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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-23
A Casualty

UNION CITY, N. j., Jan. %. -
Sergeant Otto Spitzmiller, of this
city, died yesterday at Brooklyn Navy
Yard of a tropical disease contracted
while fighting in the Marine Corps
against the natives of Haiti.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-23
Driver Wins Suit

JERSEY CITY, N. j., Jan. 22.-
Thomas Hurley, of New York City,
who sued the Public Service Railway
Co. for $4,000 for the loss of leg
when a truck he was driving was
caught in defective railway switch,
throwing Hurley under the wheels.
was awarded $4,000 damages in SUI
preme court yesterday.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-23

"Simba," a new film by Martin
Johnson on his African expedition,
will have it's premiere at the Earl
Carroll Theatre Monday night.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-08
ioDERNlTy AND DIVORCE INCREASE IN JAPAN

TOKYO-Divorces are increas- lg in Japan. authorities say, and art of the blame is placed on lodern women and their cam aign for equal rights.
 It has not been long since a apanese husband could divorce is wife oyer her protest without ny recourse to the courts. The wv is different now, however, and while diyorces may be had by mu- ual consent without legal pro- eedings. a contested case must ,e tried tue same as in America.
 h Tokyo alone sverdicts were 'endered in 25O contested divorce ases last year and there were % cases appealed. Women are he defendants in a majority of he cases, whereas only a few ears ago they usually were the ,omplainants. The Social Affairs 'ureau planes complicated living coalitions"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-08
DAUGHTER OF DICKENS LIHEs r IN SECLUSION iOF LONDON FL 1T

LONDON. May S-Almost for gotten by the world, Mrs. Kate l Perugini, ss. lives secluded in hen Chelsea home dreaming of the verses she would like to write "ii she were not the daughter ol 1 Charles Dickens"
 For Kate Dickens has always wanted to write and her friends assert that she has a fine literary style of her own, but she has re. i trained because she feels that "a daughter ought not attempt to fol. low in the footsteps of such a l father"
 l A sweet faced, silver haired old lady, she still bears traces of the beauty which Millais, Val Prinser and other artist friends have DOT trayed on canvas.
 She is herself an artist and not ed for her portraiture of children but she now refuses to be photo graphed or painted As a girl she wished to go on the stage and was offered an engagement. HsT father was against it and advised her to go on With her painting! While in her teens she married an artist named Collins and under his guidance pursued her studies. After her death, she married the late c. E. perugini, also an artist.
 Their house is full of relics of Dickens. At the entrance of Mrs. Perugini's studio stands the his toric table which her father used when giving readings and which he took with him on his American tour. He could not read, he said, unless he had that table before him. ssn ls.sE 8pass
 A highly valued picture shows three angel heads. Dickens was attracted by It at sale and Mrs. Perugini recalls how on one day he came home with picture On the top of a cab, had 1t carried up to the room of herself and her sister and there hung 1t, saying, that is something beautiful to be always before your eyes" "e'
 When Dickens suffered from fits of gloom and depression, Kata would attempt to soIace him. She relates curious premonition which occurred before his death. She and her sister had left "Gads hill," the Dickens home, to go on a visit to London. At the railway station, Kate said.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-08

RENSSELAER,, N. T., May g. Restoration Of Fort Crailo where Yankee Doodle was written is being sought by an organization in which women have a promi- nent part.
 The movement was fostered by Miss Mildred Van Vie Patterson, founder of the Dutch Settlers Of Albany. Among its sponsors are Mrs. Charles White Nash. former New York State regent. Daughters pr the American Revolution, and Dr. Alexander c. Flick, New York state historian. The organization Formed is known as the Fort Erailo association.
 [ The tradition connecting Fort Crailo with the origin of Yankee Doodle" ranked by 0. c. Sonneck chief of the music division of the Library of Congress, as one of the four great American songs, goes back to 175s. At that time Gen aral James Abercrombie and his 4taff stopped at the fort on theii way to attack Fort -Ticonderoga. { pr. Richard Shuckburgh, Brit }sh surgeon, is said to have beer 10 amused by the motley eos fumes of the American recruits 6traggling in from the surrounding country that he sat down by { Ne1l at the rear of the fort and
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-08
PLEASANT JOBS SAFE BAD BOYS
 FROM CRIME BENT, TEACHER FINDS

