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MUSICAL, DANCING,
DRAMATIC.

SAXOPHONES, TRUMPETs, HAWAIIAN
GUITARS. BANJOS-LOANED FREE,
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support himself by his painting so he was
obliged to seek other means for a livelihood.
Despite the fact that he was not trained musi-
clan, he applied for position church organ
list and got the job. His friends tried to help
him. but sometimes, after they had secured
payment in advance for portrait Stuart would
lose interest in the work and never finish it.
Yet when man refused TO pay him, that was
a different matter. The artist once made
gate for his pig sty from a portrait Of a sitter
who refused to pay for it.
Stuart married in England, but he couldn't
settle up, and he wouldn't settle down. Two
years after his marriage he was deeply IN debt
He fled into ireland to escape his creditors and
while there he painted three kngs-Louis XVI,
George III and George ". The painter at
ease with all sorts of people. He had the
graceful manners of a well bred gentleman
and he loved to hear himself talk He often
entertained his sitters with original and dra-
matte stories.
GILBERT STUART studied under Benjamin
West and Sir Joshua Reynolds in London.
His eminence and ability were acknowledged
during the lifetime of Reynolds, his master,
whom he painted. Eventually his fame as a
portrait painter spread until he had more
orders than he could ILL., despite the high prices
he charged for his portraits At time it
seemed that the artist would become very
rich man. But he devised scheme that soon
put end to such a possibility.
The prosperous young painter rented a fine
house in London, furnished it handsomely and
then hired famous French cook. When all
was ready he invited ~ of the most interesting
people in London to his house. He showed
them the seven cloak pins in his hall and ex-
planned THE first seven of you who come
each evening shall dine with me. The eighth
guest, seeing the cloak pins full must return
home and pray for better luck next day" The
circulating party lasted six months BY that
time Stuart was poor again, but he said he had
been amused and saved from boredom while it
lasted.
Stuart often declared that he felt impeIled
by desire to give to his countrymen faithful
portrait of Washington. With this end in view
he returned 70 America IN 1892. He never saw
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Washington until 1894, just four years before
the great mans death. Stuart painted Wash
ington three times from life In one year, but
for the first time in his career the artists easy
assurance left him. He never at ease in
the presence of the iustrious statesman.
The best known portrait of Washington is
Stuarts Athenaeum portrait, which now hangs
in the Boston Museum of Art. This picture
shows the left side of Washington's face, and
although Stuart finished the head he never
completed the background and the costume for
he desired to make as many copies as possible
before he released the portrait from his studio.
The artist made so copies of the Athenaeum
portrait. The two Stuarts in the Capitol are
copies from the picture made from life. This
portrait shows Washington, the President, when
he tired, old man, bewigged, powdered
and tremendously dressed. His mouth was dis
figured by badly-fitting set OF false teeth and
the entire countenance wears an expression Of
melancholy and seriousness.
Gilbert Stuart was a master at painting
heads; he diSliked costumes and painted them
carelesSly. He once said, Il copy the works OF
God and leaves clothes to tailors and mantua-
makers" He did not initiate the old masters.
When and how he acquired his technique can
not be determined, nor could he teach 1t to
others; it seemed to be entirely his own. Stuart
never signed portraits because, he said, my
mark is all over them" This talented Amer
lean, who painted three European kings before
he returned to his own country, also painted six
Presidents of the United States-Washington
John Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe and
John Quincy Adams. He died in 1928 and was
buried in Boston Common.
THERE is another interesting portrait of
Washington in the Senate wing Of the Capt.
toll which is the work of the celebrated artist,
Charles Wilson Peale, who painted Washington
in his full maturity, full Of life and vigor, and
10 years before he lost his teeth This portrait
was made in 1779 and sold to the Count de
Menou of France who sold it to Charles B.
Calvert of Maryland in 1841 for 5000. The
United States Government bought the picture
in 1882 for $1,000. This large canvas is still
in a marvellous state of preservation despite the
fact that for more than 100 years It was moved
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lODAY, the 199th anniversary of the
birth of George Washington, there is
a keener interest manifested in the
first President than ever before in the
history of the Republic because of
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TALE IF BALLOTS T0 BE RET0LD
 . ME COMMITTEE
RESOLUTION WOULD AUTHOR FEE ASTOUNDING OF
 BALLOTS

