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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-29
TEST AIR BY COUNT
OF DUST PARTICLES
Weather Bureau and Engi-
neers to Study 13 Cities,
Including Capital.

Thirteen American cities are to find
out how dirty they are.
Weather Bureau observers, in CO.
operation with the American Society OF
Heating and Ventilating Engineers, viii
start In few weeks a count of the dust
particles in the atmosphere of WASH
ington, Denver. Boston, Salt Lake Guy,
Cincinnati, Chicago, New York. ST
Louis, Memphis Lincoln, Nehr.: Atlanta,
Detroit and Pittsburgh, The inveStiga-
ton later will extend to seven more
cities.
The study will be carried out by
new method by which only the larger
particles viii be counted. Experimental
dust counts hitherto have been made
with great accuracy by means of appa-
ratus involving a high-power micro
scope with which 1t was possible TO
determine all impurities IN the atmoS-
phere more than one micron In
diameter, or one millionth OF meter.
City VS.. Country.
This fine count is considered unneces-
Sary. however. in making a comparative
study of American cities. because the
greater number Of dust particles con-
tanned in city air. in comparison with
country air, comprises large particles
There is a certain minimum of fine
impurities even in the pureSt country
air.
The new system, by which only the
coarser particles collected from a cer-
tain volume Of air on a microscope
cover glass will be counted, viii enable
these counts TO be made much more
rapidly. In each city it is planned to
set up apparatus in several quarters,
with the cooperation of the local
health authorities. All will be in the
charge of the local weather observer.
Weather Bureau officials expect to
find a notable difference in the atmos-
pheric impurities of the larger cities.
Such city as Pittsburgh is expected
TO show far higher percentage of
dust particles than Denver or Salt
Lake City.
Range of Variations.
The per cent of atmospheric dust.
previous experiments have shown. in
cTeaSes very rapidly between open coun-
try, suburbs and city The air over the
farming section about Washington con-
tains only about 1000 particles per
cubic inch. mostly finely powdered
mineral matter picked up by the wind.
In the neighborhood of American Uni
verSity, where there is Weather
Bureau station, there are about 30, 600
particles per cubic inch. Downtown
there are $4,000 particles. Five times
tnis number has been found in some
cities where observations by the fine
count method have been taken.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-29
PIPE PIERCING SOILS
FORMS EARTH BATTERY
Bureau of Standards Demonstrates
Theory by Measurements in
Oil Line Corrosions.

"A huge earth battery releasing cleo
tricaI energy of low voltage probably is
formed when metallic pipe passes
through soils Of different chemical
composition or moisture content the
bureau Of Standards has found in an
investigation OF oil pipe line corrosion.
Measurements Of electric current on
several sections of the oil Dine line
we're mace by the bureau. In some
places the line vas collecting current
wnlie az other points current was dis
charged The points OF discharge cor
responded in a general way with the
places aces where the. line was corroded
me me was 50 miles from the near
est electric railway. and there was NJ
evidence of street railway currents Rus
reau experts believe the corrosion was
caused by the action of large caIvanic
ceils formed by the line passing throuvh
SOILS OF different chemical composition
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-29

This is one of our largest selling groups of
dresses-therefore the selection is exceptional
for we always carry several hundred frocks
at these prices, Choose now at savings-light
and dark silks, ensembles, sport types, street
and afternoon models of white colors, beige and
navy or black silk crepes, sport silks and geor-
gettes.
Sizes Is to 81
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-29

Pearls Necklaces, 55c
In d e s tructible. manufactured
pearls in 60-inch length. Cream or
tinted. Knotted between beads.
Formerly 81.
81 Handbags, 69c
Imitation leather bags, In a wide
variety Of smart styles and colors.
Will give good service.
SOC to 81 Jewelry, 49c
Necklaces, brooches. bracelets and
earrings in numerous colors and
metals. Copies OF the popular i'm
ported fashions are included
Street Floor
75c to 81 Flowers, 45c
Dainty clusters, trailers and single
flowers OF organdy and silk. The
fashionable species are featured in
all smart colors.
Cirdle Ribbons, ACC Yd.
Two-tone and pastel ombres In
5-inch width satin. Very fashion
able.
Dress Buckles, soc
New slides and buckles in inter
locked or plain style. White and all
colors. Many sizes.
ST Silk Umbrellas, $500
16-rib. assorted colors Handles,
tips and ferrules to match.
Street Floor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-29
With Coupon Only
l0c Life Buoy Soap
2 for lie
Street Floor

