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Evening star., 1935-02-03
A lie is just a lie until it's
approved by the Burlington
Liars Club when it becomes
a work of srt---and don't you
envy the new champ his
diamond-studdedwe?

--H world may be getting better, -
everybody hopes-but the liars seem
to be getting worse.
That is they are telling bigger
lies. Whether George Warrington
would approve Of the spread OF
lying may be another question. but the fact
remains that the liars have club Of their own,
in which the dues consist Of well told lie and
. medal Is awarded annually to the biggest
liar Of the year.
and Is famous throughout the country as the
Burlington Liars Club. Inc.-yes. it's actually
incorporated now. And its directors, after
reading and listening to lies from all over the
Union and many foreign countries. have de-
cided that the champion liar Of 1884 Is Verne
L. Osborn Of Centrala, WASH
Mr.. Osborn won the title by submitting the
following tall tale:
II want to tell you about q mule once
owned. used to ride this mule when hunted
jackrabbits. One day we Lit out after q rabbit
and the chase led to the edge Of . 1.ooo-foot
precipice.
"Wen, the rabbit was going sC fast he
couldn't stop. 50 over he went. The mule. being
well trained. followed the rabbit over the clin
with me on his back
'The situation had me. up in the air for q
minute, but collected my wits Just in time
and when we were 10 feet from the bottom I
holered 'WhoaP Gentlemen, that saved my
life. The mule was 30 wen trained that he
stopped in his tracks!"
There, ladies and gentlemen. you have the
lie selected by officers Of the Burlington Liars
Club. Inc. as the prize winner Of the contest
they conduct annualy-and the man who told
1t wins the liars championship Of the world.
There is nothing bashful about the Burling-
ton Liars Club, and as announced last Summer
they ran their 1894 contest for the worlds
championship Some people may think they
know bigger liars than the man who won the
title Of world champion liar, and bigger lies
than the one he told, but the club officers reply:
Eyes, there are probably several hundred
guys in the world who could lick Max Baer-
but until they do he is still the heavyweight
champion Of the world! If you think you can
beat the winner, hop to 1.-THE 1885 contest is
under wsy!"
This unique club, which is probably the only
International group Of seifconfessed liars in ex-
istence. annually invites all and sundry to write
their very best lie as an entry in its contest
The club seeks to give the public at least one
hearty laugh year, and judging by the num-
Der Of letters which pour in at its headquarters,
it seems to be succeeding.
The contest started as local joke way back
in 1929. The novelty Of the idea attracted
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married there 1t takes so long to get out OF
the church that q priest is kept stationed at
the door to christen the baby!
An anonymous correspondent, who lives In
Williamsburg, Pa, defies any Scotsman TO
match his own frugality. This fellow claims he
still has the first nickel he ever earned. 1t Is SO
thin at the present time, he states, that the
Indian Is riding the buffalo in the last roundup.
K. P. Rinehart, who lives in Dayton. Ohio.
would probably be very popular If he would
give the name and address Of the man he writes
about. This fellow (according to RineharG
moves so often that the last day OF the
month his chickens line up single file. walk up
to him and cross their legs ready to be tied
up and moved!
It gets cold in hurry around Buffalo, N. Y,
where George H. Schicker lives. He wrote OF
sudden change in temperature which occurred
in his neghborhood. There is pond back of
. neghbor's barn, he wrote. and one night at
dusk the neighbor saw flock OF wild geese
light there. Early the next morning he sneaked
out with the shotgun to shoot them.
Imagine his surprise when he found not only
that the geese were missing, but that the pond
was also gone! During the night the birds
feet had frozen into the ice and at daylight
they had flown away with the pond!
from the land of the Kingfish, George L.
] Richardson, who lives in Baton Rouge, La,
sends q new method of catching fsh-very
fitting, indeed.
His method is to dump large quantity Of
starch into the river just above sharp bend
then sit down and smoke for a half hour or so.
