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Evening star., 1936-08-12

1t was believed that much of his
success in stealing horses from the
Sioux resulted from his possession Of
Red Plume's hair. Plenty Coups him.
self credited the talisman as much as
his own skill and bravery. He cher
ished 1t as he cherished his life. It
was taken out Of the reverently
wrapped bundle only at council meet
ings. Even the sight Of 1t gave q duly
initiated person strength, wisdom and
bravery.
Cattlemen who knew Plenty Coups
and did business with him think he
was doing himself an injustice.
He would have been great man
anywhere" said one Of them, land II
he had been a white man with any sort
of an education he might have been
President. His word was his bond.
Bankers would lend him money with
out any security-tust his word. He
was that kind Of q man."
Plenty Coups, as might be gathered
from the above, turned ultra-re-
spectacle when he grew too old to steal
horses and the deadening days Of
peace we're upon the land. Whites and
Indians alike petted and pampered
him. Folks came from far away to his
house in the isolated reservation vii
lage to listen to his words Of wisdom.
About q decade ago he was q sort Of
Indian DR.. johnson. All agreed that
he was o man of sound commonsense
Evening star., 1936-08-12

and good will and a potent force for
good relationship between Indians and
white men and between factions Of the
tribe.
Still he kept inviolate his custodian
ship of Red Plumes hair. He wouldn't
show 1t even to so close friend as
Gen. Scott. who had expressed q curl
osity to see 1t. He remained obdurate
even when folks expressed doubt as
to whether any such thing existed.
But as the wisdom Of age settled upon
Plenty Coups he probably began to
question whether the hair was such q
sacred thing after all. At any rate
with death and reckoning around the
corner, he dared defy the supposed
retribution for the sake of friendship
and very likely it was the bravest
coup of his whole life.
Now the end of this story is some
thing of an anti-climax. What be-
came OF Red Plume's hair when
Plenty Coups died?" Is common
question around the countryside.
Willed 70 County.
It Is answered at the reservation
headquarters. The old gentleman
willed all his effects to Big Horn
County. Mont, Of which he long had
been an eminent and respected citizen
They included his battle trophies, his
dress and his relics. Red Plume's
hair was among them. Plenty Coups
Evening star., 1936-08-12
BY THOMAS r. HENRY,
Stan Correspondent Of The Star

HARDIN, Mont, August PA
few years ago two old warriors and
devoted friends sat talking over old
times in the Indian reservation vii
lage of Pryor.
They did not expect to see each
other again in this world. One Of
them, in his youth perhaps the most
dreaded fighter between the Missouri
River and the Rocky Mountains.
could only speak in whispers He suf-
fered from an incurable ailment and
the hand of death lay heavy upon
him. He was Plenty Coups, great war
rior of the Crows. The other was
Maj. Gen. Hugh Scott, U. S. A.. re-
tired.
When Gen. Scott was about to
leave, old Plenty Coups beckoned him
to keep his seat and walked feebly
across the room. He returned undo
ing a bundle. AS the ultimate ex-
preston of their old friendship he
was allowing the retired Army officer
to see what the eyes Of only one white
man, and of very few Indians, ever
had seen before. It was the most
potent medicine of the Crows-Red
Plume's hair.
This Red Plume, who died CEN
tury ago at the mouth of the Powder
River near here, had been the great
sachem Of the Crows, whose medicine
was infallible in war or peace. His
hair was suspended in two long braids
Evening star., 1936-08-12

his life by the length Of his hair. He
had vision once which informed him
that when it reached certain length
he would die-and he did.
Source of Strength.
The great shaman was inordinately
proud of this hair. He kept the braids
done up in buckskln, perfumed it
with a mixture Of sweet grass, bal
sam and the scent glands of beaver,
and was always brushing the dust
from it. 1t was the chief source OF
Samson.
The artist George Catlin. commits
stoned by the Government to paint
pictures of the Plains Indians and
whose paintings now hang in the
National Museum, once saw Red Plume
in the flesh just before he died. and
wrote description of that marvellous
hair When the old shaman was dying
he directed that his braids should be
cut off, kept as sacred treasure by
the secret society, of which he had
been the head, and exhibited only at
the meetings of this body, from which,
of course. white men and most Indians
were excluded. Thus would be pre-
served, for the benefit of his people,
the great medicine which he had ex-
ercised during his life. 1t was always
to be the sacred duty of the head of
the society to be custodian of it-and
woe to him if the spirits were angered
by allowing profane eyes to see it.
AS the years went by the posthumous
reputation of Red Plume and his
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intended that the county should have
a museum which would prove great
attraction to tourists. They still re-
main at his house in Pryor.
Once men would have given their
lives to have looked upon the marvel
Gus hair of the great shaman. But
times have changed and when any
body can see it that wants to go Co.
odd miles over dusty roads nobody
cares hang. For thus pass the
glories Of this world-even the glory
of having had the longest hair that
ever adorned the head of mortal.
But sooner OF later it will be placed
In q museum. Plenty Coups may be
hearing plenty about it from the half
legendary Red Plume in the Happy
Hunting Grounds where they have
gathered-and where Gen. Scott 10
now with them.
Copyright, 1895. by The Evening Star
Newspaper Col
Evening star., 1936-08-12

