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The Nome nugget., 1929-03-02
SCHOONER LOST TWO MEN

kETCHIkAN. Feb. 27, R- The oceans first toll this season of those who brave i,s depths for Halibut wealth, was extracted from the schooner Vansee. which lost two men in the Gulf of Alaska about seventy-hve miles from Ko- diak Island.
 The drowned were Marine An derson. aged thirty-seven. whose wife and children live in Seattle, and Bruno Swensen, aged twenty four. The report of the tragedy was made today to the Custom g officer by Christ C. Peterson. the skipper of the vansee. On Febru- ary 19, an immense sea swept the men overheard. carried away four dories and smashed the other dor ies against the railing.
 Failing to locate the men after their being washed overheard, Pet erson headed for Ketchikan with twenty-ine hundred pounds of hali- but. Peterson had been fishing with the Vansee for the last nine years and this is his first accident. Swenson was a brother-in-law of Peterson.
 An unconfrmed report. believed authentic today, was to the effect that British boat lost one man overboard in the same storm near the Vansee.
The Nome nugget., 1929-03-02

round he thrilled the crowd when ne staggered his biz foe with a crashing overhead right to the tenn pie. But being handicapped in weight and the fact that the left arm which, Pa St-ibling, claimed was almost useless from the effects of neuritis, took heavy toll in strength and fighting power of the 1.-the and handsome George, who fought a game but losing battle from the fifth round when he pun ched by body attacks.
 Stribling won the first. fourth, fifth and sixth rounds, while Shar- key was awarded the second, third seventh. ninth and tenth rounds, according to the Associated Press tally sheet.
The Nome nugget., 1929-03-02
REINDEER SHIPMENT
 WILL BE DOUBLED

SEATTLE, Feb. 27, P-Twenty thousand Alaska reindeer. almost double the shipments of last year, will be distributed from Seattle this year by the Lomen Reindeer Corporation, according to an an nouncement of Carl Lomen. presi- dent of the corporation.
 With the development of the Lomen corporation. Seattle will become the Worlds largest rein deer distributing point. The last years shipments doubled those of 1927, Lomen said. He also said that the reindeer herds in Alaska this July numbered one million head, of which the Lomen com pany own two hundred thousand.
The Nome nugget., 1929-03-02
TORNADO HITS
 ,r4. SOUTHERN STATES

MEMPHIS, Feb. 27, R)-Tor- nadoes making an early Spring visit to three Southern states left a trail of twenty-two dead and scores injured. and wrecked pro- perty to the extent of half a mill ion dollars. At intervals of a few hours the wind-storms dropped down into Northeast Texas, North west Mississippi and Southeast Ar kansas, striking with greatest fury at Duncan, Mississippi, where four teen of a population of four hun dred and fifty were killed and the village left in wreckage. Four teen stores. one two story brick hotel, eight residences and num- her of negro cabins Were leveled. Troops were ordered out by the governor to prevent footing and vandalism
 Rev. E. Mckeith, of the Methodist church. said: There was so much noise that it sounded as if every house in town was being torn to pieces. Nobody had time to do anything and it was all over in a few minutes. The tornado was followed by scenes of awful con- fusion. with men and women screaming and running in all di- rections." Of forty injured in Miss issippi. four are reported in serious condition and six seriously hurt
The Nome nugget., 1929-03-02
.AlRPLANE DOPE.

According to telegrams received today from Ralph Wien, Pilot Noel Wien left Fairbanks for Nome via kotzebue at g A. M., with two passengers. The telegram also stated that it was probable that the plane would not reach Nome until late this evening, and request ed that fares be placed on the landing field in the vicinity of. the radio station. It is not known at this writing whether the plane has the mail or not.
 Plane left kotzebue. at P. NJ
The Nome nugget., 1929-03-02
WEDNESDAY ;rELEGRAPHic,
HOOVER APPOINTS
 DEMOCRAT IN CABINET

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27, R-- Will D. Mitchell, solicitor general of the United States, accepted the post of Attorney-General in the Hoover cabinet. The rest of the slate is awaiting further confer '9nes between Hoover and Dono- Van. Mitchell has been listed as q democrat but supported Hoover during the last campaign.
The Nome nugget., 1929-03-02
TOWNSHIP AT MT. MCKINLEY

