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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-30
EX|LED GRAND DUKE
.. ARRIVES FOR VISIT
Russian NObIeman, Relative
of Gar and British King,
Greeted by Kin.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, November 30.-Grand
Duke Alexander Michaelovich. a
cousin and brother-in-law of the late
Gar Nicholas II of Russia and a cousin
1n-law of King George of England, ar
rived last night on the liner Leviathan
for his third visit to America
The Russian nobleman. who has been
IN exile in Paris. said his visit will be
'T1.ks family reunion" for he has two
sons-Princes Dimitri of New York City
and Rostislav of Chicago-and two
nieces in this country
His niece, Mrs. w. B. Leeds, formerly
Princess Xenia of Russia. and Prince
Dimitri greeted him at the pier. Mrs.
Leeds last Winter befriended Nine.
AnaStasia Tschaikovsky, who claimed to
be one of the surviving daughters of
Gar Nicholas
The grand duke said he had investi-
gated her claims and found no grounds
for them. "She is not the niece of my
wife," he asserted.
The grand duke was head of the
Russian Aviation Service when the revo-
luton took place. In Paris he has been
studying and writing on the spiritual
side Of life. Civilization, he declared,
has reached the point where over
emphasis is laid on materialiSm.
The Leviathan, arrived from Europe
IL hours late because of storms along
the European coast during the first two
days of her voyage. The passengers,
unable to reach their destinations in
time for Thanksgiving dinners at home.
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PRODUCING ELECTRIC POWER
BY SEA WATER IS PREDICTED
Scientist Goes to Cuba to
Test Theory Secuted by
Some Engineers.
Doubt Commercial Value of
Project Will Be Demon
Strated by Experiment.

NEW YORK OP).-The familiar school
book teaching that water boils in the
rare air of high attitudes more easily
than at sea level is en- route to Havana
in the brain of Georges Claude, famous
scientist, as the basic principle OF q
spectacular project to make sea water
produce electric power.
Claude proposes to use the difference
in temperature between warm Gull
Stream surface water and deep, cold
water to run large electric turbines In
a vacuum.
Fantastic is the term applied some
times to Claude's plan, but 1t does not
seem quite so fantastic when 1t Is real
lied that the neon lights, the red tube
lights, which are spreading in business
signs throughout the United States, are
Claude'S invention, or that he Is one OF
the producers of nitrogen from the
air. of synthetic ammonia and of dis
solved acetylene process that markets
about $10,000,0oO worth annually in the
United States.
Question Of Cost.
Engineers and scientists do not ques-
ton that Claude'S machine will operate,
for he demonstrated on a laboratory
scale in Europe, but they doubt whether
it can produce cheaply enough.
Claude'S formula for invention Is
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destroy the vacuum. To prevent this
Claude turned spray Of cold water
into the steam cloud that had already
passed through the turbine, thereby
condensing the steam and maintaining
the vacuum.
Might Operate Small Factory.
The cold water for the condensation
came from the Mouse River at a tenn
perature of about SO degrees. Electric
power produced by the turbine was
estimated at about 90 kilowatts, suffi-
cient perhaps to operate small factory.
Claude's theory is that the warm
tropical surface waters, which are about
80 degrees, will supply the steam in a
partial vacuum and that deep, cold
water may be drawn up for the con-
denSation. He is credited with saying
it is feasible to drop cold water pipe
thousand feet if necessary, and he be-
lieves that for success the differences
in temperature need not be excessive.
Drawbacks pointed out by doubters
are that the mild steam, lacking the
power of f1re-made steam, must be pro-
duced in such quantities that the size
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sought-after bits of information in
these miniature biographies.
The gallant Italian editor permitted
his feminine notables to follow their
own discretion in the matter of dis
closing their ages. Most of the ladies
publish the day and month in which
they were born in order that their
friends may send birthday greetings,
but only the famous writer's, Ada Negri,
Grazia Deledda and Mathile Serao, re-
veal the year of their birth.
First scrutiny of the volume disclses
that women are not alone in the lido
syncraSy about age. Some Italian men
are accused of reporting their ages as
less than their friends know them to
be, while few very young men who got
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simplicity" Don't spend time, he has
said, over methods that are intricate.
His sea water generator is easy to I'M
derStand.
Last April in Liege, Belgium, he took
waste warm water of little over 80
degrees temperature from the Ougree-
Marihaya blast furnaces beside the
MeuSe River This water ran into a
chamber, sealed so that it was part of
an alright connection with house
containing turbine. An air pump
created a vacuum in the chamber and
turbine housing. The result was that
the warm water boiled. The only out
let for the steam thus generated was
against the vanes of the turbine. which
turned as the steam forced through.
The air pump was stopped. which
normally would have allowed the whole
housing to fill with enough steam to
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and expense of the sea plant may be ex-
cessive And the plant must first Of all
supply the power for its own function
ing, such as pumping deep water.
But Claude's confidence Is expressed
in a remark that he believes he can
harness power equal to large water
fall. His associate in the power project
is Paul Boucherot, French electrical en-
gineer.
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81, 0OO,0 900 BRIDGE BEGUN.
Construction of Span Over Missis-
sippi Gets Under Way.

