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The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-03-14
RUSSIA,S ARCTIC
 SKIPPER ARRIVES
 AT VICTORIA, BIG.

VICTORIA, B. C., March IA Capt. Paul c. Milozorov, command CT of the Russian ship Stavropol and one of the men who aided .n locating the bodies of Carl Ben Eiel- son and Earl Borland, is here on a short holiday.
 The Stavropol has been frozen in near North Cape, Siberia, since last September Captain Milozorov said it was hoped the vessel could be freed by the end of June. There are now 39 members of the crew aboard the ship, the thirty passen- gers having all left for points far ther south either by plane or dog team. Those aboard are well pro- vlded with provisions, he said.
 Captain Milozorov, who served both in the sso-Japanese War and the World War on naval re- serve ships, is declared to be the only man who has ever taken a ship to the mouth of the Lena River, a Siberian stream. He &C., complshed the feat in the Stavro- pol in the summer of 1927.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-03-14

The moderately Yukon Valley the Northeastern Pa cfic Ocean It falling the tian Islands rising the Gulf Seward Peninsula Light has fallen md this vicinity there Temperatures have considerably Southwest
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-03-14

After a one-day visit in Juneau. William Moves. boat operator of Ketchikan, left on the Queen for his home in the First City.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-23

Generals records disclose. They tell us that
In August, 1881, Daniel Bissel deserted from
the Army and there, as far as the Adjutant
Generals Once is concerned, the story ends.
But when we read that on the Sd Of May. 17oS,
the Badge Of Military Merit was conferred upon
Daniel Bissel, the deserter we are challenged
to bridge that gap.
In August of 1881 washington sent for young
BiSsel, having been assured that he might be
intrusted with the most important Of services,
and asked him to go within the British lines to
New York City and there obtain information
about British operations. To give verisimilitude
to his service as q spy Bissel was written down
as deserter in his regimental muster roll, and
I'm at least one Government record 1t is so car
ried to this day.
Bissel succeeded in reaching New York and
establishing himself there, but to protect him
self from suspicion and insure his usefulness
to the American cause he had TO enlist in the
British army. Ironically enough, he found him
self in the very regiment given TO Benedict
Arnold for his services to the King"
Bissel spent months gathering the infornla-
ton Washington needed and then, at the
moment when he was ready to make his break
for Washngtons headquarters, he was stricken
with fever. For some weeks he lay at the point
Of death. Though not pertinent to the story.
drama enters at this point. while Blssel ravs0
in delirium he babbled enough Of h@ story 10
one of the doctors attending him % guess 90
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-23

1SvSA VAN VA N~Ao Va bAAC
day;
For fatigue tomor-
row, the I'd MasSachu-
sets Regiment.
"Countersign - York
Lancaster"
Following the deSig-
nation of the counter
sign, Washington, in
previous orders OF the
day, had listed the pro-
motions and commits
sions which had been
granted. But no COM
missions were ordered
that day. Only q short
time before Congress
had ruled that no more
officers were to be COM
missioned by the gen.
erals in the Army.
Money had become
scarce.
Thus the only recog-
milton which Washing
ton and his generals had
been able to bestow for
unusual bravery andserv-
ice had been removed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-23

DC u uAy dCaAAOSA 0SAS IA
its spirit-the Purple
Heart, denied rank or
social distinction as
playing any part in
heroic action. BY its
significance and It's ro-
nance it stands out be-
side any decoration
which the minds Of men
have fashioned for q
tribute to heroism.
On that same 7th Of
August an entry was
made in Washington's
orderly book. It is one
Of the great documents
Of the democracy. 1t
reads:
1.-THE general, ever
DESTROYS to cherish viz
tuous ambition in his
soldiers as well Is to
foster and encourage
every species Of mill
tary merit. directs that
whenever any singu-
lar meritorious action
b performed the au-
thor Of It shall be
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from their power. Out of his poverty Of re-
wards for distinguished service there was born
an order of valor, save for the Cross of st.
George Of Russia the oldest decoration for
gsllantry and bravery known and the first to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-23

