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WEST AND EAST
 AGA||V LOCKED IN
 GRIP 0F WINTER
NINETEEN DEATHS ARE RE- PORTED FROM VARIOUS
 SECTIONS OF COUNTRY

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec, 9, tR- Locked in the icy grip of a record cold wave the millde west, east and some parts of the south reported unprecedented suffering. Nineteen deaths were attributed to the in tense cold; 18 in the middle west and one ia New York.
 Shipping in the Great Lakes is virtually at a standstill and millions of dollars in cargo held up. Terrific gales are flashing the North Allan tic steamer lane and at least two steamers are known to be in dis tress. The official thermometer in New York ranged between 12 and 21 degrees.
 Exposure, accidents caused by icy streets and fires were reported by Chicago. Cleveland Pittsburgh and other middle western cities, and F'lerida and South Carolina were visited by below freezing tempera lures.
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CHILLING GRIP
 MAINTAINS HOLD
 NORTHERN STATES
LIGHT SNOW ACCOMPANIED BY RISING TEMPERATURES IN
 CENTRAL STATES

NEW YORK, Dec, B, Altho freezing temperatures maintained their chilling grip turnout a large part of northern United States, the thermometer showed ~ general rise over a low range. While the central states and the Great Lakes region were benefited most by the lifting of the cold spell, they face the promise of another frigid wave which is moving down from the northwest regions.
 Three deaths were reported in New York state; two of them re- sulting from the blizzard which swept the upper portion of the state. New York City shivered in a temperature that ranged from 18 to 32 degrees. The light snow which accompanied the rising tempera- tuhes in central states, caused some traffic delays.
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Citizens Of Nome
 Wired Wilbur F'or
 Planes Assist Rescue

WASHINGTON, Dec, g, sec- retary Wilbur's action in suggesting to the War Department that re- cue planes be sent in search of Eielson and Borland, followed the receipt of a telegram from six leading citi- zens of Nome informing him that the private expedition, headed by Dorbrandti was unable to function.
 Charles D. Jones, United States Marshall 1t Nome, informed the Interior Department that planes available in Alaska fQr the Eiels0n and Borland search, were ulsuited for such work and urged the govt ernment to give assistance by send ing planes suitable f0r long cruis- ing.
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EQGLA|ND' s DEMAND . Y. FIR SEA STRENGTH .. Is SERIOUS PUNT.
DESIRES TO MAINTAIN SUFFE- GENT CONTROL IN THE
 MEDITERRANEAN

LONDON, Dec, 9. (P-As the Naval conference approaches Eng lands demand for strength in the Mediterranean Sea promises to ari1e as a serious point of discus sion. Great Britain Is represented as desiring to maintain sufficient control ill th Mediterranean to per- init her the most important lines of communication ia that area. . While her entire policy has not been formulated by the govern ment and Admiralty general con- sensus in well informed circles IS that Great Britain should have in the Mediterranean cruisers, de- 5troyers and submarines equal to the combined strength of France and Italy.
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ENDURANCE PLANE PILOTS KILLED
 TAKEOFF CRASH PILOTS BURNED TO DEATH; ONE WAS CLOSE FRIEND
 OF LINDBERGH'S

TAMPA, Dec, 9, (HD-Two pilots, refueling from their ship to an endurance plane. were killed on Sunday when their craft crashed in take-off with 30-gallons of fuel for the other plane which was forced down about IS min utes later.
 Mechanical trouble compelled them to descend and both of the pilots in this plane were injured in the forced landing, and in fog.
 E. Al Dempsey and Stanley Smith, both of St. Louis, were burned to death in the refueling plane which caught fire after the crash.
 R. ". schrock, of St. Louis, and Leonard Carrothers, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, suffered minor in- Juries when the endurance plane was forced to land. Dempsey was a personal friend of Lindbergh's :.
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ANOTHER ATTEMPT Tl) . " FLY T0 SIBERIA IS
 HALTED: HEAVY FOG

