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Evening star., 1938-10-22
MISSIONARIES SPEAK
AT CHURCH TOMORROW
The Rev. and Mrs. L. E. Davis
to Address Congregation at,
Westminster Presbyterian.

eSCm1uSCer TreSDyCeTlau.
The Rev. Harry v. Porter will con-
duct the morning service at Westmin-
ster Memorial Presbyterian Church,
when the Rev. and Mrs. Linnell E. Da-
Wis will speak. Mr.. and Mrs. Davis will
sail for Kenya Colony. East Africa, on
October % and will be on the same
mission field with the Rev. Mr.. Davis
father and mother, DR.. and Mrs. FL
wood l.. Davis, who have been mis-
sionaries there for % years. All are
under the African Inland Mission, with
headquarters in Brooklyn, N. Y. The
Rev. Mr.. Davis is the grandson Of the
late Rev. Titus Elwood Davis, pastor
of Westminster Memorial Church from
1905 to 1920.
At 8 pm. the pastor will preach on
"Our Eternal Hope The midweek
service will be held Thursday at 8
pm.
Evening star., 1938-10-22

The Sunday school lesson for
October 20 Is: "The Fourth Com
mandment: Our Day of Rest
Exodus, xx.8-11; Isaiah, lviii.13-l4;
Luke, xiii.10-17; Galatians, iv.S-11;
Col0ssians, ii.16; Revelation, lilo.
Evening star., 1938-10-22

DR.. J. w. Mcconnell has inaugurated
series Of lectures on THE History
of the Hebrew People" at the Potomac
Chapel Mems Bible Glass, Potomac
M. E. Church South. Members Of
Reno Council. Jr. o. U. A. NJ, at
tended the class last Sunday.
Evening star., 1938-10-22

George E. Harris. executive secretary
Evening star., 1938-10-22

Dr. Resser. president District Sunday schoe
The Washington times., 1938-11-07
First ArriUGLs
Went on Strike

After looking over the joint
and finding it so tough, the first
arrivals decided to make 1t over.
They called strike.
Three times in the four years
I was there, the cons struck, and
three times their strikes won them
exactly nothing-unlesS you want
to count time spent In the hole
or in the dungeon as something
gained.
True, there has been an easing
up on two points-the cons no
longer work on Sunday and they
do get industrial good time now
but they get these things IN
spite OF their strikes, not because
Of them.
The first strike came 10 days
or so after I reached the Rock,
which was on Labor Day, 1884.
It didn't get very far. Deputy
Warden c. j. huttleworth-prob-
ably the most capable and also
the most hated man In the Serv,
ice today-broke its back by using
stomach psychology.
About 70 men served notice they
were going on strike, but no more
than 80 actually went IN. The
rest changed their mind when they
heard Shuttleworth describe the
swell, hot meal that was all ready
in the mess hall and then add;
mo work, no eat"
The Washington times., 1938-11-07
Many Harmless
Men at ALcGtrGz

And don't believe everything
you hear about the desperate,
tough, bad men on Alcatraz. There
are some bad ones, Of course, but
at least so per cent are harmless,
or, at any rate, not real desper-
ADDE'S like Dutch Bowers that I
told you about a couple OF days
ago, who was a Federal prisoner
only because a general store he
knocked over had a branch post
office in It.
There are dozens Of others, who,
by no stretch of the imagination,
could be called tough as convlcts
20, guys who have forged money
orders, or cashed stolen Govern
ment checks, or crossed a State
line with q stolen automobile or
a gal.
As I've said, this 1897 strike
had been simmering ever since
the 1896 strickland everybody
knows that another strike has
been simmering ever since the
1887 strike. What started the
1887 strike to boiling was a civil
ian employe in one Of the shops
who got half-smart and tried to
make his record look good.
Finally, in September, the Rock
and the agitators and the half
smart combined to give Alcatraz
a strike that kept it boiling for
five days and nights, one that
hasn't entirely been broken yet.
Some Of the daffiest strikers are
still in isolation.
Tomorrow, p. F. Reed con-
tinues his inside story of Alca-
traz by relating the incredible
events of the 1897 strike-the
mutiny which attained such in
tensity that passengers on ferry
boats, passing within q half mile
of the island, could hear the
screams and shOuts.)
The Washington times., 1938-11-07
The Rock Has No
COnanaiSSGry

