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Evening star., 1928-12-14
cAnother Record

The Star today sets record unparalleled in Wash
ington journalism.
An eighty page newspaper issued in the normal course
of business day. without special effort advertising
solicitation is feat outstanding in the history of this
paper and among all papers of the United States Such
record has been equaed only in two instances
throughout the country.
That The Star should print paper of this magnitude
is significant.
It above all that the merchants of Wash
ington have confidence in The Star medium of bus
promotion
It demonstrates great reader confidence for without
that there could be little confidence in the pages and
pages Of business unfoded in the great volume of
advertising contained in this ISSUE Readers of The Star
recognize essentially newspaper in which they may
ustiably place great confidence. They know they may
read the advertising with the degree of trust for
before admitted the columns of The Star must
bear the test of truth and honesty
The Star today is happy in this overwhelming dem
onstration Of public confidence.
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increase in pay but that in other in
stances there was an actual reduction
or demotion'
Evidently the procedure on which
this result was accomplished" said Nc
Carl, was first4 to attempt to give the
employe a demotion effective July /,
1928, to lower salary rate in his grade
as established under the classification
act of 1923, then to allow the automatic
increase authorized and required by the
WEIGH act to operate on the reduced
rate, and then, in some cases, to give
promotion in an amount necessary
to bring the salary rate UP to that re-
ceived prior to July /, 1923, or, in a
/ few instances, one salary rate above the
rate previously received. This pro-
cedure was not only contrary to the
spirit and intent Of the provisions Of
the WEIGH act but was In direct con-
EstfAvenEion Of the law. The net re-
suit apparently would be but a small
increase, If any, In total personnel pay
ments for the fiscal year 1929 over that
for the fiscal year 1923, although the
same amount was appropriated for the
Continued on Page 4, Column ~
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ESCAPED CONV|CTS
RECAPTURED HERE
Three Lorton Inmates Wear
ing Prison Garb Picked
Up by Police.

Arrested early this morning by two
policemen of the fourteenth precinct
while they were walking down Wiscon-
sin avenue still wearing prison garb,
three men confessed to escaping from
the District Reformatory at Lorton, Va,
about / o'clock Thursday morning by
climbing up hot steam pipe In order
to reach small window about 10 feet
from the floor.
A guard saw them disappear through
the window and gave the alarm. The
prisoners, however, passed unscathed
through barrage of rifle fire from five
prison guards stationed In towers sur
rounding the institution and made their
way to Washington on foot. Blood
hounds were put on their trail, and q
dozen armed men had been searching
the vicinity for them since the escape.
They said today they had nothing
to eat from the time they left the
reformatory until they were served
breakfast this morning In cells at the
Continued on Page 2, Column a.
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CHINA RIOTERS RAID
HOME OF MINISTER
Troops Called to Curb Violence of
Anti-Japanese Demon
stration.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NANKING, December IA demon
stration under the auspices of the Anti
Japanese Association yesterday after
noon got out of hand and the residence
of the foreign minister was raided and
his furniture smashed. Chinese au-
thorities called out troops and gem
darmes to maintain order and special
guard was posted around the ministries
of finance and foreign affairs and the
Japanese consulate.
Gen. Chang Kai-Shek. head of the
Nationalist government, later summoned
the ringleaders and severely admonished
them for resorting to violence.
The objects of the demonstration were
to demand the proclamation of tariff
autonomy, to demand greater publicity
in connection with the conversations
with Japan and to denounce the So
called NishiharA loans. G.
Evening star., 1928-12-14
R|OTOUS WELCOME
IS GIVEN HOOVER
Argentinians' Enthusiasm
DispeIs Fear of Bomb
Attack on Americans.
BY REX COLLIER.
STAFF Correspondent OF The Star.