each 72 times the span Of a mans
hand. When the shaman presided at
a council he used to spread those
braids along the floor and they
reached from the center of the large
tepee where they gathered to the far
thest person sitting at the meeting
Red Plume measured the years Of
Evening star., 1936-08-12
Midget Lookout in Hold.Up.

CHICAGO P).-Mario FaniZza told
police he thought it was unusual
enough that the robber who entered
his delicatessen wore an obviously
false gray beard. But he really got a
start, he said, when the robber, with
Fanizza's $35, left to join the look
out" at the door. The lookout" was
a midget.
Evening star., 1936-08-12
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-27
RUTH LUNDELL POLLS QUARTER
 MILLION VOTES
Total Number Cast in Drive to Date Is l4,000, ,00O-
 Counter-upper Staggers

Ruth Lundell set new record in votes registered to noon yesterday, when the No. l candidate in the Better Times Drive turned in an even quarter million votes This sent her total to ,394,5 votes.
 Incidentally, votes registered since the last report set new all-time high at 1,l69,375 votes, as the 28 contestants enter the home stretch" of the drive which closes midnight, Feb. 29
 Second in votes cast to noon yes terday was Catherine York, who, by counting 142,500, moved into tenth position Anita Garnick nov ed into second place by registering 128,625. Two other girls, Bessie Powers, and Rosa Danner, cleared the 100000 mark in the heaviest day of voting on record Elisabeth Kaser with 95,175, Eleanor Gruber with 90,000 and Rosellen Monagle with 54,675 were others to pass the 5O,O00 mark
 Almost IA million votes have been cast in this drive up to today
 The "counter-u staggers un- der the avalanche of voting, and does not promise complete reports at any specified time.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-27
METHODISTS HAVE
 POTLUCK SUPPER

A covered dish supper, sponsored by the Ladies Aid Society for the entertainment of their husbands and families, was held last even ing in the Methodist Parsonage, home of Rev and Mrs. o. L. Ken dall
 Following supper, social even- ing, with games and community singing, was enjoyed by the 35 per- sons present.
 Feature of the evening was the reading, by Mrs. George Perrin, of a paper dealing with The History of Alaska"
 Arrangements for the supper were carried out by Mrs. Floyd Dryden.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-27
TAXI DRIVER NOW QUER|ED
 BY HOFFMAN
Governor Questions Joseph Perrone's Identification
 of B. Hauptmann

TRENTON, N. J., Feb. 27.-Gov. Harold G. Hoffman today ques- tioned the identification by Joseph Perrone, taxi driver, of Bruno Hauptmann as the man who hired him to deliver a note to Dr. J. F. (Jafsie) Condon prior to payment of the Lindbergh baby ransom.
 The Governor said Perrone, on one of many occasions, picked out persons whom he said greatly re- sembled the man who gave him the note. In no case, he said, was the description similar to that of Hauptmann.
 Attorney General David Wilentz said he would make no move at all' to combat the Governors re- newed attacks against the Haupt- mann evidence
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-27
HACOOD TALKED
 TOO FLIPPANTLY
 SAYS WAR DEPT.
Explanation Is Given for Reason in Disciplin-
 ing Officer