UdklkS - NVkL eeAAA AosAN~A
uniform Of q soldier
who fought in Americas first war.
He is one of the unsung and un-
known heroes of the Revolution.
The tourist or native who stops
before this case reads that here
hangs the uniform of soldier OF
the Continental Army OF 1T76. No
name or regimental marking gives
him q place in Ia Sory. He has
passed into the dust Of the ages,
leaving behind him only q faded
blue coat and proof that an 1n-
known soldier without rank had
served beyond the call of duty. BY
an order of Gen. George Washing
ton, probably lost in the multitude
of papers stored by the Govern
ment, he had been singled out from
other brave men to be written
down in history as one Of the
glorious traditions Of the new re-
public.
on the left breast of the blue
tunic is seen heart Of purple silk,
bound with braid and edged with
lace. You would call it romantic,
a sentimental trinket; a valentine,
worn proudly for the world to look
upon. You would picture q bit OF
royal silk from some fair lady's
bodice. a fringe of lace from her
sleeve.
Sentiment" you would call it,
with a relenting tenderness for
some boy who had loved and fought
and died. You would probably
> speculate about the frivolous silken
heart and the stout manly one that
beat beneath 1t. If you had been a
soldier yourself you would believe
the lad had paid a price in teasing
for the wearing of his lady's colors,
the boasting of his lady's heart.
And If by chance you had gone
through the hell which is the kill
ing of men, you would get glow,
= thrill out of that old blue uni
IT., and come away wishing you
T, 2ht have known the gallant fell
or. and hoping he got. back to the
girl who made the purple heart
with its fringe Of lace.
And you would be wrong.
THE purple heart was designed
by the sternest man in the en-
tire history of the United States.
For George Washington himself
created and planned the purple
heart and named It the Badge Of
Military Merit. This was the firSt
decoration given in our country an
I'm the world.
The history of the United Stat
an unwritten book. Hardly q n
but some new papers. some imp'
ments are discovered which thro'
upon questions which historians G
settled. In the Library of CongrG
of assimilating, cataloguing and !
teriaI relevant to the history Of
going on all the time. Sometime
the 20Oth anniversary Of WaShin
IL Congress approves the approx
work OF publishing the George
papers will commence. and some
posed rs volumes may achieve boo
It was in the course Of workil
material that John G. Fitzpatrick,
manuscript division Of the Library
came upon the story of the Badg'
Merit, the Order of the Purple Hear
of the human side Of Washington
partly told, but as new documel
covered it win perhaps some day
place in the chronicle Of this Ma
only q very few persons have ev
the Badge Of Military Merit; hist
mention it; historians, for the moc
never come upon it and those W
Of this decoration know of 1t only
Fitzpatrick was interested enough
all that he could find about 1t {
it. Economically referring to it 1
time as the Order of the Purple
Behind the stern mask which
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or Sergt. Daniel BissA we know
- somewhat more than we % %
these other men. He enlisted ffoCf
the town Of windsor, Hartford
County, Conn. He was "a years cid.
His hair was brown and he was 5
feet 8 inches in height. This and
one thing more do the Adjutant
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fashioned for George Washington there lived
= very romantic man, one who sensed the full
emotional values of life
On the 7th Of August 1852, Washington, eS-
tablished in his headquarters at Newburg. dc
tated the orders Of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-23
Secret Of the Purple Heart
of Day Gone By Historians Haze U~0d the Story Ga Badge
During Reizhe Order Of the Purple
Va Which Had Been Forgotten Many Years.

