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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-14
FARMERS TO STUDY
TAXATION PROBLEM
First National Farm Farley
in History of Bureau to
Open Wednesday.
w the Associated Press.

sy the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, May 14.-Farmers of the
Nation will assemble in Chicago to-
morrow to work out their own answer
to what they term their problem of
unfair rural taxation
It will be the first national farm con-
ference in the history of the American
Farm Bureau Federation. called by
President Sam H. Thompson as a sequal
to the annual convention of the fedora
ton last December. The convention
authorized President Thompson to call
the national conference as step fur
Their In the organizations national
campaign against unfair taxation Of
farmers"
At the convention, the farmers
adopted a resolution in which they
recommended the principles OF Federal
tax which We uphold be extended as
much as possible into State and local
tax structures" The conference In
tends to formulate a unified tax pro-
gram.
M. S. Winder, executive secretary of
the federation, said the National Farm
ers' Conference had been called at an
"opportune time. following so quickly
the report OF the Federal Bureau OF
Agricultural Economics which said the
general tendency of farm taxes had
been slightly puward during the last
year"
Farm leaders and tax experts from
80 States have signified their intentions
of attending the conference. among
them being the followings presidents of
State farm bureau declarations: A. j.
Olson, Minnesota: C. r. White, New
York: J. F. Porter, Tennessee; E. A.
O'NeiI, Alabama; c. e. Hearst, Iowa;
r. w. Brown. Missouri; E. Bergeson,
Utah, and r. M. Crowder, South Dakota.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-14

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-14

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-14
which has caught me remains in m

which has caught me remains In my
ears"
The Kru people. DR.. Herkovits said,
believe that the first born child Is al
ways less capable than the others.
although he inherits the property. They
also do not cling to life, believing that
an old man who finds the world hard
to leave is like broken pot by the
Preside"
The results of a study of hair were
reported by George Neuman, graduate
student at the University of Chicago.
He declared that he had learned that
a persons race could be determined
by examining his hair and that the
hair weight has a relation to eye color
1t may be possible in time, he said, to
use this new science in criminology.
Paul H Nesbit Of the University Of
Chicago reported the finding recently
in the North Sahara of skeleton which
indicated that in late Paleolithic times
ancestors of the Mediterranean race
entered Africa while the Cro-Magnon
race ruled Western Europe. The skel-
eton indicated. Nesbit said, that the
people were different at that time than
those in Europe.
DR.. Huron H. Smith, curator Of the
Milwaukee Public Museum, declared the
Winnebago Indians are becoming almost
extinct. The Winnebago tribe lived in
the Chicago and Wisconsin area during
the frontier days. The few remaining
Winnebagos are especially intelligent,
DR.. Smith said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-14
ECHOES OF MAY DAY RIOT
STILL DISTURB GERMANY

BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN, May 14.-Though May day
is two weeks past. the reverberations
of shots fired in suppressing the Com
munist uprising of that period still echo
in German politics.
Twelve Communist members of the
PruSsian diet were suspended for
periods up to eight days yesterday be-
cause OF their conduct during the
period of the disturbances.
The Soviet ambassador to Germany,
NJ. Krestinski. left Berlin hurriedly
yesterday for Moscow. 1t was reported
the trip was prompted by German pro-
tests to the Moscow government con-
corning alleged insults to the German
government by Russian Communists
and Soviet aid which it was charged
has been given the Berlin Communists.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-14
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONG BEACH, Calf, May IA
Plans for an lair funeral were made
here yesterday for Bernard Lauscher,
German World War ace who was killed
when his plane crashed on the edge Of
Death Valley Saturday.
Although final details had not been
arranged, it was planned to have the
body borne to the grave by an airplane
with a group of aviatorS flying in
formation to make up the cortege.
Whether the complete arrangements
call for a military or civil funeral, high
tribute will be paid to the daring Ger
man airman who was oficially credited
with bringing down three French and
two British war planes in four years Of
combat flying. Lauschef twice was
shot down, and once seriously injured
in the war. He survived only to meet
death 1000 miles from home In a So
foot crash with two companions.
Edouard I. Glatte, one of his COM
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-14
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-14

probation from the public In which the
Eiffel Tower has played . very impor-
tant part. and these with several lit
erary efforts of equal merit have been
the means of bringing about . very
to the artistic merit Of the Eiffel Tower.
In four years four interesting literary
romances have appeared on the book
stalls. with their stories winding around
the great iron column.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-14
Appreciation for Eiffel Tower.