N FAIRBANKS. Dec, g, P- Pilot Joe Crosson, after making repairs to his plane damaged last Friday, took of Sunday for Siberia but was forced to return on account of the dense fog over Boring Strait.
 Pilot Barnhills, another Alaska Airways pilot, accompanied by Mechanic Mueller, arrived at Nome Sunday from Fairbanks enrOute to Teller with repair parts and supplies for Dorbandt's plane which was badly damaged during the take-of Friday Barnhill will hop to Teller today.
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SCORPION SUICIDES RATHER THAN APPEAR
 AS MOVIE sTAR

l BERLIN, Dec, g, R-Rather
 than become a movie star Tunes
 ian scorpion committed suicide here
 by thrUsting its poison sting into
 its own neck The scorpion first tried to evade the camera by hiding under 2 stone but the anima was forced out by little fire and find- ing itself caught between flames and the camera took a desperate course. Turning up it's tail the
 scorpion rolled its back over it's
 body and thrust it's poison sting
 into its own neck. It died instantly.
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CHILDREN KILLED EXPLOSION CLOCK
 B0NB IN HI]ME:
MOTHER AND TWO OTHER CHILDREN UPSTAIRS ES-
 CAPPED INJURY

NEW YORK. Dec, g, lP,-Three children were killed Sunday in an explosion which wrecked their home in Brooklyn.
 The police investigation showed that the explosion was caused by a bomb made from a piece of iron pipe with a time fuse at- tached to an alarm clock.
 The dead are Mary Flazone, Is; her brother Philip, IS; both were killed instantly, and Rose, 8, who died in the hospital 30 minutes later
 The mother and two other cnil- dren, who were upstairs, escaped injury.
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CHINESE. PIRATES
 ATTEMPT SEIZE:
 BRITISH STEAMER
WE'RE DISGUISED AS PASSEN- GERS; NATIVES TOOK ITO
 THE WATER

HONGKONG, Dec., 9, P1 Twelve were killed and so natives jumped overheard when Chinese pirates, disguised as passengers, attempted to take possession of the British steamer Matching.
 Three American women were aboard but escaped injury. Third officer Woodward was among those killed. -
 A number of the pirates were killed and 38 wounded; these were taken to hospitals. Others were brought ashore bound and thrown into jail.
 Officers and the ships guards managed to beat back the re- peated attempts of the pirates to gain possession of the bridge.
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ABOLITIQ|V MAI
 THRU INDUSTRIAL LEADERS PLANNED
WOULD WITHHOLD FROM BEL LIGERENT NATIONS ESSEN
 THAI RAW MATERIAL

WASHINGTON, Dec-, 9, R)-A plan for the abolition of war thru agreements among great industrial
 leaders of the world to withhold from belIigerent nations essential
 industria raw materials, is outlined in a communication sent by Ed
 ward Hurley of Chicago, war time chairman of the United States Shipping Board, to M. Gerogeg lTheunis of Belgium, president of the International Chamber of Com
 merce.
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THREE PLANES FR0M
 ST. LOUIS WILL F!Y
 ALASKA, HELP SEARCH

ST. LOUIS, Dec, 9, (P)-Paul Goldsborough, vice president of the Universal Aviation Corpora tion, said arrangements have been made with his company to send three Fairehild wingfold type airplanes to Alaska to aid in the search for Colonel Eielson and Mechanicain Borland.
 The machines will go by way of Canada and to Nome. It was also said planes may be sent part of the way by steamship; it was not known when the planes will start.
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HURLED TO DEATH FROM GLIDER SOARING
 0VER GOLDEN GATE

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec, 8, R)- Charles J. Ferguson, Army war rant officer who attempted to span the Golden Gate in glider, was hurled from his machine loo feet to his death when the gli- der, lowed by an airplane, nosed ap into a cross-current and Fer guson's safety strap broke hurl- ing him from his seat.
 He twisted in the air, as he was falling, and landed upon his feet but with such force that it killed him.
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Seward Chamber Of Commerce luncheon tomorrow at noon. A good attendance is asked for this meeting.
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FOKKERS, FIRST PLANNED

ST LOUIS, Dec, 9. tP)-It was first decided to send Fokker air planes to Alaska to aid in the search for Eielson and Borland. but later changed to Fairchilds because the Fokkers could not De folded to ship on boat.
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Here N is almost the middle of December and the Green grass lis growing alround, around" etc.
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Dozens of people enjoyed the fine skating yesterday on the se- cond lake; men women and chill dren
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-11
acknowledgements of the East