permitted TO wear On his facfngs
over the left breast the figure of
a heart in purple cloth or silk
edged with marrow lace or binding.
Not only instances of unusual gAka
lantry, but also Of extraordinary
fidelity and essential service in any
way. shall meet with q due reward
Before this favor can be conferred
on any man the particular fact or
facts on which it is to be ground
ed must be set forth to the COM
mander-in-chief, accompanied with
certificates from the commanding
officers of the regiment and brigade
to which the lat this point the
word ''non-commissioned ofacer"
was deletedI candidate for reward
belonged, or other incontestable
proofs, and, upon granting it, the
name and regiment of the person.
with the action so certified. are TO
be enrolled in the book Of merit
which viii be kept at the orderly
office. Men who have nlerfted this
last distinction to be suffered to
pass all guards and sentinels which
officers are permitted to do.
1.-THE road to glory In . patriot
army and q free country Is thus
open to all. This order Is also to
have retrospect to the earliest
stages Of the war and to be COM
sidered as a permanent one"
The "book of merit which VIII
be kept at the orderly Office" has
never been seen since the names
of those of the Purple Heart were
enrolled in it. No trace, no mem
ton of it, comes down to these
days. It may have been mutilated,
carelesSIy destroyed, lost when so
many Of the Governments records
were burned in washington dur
ing the War of 1912, or it may just
be misplaced, lost somewhere In
those several miles of shelving In
the Army Munitions Building, in
Washington, where the Adjutant
Generals once stores the military
records of the United States.
But while the book Of merit cam
not be found, there are two or
three references to the Badge of
Military Merit which have recently
come to light. There are the names
of three recipients and the briefest
accounts of the acts which won
them this honor And in the his
torical collection of the New
Hampshire Chapter, Of the Order
OF the Cincinnati Is the unidenti-
fed uniform with the purple heart.
Out Of the years Of the RevDs
luton and the $50 years of tn
Nation, Daniel BisseI, Daniel BrowM
and Elijah Churchill are the onl&
names we can associate with thu
order.
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~
William
Beverley.

EHIND the glass door Of
q cabinet in the Exeter,
* N. H., Museum there
hangs worn and faded
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-17
COUNCIL KILLS PLAN
FOR TOWN DIVISION
Fairfax Officials DiSapprove
Project to Set Up
Four Wards.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
FAIRFAX, Va, April 1.-THE Fair
fax town council, at its special meeting
this week, killed, at least temporarily,
the movement TO divide the town into
four wards, as authorized by the bill
put through the last session of the
State Legislature.
Councilman John M. Whalen moved
that the necessary steps be taken to
submit to the qualified voters of the
town the question of amending the
town charter in accordance with the
provisions of the act passed at the last
session providing for the election of a
mayor and one councilman at large and
one councilman resident III each Of the
four wards into which the town would
be divided by such an amendment to
the charter. The motion failed for lack
of second. There was no particular
discussion on the question, other mem
bers merely stating they were not in
favor of the act.
Voters Should Have Chance.
Councilman Whalen stated that, ire
Spective of whether or not he favored
the action, he felt that inasmuch as 80
per cent of the qualified voters of the
town are said to have signed the petit
ton sent to Delegate Freeman asking
for passage of such an amendment these
voters should have chance to express
their opinion by means of a referendum
vote.
Under the terms of the measure, the
six members of the present council
lob 7
M Whalen, A. r. Sherwood, Robert
Graham and George B. Robey, all of
whom were present at this special meet
ing-can kill the measure II they so de-
sire. The act provides that 1t shall not
be be enforced unless approved by q
majority of the qualified voters of the
town at a special election to be held
for the purpose on a day to be fixed by
the present council, by resolution of a
majority of its members" not less than
80 days after the bill went into effect
the bill became effective Immediately on
passage. The town election for six
councilmen and mayor is held the sec
ond Tuesday in June, but the present
council holds ONCE until September.
Temporarily Defeated.
Unless the present council reverses its
decision, therefore, the proposition is
defeated.
The council voted the sum of not
more than $500 to rebuild the sidewalk
on the west side of Payne street from
the residence of r. Walton Moore to the
entrance to the home of F. S. McCand-
lish, using new brick and widening the
walk inches. The street committee,
Councilmen Rust and Whalen, will be
in charge.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-17
CONTRACTOR is FREED
OF ASSAULT CHARGE
Case Against Landover Man Dis
missed at Hyattsville.
Other Cases.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
HYATTSVILLE, Md, April 17.-Fred
L. Fraley, contractor, of Landover, was
acquitted of charge of assault pre-
ferred by five colored men, by Judge j.
Chew Sheriff in the Hyattsville branch
of the Prince Georges County Police
Court yesterday. The colored men
charged Fraley pulled a gun on them.
Judge Sheriff not only dismissed the
charge preferred by the men, but made
them put up 5000 bond each on peace
warrants for their appearance at the
October term of the County Circuit
Court. The colored men gave the names
of Joseph Brown, John Parker, IgnatiuS
Brown, Lawrence Henson and Sandy
Woodrow.
william H. Naylor of Washington
pleaded guilty to a charge of trans
porting IS gallons of alleged liquor and
was fined $3.50 and costs by Judge
Sheriff. He was arrested on the Wash
ington- Baltimore boulevard here by
Deputy Ralph Brown and County Po-
liceman Claude Reese.
Theodore Scharf Of Baltimore was
dismissed by Judge Sheriff on a charge
of driving an automobile while drunk
He was arrested several days ago at
the Bowie races. His lawyer commended
that at the time of the arrest Mr.
Scharf was on private property and
Judge Sheriff agreed with him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-17
Life Term Is Given
Sweetheart Slayer
On Insanity Plea
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SALEM, Va, April 17.-Trial of
Buren, Hartman for the murder of his
1s-year-old sweetheart, Freeda Bolt.
late yesterday afternoon came to an
end in Roanoke Circuit Court when
counsel for both sides agreed to q
verdict of life imprisonment. Fol-
lowing this agreement the jury
brought in a verdict to that effect in
accordance with instructions from
Presiding Judge T. l.. Keister.
The verdict carried out a recon-
mendation submitted by two alien
lists after they had examined the
prisoner for q period Of Ave hours.
These two men, DR.. j. s. De Jar
nette, superintendent of the Westesn
State Hospital for the Insane, at
Stanton, and DR.. j. H. Bell, super
intendent of the State Epileptic Col
ony at Lynchburg, had been sum-
moned as witnesses by the prosecu-
ton after DR.. L. S. Pedigo of Roam
oke had testified for the defense
that the accused youth had the mind
of a 12-year-old child and was SUI
fering from an epileptic form Of in
sanity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-17
Bodies of Drowned
Men Taken From
Potomac River
snecial Disnatch to The star.