SEWARD, Feb. 27, P)-I, is reported here that the general land office will lay out townsite at Mt. Mckinley Park and sell lots at auction. With the building of an aviation field and a large hotel at the park and the expenditure of hundred thousand dollars for roads. the future of the park is bright.
The Nome nugget., 1929-03-02
VALUABLE FUR
 CONSIGNMENT SHIPPED

SEWARD, Feb. 27, R)-Nearly fifty thousand dollars worth of furs were shipped to the Seattle Fur Exchange on the steamship Northwestern on here last trip south from here. They were har- vested from this and interior dis tricts.
The Nome nugget., 1929-03-02
N o TICE

All furnishings, b1idihgs bs ,1s mattresses, and other personal pro. perty contained in the Golden Gate Hotel and adjacent buildings, be. longing to the estate of the Int, flames A. Swartzel will be offered for sale. Terms Cash, inquire Geo. g. Maynard, administrator, at the Nome Nugget once.
The Nome nugget., 1929-03-02

tention of James J. Davis as Sec retary of Labor and the selection for Secretary of Agriculture and Commerce of two men who are described as surprise appointments.
The Nome nugget., 1929-03-02
FREE FOR ALL
 ROW AT MIAMI

MIAMI. Feb. 27. lP)-SharAey weighed i'll at one hundred ninety two pounds and Stribling at one hundred eighty-two nounds this af- ternoon. The weighing in was marked by sharp verbal exchange between the fighters themselves, followed by free for all row be- tween the adherents of the two champs. It started when Pa Strib- ling took punch at Tony Palozzo- 10. Sharkey's trainer. Fists flew in all directions and the police were called to quell the disturbance.
 The officials, at the last minute, decided to broadcast the fight over the National radio network, in cluding KOMo station. Seattle.
 The story of the light will be printed in tomorrow's Bulletin.
The Nome nugget., 1929-03-02
MAY
 CONVENE IN APRIL

WASHINGTON. Feb 27. F)- Speaker Longwor,h yesterday in formed President-elect Hoover that 1t probably would not be possible to have session of Congress be- fore April 10. He believed that at that time its activities could he limited to tariff and farm relief.
The Nome nugget., 1929-03-02
\ o T I c E

New forms complying with tho law hh reference to liability 6T own CTS of mining claims, are now on sale at the Nugget Ohice. They are printed on cald board and arc of convenient size for posting on the claims.
The Nome nugget., 1929-03-02

lars for the needs of public build ings Fairbanks and ketchikan were allotted respectively three hundred seventyfve lGousand.
The Nome nugget., 1929-03-02
PUBLIC BUILDING
 PROGRAM RECOMMENDED

WASHINGTON. Feb. 2S. t41- Secretary Mellon recommended to Congress the expenditure of three hundred ninety-eight million dol
The Nome nugget., 1929-03-02
THURSDAY (TELEGRAPHiCl
SHARkEY- ST.iIBLING FIGHT
 WAS TAME AFFAIR
Sharkey gets Decision from Referee at the End of a Disappointing
 Ten Round Bout.

FLAMINGO PARK. Miami Beach Florida. Feb. 27-2Sth, (R)-Jack Sharkey the Boston sailor man, out pounded Young Stribling the Ma con. Georgia, heavyweight, in a Disappointing ten round bout here tonight. The decision was render ed by Referee Lou Magnolia, at the end of the ten rounds which were featured with few sensations.
 There was no knockdowns and the most serious danger to either came to Sharkey in the fourth round, when Stribling nailed Jack with right left to the chin. near ly flooring him.
 The match was a financial sue cess as well as social spectacle and drew gate receipts of above four hundred thousand dollars
 Jack Dempsey was introduced to the audience before the fight start ed and was greeted with thun- derous ovation, Jim Corbett former heavyweight champion and Paplino Uzcudun, Spanish fighter. were also presented to the crowd.
The Nome nugget., 1929-03-02
HOOVER's GARNET IS
 NOW COMPLETED

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S, (P)- President elect Herbert Hoover completed his cabinet with the re-
The Nome nugget., 1929-03-02
HOOVER NAMES
 SECE EsTARY OF WAR

WASHINGTON Feb 2s, R-- James w Good oi Iowa, will be Secretary of War in Hoover's Cab met
The Nome nugget., 1929-03-02

