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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-02-06
Uncle Dudley


Sergeant Jacob Phipps quit the army
just once in his twenty-five years en-
listment.
Got a job with Robinson circus
he recalled briefly. First night OUT
with the Uncle Tom show they wanted
me to sleep with the bloodhounds and
jackass. Your Uncle Dudley jumped
the job and came back to the army"
Once the troops kicked about food
"Your Uncle Dudley" Phipps told
them, "has Travelled from the rock
bound coast of Maine to the golden
shores of California but never on such
good chow as you're getting in this
mans army. Don't forget it!
A cowardly blow with a bottle of
rum laid him low as his regiment left
for the lines. Phipps climbed from a
hospital window and rejoined the out
fit as soon as he was conscious. But
his pep was gone. He grew morose.
"Phipps is Old" said the officers
doubtfully. "What1l he do in the line
How'll he act under fre?'
Their answer came a few days later
when Phipps' company captured a
town. He led two platoons without
losing man. And some one had seen
him when Phipps climbed upon a fire.
step at III" hour and faced his troops.
IF you want to see the Statue of
Liberty again-follow your Uncle Dud-
ley" Phipps barked happily.
His goatee pointed aggressively
toward the enemy trench. Phipps
was himself again.
When "the Kid" Went West
Sergt. James ]. Washa of the One
Hundred and Thirty-first infantry cap
tured and killed enough enemy ma
chine gunners in the fighting of Au-
gust 9, 1918. to merit a Distinguished
Service cross.
On October 8 the sergeant and his
company crossed the Meuse and ad-
vanced through the mud toward Con-
senvoye. A group of stretcher bearers
approached The collar ornament Of
one of them identified him as a SOL
uACI VI SouipoAs -, OAC AuuOl GU
and Thirty-second infantry" the COM
pany to which Sergeant Washa's kid"
brother, Michael, was assigned.
"How's my brother, Mike Washa,
getting along?" the sergeant shouted.
Just saw him a mile down the
road" the stretcher bearer replied
Looked like he was badly shot up"
American soldiers, dead and wound
ed, there. everywhere, it seemed along
the road. Finally he came upon the
body of his brother. "The kid" was
dead.
The sergeant stopped down. He re-
moved diary and a Bible from the
youngsters inside pocket. A tiny
paper marker was in the Bible. He
turned to it 1t was marked in the
Book of Matthew, at the story of the
death of Jesus.
0a 1880. Western Newspaper Union,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-02-06

Isn't it possible that with con-
science as your guide. it can some
times be wrong?
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-02-06

Hearing about the law of the sur
vival of the fittest puts no ambition
in the unfit to defy it.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-02-06

Not Related
"Are you a native of Siberian"
"No, this is only my steppe coun-
try"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-02-06
True

"Why call it a dental parlor?"
''It's drawing room."-Louisville
Courier-J
Evening star., 1931-12-22
WOMAN, 43, KILLED
BY DRY AGENTS CAR
q. S. Prohibition officer, Jailed in
South Carolina, Says He Was
Chasing Rum Auto.
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
COLUMBIA. S. c.. December % -
Mrs. Mary Alma Jeffcoat, 43-year-old
New Brookland woman, was struck and
Killed near her home last night bv an
automobile driven by S. S. Sigh, jr, of
Columbia, Federal prohibition agent,
Sigh said he was chasing a rum
running suspect when the accident
occurred.
Sigh, at first taken to the Columbia
police headquarters, later was placed in
JAN at Lexington, pending an INQUEST
today. New Brookland, Columbia
SUBURB, IS in Lexington County. No
charges have been preferred against
the officer.
Chief of Police w. H. Rawlinson of
Columbia, who was in the vicinifv
when the accident occurred, said there
was some display of feeling in the
crowd that quickly gathered. He took
Silgn to the police headquarters but
Sherlf H. Cromer Oswald of Lexine-
ton County, later placed the Federal
agent in jail at Lexington
Mrs. Jefcoat was struck by the Fed
eral agents car as she, with two women
companions, started across the road
Death resulted Immediately.
Sigh said he had been chasing the
liquor suspect for several miles and did
not see the woman in time to avoid
the accident. AS soon as he struck Mrs
Jefcoat, he stopped his car, and the
one he said he was chasing escaped.
Evening star., 1931-12-22
BY the Associated Press.

