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JULY IA, 1914
 M George, on Sunday evening entertained the members of the Douglas Island baseball team at his home, with an evening of mu- sic and games. Music was fur nished by the Mandolin Club led by Clarence Salmonson. Refresh ments were served.
 Dispatches from St. Petersburg itated that the mystic lay monk, Gregory Rasputin, for several years a notable figure of the Czar's court, was stabbed the previous night by a woman named Guseva who declared she wanted to avenge one of Rasputin's girl vic- tims who entered a convent. In commenting on stabbing, the Lon don Daily Mail said, the names of endless of the best known women of St. Petersburg's exclusive social circles had been linked with this mysterious son of a peasant. His uncanny influence over women raised him from obsecurity to position where he was a trusted advisor of the Russian Czar.'
 Henry G. Seaborn, president, and V. H. Elfendahl, secretary, of the Tee Harbor Packing Company were at Tee Harbor engaged in the com- pany's affairs. They expected to remain at the cannery about a month
 Unrest in Mexico continued though the Brazilian minister to Mexico, who was looking out for American interests in that coun- try telegraphed Secretary of State w. J. Bryan that the resignation Of Huerta in favor of Ca.abajal was practically assured.
 Two new Juneau residences were nearing completion, that of R. P. Nelson, on Sixth Street and the Claude E. Ericsson home on Dis Cn Avenue. Both homes were modern in every respect and fine additions to the residential dis tricts Of Juneau
 Weather for the preceding "A hours was cloudy with rain. The temperature was 54 de- grees and the minimum 48. Pre- cipitation was .55 inches.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-07-14
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BY WALTER (. BROWN,

SYNOPSIS: Seroednt Hdrper's theory that Pierre Dufresne or his tcife IS guilty of the murder Of ftUo men in the DuJresne house Is 5loun sku high by the suicide ot Joseph Dond1hy. their chdufeur. Doud0hu has ieft note confessfng the crime. and explained the murderer's mus, terious escape from the house. Harper has not been able to check Dond0hU's movements because he hdd told the other serpdnts he 1cds taking the night of.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-07-14

If anything were needed to prove that happy days are here again" the announcement that bartenders union has been formed here ought to fill the bill.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-07-14

French Regard Debt Payment to U. s. As Silly" says headline Well. from viewpoint, it is centsless-(Ohio State Journal)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-07-14

It is said the chiggers not very enthusiastic over these nudst colonies They run themselves nearly to death in covering much territory look ing for the best location.-(Daily Olympian)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-07-14

Gen. Johnson's publicly and vigorously pro- claimed disgust with Herr Hitler seems likely to protest from Germany. After all the protests the doughty MIRA warrior has heard and answered in the past year, one more or less, even from Hitler, will nothing in his busy life.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-07-14

If we understand correctly what have read about the new summer figures, girl ought to have enough curves to be willowy but not enough to be pillowy-(Boston Herald)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-07-14

It is happy nation wherein industry and its strikes soon separated Buffalo Courier Express)
The Washington times., 1934-02-19

Senator Joseph c. O'Mahoney
of Wyoming, deputy Democratic
Whip, will be principal speaker,
and Elder Michaux's choir will
headline the entertainment pro-
gram at the tenth annual ban
quet of the BarriSters' Club at
the Mayflower Hotel Wednesday
night.
The Barristers, composed Of a
limited group of young Washing.
ton attorneys, are Sparing no
pains to make the celebration a
signal one, according to reports
of the general committee Of
which Jerome F. Barnard is
chairman.
Senator O'Mahoney's text has
not been announced but the
BarriSters' committee promises
that the subject will be an in.
structive one and the guests will
not tire during it's delivery.
Magicians to Appear
The Great Mulholland, whose
tricks of legerdemain have enter
tanned the Barristers and their
guests in times past, will not be
present on this occasion, but out
of Difference to Judge Isaac r.
Hit other performers of magic
have been provided for the eve
ming.
Robert F. Cogswell. president
Of the club; Kenneth Parking
son, vice president; John F.
Richter. secretary, and Charles
E. Pledger, jr., treasurer, will be
ex-officio aides to the general
committee at the, banquet and
will be official representatives of
the club as hosts to the group
of distinguished guests who have
been invited.
Legislators to Be Guests
The guests include several leg
islators, judges of the courts of
the city and several prominent
lawyers and laymen.
The general committee includes
Thomas E. Lodge, secretary; Mr.
Pledger, tickets; James C. Wilkes,
reception; Francis w. Hill. jr.
invitations; Norman B. Frost
speakers: Aubrey Bogley. enter
tainment: Mr.. Richter, arrange
ments; Frederick Stohlman, ad
visory, and Emmett F. Henry
menu and programs.
Local attorneys, who are men,
bers of the American Bar ASso-
citation. are not so sure that the
association will crack down on
William P. McCracken, ir., its
The Washington times., 1934-02-19
Barristers Announce
Full Program for
Annual Banquet