never would one looking down on the
stately city Of Hardin recognize the
surging conflict Of races and causes that
seethes there. For within the limits OF
the erratic city have poured Mongols,
Chinese, Tartars and Manehurians 70
number are 15o,00 Russians, plus few
thousand Japanese. Governed by the
Chinese, it Is dominated by the Russian
director Of railways. Racial prejudices
are ever rife; religious differences in
crease the strain, and commercial
rivalry presses It to the breaking point.
All the friction generated by the antag.
cnistic interests Of Japan, Russia and
China has its center here. Harbin, like
uuarrelsome shippers Of the Chinese
Eastern Railroad engage In. Then, too,
Harbin Is the alleged gateway to China
for all Soviet propaganda.
Thousands Of White Russians.
Though all these conflicts may be
he1ce and the resulting hatreds bitter,
they are as nothing compared to tbs
vrulent loathing that the White Rus.
SLAMS have for the Red Russians who
control the town when Russia has the
railroad. Many thousands Of the
White Russians who now live In Har-
bin are refugees from the revolution.
The number In Hardin huctuates widely,
but there are at present In the neigh
borhood Of 81, 900 Of them. Hundreds Of
them are persons Of former distinction
and title in the old Russian empire. All
are people who once had wealth, leisure
and social position In their old com.
munities. During the last decade hun
ger, filth and poverty have degenerated
most of them from their old estate. In
late years, as they lost hope Of regaining
their old Russia and resigned themselves
to the humble life of people without a
country, their hatred Of the Soviets in
creased. They now lead miserable lives
and avenge themselves as best they can
against the new order that has followed
them even out of Russia TO rule them In
a foreign land.
These seething. belligerent factions,
| separated by racial, political and COM
mercial pretudices, poles apart In their
viewpoints, ambitious for their causes,
all living within the limits Of Euro.
pean city built 5000 miles from Europe,
are constantly irritable because they
petty souabbles growing out Of their
inherent differences. Nerves are always
on edge. A trivial crisis causes hysteria
real crisis infiames the town.
Outbreaks Last Summer.
Late last Summer Hardin INDUCED in
several spasns. When the Mongols
raided and captured a section Of the
| Chinese Eastern Railroad few miles
below Manchuli feeling ran high in
Hardin. The incident brought into con-
troversy all the factions that center
there. The japanese blamed the Red
propaganda In inner Mongolia for caus-
ing the revolt and interfering with
Japsnese shipping. The Soviets denied
liability and attempted to stop the raid
through Moscow The Chinese sent
troops from Hardin and Mukden. drove
of the bandits and complained about
Red propaganda. The White Russians.
Selling the food Of opinion against the
/ Soviets. held demonstrations. Every
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satin trousers with tiny crippled feet;
Russian Army ofacers IN coarse brown
uniforms with red diamonds On the col
lar crowd together waiting q way out
Of town. But the great mass Of the
crowd consists Of Russian residents Of
Hardin and Chinese coolies.
The local Russians, excitable and &C.
lively talking In animated groups, DO
not appear to live In the town. They
seem ready to depart at any moment
for Moscow. In the lower class waiting
rooms the Chinese coolies squat on the
floor like bundles OF blue rags. smoking
long. slender pipes. Among these
groups of scantiiy clad yellow men there
Is often q white man, dressed, talking
and acting like his Oriental comrades
. white man gone native. He Is con.
tented, quiet and letharsic. He no
longer cares. Many Of the Russians
who 50 tmpatiently mill around In the
other part Of the station might be re-
signed and calm II they cared to answer
the Oriert's call
So could Hardin cease to be q Are
brand and end It's temperanaental, CAV,
sad way-if It would. But Hardin, a
European city that has lived all It's days
in the heart Of the East, has never gone
native.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-11

effort 70 minimize tae severity Of the
heat, Rome appears to be Ia for one
Of its hottest Summer seasons. One
indication - the appearance Of the local
gendarnes IN Handsome tropical white
uniforms, supplemented by pith helmets.
AS usual the local ordinance requiring
all pedestrians going In q given direc-
ton to keep TO one side Of the street
Is being suspended. or not enforced,
during the heat Of the day wtlsn every
one automatically keeps 10 the shady
side. Not even the present regime,
regulations, could hope 10 keep ltaIians
from seeking the shade at MONDAY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-11