SAN FRANCISCO, December %
Postal regulations and the juvenile be-
lief that Santa Claus lives in Alaska
or at the North Pole have combined
to shower the San Francisco post office
with thousands of sticky, scraWly, un-
stamped letters disclosing young Amer
ica's Christmas joys. troubles and de-
sires this year.
So great was the flow and so wide
was the appeal of the letters that
Harry L. Todd. San Francisco post
master, organized a movement which
Will assure every hopeful youngster of
receiving present or a greeting from
santa Claus. And out of the r,oce-
lnent Mr., Todd plans to create an in
visible santa Claus who will respond
III future to every such appeal
1he San Francisco post office re-
celVes large portion of the Santa
Claus mail in the United States be-
cause 1t is the dispatching poir% for
all mail to Alaska and because it is the
dead letter office for the Western part
of the country.
In the rush of Christmas mail dis
trlbutlon any letter bearing the name
Alaska" North Pole" or the like
quickly finds itself San Francs o.
bound unless tie sorter takes it in his
own hands to divert it toward oblivion
Addressed in everything from almost
illeglble childish scrawl to typewriting,
theSe letters ccme from all over the
Onlted states, Canada and Hawaii
Ihey made an unusual grist of mail
tnls year. even for Santa Claus Some
we're regularly stamped, others bore Red
cross christmas seals for postage. Still
otners mad no stamps at all, but thev
got here just the same.
some OF them brought tears to
santa eyes. Others made him chuckle.
They appealed to him so much that Mr.
Evening star., 1931-12-22
MUSSOL|N| MOURNS
AT BROTHERS. BIER
Premier Kisses Forehead of
Editor-ItaIy Saddened
by Death.
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
MILAN, December Premier
Benlto MusSolini arrived here by special
train from Rome this morning. kissed
the cold forehead Of his younger brother,
Arnaldo, who died yesterday, and bit
terly mourned the passing of his COL
laborator Of 10 years.
II Duce arrived at 7 am, after an
overnight trip. With him were his two
sons, Vlttorio and Bruno. They drove
Immediately to the Offices of the news
paper, Popolo d'Italia, of which Arnaldo
was editor and where his BODY Law in
state today, surrounded by dozens of
candles and banked high with flowers.
Fascist Legionnaires watched as a guard
of honor.
II Duce looked some minutes in silence
at the brother. His head was bowed.
!hen he stopped and revently kissed
Arnaldo's forehead. The Fascist Legion
nalres saluted and Vittorio and Bruno
knelt and said brief prayer for their
uncle. All three then left the room.
Goes to Brothers Home.
The premier drove at once to his
brothers home to comfort his widowed
siSter-in-law
Later he conferred with the family
and with Faclst leader over plans for
the funeral. which will probably be held
tomorrow. 1t is expected to be the oc-
caSlon or the greatest Fascist demon
Suatlon OF sympathy in the partys his
tory because of the esteem in which
Arnaldo was held as we'll as the hiph
position Of his brother.
Platoons Of gendarmes and Fascistl
maintained a constant guard outside
the newspaper building.
Paper Pays Tribute.
The paper, which Premier Mussolini
founded long before he was premier,
and which he still owns, appeared this
morning with its first page outlined in
black.
Our director is there in his ONCE
resting a notice said He is resting
on the desk at which he worked so hard
PEOPLE come to look at him with their
eyes filled with tears.
But the newspaper must go to press
ana 1t Will go to press. We continue to
work, but We move like robots"
Throughout the country prince and
peasant alike lamented the death of the
younger OF the two brothers.
Pope Plus XI sent his condolences
from Vatican City. Among the first to
arrive from out of the city was the
Duke Of Bergamo, who is Prince of
Savoia Geneva.
Inc body OF Arnaldo is clad in the
emblematic black shirt of Fascism. and
a group OF stalWart young members Of
the Fascist militia, in full regalia, forms
a guard of honor,
Evening star., 1931-12-22
JAIL Z IN KIDNAPPING
Of M|LL|ONA|RESS
PoliCe Trace Laundry Mark
to Cottage Identified by
Kansas City Victim.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY, December ga
laundry mark has led to the arrest of
two Kansas dairy farmers as minor par
tlcipantS in the kidnapping of Mrs. Nell
Donnelly, millionaire garment manu-
iacturer. Police said they had con-
fesSed
Gathering together loose ends of the
ABDUCTION plot, which ended in the
mysterious release of the victim and
George Blair her colored Chauffeur
without the payment of the demand of
$4,000 ransom, officers sought four
other men, reputed to have actually
executed the plot
Inc prisoners, farmers in Wvandotte
county. west of Kansas City. allegedlv
confessed, following their arrest late
last night, that they had supplied the
enaooy four-room rural cottage in
%nch Mrs. Donnelly was held from
last wednesday until Friday.
Cottage Identified.
loentlfication of the cottage by the
woman manufacturer was followed i'm
nleolately by the arrest of Paul Scheidt
22-year-old lessee of the cottage
scheidt, who also manages a milk DEPOT
at Bonner Springs, Kans.. implicated
Wllllam Lacey Browning, AZ, of Holli-
oay, hans., the second prisoner.
Inc cottage was located by de-
oectlves, who traced laundry mark
on towel given Mrs. Donnelly bv
ties aoauctors She wrapped the towel
aoout her neck and still wore it when
she was released. The mark was
traced to Emil G. Buinger, who owns
the cottage leased by Scheidt.
Omcers said Browning named Mar
snail De Pew, also of Holiday. as the
Naoer. De Pew. according to a state
Ileht released under Browning's sigma
Iure, suggested two months ago that
browning locate an isolated house in
&hch Paul Donnelly, husband of Mrs
Donnelly, could be held pending the
payment of ransom.
Other Men Named.
After promise of $500, Browning
Is alleged to have arranged with Scheidt
Tor the use of the latter. cottage The
building, located near Bonner Snrinos
Is situated IN wooded 20-acre tract,
reached by country lane. Scheidt was
declared to have been promised ST OOO
Tor the use of the house.
Other participants in the actual kid
haplng,. which took place in the drive
way OF Mrs. Donnellys South Side
home in Kansas City were said in
broWnlngs statement to include two
men from the East The statement re-
lated that Browning believed the men
to be from New York.
Evening star., 1931-12-22
GALE KILLS WOMAN
ON LINER; 81 HURT
Passengers Tell Tale of Ter.
ror After Vessel Reaches
Glasgow.

