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The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-12-22
CELEBRATION UNDERGROUND.
Iron Ore Miners Stage Unique Activities Be-
 meath Earth Surface

ISHPEMING. Mich, Dec. 22.- Iron ore miners in the Marquette Range, held a unique Christmas party last night, 1400 feet under ground
 Evergreens chopped from Michi- gans northern woods. decorated the center of the activities and husky miners joined in singing silent Night" and other Yuletide chorals.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-12-22
KELLOGG IS M0URNED BY
 BRIT ISHERS
Was Considered One of U s. Most Popular En-
 voys to St. James

LONDON, Dec. 22.--News of the death of Frank B. Kellogg, one time Ambassador from the United States
 to the Court of St. James, has been received with regret in England, along with the death of the late Ambassador Bingham, whose pass
 ing is still mourned here.
 Kellogg was considered one of the
 most popular envoys to come from
 Washington since the World War. During his brief service, 1923-25, the
 British press gave him two nick names, the Silent Diplomat" and also the Friendly Ambassador.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-12-22
Winter Solistice
 In Interior Makes
 Barometer Go High

BETHEL, Alaska, Dec. 22.-The winter solistice brought abnor- mally high barometer readings pre- saging clear and cold weather. Readings here and at several other points in the interior are the high est ever recorded and the recording arms threatened to go off the baro- grafs as the pressure continued higher.
 Readings changed more than 200 points in 36 hours attained high of BPS here and 3130 at Flat.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-12-22
 Pact Renewed on
 Fishing Rights

MOSCOW Dec. 22.-One source ot Soviet-Japanese friction has been removed by an agreement which leaves Japanese vessels the right tc continue fishing in Soviet Pacific waters.
 The agreement would have ex- pired December 31. The agreement has eased the tension developed ear Her when Russia postponed renewal
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-12-22
BIC STRIKE IN
 M0JAvE DESERT
Veteran Prospector Ap- pears with Fabulous
 Rich Gold Ore

SAN BERNARDINO, Cal. Dec. p. Joe Larrieau, veteran MoJave des- ert prospector, has appeared here with gold ore he said assayed as high as 5000 a ton. He said the strike was m e near Goffa, 200 miles east of here and almost on the Colorado River.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-12-22
56 INDICTED, BOOTLECC|NC
Huge Conspiracy Revealed Government Defraud-
 ed of Large Sum

NEW YORK, Dec. 22.-Fifty-six persons have been indicted by the Federal Grand Jury on charges oi operating a huge bootlegging con- spiracy that has deprived the Gov ernment of at least $l ,800,000 in tax es during the past three years.
 Defendants include three city po- licemen and a former inspector o1 the Alcohol Tax Unit.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-12-22
BOYCOTT, JAPAN IMPORTS
Women s Committee to Call on Shop Owners in
 Los Angeles

LOS ANELES, Cal, Dec. 22.-- The Womens' Committee of the American League for Peace and De- mocracy, said about 50 members. wearing lisle stockings, will canvass stores in the fashionable Wiltshire district. asking shop owners to dis play placards reading: We Do Not Carry Japanese Imports"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-12-22
SHIP DAMAGED
 IN COLLISION

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Dec. 22. The Baltimore Mail Line an- nounces that word has been receiv- ed here that the City of Hamburg, damaged in collision in the North Sea during a fog, has returned to Hamburg and will probably be docked for two weeks for extensive repairs
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-12-22
6. E. EMERSON
 PASSES AWAY
Secretary to Former Presi- dent Hoover Dies Tn
 Washington

NEW YORK, Dec. 22.-George E Ackerson, AS, who served as Secre- tary to Former President Herbert Hoover from 1928 to 1881, died last nigni. He had been in i'll health foi some time and entered the hospit- al about month ago.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-12-22
MISS MOORE VISITS