25c Unbleached Cotton
15c yd.
So inches wide. Extra heavy
grade, suitable for scanned sheets
and mattress covers.
S1.50 Mattress Covers, CSC
Double and twin bed sizes. IN
hleached cotton, clean and sanitary,
s. English Longcloth
10 yd. pc, S1.29
IS inches wide. Soft finish, suit
able for dainty lingerie.
l5c and i9c Turkish Towels
121lc
Plain white and fancy borders.
Slightly imperfect.
Street Floor
Mems 79c Union Suits, Sc
Cool, nicely fitting Athletic Union
Suits. of fine self-striped madras
and checked nainsook. Sizes "a to
As.
Mems 70c Work Shirts, 4Sc
Blue chambray. collar attached.
Two large pockets. Sizes 1415 to IL.
Mems Sl.50 Pajamas, Csc
Perfect and irregulars. Madras
and plaza pongee trimmed with
rayon frogs. Plain colors and prints.
All sizes.
Mems S1.50 Night Shirts, CSC
Fruit-of- the-Loom. white muslin,
well made in sizes is to 19.
Street Floor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-29

81 Window Shades, SIC
Seconds Of oil opaque shades In
dark green, white and ecru. Rollers
are perfect.
SOC Certainteed Runner
SIC yd.
Hall Runner In perfect quality.
New patterns in excellent colors.
40c Table Oilcloth, 2Sc I'd.
Seconds of white and fancy pat
terms oilcloth. Very popular and
much In use at present,
Felt Base Rugs. SLID
Aiex9-foot size. rs only An ex-
cellent assortment at this price.
Third Floor
Mems and Youths Knockers
Sis
Usual 81 golf style pluS~fours In
plain colors. Sizes Is to 40,
Boys soc Play Suits, Sc
Navy lean trimmed with Turkey
red. Long sleeves long pants. open
front and collar. Sixes ; TO z.
Youths Khaki Pants, Csc
Regularly sold for $3.50 Nicely
made with belt loops. widely cut
legs and cum bottoms. Sizes AZ
TO 40.
Boys %l.S0 Sweaters, 81
sport styles of cotton In puli-over
effect, Blue and tan, In sizes so
70 20.
Boys $l.2S "Bcll" Shirts, Sc
white, tan and blue hroadcloth or
striped pereale. Collar attached.
Sizes l2,s 10 Ia,
Street Floor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-29

Avalon Hair Nets, 19c doZ.
Human Hair Nets. In all shades.
Single and double mesh.
49c Scissors, 29c pr.
Nickel-plated Steel Scissors, in 5.
and Z inch sizes.
, SOC Sanitary Aprons, 25c
Gum rubber and rubberized cot
ton. Flesh and white. Light weight.
Good size.
Dress Shields, lSc
Light-weight Shields, In all COL
ors and white. Size ;.
ST Rubber Household
Aprons. Soc
coverall style in large size. Green,
gray, rose and blue.
Sewing Cotton. &c Spool
400-yard spools of perfect white
cotton in sizes 40. so and so.
Street Floor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-29

For guidance OF air liner pilots at
night a new beacon of neon tubes emit
Ting vivid red light visible 30 10 40
miles ls being erected at The Croydon,
England, sifdTome. 4
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-29
81 Fine Hosiery, SEC

slightly irregular pure silk or silk with rayon
formulation and other brands. Square and pointed
heels in regular and extra sizes. All smart shades
and white.
Street Floor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-29
$3.50 Silk Hosiery, $1.65

Slight irregulars of a nationally known, famous
make word recognize ii immediately. Pure ingram
frnn, ton Ia toe In 48-gauge chiffon and service
chiffon weights Imperfectons are not even notice
able on close examination stunning summer ZONES
IN tan and nude shades.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-14
PEACE FARLEY
MOVES TO END
WAR MENACE
Combined Moral Force of
U. s., Latin America to Be
Used in Bolivian Row.
BY LOUIS JAY HEATH
United Press staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, Dec. lathe
combined moral force of Latin
America and the United States
gathered here for the inter-Amer-
lean Cancellation and arbitration
conference will be invoked today to
prevent war between Bolivia and
Paraguay.
Acting upon recommendation of
the special mediation committee
created to deal solely with the
Bolivian-Paraguayan crisis, Sec
rotary Kellogg, chairman of the
conference late Thursday night
issued the official call for a special
plenary session at IL o'clock today,
when the committees report will be
presented to the entire conference
body.
Victor Maurtua of Peru, chairman
of the special committee, announced
after an executive session lasting
more than two hours last night that
several proposals as to means the
conference might employ in deal
ing with the Bolivian-P araguayan
crisis had been discussed by the
committee.
Committee members pledged to
secrecy declined to reveal the nature
of the several suggestions advanced
in the report, but it was explained
that no sharp division existed in
the committee. One r,ember said,
lit is merely a case of all roads
leading to Rome and it is necessary
that the conference as a whole de-
eide which road should be taken"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-14

her brother in-law, and Wayne
Corn.
While riding with Fleener in his
automobile, Mrs. Jordan was hurt
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-14
War Spirit on Wane