GLASGOW, December %. - One
woman was fatally injured and IS other
passengers were hurt when a storm
struck the Anchor liner Tuscania in
midocean last week passengers from
the ship said today when they disem-
barked here.
The ship left New York December
II for Belfast and Glasgow.
The dead woman was Mrs Sarah
Rodger. IN American. She was re-
turning to Ireland to visit friends after
80 years in the United States.
Passengers told a tale Of terror. The
vessel was struck, they said by gigan-
tic wave which swept many of them
off their feet. The ship was turned
around head-on once on Tuesday and
once again on Wednesday, they said,
by the force Of the gale.
On Wednesday night, they said, many
OF the third-class passengers we're in
the accommodation companionWay
when q tremendous sea swept over the
vessel, hurled men and women around
Evening star., 1931-12-22
MlAMI-HAVANA SERVICE
BEGUN BY GIANT PLANE
Caribbean Clipper, on Maiden Hop
to Cuba, Will Be Christened
by Machado's Daughter.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
MIAMI Fla, December %. The
Caribbean Clipper, second giant sea-
plane to be put into service of Pan
American Airways. took off from Miami
at O'Clock this morning on her maid
en- flight to Havana. The Caribbean
Clipper will be christened by Senorita
Nena Machado daughter of the Presi-
dent of Cuba, on its arrival in Havana
Harbor.
The flight, on which the seaplane
carried 29 passengers, marked inaugu-
ration OF new Miami-Havana air
passenger and mail service in which
both the American Clipper, which Col
Charles A. Lindbergh recently few 10
South America, and the Caribbean
Clipper will be used.
Evening star., 1931-12-22
SANTA CLAUS IN SAN FRANCISCO
RECEIVESHUGE CHRISTMAS MAIL
Postmaster of Coast City Arranges Group
to Answer Children Pleas for Gifts
Ending in Dead Letter Office.