M WASHINGTON, Jan., 21, (P)- The inquiring eyes of Yves campaign fund committee turned to the balloting of the 1928 pres idential election.
 Authority for broadcasting the inquiry was given on motion of Senator Glass of Virginia and making it possible to study the further activities of Bishop Jas. Cannon.
 The Bihop successfully chal- lenged the committee for auth ority to go into his anti-Smith activities.
 Nye, at present, is concen- trating on the Alabama senator ial election in which Heflin charged the election was stolen. A resolution is before the Sem ate authorizing impounding of the ballots.
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POPULAR COUPLE ARE WE'D IN THIS CITY:
 BOTH OF JUNEAU

"A romance of three years cul- minated in Seward last even- ing with the marriage of Miss Victoria s. Spalding and MT. Ho- mer W. Jewell, popular Juneau couple. Mrs. Jewell was an arri- val last evening on the SS Admir- el Farragut. MT. Jewell recently arrived from Anchorage.
 Witnesses were Marie F. Har- wood and F. F. Harwood, Father B. R. Hubbard, $. J, officiating. Following the marriage a lun- cneon was served at. the resi- aence of AIr. and Mrs HarWood.
 For the last three years Mrs. Jewell has been a member of the Juneau office staff of the Alas Ea Game Commission. MI. Jewell flas long been associated with the Commission and is very well known throughout the Territory as an efficient and capable off eer.
 During their stay in the city the newlyWeds are guests at the Hotel Van Glider. They plan del parting for Anchorage on the next train but will return to Jul aeau in a few weeks, there to make their home.
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GLACIER PRIEST
 ARRIVES IN SEWARD

Rev. Bernard R. Hubbard, s. J, on years leave of absence from the University of Santa Clara, California, arrived last night on the Admiral Farragut.
 From Seward he iS beginning the main stretch of his trek into the Interior where he is to take motion pictures of the work of the pioneer Jesuit missionaries on the Yukon.
 Father Hubbard has just com pleted lecture tour in the larg- CT Eastern cities where capacity audiences saw his unique and in spring motion pictures and heard the Glacier Priest unfold the Wondrous beauties of Alaska. Hun dreds of tourists are lured an nnally to Alaska from hearing Father Hubbard's lectures.
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BISHOP CANNON, JR., " IS UP AGAIN F0R
 ANOTHER Qu|Zz|NC

WASHINGTON, Jan, 21. (P) Bishop James Cannon, Jr, faces Investigations by the Nye com nlittse for his anti-Smith aeti- vities in Virginia and other Southern States in 1923, and also by a group of elders of the Meth odist Episcopal church in the South
 # Nye attempted to question the Bishop before on his activities but the Bishop successfully de- fled the probe.
 The elders will meet here in an attempt to determine whether he cannot be held for trial before a general conference. The charg- Hes of the church have not been named but it is understood to include political, stock market and other activities.
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MILLIONS BE SPENT THIS YEAR IN J. {.
 NETWORK ROADS
5GO. O.0OO MEN EXPECTED TO BE EMPLOYED ON BUILDING
 OF ROADS

WASHINGTON, Jan 2l. (P- New roads sufficient to circle the globe will crisscross America this lear at an estimated cost of sse6, ,O48,92 of which the feder- al government will provide $293,- 100000
 Approximately 5000 miles of the 10000 miles of roadwork will be paving; 3Oo,oOO men are expected to De employed in the Pacific Coast states.
 A total of S78,311, 800 are for the upkeep and the improvement of old roads and construction of new roads which will employ 16,000 men on 2,349 miles of road i'm clnding new and old roads.
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VALIDITY OF l8TH
 AMENDMENT ISSUE
 ARGUED, ATTORNEYS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2l. (Pl

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2l. (# The validity Of the eighteenth amendment is at issue in the supreme court at attorneys ar- que over it's merits and Federal Judge William Clark's ruling that the amendment was illeglally ar dopted.
 Solicitor General Thatcher pre- pared an argument for the case which presented the question which had previously been unde- cided.
 Attorneys upholding Judge Clark's decision prepared to argue that the amendment was illegally adopted and therefore invalid.
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LOCAL, WEsTBOuND
 . FARRAGUT PASSENGERS