Miss Iris Moore, sister of Mrs. Earl Clifford, arrived in Juneau aboard the steamer Alaska this af- ternoon.
 Miss Moore, whose home is in Se- attle, will visit during the holidays with the Cliffords at their Blomgren Apartments home. She has made several trips to Alaska before
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-12-22
HEINTZLEMAN RETURNS

Regional Forester Frank Heintzle- man, who has been Outside in con- nection with preparing the Alaska development plan as a representa- tive of the Alaska Planning Com mission, of which he is chairman, returned to his headquarters here on the Alaska.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-12-22
Movie Comedian
 Dies Suddenly

CULVER CITY, Cal, Dec. a. Ted Healy, motion picture comed- ian, aged fl, died suddenly today, the M-G-M officials announced The cause was an attack of the heart. His last picture, Hollywood Hotel" was previewed last night.
 Mrs. Healy gave birth to a child only a few days ago.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-12-22
DOW. JONES AVERAGES
Section Digs Out
 From Under Snow

ALBURQUERQUE, New Mexico, Dec. 22. Southern New Mexico, from Fl Paso, Texas to the Arizona line, dug out today from under the heaviest snowfall in years.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-12-22
.RETURNING TO SITKA

Mrs. William Ott and daughter Loretta are passengers on the North land for Sitka, their home.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-12-22

Seven hundred Texans defeated 5000 Mexican soldiers in 18 minutes of the battle of San Jacinto in 1886
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-12-22
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, Dec. g. Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 11A, American Can 741a, American Light and Power GA, Anaconda 32A, Bethlehem Steel 62, Commonwealth and Sou- thern 2, Curtiss Wright 4, General Motors 32%, International Harves- ter 6e5s, Kennecott 389s, New York Central 19, Southern Pacific 21% Cities Service 2, Pound $4.99B Bremner bid asked 4.
 DOW, JONES AVERAGES
 The following are today's Dow Jones averages: industrials l28.55 down l43; rails 32.28, down .37; util- ities 2l.42, down .39.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-05-27
FREE SCHOLARSHIPS WILL
BE OFFERED TO STUDENTS
Competitive Examinations To Be
Held on Saturday, June IL

Notice of competitive examinations
for free scholarships in various schools
of learning, is being given this week
by the Board of Education.
Examinations will be held in the
Oakland High school building on
Saturday, June IL, beginning at $3.50
a. M, and will be conducted in English,
natural science, social studies, mathe-
MATES, etc.
A full scholarship is available for a
boy in st. Johns college, Annapolis;
and a tuition scholarship for a boy in
the same institution. A maximum
scholarship is likewise available for a
boy in Charlotte Hall school, Charlotte
Hall.
Any other scholarship that may be-
come available will be offered first to
those who appear to take the examina-
tions.
Candidates must have four years of
high school or the equivalent. Further
information may be obtained at the
office of F. E. Rathbun, county super
intendent.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-05-27
COUNTY RELIEF PROGRAM
AS VIEWED BY BALTIMORE
Article of Staff Correspondent Of
Sun Causes Much Comment

The relief problem in Garrett county
as viewed by a Baltimore City citizen,
was related in the columns of the
Baltimore Sun last Saturday by Frank
S. Hopkins, staff correspondent of that
newspaper.
Mr.. Hopkins was in Oakland last
Friday and interviewed number of
business men. From his point of view
Garrett county's relief problem was
far greater in proportion to population
than Baltimore City. At a conserva-
tive estimate $500 persons were
placed by Mr.. Hopkins as being sup
ported on various forms of relief.
This included direct relief, Works
Progress Administration, and the Re-
settlement Administration. The last
two agencies employ SGT men.
Mr.. Hopkins found that not every
one here thinks all this expenditure is
desirable, many holding that the Gov
eminent is substituting many of the
indolent and the incompetent, and is
discouraging generally individual
initiative.
Walter Dawson, attorney, was
quoted as saying that some of the cut
over forest land could be reclaimed
for farms if the men out of work here
were sufficiently enterprising, while
Blaine Giessman, county commission
err, was quoted as saying that most of
the timber land was poor and rocky
and that many existing farms were
not paying their way.
Mr.. Hopkins saw only one ray of
hope, the revival of the summer resort
business, which is not on the upgrade.
Everyone he saw felt that the tour
list business must be built up if Gar
rett county is to prosper. The difficulty
is to get the county's superb scenery
and invigorating summer climate
advertised properly.
The article caused much comment
in this section.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-05-27
DEFENSE ENTERS INSANITY
PLEA FOR CLYDE FRIEND
Courtroom Crowded AS Murder
Trial Gets Under Way Today;
Two Judges On Bench
SECURING JURY A PROBLEM