Todd persuaded club women and
wealthy men Of San Francisco to form
the first organization in the United
States to take care of that part of
Santa Claus job and respond in some
manner to each letter.
The work Of this committee will be
the subject Of report next year to the
Post Office Department and to the Ma
tlonal Convention of Postmasters.
Some letters told of the death of a
parent: of iobless fathers and hungry
brothers and sisters; of yearning for
shoes and clothing, and some asked
Just anything you have to spare" One
youngster asked only a pair of size 8
socks and inclosed five pennies for
Santa to buy himself a pipe
A little girl in Honolulu said she got
nothing for Christmas last year and put
in big order. A youngster in Ten
nessee told of the poverty of his par
ents and asked Santas help.
Evening star., 1931-12-22
JURORS WILL TESTIFY

CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex, December
% R).-Jurors who tried V. Don Carlis
in November on charge of numbering
Alfred Steinbach, Cincinnati were
called to testify yesterday at the hear
ing of his appeal for a new trial.
In his motion for a new trial Carlis
claimed that jurors who convicted him
at the November trial and sentenced
him to 80 years Imprisonment dis
cussed the case improperly before It
was turned over TO them.
Due to the absence OF an important
witness the hearing was continued until
today.
Evening star., 1931-12-22
CHEVALIER IS SUED
S5OO,OOo Action Charges Infringe.

S5OO,OOo Action Charges Infringe
ment of Song Copyright.
LOS ANGELES, December % (P,-
Suit for s5OO0O0 was filed in Federal
Court here yesterday against Maurice
Chevalier, French motion picture actor.
by Charles Lasswell of San Diego,
charging Chevalier infringed upon the
copyright of his song called Ring
Now" by singing it without permission.
The action asks an injunction pro-
hioitlng further use of the song bv
r. c. A.-Victor Co. and Leo Feist pub-
Usher.
Evening star., 1931-12-22
Hero, Aged Z, Pulls
Drowning Brother
From Lake by Foot
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY, December %.
Henry Wirth, jr., S, fell into
Lake Lotawanna Sunday at
point where the water was seven
feet deep and was rescued by his
brother Robert, 7.
Robert, seeing his brother fall
from the edge of boat house
platform, ran to the spot, waited,
clutched a foot as 1t appeared
and pulled the sputtering Henry
from the water.
Il knew he'd come up," Rob-
ert told his father, Henry Wirth.
sr., who was working inside the
boat house. Don't they always
come up three times!"
Evening star., 1931-12-22
Falling Rcck Kills Driver

THE DALLEs, Oreg, December %
P).-A rock slipping from a high cliff
above the Columbia River highway
crashed through the top of Glenn May
fields automobile and killed him yes
terday. His aunt Mrs Frank Gross
miller, and a cousin. Kenneth Gross
miller, were uninjured. They we're re-
turning from the funeral Of an uncle.
Evening star., 1931-12-22
Kurdish Rebels Active.

