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Evening star., 1933-09-03
The Famous Revolutionary Hero Rides A.gain
Through Pennsylvania S Countryside, So
the Strange Tale Goes, and There's
Another Pair Of Spooks Said to Be
Haunting the Same Neighbrhood.

has been seen crossing the lawn In midaftef-
noon and has also been met In various corners
Of the house.
A daughter Of the present owner, Mrs. Mary
Shinohara, saw him cne day as she entered
by the back door. She nearly colided with him
as he nonchalantly strolled from the billiard
to the drawing room She couldn't see his
face because it was turned slightly, and 1t was
hidden by his military cloak and campaign hat.
Another daughter, Mrs. Frank H. Shoemaker,
declares the Little Gray Lady musically in
clined, frequently sings cid drawing room
ballads, accompanying herself on the old piano.
Mrs. Shoemaker clearly recognized the lovely
strains Of Believe Ne If All Those Endearing
Young Charms"
At first it sounded like a kitten on the keys
and again as If cherubim we're plucking .
harpsichord-or whatever it is one does to .
harpsichord.
She also testified that, while they still lived
in the house, they frequently saw the ghosts.
They always appeared at about twilight or mid
night.
Besides these reports, the Cynwyd ghosts
are vouched for by no less august body than
the London Society for Psychical Research.
Albert J. Edmunds, librarian Of the Pennsyl-
vania Historical Society, has become interested
in the ghnstly tales and notified the Londcn
organization. Agents for the Psychical Re-
searchers came saw and authenticated.
A L1SO. it so happened that when the at-
tempted pillaging brought the haunted
house and its haunters into the spotlight .
few weeks ago the Pennsylvania State Spiritual
ist Association was holding its annual conclave
at q Philadelphia hotel With none dissenting
the spiritualists declared the Colonel and his
lady to be frst-claSs ghosts, really on the up
and-up.. One Justin r. Duvall, q local medium
besides pumping strongly for the authenticity
of the twain, added his fragment to the ghostly
legend.
Some years ago." says Mr.. Duvan, two
young women visited the mansion. Asleep In
the blue room, the girls were awakened by q
strange voice. Looking up, they saw woman
standing over the bed. talking to the Colonel.
who gazing out of the window.
NY" murmured the Little Gray Lady for
It was indeed she, "look at the sweet young
girls sleeping In our bed"
Then, as in . dream, the wraiths vanished.
leaving behind an aura Of mystery.
The mansion where these ghosts disport also
has historical association. The eight marble
pillars fronting the house are from the home
of Robert Morris, financial genius Of the Revo-
luton, who imported them from England
History and spirits Notwithstanding, the place
has been ransacked by vandals several times.
Rugs, furniture, costly linens have been taken.
Seems as If there are burglars who think
more of species Of the realm than they do of
ghosts.
Evening star., 1933-09-03

SOe$cn OF zen. An<HOUy ~ O9VSS, JrOWt
Po;nsiug Of the famous Revolutionary
hero.
story but the picture is exhibited, although
some doubling Thomas might explain Il Is a
double exposure
co rests the matter of Mad Anthony" who
- won undying fame on July midnight in
1779 when he assaulted the British fortress at
Stony Point on the Hudson with Q special
force Of light infantry. With empty muskets
and fixed bayonets the courageous fighting
mAH wrought havoc. ruin and desolation within
the supposedly impregnable walls Of the fort
re8 When the last wild shrek was buoyed
a~ay on the river breeze, Wayne was the
victor, the entire garrison Of 600 valiant
British his prisoners.
But now say the peace loving citisens Of
Radnor. his immortality would be more gladly
acknowledged If he would only resign himself
to the feet that his brave soul is no longer
clothed IN flesh.
Over in Cynwyd less than league re-
moved, another ghostly pair disturbs the com-
posure Of those soft sisters who like their
spirits under glass or between the covers of
q book. It is the Colonel and the Little Gray
Lady:
Though THIS duo has been around for years,
Evening star., 1933-09-03