For nearly 40 years the Eiffel Tower
has dominated the Partisan sky line.
but most Parisians have regarded it
with hearty contempt. 1t offended
their artistic sense. In recent years,
however. a change has come over these
persons, for there have been several ar
tistic efforts which received hearty ap-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-14
Arkansas Supreme
Judge Resigns After
SO Years of Service
BY the Associated Press.


LITTLE ROCK, Ark. May IA
Associate Justice Carroll D.
Wood Saturday rendered his resig-
nation to Gov. Harvey Parnell,
effective May 20. after SO years
service on the Arkansas Supreme
Court bench. He is said to be
the second oldest Supreme Court
justice in point of continuous
service in the country.
Under an act passed by the
1927 LegiSla ture, Judge Wood will
retire with full pay, which is
$500 per year. He is Y.
Turner Butler of Hamburg,
Judge of the tenth judicial cir
cult, is to succeed Judge Wood by
appointment. and a brother-in-
law of Judge Wood. Patrick
Henry of Monticello, will succeed
Butler to the circuit iudgship.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-14
Liberian Proverbs
OF Primitive Krus
Reveal Standards
Traditional Belief Guided
Lives of Early People,
Says Scientist.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, May 14.-Proverbs from
the primitive Kru people of Liberia
were read at meeting of the central
section of the American Anthropo-
logical Association by DR.. M. j. Hersko-
Wits of Northwestern University. to show
that even among these early people
traditional belief has much to do with
guiding individual lives. Among the
proverbs read were:
Two clever women do not plant rice
in the same field"
Look at that which is offered before
you set your price" I'm Liberia this
refers to taking wife unseen).
The ugly woman's pepper is ground
fine"
He who boasts is not always rich"
THE sound of the swapping trap
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-14
Air Funeral Planned for German Ace,
Killed in Crash on Edge of Death Valley

pansions, probably was fatally injured,
and James Bell, the other and owner
of the plane, was less seriously hurt.
Lauscher was earning his livelihood
by plotting tourists from Trona, Calf,
to Death Valley, one of the most inter-
eSting desert regions in America.
A hot desert wind, blowing over the
sand dunes. caught his plane at low
altitude and IL rllunped to earth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-14
Police DON Summer Garb.

Complying with an order, members
Of the police force appeared in Summer
uniforms yesterday morning. Due to
numerous changes in weather conditions
this Spring the police have had to
make changes in their uniforms several
times
The Nome nugget., 1929-06-22
RETURNS FROM BIG
 HUNT WITH TWO BEARS

SEWARD, June 21, (P)-Robert Buckingham of New York, re- turned to Seward from five weeks of hunting on Kodiak Island, with two bears, their hides measuring twelve and nine feet respectively. It is reported that they are the biggest Kodiak brownies ever talk en in these famous hunting grounds Their actual dimentions follow: the hides. twelve feet; circumference of the head, four feet four inches; height from top of shoulder, four feet; width of head eighteen inches: size of hind foot, thirteen and half inches;
 weight of head sixty pounds; and the hide weighed one hundred and fifty pounds. The teeth were in perfect condition, and the fur was from five to six inches thick. The silver tipped bear was sight ed at seven thirty in the morn ing and shot at five in the after
The Nome nugget., 1929-06-22
JUDGE ,E. COKE HILL
 DECIDES ELIGIBILITY
 GRAND JURY MEMBER

