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The Washington times., 1936-08-12
Jobs for Illinois
F Farmers Approved

Employment Of $500 farmers in
the six southern Illinois counties
designated as emergency drought
area by the Department of Agricul-
ture Monday, was authorized by
Acting WPA Administrator Aubrey
Williams yesterday. A meeting at
Harrisburg. ILL.,. was called for to-
morrow by Major A. R. Lord.
Assistant Illinois State WPA
Administrator.
The Washington times., 1936-08-12
118-Degree Heat
Snaps Texas Mark

DALLAS. Tex. Aug. IL U.N.sO.
Texas yesterday baked in the high.
est temperatures on record at the
Weather Bureau. Four deaths
were blamed on the heat. North
east Texas had the highest TEN.
peratures late Monday, McKin-
ney and Mt. Pleasant each re.
porting 118 degrees. Longview,
in the oil field, had 11cA, and
Dallas. 1895, all new highs.
The Washington times., 1936-08-12
Resumes Probe
Of Investment Trusts
international News Service

Victorious in a court battle with
Frederick T. Fisher. minority
stakeholder of the Equity Corpo-
ration, the Securities Exchange
Commission today resumed its
broad inquiry into investment
trust practices.
Fisher, who challenged the COM
missions right to question Equity
officials on constitutional grounds,
was denied a petition for injunc-
ton by the United States District
Court Of the District of Columbia
The petition sought to prohibit
questioning of witnesses and ex-
animation Of the firms records.
The Washington times., 1936-08-12

VOTE AMERICAN
The Washington times., 1936-08-12
Gold Cup Cruise
Plans Prepared

Plans for the Gold Cup Cruise,
held August 81, under the Presi-
dents Cup Regatta Association,
are nearing completion, Harold
A. Long, chairman, announced
yesterday. The Police Boys Club
band will play on the wharf prior
to the departure of the Steamer
Potomac on the cruise.
The Washington times., 1936-08-12
What a Disappointment

Sparrow Robertson, 77-year-old
sports columnist for the Paris
Heraldtrib, boarded the Olympic
ship at Havre looking for the
wild debauchery and drunken.
ness he had been led to expect
by reports in the French press,
out found all hands sober.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1936-07-10
CHANGES IN NAVIGATION
 AIDS TO BE RESTORED

The following aids to navigation are out of commission but are to be restored according to informa- tion received from the office of Superintendent of Lighthouses:
 Zimovia Strait - Midchannel Rock beacon reported destroyed March IT.
 Gastineau Channel -- Lawson Creek Bar beacon reported missing May Is.
 Kodiak Harbor - Cyane Rock lighted bell buoy reiighted July ].
 Marrow Strait - Three Brothers reef light relighted June 27.
 Low island reef buoy found in normal condition June 29.
 Cordova Bay-Mellen Rock Light reported extinguished June 20.
 Klawak Inlet - Fish Egg Reel lighted buoy l reported extinguish- ed June 19.
 Aids Lighted or Restored
 Prince William Sound - Evans Bay light relighted June IS.
 Cook Inlet-Flat Island light re- lighted June 26.
 Permanent Changes To Be Made
 Nichols Passage - Scrub Island Lighted Buoy No. 1 to be establish ed about July 3, 1886, near Met lakatla approximately in a position $50 yards North of Village Poin. Light on the westerly side of q sunken rock over which there Is a depth of about 8 feet at MLLW The light will be flashing white of about 30 candle power, showing a flash of 1 second duration every II seconds. Present unlighted Scrub Island Rock Buoy will be discon- tinued at the same time.
 Keku Strait-Keku Strait Light to be established in place of Keku Strait Beacon No. 1, about July 15 1886, flashing white every sec onds, flash CA seconds. eclipse 8 { seconds; of 30 candle power on a small white house. The beacon will then be discontinued.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1936-07-10
TWO MATANUSKA COLONIsTs BEGIN TO BE SELF SUPPORTING

Some of the colonists On the federal governments agricultural settlement project in Matanuska Valley are beginning to be self-sup- porting. according to Ross l.. Sheely manager of the project.
 Virgil Eckert from Minnesota and Joseph Puhl from Wisconsin have informed NJ. Sheely that they do not need any more government credit inasmuch as they have be- come self-supporting through the sale of milk and vegetables from their farms and by reason of wages received from labor done off their farms.
 Sheely said Eckert and PuhI drew tracts that were difficult to clear. They pooled their work with two other colonists, the four working together in clearing and building houses for one another. Each of the four now has a good farm The other two are Clarence s. Jobin anG Victory Johnson.
 The four when not working for themselves worked for the manage ment of the colony
The Wrangell sentinel., 1936-07-10
THE DRUNKs AMONG US
iKetohikau CnronicleJ