BUENOS AIRES, Argentina Decem-
ber 1.-THE warmth of the Buenos
Aires reception last night to President
elect Herbert Hoover served as convinc-
ing evidence that Argentina is friendly
to Mr. Hoover and the United States,
despite the agitation of some Com
munists against the Hoover party.
So enthusiastic was the reception to
Mr.. Hoover on his arrival that great
disorders resulted when an extraordi-
nary military and police guard was un-
able to keep a wildly enthusiastic crowd
at the station to greet him under con-
troll.
Hoover looked anxious as the friendly
and excited mob broke the police and
military guard lines and stormed MS
automobile to greet him.
Photographers Lost in Crowd.
Frantic mounted police, whose horses
bowled over United States secret service
men and threatened to smassl the fend-
ers and glass .of Mr.. Hoover's automo-
ollie, worked desperately W pSnt p0Sh
the crowd with clubs.
The party's photographers, lost in
the throng, we're so completely sur
rounded that they were unable TO make
any pictures. Likewise, the correspond
ents in the party were unable TO find
automobiles reserved for them or hotels
during the confusion. In fact, It re-
sembled strikingiy the wild scenes and
confusion in washington when the Cap
ital City was celebrating that memora-
BILE world series victory In 1924. Spirit
3f any anti-Americanism was lacking, all
outward evidence indicating that the
greater part of the population OF Ar
gentina is not in sympathy with Q re-
cent plot to bomb Mr.. Hoover's train
and that its reaction is favorable toward
the United States.
Due to the bomb scare the trains
entrance to the city was guarded by
hundreds of military and police SEN
tries. AS an additional precaution and
to avoid any member of the party being
inconvenienced in any way, each was
given special military and police pass
Enthusiasm Runs High.
The city of Buenos Aires presented a
scene long to be remembered Buildings
along the streets we're heavily drapeo
CONTINUED on Page 2, Column ID
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ARIZONA AMENDMENT
TO DAM BILL REJECTED
Senate Is Nearing Final Vote on
Swing Johnson Boulder
Power Measure.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Nearing final vote on the SWING
Johnson Boulder Dam bill, the Senate
today rejected an amendment by Sem
ator Hayden. Democrat, Arizona, de-
signed to protect Arizona's asserted
right to levy taxes on the power to be
generated at the dam. The vote was
AZ to 35.
The Senate also defeated an amend
ment by Senator Black. Democrat, of
Alabama, which would have compelled
the Government to reimburse Arizona
or Nevada. in an amount equal to taxa
ton on privately generated power, In
the event the Government sold the
power ITSELF
Evening star., 1928-12-14
MELLON NAILS RUMoRs.
Reports He Will Retain Portfolio
Lacking In Authority"

Reports that President t-elect Hoover
had asked Secretary Mellon to remain
as Secretary Of the Treasury and that
Mr. Mellon had accepted were pro-
nounced today by the Secretarya as lack
ing any authority.
Evening star., 1928-12-14

AtVUtiLcy 1GilSTdl, tOiQ senate mVeStl-
eating committee today that fraud pro-
ceedings have been prepared against the
Sinclair Crude Oil Purchasing Co.,
which held a contract for the Salt
Creek royalty oil, recently Cancelled.
The suit under consideration Dono-
van said, Is for the recovery of profits
made by the company In its operation
OF the Government Oil fields since 1t
obtained the contract from Albert Fall
former Secretary of the Interior,
In 1922
1t has been estimated that a sum
OF about $4,000,000 is involved The
Sinclair contract was renewed last
February by Secretary Work of the In
terror Department, but 1t was cancelled
last October after an inquiry by the
Department of Justice.
What is the object of filing fraud
papers now?" asked Senator Walsh,
Democrat, Montana, latter the contract
Is canceled?"
For recovery to the Government, "
replied Donovan.
Seek Profits.
The departments fraud proceedings,
read by Donovan to the committee,
named Albert B. Fall, Harry r. Sinclair,
the Sinclair Crude Oil Purchasing Co.
and the Sinclair Pipe Line Co. 1t asked
an accounting by them of the contract
let to Sinclair In 1922 for the Salt Greek
royalty oil and statement of "all
gains and profits made by them" until
the contract was invalidated last Oc-
tober
The Donovan statement came in the
midst of the public lands committee
inquiry into the Justice Departments
handling Of the case, which was re-
ferred to it when objection was raised
to the renewal of the Sinclair contract.
Donovan had testified that the matter
was turned over to him by Attorney
General Sargent last Spring and that
1t had been subsequently invalidated
because it contained an option OF re-
newal not specified in the original bids.
Testimony that the report of the. De-
partment of Justice investigators on
which Attorney General Sargent based
his ruling that the Sinclair Salt Greek
royalty oil contract renewal was void,
had been submitted "a week before 1t
was made public. was given to the
Senate investigating committee today
by Mr.. Donovan, assistant to Mr.. Sar-
gent.
Called to explain the departments
handling of the case Donovan said the
ruling by which the CONTRACT was nulii-
fed awaited the signature of Mr.. Sar-
gent for week before 1t was an
nounced, October II. He recalled that
the New York World, October IS, had
published stories from Senator Walsh,
Democrat. Montana, about the contract
renewal. but he said had refused to be
stampeded." into making public the de-
cision and awaited the action of the
Attorney General two days later.
Insisting on making his own state
lContinlSd on Page ., Column 50
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FRAUD CASE OPENS
AGAINST SINCLAIR
Donovan Tells Senate Body
$4,000, 900 involved in
Salt Creek.