The next step is to go up above where the
starch was thrown in and by firing guns, beat
ing the water and otherwise creating dis
turbance frighten the fish into a headlong
flight downstream. BY this time, claims
Richardson, the starch has done its work. The
tails of the fish are so stiff they cannot make
the bend and the finny folks just skid ashore
as fast as they hit the bend In the river bank!
From Montreal Herbert Sharples writes Of q
wonderful salve which he saw man selling in
a market the other day. So potent Is this salve,
writes Mr.. Sharples, that when man on
crutches rubbed half box on his injured leg.
he walked home and left the crutches behind.
The vendor, having for the crutches,
anointed them with the salve which remained
in the box-and the crutches followed their
owner up the streets
j. W. Putnam, who lives at Anaheim, Calf.
Evening star., 1935-02-03
"Ben-Goy" goes deep to
cut binding congestion 90.
stays in. ...works fost

At first sign Of colds and congestion
rub "Ben-C Cay" on freely. vigorously.
This original Baume Analgesique goes
through skin, flesh, muscles. directly
to the congested area-does it in .
fash. Once there, it stays and gives
marvellous relief. Be sure you get tho
box with the red "Ben-Cay." For mono
of "Ben-Cay's" imitators equals its hy-
posensitizing (pain. relieving) action.
Evening star., 1935-02-03

missing, but that the pond soas also
gone! During the night the birds feet
had frozen into the ice and at daylight
they had fo,on a,Oay ,Uith the pond.
but who used to serve in Uncle Sans Navy
upholds the reputation of the sailors. long noted
for their yarn-spinning ability. The ex-salt
writes that during a recent tour Of duty on the
Asiatic station his ship ran into q terrific
typhoon. During the storm, he asserts, one Of
the mess boys ventured across the deck, headed
for the officers mess, and carrying on his tray
a cup of coffee, cream pitcher and sugar bowl
He was swept clear of the ship by 60-foot
wave, carried 800 yards astern and landed on
the deck of sister ship so neatly that, thinking
himself still aboard his own vessel, he delivered
the tray its contents intact to the somewhat
startled captain!
Other notable lies of the year include the one
submitted by Bobbe Bannister Of Litchfeld.
MINI. He unburdened himself as follows:
This is the way the wind blows in South
Dakota. We would go out to plow on field
and always mark of the headlands first. Then
we start down through the field the same way
the wind is blowing, go little way. throw the
plow out Of the ground and go back and start
again. We don't have to 60 all the way because
the wind is strong that after one Is started
1t will blow the furrow right through to the
other end Of the field"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-11-08
Few Women Have Undergone the In+rigues. Hardships, Slavery and N
 Deceit That This Offspring of {
 Russia's Mad Monk" Has Had 10 Face
Had to Face

only for the sake of her unborn child. but Solovieff was not the sort of man who would listen to such appeals He had become rich through his treachery. WHAT ultimately became of Solovief
 " I have never heard. Maria made her way to Paris with her two children and there began for her life of priva- tions and suffering. She was employed in dressmaking establishment, then in a milliner's store, worked as cashier in restaurant, spent some months as a charwoman in offices and private houses and failed everywhere.
 And then one day quite by chance she found herself in front of circus just as an outcry arose. A big brown bear had escaped and people were afraid to go near it and were screaming for po- lice. Maria had been used to handling animals, and she walked boldly toward the beast. It seemed quite pleased with her advances, allowed her to feed it and finally take it home into its cage. The owner of the circus was quite delighted and offered her position as trainer of animals at an excellent salary.
 Since that day Maria Rasputin's life has been 8 relatively easy one-at least her children were fed and clothed, and for while she did not aspire to any, thing more. Then she was offered the American engagement. One can only admire her courage and energy and wish her success in this new adventure as well as forgetfulness of all the horrors she has had to live through and to endure.
 What will the new country hold for her? That will depend upon Maria Rasputin herself. The work she is en- tering upon in the United States is not new to her. She has handled animals in French circus, but under entirely different circumstances. Circus life on the Continent does not have the hustle and hustle that the American institution goes through for at least six months each year.