Special Dispatch to The star
HAGERSTOWN, Md, April IT.
The body of Clarence Unger, aged
IS, who drowned when a boat cap
sized last March % while crossing
the Potomac River near Great Caca-
pom, was found today a short dis
lance below where he met his death,
according to word received by Con-
stable Charles Barnhart, Hancock.
The body of william Mort, junior,
as, who was with Unger when the
boat upset. was found Tuesday
morning about 10 miles from the
spot where the boat capsized.
Unger and Mort were crossing to
the West Virginia side of the river.
A light which they had on the front
of the boat was seen to disappear
by persons on the Maryland side and
a search next morning led to the
finding of the overturned boat float
ing on the river surface. Searching
parties have been dragging the river
for several weeks without success.
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pride to our citizens The population
of this section is growing so rapidly that
conditions are becoming more acute
daily and cannot be ignored much
longer without serious consequences"
Aims House Satisfactory.
Conditions at the county aims
house were found generally satisfactory
by committee comprising Charles D.
Heffner, chairman; Eugene Entwistle,
John Smith, T. M. Taylor and w. D.
Blandford The entire jury, headed by
Foreman Joseph H. Blandford, reported
inspecting the county jail at Marlboro
and finding it lin clean and orderly
condition"
The report states the jury was in
session days, heard 81 cases, examined
ITO witnesses, returned A true bills
ignored 10 cases and dismissed 8 for
lack Of witnesses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-17
ALEXANDRIA NAMES
GRADUATION SPEAKER
Walter T. Siders of World Educa
tional Societies Selected to
Address Students.
Special Dispatch to The star.