NEW YORK, May S-Peter hat made faces during singing class His hand was smacked, but ht was told there was good reason for it. It wasn't for the greates good of the greatest number tha he made faces during a singing class.
 Such is the work that Miss Olive Jones, principal of New York's largest probationary school conducts in her human laboratory
 "The boys who come to ou school" explained Miss lone; "are delihquents, truants, bo,. with criminal tendencies. an youngsters of other behavior proi lem types, so naturally they mus be dealt with rather more .severt ly than the boys in the regula public schools. sf,fs
 But none of them is rrlentall deficient, so we can reason wit. them. Instead of merely rebukin the boys when they do wrong W try to show them where their Ii. tie sins don't make for happ. life for themselves 4or for the pee pie they live with"
 For 20 years Miss Jones ha been the teacher of the old bric' school house on the East Side, an, fer 20 years she has conducte, her experiments with the human material that other teachers ant parents had given up.
 She was one of the first sur porters of the theory of develoI ment of early vocational prefer enees among boys who were socia problems. She has discovered that many boys with criminal ten dencies become SO because of yo catonal maladjustment. In her early years she watched thest tendencies carefully. and saw to t that the boys became so inter ested in their jobs that they for got the evil ways.
 Today she has evidence of the efficacy of her methods. Of tho 1855 boys who were enrolled in tht school eight years ago 75 percent are employed. earning an averag. of $31 a week, nine percent are unemployed and less than sever percent are in corrective institu tions, reformatories, prisons O. asylums. Z
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-08
BIDS ASKED ON LOWELL CREEK
 FLOOD CONTROL
Contracts Sought on Big Project at Seward by
 District Engineer

The U. s. District Engineers office today issued a call for bids i for the construction of a flums l and brush wing dykes on Lowell Creek near Seward to handle the | flood waters of that stream, it was announced by Major Malcolm Elliott, District Engineer. The bids will De opened June 9, at 10 a. m. here, g a. m. at Seward and il a. m. at Seattle 90 f
 The limit Of cost of the work on the stream is $125, ,oO0, of which $100000 was made available by Federal approp priation and $25o9( by the Territory and the town oi Seward. ''V' '
 F"9' Description of Work
 The work planned consists of the construction of a timber Hume and brush wing dikes with cribs designed to carry off surplus wa ters from Lowell Creek to tide water. The Hume will be on a pile foundation to prevent under securing but it will in no place be more than three or four feet above the ground.
 The time of completion of the work is to be specified by the bidders and will be material factor in awarding the contract as an allowance of $30 per calendar will be made for each day saved by the bidder Payments will be made monthly for the work done and materials delivered on the ground on the basis of 90 percent.
 The specifications call for S40.- 900 board feet of timber, either Douglas fir or Alaska hemlock, but it is permissible to use Alas ka spruce for the bottom of the Hume. lightweight thousand feet of local piling will be required The Hume will be about 3,300 feet long. The dikes are to be 400 feet long and constructed with brush wings to form an intake to the Hume.
 An agreement has been reached with the Alaska Railroad to make certain changes of it's main line to facilitate the protection work. The cost of such changes will be charged against the flood control appropriation. Major Elliott said.
 Nome Harbor Dredging
 Bids were also called for today by the District Engineer for dredg- ing of Nome harbor. They will be opened at Seattle on May 21. The work must be completed be- fore the fall freeze-up.
 The work consists of the re- moval from the harbor of all ma terial in the channel above a depth of eight feet mean low or low water, extending from the har- hor to the turning basin in Snake River. The channel to be dredged is 75 feet wide and 1,600 feet long.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-08