secretary, for his involvement IN
the air mail inquiry.
Nelson Littel, of New York, a
member of the association, has
telegraphed Earle w. Evans,
president, asking for Mr.. Nc
Cracken's removal and Mr.. Ev-
ans reply is expected to be made
public today.
The members in washington
say that there is nothing con-
elusive in the case against Mr..
McCracken and it would be an
acknowledgement of the power OF
the executive branch Of the Gov
ernment over the judiciary to
take any definite action before
a court hearing.
Miss Stella Aiken, petite assist
ant attorney general. was a pol
itician down in Georgia before the
New Deal came along and ad-
mitS the following story, which
occurred during the 1928 cam
paign.
It seems that Miss Aiken was
sent down into Camden county to
make a speech to offset the grow
ing anti-Smith influence. Her
father told her of her relations,
the Vests and the Browns, in the
county and arranged for her to
be their guests during her stay.
Escorted to the picnic rally by
one of her cousins, she was met
by tall, lanky, bearded individual
at the picnic who also claimed to
be her relation. His name, for
purposes of this story, was Smith
field.
Later, in a sweep of oratory
Miss Aiken said:
"The blood Of the Vests. the
Browns and the SmithfieldS
flows in my veins"
Returning home, her escort
cousin said:
"SteIIa, that was alright
about the blood of the Vests
and the Browns but why did
you mention the Smithfields?
They are the worst citizens in
the county and 1 just defended
that man in the last term Of
criminal court"
Charles. Henry Smith, prominent
Alexandria lawyer and one-time
defender of the man accused of
numbering Mary Baker, is a man
of parts. Mr.. Smith has built
for resale a beautiful house in an
attractive suburb and, according
to reports. it is virtually sold, at
a handsome profit.
The Washington times., 1934-02-19
Investment Trusts
Improved SLightLY

The average for the common
stocks Of 10 leading management
trusts, influenced by the leverage
factor, as compiled by Allied
Distributors, Inc, stood at 1896
as of February Is. compared with
1927 on February 9.
The average of the non-lever-
age stocks stood at 1878 as of
the close February is. compared
with 1915 at the close on Feb
ruary 9. The average of the
mutual funds closed at 1892, COM
pared with 1853 at the close of
the previous week.
The Washington times., 1934-02-19

local Building
Trades Division
OF the United
States Employ
ment Service.
In times past,
service in the
division h a S
proven unSatis.
factory to the
builder on many
occasions, be.
cause IL 1alleQ
to properly clas'
sify within each
trade the work
for which the
applicant was
The Washington times., 1934-02-19
WALL STREETS
FEARS SEEM
ALLAYED
BY WALL STREET SPECTATOR

BY WALL STREET SPECTATOR
NEW YORK, Feb. 10 G.N.S).
Wall Streets fears seem pretty
we'll allayed as the new week
opens, and there's feeling some
thing like buoyancy around. The
market has recovered most Of the
ground lost on the regulation bill
shock, and a test of the years
highs are apparently in the max
ing. The way business is coming
along is giving the boys some
thing to capitalize.
The magic words "in the black"
are now freely heard about the
steel industry Operations have
crossed the 40 per cent level
where red ink goes back on the
shelf for most companies.
U. S. Steel is little different,
for here it is estimated the cor
poration will have to run around
As per cent to earn the full divi-
dend on the preferred. It is
natural in a market such as has
been going on in the steels for
traders to look around for sup
posed laggards. This explains the
activity in some of the small
independents.
Rails seem to be marking time
awaiting the outcome of the pay
cut situation. Odds seem heavily
in favor of continuing the present
10 per cent deduction in view of
the Presidents action. Standard
Oil of New Jersey goes up sur
prisingly easily when you consider
the Is odd million shares out
standing.
The Boston boys are following
Allied Chemical, taking a cue
from their best known trader. We
hear of some banking buying in
the Rock Island bonds, apparently
in expectation that a reorganiza-
ton plan will be worked out be-
fore long.
The rise in the bond market
should help the bank stocks here
The Washington times., 1934-02-19
REALTORS FIND
TRADES UNIT
HELPFUL
Rx RICHARD BAKER