All of this they considered bad
but it wasn't the worst. The Rock
had no commissary. Every other
stir ever heard of has a commits
sary-a place where the con can
buy a limited amount Of sucn
things as candy bars and fresh
fruit to pad out the prisons sugar
ration.
I suppose the amount Of sugar
they drop into the coffee and
sprinkle over the dried fruit on
the Rock has been scientifically
doped out-but 1t still leaves 80
per cent Of the cons with o con
tinual gnawing for sweets.
It's Sc bad that 1t leads to lar
ceny. Every time free man
leaves his coat lying around the
shop where he's employed the cons
shake it down-for sweets only
and sometimes they score for a
stick of gum or a bar OF choco-
late. I remember one time when
a con shook down a coat and
scored for one Of those cards that
has been soaked in perfume-a
sachet card, I think it's called.
He tore it up in small pieces
and every con In the shop was
running around shifting at Q
chunk.
The Washington times., 1938-11-07
Second Strike Also
Got NOWhere

The second strike, which came
early in 1886. pulled in almost $50
cons - about half the Rocks
population. It was unorgan1zed,
a hit-or-miss play, which broke out
in a mess of excitement stirred up
by the prison agitators. 1t got
exactly no place, because nobody
knew what he was striking Tor.
It was one of those hurry.up
flareups, with one con demanding
this and another bowling for that,
and no two able to get together
on what to ask for. The thing
sagged, and just about collapsed
after five days, although some OF
the tougher chumps stayed on ice
in the isolation cellS-on two
meals a day for months.
One thing that strike did accom-.
plish was to reverse the order OF
things, for few days, for us cons
who didn't join it. We had the
guards waiting on us and feeding
us, and we had a tough time wlp'
ing smirks off our faces.
The situation came about be-
The Washington times., 1938-11-07
"BELIEVE 1T OR NOT"
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RIPLEY FINDS IT EASY
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The Washington times., 1938-11-07
Daily Weather able

District of Columbia-Fair with
lowest temperature about so de-
grees tonight. Tuesday cloudy
and continued warmer; rain Tues
day afternoon and night, colder
Tuesday night. wednesday rain
and much colder; gentle to mod
crate southerly winds tonight and
Tuesday.
TIDE TABLES
High tides today at 7:09 a. m.
and at 7:34 p. m.
Low tides today at 1:49 a. m.
and at 1:48 p. m.
High tides tomorrow at 1883
a. m. and at 8:18 p. m.
Low tides tomorrow at 2::33 a.
m, and at 2:30 o. m.
The Washington times., 1938-11-07
&WMz5p

(CopyriEht, 1888. by San Francisco
Examiner and Washington Times)
The Rock hadn't been IN busi'
ness as a Federal pen very long
before the customers began to
complain.
They had been in other joints
and they didn't like this one.
They didn't like its dummy.up
system that I've already told
about. They didn't like its short
exercise and recreation periods in
it's two-by.four yard. They re-
membered Atlanta, and Mcneil.
and Leavenworth, where they had
newspapers and radios, and they
couldn't savvy why AlcatraZ didn't
have them, too.
They discovered that the Rock
not only wasn't paying them for
working in the shops. but that 1t
wasn't giving them any industrial
good-time- extra time off for work
in industries either. And it was
making them work on Sundays.
The Washington times., 1938-11-07

Just five more days are left to
mail in your Believe 1t or Nots"
and to give yourself a chance of
winning one of the grand prizes.
You have a believe 1t or Not. :"
Everybody has. For instance,
we've all read history-and his
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Ripley's drawings for the past
two years show surprising num-
ber of good Believe 1t or Nots"
he had obtained from this source
Here are some of them.
LINCOLN WAS WRONG
Lincoln was wrong at Gettys.
burg. He said: The world will
little note nor long remember what
we say here The world remem.
bers and probably will remember
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address as
long as the Civil War itself.
The American flag in the IA
nous painting by Leutze, Wash
ington Crossing the Delaware,
was not created until a year after
the incident depicted.
Believe It or Not, Benedict
Arnold, traitor, was also a hero" )"
That one is certainly true enough; /;
he was one of Washington's ablest
generals and his feat in storming
the walls Of Quebec was one of
the most gallant incidents Of the
Revolutionary War.
SPORTS GOOD SOURCE
These Believe It or Nots" from
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The Washington times., 1938-11-07
|WhitneyMa
Get Top Pay:
|$.35 Per Day