MARQUETTE, Iowa. November 80
Demonstration of 100000
bridge across the Mississippi River here
was started today.
Five thousand persons were present
yesterday when the mayors of
Marquette and McGregor, Iowa, and of
Prairie Du Chen, Wis., turned the first
shovels of dirt for the span.
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ITALIANS HIDE AGES
IN FIRST "WHO'S WHO"
Women as Well as Men Are On.
willing to Reveal Year of Birth.
Many Give Wrong Data.

ROME Especially Italy now boasts
Of a who's Who" similar to those long
popular in other countries, but the
italian directory has some interesting
omissions in its first edition. Only
three women publish the years in which
they were born-always one of the
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into the book add several years in order
to Justify the esteem which they covet
from their fellows.
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DIES AT AGE OF 106.

Woman Pronounced Dead by Physi-
clan When 80 Years Old.
DIES MONIES. Iowa, November 80.
Mrs. Sara Jane Hawk, who, at the
age of rs, reset her own broken arm and
at 80 was pronounced dead by a phySi-
clan, died yesterday at the age Of 106.
She was a native of Livingston
County, N. Y.
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At<all the big games

The Style Observer tells us that the
belted back, military ulster, has won ALL
American honors by the overwhelming
vote Of smartly dressed men. It's the over
coat that seems to be just right for
almost every occasion and event"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-12-28
FUNERAL OF MRS.
 GRAVROCk IS TODAY

Ms. Carrie Grayroek. who pass ed away last Monday, was laid 10 rest this afternoon following fu- neral services in the Community church at which Rev. Harry R. AL len officiatcd.
 Ms. Gravrock was born in Tronjhem, Norway, December 2S, 1852. She was married to Bernt Gravrock in 1878. Her husband died in Douglas in 1925.
 In 1883 MT. and Mrs. Gravroek went to Republic, Michigan, and then came to Alaska in 1894. resid- ing here until their deaths.
 The deceased is survived by the following children: Mrs. Inga Dick ison residing at Harvard, Mass; :; Mrs. Mary Hansen of Polt Ange- les, Wash; Mrs. Sena Movall of Lake Bay, Wash; MT. Peter Gray- rock of Ketchikan, Alaska; Mrs. Laura Carlson and John Gravrock, both of Douglas.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-12-28

everything anyone similarly situ- ated could have done. IL was a bad mess and the best one could hope for was to save the crews of the disabled vessels.
 Had the Northwestern. in ef- forts to save the steamer tham- selves, become disabled, ths mas ter never would have b1ea for given for endangering the lives of his passengers and crew in order to attempt to bring int) pert the Roosevelt and Ssarr
 '"fhc question comes; r 4 not advisable to have a revenue cutter stationed in Prince William Sonnd l am going to say Yesl'
 And again l express my admira- ton for tho crew of the Attu and the men of the halibut fleet of the North Pacific
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-12-28
Widoms of Veterans Must Be Good or They
 Will Lose Insurdnce