Sharkey was a top-heavy favor ite, and won only after close call from defeat only by most des- perate and determined rally which enabled him to overcome Striblings early lead. Outweighed by ten pounds Stribling almost matched Jacks 192 pounds with speed and deception, despite the fact that his arm and rib ailments which he suffered from befoye the fight. Stribling put up courageous fight before Southern crowd who came to see their fistic idol battle for high stakes.
 For more than half the fight Young Stribling was the agressor and more dangerous. In the 4th
The Nome nugget., 1929-03-02

The story of the light will be printed in tomorrow's Bulletin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-27
Some Fleas Travel,
Others Stay at Home
BYE E. FREE. PHI. u.

BY L. E. FREE, PHI. ID.
Fleas, like human beings. may be di-
vided into the stay-at-home classes and
the travellers; the latter never happier
than when they are crowding into the
cramped quarters of a steamer or a
train
Fleas have the disadvantage. however,
that they cannot travel of their own
free will, but must persuade a rat to
take them along as tolerated. If unwel-
come, baggage inhabiting its hide.
This is true, at least, of the varieties
OF fleas which are believed to carry the
germs of bubonic plague and which
have attracted for this reason, the
special notice of scientific men.
The United States Public Health
Service, as a part of its efforts to safe
guard the country against a plague in
vasion, made recently in the port of
New York census" of rats and f1eaS
on ships. the results of which are re-
1913 ships Dr. Williams obtained 49,
265 rats and 1886 fieas Six thousand
nine hundred and ninety-two of these
fleas, nearly 90 per cent of them, be-
longed to single travel-loving variety
rejoicing, in scientific circles, in the
name of Xenopsylla cheopis
Another 10 per cent of the flea travel
ers were Of a second variety named
Ceratophylus fasciatus. These two
proved to be the only flea travellers. A
few specimens of six or eight other va
rieties were found: probably individuals
unfortunate enough to have been car
ried away accidentally on the back of
some rat that decided suddenly to take
a sea trip, like incautious visitors who
stay too long aboard when steamer is
about to sail.
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Southern Patronage.

While it may not result in an i'm
mediate, or even an early, establish
ment of two-party government in the
Southern States, which is greatly to be
desired for the sake of that section as
well as the country at large, President
Hoover's action, announced yesterday,
in regard to patronage distribution in
three of the States facilitates the move
ment In that direction. He specifically
states, in his capacity as titular leader
of the Republican party, that Southern
Republicans, In order to be recognized
in party and patronage matters by the
Federal administration, must reorgan-
ize and select respectable representa-
tives. Three States are specifically
named as in need of reform in this re-
gard, South Carolina, Mississippi and
Georgia. In those States, 1t has been
demonstrated, the distribution Of patron
age has become corrupted. The dis
pensers of Federal Office have acted as
brokers. In shameless manner the
fruits of political victory have been bar
tered. In other States of the South
better conditions have prevailed in re-
spect to Republican organization and
management in recent years. In his
statement the President notes this i'm
provement and indicates that as to
those States no change viii occur. In
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Preserving Great Falls.