A plea of insanity was entered
by the defense counsel for Clyde
Friend as his trial for the murder
of Quinter Hook got under way
in the Circuit Court here this
morning.
The courtroom was crowded as
the session began shortly after
1920 o'clock with Chief Judge
D. Lindley Sloan and Associate
Judge Frank G.. Wagaman on
the bench.
Friend was brought into the
courtroom and the indictment charg-
ing him with murder was read to him.
To the question asked by Clerk A. G.
Ross, care you guilty or not guilty."
William R. Offutt, one of Friends at
torneys, answered "Not guilty" Mr..
Offutt then said he wished to enter
plea of insanity for the prisoner.
The work of drawing the jury then
began with number of the regular
panel being excused because they had
conscientious scruples against capital
punishment. Others were challenged.
1t was considered unlikely that the
jury would be selected before late this
afternoon.
Friend is on trial for the murder of
Quinter Hook, farmer of the Blooming
Rose community, which occurred in
wheat field on his farm April IS.
Friend was captured three days later
and since that time has been in the
County Jail. His indictment was re-
turned at special session of the Gar
rett County grand jury two weeks ago.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-05-27
Collection of Historical Coins Elk.
hibited at Oakland High School

Cal Grim, head of the Cal Grim De-
tective Bureau, Cincinnati, Ohio, has
permitted F. E. Rathbun, County Su-
perintendent of Schools, to show to
Garrett county school children a valu-
able collection of historical coins
These coins were presented to Mr.
Grim by the president of an Ohio cor
poration as a token of appreciation
for the diplomacy and good Judgment
he used in handling case for the cor
poration.
The coins are gold plated, bearing
busts of all the American presidents
from Washington to Roosevelt on one
side and brief history of each on
the reverse side.
Mr.. Grim stated in a letter to Mr.
Rathbun that he thought some of the
children and grandchildren of his old
schoolmates might enjoy looking al
this collection. The Oakland high
school students viewed the collection
with much interest when it was ex-
hibited there yesterday.
Mr.. Grim is former Oaklander and
is we'll known by many peploe here.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-05-27
TRAIN ACCIDENT VICTIM
DIES OF HIS INJURIES
Interment Service Yesterday At
ternOOn For Frank r. Harne

Interment of the remains of Frank
Rexford Harne, So, of 126 Arch street
Cumberland, who died early Monday
morning in Allegany Hospital, Cum.
berland, of injuries received when he
was struck by train late Saturday
occurred yesterday afternoon in Oak,
land cemetery where members OF
Mountain Division, No. 267, Brother.
hood of Railroad Trainmen were in
charge of the services.
The man was victim of railroad
accident in Cumberland when he anC
a fellow workman, j. Guy Polling, were
struck by Engine No. GAL in the Cum
berland yards. Polling was instantly
killed while Harne sustained a pune.
tured lung, a fractured skull and frac.
tured right arm and internal injuries
He never regained consciousness. Botl
men were veteran Baltimore and Ohio
trainment.
Mr.. Harne was native of Oakland
being a son of the late Mr.. and Mrs
Andrew j. Harne of Oakland.
He is survived by three sisters, Miss
Lille Harne and Mrs. Ethel Stewart
of Cumberland, and Mrs. Samuel Law.
ton, of Oakland, and one brother, Johr
Lee Harne, of Roanoke, Va.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-05-27
COUNTRYWIDE FIELD AND
TRACK MEET TO BE HELD
Events Will Take Place Next
Wednesday, June 2, at Accident