IN lad ANTHONY" the fsmed HeVo'o''ohafs
i~l War hero who won history's plaudits
for his daring onslaughts against the British
and later the Indians. is back. Back to the
peaceful area he knew as rustic youth
Astride his glorious bay mare, Nancy, he dashes
madly through the night on ghostly gallops to
nowhere, his coattails flying in the wind.
The rattling clank of his FURNISHED sword
attends him on his night rides. Startled
moderns. who don't believe in ghosts. first hear
him come, then catch q quick glimpse of his
solcierly figure clad in . gray tunic with white
stripes criss-crossed over his chest. tri-
cornered hat of ancient years on his head, as
he races by at breakneck speed or meits into
the bush.
At first police, to whom wary residents re-
ported sight of the spooky mount, were in
clined TO- we'll you know what 1t is. After all,
Mad Anthony" has been dead these 1877 years.
But when an ordinarily infallble cop reported
he had seen the shadowy night rider, and that
same had merely applied more speed IN re-
sponse to his command to halt
And when local athlete, driving his car
through a tempestuous downpour. caught the
horseman in the beam Of his headlights only TO
see man and beast merge with the impossible
bush lining the road. why. the police got
trife dizzy.
T7een reports came flowing in. A young
girl had played in a field with the intangible
mare, had ridden her in q nearby wood. A
motor cycle patroman rounded up the beast.
cloeeted her in q penned-of meadow. When
he returned no sight of Nancy could be had.
though four other horses that he had placed
Ia the inclosure with her were calmly chewing
grass, awaiting liberty
Later, Richard Fielding, An amateur photog-
rapher of nearby Straf1ord. snapped q picture
of Gen. waynes tomb at old ST. Davids
~y>ek,,k kI,nr r1,riy,a
nary an animal did he see In the church
yards vicinity. Yet. when Mr.. Fielding de-
veleped the film, what should be superimposed
on 1t but--you guessed it-"Mad Anthony's'
tE1sly old bay marei
Xc2 don't have 10 beAsse M. Ne3ding's
Evening star., 1933-09-03

the public was first enlightened as to their
existence when bandits attempted to strip
their pretentious domicile Of its rich trappings.
Then the tale was told.
The Colonel and his Little Gray Lady, it
seems, were entangled in q triangle. Though
some insist she was his maiden sister. others
proclaim that the lady was his wife. The
Colonel, an officer in the Union Army, brought
his bride to the now dilapidated mansion, they
say, when Oh to the wars went he.
Returning home Unexpectedly. he found her
in the arms Of a young doctor from nearby
Merton. Out whipped the Army pistol Bang!
Bang! Both male principals lay on the floor,
squirming in the grip of death. Shortly there
after the lady died.
Now the Colonel and the Little Gray Lady
are doing q proficient job Of ghosting In the
stone and wood structure which is composed
o( 10 rooms, three baths, . wine cellar and an
underground passage.
The debilitated mansion now belongs to the
William McGeorge estate. McGeorge's children
and grandchildren, who formerly occupied the
haunted house have seen the apparitious more
than once.
Evening star., 1933-09-03

An ordinarily i~totiible cop reported
he had seen the shadosoy night rider.
and the same had merely applied more
speed uhen commanded to halt"
Evening star., 1933-09-03

'~' Of McGeorge says she has seen the Little
Gray Lady herself, and she will mount any
wisaess stand to demonstrate the keenness of
her vision and the clarity Of her brain.
TT was several years ago." Miss Schof def
antAy prociaims. Il was coming UP the back
stairs and, turning a corner at the second floor,
I saw hsr standing there. It was in the middle
of the day. I screamed and ran downstairs
That particular corner of the stairway Is said
to be favorite lounging spot for the Little
Gray Lady. Oshers have reported seeing her
there.
The 0slcnel, being IN outdoossy gentleman,
Evening star., 1933-09-03

speed iCHPn commanded TO n0St.
BY SIDNEY A. TANNENBAUM.
HE ghosts you read about in fiction
may rattle their chains and clank
their bones in an atmosphere of eerie
mystery. They may 60 about in mid
night hours with the sole purpose
of soaring the wits out Of readers
But the shades that have been reported to De
cayorting in and around the Philadelphia
countryside recently are Of another Tx. Wen
hammered and pleasant they are the kind OF
spooks that even our best families might regard
as embellishments.
They play all sorts of enhancing tunes on
pianos and things. They have an eye 1or
pretty girl, and they dash hither and yon about
and around the fat suburbs Of the Quaker City.
In addition they have the approval of the Lon
don Society for Psychical ReSearch-that Is,
two of them have-which classines them as
high grade. A-No. ghosts
Gen. Mad Anthony" Wayne, or rather his
specter is doing the dashing about-on horse.
Of course Another military man, colonel In
the Union Army during the Civil War, and his
once pretty young wife are the charming pair
who are going through all sorts OF Highland
low-jinks in the deserted mansion which once
they occupied. These lovely persons are known
to all and sundry-especially since the at
tempted robbery of their mansion few weeks
aeo-as the Colonel and the Little Gray
Lady
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-09-20