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-Step- ping into the politically tinged me lee over disciplining of Major Gen eral Johnson Hagood, the War De- partment today published state ment that his entire record as a General and an officer was mark ed by repeated examples of lack of self control, irresponsible and in- temperate statements"
 The War Departments silence was broken in the face of Re- publican effort to force the Senate to make an investigation in o whether military exiling of Mai Gen. Hagood has abridged his right of free speech.
 The War Departments statement was issued by Gen. Malin Craig, Chief of Staff
 In letter to Secretary of War George H. Dern, dated Ferbuary 18, it was recommended that Mai. Gen Hagood be relieved of the command of the Eighth Corps area and sent home to await further orders"
 In referring to past utterances of Maj. Gen. Hagood, Gen. Malln said there have been reprimands and explanations to little avail, ,''- and another comment was that evidently the trait of flippancy is too ingrained for reprimand or ad- monition to have much effect
 Asks Leniency
 Senator Byrnes, accompanied by Representative McSwain, Chairman of the House Military Committee. and Blanton of Texas, asked Sec retary of War Dern to set aside or modify the disciplinary action taken against Maj. Gen. Hagood. Byrnes told Army leaders he be- lieved the order removing Hagood from command of the Eighth Corps Area was too severe.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-27
OF FREE THOUGHT
 DIES IN SOUTH
Gen. Lynes, Noted in Edu- cational, Military Cir
 cles, Passes Away

MARIETTA, Georgia, Feb 27.- Gen. J. Colton Lynes, aged 91, prom inent in military and educational circles in the south for many years, is dead at his home here
 Temperate but complete living with the mind open to progress and change was the philosophy preached and practiced by Lynes.
 T am an eyolutionist in all things" he would often say when discussing militarism,. government or education-his chief interest in life.
 His life was primarily one of ser vice, first as a drill sergeant in the Confederate army at the age of IS, then as lawyer and later as an instructor of youth He abandoned the law soon after being admitted to the bar because it did not bring out the best in man" and made teaching his career. He estimated that in 34 years spent in the class room he lectured to more than 1000 students.
 For a number of years Gen Lynes ranked with the leading educators of the South. His first professor ship was held at Carolina Military Institute, and he was president, in turn. of the Marietta Female Col lege, the South Georgia Military and Agriculture College and the Middle Georgia Military and Agricultural College He also for several years was assistant superintendent at Kings Mountain Military Academy, Yorkville, S. C., and held professor ships at Shorter College Rome, Ga.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-27
Name Publisher
 As Running Mate
 for Senator Borah
Frank Gannett to Team Up with Idahoan for Vote
 Drive in Ohio Primary

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 2l-Sen- ator William E. Borah for Presi- dent forces announced last night that his running mate in the pri- mary drive for Ohio's 52 delegates to the Republican convention will be Frank E. Gannett, publisher of 19 newspapers in New York state, New Jersey and Connecticut.
 Gannett is one of the best news papermen in the east and leans to the more liberal policies in his Re- publicaniSm, much the same as Bor- ah, it is pointed out.
 Political observers see in the move an effort on the part of the Borah forces to gain support in the East.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-27
FISHERY CHIEF TELLS CHAMBER
 OUTLOOK GOOD
w. F. Thompson Says Hali- but Industry's Future
 Promising
Clerk of Che Hunt terdon County Court of oyer and Terminrr.

w. F. Thompson, Chairman of the International Fisheries Con- mission, was the principal speaker at the c h m Der of Commerce luncheon today in the Terminal Cafe.
 MT. Thompson, who has been in Juneau for a conference with local halibut fishermen, declared that the industry is looking to the future with optimism. The number of spawners is on the increase, he stat ed, giving promise of a greater yield and firm basis for a stabil- ized condition.
 Fisheries science has advanced tremendously during recent years, he said, and the commission is doing all in it's power to acquaint fishermen more closely with the facts, and to show them the foun- dations on which the changes and regulations are based You are for tunate in the type of men engaged in the industry, and its future as an increasingly productive and we'll controlled line of endeavor is most promising"
 Halibut History Told
 The fisheries chief briefly out lined the history of the halibut to the gathering, and showed the ac- turial basis on which the control is promised. MT. Thompson was to leave on the Victoria for Petersburg and Ketchikan, where he will hold meetings with fishermen.
 Supplementing MT. Thompson's talk, Martin Borleck, Juneau fish erman, sounded a new appeal for greater support for the proposed small boat harbor for Juneau and Douglas, which he stated would considerably increase the perma- nent population.
 Vice President w. S. Pullen pre- sided at the meeting in the absence of President Norman Banfield, and introduced two returning members, c. T. Gardner, Vice President of the Juneau Lumber Mills, and Robert Simpson, optometrist and owner of the Nugget Shop.
 Erecutiue Report Read
 The report of the executive com mittee meeting was read by Acting Secretary John Keyser, in which it was stated that the committeeman voted to have all contestants in the Better Times Drive as luncheon guests on the Thursday before the winners leave for the south.
 Support was pledged for the high school music festival, to be held in Juneau from April 20 to 25, at which approximately 40 students from Ketchikan, Wrangell, Petersburg and Sitka will be in attendance. The committee also took up the matter of the placing of pictures of Alaska's governors in the Post Of- flee lobby, and the uncurbed shoot ing of fireworks within the city limits
 A total of 69 requests for infor- nation were received during the week, it was stated.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-27
JAPAN REVOLT GIVES POWERS
 SUDDEN SHOCK
Tokyo Mass Assassinations Adds to Tension Already
 Felt, Diplomatic Circles
REBELS REPORTED
 GIVING GROUND
Firm Army Rule Anticipat- ed Following First Flare
 up of Liberal Element