 But the biggest thing she will have to face will be the circus ballyhoo. Already it is started. Shortly after she joined her organization stories of threats to kidnap her were issued, and she was immediately placed under guard. All of which was probably build-up.
 There will be other press-agent stunts, some imaginary and some real Now it is up to Maria to overcome all of this. If she does, eventually she can take her place in the life of America and forget most of the things from which she suf- fered in her earlier days, just as hun- dreds of her former countrymen who were driven out of Russia have done before her. Anyhow, Maria evidently has found real financial haven. and her circus has found another headliner.
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This was the most terrible thing that could have happened. It settled the fate of the prisoners. At that very mo- ment arrangements had been made to get the family out of Tobolsk with the help of the officer in command of the guard who watched over them, Colonel Kobylinsky, a devoted monarchist, who had only accepted the post to which the revolutionary Government had ap- pointed him in the hope of being of use to his former sovereign and ultimately lead him to a place of safety. Koby- linsky had made all necessary arrange ments to get the prisoners out of the after cutting the telegraph wires as they went along, to take them across Siberia to China, whence they could have reached Europe eventually. Everything was ready when Solovief appeared upon the scene, and the Empress absolutely refused to trust herself to Kobylinsky, whom she had always disliked. She de- clared that she knew belp was coming from another source. In the meanwhile, as 1t was learned afterward, Solovieff was in the pay of the Bolsheyists, who had sent him to Siberia to prevent any possible flight on the part of the impe- rial family.
 WHEN Admiral Kolchak instituted all w investigation as to the circum- stances attending and connected with the assassination of the imperial family he put at the head of the Investigating commission Magistrate called Sokolof, a celebrity of the Russian bar who had also fled to Siberia after the first revo- lutionary outbreak in 1917.
 This Magistrate published the result of his researches in an exceedingly curious book, which, unfortunately, has not been translated into English. Among the documents which it mentions is the diary of Maria Rasputin, showing how terribly she was treated by her husband and the part played by the latter in the tragedy which was to culminate in the massacre of the Czar and his family in the cellar of that dreary house in Ekaterlnburg.
 He had married her because through her he could be introduced to the Em- press and perform the abominable mis- sion he had accepted at the hands of the Bolshevists-the mission of keeping the Czarina in Tobolsk until the day when it would become safe to kill her.
 We find the following entry in Maria's diary dated April 22, 1918: He got into such fury with me that he threw his wedding ring into my face, saying that I was not his wife"
 As soon as the murder of the imperial family had taken place Soloyieff threw the mask away and declared to his wife that he was going to leave her. She implored him not to abandon her. if
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favorite ol une Czarina Alexandra, after he had practically abandoned her. He told Maria and others that he was in the service of monarchist organiza- tion, the aim of which was to try to organize the escape of the imperial fam fly from Siberia.
 It is certain that he was in contact with some of the Emperor's friends and partisans, and that through some sort of mysterious channel he succeeded in handing over to the captive Empress a sum of 3500O rubles sent to her by Anna Vyrubova, her favorite and one of the
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was deplorable It brought Rasputin with his followers into power, the dis credit of the dynasty and finally its overthrow
 But during the days of his regime Rasputin really was a power in the land and quite legend was woven around his name. He continued to live quite simply in very modest apartment in St. Petersburg, where all his followers used to gather. No one succeeded in persuading him to move to more luxuri- ous quarters.
 Rasputin's wife was simple peasant woman of Siberia, whence he also orig mated. She continued to wear the peas- ant clothes she had always used in her youth. They had three children-one son whose fate is unknown to me, and two daughters. The elder daughter was, according to her sisters assertions, killed by the Bolshevists.
 Now the younger, after many tribula- tions, arrived in America the other day to join a circus as an animal trainer.
 
 TT IS the sad story of this daughter Il of the fayorite of the last Czarina of Russia that am going to relate here.
 First of all, I must say that accord ing to what has been told to me, Ma trena, or Maria as she now calls herself, is really good woman who was @ victim of her fathers ill-fame and unpopular ity. She has honestly tried ever since she was driven into exile to earn her living in the best way she could under most adverse circumstances and to edu- cate her two children.