Incoming arrivals last night on the SS Admiral Farragutt includ- led E- L- Winterberger from Cor doya, R. A. Landers from Juneau, Rev. Bernard R. Hubbard, J. S., Santa Clara, Calf; H. W. Mar tin, Seattle; Mrs. M. Benson, Tom King, Mrs. E. Gullufson, from Latouche. The Farragut returns from the westward next Monday sailing south Tuesday evening following the arrival of the passenger train from the In teriOr.
 WeStbound passengers included Miss Anna Lundstandt for Sel- dovia; MT. and Mrs. W. U. Wag- ner for Kodiak; MT. and Mrs. Fred Miller for Ouzinkie; Mrs. R. H. Bradford for Kodiak; Carl Alnly for Kodiak, H. Sundely for Sel- dovia; MT. and Mrs. c. E. Wei singer and children for Kodiak.
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COUNTRY SWINGS
 BACK ID NORMAL
 SAYS STEEL HEAD
FOREIGN COUNTRIES CON. DEFINED FOR FLOODING
 U. s. FARM PRODUCTS

CHICAGO, Jan, 21, (P-James Farrell, president of the United States Steel Co.,, says the coun- try is swinging back to normal.
 In an address here he said the peak of the depression passed 30 days ago and the time has come for greater enterprises in trade for loosening of business.
 We are quite capable of do- ing more than was done in 1880, { he said, and advised against reduction in wages saying that would reduce the purchasing power of earners and would res trict consumption.
 He condemned those countries seeking to flood the United States with farm products when this country had a surplus of it's own.
 He said foreign fighting against the tariff is useless; that such countries should strive for a market where there is no sur plus.
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NEITHER HEADS
 NOR TAILS JAN
 BE DETERMINED
WTCKERSHAM COMMITTEE RE- PORT SEEMS BE CROSS
 WORD PUZZLE

WASHINGTON, Jan, 2l, P- The dispute over the WickerSham report centered on two points; that of how far the commission |can go toward recommending a revision of the law and what will De the effect On President Hoover.
 Commission members w ere aroused over the reports that Hoover had intervened to fore stall unequivocal modification proposal.
 Wickersham said The state ment in the Washington Herald that the President had pursuad- led the commission to abandon la tentative recommendation in favor of revision, is absolutely untrue and without foundation.
 None of the commissioners are willing to discuss the months of investigation or debate, or how their decision was reached in the combined report in the suggested draft of a new amend ment which was preceded by an "if' and the statement that their opinion was divided, yet six Iof the 1l declared in appended statements that th ey favored either revision ar repeal, and two alluded to revision as if they un- derstood in full the commission was for it.
 Until ali members speak of the report it will be interpret as wet and dry or 4straddling" the question.
 There is less dispute over the position of Hoover for ne Said it was definitely agreed that the amendment should not be re- pealed and he didn't want it un- derstood that he favored revi- sion.
 Some vets said they consider ed the Presidents stand as an amazing view for revision lean ing which some declared they saw in the report. itself
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ALFRED LOMEN Is ELECTED SENATOR FROM
 THE SECOND DIVISION

JUNEAU, Jan., q, R)-Only one precinct is missing from the Second division and Alfred Lom- en, Republican, is elected Sena- tor, reported the Territorial can- vassing board composed of Gov. Geo. A. Parks and Collector of Customs Mcbride.
 They have completed the offi- cial count. The unofficial count from Council was Lomen IA and Anderson II.
 Senator Lomen is aboard the SS Alameda southbound
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suDDENDLY STRICKEN M. ACUTE HEART TROUBLE
 FRANK DECKER 1IEs