BIZ United Press
LA PAZ, Bolivia, Dec. 14.-Bo>
livia's war spirit, intense since the
clash between Bolivian and Para
guayan troops in the Chaco region,
Dec. 6, in which more than a score
of Bolivians were killed, was on the
Wane today.
The upheaval in government cir
cles, with its climax in the forma-
ton Of a new cabinet including all
parties has disappeared and the en-
tire situation is being viewed more
calmly.
1t now is believed that the govern
ment will only ask for adequate
reparations from Paraguay and it is
said that if Paraguay agrees to
such terms, an open conflict will be
averted.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-14
Famous Fun Pair Spend
Their Winters in Cottage
on Michigan Road.
BY BEVERLY KELLEY

What becomes of the circus
clowns when the big show folds up
its miles and miles of canvas and
rumbles into winter quarters, is a
question many a circus-lover asks
in winter time.
The answer is easy-home. And
home to Harry La Pearl and his
wife, Mrs. Ruby La Pearl, is a neat
little cottage at r. r. P. Box 284,
southeast of indianapolis near the
Michigan road
The La Pearls are famous laugh
provokers. Their summers are
spent with John Robinson's circus.
Winters, they live next door to
Harry La Pearls father, once owner
Of thirty-car circus and descend
ant of long list of French circus
celebrities.
Mrs. Ruby La Pearl is one of three
women clowns in all circusdom.
MY wife is a good clown" volun-
teers Harry, but first of all she is
cook cook.
Clowns are not born; they are
made" explains La Pearl, adding
that about 80 per cent of the for
mula is pure hard work.
Being clown in a three ring
circus is no job for a lazy man. You
have to compete with wild animal
acts, aerialists, bareback riders and
candy butchers, all making a strong
bid for the attention of the crowd.
Your offering must be startling and
unusually funny" explains LIE Pearl.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-14
MOTHER PLEADS
FAITH IN SANITY
OF NORTHCOTT
Letter Tells of Change in
Heart; Says He Didn't
KILL

By United Press
LOS ANGELES. Cal, Dec. IA
Denying her previous statement
that Gordon Stewart Northcott, her
son, is insane, Mrs. Louisa North
colt sent a note to him in his cell in
the county jail here today saying
she still believed in his sanity and
was confident he did not commit
the four boy murders attributed to
him.
A note, written by Mrs. North
colt in the Riverside county Jail, was
delivered to young Northcott by
Norbert Savay, his attorney. Savay
said the mother wrote that she "be-
lieved her son sane" and that he
did not confess the crimes allegedly
committed on his Riverside county
chicken farm.
Note Destroyed
The defense attorney said he
destroyed the note after Northcott
had read it.
Reports of breach between
Northcott and his mother arose
when the youth angrily denied the
statement made by his mother that
she believed him insane if he had
confessed to the asserted murder
farm" deaths.
When shown the written confess
sion of her son, Mrs. Northcott was
said to have exclaimed: IF he
signed that, he's insane;"
Savay again renewed his efforts
yesterday to have Northcott tried
in Riverside county, rather than in
Los Angeles county, on the indict-
ment charging the murder of Alvin
Gothea, Mexican youth, whose de-
capitated body was found at Puente
In this county.
Trial in January
Savay conferred with District
Attorney Buron Fits, concerning a
transfer, but no decision was an
nounced.
Northcott's trial On the Mexican
murder charge will be held in Riv-
erSide Jan. or here on Jan. 3, it
was announced. The alleged slayer
has entered pleas or not guilty to
indictments in both counties.
Northcott and his mother must
answer a third Indictment in Riv-
erside Jan. 10, charging the murder
of Walter Collins, 9-year-old Los
Angeles boy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-14
FROM $4,000 TO $500

By Times Special
PETERSBURG, Ind, Dec. IA
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-14
LOVE DEATH DEFENSE
OPENS CASE AT PAOLI
Wife of Accused Tells of Affair
With Man Slain.

