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The Washington times., 1929-01-02
Washington Community
Chest Formally Opens

The Washington Community
Chest was formally opened yester-
day. It is expected to be a great
central exchange, co-ordinating 81
charities and philanthropies now
operating independently In the Dis
trict.
No longer will the malls be filled
with begging letters from agencies
Of all Sorts remarked Frederick
A Delano, president Of the chest.
But also no longer win the officers
Of worthy charitable agencies have
to worry about how to raise the
funds"
The Washington times., 1929-01-02
DIR. Devereux to Speak
At Arts Club Dinner

Plans for the 1929 Bal Boheme
viii be outlined by DIR. John Ryan
Devereux. director at an Arts Club
dinner to be held Thursday eve.
ming. Egyptian in theme. this
years costume bail win be held
at the Willard January %.
The, executive committee include
Mrs. Fulton Lewis, Mrs. Anne p.
Gaynor, Lynch .Luquer. James Otis
Porter, Frances BENJAMIN Johnson.
Weldon Fawcett, Henry Jay Staley.
Theodore b. Cannon. Carlton Van
Valkenburg, and Roy L. Neuhauser.
The Washington times., 1929-01-02
Ten Day School Leave
Ends for $4,000 Pupils

Approximately $4,000 public school
children are downcast today. They
returned to school after completion
Of their Today Christmas holiday.
From now on it will be steady work
until after the mid-year examine
ton period has passed.
Public school officials, who
Stacked up a little so that they
might enjoy part of the holiday
season, returned also and have
buckled down to work. They are
making plans for the midyear grad.
uation exercises in the graded,
junior and senior high schools. The
senli-monthly meeting OF the Board
Of Education will be held at the
Franklin Administrative Building
this afternoon.
The Washington times., 1929-01-02

why not invest n ear Of your
own as gift to yourself for tlle new
year--many good buys are listed in TO-
days Classified ads.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-25
O1IO 1IN1L ~ lOlN1LO ". BURGESS

! So, though the children sometimes
turned up their noses at clover and
grass seed, oats; wheat, corn and meal
there was very little complaining, and
the Nibbler family was thriving.
So long had it been since there was
any serious danger that all of the
NibblerS had grown careless. Even
Nibbler himself had grown careless
Black Pussy didn't spend much time in
the barn, and when she was there it
was an easy matter to keep an eye on
her. 1t was only the most careless of
mice who ever was surprised and caught
by Black Pussy. BY this time the Nib
blers numbered several families. Mr.
and Mrs. Nibbler believe in having
plenty of children and having them
often. No sooner is one set of children
out OF the way than another set is
born. So Nibbler and Mrs. Nibbler had
become Observation-Disclosures since
they came out to the barn. You see,
their children and their children's chill
dren had families of their own Then,
just at dusk, a dreadful thing hap
pened. Nibbler had just met his eldest
son. The latter was on his way over to
the grain bin. Nibbler had Just come
from there. Nibbler turned and
watched his Oldest son run out on the
barn floor He had just reached the
grain bin when he was seized and car
ried away. just who had seized him
Nibbler didn't know. So, sir, Nibbler
didn't know.
ut wasn't Black Pussy" explained
Nibbler to Mrs. Nibbler, when he got
home with the sad news. mo, sir, it
wasn't Black Pussy. I couldn't see
just who it was. Whoever it was
seemed to come from out of the air. I
was too surprised and shocked to really
use my eyes"
In no time at all the dreadful news
went all through the big barn and there
was a great Squeaking as the Nibbler
families talked it over. That very same
night another mouse was caught. AS
before, no one seemed to know just how
1t was done, or who it was that did it..
But it was clear that there was an enc
my in the barn, and all the NibblerS
became very much excited and nervous
and frightened.
The next day three mice were mys-
teriouSly caught. This was getting seri-
Gus. Nibbler called together all the
other grown members of his family and
they talked it all over. But as yet no
one had discovered the strange enemy.
Some thought it might be Shadow the
Weasel. Some thought it might be
Billy Mink. None guessed who it
really was.
(Copyrieht, 1927
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-25
The Old Man