CHICAGO, Dee. 2S.-A widows conduct is of much importance in determining whether she can col feet soldier husbands war in surance. The Federal Court here decided this the second time and as a result Mrs. CoTrine Hanna will not receive further payments on the policy of Major Mark I5an- ma, although she was named oanc- ficiary The United States Vetar- ans Bureau charges she was living with a man named Wagner now serving sentence in Iowa for bank robbery.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-12-28

NEW Nhca taa c. g.. Vestris went down ofe tAe ylrg.n.a Capes with q sickening loss of lie among women and children, a wave of horror swept the country. Had the knightly law of the sea, "wom- en and children first" been thrown overheard. Was the new shibboleth "a survival of the fittest?" Five in- vestigations got under way to de- termine the WHY of the damning ratio of husky, able-bodied men saved as compared with frail, de- fenseless women and babes.
 Maurine Watkins offers a new slant on this old tradition of the sea. In a story written months ago, but hich finds a startling parallel in the recent disaster, and which is to appear in the January issue of Hearst's International and Cosmopolitan Magazine, the fla mcus playwright deals with the problem of women and children first boldly, and without gloves.
 Parallels vestris Disaster
 A modern staVnch, swift and comfortable, but With life boats for only eighty passengers, and with three hundred on board. In such a potentially dangerous setting is her story laid Fenton Ridgely. the hero of Common Sense" felt safe aboard the great liner Balamina, just as the passen- gers on the Vestris felt safe.
 Then came the unexpected-(it was called the impossible until it happene6, the ship had 50 be abandoned. And with this the dread discovery that there were not lifeboats enough. Because some had to be sacrificed they drew lots to see who would go and who would stay.
 Of course, in the Vestris sinking there were plenty of llfeboats, but the listing of the ship made the launching of many of them impos- sible. So the result was identical
 Skilled Oarsmen Required | Perhaps some of the women and children of the Vestris could have been saved had they merely leaped into the water and kept afloat till picked upl How safe would they have been in lifeboats without skilled seamen along to keep them right side up? For llfeboats re- quire experienced oarsmen to ham, dle them if they are to be safe! Perhaps women and children first isn't such good rule after , all,
 But the thor of Common Sense" raises an entirely differ ent question. Fenton Ridgely took a poor girls place in the lifeboat He was saved and she was lost He was young millionaire. Pres and public condemned him as 1; coward, but the author doesn'
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-12-28

toOh llnutu IIOD1 k-d6t Out of which he is president now oper- ates daily services between Mexi- co City and Tampico and tfi-week- ly services between Vera Cruz and Merida. It hopes to start another regular service between Tamp.ca and Brownsville. The Mexican government operates another air service between Mexico City and Laredo.
 "lf there had not been American oil companies in the Tampico oil fields. and If Lindbergh had not flown to Mexico. commercial avia- ticn development would not have come here so quickly" MT. Rihl says.
 Payroll Flights
 The first commercial plane in Mexican service made the first Mexico-City-T -Tampico flight in Jan uary, 1922, and then began payroll flights in the oil fields. During the boom" in the Tampieo fields in 1922 and 1923 ten payroll trips a week were made from Tampico, carrying 500.000 pesos we k. About three payrolls a week are carried by airplane to different oil camps at present MT Rihl esti- mates that the airplanes of his company have delivered total of perhaps 15,000,O00 pesos to oil field camps for payrolls.
 There has only been one loss. Sacks containing 25,0G0 poses were once dropped into dense jungle instead of a clearing where the money should have landed. That bit of jungle since has been search ed many times, but the money has not been found. The ground is swampy. and the treasure probably sank into the mud and water.
 Carry Merchandise
 In addition to dellverIng money flor payrolls. arplanes carry tools equipment and supplies from Tam pico to the oil fields and make frequent special flights with oil men passengers to and from the fields.
 Until Lindbergh came to Mexico this was entirely a taxi service, ' that is one of special trips, as or dered by customers, not regular daily passenger schedule. This reg ular service was inaugurated April 15, 1928, between Tampico, Tuxpan and Mexico City. Then followed lthe Mexican governments Mexico City-Laredo mail service, and next came the Mexican Aviation com pany's Vera Cruz-Merida, Yucatan tri-weekly passenger and m F service.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-12-28
DOUGLAS NEVIS
, FORMER DOUGLAS TEACHERS
 HOLD HIGH POSITIONS