 Repeal has done little 10 change the business of our courts. A sum mary of factiYitie in ketchikan courts since the first of the year shows that of all the cases heard, more than half were the outgrowtn ot excessive drinking. Disniszais aud acquittals were few.
 Figures, of course, mean little. There could be but little drunken ness but a high percentage of ar rests. Or there could be much drunk enness with a low percentage of ar rests. The latter is true in ketch- ikan, unquestionabiy. Officers here are Ienient, and they are not parti- cular1y to be criticized for that. Not only are they lenient, but they are insufficient in numbers to patrol the streets just to keep the drunks quiet.
 Nevertheless the totals show thas We have drunks among us And when such IS the condition, eonstalt vigilance must be exercised. Unless that is done, conditions would grow worse. As it is We have nothing particular 10 boast about. But mere ly because We cannot boast We should not be too blind To the truth.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1936-07-10
LIQUOR RESPONSIBLE MOST
 CASES KETCHIKAN COURTS

Liquor was responsible for 54 per cent of the 137 cases heard during the first six months of this year in the municipal district and com missioner's courts at Ketehikan re- ports the Chronicle. Figures for Ketchikan. made available by J. F.. Van Glider. magistrate, show 40 ar rests for drunkenness, 13 for being drunk and dirorderly and four for drunken driving, a total of 57 out of 70 cases heard.
 Federal officers. Deputy United States Marshal N O. Hardy's figures show, made IT arrests of persons charged with being drunk and dis orderly one charged wi h drunken driving.
 Traffic violations, incl Il q i n 2 speeding and reckless driving. brought seven into the magistrates court in the six months ending June 3O and the same number were charged in commissioners court with petit larceny. The next most inl- portant cause of arrest was assault and battery six being charged with that.
 Only four whose cases appeared i United States district or commits sioner's court were acquitted, and in the magistrates court there were two dismissals, 68 receiving fines or sentences.
 A detailed report of the cas IS handled during the first half of
The Wrangell sentinel., 1936-07-10

located at Wrangell, Territory of Alaska. at the close of business on the 30th day of June 1886.
 RESOURCES Loans and discounts s S5,034.6a Loans on real estate 14.525.O0 Overdrafts =. 265.O0 United States bonds
 and securities " 5.00o.O0 Other bonds and
 warrants =. .. 64,90o.tn Stocks. securities. judg-
 ments, claims. etc. S.250.00 Banking house, furni-
 ture and fixtures 2,S50.00 Other real estate
 owned =. 14551.OS Due from other
 banks -. 64.S691I Due from head office
 and other branches 191.6S Checks on other banks
 and other cash items. 6,591.6i Cash On hand ....#... 25,398.9s nts warra ...B.... hoX... dwe
The Wrangell sentinel., 1936-07-10

But Dorothy, aren't you getting Jack and Bill confused?"
 Sure, get Jack confused one night and Bill the next"
 You should set your cap for Dash, my dear, he's a bachelor and we'll off"
 The beautiful girl sighed.
 That's the trouble with bach elors,' she said. They know when they're well off"
The Wrangell sentinel., 1936-07-10
DR. ROMIG RETIREs FROM DUTY
 AFTER 40 YEARS IN ALASKA

Dr. J. H. Romig, chief surgeon of the Anchorage hospital, announced last week that he had rendered his resignation 10 Col o. F. Ohlson. general manager of the railway. to become effective as soon as his sue cessor is appointed
 The resignation marks the 10th year of Dr. Romig's residence in Alaska. He said he would open an office in the downtown section for private practice, but would devote the major part of his time attend ing Mrs. Romig and enjoying life as he has wanted to enjoy it.
 Dr. ROmig has been with the AL aska railway for 22 years. Prior to his connection with the govern ment line he was with the Alaska Central railway, stationed at Sew ard.
 Forty years ago Dr. Romig and his bride came north on the steam CT Bertha and landed at Unga. where he took up his duties as MoraYian missionary From Unga they went to Unalaska and on July Is located in the Kuskokwim coun- try where they remained nine years.
 After serving as a medical mis- sionary, Dr. Romig served with the Bureau of Indian Affairs for two years and then joined the staff of the Alaska Central railway. which the Ballaines were building at the time
 Mrs. Romig has not been enjoy ing good health of late. and there fore the Doctor deemed it best to retire.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1936-07-10

Daughter Bu', daddy. why do ycu object to my becoming en- gagged? Is it because of my youth?
 Daddy-Yes, ne's hopeless.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1936-07-10