Frank BeCkeT, WnO mas been on the reportorial staff of The Gate way at various times during the past three years, died this morn ing at about 8:15 from acute heart trouble.
 He had been in the Gateway office but few minutes before his sudden passing and appar- antly was in his usual good health for he had not complain ed of being unwell; in fact he had never been heard to Say that he was afflicted with heart trou- ble.
 A marked talent for journalism coupled with an exceedingly ilikable disposition, created for him a wide circle of friends. He Ican be ranked as an Oldtimer of Alaska for it was more than 20 years ago when he first arrived in Alaska from the States, lo- eating in the Iditarod district. He followed newspaper work and mining there for a couple of years, then back to the States where he worked on many of the leading papers until the "Call of the North became too strong. Three years ago he returned and since then had spent his time
 between Seward, Kodiak an q Sitkalidak Island, While in the Westward region ha was corr respondent for The Gateway and field representative of the Asso- ciated Press.
 Franks alma mater was the University of Virginia from which ne was a graduate Eff law. He seldom spoke of his per sonal affairs but. it..is known he practiced law in the East for a number of years, later, changing ms vocation to that of reporter He had also studied at two oth- #er colleges but for what degrees, .or length of time, is not known. He was versatile writer and .had a real affection for Alaska; he had intended to eventually entering the trading business and is thought to have been in cor- .respondence with persons in the Interior.
 To his many friends, Franks sudden passing, IS a distinct shock and especially so to the writer who was the last to con- verse with him. Frank was about 45 years of age
 Local authorities are endeayor ing to get in touch with relatives
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BLAZES INSIDE CIRCLE,

The first electric sign inside the Arctic Circle is claimed for Fort Yukon, as told to the News Miner by Dr. Grafton Burke a recent visitor in Fairbanks II is on the three story building of Michael de Michael who runs a cold storage plant. It reads "Ice Cream-Salrnon.n
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DOLLAR DIVIDEND

NEW YORK, Jan 20. (P1 -
 Directors of the International Mercantile Marine Co.,, voted to pay one dollar dividend to B. 500 holders of the non par stock The dividend will total $500, ,OOO, P. A. Franklin, president of the company, announced.
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Benjamin Messer, Juneau lad, ls making 3 fine record at the Colorado school of mines. renorts the Empire. He received an honor mark in one subject and As in all others, at the end of the first quarter.
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ENDS SENTENCE

PLATTsBURG, New York, Jan 20. (P)-John Bum Rodgers, no- torious New York criminal serv- ing a life sentence at Danne- mora Prison, committed suicide by hanging himself while in soli- tary confinement.
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REQUESTED ITO DEPART

LONDON, Jan. 20. (P - A Home official refused to deny or confirm a report that Tallulah Bankhead, American actress, had been virtually requested to de- part for the United States.
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DEATH IS A DOOR

CBy Nancy Byrd T'urner) Death is only an old door
 Set in a garden wall On gentle hinges it gives, at dusk When the thrusheS call. # Along the Intel are green leaves Beyond, the light lies still. Very willing and weary feet Go over that sill. There is nothing to trouble any heart, ..#.#.
 Nothing to hurt at all. Death is only quiet door # In an old wall.
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STILL WORKING

After operating continuously for nearly nine months and es- tablishing a record, the Gilmore Dredge of the Fairbanks Explor- ation Company quit last week. says the News Miner, but the Cleary upper dredge is still turn ing over.
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SET FREE

PARIS, Jan. 20 (P) - The Chamber of Deputies voted 27O to 258 in favor of setting free from prison Andree Marty and Jean DucloS, Communist Depu- ties who were confined in 1928.
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HAS INFLUENZA

BERLIN, Jan. 20. Chan cellor Pruning is confined to his b1d with influenza contracted dur ing his recent tour of east Ger many.
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KILLED 400

KEWEITEH, China, Jan, 21, P)-Bandits killed 400 persons and kidnapped 1000 south of here. Ten thousand soldiers here did not oppose them
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DEATHS

Mary lane Riser, 90. 3s X st. n. E.
Sarah Eliz McCann. IS. S2l Eye ST.
David A. Collins. 81. 1910 North
Rev. Luther ThornhilI so s1G2 Seven
teenth St. n. w
Mary f. Mahony, II, $500 Colorado
Ave. n. w.
Fred D. Chambers II, els Ninth
samuel springman. -. 92S x st. s.W.
Robert F.. Belt. 20, 1927 D st. S. r.
George C. Dennison, 81, Homeopathic
Priscilla F. Reinmuth, IS, s24s n
stephen Frank, s4 sol B st; S. f;
George W. Wallace, 50. 1888 Kalo-
Alice ]. M. Davis ST. '5s7 Center
susan Pierson, So Georgetown Hos
Ida Coleman, A., Gallinger Hospital
william ]. Lille, ~. Soldiers Home
David steinar As. s15 Four-and one
Marguerite Chaplin Warner, 80, George
Washington University Hospital
Robert N. Covington' 3d. O"''eu
States Veterans Hospital.
John 8. Calls, "a. Gallnger Hospital. J..
Joseph L. Jeffries, IL. Providence
Hospital. o-r
William Joseph Dobbs, 1 month Chill
dren's Hospital. ,o
Charles A Mattimore, 59' llAS
Eleventh St N. w. ..,-
Maize Scott Ellington, A. GURUS
Arthur R. Brown, As. 1924 Third st.
s. w. e.
Helen Carroll. Al, 1909 Marion St.
n. W. -, ,., n
Andrew Lee Yorborough, 3S' lf"l y
st. N w. . .u,..
Hospital. ...,
Leona Banks, 20, Garfield Hospital.
I,ottie Johnson, IS. Casualty Hospital
Clark w. Frazier. 10 months, chill
dren's Hospital
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CHURCH ORIGIN
WILL BE TOLD