. Miss Bernice Scoville, former superintendent of the Dougl a s schools, is now Director of Cur riculum for the schools of Kenisha, Wisconsin, a city cf 56,O00 popu- lation, and $50 teachers according to Miss Impi Aalto who had the pleasure of visiting her when she made a trip to New York. Miss Haztl Miller who taught here with Miss Scoville, is also in Kenosha, teaching in the Junior High school. Tt was in 1923 when these young ladies came to the Douglas school .<a teach, and the local school board, quick to recognize the exec utive ability of Miss Scoville, made her the superintendent for the fol- lowing year.
 -s Beth Miss Scoville and Miss Ma- Ter still retain a high interest in
 Alaska and their friends here.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-12-28
Idaho Is Healthy State; Death Rate
 Is Reported Lo,t

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2S.-Re- cording the national death rate for 1927 at 11.4 persons per thousand population, the Department of Commerce reported Idaho is the lowest with Fl. The highest death rate is in California, Yer month and New Hampshire with 13.9. In eleven states with large negro population the negro death rate is materially higher than the white reaching q per thousand in Kentucky.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-12-28
 "SOUTH SEA LOVE" IS AT PALACE TONIGHT

Jungle fastness, lurking dangers, the mysterious beat of the tom toms, the soul-searching silences and what these things do to the loves of men and women, are shown in Ralph Ince's FBO pro- duction South Sea Love-" at the Liberty tonight.
 is one of the most remarkable {, ,V4ctures of the year.
 The story begins in the "Roarlng , Forties," Of the Big City, shifts to the jungle depths of 29' lati- fpmde, and ends-well, no matter how it ends. It has to be seen to appreciate the tense drama or 1t and the beauty of the photography.
 Patsy Ruth Miller. in the princi- pal feminine role, has scored an- psofYler success comparable to her kArk in Mir. Ince's "Shanghaied,' <S4d in Lubitsch's memorable film, 10 This Is Paris"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-12-28

think he was. For her story points out that Fenton Ridgely, alive, ae- ccmplished much good with his millions. Had he been lost his fortune would have been divided amound avaricious heirs and no good would have resulted.
 He used common sense" and was savedi
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-12-28
CAUTION

People should use extreme eau ton and guard against stoves burning wood during the dry and windy weather. Keep draft closed as much as possible.
 Chief of Police. adv. Chief of Fire Department.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-12-28
Y ould-Be 1bductor O U. s. Ogicial - Under Arrest

MEXICO CITY, Zee. 2S.- Masimiliano Viguras, Insur- gent leader credited with two attempts to capture United States Ambassador Dwight w. Morrow, is under arrest He was captured in the town of Chalco and sent here for trial in compliance with a new ruling against summary execution of fnsur- gents.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-12-28
LEAVE FOR OREGON

Mrs. Gust Wahto. accompanied by three of her children. Tyra, Douglas and Gordon, left on the Northwestern for Portland, Oregon, where they will visit for two or three months.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-12-28
bUNNELL PAYS HIGH TRIBUTE
 TO FISHERMEN N
College President Describes Attus Rescue of Tug
 in Raging Storm

(Cont,nn-u IruE. -ase One) short time we could see she had 8 line on the Roosevelt and was towing her Since she seemed to be handling her job in fine shape, we turned out attention to tie Starr.
 We stood by her for the next A hours, and Wednesday, during Ia lull in the storm, sent a life- boat to her to take off her crew. However, the crew did not desire to leave and the llfeboat returned without 1t 10 the Northwestern.
 Both launching the boat and picking t and it's crew up when it returned were cleyerly accomplish ed.
 Peak of Heroism
 "The work of the crew of the Attn in finally towing the Rc1sc- welt to LatOuche seems to me ono of the most daring and cnrageous incidents in marine heroism in tho history of the North Pacific. Just how this tiny boat could take the disabled Roosevelt to safety under such circumstance seems more like fiction that fact. Fighting the gale and heavy seas almost t0 Hinchinbrook s a Il. and then staying with the drifting steamer all the length of Montague Island on the ocean side and taking her 10 Latouche is no Christmas job.
 "The courage and skill of tho crew of the Attn are outstanding. It surely is school of tough ex- perience iE which the men of the halibut fleet of the North Pacific are enrolled. Accustomed to daily peril in so arduous a vocation, they are fitted to meet the imposs .blo and cope with disaster suecessful- ly. l admire them and am for them in every kind of weather.
 Did All Possible q think Capt. Livingston was tn a very difficult position and d.d
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-12-28