Art - Do you think you can make a good portrait of my wife.
 Artist-My friend, I can make it so lifelike you'll jump every time you see it.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1936-07-10
TOTAL....... .S296.427. t3 1.HV V#T4rr-1

TOTAL .....$296, ,42712 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TERRITORY OF ALASKA FIRST JUDICIAL DIVISION
 SS.
 c. P. KIRTLAND,
 Vice President. lNotorial SeaD Subscribed and sworn to before me this End day of July, 1936. L. B. CHISHOLM Notary Public in and for the Territory of Alaska. My commission expires May 20, 193S.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1936-09-11
OLD TRAPPER COMMITS SUICIDE NEAR MANLEY HOT SPRINGS

James Alexander, an aged trap ptr who had lived many years in the Mauley Hot Springs district was aound in his cabin near the headwa- ters of the Cosna river. a tributary of the Panama. Death is ascribed to suicide committed with a 32-calibre rifle A fatal bullet wound i'll tho head and the discharged rifle evil deneed the act of self-destruction
 AleXander's long absence from Manley Hot Springs caused U. s. Commissioner Gus Benson to send an Indian to the old trappers cabin The Indian returned to Manley Hot Springs August 2S and reported that from the condition of the remains he judged death had occurred about month previously.
 Commissioner Benson chartered a boat and with a small party from Manley Hot Springs, went in to the old trapper's cabin to hold an in quest. Alexander was a partener ot Tom Armstrong who last November committed suicide in his cabin be- tween Panama and Manley Hot Springs.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1936-09-11
THE REPUBLICAN, ELEPHANT

Why is it that the Republican party, which has dominated the American government for 60 out of the 80 years it has been in existence should be symboIized by a beast from the African jungles instead of some typical American animal? The answer is that a cartoOnist once used a jungle scene to depict a pol itical crisis and the figure of an ele- phant was so appropriate for what it was supposed to represent that its symbolism persisted long after the crisis itself had passed. The car toOnist was Thomas Mast of liar pers Weekly and the crisis was this:
 In 1874 it seemed certain that President Grant was determined to run again in 1876. The principal opponent to the third term idea was James Gordon Bennett's Democratic newspaper, the New York Herald which shrieked "Caesarism!" inces- sanity. Taking his tip from the old fable which tells how An ass, hay ing put on a lions skin, roamed about the forest and amused him. self by frightening all the foolish animals he met with in his wander ings," Mast drew a cartoon which he labeled "The Third Term Panic
 It showed the Herald as a donkey in lions skin, labeled Caesar ism," praying loudly and all the an. imals fleeing in alarm.The New York Tribune was represented as a gir- raffe, the World as an owl dropping an arithmetic book, the Times as a unicorn with a monocle. Nearby was a half-concealed fox labelled Democratic party"
 In the foreground was an ele phant, labelled "The Republican Vote" on the verge of an abyss ot Chaos" barely hidden by broker blanks marked "InflatiOn," Repu diation", Reform (Tammany) anC Reconstruction" This cartoon was not only a thrust at the Herald but also a half-affectionate jab at Nast'' own huge but timorous" party, tht Republicans.
 Two weeks later Mast drew an other cartoon showing an elephant tumbling down into the pit with the rotten blanks and the rejoicing animals following it. This was cal led Caught in a Trap-the Result of the Third Term Hoax" From that time on the elephant was the symbol of the Republican party.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1936-09-11

steps of my illustrious predecessor. ''
 From that time on, during the disputes over the money question, the donkey frequently appeared =. the cartoons and became the accept ed symbol of the Democratic party. But it was the genius of Thomas Mast which made this symbol famil- far to millions or Americans.
 During the feud between Presi- dent Andrew Johnson and Edwin M. Stanton, secretary of war, Mast was a strong ally of the latter. When Stanton died soon after Pres ident Grant had made him a justice of the Supreme Court, the southern Democratic papers, continuing the feud, attacked Stanton even in their obituary notices of him.
 On January 15, 1870 Mast drew his first donkey cartoon. It pictured Stanton as a dead lion being kicked by a donkey labeled "Copperhead press" Underneath it were the lines "A live Jackass kicking a dead Lion and such a Lion! and such a Jack asst" In later cartoons he also de- picted the Democratic papers. es- pecially James Gordon Bennett's New York Herald, as donkey and after while began applying the symbol to the Democratic party as we'll as it's press.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1936-09-11
VALDEZ YOUTH OWES LIFE
 TO MACHINERY BREAKDOWN