OSSINING, N. Y.
Nov. I'm his ne1U post
of secretary to Principal
Keeper John j. Sheeky
in Sing Sing Prison,
Richard Whitney, fallen
president of the New
York Stock Erchange, is
in line for the top pay for
convicts-35 cents a day,
prison officials said to-
day. As instructor IN
VisuGl education Whit
neg got but fiVe cents a
day.
The Washington times., 1938-11-07

and they won over plenty Of
hoosiers for q third strike-the
real hot one that broke in Septem-
Der, 1887.
Their argument went something
like this: why should us gees
be such poison, just because we've
been transferred to this joint?
We're not any tougher, or any
worse than we were in Leaven-
worth, or Mcneil or Atlanta, and
yet we had radio and commissary
and industrial pay there.
"We're being made the goats. In
some Of those other joints there
are NferS with trusty jobs, doing
The Washington times., 1938-11-07

outside work, and here there are
short-termers who can't even say
howdy in the mess hall without
making the hole"
You can easily see how this
kind of agitation kicked up trouble,
especially among gees who were
on the Rock for no reason that
anybody could figure out.
The Washington times., 1938-11-07
FF7z51!!Si5|aMzd95 7211z3Y
Rock Lacking
In Slightest
Comfort

(P. F. Reeds DiUtd n1rrdtiUe
about his experiences at Alcdtraz
is as thrilling as fiction but 1t Is
fact. Even If you hdue missed
the other inStGllmentS, you can
start today and 90 on to the
end of the series Without losing
any of the continuity because
each inStallment tells a complete
story OF actual happenings,
actual experience. II you lDGnt
the back numbers, phone the
circulation department OF the
TimeS.)
The Washington times., 1938-11-07

cause the whole kitchen crew went
on strike, and the guards had to
pitch in as cooks and walters so
the non-striking cons could be fed.
Probably the only enjoyment I
ever got out Of four years on the
rock was to watch a screw earn
his $3.50 a month by carrying me
water.
The Washington times., 1938-11-07
Real Hot Strike"
In September, 81

Although that 1885 strike quickly
cooled off, on the surface, things
were still boiling underneath. The
agitators had plenty to beef about,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-04-28
ANNOUNCEMENTS

Announcements of candidates for
political offices will be published in
The Republican at the following rates
the cash or it's equivalent to accom-
pany all orders for insertion of the ad-
vertisement, which will appear in each
issue of the paper until the date of
the primary election, September IL:
State Senator, $25; Members of the
House of Delegates, SIS; Clerk of the
Circuit Court, $25; States Attorney,
$25; Sheriff, 500; County Treasurer,
$50; County Commissioner, SIS; Clerk
to the County Commissioners, SIS;
County Surveyor, SIS; Judges of the
Orphans Court, SIS; Register of Wills,
$40; Members of the Republican State
Central Committee, S..
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-04-28
BITTITNGER

Remember each kindness done to you,
Whatever be its measure;
Remember the praise to others due,
And pass it on with pleasure.
Remember those who gave you aid,
And be a grateful debtor
Remember each promise you have
made,
And keep it to the letter.
At the reorganization of the Luth-
qsran Sunday school last Sunday the
following officers were elected: Su-
parlntendent, Herbert Buckle; assis-
Gant superintendent, Orvil Glotfelty;
recording secretary, r. L. Emory; cor
responding secretary and treasurer,
Mrs. Carl Bittinger.
Dwight Speicher, of Accident, was
an early business caller in this village
last Monday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bittinger re-
turned to their home in Akron, O.,
aast Tuesday, after a ten days visit
here with relatives.
Mrs William Baker and daughter,
Miss Fern Baker, of Grantsville, were
business visitors here on Friday of
Hast week.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-04-28
ORDER OF PUBLICATION
Jesse w. Chrise, Plaintiff, VS.. Helen
Chrise, Defendant.
No. 3446 Equity. In the Circuit Court