Another concern that evidently has gone out of business is the one that used to advertise a hair dope that made the locks grow long enough to sit on.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-12-28
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-12-28
NOTICE

My office will be closed until January 2nd. adv. DIR. GEO. l.. BARTON.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-12-28
BGndits and Lndbergh
 Are Cause of Mexican
 4irpland ,Seruice Cro,0tk

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q papers To- sase at the Empire.
New Britain herald., 1928-05-25
RECORD GALLERY

New Haven, May ?5 NP) .- A record gallery is expected at the Yale golf course tomorrow 10 see the exhibition foursomc between Gene sarazen. Johnny Farrell. Miss Maurine Orcutt and Miss Martha Parker. The match. bringing to- eether outstanding American play CTS Of both sexes has attracted widespread attention in and out Of the college.
The Washington times., 1928-12-07

In It's certain that
everything postponed just
will keep this sketch Of evening
hustle dapD and the dropping
chiffon Of yellow and
20 will remember
and sweater Of blue and red
The natche stockings
The Washington times., 1928-12-07

experimenting this trip ends in
tears and seedlings and an ex-
haustion which should not be the
lot of the tiny youngster.
To go back a Dit-have you ever
returned to the place where you
were quartered as a small child?
Last year / was amazed upon
visiting my aged grandmother to
find that the distance from her
home to the school where l was a
first grader was only three short
blocks. l remember very We'll
what a long distance that used
to seem to me when l stopped at
her house for noon luncheon occa'
sionally. / hurried through the
noon meal and started back to
school early to avoid being late.
1t seemed such a long way. And
it WAS a long way to a tiny girl
who hadn't been in this world
very many years and whose legs
ingly sturdy.
The walk of four or five blocks
to q small child is the equivalent
of a mile or more for us, and
when YOU take your very tiny one
downtown you walk him many
times the distance he should walk,
even though 1t doesn't seem far
to you. He gets tired and cross,
and you get tired and cross fuss
ing with him and return home
with half your shopping still UNI
finished.
But" you reply. 81 have no
one with whom / can leave my
child. l MUST go shopping some
times
The Washington times., 1928-12-07
CHAINED LIKE
a REA R
-By Lucy LowelI-

nERHAPS i have told this
4 story before. But II have, Il
surely was long time ago. and.
anyway. the thought viii heal
many repetitions
It's about the Hes people tell
themselves, the fashion in which
they bind and limit themselves
with chains which exist only In i'm
agination.
There's q polar bear living in =
no not = great distance from
where you are. He Is a magnificent
beast and his quarters are fit for
such 4 splendid creature; tract
Of park with rocks. where he may
sun himself In winter and patches
/. OF lawn where he may roll IN
summer and d big pool where he,
NAV bafhe all the year round.
hut in the center of the park
Is a cage OF sorts, chopped out Of
the living rock. and 1t Is here the
bear spends all his time, pacing
IN and down the stone floor.
Five steps one way and five
back--over and over and over.
Never going out to inspect the
rock or the lawns never rrla
bling over to the pool, unless the
keeper drives him out.
One who was curious inquired
why this was so. and the keeper
explained: "The darn fool thinks
he's chained. When he was a cub
they had to keep him tied. and the
chain was just long enough 70
permit the five steps each way.
So he goes on pacing back and
forth, listening for the chain to-
rattle, suppose, though we've
done everything to break him Of
the notion" He added, Darn
fool bear"
But, OF course. the bear Is no
more foolish than a great many
humans who hold themselves from
all sorts Of progress because they
believe that chains OF various kinds
environment. heredity, capacity
fortune-restrain them.
Have YOU an inns nary cliai.s
about your neck? Take a lessor
from the bear and break away
from your bad dreaml