Real estate developers engaged
in building enterprises will be in
terested in the new set-up OF the
The Washington times., 1934-02-19

The rise in the bond marke
should help the bank stocks here
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1934-08-24

feed and water in large areas of the
country, the Federal Government has
purchased immense numbers of feed
er cattle, which must be moved i'm
mediately. Some are being convert
ed into canned products at points as
close as possible to the place of pur-
chase; others are being shipped into
states where pasture can be procured.
In the latter case, the cattle will re-
main the property of the Federal Gov
eminent and none of them will be sold.
They will simply be pastured and a
rental fee paid.
Payment will be made in the basis
of $1.75 per head per month for pas
turing these animals and if necessary
provision will be made later for fur
nishing these with grain or other
feed. Later they will be slaughtered
and prepared for distribution through
relief agencies, either for immediate
use, or in the form Of canned pro-
ducts.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1934-08-24
QUEEN ANNE PASTURES
PA WESTERN CATTLE

Queen Anne's will furnish pastur-
ages for Pa head of Emergency Re-
lief cattle from the drought stricken
areas of the West, it was indicated on
Monday when the period in which
farmers could apply for stock ended.
The following farmers had applied
for cattle in addition to last weeks
list, according to County Agent Ken
meth w. Baker:
George Bostic, Of Roberts, 20; Thorn
as Mitchell, Ruthsburg, 10; William
A. Walls, Centreville, Is; Wallace
Jarman ,Centreville, 30 Archie Stubs
Church Hill, 6; and Nat Wooleyhan,
Sudlersville, IL.
The cattle are expected to be ship
ped here by rail within ten days and
will be hauled to the various farms
in trucks.
County Agent Baker, who has been
designated locally by the State Relief
Administration to handle the project,
states that the movement has two
aims: First, to assist in handling the
situation in the drought area, and sec
ond, to raise the standard of rations
for people on relief.
Because of the shortage of both
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1934-08-24
BALTIMORE MAN FALLS
FROM FERRY STEAMER

Disappearing from the Love Point
Ferry Sunday night, August IL, Will
liam Muth, Baltimore electrician and
former resident of Stevensville, Kent
Island, is thought by his family to
have accidentally fallen from the Fer
ry and drowned in the Bay.
Mr.. Muth, who boarded the Ferry
Sunday night with his wife and two
children, was first missed at Seven
Foot Knoll, at the entrance of the Pa
tapsco River. A search of the boat
at the time and again when she dock
ed at Baltimore, failed to locate his
whereabouts and it is believed he fell
into the Bay unnoticed and was
drowned.
According to statements Of his FAM
lily there were no reasons why he
should have deliberately taken his life
With his family he had visited friends
at Stevensville and had taken dinner
at the Love Point Hotel prior to board
ing the Ferry. Mr.. Muth was thirty
one years of age. He was about five
feet six inches tall and was in good
health at the time of his disappear
ance.
At this time there has been no an
nouncement of the recovery of his
body and his family is strongly con-
WINGED that he persisted by drowning
after falling from the Ferry.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1934-08-24
CORPSE FOUND UNDER
CHURCH IN CAMBRIDGE