LONDON, Feb 27-Anxious Eur ope anticipated firm army rule in Japan on the heels of the mass as- sassinations of cabinet members yesterday. Diplomatic circles echoed with the question of whether war would eventuate from the conflict between Japanese militarists and the more conservative liberals.
 Much speculation was heard over the identity of a new Premier. Those most frequently mentioned were Baron Hiranuma Vice Presi- dent of the Privy Council and noted head of the Fascist organizations, and General Sadao Araki, former War Minister.
 REBELLIOUS OFFICERS RELENT
 TOKYO, Feb. z1.--..e rebellious young army officers who killed four Japanese liberal statesmen in an attempted coup d etat yesterday gave ground today in Tokyo while the surviving ministers of the Jap anese Cabinet strove to form new government.
 An official source told the Domei news agency the insurgents capi- tulated late today. The recalcitrants who held police headquarters bar racks against the tightening ring of loyal troops for 24 hours are re- ported to have started evacuation of the buildings they occupied.
 The original object of the upris- ing, it was stated, was the removal of those government figures they considered inimical to Japan's best interests. Establishment of an ultra patriotic nationalist government ap- peared near achievement.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-27
THREE KILLED AS AVALANCHE
 BURIES TRAIN
Two Others Injured-Bod- les Removed After All-
 Night Struggle

WALLACE, Idaho, Feb 27.-Three persons were killed and two injured when an avalanche slid 200 feet down the mountain and engulfed a Northern Pacific train 24 miles east of here.
 The bodies were recovered after an all-night struggle.
 The dead are Thomas Byall, Mis- soula, brakeman; F. A. McClain, Missoula, and blonde woman, about 30, unidentified.
 The injured are E. c. Florin, H. E. Wheeler.
 The avalanche started at the sum- init of Lookout Pass.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-27
ACQU|T GIRL WHO KILLED
 HER FATHER
Emma Willis, Is, Freed by Jury on Ground of In-
 sanity from Cruelty

ANARDARKO, Okla, Feb. 27.- Emma Willis, IS, farm girl, has been acquitted for shooting her father, by a jury which accepted the de- fense theory that she was driven insane by cruelty and improper ad- vances from the 51-year- share cropper, Eddie H. Willis.
 Plans were launched immediate ly to obtain freedom through a hearing on her present sanity.
 Meanwhile, she will be sent to an Insane Hospital for observation.
 The girl shot her father as he lay in bed in their farm home on De- cember 31.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-27
NOBEL PRIZE
 WINNER DIES

LENINGRAD, Feb. 27.-Ivan Pet rovitch Pavloff, aged 86, physiolo- gist who became internationally fa- nous for his purely materialistic' theory of conditioned reflexes in the research of the mental processes of animals, is dead here. He won the Nobel prize in 1904 for his re- search work in the activity of the digestive glands.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-27
EUROPE ECHOES WITH NEW WAR FEARS
NEW DEATH WARRANT FOR BRUNO

THEREFORE, tho statutes in such THOMAS Judge ths co.msncing Monday, the K. L.<< (Jo) 4. be provided thin pontsd shall. statutes of this State, be your sufficient warrant therefor.
 WHEREOF, hsreuno this nineteenth day of February. 4. D. ls,e.
 oLA..<oR
 presIdIns Judge of County
 Court of and Terziner. ATTEST, CIerko of tks HInEer don County Court
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-27
THREE MATANUSKA
 FAMILIES GO SOUTH