Now that I'm old and tired and bald,
no more inclined to wander, I sit be-
meath my vine, so-called, and gently
dream and ponder. I see old men go
past my door to laborS harsh and
drastic; and they are broken down and
sore, their thewS are not elastic. They
have their burning aches and pains
that rend their joints aSunder, but when
it shines and when it rains, they have
to work like thunder. see them with
their dinner pals go forth to toll I'M
ending, while I, with my detective tales,
the pleasant hours are spending
Through all my young and giddy years
blew In all my wages, and laughed
to scorn the rede of Seers, the wisdom
OF the sages. I hadn't saved single
dime when I was more than 40; I'd
always had bully time, and was gay
and sporty. And then disaster came
along in forty-seven phases, and showed
me where my course was wrong, and
crumpled me like blazes. When I
emerged from out the wreck vowed I'd
save some SmackerS; made my pledge
to good ST. Heck I'd join the penny
packers. Although started pretty late
among the asset builders, have ac-
quired a little crate of rubleS, greats
and guilderS. So now I sit in my old
age remote from cares and troubles;
the wintry tempestS come and rage, and
find me blowing bubbles. And when I
gaze out from my den, fat and STALL
fed critter, I see the old and weary
men go forth to labors bitter And it
is sad to see old gents, who learned not
to be thrifty, draw for each hour some
forty cents, or, in rare cases, fifty.
When man is old he should be free to
spend the long hours resting. beneath
his so-called vine and tree, where
dicky-birds are nesting.
WALT MASON.
Copyright, 1922
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-25
LITTLE BENNY
BY LEE PAPE.

After suppir pop was smoking and
thinking and was on my stuInmick
looking at the evening paper. saying,
@, pop, heres pome all about skating,
this will prove weather skating is all
rite or not.
Meening on account of pop not wlInt-
ing to buy me ice skates because he
thinks m1e come home with some
thing broken, such as a ankle, and pop
sed, Ill lisSen to the pome with plezzure,
but ! warn you ] use to write poetry
myself and I know how its done, SO I
proberly won't bleeve werd of it.
Well G wiz. pop, this is swell, this
will show you skating is all rite, all rite,
] Sed. And ! red it to him, being:
In the Park
The sharp steel flashes,
The taSsels fly,
And childish LATTER
Mounts to the sky.
They skim like swallows
Ore the shining ice.
0 youth is a blessing
- Beyond all price. IA
Bee pop, it don't even. mention about
anybody falling or anything, pop, I sed,
and pop sed, Well liSsen attentively and
it will, Ill recite you the other 2
verses
The young ribs crack
The young shoulders snap,
o wat sound is that?
Broken ankle, fiip-flap.
They fall with asthud,
They fall with a sqush,
Wat once was a child
Is nuthing but mush.
Aw @, pop, you just made that up,
] sed, and pop sed, It's true just a same.
Being the end of the subjeck last
mite.
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bier moved out to the barn. There
there was little to worry about except
ing Black Pussy, and it wasn't difficult
to keep out of her way. To be sure,
there was Robber the Rat, who wouldn't
hesitate to dine on family of young
mice if he could find them. But the
barn was so big that it was easy to
keep out of the way of Robber.
So ever since early Winter the Nib
blers had been living very happy and
comfortably. They did miss the cake
and bread and bits of cheese and other
goodies such as they used to find in
Mother Browns pantry. But, as little
Mrs. Nibbler said, I'VE have plenty OF
good, plain food, so why should We
worry? After all, it is the plain things
of life that are the best. Simple, plain
food makes healthy mice"
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Nibblers Have a Shock.
Fen when there seems to be no need,
Watch out, and signs of danger heed.
NIRRLER THE MOUSE.

Nibbler the House Mouse, together
with Mrs. Nibbler and several of their
children, had moved from Farmer
Browns house out to Farmer Browns
barn early In the Winter. There had
been reason. Indeed, there had been
several reasons One of these reasons
was Black Pussy the Cat. The other
reasons were traps. At first there had
been only one or two traps, and it was
easy to keep away from them. But
more and more traps had been set and
every other day one of the children
had been caught So finally the Nib
The Alaska fisherman., 1929-08-15

provided for by this act shall be discharged by the Comptroller: PROVIDED, however, That if any such duties or functions shall be incompatible with the duties or functions herein Spe- officially enumerated as confer red upon the Comptroller, they shall be performed by the At- torney General"
 The bill also provides for the appointment or election of treasurer in the manner provid- cd for the election of comptrol- Ter, and any vacancy occurring in the office is to be filled in the same manner. He is to receive and disburse upon warrants drawn by the comptroller funds belonging to the Territory, in- cluding money due the Territory on account of sales of timber in national forests, the latter to bc expended as provided by Fed eral laws for the benefit of the public schools and roads.
 The bill also provides for elec- tion or appointment of an at torney general of the Territory
The Alaska fisherman., 1929-08-15
ment of a session.