The badly decomposed body of
.colored man, identified as James
Earles, a member of the Marks Shows
troupe, was found last week under
the south part Of Zion M. E. Church,
Cambridge, Md. The body was found
by the church janitor, Mr.. Clarence
Rayfield and colored assistant.
A very offensive odor was noticed
in the Church and Monday morning
Mr.. Raymond set out to find it's
cause. Unable to find anything in
the cellar, he looked through the win
dows, which lead into the section I'M
der the Sunday School room. Seeing
something on the ground, his helper
went through the window and found
the body, which was lying under the
window on the south side. According
to the body's position, it is thought
the man let himself into the pit to
rest while on his way to the carnival
with the head pillowed on one arm.
The mans shoes were found nearby,
and mans hat was found in the
Underground.
Identification was made by tattoo
marks on the mans arm. Earles had
been a patient at the Cambridge
Maryland Hospital the week that the
show was in Cambridge but left the
hospital twice. The first time he was
returned, but left again on Saturday
August 4th. From the condition of
the body, it seems probably that the
man had been dead a week or longer.
No inquest was deemed necessary
The mans home address was 1901
Federal ST., Philadelphia.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1934-08-24
FROM OUR
EXCHANGES
REASONS FOR DISCOLOR-
ING OF DELAWARE PINES

The yellowing and discoloring of
pine forests in Sussex county has CIV
en- rise to numerous inquiries from
the State Forestry Department for
DR.. J. F. Adams, State Plant Path
ologist of the University of Delaware
at Newark, to discover the real cause
of the discoloration.
In communication with State For
ester w. S. Taber, Dr. Adams advised
that he had discovered a widespread
and almost unbelievable severe at
tack of the red spider or red mite on
the three leaved species of pine in
Sussex County brought about through
some unknown natural source. DIR.
Adams is making investigation follow
ing out some theories of the phenom-
enon but has not yet reached any def
mite conclusion.
The red spider or red mite is so
small as to be generally invisible to
the naked eye and except in the case
of ornamental trees or trees espec-
tally worthy Of preservation on econ
omical control measures are known.
The danger of the insect causing an
Inhalation of pines in this State is in
deed remote and the establishment
of normal rainfall and temperatures
are likely to see the end of the eff
fects of this insect on the three-leav-
ed pines of Kent and Sussex counties.
Attacks of the red spider are not to
be confused with the injuries caused
by pine tip moth which causes the
dying Of young shoots and branches
of hard pine and occasionally of other
trees of the coniferous family nor is
it to be confused with attacks of the
Fps beetle which is bark beetle that
will occasionally attack and kill trees
that have been either weakened thru
fire, drought or overcrowding.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1934-08-24

ey: that the operating unit, a chair
man and four drivers, volunteer their
services without pay; that the ma
chine has been driven nearly $4,000
miles with only a few contributing
for it's use; that funds necessary for
repairs must be secured from some
source before the machine can be put
back in operation.
Clinton C. Jones, has succeeded R.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1934-08-24

lie of the status of the ambulance at
present and announced that when the
machine was again placed in service
that a minimum charge of it's use
will be made.
The statement said that the am
bulance was housed and operated by
the Chestertown Volunteer Fire Com
pany but that organization did not
furnish any of the maintenance mon
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1934-08-24

H. Collins, Jr., as chairman of the
board of control, which is made up
Of representatives Of the several civic
organizations of the town and is en-
tirely separate from the Chestertown
Volunteer Fire Company.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1934-08-24
CHARGES MADE FOR
KENT co. AMBULANCE

A statement issued by the board
of control of the Kent County AM
bulance last week informed the pub
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1934-08-24
CHAPTER 4S6

AN ACT to propose an amendment to Section
7, of Article XI, of the Constitution of the
requiring the Mayor and City Council of Bal.
tmore, in contracting any debt or giving any
credit, to discharge the same within forty
(40) years; amending the powers of the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-30
HI-BALL