 One of her greatest misfortunes was to fall into the hands of one of the worst adventurers and crooks that the corrupt Russia under Nicholas II ever knew. He was a man called Soloyieff, who began his career as an officer and was nearly compelled to leave the regi- ment in which he served on account of his debts. Thinking it might better his future career, he gained an introduction to Rasputin and immediately found favor. Solovieff finally induced Ras- putin to consent to his marriage to Maria, the pretty daughter, who was about l8 years old at the time.
 Maria fell in love with Solovief. which was not surprising, considering he had the reputation of being a pleas ant, handsome man, but their marriage did not take place during Rasputin's life. After his murder it seems that their engagement was very nearly broken of. It was only after the imperial fam fly had been sent into exile to Tobolsk that Soloyieff reappeared upon the scene, and this time claimed the hand of Maria Rasputin, who had returned with her mother, brother and sister to their native village of Pokrovskoie in the Province of Tobolsk.
 No one knows what really lay behind this scheme Of Solovieff to take to him. self as wife the daughter of the famous
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most devoted disciples of Rasputin. He told Czarina Alexandra that he had ar rived in Siberia at the head of de- tachment of soldiers who were only |. waiting for favorable moment to seize the imperial family and lead it to place of safety.
 T1HE Empress, convinced that son. sA ir-law of Rasputin could only be loyal, believed in him implicitly. She persuaded her husband and children also to believe in this unexpected savior.
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Discussed by PRINCESS t RADzIWILL

LvCHOES of old Russia, of Rasputin, IF the mystery of the last regime of the Czars are resounding throughout America following the arrival of the daughter of this so-called monk who yielded an uncanny influence on the late Czarina.
 Maria Rasputin is to be circus ani- nal trainer. She is already hard at work with her charges and will be seen by thousands of cireusgoers this Sum- msr
 Why people are still eager to hear about Rasputin is thing which I have never been able to understand, because there certainly was nothing in this com mon and brutal mujik that was inter- esting, and there wasn't even much that was evil in him, in spite of the legend which represents him as a debauched monk, ready to poison little boys like the Czarevitch and to attack the purity of innocence of small girls.
 To begin With, Rasputin was not monk and never had been one He was
 
 over old Russia, who spent their time roaming from one church to the other and from one monastery to another, preaching as they journeyed along and invariably ready to give advice They were supposed to have studied the Scriptures, although in the case of Ras- putin, it is question how he could ever have done it, considering the fact that he could barely read or write.
 Anyhow, he acquired the reputation of being holy man, and as such he was for the first time brought before the Czar and his wife, with the belief his prayers might cure the incurable dis ease with which their only son had been born afflicted This was the beginning of one of the saddest and most incom- prehensible chapters of Russian history pASPUTTN, introduced in the impe- A rial palace, soon became the target of many adventurers, men who realized very quickly the use they could make of him and who really succeeded through him in making colossal finan- cial gains.
 It must not be forgotten that the Elm press believed implicitly in Rasputin's words and recommendations and fa-. vored all those whom he recommended to her. Soon she was surrounded by shady adventUers or fortune grabbers, who sought favors, the importance of which she either did not suspect or to which she attached no weight.
 To Alexandra the world was divided into two kinds of human creatures, those who were in favor of Rasputin and those who were against him. She was persuaded he had been sent to her by God and nothing could shake this con- yiction. With her Rasputin became a mania, and dangerous one, born as it was ous of her dislike for the best peo- pie in Russian society whom she accused of conspiring against her husbands throne because they would not bow to her Judgments or accept as truth every word she spoke.
 Few women have been hated to the extent Alexandra was hated From the first day of her arrival in Russia she had antagonized the best elements in St. Petersburg and Moscow society. When this antagonism was brought to her notice she did not make the slightest efforts to overcome her unpopularity. The result of all this misunderstanding
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Official estimates place the 1884 income of North Carolina farmers at 100000 more than that of 1883.