The twenty-frst annual field and
track meet of the Garrett county pub
lie schools, will be held on Wednesday,
June 2, at Accident, for the third con-
secutive year.
The meet is being held by authority
of the Board of Education, under the
direction of the P. A. L. of Maryland.
The games committee includes Foster
o. Speicher, Friendsville, chairman;
W. j. Glenn, Friendsville; Frank Get
ty, Grantsville; B. o. Aiken, Accident;
F. D. Bittle, Oakland; Asa Lewis,
Kempton; o. P. Jones, Kitzmiller;
Mrs. Iva B. Walker, Kitzmiller; Miss
Rosalie Click, Oakland.
Approximately 500 have entered the
competitive events in the various
classes from 80 pounds, to the senior
unlimited, and there will be about
1900 in the games events, according
to Mr.. Speicher. Mr.. Speicher also
announced that he would continue the
system on the grounds for announcing
results, winners, etc., that was in effect
last year.
The games tournament will be held
from 9 to 1890 o'clock, while the COM
petitive track and field events will be
conducted from 1:3O to $3.50.
All schools have been practicing for
the past several weeks in preparation
for the meet and keen competition is
expected. Oakland High school won
the meet last year. There was some
doubt expressed two months ago about
whether Oakland would enter the
meet, on account of the lack of prac-
tice field, but practices have been I'M
der way. 1t was stated that the en-
phasis would be on the field events but
that there would be some entries in
running events.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-05-27
Banquet Marks End OF Night
Mining Classes

DR.. J. ]. Rutledge, chief engineer of
the Maryland Bureau of Mines, pre-
sided and acted as POSTMASTER at the
fourteenth annual banquet at Clarys-
vile Inn, near Frostburg, last Satur-
day night, which marked the close of
the night mining classes conducted in
this region for the past SO weeks by
Robert Ewing and L. C. Hutson, voca-
tional mining instructors.
Certificates for 80 percent attend
ance were awarded to the following
from this county, William Boyce, Lyle
Paugh, James Simms, Harry Edwards,
Raymond Dixon, Vindex; W. G. Hobbs,
C. B. Mcintyre, w. P. Warwick, Shall
mar; w. H. Miller, John T. Hughes,
John Butts, Roy Butts, Carl Schell,
German; William Faherty, Carroll
Forman, Darrell Lewis, Crellin; Guy
F. Alexander, Grantsville; Raymond
o. Mccullough, Jr., Harry VanSickle,
Friendsville.
Mine ventilation, coal mine gases,
map reading and arithmetic were the
subjects taught. The classes are spon-
sored by the University of Maryland,
State Board of Education and county
Boards of Education of Garrett and
Allegany counties, and are under the
supervision of the Maryland Bureau of
Mines.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-05-27
LegiOnaires To Be At the Church
of St. Peter the Apostle Sunday

Proctor Kildow Post, No. II, Amer
lean Legion of Oakland, will mark
Decoration Day by assisting at the ten
o'clock mass at the church of St.
Peter the Apostle in Oakland. Rev.
Lawrence Sullivan, CSC, who is
conducting a mission at the church,
will address the members of the Post.
After the service the men will march
in a body to the cemetery where they
will decorate the graves of all deceased
soldiers. The ceremonies at the ceme-
terry will be in charge of Howard C.
Riggs, post commander. Delbert Davis
will speak.
Arrangements for the church SER
vice were made by Richard Shaffer,
Ronald McIntire, Robert Helbig and
Harold NJ. Dawson, Legionaires.
On the smaame Sunday there will be
mass at St. Dominic's church, Hoyes,
at 1890 a. m. The ladies in charge of
preparing the church are Mrs. George
Sebold, Mrs. Joseph Sebold and Miss
Theresa Mattingly. Mass will be cele-
brated at Hoyes every fourth Sunday
of the month in the future, according
to Rev. FIR. William F. Sauer, of Oak
land, who is also pastor of the Hoyes
church.
Students of the Holy Cross Summer
House of Studies will continue cate
chism classes after the masses each
Sunday, following a custom which was
inaugurated last summer. Four per-
sons of Hoyes were recently confirmed
at the Oakland church-Robert Sc
bold, Helen Sebold, Hubert Sebold and
Annabel Sebold.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-05-27
Protests Issuance of Beer Lii
cense At Kitzmiller