CAIRO, Egypt, December % Up
The Beirut correspondent of the news
paper Ell Ahram reported Yesterday
that a Kurdish revolution had broken
out on the Irak frontier. and that
sharp. fighting had occurred between
Irak forces and rebels led by the Sheik
Iamed.
Evening star., 1931-12-22

In the swirling waters on the deck. and
only the GOODNESS Of the crew prevented
a panic.
Evening star., 1931-12-22

the third-class quarters and causing
the ship to lurch badly. The rush Of
water knocked over several third-class
passengers.
The statement paid tribute TO the
oehavlor OF the passengers and crew.
Inc snip sustained no structural damas se,
Evening star., 1931-12-22

Convenient weekly or
monthly payments do
not start until Janu-
ary 18th, 1882.
Evening star., 1931-12-22

In the swirling waters on the deck, and
only the GOODNESS Of the crew prevented
| a panic.
Wave Rushes Over Ship.
I'VE had heavy seas all the way from
New York" said John MCGUIRE of Fife,
a passenger, who returned home for
Christmas. "wednesday night it was
really bad.
L was standing with several other
passengers IN the accommodation COM
panlonWay when we were Mortified to
see the water come rushing down upon
us. The majority of the third class
passengers standing in the alleyWay
were swept of their feet.
An elderly woman was flung from
her chair and fell upon her heal. All
over the ship passengers we're thrown to
the decks, and groups of people who
were talking before the wave struck
found themselves in q heap"
The scene afterward ives remarkable,
MCGUIRE said The dining rooms,
cabins and lounges were flooded with
nearly feet Of water, and passengers
In evening clothes were drenched.
We didn't know" he said what
might be our fate. But those who
weren't hurt devoted all their attention
to those who were"
Injured All Go Home.
All the injured were able to proceed
to their homes when they landed here.
An official statement from the Anchor
Line said that after two days OF fine
weather the situation changed and on
three occasions the ship ho"e to.
On Wednesday evening, it is said, a
heavy sea broke aboard aft, flooding
The Alaskan., 1931-10-30

and purse seiners are required to stay outside an imaginary line drawn from Alki Point to West Point lighthouse off Fort Law ton. Fishing operations closer to the Seattle Harbor constitutes menace to marine traffic as well a sto fishermen, especially in a fog, according to the ordi- nance and Seattle shipping men.
 The State permits tend to draw the barrier in to a line be- tween the bellbuoy at Duwam- ish Head, West Seattle, to Four Mile Rock, at the foot of Mag nolia Bluff. Representatives oi the FiShermen's Union and Ct the steamship companies joined with the port warden and the state supervisor Of fisheries ir
 opening a conference in the Of
 flee of the mayor. The city of ficials are holding out for strict enforcement while the fisher r2en are seeking a compromise.
The Alaskan., 1931-10-30
FAIRBANKS BALKS AT SALES OF LIQUOR TO CHILDREN Fairbanks News -Miner)

Groundwork for a determined campaign against Fairbanks bootleggers with emphasis on those who persist in selling to children, was laid recently, when federal and city officials and ci- tizens gathered to denounce a vicious influence on the youth of the community.
 The meeting virtually amount jed to a warning to those con cerned that practices which ir Isome instances have gone un- punished in the past must come to a halt.
 Present were representative of the marshals office and U. 5 attorneys offices, the mayor and city councilmen, the superin- tendent of the public schools the Alaska College officials anc other citizens.
 All present pledged themselves to whole-hearted cooperation to stamp out what they branded as a menace.
 The matter of drinking al public functions was also dis cusSed, With the result that the lid will be clamped down tight Anyone entering a dance hall or any other public place in Fair.
 banks this winter in a state O
 intoXication or bordering upor
 it will find himself Summaril,
 elected.
The Alaskan., 1931-10-30
PAY SLASHES ADD TO WORLD
 GLOOM