The governor is given no pow CT of appointment even to fill vacancy in that office except that when such vacancy occurs when the legislature is not in session, the governor and the remaining two members of the board of control shall, by a ma SOrity of the three, appoint a person to fill the vacancy, and such appOintee shall serve until the person chosen by the legis- lature or elected by popular vote is qualified.
 Very extensive powers are conferred upon the comptroller by the terms of the bill. He is to audit all claims against the payment of claims against the Territory and draw warrants for payment of claims found to be just and true. He is to Ee regis ter of vital statistics and dis charge all duties now dcvOlving upon the Secretary of the Terri tory in respect thereto, under certain specified Territorial en. actments, and the secretary is required to transfer the records of his office as such registrar to the office of the mDtrOller. The comptroller is also to be re- quired to perform the duties now devOlving upon the secretary of the Territory under laws of the legislature relative to elections and all records appertaining thereto are transferred to the comptroller. Various other du- ties now devolving upon the se- cretary of the Territory or the Territory or the governor under enactments of the legislature or laws of Congress are transfer red to the comptroller, includ- ing the appointment of notaries public. The comptroller is to be empowered to appoint members of the board of children's guard ians, pharmacy board, board of medical examiners, commission CT and assistant commissioner of health, hoard of dental examin- CTS, and perform all functions now required of the governor re- specting these activities, and all of the said boards are required to report to the comptroller in stead of the governor. A gener- al clause reads as fOllOWs:
 "All duties or functions con-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-11-20
KIDNAPPER AND
 SLAYER OF BOY
 PAYS,SCAFFOLD
Japanese Is Hanged in Honolulu for Crime
 CommittedL Last Year

HONOLULU, H. l., Nov. 20.- Myles Tataka Fukunga, 19-year- old Japanese, has been hanged for the murder of Gill Janlieson, 10-year- old boy he Kidnapped for ransom and killed by beating and strangu- lation on September IS, last year.
 Fukunga's victim was the son of Frederick W. Jamieson, of the Hon. oluiD Tslssts coalpa1sV'; x..s.
 The Japanese called at the boys school and induced young Gill to accompany him on a false asser- ton the lads mother was i'll. The same day he demanded $l0,000 from Jamieson. When handed $4,000 by the father he promised to return the boy unharmed. When the boys body was found two days later, physicians said Gill was dead when the father had paid the ran- som.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-11-20
IS. M. U. PLAYS NAVY,
 NOTRE DAME IN 30

DALLAS, Texas, Nov. 20.-With two intersectional games already booked with Notre Dame and the Navy, Southern Methodist Univer- sity next year will tackle the most ambitious football schedule ever ar ranged by a Southwest conference school.
 Coach Ray Morrison aspires to a claim for the national gridiron title in 1880. In addition to the Notre Dame and Navy games, the Mus tangs will engage five conference opponents. A game with a Big Ten school is also in prospect.
 Notre Dame authorities paid southwest football a signal tribute by booking Southern Methodist for the dedicatory game of the new stadium in South Bend A three year contract was made, with the understanding that one game would be played in Dallas.
 The Mustangs probably will play the Navy in Baltimore, and it is hoped to bring the 1881 contest to Dallas, where a stadium to hold 80,000 spectators is planned by the Texas State Fair association.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-11-20
Discouery Made In Plant Breeding; Report Is Made

PRINCETON, N. J., Nov. 20,-- How a radium needle applied to blossom produced new species of plant is reported to the Na- tional Academy of Science by Dr. Albert F. Lakslee, of the Carnegie Institute.
 His report is one of the first examples of success in a new field of plant breeding, the puf. pose of which is to discover short cuts over nature and improvement of mans food plants.
 The radium needle was placed in the flower, jimson weed, dur ing it's fertilization. The pollen grains offsprings showed numerous slight differences from the parent, the outstanding alterations being the shape of the seed, pod and lower and flatter branches.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-11-20
LYNCH BANDIT; IS TAKEN FROM
 JAIL IN TEXAS
Attempted Jail Break and Wounding of Officer,
 Causes Furious Spirit