A protest signed by 70 residents of
Kitzmiller was received by A. G. Ross,
Clerk of the Circuit Court, yesterday
morning, petitioning the Court not to
grant a license to Daniel W. Tasker to
sell beer in Kitzmiller.
The petition to the Court alleged
the place for which the license was
applied was mot a proper one with
reference to the public peace and well
fare of the neighborhood."
The petition will be presented to the
Court and after the lapse of a specified
time hearing will be held, according
to Mr.. Ross, at which time the petition
ers and Mr.. Tasker will be present.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-05-27
Ordained Into The Ministry

Rev. Ellwood Hauser, son of Mr.,
and Mrs. W. A. Hauser, Oakland, who
recently was graduated from the
Lutheran Theological Seminary at
Gettysburg, Pa, was ordained into the
ministry at the meeting of the Allie
gheny Synod at Altoona, Pa, on We'd
nesday, May 10.
Rev. Hauser is pastor-elect of Bos-
we'll Lutheran church, Boswell, Pa,
and will be officially installed there in
the near future. Rev. Hauser is grad
uate of Oakland high school and took
his collegiate work at Gettysburg Col
lege. He was student pastor for year
at the First Lutheran church in Johns
town, Pa.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-05-27
TWENTY-THREE ASSESSORS
ARE CHOSEN ON TUESDAY
All Take The Oath Of Office and
Then Given instruction By M.
]. Lindsey, State Supervisor
WORK NOW UNDER WAY

Twenty-three applicants were sworn
is as assessors at the Court House on
Tuesday, and then received instruc-
tons concerning their work from
Michael j. Lindsey, chief supervisor
of the State Tax Commission, Balti-
more.
Those who were sworn in included
the following, Carl Frazee, J. w.
Whorton, E. G. Naylor, George W.
Harvey, Bert C. Scott, Harry Paugh,
Edward Helbig, Howard Wilt, Charles
Savage, ]. B. Shockey, o. C. Welch,
Stewart Rodamer, ]. Milton Fike,
Donald Chisholm, Carl Enlow, Martin
L. Savage, John Bethel, Charles C.
Layman, Chester A. Green, Thomas w.
Mcdowell, Orville G. Stark, Jasper C.
Meyers, Ed. Burns.
Eight of those named will be general
assessors, with the two last named in
charge of the assessment of all coal
properties. The remainder will be
the district assessors.
Mr.. Lindsey was accompanied to
Oakland Tuesday by Somerville Mich
olson, tax assessment supervisor of
Allegany county, R. Mason Hill, as
sistant supervisor, and Roderick Clary,
one-time supervisor.
The assessment of property will get
under way about June 6, according to
R. C. McComas, Garrett county super
visor of assessments. Tax transcripts
for 1887 are about completed and the
preliminary work of preparing the
cards for the use of the assessors in
their field work has been under way
for several days.
There are over 5000 individual
cards to be written up for the various
properties in the county to be re-
assessed and their preparation is a
lengthy job, requiring care as to name,
location and description of the
property
The last general assessment in
Maryland was held in 1927, being
postponed twice by legislative act.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-05-27
GRANDSON OF MRS. MARY
STEMPLE BROWNS SUNDAY
Canoe Upsets In CacapOn River,
Near Largent, With Two
Occupants