BY the Associated Press
William j. Donovan, assistant to the
Attorney General, told Senate investi-
eating committee today that fraud pro-
ceedings have been prepared against the
Sinclair Crude Oil Purchasing Co,
which held a contract for the Salt
Greek royalty oil, recently Cancelled.
Evening star., 1928-12-14

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Secretary Kellogg and Chairman
Borah have both taken the position
that the treaty needs no explanation
of this character. that the position of
the United States has been amply set
forth In the correspondence and In ad-
dresses delivered by Secretary kellogg.
the part of the United States to ac-
quiesce in anything the League Of Ma
tions may do.
The discussion In the committee today
gave evidence to the fact that there will
be considerable debate over the treaty
when 1t reaches the Senate itself.
Evening star., 1928-12-14

Continued on Page 2, Column
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= n
~. g. Weather Bureau ForecsstJ
Rain tonight; tomorrow fair: not
much change in temperature; lowest
temperature tonight about As degrees.
Temperatures: Highest, SIS, at $50
pm. Yesterday; lowest, SO, at AIS am.
today. Full report on page 8.
Hyder weekly herald., 1928-06-16

COATS AND 90
 IN THE SHADE Why is it required in sum-
Hyder weekly herald., 1928-06-16
NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS

mer time that a gentleman
 wear his coat everywhere ex cept on the golf links or ten his court or in the swimming pool?
 Dignity demands it some say Also, it nas always been the mark Of a gentleman to wear a coat. no matter how ridicu- lous he .noks mopping his face and brow or flaming him. self violently with straw hat or newspaper.
 Sports costumes have eman- cipated women so far as sum- mer apparel is concerned. Short sleeves, no collars, light and airy materials, loose-fit- ting, straight-line costumes, all help the female of the species, be she flapper or dig nified matron, to look com fortable in the eyes of the sweltering men.
 Why do not the men declare a little independence in this matter? Returning suspenders are to be worn beneath the shirt, so that dignity need not be sacrificed when the coat is removed. As an office uniform the coatless outfit undoubted- ly would make for greater comfort increased efficiency and smoother tempers. Why not discard the coat except when formality or comfort de- mand it's use?
 Although man never tires of bantering the opposite sex for being the slave of tickle fash ion, there are good reasons for suspecting that men folk would cast aside the coat for the sake of comfort if it were not unfashionable. Husbands gibe their wives for being too conventional and melt under a heavy coat merely because it is unconventional to remove it in the presence of others.
Hyder weekly herald., 1928-06-16

Greater mental activity, arti- ficial light, more diversions, and the noises and distractions of the city may have subtract ed something from the sleep period of millions But t may be that modern man needs more sleep to knit up "the ray. eled sleeve If care," fer the ravage is greater in this day If high-speed living tl,an when man found it easier 70 make a +, ing and Icss to do when he -vssn't engaged ln the actual i.I siness of earning money.
 It woul.1 be interesting to knew how many ht.urs the savage sl cps as compared with the chemist who proposes a chemical substitute for sleep.
 Science has come to look up- on the body as a collection of elements whose reactions de- termine the physical state of mans being This has led the chemist to consider the diet which may best supply what the body needs and has sug- gested to them the idea of dis covering or creating a catalyst that will so resolve and recom- bine the elements which sleep has alone been able to convert from the poisonous to the be- nign that man may have long, CT days without lessened years.
 No other discovery would work such a revolution in hu- man society. It would fatigue the imagination to try to think of the social changes which would follow the discovery of a synthetic substitute for sleep.
 Though man for ages has as- sumed that sleep was foreor- dained as a blessing to man. kind, the scientist who makes makes sleep unnecessary will be blessed even more than "the man who first invented sleep"
Hyder weekly herald., 1928-06-16