BIZ United Press
PAOLI, Ind, Dec. 14.-The state
has rested its case against Cressy j.
Cooper, English, charged with first
degree murder in the shooting of
Carl G. Conn, produce dealer, last
June, and the defense presented its
side today.
State witnesses testified that
Cooper entered a drug store where
Conn was sitting and shot him with
two revolvers. He fled after the
shooting and was later captured at
English.
Cooper's wife, principal witness,
said she went riding with Conn the
night of June 10, and that when she
got out of the car, her husband who
had followed them, knocked her
down, and threatened to kill her.
Mrs. Cooper said she went home
and related details of love affair
with Conn to her husband. A few
minutes later the shooting occurred.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-14
SLAYER OF TWO GIVEN
LIFE TERM AT MARION
jury Reaches Verdict in David
Harvey's Case in As Minutes.

jury Reaches Verdict in David
Harvey's Case in As Minutes.
BIZ UHited Press
MARION, Ind, Dec. 14.-Dayid
Harvey, 81, today faced a life SEN
tence in prison after being convicted
of first degree murder in the Staying
Of Constable Frank Ury and Deputy
Sheriff Fred Certain the night of
Sept. IS. The Staying occurred after
an attempt to serve papers ejecting
Harvey from his home for alleged
nonpayment of rent.
Try was killed when he stepped
on the porch of the Harvey home
to read the ejectment papers and
Certain was fatally wounded when
he and other officers attempted to
arrest Harvey for killing the con-
stable.
After the verdict was read, Harvey
said he was not guilty and asked the
court for an appeal. Friends said
he was without sufficient funds for
an appeal and considered it likely
that he would serve the sentence as
it now stands.
The jury reached a verdict in
forty-five minutes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-14

when it collided with one driven by
Corn. The $500 judgment was
against Fleener only, the jury clear
ing Corn of blame for the crash.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-14
League Keeps Interest

bW UHfItu fFtSS
LUCIANO, Switzerland, Dec. a.
AriStide BRAND, president of the
council of the League of Nations,
announced today that the league
cannot let the acknowledgements
situation drop.
BRAND said it would be necessary
to decide before final adjournment
Of the council on Saturday what ac-
ton the league should take.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-14
Calm in Paraguay
BIZ United Press

BU Unlt6d PTCSS
ASUNCION, Paraguay, Dec. "A
Paraguay continued to view the b.
livian-Paraguayan situation calmly
today.
Business virtually is normal
throughout Asuncion and local trad
ing has not been impeded by the
first outburst of war spirit in the
early days of the crisis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-14
DOESN'T KNOW HIS JOB
BIackfOrd County Surveyor Elect

Blackboard County Surveyor Elect
Also Denied Pay for Deputy.
By Times Special
HARTFORD CITY, Ind, Dec. IA.
Charles Smith is Surveyor-elect of
Blackford county as result Of the
Nov. election, but faces an I'M
pleasant situation, through refusal
of the county council to allow him
money from public funds to hire a
deputy.
Unable to do land surveying be-
cause he cannot pass the state ex-
aiming board regulations, Smith is
faced with the prospect of hiring a
deputy at his own expense. The
Office pays a salary of $4,000 yearly.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-14
DREAMS BANDIT FIGHT

Awakes in Fusillade of Bullets He
is Firing.
BIZ United Press
MILWAUKEE,, Wis, Dec. IA
brisk fuSillade of revolver shots
awoke a peaceful northside resi-
Dental district here.
Police who dashed to the scene
found Joe Joyonchik, a saloon
keeper, standing on the front steps
of his place, pumping lead into the
surrounding atmosphere.
He explained that somebody had
robbed him.
Investigation showed that the
contents of the cash register and
safe we're intact. Joyonchik finally
admitted that he had dreamed a
holdup.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-14
Christmas Lights Stolen

By Times Special
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Ind, Dec.
14-Several colored electric light
globes have been stolen from Christ
mas trees which decorate downtown
streets here, police announce with
a warning that if the thief is caught,
punishment will be certain.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-14

Pike Circuit court jury has awarded
Mrs. Rosa Jordan, Oakland City,
only $500 after hearing her SOS, 900
damage suit against A. j. Fleener,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-14
FIGHTS TOLL BRIDGES
BroOkhart Will Ask Confscation by
U. S. Government.