Jesse W. Chrise, Plaintiff, VS.. Helen
Chrise, Defendant.
No. 3446 Equity. In the Circuit Court
for Garrett County, Maryland.
The object of this suit is to procure
a decree for a divorce a vinculo matri-
monii by the plaintiff from the defen-
dant.
The bill states that the plaintiff
and defendant were married in April,
1928, at Somerset, Pennsylvania.
That from the time of said marriage
until sometime in May, 1884, the par
ties resided near Holsopple, Pennsyl-
vania.
That sometime in May, 1884, the
said defendant, Helen Chrise, aban-
doned and deserted the plaintiff and
declared her intention to live with him
no longer, and such abandonment and
desertion has continued uninterrupt-
eddy for more than three years prior
to the filing of this suit and that the
separation of the parties is deliberate
and final and beyond any reasonable
expectation of reconciliation.
That ever since their said marriage
the plaintiff has behaved himself as a
faithful and affectionate husband to-
wards his said wife.
That there was one child born of
said marriage, namely, Arnold Chrise,
who is now about fourteen years of
age and who is now in the custody of
the defendant.
That your orator has been a resident
of the State of Maryland for more
than two years prior to the filing of
his Bill of Complaint and the de-
PENDANT is a nonresident of the State
of Maryland and is now residing in the
State of Ohio.
The bill prays for a decree for di-
vorce a vinculo matrimonii by the
plaintiff from the defendant.
And for general relief.
1T is THEREUPON, This fifth day
of April, in the year 1888, ordered by
the Circuit Court for Garrett County,
in Equity, that the plaintiff by causing
a copy of this order to be inserted in
some newspaper published in said
Garrett County, once in each of four
successive weeks before the 9th day
of May, 1888, give notice to the said
absent defendant of the object and
substance of this bill, warning her to
be and appear in this Court, in person
or by solicitor, on or before the 21st
day of May, 1888, to show cause, if
any she has, why a decree ought not
to be passed as prayed.
A. G. ROSS, Clerk.
True copy-Test: A. G. ROSS, Clerk.
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-04-28
ORDER OF PUBLICATION

Herbert V. Leighton and John W
Lower VS.. Walter w. Dawson. Adj
ministrator of the Estate of Eliza
beth Buchanan, late of Garrett
County, Maryland, deceased, and
the unknown heirs of Elizabeth
Buchanan, late of Garrett County
Maryland, deceased.
No. 1851 Equity. In the Circuit Conrt
for Garrett County, Maryland.
The purpose Of this suit is to OH
tain decree for the sale of the real
estate of which Elizabeth Buchanan
late of Garrett County, Maryland. de-.
ceased, died seized and possessed for
the payment of claims against her es-
tate.
The bill states:-
lifetime, was indebted unto a number
of persons on sundry accounts as
shown by certified copy of the list of
claims proved and passed in the Or
phans' Court for Garrett County
Maryland, and that being so indebted
she departed this life during the
month of March, 1886, intestate leav.
ing no known heirs; that letters of
administration on the personal estate
of the said Elizabeth Buchanan were
granted to Walter w. Dawson bv tbn
Orphans Court for Garrett County
Maryland, and after disposing of the
personal property he applied the pro-
ceeds realized therefrom to the paw
ment of funeral expenses and other
small preferred claims, but that the
personal estate was not sufficient to
discharge all the debts against said
decedent; hat the said Elizabeth
Buckman, at the time of her death
was the owner of Lot No. 1911 on the
Plat of Mountain Lake Park, which
was conveyed to her by a series of con-
veyances mentioned in the Bill of
Complaint, and copies thereof filed
with the same; that title to said prom
erty was vested in said Elizabeth
Buchanan as sole owner and out of this
the plaintiffs now seek payment of
the claims against her estate.
The bill then prays that the real
estate as aforesaid of Elizabeth Buck.
man may be sold for the payment of
all unsatisfied claims against said dec
edent, for general relief, for the writ
of subpoena against the said Walter
w. Dawson and for an order of publi-
cation against the unknown heirs of
said Elizabeth Buchanan.
IT IS THEREUPON, This 18th dav
Of April, 1888, ordered by the Circuit
Court for Garrett County, Maryland.
in Equity, that the plaintiffs by hav
ing copy of this order to be inserted
in some newspaper published in Gar
rett County, Maryland, once in each
of four successive weeks before the
18th day of May, 1888, give notice to
the said defendants, to-wit, the I'M
known heirs of the said Elizabeth
Buchanan, of the object and substance
of this bill, warning them to be and
appear in this Court, in person or by
solicitor, on or before the 28th day Of
May, 1888, to show cause, if any they
have, why a decree should not be
passed as prayed.
A. G. ROSS, Clerk.
True Copy-Test: A. G. ROSS Clerk.
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-04-28
GORTNER