SEWARD, June 21, P-Hor- ace Caldwell, Bureau of Educa- tion teacher at Dillingham; in the Bristol Bay region, and who is charged with statutory offense. raised a question thru his attor- ney, L. V. Ray, in the local dis trict court, as to whether Dep uty U. S. Marshal is qualified to sit as a member of the grand jury and as foreman of it. The 2leadings showed, as admitted by the government. that the present foreman of the grand jury is a paid employee of the Government. an agent of the Department of the Interior, and also holds office at Deputy Marshal of this divi- sion of the Territory. Federal Judge E. Coke Hill decreed that the party in question was quali- lied to sit as a member of the grand jury.
The Nome nugget., 1929-06-22

noon. The animal ran for a mile before finally caving in.
 Those with MT. Frothingham were MT. and Mrs. S. N. Keifauv- CT of Philadelphia; NJ. L. Carr, of Okmulgee, Oklahoma; c. B. Goddard, Oklahoma; and W. H. Miller and Cleveland. Ohio. Mir. Frothingham plans to go to Ken ai Peninsula after black bear, a little later in the season. He all so reports that the Kodiak Can nery has packed several hundred cases of salmon already but the real run has not yet begun. There is. he says, indications of bright and successful season.
The Nome nugget., 1929-06-22
BUSINESS APPEARS GOOD
 IN ALASKA REPORTED

WASHINGTON, June 22, R- Alaskan business, after several years of semi-depression, are be- ginning to show an improvement, and the federal government, as owners of the principal railroad and most of the land in the Ter ritory, is taking unusual steps forward in the progress of the AL aska Railroad this year. Not on- ly are they actively advertising for tourists but have established an immigration service to encourage agricultural farm settlement. The government hopes to carry be- tween seven and ten thousand tourists this season over the road.
 G. c. Dickens, General Manager and Freight and Passenger Agent of the governent is making an especial effort to draw the atten- tion of government employees to vacation possibilities in Alaska and is endeavoring to operate a Home Special Expedition, all ex- rense of transportation from the eastern states to Alaska over rail roads with fourteen day steame: voyage at cost of about five hun
The Nome nugget., 1929-06-22
SUBSCRIBE FOR THE NUGGET
 S1.OO PCT moafh

dred and forty-nine dollars and he ;.lso reports that his project h being very favorably received
 H- says that the stop at the Cur- " Hotel. government operated halfway between Seward and Fair banks and Seward, breaks the journey nicely making up for the lack of sleepers on the Alaska Road. Brsiness has been prog ressing nicely on the road altho they haven't as yet met their operating expense. but at the last report, the deficit was eight hun dred and forty thousand as com pared with nine hundred thous- and at the previous report.
The Nome nugget., 1929-06-22
YACHT KLoss DISQUALIFIED
 IN CAPITOL TO CAPITOL RACE

engine turned over twelve hun dred revolutions giving the boat a speed of seven and a half knots instead of the seven knot speed agreed upon. The Mary Ann ar rived at 12:36:03 PM. Kitta- wake at 12:36:34 P. M. The Koy- oia at 12:3S:0O P. NJ. The Wini- fred at 12:4O:OO P. M The Jazz at 12:4S:00 P. NJ. The Bollinder at 12:52:00 P. NJ. The Blonde at 12:55:OO P. M The Maidie at 1905 P. M. Joseph Patten, Judge checking the yachts logs. will an nounce the probable winner to- morrow. Yachtsmen were pleased with the cruise. and the water front was lined by people to well come the runners at the finish. There will be celebration tomor- TOW and a banquet tomorrow night. This is the longest yacht race in the world.
The Nome nugget., 1929-06-22

Juneau, June 21, (P)-The Kloss of Shelton, Washington, was the first boat to cross the finish line at 11:59:20 this morning, Pacific Time. The next yacht at that time was apparently ten miles down the channel.
 Last night the 'Klosh was lead ing all of the other boats about one hundred miles south of Ket- -chikan. Reports at that time show ed the Jazz of Juneau about one half hour astern of her and the Maidie of Seattle about eight mill es behind the Jazz. The Block of Portland was three miles be- hind her sryf all vera running at a rate of about eight knots. Behind they four the rest were strung out as follows: Kittiwake, of Olympia; Bolinder, of Seattle;
 Mary Ann of Seattle; Koyoia. of Olympia; Winifred, of Olympia. and the Marlin of San Francis co. After one A. M. this morn ing all the yachts had easier going
The Nome nugget., 1929-06-22

