE DAY
PROGRAM WINS
MUCH PRAISE

"A mighty fine program and q
credit to the Holtville Legion -
was the consensus of opinion of all
those who attended the celebration
of Armistice Day in the eastern
city yesterday.
From the time the program open
ed with the street parade yester-
day morning, until the final bars or
"IIome Sweet Home marked the
close of the dance early this morn
ing. there was something doing
every minute.
The morning program went off
smoothly and Chef Ernest Edwards
scored a big hit with the excellent
barbecue dinner which was served
ut noon in City Park. Several
thousand persons were served at
dinner and there was plenty for all
but none left over. The Legion boys
showed their army training and
piled in for "scconds.D -
During the afternoon, the foot
l'til Silit Jti Nttu IlOll me anu
Brawley high schools, drew Il large
attendance and ball game between
valley teams was. also popular.
lIoltvlle's fire department man
aged to keep honors at homo by
winning the firemcn $ drill. T.
Centre finished second, Imperial
third and Calipatria, fourth. One of
the FL Centre boys became tangled
up in his feet aud a kink in The
hose also added to the local worries.
so that Tom Reams' gang finished
six seconds late.
Music furnished throughout the
day by the Imperial Valley Swiss
club band and the navy band from
the destroyer base, proved very
popular. The Legion provided free
shows throughout the day for those
who did not care to watch the var
ious sporting events. The cx-ser-
vice men proved themselves excel
lent hosts and deserve plenty OF
credit for their fine showing.