II the Senate of the Maryland Legis-
lature favorably acts on bill passed
by the lower house, an additional safe
guard will be erected against the
utilization of Great Falls for power
development. This bill defines the
boundaries of a proposed extension OF
the present metropolitan area In Mont
gomery County, which includes the
Great Fails territory, and declares that
no power, park or highway project
can be carried out in this extended
area unless approved by the Maryland
Park and Planning Commission. II
passed. the law would be a safeguard,
But whether it would estop the Federal
Government, through its power COM
mission, from permitting water power
development Of Great Falls would prob
ably have to be settled by the courts
after examining the Federal Govern
ment's jurisdiction over the upper
Potomac.
AS the Maryland Park and Planning
Commission Is known to side with the
National Capital Park and Planning
Commission in its fight to preserve
the Great Falls area for park purposes,
passage of this bill by the Maryland
State Legislature would inject new
issue into the unsettled controversy
over proposed power development at
Great Falls. The effect would be to
align the state Of Maryland, within
whose boundaries lies the greater part
of the Fails area contemplated for de-
yelopment, with the agencies which
have been conducting strenuous tight
against the loss, for park purposes, OF
the gorge of the Potomac. For that
reason it is to be hoped that the Mary
land Senate will take favorable action
on the bill in the few days remaining
Of its present session.
After extended debate, the matter OF
q preliminary permit for the surveys
and investigation of power develop
ment at Great Falls remains unsettled,
the Federal Power Commission not yet
having acted. While the granting OF
q preliminary permit would not neces-
sarily mean the loss CT the Great Falls
area for park purposes, the prolonged
delay in settling the matter and as
surfing park development of one OF the
beautiful scenic areas of this part OF
the United States is unfortunate. II
no definite steps are taken within the
near future to acquire the land for
park purposes, it is too much to hope
that commercial interests can be COM
PEELED indefinitely to keep hands OH.
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the making Of appointments. In the
States named other means of selections
must be found.
All this goes to the root of the mat
ter of political party maintenance in
region where there is by tradition
and until recently by practice single
national political party, in effect. The
recent election demonstrated the posi-
bility of a break away from the one
party rule prevailing in the South. 1t
does not follow that in subsequent cleo
ticns there will be similar departures
from tradition and practice, in the four
States that went Republican" last No
vember. These four may revert to
Democracy In 1882 and remain on that
side of the political fence thereafter.
But in the meantime it is possible to
put the Republican party organization
upon higher plane than that of mere
professional office peddling, and this is
the purpose of the present move to es-
tablish patronage upon sounder and
cleaner basis.
There will be severe repercussions
from this action. The President has
gone counter to tradition that is as
definitely established as is that of the
Democratic dominance of the South
But If the party of which he is now the
head is ever to establish itself in the
South with an equal chance of victory
this is the only way to do it, regardless
of the immediate effect of this move
for political decency upon those who
have for many years traditionally sup
ported that party.
1t is Enthusiastically for the betterment
of the South that it should progress
toward a two-party basis. That sec
ton has suffered economically from
having for more than half century
stood steadfastly upon a one-party
foundation. The way is open to new
dispensation which will effect reforma-
ton the fruits Of which will be chiefly,
almost wholly, enjoyed by the people Of
the South,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-27
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES r. TRACER ELL.

This Ogre had one terrible habit,
awful beyond all his other desires, sup
pressed and otherwise-he harbored the
horrible ambition of keeping his lawn
looking nice.
What en- awful Ogre!
When little children. fleeing as hard
as they could from the Demon Re-
preston, slip down his nice grassy ter
race on their heels, leaving neat mud
dy ruts, this implacable Ogre dared
to ask them to deSist.
Now what do you know about that!
Was he not cruel Ogre?
Just as Hortense began to pick her
self neat bouquet of bright Spring
flowers. the Ogre stepped forth and
said in a boorish tone:
please don't pick those, Hortense.'
"Yes!" screamed Hortense, sensing
the approach of Repression.
No" said the Ogre, attempting to
be playful And that was where he
made his mistake. If he had screamed
mol" in terrible voice, with maybe an
awful "cuss word" thrown in for good
measure Hortense might have thought
Daddy was coming to the rescue of
Mother, as he sometimes did, in eX-
IRENE cases.
X X X
When the Ogre showed, by his at
tempt to be polite to Hortense, whom
he thought to be pretty little girl, that
he did not understand the best ways
to make a child mind Tin 1920, our
heroine Immediately understood that
she had mastered him.
Yes. will" she reiterated, sticking
out firm chin and showing what she
would be Is years later.
The foolish old Ogre, living in the
past. when the Demon Repression was
looked upon as an Angelina Disguise.
still attempted to be nice to the child,
In his absurd, old-faShioned way
IF you touch those flowers" he said,
with what he fondly inaged was a
smile, "a bug will jump out and bite
YOU"
Miss Hortense knew better.
Curving her pretty mouth into a
knowing sheer, she laughed full in the
face of the Ogre.
1T will not" she said Then her
hand descended. Just as a helpless
crocus was about to be torn up, the
Ogre abandoned the tactics of the Eliz-
abethan age and jumped right squarely
into the year 1929.
Let those flowers Alone" he roared,
land clear out Of here, or I'll spank
you good!"
Dear little Hortense's eyes flashed fire.
Her voice became shrill as the highest
note on the steam calliope, and almost
as loud.
You won't!' she screamed, as she
backed away. =
And I'm going home" she continued
land get my mothers butchers knife,
and I'm going to cut your head off"
The Demon Repression. which had
stuck his head out, drew it in and be-
gan to run for his very life.
And I'm going to throw rocks at
your old house, too, so there!" And
Hortense went away. leaving the mean
old Ogre quite defeated and the Demon
Repression completely vanquished, as
he is so often In these latter days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-27
Bulls. Bears and Lambs.