NTHEN the Union Pacific's greyhound of
w the rails pulled into Grand Central sta
ton, making the journey from Los Angeles to
New York in less than two and one-half days,
it had clipped fourteen hours off the trans
continental rail record.
The record had stood for twenty EIGHT
years. In 1906 the late E. H Hartman, then
chairman of the Union Pacific, returned from
the San Francisco earthquake in II hours and
81 minutes w. A Hartman his son and sue
cessor rode in on the streamlined train that
broke his fathers record.
The significance of the two records is that
twenty-seven years ago the railroad industry
was, by and large, about as efficient as it has
been in the last few years. Twenty-eight years
ago the railroads had practically no COMPETE
ton. But during the long interim in which
the railroads met competition with blind at
tempts to raise rates and pay interest on heavy
capitalizations, the automotive pipeline and
aviation industries have advanced by leaps and
bounds
Common passenger autos now race over
concrete roads at about the same speed and
comfort as ordinary trains. Motor BUSES,
with their cheaper rates, have cut heavily into
rail passenger traffic. Motor trucks, making
long and short hauls from door to door, have
taken freight traffic from the rails. Today
airplanes carry mail, light express and passen-
gers across the continent in about one-third
the time of the streamliner's record run.
If the railroads now take advantage of the
more efficient operation demonstrated by the
diesel engine streamine train, if they modern
ize their equipment and by new improvements
continue to better their services, then the
roads can recapture some of their lost bust
unexpectedly for the long haul. But if they
wait another twenty EIGHT years, there may be
no railroads
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-30

along on such and such scheme? VIII the
farmers support so-and-so's program VIII
Wall Street stay hitched2 VIII the railroads
play bali?
Those are the questions We have been ask
ing. Gazing up at the pitiless heavens and re-
ceiving no answer, some Of US have managed
to develop a pretty fair case Of the filters
about it all. So many problems, so few an
swers, so many groups to be accounted for
how are We to comfort ourselves amid so much
confusion?
The President seems to have suggested the
answer.
Government, he reminds US, is simply the
fusing Of all elements in the nations life. 1t
is the implement through which the common
will becomes effective 1t does not stand on
one side, in opposition to all these groups;
it stands above them, drawing its strength
from them and from all citizens jointly.
This being the case, it must provide leader
ship; and the leadership it provides must. in
the last analysis reflect fairly accurately the
temper of the great mass of citizens, because
when it ceases to do so the citizens invariably
get themselves new government.
over and above all these questions about
what the various groups will do, then, there
is the question of the temper of the people
generally. In the long run the majority senti-
ment Will prevail.
To have confidence in the great majority,
therefore, is to have confidence in our future
course-and to be dubious about the future is
TO doubt the good sense, the courage and the
fortitude Of the people of the United States.
Nothing has been done in these very try
ing years to Justify such doubts. The plain
citizens of the land have behaved with exenl-
plary patience and intelligence under extreme
Iy difficult circumstances.
Once we become fully confident that they
will go on doing SO, we automatically can re-
store our confidence in the behavior of the
various groups into which the people are di-
Wded.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-30
BOTH OLD PARTIES
MADE TARGETS
BY /. VI. Different.

BY I. NJ. Different.
Election day is approaching.
Working men and women, whether
they work now or not, are not SIT
iSfied with the present conditions.
They do not know how to act on
election day: therefore, in the con-
clusion. they dare vote for Pritch-
ard and Kern.
What is the difference in the two
old parties candidates? Whoever Is
elected, it will be a victory for the
rich and defeat for the poor.
A working man or woman who
votes for the old parties votes for
the continuation Of the depression.
One party brought US into the de-
preston and the other has kept and
will keep us in.
The working man and woman and
their votes are good only till Nov. 6;
after Nov. their votes are good no
more. Why? Because they gave it
TO the rich's parties; the rich care
not whether the Democratic or Re-
publican party wins The working
men and women who voted for them
are defeated; they have lost the
only thing they had, the vote.
What will they get for their votes?
They will get many more years Of
low wages and high prices and no
work and no wages.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-30
WE NEED UPHEAVAL

nTAN LUTHER A VEHICLE of the Yale
Divinity school told the New Jersey Pres
byterian synod recently that the paramount
need of the moment is for the fuller education
Of adults; and in his remarks there is very
sensible approach to the problems of the day.
Enduring social changes, such as we are
attempting" he said, can not be had unless
men willing to change their dispositions.
The Christian adult education we need is such
a radical transformation that it warrants the
name of conversion"
Considering the normal human resistance
to any change of mental attitudes, this looks
like a large order. But it remains true that
in the long run we shall get precisely the
kind of social organization that we are men
tally and emotionally ready for.
If we are to rebuild the world so as to
wipe out the old abuses, we shall eventually
have to remove from our own hearts anc
minds the twists which made the abuses
possible.