Edward A. Filene, Boston mer,- chant prince recently declared, We haven't reached bottom yet" in discussing the industrial and economic problems of the world.
 His gloom was the result ot his belief that a succession O1 revolutionary movements in Europe are imminent"
 Bankers, business men and in- dustrialists must needs "get . vision" and change mass move mentS into industrial revolu- tions." This involves an increase of wages to enlarge consuIIing power, he declared.
 Our people have been fright ened by wage reductions. Lay ing off and cutting wages not on fly diminishes the buying power of those directly affected, but ii creates fear among others anc they save instead.
 If the 6,OOO,0OO now out o1 work were buying what they need," he declared, "the depres- sion would be over next year"
The Alaskan., 1931-10-30
OPPOSE SALES TAX

The recent convention of the A. F. of L., in Vancouver, B. c, opposed the sales tax in no un- certain terms and at the same time they urged more drastic inheritance tax. In their pro- gram they provided that taxa tion should be aimed at wealth and not at the consuming power of the nations wage earners."
The Alaskan., 1931-10-30
POOREST LIGHTED CITY
Fairbanks News -Miner)

Somewhere in the Good Book We read the following: "Let there be light, and there was light. We would like to have some good minister invite our mayor and council to church some Sunday morning and preach a sermon from this text; it might waken them up to the fact that we must have light in our fair city
 Why should Fairbanks, the best city in Alaska be kept ir the dark? In Nome, Seward, Anchorage and all over Alaska cities lights burn all night, and there are plenty of them.
 Tn Fairbanks the street lights are turned off at midnight, and the city is as dark as the "bot- tomless pit" Fairbanks is a poorly lighted city, even at it's best. The street lights are SC far apart that one has to carry
The Alaskan., 1931-10-30

ninistrative branches, should be eager to encourage every effort directed toward development activities.
 Congressman Murphy said:
 Recent increases in rates on the Alaska Railroad were unne- cessary and unfair; their effect is to decrease the systems busi- ness and to retard the develop ment of the country.
 "The federal government should rectify the mistake it has made in it's policy of administer ing the Alaska Railroad. Low CT rates should be restored. Ser vice adequate in every particu- liar, should be maintained.
 "The physical condition of the transport system should not be allowed to deteriorate; it should be improved. Neither Congress nor the Interior Department should worry nor quibble about an operating deficit. The nation can afford to meet this compara- lively small deficit in the inter- est of the Territory, for ultimate ly Alaska will repay many-fold.
 Northern treasure vaults have enriched the nation witt great wealth. The Territory merits generous consideration
 "The many and varied re- sources of Alaska are marvellous Time and money will be neede to develop them"
 Congressman William R. Eat
The Alaskan., 1931-10-30
YcU TELL ONE

J. H. Engasser of Mraysville, Cal, tells this fish story and he had a fifty-one-pound salmon as exhibit "A"
 He said he caught the salmon in the Feather River near Marys vile without hook, line or spear He deposes he saw the fish leap cn sand bar and that he swan to the bar and sat on the fish until it died.
The Alaskan., 1931-10-30
CITY AND STATE IN DIS.l TE

Controversy as to Whetfle3 the City ot Seattle or the St ate of Washington shall regulate the fishing limits for gillnetters and purse Seiners at the entrance Of Elliott Bay, was taken to the Of- fee of Mayor Robert H. Harlin for adjustment.
 The dispute has developed from conflicts between permits issued by the State Department of Fisheries and restrictions laid down by City ordinance which the Port Warden is attempting to enforce with vigorous support from shipping interests.
 Under city ordinance gillnet
The Alaskan., 1931-10-30
CONGRESSMAN URGE AID
 FOR ALASKA

From Fairbanks News Miner
 True to their word while here n Fairbanks our distinguished guests, the visiting congressman, are loud in their praise of the Territory, and while in Juneal on their return trip to the States said the federal government, through it's legislative and ad-