And when he walked to the top Fof the slope and looked on the other side he saw stretched be- fore him exactly what he wanted: a long, level, slightly grassy tract, absolutely devoid of telephone poles or real estate signs, barren and lonely. And only 12 miles from Hollywood!
 The toughest assignment he ever filled, he says, looked to be the easiest to begin with. It was to find "a palatial home with or. ange trees in the front yard" Or anges made southern California famous, but the palatial homes seemed to have anything but or anges growing next to the front porch, and the homes where or ange trees abounded were not palatial. Finally de Rosselli To- cated something that was close enough to specifications to pass muster.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-08
WORKING WOMEN LOSE
 NONE OF THEIR CHARM

WASHINGTON, May & Woman loses none of her charm by engaging in the va rious professions and activi- ties once considered exclu-' sively masculine, believes Herr Von Prittwitz und Gaf- iron, German ambassador to the United States.
 He told the members of the Women's University club here that in Germany, where there now are s3S women in the reichsrath, women are becom- ing very active.
 And I should hate to see them leave any branch of the work they are doing" he add ed; Far from robbing them of their charm. think it gives them an added charm. l could Scarcely say less, since met my wife when she was manager of a shop for Ger man industrial women"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-08

gotta nave poppy field in full bloom with two oaks spreading their branches just under the brow of a little hill that rises out of he field: and l gotta have it So that when the hero lies on his back under the oaks he can look orr into the distance and sec a snow-capped mountain"
 Without a murmur of protes. the location scout hops into his roadster and begins to hunt for poppies. It may be one of those spring days when the hot Cali. fornia sun beats down upon the office buildings and makes all the weary bookkeepers and stenogra- phers long to be off on their va cations. But the location scout thinks only of his work. Grimly he points the front wheels of his car toward the open country and few days later he comes back and reports.
 Well, I had to drive all over the state of California; and I'll bet l stretched myself on the pop pies under $50 oak trees, but I found just what you ordered"
 And the director answers:
 Fine! Your hard work has saved us the $15,000 it would have cost to build that poppy field on the lot"
 Sometimes the location scout gets tough assignment. Happy de Rosselli, the wandering cam eraman who scouts for Paramount tells of being asked to find a place not too far away from Holly wood which looks like the wastes of Siberia in the spring." That one puzzled him. He motored around and around and finally he motored toward the ocean "to take swim in the surf and clear my mind" Before he reached the seashcre, however, he noticed a gently sloping field which he thought might be made to look like level Siberian plain if one tilted the camera upward a little.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-08

composed the now famous song.
 The building was privately own ed until 1924 when it was given to New York state. No appropria- tion has been made for it's up- keep, although it is preserved as memorial of events preceding and during the revolution"
 A bronze tablet on the building states that it is supposed to be the oldest building in the United States and to have been erected in l642 as q manor house and place of defsnse"
 The association proposes, in ad- dition to restoring the weathering structure, to refurnish its ancient rooms.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-08
WOMAN GIVES TOWER
 .oR MOUNTAIN SUMMIT

NORFOLK. Conn. Mrs. Ellen sattelf Stoeckel. daughter of Rob ,ins Battell after whom the cha. ,el at Yale college was named ,as given stone observation over to be erected on Haystack Mountain here. The state will maintain a motor roadway to the over where a light will be main. aimed perpetually.
 A tablet placed on the mountain " Mr. Ratteil will be preserved n the tower. It bears in Latin he sentiment: ITO Thy God ,tate aud Town. Be Thou Ever saithfuln Another tablet com nemorating Carl Stoeckei, who vas the donors husband. also may Se installed. The gift will cost 0,O00. f
 The tower and it's light are in ended to be landmarks.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-08
OHIO CLUB WOMEN
 esf # WOULD 5ANisH JAiLs

LIMA. Ohio, siay S-The iai system is outworn. members 70 the Ohio Federation of Women clubs concluded at the end of ! statewide survey of the iails.
 The survey, which was carried on by the division of adult delin quency, under the chairmanshiI of Miss Irma Gerkins of Dayton included study of s9 of the coun ty iails in Ohio.
 "The officials responsible fol the administration of the jails ars doing the best they can with ; worn-out system" said Dr. Jose phine Pierce, president of the fed eration. "It is the jail system. it self which is At fault.
 Many states have discarded ths county jail system long time agt and it is a lead all other statei should follow, substituting in th' place of the county institution i; series of industrial farms."
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-08
NOTICE BUSINESS FIRMS