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CLOSING PRICES TO-DAY

NEW YORK. t'so. 27.-Closins quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is IT, American Can 117A, American Power and Light 2A, Anaconda 95s, Armour N 47s. Bethlehem Steel ETA, Calumet and Hecla 3, General Motors 30ls, In ternational Harvester 39iA. Kennc- colt 157s, United States Steel 327s, Pound s486.
 OTHER CLOSING QUOTATIONS
 -lie following are closing prices of various issues today on the New York Stock Exchange, farnished by
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aminations of public accountants, issue licenses, etc.
 H. B. 109, by Special Committee on Territorial Misunderstanding a Public Welfare Commission to have management of the Pioneers Home, the commission to be made up of Territorial officials.
 H. B. no, by McCutcheon-Re- : quiring administrative officers or employees to secure permission from the Administrative Board be- fore mourning expenses for travel away from headquarters.
 H. B. III, by McCutcheon-Ap- propriating S1O,0oO to aid the AL aska Agricultural Co-Operasive As sociaton of Palmer in completion and equipping an Association creamery.
 To Aid Proapectcrs
 H. B. 112. by Growden-Appro- priating $20000 to be used in aid ing prospectors in conformity with existing statute.
 H. B. 113, by Walker-Appopriat- ing $16,000 for a new school build ing at Craig.
 H. B. IA, by Baronovich--F'ixirg 3 he minimum rate for hospitaliza- ion under the relief funds act administered by District Judges at $50 per day in the First and Third Divisions and $500 a day n the Second and Fourth.
 For Transitions
 H. B. 115, by Chamberlin-Ap- propriating $2.000 for translating certain Russian books in the Al aska Historical Library and Mu- scum into the English language under the direction of the Curator.
 H. B. 116, by Hofman-Appro- priating $50,000 for creating a Ter ritorial Police Force, each member of which shall receive an annual salary of $2,5O0 and naming the Attorney General and Treasurer as the Board of Police Control to have charge of the force.
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while the Brunelle memorial has passed both houses.
 New Bills
 A flood of new bills are going into the House hopper with today the last day for introduction with out unanimous consent. New measures introduced follow:
 H. B. 99, by Chamberlin-Allow- lowing deductions for installation of radio telephone stations where communities have satisfactory pow CT pant available.
 H. B. 100, by Chamberlin-Ap- prcpriating $20,000 for installation of radio telephones.
 H. B. 101, by Chamberlin-Al- lowing Commissioners acting as Justices of the Peace to tax as costs attorneys fees.
 H. B. IO2, by Chamberlin-In- cluding the waters of Boring Sea and Golovin Bay lying within a line drawn from the tip of Rocky Point to the tip of Cape Darby in areas where S2 bounty on hair seals applies.
 H. B. 103, by Lingo-Appropriat- ing $2,170 to reimburse the Super vising Mining Engineer for services rendered during last biennium.
 H. B. 10f by Lingo-Appropriat- ing $500 to be expended by Gov ernor in securing insurance on Uptown Theatre property.
 H. B. 105, by Nordale-An Act to regulate interferce to radio re- ception caused by power plants, transformers and other electrical equipment and fixing penalty
 H. B. 1O6, by Green-Providing for the removal of buildings in incorporated cities which are judg- ed as fire hazards.
 H. B. 107, by ziegler-Provid- ng no payment be made for care 5f destitute by hospitals unless written authorization from Gov ,lncr has been obtained and pre- ented by hospital within ten days rom time relief is granted.
 II. J. R. II, by Lyng-Authoriz- ng Territorial relief projects and .aymerat for such from Territoial eai funds: aimed to be in line with national relief act for getting -clies funds frcn the federal gov ,rnment.
 Ealr1 Of Accountancy
 II. B. 10G, by Nordale-Establish ng Territorial Board of Ac- eountancy to have charge of ex-
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WEATHER CONDI "A. cloudy temperature 1) Fairbanks cloudy Springs partly B. Kaltag partly cloudy g. Unalakeet partly cloudy