Special Dispatch TO The star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, April 17.-Walter
F. Siders, field representative of the
World Federation of Educational Socie-
ties, will be the speaker at the Alexan-
dria High School graduation exercises
to be held in Maury School Friday, June
IL. This was announced following a
meeting of the school board last night.
Petition was received by the board
from the Parent-Teacher Association of
Mount Vernon School and George Ma
son High School asking that the library
at the high school be brought up to
standard by September l. The school
board will do its portion toward OBJ
tanning six standard libraries 1t was
announced.
The city has about concluded arrange
ments with Arlington County for the
turning over to the city of the portion
of the money received from the State
for the 1900 pupils in the two schools.
This was all paid to the county, but a
proportionate amount from January
to the end of the school year is due the
city, it is contended by the local board
and the county, 1t is understood, has
agreed to turn this amount over.
Appropriation for a flag pole at
Maury School was made last night
When this is erected the flag to be
presented the school by the Fraternal
Order of Americans will be accepted by
the school board.
The petition of the Parent-Teacher
Association referred to above asked for
a gymnasium at the George Mason High
School. The school board will request
City Manager Lawrence to allow the
roping off of Mount Ida venue between
Mount Vernon and Washington avenues
before and after school and during
recess for the children.
The petition also asked for sanitary
inspection of the ditch between the two
schools and the electric car tracks
A. S. Sheffield was appointed janitor
to succeed Janitor Mehrling, who died
a few days ago and David Dudley was
made night Waterman in Shefheld's
place.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-17
COOK HELD AFTER
THROWING PLATES
Domestic of Mr.. and Mrs.
Lawson. Johnson Under
Observation.

BY 9 Stan Correspondent OF Tine star.
BETHESDA, Md, April 17.-After
throwing plates and brandishing knives
at her employers, Mr.. and Mrs. Ormond
LAWSON johnson, at Kensdale, here,
Mrs. Mary Mason, 65 years old, was
subdued by patrolmen from the Mont
gomery County police substation here,
and sent to Rockville for observation.
When dinner was served yesterday
it was found that the meal was sat-
urated with kerosene. When it was
sent back to the kitchen, according to
the story told the police, the cook APP
peared, and accompanied a shower of
plates and other forms of chinaware
with loud screaming. other employees
of the place succeeded in getting the
woman into a room and locking her
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-17
RUN DOWN BY AUTO
Bradbury Heights, Nd, Man Taken
TO Hospital.

Knocked down by an automobile yes
terday, Thomas Jones, SO years old, of
Bradbury Heights, Md, was taken to
Casualty Hospital and treated by staff
physicians for decorations of the legs
and Commissions of the arms and head.
Clifford Wildeman, % years old, of
Brandywine. Md, was driving the car
which felled Jones, according to police
of No. IL precinct.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-17

up. and a call was put in for the police.
Patrolmen E. r. Jones, j. F. McAulltf1e
and j. e. Shoemaker responded, and
they had q lively tuSsle before they
succeeded in putting handouts on her
But she continued her shouting until
she was incarcerated.
She told the police that she was from
Newark, N. j. The woman had only
been employed in the Lawson-Johnson
house about a week
The Lawson Johnsons, who are So
cially prominent, were married recently.
Mrs. Lawson johnson is the former Mrs.
Lyman B. Kendall, internationally
known society matron.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-17
Firemen to Elect Delegates.

EVANSVILLE. Md, April II (Spe-
ciaD Delegates and alternates to the
annual convention of the Maryland
State Firemen's Association, to be held
in Baltimore June IL, IL and Is, will
be elected at a meeting of the Hyatts-
vile Volunteer Fire Department Mon
day night In the fire house at o'clock.
The meeting has been postponed from
last Monday night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-17

ment with a stable majority, but had
the bill sent back to them for recone
sideration by the Commons last night
with the amendment rejected by vote
Of 194 to So After a short discussion
of the measure this morning, and the
decision to abandon the amendment,
the Lords adjourned until April 20.
The army and air force bill now VIII
become a law in the form it originally
passed in the Commons, with its clauses
abolishing the death penalty for cow
ardice, desertion and other lesser Of
fenses intact. 1t was the point of view
of the Lords, among whom there are
many old soldiers, that removal Of the
firing squad penalties would be sub
versive to discipline in the army.
General business in Panama is much
hotter thu a wear ago
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-17
TAX BOARD NAMED
Judge Glasgow Complies With Re
cent Act of Legislature.
snecial pispatch to The star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
STAUNTON, Va, April 17.-Pursuant
to an act passed by the General Assem-
bly,, Judge Joseph A. Glasgow of the
Augusta County Circuit Court Tuesday
appointed county board of equalization
and tax adjustment
Members named to the board were w
w. Sproul, T. c. DickerSon, G. K. Fos-
ter and Turner Ashby. The first meet
ing of the board will take place In the
near future. According to the terms OF
the act, the chief function of the board
will be to serve as an appeals body for
real estate owners who feel their tax
assessments are unfair and inequitable