Owen o. Gall, 20, of Cumberland, a
grandson of Mrs. Mary Stemple, Of
Oakland, was one of two young men
who were drowned in fifteen feet of
water Sunday at noon in the Cacapon
river at Largent, w. Va, about twelve
miles below Paw Paw. The other
victim was Randolph Logsdon, SO, Of
Palo Alto, Pa.
The two men were padding about in
a canoe in full sight of the highway
when the craft capsized, dumping
them into the cold water. Gall was
said to be a strong swimmer while
Logsdon also could swim.
The bottom of the river was dragged
for more than thirty minutes before
the bodies were recovered. Artificial
respiration was then applied by police
for an hour and half, without effect
Gall and Logsdon had accompanied
Calls parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Arta NJ
Gall, to the summer camp where the
Calls have cottage.
Gall is survived by his parents, a
brother, James A. Gall, and a sister,
Helen Louise Gall. Funeral services
were conducted Wednesday morning
at 10 o'clock in Cumberland.
Mrs. Mary Stemple, Mr.. and Mrs.
Grover Stemple, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Stemple, of Oakland, attended the
services.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-05-27
Electric Service Interrupted

The electric service was Interrupt
ted for several hours yesterday after
noon during an electric storm when
lightning struck the main line between
TOWNSVILLE and Kingwood, West Va.
There was no current from shortly
after two o'clock until about $50.
Showers continued internationally
until this morning. Rains have been
plentiful during the entire week.
The warmest weather of the year
thus far was also recorded during the
week, the mountain top experiencing
a real touch of summer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-05-27
Engagement Is Announced

Mr.. and Mrs. H. V. Leighton, of
Mountain Lake Park, announced the
engagement of their daughter, Miss
Helen Leighton, to Mr.. Nelson Car
michael, a son of Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Carmichael, of Laurel, Miss, at
a bridge party Tuesday evening at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert C.
Leighton, Oak street, Oakland.
Members of Miss Leighton's bridge
club were guests.
The wedding will take place some
time in June. Both Miss Leighton and
Mr.. Carmichael are graduates of a
business college at Bowling Green,
Kentucky. The couple will reside in
Nashville, Tenn, where Mr.. Carmi-
chael is employed.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-05-27
Senior Class To Present Operetta
On Friday, June 4

Members of the Senior class of Oak
land High school will present the Gill
bert and Sullivan operetta "Pinafore"
in the school auditorium on Friday
evening, June 4. The play is under
the direction of Mrs. Russell Brown
and Cornelius C. Gisriel.
The cast includes Edward Paugh,
Jack Lawton, Howard Smouse, Jack
Weber, Guy Hinebaugh, Marguerite
Forman, Catherine Richardson, Mary
Lyle Glotfelty. The chorus is composed
of members of the senior class who
are not in the main cast.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-05-27
Alumni Dance Scheduled

The annual alumni dance of Oak
land high school will be held on Thurs
day, June 10, at the Mountain Lake
Hotel, Henry W. McComas, Jr., presi-
dent of the Alumni Association, said
yesterday.
Admission will be 81 per couple and
Reed Raines and his orchestra will
play the program of dances.
Invitations are to be mailed to the
school alumni, but Mr.. McComas said
that some may be overlooked, in which
case they are not excluded and that
all alumni and their friends are in
vited to be present.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-05-27
Injured In Motor Wreck

Mr.. John Felty, lumber dealer, of
Rowlesburg, w. Va, and former resi-
dent of Oakland, sustained serious in
juries in an automobile wreck near
Thomas, w. Va, last Thursday night,
as ne and J. N. Wilson were returning
home from a meeting of the Upper
Monongahela Valley Association at
Parsons.
Wilson suffered from shock and
several bad bruises. Felty was taken
to St. Mary's hospital, Clarksburg.
He suffered numerous cuts and bruises.
A car hit the Felty car head on. Both
cars were badly damaged.