to the Fairbanks station re- gently from Kodiak and will be used to increase the num- Der of hybrids. Cattleyaks are crosses between Galloway cat tie and the Asiatic yak. Sev- eral head of the Yaks were. brought to Alaska in 1919 for experiment. Crossing was suc- cessful and the hybrid animal possesses the hardy character istics of the yak and the beefi- ness of the Galloway. Resemb- lance to the yak is manifested by the long hair on the bodies of the hybrids and their ca- pacity to browse on willows and aspen. During the early spring the animals strip Ehe bark off young trees for food. They resemble the Galloway parent in shape of body, but like the yak have guard and underhair, which protects them against severely cold weather The quantity of milk produced is small, but is rich in butter fat. The hybrids have proved to be good rust lers, and it is believed they will be able to utilize the nat i've grasses which now go to waste in the vast river valleys of interior Alaska
Hyder weekly herald., 1928-06-16
BETTER BUSINESS ETHICS

It is a wholesome sign of the times that business and pro- fessional men are much con- cerned over the ethics of their own particular occupations. Many trade associations, ser vice clubs and other commer- cial bodies have committees on business standards and printed codes of ethics to guide their members. Colleges and univer- sites offer lecture courses on the subject, books are written on it and there are organizat- ions dedicated to the improve ment of the standards of busi- ness conduct.
 However, the public is not overly impressed by mere or ganization or printed codes, standards and platforms. It judges the ethics of a business by the ethics of the individ- ual members of that business. It does not buy goods from trade associations, but from in- dividual concerns What really matters is not the publicly an- nounced and purposely high sounding and sonorous code of an impersonal association, but the actual everyday con- duct of the individual business man, firm and corporation.
 But there is not a consumer who has not convinced him. self by actual experience that merchants, especially, are do- ing more talking about ser vice. Modern business has learned that honesty is the best policy" and that "he prof. it's most who serves best" And it matters little to the consum- CT whether business is render ing better service for purely selfish reasons or because it has become morally conscious.
 Profits are worthy ,honor- able goal, but if they are the only aim of business, then the commercial system is doomed. And it follows naturally that, since the commercial system shows no evidence of decay, profits are not the one and only goal of modern business.
Hyder weekly herald., 1928-06-16

The attorney conducting the cross-examination had grown disgusted with the evasive answers of the witness
Hyder weekly herald., 1928-06-16

A lot of men got the knack of putting up an aerial long be- fore they found out how to string a clothesline.
Hyder weekly herald., 1928-06-16
Just for Fun

Good Morning! At first the world was flat. Then some one discovered that it was round Now it is crooked.
 No town is big enough for reckless drivers convention.
 It is when the married ones step out that they put their foot in it.
 A lie travels as fast as a scared flivver while the truth hobbies in on the rim with only two cylinders firing.
 The Time to be happy is Now The Place to be happy is Here. The Way to be happy is to make others happy
 And thus on the earth bring Good Cheer.
 For a young woman to de- stroy her beauty by besmirch- ing her face with paint and other bedaubments may not be sinful, but it is certainly silly. And we can prove this by good many other "mere men,"
 Stage Hand: Did you say you wanted a twindGw or a widow?"
 Show Manager-''I said a window, but they're both much alike. When I get near either of them I always look out"
 The attorney conducting the cross-examination had grown disgusted with the evasive of the witness
Hyder weekly herald., 1928-06-16
GOVT. DEVELOPS NEW
 TYPE OF CATTLE

A tract of 280 acres adjacent to the Fairbanks Agricultural station has been reserved for further experiments with cat tleyak breeding at that stat ion. Five more head of pure Galloway cattle were shipped
Hyder weekly herald., 1928-06-16
A FORTUNE IN THIS.

Mans day is triple; a work day which has been shorten ed; a leisure day which has been corespondingly length ened; and a sleep day which, so far as is definitely known, has been neither shortened nor heightened with the prog ress of mankind.
Hyder weekly herald., 1928-06-16