SYDNEY, Australia, June g. R-The United States claims to the Antarctic regions has depicted the growing interest and belief that the Antarctic holds econom- ic possibilities which have been so remarkably demonstrated by the success of the numerous Nor wegian whaling expeditions. Sir Douglas Mason, who has been chosen by the government to head an Australian Expedition to the Antarctic. swept away the illu-
The Nome nugget., 1929-06-22
MUCH INTEREST SHOWN
 IN ANTARCTIC REGION

sion that he was going merely in search of scientific honor or glory. by saying "the Antarctic is no. a useless stretch of ice; it is like Alaska from which Americans al- ready have taken eight million pounds of gold" Mason further said that the sudden interest in the country of no sun suggests
 authoritative information regard ing the economic. value which has been received since iron and cop and such other metals as are vital
The Nome nugget., 1929-06-22
HAYNES ABANDONs HIS
 SEATTLE TRIP

VANCOUVER, June 22, R- Haines arrived here from Alert Bay after having been storm bound for some time. He is de termined to make another attempt to establish record for motor boats. Haines suffered from broken left hand and badly sprain- ed wrist. He came here aboard the steamer Prince John.
The Nome nugget., 1929-06-22
MOST OF C0NV|CTS
 ARE RE-CAPTURED

BRAZORIA. Texas, June 22. (P1 -Twenty-seven of the forty-three convicts who escaped from Clemes Prison Farm have now been ac- counted for. Seventeen of them were captured by posses which were formed from the entire sur rounding region, nine were taken
The Nome nugget., 1929-06-22
VOIGHT JOURNEYS TO
 JUNEAU MAKE START

SEWARD. June 22, R-Al- bert Voight will leave here on the liner Yukon for Juneau, from which port he will make another start for New York in his sixteen foot walrus skin boat.
The Nome nugget., 1929-06-22
NEW TRANSATLANTIC
 NOW UNDER WAY

CARTENGA, Spain. June 22, LP -MajOr Franci, who flew across the South Atlantic in 1926 took off at seven fifty P. M. last night Pacific Coast Time, for the Azores on the first lap of New York flight.
The Nome nugget., 1929-06-22

PRINCE RUPERT. June 21, (lP) The Marlin, the boat from San Francisco, damaged her hull and rudder when she ran into a bold CT in Oona River near Porchar Ls- land The Catain mistook the mouth of the rver for Keup Pass and had gone some distance up the river before grounding. The craft is now being repaired.
The Nome nugget., 1929-06-22
EXPLOSION CAUSES
 MANY DEATHS

LONDON. June 22, (R-The Exchange Telegraph Company said that there had been an explosion under the Veastbund Hospital in Canton. followed by a fire. Near ly two hundred persons perished among them being thirty patients.
The Nome nugget., 1929-06-22
THE KIOsS t;F SKELETON
 IS DISQUALIFIED

JUNEAU. June 2e. F-The Yacht Klose. of Shelton Washing ton, which finished the Capitol to Capitol Race at 11:5s A. NJ. yes terday was barred from competi- tion when it was learned that the
The Nome nugget., 1929-06-22
CONGRESS TAKES RECESS TO AUG. l9
CUOOY CONFIRMED
 US. DIST. ATTORNEY

WASHINGTON, June 22, (P)-- Among the nominations confirm ed by the Senate before taking re- cess, until August 18th, was that of Warren Cuddy to be U. s. Dis trict Attorney for the Third Div ision of Alaska.
The Nome nugget., 1929-06-22