Church services next Sunday morn
ing conducted by the Brethren.
Miss Sylvia Kitzmiller spent Thurs
day night with Miss Corla Mae Upole,
at Lynn Dale.
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Swartzentru-
Der and children, and Mr.. and Mrs. w.
E. Spoerlein visited Tygart Valley
Dam, near Grafton, on Sunday after
noon.
Mrs. John Ash, Greenwood, Del, is
visiting her sister, Mrs. Noah Schrock
and Mrs. Albert Sisk, expecting to
leave Saturday for her former home
near Bittinger.
Mary and Ross Lichty, Harry
Beeghley and Lee Beckman, Laura
Alice and Eleanor Friend, and D. l..
Swartzentruber and family attended a
Sunday school workers meeting at
Casselman Tuesday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Lipscomb and
children, Of Sunnyside, visited at Mr..
Simon Swartzentruber's on Sunday.
Mr.. Earl Feathers, Of Clarksburg,
spent Tuesday night with Mr.. and
Mrs. Paul WEIGH.
Ernest Spoerlein spent the weekend
at DInWlddle, va. tie was accompanied
home by his wife, who spent several
weeks with her mother.
Mrs. Anna Bittinger and Ernest
Gortner were guests Of Charles Hau-
ger and family, at Somerset, Pa, on
Sunday.
Mrs. Alice Richie. who has been i'll,
was moved from Will Welch's to Har-
ry Beeghley's one day last week.
Mrs. Jacob Swartzentruber, Mrs.
Pearl Ridder and Mrs. Walter Sch
lossnagle. the Dodge's. Mrs. George
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-04-28
BLOOMING ROSE

Mr.. and Mrs. V. Lee and daughter
and Miss Lurene Friend spent Sun
day here with Mr.. and Mrs. Owen
Friend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Friend and family
were Sunday guests at the home of
Alfred Schroyer.
Harold Friend and sister were Wis
iting Mr.. and Mrs. Arch C. Friend on
Sunday.
Everett Friend was guest at the
Hiram Frazee home Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. H. Friend visited
Mr. and Mrs. Huston Friend recently.
Mrs. Gertrude Friend spent the
weekend here with her parents.
Miss Dorothy Frazee visited with
Miss Genevieve Friend Sunday.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-04-28
ORDER NISI

Jesse j. Ashby Jr., Treasurer of Garrett
County, Maryland, VS.. James B. Frantz
No. 937 Miscellaneous. In the Circuit Court
for Garrett County, Maryland.
ORDERED, By the Circuit Court for Garrett
County, Maryland this 9Th day of April, 1888
that the sale made and reported in the above
entitled by the County Commissioners
of Garrett County, be ratified and confirmed
unless cause to the contrary thereof be shown
on before the 9th day of May 1888, pro-
vided a copy of this order be inserted in some
newspaper published in Garrett County once
a week for three successive weeks before the
18th day of April 1888.
The report states the amount of sale to be
S257.38. WILLIAM A. Hustler.
True copy-Test: A. G. ROSS, Clerk
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-04-28

A very well rendered and enjoyable
entertainment was presented by the
teacher and pupils of the village pub
lie school last Saturday evening.
Carpenters are at work making re
pairs on the Lutheran church at the
east end of town.
Rev. C. A. Shilke, of Oakland, gave
an Illustrated lecture in the Lutheran
church, one evening last week, which
was well attended and much enjoyed.
Playford Bethel, who was injured
by fall from a horse on Good Friday,
returned to his home near here, from
the hospital, last Thursday.
Edgar Stanton, Grantsville, was a
pleasant caller in this village one
evening last week.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-04-28
COMMISSIONERS MEETING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN That
the Board of County Commissioners
of Garrett County, Maryland, will hold
it's regular bi-monthly meeting at its
office in the Court House, Oakland,
Maryland, on
MONDAY, MAY 2, 1888,
for the purpose of transacting all rou-
tine business which may properly come
before said Board.
WALTER G.. MEYERS, Clerk.