Beginning tomorrow at p. M,
the Rev. DR.. 2 B. Phillips, rector
of the Church of the Epiphany,
will give one of a special series
of lecture-sermons on The ORR
gin, Development and Influence
of Christianity in the World"
His Subtopic tomorrow evening
will be, THE Genesis of the
Christian Church." and subse-
quent sermons in this interesting
and instructive course will have
to do with THE Roman Empire
and the Rise of the Papacy,"
The Moslem Invasion and It's
implications" Medieval Theol-
ogy and the Renaissance" The
Reformation" Henry the Eighth
and the Church of England" and
The Church and the World To
day"
DR.. Phillips also will occupy
his pulpit at the IL o'clock ser
vice tomorrow morning. preach
ing on the theme, available
Sources of Power in the Crises of
Life"
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CHURCH PLANS
LINCOLN FETE

On Sunday morning at the
New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church, DR.. Sizoo will conclude
his morning series of three SER
mons on the theme. What Chris
tianity Can Do" with the subject,
Christ AS Power"
At the o'clock service DR..
Sizoo will continue his discussion
of last Sunday evening on What
Then Is Christianity"
On Thursday evening of next
week the usual church fellowship
night will be observed. The din
ner and informal hour afterward
will have an unusual interest to
those privileged to share it be-
cause it marks Lincoln's birth
day. Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford
Bergman will be guests at the
dinner.
The quartet will render a mu-
sical program and DR.. Sizoo will
preside. The address on Abraham
Lincoln will be delivered by a
distinguished Lincoln scholar, the
Hon. Theodore G. Risley, solicitor,
Department of Labor.
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BONUS FACTION
FIGHTS LOAN
INCREASE

While Administration leaders of
the House went forward today
with their plan for compro-
mise on cash payment of the
soldiers bonus" militant origi-
mai hackers of the cash payment
served notice they would fight it.
The compromise plan, which
includes increasing the loan value
Of certificates, is understood to
have been approved by Secretary
Of the Treasury Mellon.
Although Mellon has flatly op.
posed changes in the present
law, under which adjusted SER
vice compensation certificates are
payable in 1945, he is said to be
willing to raise their loan value
to aid needy veterans.
Needy Would Get Aid
BY increasing the loan value
from % to A to SO per cent and
reducing the interest rate from 6
to 4 per cent, aid would be given
to needy veterans, Representative
Bacharach (RO of New Jersey
maintained. Cost of the plan
would be under $500 100000, and
would entail little Treasury fl
nancing, he said.
Representative PatmAn D. OF
Texas, who has led the fight for
Immediate cash payment OF the
three and a half billions of ad'
justed service certificates, Spurned
the compromise.
Loan Value Slight
. The plan, he said, would per-
nit veterans to borrow, or. the
average, about $3.50 more than
they now may borrow. He added
81 will continue my fight for
cash payment. The Govern
ment owes a debt to the vet
Grams, they need the money,
and the Government can pay it.
1.-THE loan Elan would, of
course, afford some relief, but
it will also cause some veterans
to sacrifice their certificates
entirely. The interest on their
loans will eat up the certifi.
Gates by the time of maturity,
In 1945."
The proposal of Owen D
Young, chairman of the Gen
eral Electric Company, that par
tlal cash payment be made to
needy veterans has been rejected
by both Administration leaders
and the Patman group. The
plan, Patman maintained, would
force veterans to make "a pau
per's OATH"