Wm. Thomas, when he started from the Cameron-Johnson mine on Shoup Glacier for Valdez recently, had no idea that later that day hs was to undergo the most hair rising experience of his life. Bill had no trouble getting to Shoup Bay bsach from camp. but on arriving there he discovered there was no boa: in which to make the remainder of the trip to Valdez. As he was in a hurry to get to town 70 take care of some business, he, with the aid of Aluy Thompson and Wayne Wal drip, ot the Ruff and Tuff mine, proceeded to build himself a make shift ratt out oI some old lumber that lay scattered along the beach Although his craft proved to be very snaKy, Bill boarded it ana with stick tor an oar started out tor the Cliff mine, where he planned on getting a boat and going back for Thompson and Waldrip.
 The two men at Snoup bay eJw the raft round the spit toward the Cliff mine, and being certain that Thomas would make it all right, did not think any more about him.
 However, soon after making the spit, Thomas found that the t. le was going out and that, despite his efforts it was impossible to keep the raft from drifting out toward the Valdez Narrows. He consi gcrnd swimming the distance from the raft to shore, but as this was oYet 200 yards and the water ice cold, he was certain he would neye- be able to make it.
 By this time small, choppy swells were hitting the raft and it was starting to go to pieces, still drift ing out toward the sound He was now very much alarmed and fired a revolver he had with him several times, trying to attract the atten- tiOn of the Cliff employees. He thot better of the gun firing very quick ly, as he knew that almost anyone would naturally think that the fir ing of a gun meant that some pre- SedSOu uuuleE WdS Ol uuuL, duu gave vent to many long, voluminous yells By a strange coincidence of fate, the large compressor at the Cliff mine had broken down that day and some member of the crew al the mine did hear Thomas shouts If this machinery had been running it would have been impossible for anyone to have known and Thomas would have gone to a watery grave or been stranded in some out-of- the-way place and no one would have known just where to look for him.
 Immediately after hearing the shouts. George Valentine, skipper of the Cliff launch, set out and res cued Thomas, bringing him on to Valdez, where he can sit back and think of his narrow escape
 Valdez Miner.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1936-09-11
THE DEMOCRATIC DONKEY

Although Thomas Mast is usually credited with being the man who made the donkey one of the em- blems of the Democratic party, the fact is that some other cartoonist, whose name is unknown, used the same symbol fully three decades be- fore the famous Harpers Weekly artist did.
 When Andrew Jackson retired from the ppresidency in 1887 he dumped in the lap of his successor, Martin Van Buren, a flood of wild cat currency" and wild speculation caused by his destruction of the United States bank and the distri- button of the treasury surplus in private banks. So a cartoonist of that period drew a picture entitled "The Modern Balaam and His Ass which showed Jackson mounted on 8 donkey, across whose withers hung a bag labeled Specie Currency Circulating Medium" A ghost, Ia- beled "Bankrupts of 1837," was causing the donkey to balk and it's rider was belaboring it with a cane labeled Veto" Behind the rider and his mount walked Van Buren saying 'I shall tread in the foot
The Wrangell sentinel., 1936-09-11

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The Wrangell sentinel., 1936-09-11
NOTICE TO HEIRS
In the Matter of the Estate of An
 tone Nelson. Deceased.

In the United States Commission CTS Court. Wrangell Precinct, First Division, Territory of Alas ka, in probate.
 NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN that a hearing on the final account and report ot the undersigned ad ministrator of the estate of Antone Nelson. deceased, will be had at 2s30 o'clock in the afternoon of October 5. 1886. at the United Sta les Court house, in Wrangell. Alas ka.
 Heirs and others interested in the said estate are hereby notified and admonished to present their claims on or before the date set for the final hearing
 RICHARD SURATT. Administrator of the Estate of Antone Nelson. deceased
 First publication: Aug. 14. 1936 Last publication: Sept. II. 1886
The Wrangell sentinel., 1936-09-11
REMUNERATION ASKED FOR
 LANDS SEIZED BY GOVT