these technicalities and still pre- serve the right of fair trial and the principle that defendant is innocent until proven guilty. - Furthermore, firearms must be controlled" says Cummings. Pub lie opinion is enough aroused, believe, to permit the speedy pas sage of bill controlling the man. ufacture, sale and interstate trans portation of firearms"
 Would Ban Machine Gun
 Experts studying the matter point out that the manufacturer of one particular weapon, the sub caliber machine gun, should be prohibited entirely. Neither the army nor officers of the law use it.
 Means to curb the manufacture of the stink bomb will undoubt- edly be sought. It is used by racketeers to exact tribute from
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-09-20
u. s. OFFICIAL
 IS THREA TENED BY UNDERWORLD
Joseph Keenan, Leading Nation s Drive on Crime,
 Slated for Death

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, Sept 20.-The life of Joseph Keenan Assistant United States Attorney General of the United States, lead ing the Nations drive against crime, has been threatened by George Machine Gun" Kelly.
 Airmail Letter Threat
 Keenan received an airmail let ter from Chicago at the end oi yesterdays Federal Court sessior here where Harvey Bailey, Albert Bates and others are on trial fol the Kidnapping of Charles Urschel oil millionaire.
 Kelly is accused of aiding Bates in carrying out the actual Ursche kidnapping.
 Daily Threatened
 The Daily Oklahomian also re- ceived a threatening letter iron Kelly as has Urschel who testified yesterday.
 It is understood the letter | brazenly boasted that the $185,O0( ransom Urschel paid for ransom + being held intact to organize ane pay off underworld forces for car rying out death threats made bS Kelly.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-09-20
SEVERE EAR I'll TREM0R SHAKES TOWN TUESDAY
Dis hes Rattled, Pictures Sway, No Damage Done
 Skagway Also Hit

Juneau and at least one other Southeast Alaska town were more or less severely shaken yesterday afternoon by an earthquake, said to have been one of the heaviest in recent years. The tremors started at 3:41 D. m. and continued for 80 seconds, according to R c. Mize, Msteorologist in Charge of the local United States Wealth. CT Bureau station.
 No damage was done here or at Skagway the other town reporting the quake. Pictures and wall mir TOTS swayed violently, dishes rattled and table lamps were overturned here and Skagway reported simi- lar effects as well as the stopping of clocks.
 The tremors were noticed in all sections of this city Workers at the Alaska Steam Laundry stopped their tasks and some of them rushed to the street. Some of the residences on the hill swayed per- ceptibly.
 The movement seemed to be northwest to southeast at the start and swung from that to a west to east trend.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-09-20
AL WATER MAIN IS DY N A MITED; WORK OF CRANK
Thirty-inch Water Main Above Gastineau Avenue
 Is Partly Destroyed
EVIDENCE SHOWS WAS DELIBERATELY PLANNED
Closes Mill Few Hours and Threatens Residents of
 Lower Front St..

A 30-inch water supply pipe above Gastineau Avenue, furnishing water both to the City for it's high pressure fire m a ins and the Alaska Juneau mill, was partially de- stroyed last night by dyn. amite, endangering the lives and property of residents on Gastineau enue, Ewing Street and lower FrOnt Street.
 The explosion ccurreo ( about 12::40 a. m. and was undoubtedly a deliberate at. tempt to break the line ane force the mill to shut down in the opinion of municipal authorities who were on the ground W i t h in 10 minutes after the explosion.
 Water Fills Street
 Beyond bringing large quan- tity of dirt and rock down the hill and filling Front Street to the curb line between Connors Motor Company and Swanson Bros. GrOc- cry, and causing the mill to sus- pend operation several hours, the damage was slight.
 The pipe is a 30-inch main and carried all of the water used in mill operations. It also feeds the salt water fire mains of the town. The force of the explosion de-
 Continued on Page Two)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-09-20
ANNIE BESANT PASSES AWAY;
 OLD AGE CAUSE
internationally Known Re. ligious Leader Dies in
 Bombay, India