EASTLAND, Texas, Nov. 20.-- Furious over the attempted jail break yesterday when Tom Jones Deputy Marshal, was dangerously wounded, 200 men last night, gained admission to the county jail and lysiched Marchall Esstliff sI @Eisn- ta Claus" bandit of the Cisco bank robbery.
 Nearly 1000 saw the lynching.
 The first attempt to hang the bandit, who was in jail pending a sanitary hearing, failed as the rope broke. Another rope was procured and score of men pulled on it.
 Someone yelled: Maybe he wants to talk"
 The hangmen eased pressure on Ratliff and lowered him to the ground the second time.
 Given Chance To Talk
 Do you want to talk" he was asked.
 ACS, iedeiiA 6dopCu. I1c llluHl- bled unintelligently and someone yelled.
 Hell, he doesn't want to talk string him and make it a good job
 The hangmen bent their weight to the rope and Ratliff was left dangling in the air until dead
 Santa Claus" Bandit
 Ratliff, using Santa Claus cos tune, robbed the Cisco Bank. He was feigning paralysis in the jail hospital. When the cell door was left open Ratliff slipped out, se- cured Jones gun and made a break for liberty He shot Jones in the abdomen, one leg and above the heart. w. c. Ellis overpowered Ratliff on the narrow stairs of the jail and beat him over the head with the butt of Jones' gun which he wrested from Ratliff. Feeling ran high all day yesterday and cul- minated in the lynching.
 Jones has only fighting chance to live
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-11-20
DeInious Patient
 Found Halt Conscious And Nearly Stmued

SPOKANE, Wash, Nov. 20.-Half- conscious and nearly starved, with his feet frozen, Phillip Carlson, who left a hospital Il days ago while delirious, was found in straw stack late yesterday.
 His emaciated appearance sug- gested that he had not eaten since he left the hospital where he was returned in a dangerous condition, suffering from the extreme shock of exposure a nd typhoid fever, which will probably run it's course, the doctors said
 When found, Carlson was clothed only in underwear and his feet were wrapped in sacks. The weather was freezing.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-11-20
AIR OFFICIALS
 ARRIVE IN CITY
Larry Parks and Major Frame Inspecting
 Planes in April

Larry Parks, Alaska Traffic Man ager of the Alaska Washington Air ways, Inc, and Major G. C. Frame Division Manager of the same com- pany, arrived in Juneau on the s teamer Northwestern and are guests at the Gastineau Hotel.
 MT. Parks stated this morning that they were here for the purpose of making a general survey of ex- isting conditions and that the com pany figured on h having several planes in Juneau on April 1, which is the opening date of the seasons operations,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-11-20
q STUDENTS EXPELLED AT
 ILLINOIS U.
Campus Liquor Scandal l Brings Punishment
 May Dissolve Frat

 URBANA, III, NOV. 20.-Twenty- one University of Illinois students have been expelled by the Univer- sity Council and the Gamma Eta
 Gamma, legal fraternity involved in the campus liquor scandal, has
 been ordered to show cause why 1t should not be disbanded. Eight members of the Gamma Etta Gamma fraternity are among those ordered expelled.
 This is said to be the most dras- tic disciplinary action ever taken here.
 Among the charges were drinking, possession and sale of liquor and
 violation of the university no-car rule
 The suspensions followed a raid by Federal authorities in which l2 gallons of assorted liquors were seized. q w. J. Sherman, senior in the law school entered a guilty plea to the charge of possession and was fined $500 and costs which amount was paid by the students.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-11-20
POSSESSION p OF W WHISKEY,
 CHARGE MADE
Representative Denison, of
 Illinois, Is Indicted by Grand Jury
NATIONS CAPITAL IS
 IN GREAT EXCITEMENT
Indictment Follows Recent Expose-Dry Agents
 Make Their Report

WASHINGTON, D. O., Nov. 20. indictment of a member of the House of Representatives, one who voted for the Eighteenth Amend ment, Volstead Act and Jones Law, on charge of possession of in- toxicating liquor, today heightened and intensified the current furore over Prohibition Enforcement con- ditions in the Nations capital.
 The accused legislator is Edward E. Denison, of Illinois.
 Denison denied the charges from his home in Marion, Ill, and as- serted they were based upon the delivery, by mistake, of a trunk containing intoxicants, to his office here last January
 The indictment has been return ed by the Grand Jury which heard Senator Brookhart the celebrated Wall Stref Par Ity,' for members of the nate, and followed by a report of Pro- Ihibition Agents that they found a trunk containing whiskey and gin in Denison's office after the Rep- resentative returned from his Christmas visit to Panama.
 The shipping tags on the, trunk bore the name of John Layne, Secretary to Derlisort, who also de- ried any connection with the case,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-11-20
AIR W AVS CHIEF C H AMBER GUEST
 TOMORROW NOON
Maj. Frame, Division Man ager of WA. Airways,
 to Discuss His Plans