Three more families of returning colonistS from the Matanuska proj- ect are passengers aboard the Vic toria enroute to the States. They include the following: MT. and Mrs. John Hoeft and daughter; MT. and Mrs Rudolph Leander; and MT. and Mrs. Ray w Wilkes and four chil- dren. Miss Ruth Cook. nurse from the colony, is also a passenger aboard the Victoria.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-27
ANOTHER COLD WAVE SWEEPS
 MANY STATES
Floods Threatening Other Sections--Ice Jams
 Releasing

CHICAGO, Ill, Feb. 27.-Sub- zero weather has returned to the north and central states for a new cold wave.
 Heavy precipitation and high winds are forecast for other sec tions.
 Residents in many states are threatened by floods which have al- ready caused several drownings and much property damage, and are hoping for the return of freezing weather as relief.
 Ice jams are already rising in many flood waters.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-27
lsham Temple Shrine Coming North in July

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Feb. P. - Islam Temple Shrine has completed arrangements for an 18-day summer cruise tC AL aska following the Shrine ccn- ventiOn which will be held in Seattle in July.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-27
SITKA RADIO
 STATION NOW
 IS "W0RKINC"
Tallapoosa Returns from Scene of Fire-Answer-
 ed Emergency Call

The United States Coast Guard cutter Tallapoosa, commanded by Lieut. Miles Inlay, arrived here this morning from an emergency trip to Sitka, to aid in installing radio equipment replacing the Sig nal Corps station in the Federal Building at Sitka which was en- tirely destroyed by flames last Sun day morning.
 The Coast Guard vessel received a radio message at 6.30 o'clock Sunday evening notifying them that the Army radio station at Sitka had been destroyed by fire, and instructing them to pick up Radio Technician V. L. Hoke and equip ment available here, to go to Wran- gell for additional equipment in- cluding a transformer, and to pro- ceed to Sitka at once. The Talla- poosa was ready to sail as soon as MT Hoke had his equipment aboard. Lieut.. Inlay said, and steamed down the Channel at 7:45 pm. arriving at Wrangell 10:15 am. Monday, and reaching Sitka at 3:35 am. Tuesday.
 Install New Station
 Upon arrival at Sitka, MT. Hoke. assisted by members of the crew of the Tallapoosa, immediately be- gan the process of installation of a new station in the old cable office, occupied by Dr Nicholson, who moved his property from one room in the two-story frame building.
 Cutter Handles Business
 The original message sent to the Tallapoosa last Sunday was sent from a one-tube amateur set in Sitka. and relayed by an amateur in British Columbia to other sta- tions before reaching Juneau The small set later worked direct with Juneau after technical adjustments had been made. Until the new sta tion was ready to function all Gov ernment messages were handled by the Tallapoosa for Sitka relieving the smaller set of a considerable volume of business.
 Members of the crew of the Tal-
 (Cont.nred on Page Tnree)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-27
LANDON DECLINES
 TO ENTER OHIO RACE

COLUMBUS, O., Feb. 27-Gov Alfred M. Landon of Kansas today informed the Ohio Republican State Committee he would not enter the Ohio primary as a candidate for the Republican Presidential nomin- ation.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-27
Italy Refuses Signature on
 Naval Treaty
Object of League Sanctions Balk at Agreement
 Technicalities

LONDON, Feb. 27.-Italy, baking at the continuation of League of Nations sanctions against her, to- day advised Great Britain she is not ready to sign the new naval treaty with England, France and United States.
 British advices said technical diff faculties over the size of ships and questions of procedure resulted in the Italian action.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-27
FLOOD, SLIDES CAUSE PROBLEM
 IN WASHINGTON
Snoqualmie Pass Closed by Avalanche-Mt. Baker
 Road Ordered Shut

SEATTLE, Feb. 27.-Flood and slide problems in Western Wash ington approached an acute stage today as rains continued after the break in the cold snap.
 Snoqualmie Pass, closed by aval- anches, remained impossible, after the highway department withdrew it's workmen because of the danger of fresh snowslides.
 The road to Mt. Baker is closed at the glacier for the same reason.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-27
ENTERS HOSPITAL

Axel Peterson, medical case. is registered today at St. Ann's Hos pital. MT. Peterson, who arrived from Chichagof on the Roedda, is suffering from an eye injury.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-27
pew. JONES AVERAGES
WALLACE WILL
 SUE MAE WEST

NEW YORK, Feb. 27 Frank Wallace. actor. has started action to enjoin Mae West from denying m Hollywood that he is her hus- band
 Mae said, That guys trying to cash in again because have new picture. I'm not married to him and never was"