Yesterday saw vast carnage on the
New York Stock Exchange. when prices
crashed lower and lower under the
heaviest liquidation Wall Street has
ever experienced. Under bull leader
ship, with the banks and the Federal
Reserve Board cooperating, the bears
were routed. as the market closed. but
not before that other element in the
Stock Exchange animal kingdom, the
lambs, had suffered cruel slaughter.
In the present instance the lambs
were the grand army of margin spec
ulators who in latter-day times have
invaded 1.-The Street" in their innocent
myriads. Yesterday was not the first
time they were led to the shambles.
They will return for more punishment,
and they will get it. In the days rec
ord breaking turnover of 8,246,74O
shares, thousands of little traders TAX
ing flyers" were wiped out because
they had been foolhardy enough tc
jeopardize themselves with thin mar
gins. AS a long list Of stocks registered
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-27
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

The statue has just been placed in
Statuary Hall and will be unveiled with
impressive ceremonies. The sculptor Is
10 Davidson, noted American artist and
personal friend of Fighting Bob" He
depicts the old Progressive chieftain in
characteristic pose, leaning forward,
hands clenching the arms of his chair
In the Senate, as If he were about to
arise and address the chamber. The
late Senator's daughter happened to be
showing a friend through the Capitol
a day or two ago, after the draped
statue had Just been put in place. She
heard guide saying to a group Of
tourists: This is the statue of Young
Bob La Toilette, the baby Senator. The
sculptor was Gutzon Borglum."
x X *
The most picturesque Republican
white leader who finds himself outside
the breastworks, as the result of G. O. P.
house cleaning in Dixie, is Joe
Tolbert, national committeeman from
South Carolina almost since the flood.
At national committee meetings Joe
was easily recognizable because he
was the only man in the room without
necktie. Cravats are on his pro-
hibited list. He does not scorn collar,
but he prefers 1t unadorned. Once
he told this observer that "neckties are
an unnecessary nuisance" Political
conditions in South Carolina, which the
Hoover administration is determined to
improve so far as its Republican voters
are concerned. once were graphically
described in the Senate by Senator Cole
Blease of that State. He alleged that
ordinarily only about ID per cent of
qualified voters cast ballots at election
time. The canny Cole did not discuss
the reason for that modest use of the
franchise in the Palmetto common
wealth.
Copyright, 1890
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-27
Germany's Costly Ship Fire.

Yesterday fire swept the unfinished
"a, oo0-ton German ocean liner Europa
at a building dock at Hamburg. The
blaze. which required fifteen hours OF
intensive fighting to subdue, Is believed
to have been started for the purpose OF
destroying the ship. Reports, 1t is stated,
agree that it originated simultaneously
in several different points. The ship was
to have been put into commission for
this Summers service, and in the esti-
mate Of damage done the loss Of the
seasons business is included. That
estimate rises to nearly 100000. It
would seem that despite the intense
fury of the flames the ship was not
wholly destroyed, but that the hull can
be salvaged and reconditioned.
This ship, the Europa, and her sister
craft, the Bremen, were to be Germany's
bid for a profitable share Of the i'm
mense transatlantic business. They
were to make maiden voyages this sea-
son. With the Europa out of commits
sion the German sharing Of the trans
atlantic passenger service will not be as
material as had been hoped. But it is
evident that Germany is bent upon re-
gaining the business that before the
war was one of the most profitable fac
tors of that country's enterprise.
Just why the Europa should be set
afire is a mystery. 1t is too fantastic
to suggest that foreign shipping inter-
ests should seek to cripple the German
service by criminal means. If that were
the move, 1t would be made against both
the Bremen and the Europa. Far more
probable is the suggestion that discon-
tented workmen set the ship afire. And
it may turn out after all that the blaze
was accidentally started.