Business firms are requested tc discontinue, this year, the prac- tice of extending streamers, used for advertising purposes, across the streets of Juneau. Failure tc comply with this request will re. quire acticn by the City to pre-, vent same.
 THOMAS B. HUDSON, Attest: Mayor. H. k. SHEPARD,
 City Clerk.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-08

Scouting fo1 locations is one of those jobs for which al m o s { anyone would hurry to Holly wood to seek if he knew what it was and thought there was a chance of getting it.
 This is what a location scout has to do for a living:
 A d ir e c [ o r about to begin W o r k on his next ic | u r e c a II 8 in the scout and says:
 Listen. Be fore the middle of next week 1
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-08

T must go back and speak to father again." v
 When she reached the house she found him pacing the room in distress. At ssight of her, he frightened up, held out his arm and clasped her to him. After a long embrace she returned to the station and went on her journey. Next day she received word of his death.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-08
CONTEST FOR COMPOSERS

WASHINGTON-A contest for the best musical composlsion pub lished or produced before pub lie audience, or sold for publica- tion by woman during the past year is being conducted by the League of American Pen Women
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-08

Fada Ras,eS 1sts sns accsaaor- les. ColNmhiA Yhoppgfaphs' and records. Radio Nsctfic CO. Mer tin Lynch. Phone 42s. Sdy.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-08
REDINGToN ARRIVES

Paul c. Redington, Chief of the U. s. Biological Survey, arrived today from Seattle and will re- main here for the next week. He was accompanied by Harry Whit hey and Frank Scully, eastern big game hunters, with whom he will spend several weeks in western Alaska.
 01d nancrs for ea,A nr urh~ n,,,aI.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-08
eoLF FoR MENTALLY lLL

WICHITA FALLS. Tex.-A golf course for insane patients is being laid out oas ths@ Texah state hos pital srounds; ! .z sa-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-08
PITY THE MOVIE LOCATION SCOUT!
 HE HAS TOUCH JOB AT ILL TIMES
By WADE WERNER (Motion Picture Feature Editor)

HOLLYWOOD. Cal. May Sits a great pity the movie studios need so few location scouts.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-08
SERVICE AT COST

LONDON-Profits are summed at the lunch room of members of Parliament. The restaurant earned but $S40 in 1927 on 154, APO meals.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-08

Advertising always pays Ise the columns of The Empire.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-08

Advertising alwavs pays. Use tho columns of The Empire.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-17
ERIE-ONTARIO
i CANAL WILL BE
/ OPENED IN 1880
Canada Pushes Work on
s120,000,000 Project
Linking Lakes.
Eg Times Special

81 Tunes Specl0t
TORONTO, Aug 17.-Canada's
new Welland ship canal, whose
completion involves an expenditure
of, $120,000,O00, will be ready for
traffic by 1880 in view of the prog
ress on this great inland waterway,
linking up Lake Erie and Lake On
tario, as recently disclosed by the
Department of Railways and Canals.
The canal, which is more than
EWenty-f1ve miles long, is virtually
in a straight line and has locks
capable of taking vessels with a
draught of thirty feet. The twenty
hve-foot canal cans be deepened
readily to the thrity-foot depth.
Lock 8, the last on the Lake Erie
end, is the longestin the world, be-
ang 1880 feet between inner gates
and approached only by two locks
on the American side at the Sault
Ste. Marine, both of which are 1850
feet long. The construction of this
lock, which has been under way
sirce the summer of 1926, now is
virtually completed.
A notable engineering feat in conf
nection with Canada'S major canal
Is the construction of the 2O00-foot
breakwater at Port Colborne ex-
bending into Lake Erie. This was
Formed by sinking reinforced con-
crete cribs on a prepared bottom
hnd covering them with a heavy
concrete superstructure 1t is
Further protected by a heavy rock
kmbankment dumped on the south
east side.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-17
Wine Cellar Feature Of
Home Made From
Native Stone.
BIZ Times Specinl