other ncsnts aiong the eouxse % the
parade where there were no bands the
e0FtNRe vas erected with Misses ana
eatcalls. Tension continued high until
There was . great deal Of drinking.
BY nishtfan the nervous city was ex-
hausted. Parks, the scenes OF surgtng,
excited crowds "a day, were deserted,
and there, slipping silently along under
the inky boughs Of dropping trees. In
the cabasets the lights were bright and
the strains Of MY Blue Heaven" filtered
through the shattered windows 10 the
dYoshky drivers parked at the curb.
Tenaperanental HaYbin was Ia her cups.
Cafes Are Garish.
In these garish cafes Harbin has won
her Baeehanaiian triurnphs and earned
Q reputation around the world for its
lurid Yeveiry. The cabarets-they do
not call them night eiubs-seem num-
berless ana Of al elasses The Harbin
papers carry advertisements Of cafes on
the crest Of popular fancy. The drosh-
Ky drivers, too suggest their favorites
ana escort fares TO the door In order
to receive credit from the management
for introducing . guest. Every one has
whether you take the dreshky drivers
selection or 50 10 the best, they all
are the same.
Il IL q weird, forced fun the city has.
Cosmopolitan crowds, Asiaties, Euro
peans and Americans, sit together
around the wiAe-planked. softwood
dance doors, ct wabbiy tables spread
with wine-spotted linen. There d, 10
be sure, nausic ana vodka ana beautiful
women and dancing. but IL Is o macabre.
The dancers are girls. the most beauti-
ful Of the emigres. They came to Har-
bin BY the tens Of thousands 10 escape
the fate the bolsheviste were dealing
the conforming bourgeois and
offered nothing to the propertyless
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-11

essEnsnt ee the 8oar.aiAeA fight vas rep.
resented IN the city BY excited followers.
When feeling was OF It's peak Wee
President Lasheviteh Of the Chinese
Eastern Railroad and the real ruler OF
Hardin was reported dead. Re had
many enemies. The japanese disliked
him because Of his arbitrary rulings in
railroad matters involving the Chinese
Eastern In relation TO It's dealing with
their South Manchurian Railroad
properties.
The Chinese clippers were In state
Of great excitement over the director Q
last act, the forcing payment Of freight
rates to his railroad In rubles at the
legal rate Of exchange, rather than NJ
the lower market rate. The Whites
position with the Soviets.
Rejoicing 1t Reports.
On the report Of his passing ell
these factions gave vent to their feel.
ings. There was general rejoicing In
the camp Of the White Russians. The
Chinese were very well pleased and
showed 1t by allowing the whites TO
demonstrate with bands and speeches.
Then the reported death was denied;
In the excitement II became rtlmored
an assassin. This upset the Red SYM
pathisers ana they leveled their anger
81 the White Russians, whom they
blamed for an attempted assassination
that had never occurred. The next
day Lasheviteh's death was again re-
ported, ana this time confirmed. HaY-
bin prepared for the funeral
The Reds and the Whites both en-
gagged bands for the occasion. The Red
band played the "Internationale": the
Soviets sang IL Justify as the cortese
passed through the streets. But the
White Russians outnumbered the Reds
in both bands and voices. At intervals
along the line Of march the "Interna-
tionale" was completely drowned cut
by the anthems Of the Romanoffs. At
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Of yellow. They ssuntsr up anA down
the station platform With bayonets
nxed, iaumSning siariu, whining songs.
Their black slippers Of felt or canvas
tennis shoes are noieeieSs Is they
march. Their one hare Of distinction in
dress 10 the sleeve band that denotes
their army; This Is pinned TO the left
giittcring safety pin. Many Of them
are very young. and In their baggy
trousers idiing on the guard post. drag
ginR their guns or leaning on them,
they seem more like boys playing SOL
der than the troops Of q modern army.
In q crisis Of any sort troops pour
into Harbin. They arrive on freight
trains made UP OF box cars and coal
cars. The yellow fellows sit on top Of
the box ears. between them and IN
them. They are crowded as close TO.
eether as possible, on every bit Of
available space. In the open coal cars
are ponies and guns and gray bundles
Of baggage. On top Of all this equip
naent Is srneared thick layer Of ochre
soldiery, equatting on the baggage,
straddling the guns and standing be
tween the ponies, while around the edge
Of the car sides Is o fringe OF legs. As
one OF these trains crawling with un-
tidy warriors draws BY the station plat"
form the crowd does not notice them,
30 common has extensive troop move
ment come TO Be.
Dificult 10 Leave City.
Securing immediate transportation
out Of Hardin u not always easy. Often
some chaotic condition In Manchuria
ties up trafie ara congests the large
terminal On those occasions there are
motley crowds about the station. There
are Europeans en- route from East to
West by way Of Siberia. The brocaded
silk coat Of the mandarin and the
flashing obi Of the japanese lady shine
against the plain clothes Of the Com
nunist and the sleaZy frocks Of the
local Russian girls. Black jacketed
Chinese students and old women In
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Heat Record in Italy
Omitted From Papers