Duke Stubbs, a resident of Alaska for 35 years left recently to % back to Washington, D. C., where he and his wife have been attempt ing to secure remuneration for buildings and land seized when the government extended the area of Mckinley National Park.
 MT. Stubbs alleges that his land was patented and that he had deeds for same. recorded in Fairbanks re- cOrding district He had a fur farm well stocked with foxes, and with 12 buildings on it, including store, his residence. storage buildings. and barns. All these were taken away from him on order to vacate, it is alleged, and Mir Stubbs was com pelled to sell his live stock and get out.
 He is very bitter over the part the Alaska Railway management has taken in the matter claiming that the management refused to ship his live stock by freight. but insisted upon ranchers shipping by express, so the agents could secure their 10 per cent commission on each shipment" He claims that the railway management harass settlers along the right-ofAway, and that they are grossly overcharged on in coming and outgoing freight ship ments. In fact Mir Stubbs alleges that the Park Management and the D guf to secure an custer order, despite the fact he had been in possession of his property for a number of years before the park area was ex- tended
 MT. Stubbs claims that instead of developing the country as was in- tended when the railway was built, the railway management is actually depopulating it by unbearable rul- ings and increased freight rates. Ties were bought outside, he says. thereby causing local tie-hackers to amortize their indebtedness to the great inconvenience of the trading posts, and he further alleges that despite the fact that Anchorage, Se- ward and Fairbanks have good and well equipped printing plants, the greater part of the railroad print ing is done at Bremerton, Wash. Were this money kept in Alaska it would tend to greatly increase the population.
 Every dollars worth of printing should be let out by bids" Stubbs said, and there is no doubt that it could be done as well and as cheap ly as by Washington state work men," He believes that Alaskan bus mess should be for Alaskans, and not for outsiders.
 The cOlonists at Palmer are com plaining at the high prices for | freight and are asking for the con struction of road to the Inlet so vessels can land within a few miles of Palmer, and not force the colon- ists to pay the prohibitive freight tariffs.
 Mr. Stubbs has been a. trader for many years in the Kuskokwim dis trict, with stores at Kolmakofsky. He worked with w. F. Thompson on the News-Miner for many years and believes Wrong Font" was the best editor Alaska has ever seen. He surveyed and mapped much of the interior country and was hon. orably mentioned by government geographers for his discoveries. He ran trading post on the govern ment railway near Mckinley for several years, and Up to the time he was evicted from his own land was making a success of his bus mess.
Evening star., 1936-09-11
". Walden
DIES IN FORD, VA.
Former Associated Press
Traffic Chief Here Was
Long in III Health.
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PETERSBURG, Va, September IL.
Ernest Warren Walden, for 25
years traffic chief in the Washington
Bureau Of the Associated Press. died
of q heart attack early this morning
st his home in Ford, Dinwiddie
County. He had been in poor health
for some time.
Mr.. Walden was born In Ford, No.
vember 26, 1872, q son of the late
Algernon Sidney and Noveline Eta
Warren Walden. He went to Wash
ington about 80 years ago but re-
turned to Ford in 1884 after retiring
from active service in the Capital.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Frances Myrtle Walden. two daugh-
ters, Mrs. John H. Miller and Mrs.
Robert M. Sternes of Washington,
and one sister, Mrs. J. w. Graham
Of Cedar Bluff.
The funeral will be held Sunday
afternoon at 2 O'Clock from Cortnth
M. E. Church, Rev. T. w. Ogden,
pastor, will conduct the service and
burial will be in the church cemetery.
Evening star., 1936-09-11
RITES SET TOMORROW
FOR SERGT. GIBBONS
Member of White House Police
Force Was Victim Of Heart
Attack.

Sergt. Arthur M. Gibbons Of the
White House Police. who died OF q
heart attack yesterday, will be buried
in Cedar Hill Cemetery tomorrow.
Funeral services will be held at 2 pm.
in Fifth Baptist Church. Six-and-one-
half and z streets southwest.
The sergeant, who was 43, was
stricken while taking q shower in the
basement of the executive Offices. A
native Of this city, he had been on
the White House force IL years,
as q sergeant. For 8 years prior to
this he had been on the Metropolitan
force, attached to the first precinct.
He ls survived by his widow, Mrs.
Alice K. Gibbons; two daughters, Mil
dred and Katherine; q son, A. M.
Gibbons. jr.; two brothers, Elmer, who
Is with the Harbor Police, and Thomas
r. Gibbons, and two sisters, Viola
and Grace.
Evening star., 1936-09-11
EVANS FUNERAL RITES
WILL BE HELD TODAY
Burial Will Be Here for Native
Washtngtonian Who Died
in Boston.

Burial services were scheduled in
Glenwood Cemetery today for Samuel
Boyer Evans, IS, Of 1888 California
street. who died July 80 in Boston.
Rev. G. Freeland Peter, Washington
Cathedral canyon. was to ofiiciate.
A native Washingtonian, Mr.. Evans
had served the Government as a civil
ian employe from 1872 until 1921,
when he was retired. For many years
he was prominent in Masonic circles
Surviving him are two daughters,
Mrs. Lola Hutchins, wife Of Prof.
Will Hutchins of American UnIver-
sity, with whom he made his home,
and Mrs. Helen Hale. Wellesley,
Mass: a brother. Waring z. Evans,
cretary-treasurer Of Judd & Det-
weller, and three grandchildren.