By Times Special
WASHINGTON, Dec. Ex-senator
Brookhart, Republican, of Iowa, in
tends to introduce a bill for con-
demnation and confScation of all
private toll bridges, and immediate
payment to the owners by the gov
eminent of such sums as the courts
shall decide the bridges are worth.
Brookhart already has introduced
a bill, drawn up by the bureau Of
public roads, which gradually would
eliminate such toll bridges, but he
feels that this process is too long
drawn out.
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the all-star cast includes Vera Gordon, Tom Forman, Aggie Her ring, Nat Carr, Kathleen Myers, Stanley Taylor and Carroll Nye.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-07-11
UONEN NEED NOT GAIN WEIGHT
 WITH AGE, IS CLAIM OF WRITER

NEW YORK, Jul y11.-The wo- man sf excess weight who sa5s she is entitled to more pounds as she grows older is ccntradicted by Dr. Ruth Wadsworth, of New York.
 At one tirae," writes Dr. Wads- worth in Charm by Choice, , weight was figured on the basis of age as we'll as of height. That, however, was when people grew tld gracefully and carly. A normal weight based on height has been worked out from large groups of healthy men and women by insur ance companies, the army and navy and by large educational ill .stitutions."
 Dr. WaGsworth admits a rniver sal tendency to grow fat after 90 but she attributes this increase in ayoirdupois to appetite,
 Proper weight can be figured from height, Dr. Wadsworth points out. This is her formula: Allow 100 pounds for five feel of height. For every inch ovel five feet add six pounds. For evers inch under five feet subtract six pounds.
 Glandular disease affects heighi and weigh. in several ways, Dr Wadsworth reports.
 First" she says, there is tht very fat person, short or tall, whs eats very little in proportion t her size. She i5 suffering from al excess in the secretion of the pitni tary gland, or deficiency in tha of the thyroid.
 Second, there is the very tai person, whose weight never catch es up with her height, whose thy mus gland seereted too long.
 Third, there is the person c average height, much underweigh with an enormous capacity fo food. She has an excess of th, roid aeceretion.
 "The abnormally obese perso eats little and sleeps much. Tn abnormally thin person cats muc and sleeps little; is nervous. your case does not fit these fact! do not complain
 ] The only permissible method
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-07-11

years, while Holmes. who was born at Auburn. N. Y, 54 years ago, has been connected with the in' dustry for 32 years. Both have been interested in foreign trade. Corbett has developed trade with Canada, while Holmes only recent ly returned from six months abroad in the interest of the company.
 Corbett's father and grandfather were masters of ships, and he cir cumnavigaled the globe on a sail. ing vessel as q youth. He served In the navy during the Spanish American war. For % years he has been manager of the com pany's rail department.
 Holmes entered the industry as an employe of D. M. Osborne X company at Auburn in 1896 aftel being graduated from Williams college. In 1898 he joined the , sales department of the Carnegis Steel company st Pittsburgh ant when the United States Steel Pro ducts company was organized camt to New York to become manager of the structural steel department
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-07-11
"kOSHER KITTY KELLY" SHOWING AT LIBERTY

Roaring with comedy, filled with funny family fights, and neighbor- ly feuds, Kosher Kitty Kelly F.B.O.'s latest Gold Bond Special. showing at the Liberty Theatre, is a mountain of mirth. From the opening scene to the final fade out, it is one georgeous laugh-fest, bubbling, boisterous picture pack ed full of riotous mirth. The min ute there is sign of heart-ache or the possibility of a thrill be- ing too devastating, good, hearty laugh is introduced and the world is gay again. The picture was adapted for the screen by Gerald Duffy from the great New York stage success of the same name from the pen of Leon DeAcosta. It was woven into it's present de- 1ightful state by the masterly di- rection of James Horne. Lovable Kitty Kelly is played by the viva cious Viola Dana while the rest of
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-07-11
DOUGLAS NEWS
MISS kRCMQUlST TO BE
 MARRIED THIS MONTH

MT. and Mrs. Axel Kromquist an nounce the wedding of their daugh- ter Ali to MT. Loran Morris, on Sunday, July 2S, at EllensDurg' Wash.
 Almost an entire surprise the above item is of considerable inter est to the many friends of the young lady. Miss Kromquist was born and reared in Douglas and IS a graduate of the Douglas high school. She also completed two years of study at the Ellensburg Normal and had gone back to the Normal to complete her edu- cation after teaching a year at Ellamar.
 MT. Morris is the son of the Bap' list minister in Ellensburg, and at present is connected with the Y M. c. A. of that city in clerical capacity. The young couple ex pect to go to Chicago for their honeymoon trip.