By Times Special
UTICA, Ind, Aug. 17-One Of the
finest specimens Of early nineteenth
century architecture in the Middle
West is said to be the old stone
residence here of John R. Taylor,
pioneer merchant prince and wine
dealer.
The residence is constructed of
the famous Utica limestone which
attained fame among architects and
builders more than a century ago,
and is in as good state of preserva-
ton today as when it was built in
1908 by a Pennsylvania stone mason,
brought to Utica especially for the
porpose. The house was built for
William Clark, pork packer and
wine merchant, and one of the
pioneer settlers of this section of
Indiana.
Vines rioting over an old stone
wall from a feature of the land
scape gardening around the resi-
dence.
Front and side porches have been
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-17

added in recent years, the only
modern touch to the building. An
interesting feature of appointments
of the residence is the huge wine
cellar.
Utica, once the center Of an ex-
tensive stone and lime trade has
seen all its pioneer activities vanish.
Stone was the cheapest construction
material available, and there are
many otheY pioneer stone houses
still standing in the village, al
though few of them are maintained
with the care seen in the Tyler
residence, show place of the village.
Another house, occupying a pic
turesque location on the high bluff
overlooking the Ohio River and the
Kentucky shore for miles both east
and west, erected about the time
of the Tyler residence, is rapidly
falling into decay. along with the
numerous lime kilns that dot the
river road for miles up the river
from Utica.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-17
PREDICTS PROSPERITY
! ERA COMING IN SOUTH
Bg Times Special

Bg Times Special
WASHINGTON. Aug. 17.-The
South is lifting it's head and an era
bf prosperity is just ahead, Rep
Fesentative Riley Wilson of Louis
lana said today.
Wilson speaks of that portion OF
khe South which for years has suf-
4ered financial setbackS because OF
floods.
Each flood meant broken levees
Broken levees meant more taxes for
the levee district resident to pay
And more taxes meant less pros
perity.
Those days are gone and we hope
Forever" Wilson said.
THE cotton crop is getting along
nicely, industries are coming in and
things are looking up in the areas
which have so often suffered
through floods"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-17
HEALTH SUIT INVENTED
Mesh Cloth Lets Sunshine in to
Build Up Children.
BIZ United Press

bU UNIItU FTt6d
WASHINGTON, Aug. ia re-
cent invention of the Bureau OF
Home Economics, United States De-
partment of Agriculture, is sun
suit for children. The suit is sleeve
less, with an open mesh waist.
Through the mesh the sun can pene-
trate, changing chemical substances
in the skin to vitamin D, which
enables the child to grow better
bones and teeth.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-17

ly hunting for Pearl Gallagher, she
lay peacefully sleeping behind the
bath tub in her home. She fell
asleep after hiding there for fear of
a spanking as a result of dropping
her baby brother. Pearl woke up six
hours later, found her couch" un-
comfortable and moved to her bed,
where she was found.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-17
REGULATE SEX BY HEAT
Science Finds Water Temperature
Changes TadpoleS.

LONDON, Aug. 17.-Science has
discovered that the sex of tadpoles
can be changed by the application of
hot water. Two sets Of tadpoles were
used in the experiment. In one the
temperature of the water was nat
ural and the sex ration was normal.
In the other the temperature Of
the water was raised to about 80
degrees when the tadpoles we're five
weeks old. The sex glands of the
females in this set gradually as
sumed a masculine character and
the frogs emerged as males.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-17
SCOTLAND YARD ON JOB
Returns American WOman's Purse
Lost in London Year Ago.

NEWARK, N. j., Aug. lit may
take Scotland Yard long time to
find it's man, but it gets him, never
theless. While in London on May
1S, last year, Mrs. Meyer E. Runback
lost her pocketbook. 1t contained
many valuable keepsakes. Upon her
return home, she wrote London po-
lice and the hunt was on. The purse.
has been returned intact.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-17
LOST BEHIND BATHTUB
Little Girl Found In Bed After
Police Search City

NEWTON, Mass, Aug. 17.-While
police of two cities, her parents,
relatives and friends we're frantical-