BOMBAY, India, Sept. 20.-Dr Annie Besant, aged 86, interna- tionally known Theosophical lead CT, is dead here. Old age caused her death.
 Evolution from wifehood anc motherhood in a quiet English vic arage to worldwide leadership ol the Theosophical Society, inter- spersed with pioneering in British Socialism and with work for home rule in India, marked the long life of pr. Annie Besant.
 Was Organizer
 As President of the Theosophica Society, to which post she was el- ected in 1907, 1914, 1922 and 1928 she lectured and organized branch es of the creed in many parts ol the world. There were eleven sucf sections" or national societies when she first became President By 1882 there were AT.
 Nearly all the countries of Eur ope, the United States, Canada Australia and New Zealand wert visited by her in this work. or these tours she expounded theoso' phyr as "a mystical speculation applied to deduce a philosophy ol the universe" She preached thf doctrine of reincarnation and tha' man could know God by developing his own soul.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-09-20
ALASKA TO GET
 BIG ALLOTMENT
 FOR GAME WORK
Funds for Boats, Docks and Buildings Allotted To-
 taling $l84,700

Allotments totaling $184,700 from public works funds to the United States Biological Survey for ex- penditure at once in Alaska was announced in Washington today by the Public Works Administration according to an Associated Press dispatch to The Empire, and of ficial advices received at loca headquarters of the Alaska Game Commission.
 The money is to be expended in headquarters buildings for sever game warden districts, floats and warehouses and seven Sea-goine and river boats. One of the yes sels will be no feet long, costing $11O,O0O.
 The program calls for the fol- lowing projects:
 Anchorage, a float, $1,200.
 Ketchikan, float and warehous- es, s2,O00.
 Kodiak, dock and storehouse S2,00O.
 Unalaska, dock, float and store house, $3,000
 wrangell, dock and float. $2,- 900.
 For headquarters buildings for wardens of the Alaska Game Con- mission in seven districts, Cordova S3,O00; Dillingham;, $S,000; Fort Yukon, s2,0O0; Holy Cross, 5000; Kodiak, $4,O0O; Kotzebue, $500; and McGrath, $2,500.
 An allotment of $153,500 was authorized for seven patrol boats to be used by the Alaska Game Commission in enforcing the game laws. One of these vessels, cost ing $110OOO, will be assigned to patrol work around the Aleutian Islands and in Bristol Bay.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-09-20
MIRA Church Unites
 Eagle and Red Cross

TARENTUM, Pa, Sept. 20.-The Central Presbyterian Church oi Tarentum has adopted the blue eagle of the national recovery act A reproduction of the insignia, with Red Cross superimposed, adorns the building. The pastor, the Rev. A. N. Stubblebine, sent Q picture of the church's insignia to President Roosevelt, with the suggestion that other churches be called upon to adopt the N. R. A and work out a code that would impose strict church duties on each member.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-09-20

The connection, authorities say, between crime and the politician is a serious matter. It is being given much thought in mapping the federal program.
 Some means of hastening and making penalty more certain for crime is being sought.
 Technicalities Undo Work
 It often happens that hard working sheriff spends sleepless days and nights experimenting a criminal, only to see him turned off with a short sentence, or no sentence at all The sheriff out thinks the gangster and brings him to trial. But the defense at torney steps in with his knowledge of the technicalities of evasion. Then come arguments for appeal, dismissal, change of venue or post ponements.
 A way is being sought to cut
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-09-20
IS SUPPORTER OF
 LARGER NAVY
Assistant Secretary Makes Statement of Plain
 Naval Facts

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20.-Henry Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, today said that warn- ings that the American building program might start another naval construction race was absolutely unjustified.
 The Assistant Secretary said an adequate Navy was the econ- omic life insurance of every na- ton. He further stated England and Japan are ahead of the Unit ed States and battleships are need ed for protection against air raids.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-09-20
O'BR|EN WINS
 OUT } TO 1 IN NY. PRIMARIES
Will Contest for Mayor November 7 Against
 LaGuardia, Fusionist

NEW YORK, Sept. 20.-Mayor John P. O'Brien, number one can- didate of Tammany Hall, won a walk-away nomination for Mayor in yesterdays primary, defeating Loring Black and Jerome Ambro. by a vote of approximately 3 to 1, but T. J. Prial won the nomina- tion for City Comptroller, defeat- ing Tammany's choice, John Har- man.
 OBrien goes into the November ' election against the Fusion Ticket headed by Fiorello H. La- Guardia, Republican, who was also nominated yesterday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-09-20

business, or to ruin business in a trade war
 The Department of Justice will also seek a law to prohibit trans portation of stolen property from one state to another. With the existing laws federal investigators can only enter the case where the stolen property is an automobile.
 Good Score Against Kidnapers
 Kidnapping, of course, is already getting generous attention of the federal government. And it's off cers have had conspicuous success in solving such cases. Since De- cember 10, 1882, Identification and arrests have been made in the 13 major kidnapings which have been called to the attention of the De- partment of Justice.
 In seven sentence has been pass ed. In the rest, suspects are be- ing held for trial.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-09-20
TWO MORE STATES VOTE FOR REPEAL
Tomorro,U tt WM
 Be Noon at Noon; Time Is Standard