The building was totally destroy ed and over four hundred patients nearly lost their hives. being raO- cued by firemen and policemen.
The Nome nugget., 1929-06-22

after having had rough weather during the first part of the trip. The Klosh arrved in ketchikan at eleven sixteen yesterday morning and left at eleven fifty.
The Nome nugget., 1929-06-22

to the importance of a country like the Antarctic. have been dis covered. Mason is regarded in the economic rather than the scientific aspects as knowing more about this region than has ever been written thus explaining the interest of the United States and Britain in exploration.
The Nome nugget., 1929-06-22

near Retrieve Farm. and Mrs. ". NJ. Hickman, wife of a Prison Farm captain reported that she had see0 the body of one convict floating in the river.
The Nome nugget., 1929-06-22

Nome is the quitting base for all A'aska exploring expeditions.
The Nome nugget., 1929-06-22

Now Air Mail Envelopes now O Sale at the Nugget OfFice.
The Nome nugget., 1929-06-22

FOUND-A bunch Of keys on a chain, found at Pioneer Igloo. In quire at Nugget office
The Nome nugget., 1929-06-22

Airplane Envelopes. 25cts. pss dozen at Nugget Office.
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-04-20
OF JONES SHIPPING BILL IS
 PROMISED SOON

Probable early repeal of the Jones shipping bill, prohibiting transportation of freight to Alaska in foreign bottoms, is indicated in a message from Delegate Sutherland read at a recent meeting of the Juneau Chamber of Commerce.
 The delegates message indi- cated that there is good reason to expect that the bill will be repealed at the next session of Congress, as there is senti- ment existing at Washington favorable to repeal and, furth- ermore, Senator Jones, author of the measure, will not oppose such action. It was not possible to get action on the measure at the last session, according to the delegate.
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-04-20
DANCE NEXT SATURDAY

The Community Club will give a dance in Pioneer Hall on the evening of Saturday, April 27, as benefit for the school Athletic Club, of which it is the chief sponsor. The ad- mission charge has been fixed at $2 for gentlemen, including the supper charge, and ladies will be free.
 The Athletic Club is complet- ing a very successful first seas on and is now on a we'll organ ized and healthy basis, with most of the older school chill dren and quite a number of adult young people enrolled. A number of basket ball matches held in the club head quarters in Pioneer Hall during recent weeks have done much to crate public interest in the to create public interest in the
 The club is performing a splendid service for the school children by instilling an ap- preciation for healthy indoor sports that will be decidedly beneficial and should be en- couraged to the fullest extent possible.
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-04-20
COL. E. LESTER JONES
 PASSES AWAY

Col. E. Lester Jones, Director of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey and one of the best friends Alaska had in Washington, succumbed to the grim reaper in Washington, D. C., on April 10, press dis patches reported. He had been in i'll health since returning from Overseas, where he served in the army air service.
 Col. Jones was known by many local residents as a result of his visits here in connection with the survey and location of the Alaska Canadian bound ary line. His last appearance here was in 1926, during which he conferred with the Chamber of Commerce relative to the local flood situation and of- fered his services in inducing federal aid.
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-04-20
CHAMBER HOLDS
 LUNCHEON MEETING

Chamber of Commerce lunch con meetings were resumed Tuesday at a we'll attended session given in honor of A. w. Fox, newly appointed United States Commissioner for the Hyder precinct.
 Following an excellent repast, Commissioner Fox expressed himself as we'll pleased at his return to Hyder; discussed the flood control situation, stating that credit for the recent Terr- itorial flood control appropri- ation was due principally to Rep. Grover c. Vim, and de- clared his belief that the camp is due to achieve marked ad- vances in growth and commun- al prosperity with continued development of local mineral resources
 Replying to Judge Fox, Att torney Ernest Blue said that the community is we'll pleased at the selection of Judge Fox as Commissioner and equally pleased to have him as perm anent member of the commun- ity. MT. Blue also touched up- on various other subjects of local interest and later advo- cated extension of the Alaska town incorporation act to en- able unincorporated commun- ities to control deleterious con- ditions within their boundar- ies. The speaker cited the stor- age of. a considerable quantity of dynamite within the town limits as an example of the conditions that could not be regulated by unincorporated communities under present conditions.
 Wm. Gray and o. F. Hill al- so contributed to the speaking l program with remarks on var ious topics.