 Answer my question yes or mo-" he admonished Your question can't be lan- swered yes or mo-" replied the witness.
 Any question can be answer ed Yes or No" expostulated the lawyer.
 Ask me one and I'll prove it."
 The witness replied: Have you quit beating your wife 2"
 Park Orator-"An' I tell yer, all them millionaires' money is tainted-all of it!" Unconvinced Person-"Ow do you mean tainted?"
 Park Orator-"WelI 'taint yours, and 'taint mine, is it?"
 Merchant-Before I can en- gage you, you will have to pass an intelligence test.
 Girl Candidate-Intelligence test? Why, the advertisement said you wanted a stenograph- CT.
 A lot of men got the knack of putting up an aerial long be- fore they found out how to string a clothesline.
 A trip that formerly took two hours can be made in twenty minutes with the car. And you can spend two hours looking for parking space.
 Wise: "How you going to prove she is a good chorus girl?"
 Willie: "She only owns a cloth coat"
 Wise: T accept the amend ment."
 Schoolboy (translating) "She slipped and fell into the riv- CT. Her husband, horror-strick- en, rushed to the bank" Teacher (interposing) : What did he run to the bank for?"
 Boy-"To get the insurance money"
 Between dancing to jazz and doging automobiles, this gen. eration has many opportuni- ties for neutral sprees.
 "No, lady, a meadow lark is not a party thrown in the country"
 He-"What time should l come ,tonight?"
 She-"Come after dinner" He-"That's what was con-
Hyder weekly herald., 1928-06-16
ing after"

The unemployment problem for many is how to keep that way.
Hyder weekly herald., 1928-06-16

A Hyder home proudly ex- hibits a rolling pin, in good condition, that must have been handed down for 175 years. Must be a family of pacifists.
Hyder weekly herald., 1928-06-16

Unquestionably the first an- ti-bob agitator in history was Samson.
Hyder weekly herald., 1928-06-16

Fred has sure thing"
 "What-in contesting a will? Ha! Hal"
 Don't laugh. The lawyers have agreed to give him 10 per cent of what they get"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-29

No one knows exactly when, or
what his movements we're.
"Of course you can find out. But
the Dallas, Texas, police chief
wired last night, in answer to our
chiefs inquiry, that Mendoza was
alone on board a train bound fol
Mexico. He must have left Stan.
ton or some station in the vicinity
not later than noon on Monday
and Crystal did not disappear until
Monday afternoon.
CAS- I told you, she came home
while my wife and the maid were
out and packed a suitcase with
about half her clothes"
Mcguire nodded. Might have
been planning to join him, leaving
on the next train to avert suspi-
cion. You've checked the railroad
stations, you say?"
Bob spread his hands in a hope
less gesture. 1--WE did everything
we could think of, except to notify
the police, and the ransom letter
made us afraid to do that Crystal
did not leave Stanton or Darrow
by train.
THAT seems pretty certain, and
Miss Tarver and Mr.. Ross cues
toned the interurban people. The
conductors know Crystal. She made
trip to Grayson's and back Mon
day morning, but no one, at least
that we've talked to so far, saw her
after she got off the interurban or
before she returned to it for her
homeward trip.
If she saw Mendoza Monday
morning, we don't know about it.
I hope to heaven that is the ex-
PLANTATION of her dis appearance and
that the ransom letter is a crooks
scheme to make money out of her
elopement.
But if so-why didn't they come
for the five thousand? God knows
played square with them?"
Ito Be COntinued.)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-29

Many talks of life and love in the
next chapter, and AShtoreth hears
the philosophy of an OutcaSt.
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Chief of Detectives Mcguire lis
4ened, with many curt Interruptions
8ut no apparent surprise, to the
story which Bob Hathaway had In
ell of his cousin Crystals disap-
Aearance.
q The page torn from The Monday
dition of "The Morning Star" was
landed to the detective.
Hmm! Pretty damned clever!"
e approved, as his eye quickly
ok in the ringed words, joined by
hes, to indicate their sequence
Fuess this squib on Fall Cleanup
eek gave them the bunch abou:
lie garbage can.
Never saw q neater ransom let j.
r. Now, where's the envelope?
eah, pretty clever. I'll bet there
n't f1ngerprint on yhe whole out
but I'll take it to headquarters
ter poStmarked Beamish-that's
= little town about Seventy-fVa
es from here-October l, 9 p. III.
Gives us something to go any
/. Anything else? What's this
police chief tells me about a
ng Mexican farmland you were
ing traced last night?"
Aith and Bob flushed, but Bob
Wered truthfully and fully
cousin Crystal had been hint.
10 my wife and her chum. Tony
rer, that she was being pressed
larry a foreign artist, boarding
be country near here.
B they gathered he lived near my
r-in-law's farm-the Nils
IN place, you know Miss Tar
and MIR. Ross investigated
rday and found that Crysta
actually acquainted with and
been seen number of times
a young Mexican farmland.
Mendoza.
fystal had said her Sweetheart's
was Pablo Valencia. Mendoza
peared from the Graysor
farm, where he worked. some
during the night, Sunday
or early Monday morning