Tomorrow when the sun is directly overhead, or as . near as possible in this . northern cline, it will be
 . noon.
 For this new fangled day . light saving arrangement . passes at the end of to- . day, or to be exact at mid
 , night tonight. Most of the , folks will likely turn their . clocks back exactly at the . midnight hour, but every
 . body will get a break to- . morrow morning for they , can sleep that extra hour . lost last May when the . clocks were zoomed ahead , one hour.
 Standard time comes back to Juneau by order of the . City Council.
 . Don't forget, turn the . clock back at midnight to , night.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-09-20
By SIGRID ARNE

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20.-When Congress re-opens, one of it's major duties is expected to be the forg- ing of new legislative weapons against crime and the criminal.
 The gangster must go,' At torney General Cummings has said. And to that end he has ordered special studies, now being made of the killer, the kidnaper, the racketaer, and of state and fed eral laws.
 One of the first considerations will be protection for federal off cers. As it is, federal officer may be killed, but the duty of trailing and sentencing his killer devolves on the state in which the murder occurs.
 State Lines Complicate Casej
 Here lies a difficulty. Often the crime occurs in a community with limited funds. The commun- ity, it is explained, must spend its tax money, already needed in half dozen different directions, on trailing the killer
 Maybe he has crossed state line and the barrier of extradition laws makes his return for trial more difficult. Take, for example, the murderers of the officers of Kansas City. As that city's off cers went into the case how could they determine at first in what direction to send their detectives?
 If the killing of a federal off, cer is made a federal crime there exists a network of brother off cers scattered about the nation that can close in on the fleeing criminals.
 Would Tighten Net
 Actually, crime experts explain no spot in the country would be a safe place for such murderers No place would they be more than few hours from officers empow- cred to take them into custody In addition, and obviously. the re- sources of the federal government are greater than any one of it's single communities.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-09-20
PRICE OF GOLD HIGHEST IN
 HISTORY

LONDON, Sept. 20.-The rise of two shillings in the price of gold brought it to the highest every known 133 shillings and nine pense a fine ounce.
 The dollar fell today to new low terms in gold as renewed ex- citement was manifest in the mar kets over reports the United States has decided on some form of mild imitation within the next few weeks. The closing today of the dollar was $4.85ss to the pound.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-09-20
Wonlan, lO6, Says Don't Worry, Don't Hurry!

CARROLTCN. Ohio, Sept. 20.- Steadfast refusal to worry or hur- " has enabled Mrs. Margaret Markley Hibb to live to 106. That's the advice she gave the youngest members of her family when they gathered here to help her cele- brate a birthday anniversary.
 The modern world, said Mrs. Hibbs, is moving much too fast" and its inhabitants want too many thrills" Just keep regular habits. don't get in too much of a rush. and don't hurry. above all things don't worry" she said. Mrs. Hiobs has lived for forty years on the same farm near here. ],
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-09-20
Alaska Dredge and Saludge Company Is
 Incorporated, Wash

OLYMPIA, wash, sept. 20.- Among the corporate filings here today is that of the Alaska Dredge and Salvage Company of Seattle with capitalization of $500 by Carl Wiley, Peter Barnes and Guy Shumate. They latter said they did not care to reveal the purpose of the company at this time.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-09-20
AND IT IS NEWS RIGHT IN A
 NUTSHELL
By BYRON PRICE (Chief of Bureau, The Associated Press, WashingtOn.)

And it all comes under the head of news:
 SILENT PARTNER: To Admin istration politicians, the most sur prising thing about Vice Presi- dent Gamers withdrawal from public view is that he hasn't even taken the trouble to send out word what patronage. if any, he wants.
 HUEY: If the grapevine tidings from top-notch Democratic circles that punching administered Sen- ator Long at New York club party isn't a circumstance to what is about to hit him and his party organization in Louisiana from the direction of Washington.
 ANGEL WANTED: One potent reason Republican headquarters in Washington is so silent, in con- trast to the loud drum-beatings of the Democrats after their de- feat in 1928, is that no cash back CT has appeared with money bags comparable to those opened to the Democratic resuscitators four years ago by John J. Raskob.
 NEWEST DEAL: There are now signs that one. or two other fi- gures almost as well known as Prof. Raymond Moley may go west into the magazine or some other private occupation before the Roos- evelt administration is year old and that doesn't mean Secretary