Omcially speaking, italy no longer
will be too warm TO be pleasant for
tourists during the Summer. During
O recent hot spell In which the rner-
curry shot above IS degrees the Roman
Fascist press omitted temperature bull
letins. This certainly was not due TO
any scarcity Of Thermometers or to an
abundance Of high-pressure news, but
rather to the determination Of the au-
thorities to have nothing appear which
might discourage foreign travellers from
coming to italy. Notwithstanding this
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-11
Belgian Discovered Falls.

BRUSSELS GR.-The 250th ami
versary Of the discovery Of Niagara
Falls was cormemcrated in BeiT!an
newspapers. which reminded readers
that Belgian, Louis Hennep!n, was
the hrst white man TO see the famous
cataract
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heeAes that ssai upon II h 1919
Fssrnd Iitale WORK.
q they did common labor, they had
to compete with Chinese coolies. which
was impossible. Few Of the wealthy
refugees were skilled In work, and for
those who were there were fewer open.
inEs. The only wey from starvation led
gay Ha1bin with any one and every
one who can pay. Chinese, English.
Russian and Japanese all contribute 10
the fun In these frowEy eabarets.
The movies" are not neglected In
the amusement life Of the town, and
most any Russian lady, irrespective Of
her former rank Or present calling, Ii
willing TO desert the notorious dives TO
spend Q few hours In the motion pie
are made clear 70 all the patrons by
placing two small screens on either
side Of the large screen upon which the
picture 10 shown. On one Of these small
ones all the subtitles are flashed In
Russian and on the other they are
simultaneously shown ia Chinese.
As Characteristic Of Harbin 90 It's
eabarets and - much h evidence a.
poverty stricken efnigres and Chinese
coolies Is the Chipese soldier.
The guarding OF the volatile Chinese.
Eastern RAiisoad has been In his hands
almost without interruption since the
fall Of the Ronnano1s. The Chinese
warrior may be always found In the
vicinity Of the railway. When trouble
Is suggested-and that Is most Of the
tiHne-the right Of way and the station
platforms become alive with Oriental
infantryIaen.
golAiefs Are COloTful.
They dress Ia Q khaki that u bright
yellow when new. Il soils easily, 10
washed infrequently and fades to q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-11

They dress Ia Q khaki that u bright
yellow when new. Il soils easily, 10
washed infrequently and fades to a
taundice green at the first rare appli-
cation Of soap and water. A company
Of Chinese soldiers are Of many shades
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-19

A larger robe, also OF pure
wool. II Is especially suitable
for long cold auto rides since
II 10 large enough to double
n u number OF attractive col
or cornbinatioS8.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-19

Tow cunning, She can sit aJons
and hold her bottle. Wears
her first short dress OF crisp or
CANDY bonnet 10 match.
Socks and bootees. too. Goes
TO sleep-and cries. A S. value.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-19

Following the vogue for color. this set
Of towel and two washcloths has fast col
or borders In a charming swan design.
White with pink, blue, green, orchid or
gold. Packed IN an attractive gift box.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-03-28
SOLANA

Miss Katherine Kelly has been en-
joying a visit from her aunt of Du--
luth.
T. A. Olson and E. M. Evanson of
-Veteransville, called at the M. K.
Granaas and Gilbert ClementsOn
homes Saturday forenoon.
A good attendance was had at Sun
day school Sunday forenoon. New
supplies were ordered for the next
quarter.
The Rev. H. ]. Malotky of McGrath,
will hold Easter services at the Solana
school house next Sunday evening, at
7:3O.
A large number of folks enjoyed
the taffy pull at the A. C. Trip home
Saturday evening. Games were play
ed during the evening and all report
ed good time.
Christ Ludvigson made a business
trip to, McGrath Monday.
Harold Trip spent Sunday at the
Ivar Ronhovde home at McGrath.
Paul Marohn sawed wood for Emil
Borg, Jake Wiebel, and NJ X. Granaas
last week.