Maj. G. c. Frame, Division Man. ager of the Alaska Washington Air ways, now visiting this city, will be a guest of the Chamber of Com merce at it's regular noon luncheon tomorrow at the Arcade Cafe, il was announced today by H. l. Faulkner, President.
 Maj. Frame holds a commission in the Officers Reserve Corps of the U. S. Army. He will discuss aerial transportation matters with the Chamber and disclose some of his company's plans for operations in thsi field next season.
 A discussion relative to the nam- ing of the Alaska capitol building will come up at the meeting to- morrow, MT. Faulkner said. Some needed civic improvements in the downtown district will also be talked over by the Chamber. It IS urged that all members be in at tendance.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-11-20
DOHENY SOON FACES TRIAL,
 BRIBE CHARGE
nment Prosecutors Will Ask that Trial Date
 Be Set for Jan. B

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20--A mo- tion has been filed in the District or Columbia Court asking that January D be set as the date for trying Edward L. Doheny, wealthy oil man, on bribery charges pending against him.
 Atlee Pomerene and Owen J.. Roberts, Special Government Prose- cutors in the naval oil cases, filed the motion.
 It is expected that Frank Hogan, Doheny's counsel, will oppose the January date because of other court assignments and ask that the trial be postponed until March.
 The indictment charges that De- heny paid Albert B. Fall $100,000 to grant one of Doheny's com panies a lease on the naval oil reserves at Elk Hills, California.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-11-20
DIR. BORLAND NAMED
 AS FLIGHT SURGEON

Dr. w. A. Borland has been appointed Flight Surgeon of the Alaska District by the Depart ment of Commerce at Washington, T c. He has received a Sphyg- momanometer machine for blood pressure and heart tracing, a ma- chine for depth perception, and various and sundry other equip ment required for this particular branch of the service.
 Dr. Borland stated this morning that he was now prepared to make the bi-annual examination of all aviators as required by the laws governing commercial aviation as set forth by the Department of Commerce.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-11-20
PRESIDENT, IN SILENCE, PAYS
 GOOD TRIBUTE
Final Rites in Washington for Deceased War Sec-
 retary, Are Held

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.-Flags at half staff throughout the land signaled cessation of governmental affairs as President Hoover and other officials, both of American and foreign governments, assembled in the East Room of the White House and paid final tribute to Secretary of War James w. Good, who died Monday night.
 The services were those of the Presbyterian Church and were read by Rev. Joseph R. Sizoo, Pastor of the New York Avenue Presby- terian Church. They were con- ducted with simple dignity.
 Presidents Tribute
 Before the services started and before anyone had arrived, Presi- dent and Mrs. Hoover entered the room and remained in personal tribute. The President for some time stood by the casket and gazed into the face of his late friend and official adviser. Mrs. Hoover remained a few feet distant. Turn ing away without speaking, they left the room and did not return until just before the service S started.
 Mrs. Good and her two young sons and other members Of the immediate family, set apart in the Green Room and heard the serv- ices from there.
 To Cedar Rapids for Burial
 Immediately following the serv- ices the remains of the late Sec retary of War were taken to the station and special train started for Cedar Rspids, Iowa, for final -ssassias The hadx was acconss,ssh- led by Mrs Sooes Fthe two sons Acting Secretary y Hurley, Gen Sum- neral, Chief of the Army Staff Senate and House delegations, ano Charles Francis Adams, Secretary of Navy, sas representative of the President.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-11-20
FORMER JUNEAU VISITOR
 MARRIED IN TENNESSEE

Juneau friends fo Mrs. Harriet Byrd Davis, who travelled through Alaska in 1927, have received an nouncements of her marriage a. Monterey, Tennessee, November 9, to Frederick w. Ayres. The an- nouncement said they would be at home at Hartman. Tennessee.
 Mrs. Ayres is a cousin of Gov. Harry Flood Byrd of Virginia, and Commander Ric h. ard Byrd, the aero-explorer who is now in com mand of South Polar expedition. She spent some time in Juneau and made many warm friends while here.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-11-20
TWO FLYING
 CADETS DEAD,
 PLANE CRASH

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Nov. 20.- Flying cadets Justin Russell, aged 22, and George Coffey, aged g, of Kelly Field, were killed when their plane crashed north of Boerne.
 Russell was dead when farmers reached the scene. Coffey, the pilot, died a few minutes later.
 Tn landing the plane suddenly nosed to the ground from low height.
 Both men were graduates of .the primary flying school from March Field, California, and entered ad- vanced flying here last October.