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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-11
j, S. AUTO DEATHS
UP 1859 IN YEAR
Report Covers 78 Cities for
81 Weeks Ending on No
Vember 80.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
In the So weeks ending November 80
deaths in 70 cities from automobile
accidents increased 1859 over the cor
responding period in 1928.
Fatalities in the 78 cities from motor
car accidents within the city limits or
outside in 1929 we're 8,52S, a Depart
ment of Commerce report made public
yesterday showed, as compared to 1859
in 1928. an increase of Is per cent.
During the four weeks ending No
vember 80 there were S39 deaths from
automobile accidents reported, as COM
pared to 1913 in the same period in 1928.
Some of the deaths occurring, the re-
port said. were outside the corporate
limits of the cities, but most were with
in the city limits.
Deaths due to accidents within city
limits for 1929 and 1928, respectively,
as given by the Department Of Com
~Sk
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-11
Pauline Frederick Stricken.

LOS ANGELES, December II Cp.-
Pauline Frederick, stage and motion
picture actress. was suffering today from
ptomaine poisoning, which caused heI
to become violently Ill last night just
before she was to appear in a Los An
geleS theater.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-11
Zone Hearing POSTPONED,

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALLSTON, Va, December 1.-THE
hearing of the Zoning Commission
scheduled to be held at the Washing
ton-Lee High School Friday evening
has been postponed indefinitely, ac-
cording to announcement made last
night by A. j. Webb, secretary Of the
commission.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-11
SEEKS TO RECOVER LOAN.
Asks Court to Help Collect From
Dead Woman's Estate.

Anna Fugitt has applied to the Dis
trict Supreme Court to help her collect
an I. o. U. for 5000, said to have been
given to her by Susie E. Christian, who
died February Is. She says the note
was given her in September, 1923, wniie
was filed against Charles F. Walsh
executor of the estate of the dead
woman, after he had refused payment
Of the note when offered in the Probate
Court. Attorney J. D. Eason appears
for the plaintiff.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-11

THERE never were more thrilling or
! Christmas-worthy Gift stores =. than
these "Iahn" stores are-right now! Merit
ing the attention of everyone with gift prob
lens to solve. Footwear! Every woman
needs it-wants it. Easy to find exactly what
you want . .. in our huge stocks {. . right
away!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-11
ARMY VETERAN DIES.
Harry A. Sill Served in Many
American War Campaigns.

Harry A. Sill, rs years old, U. S. A.,
retired, veteran of the Spanish Ameri-
can War and of numerous campaigns
against the Indians in the West, died
in Walter Reed Hospital yesterday after
a short illness. Fort Sill, Okla, is
named after an ancestor of Mr.. Sill.
Mr.. Sill resided at 2100 street. He
is survived by a widow, Mrs. Anna E.
Sill. of that address, and daughter,
Mrs. w. H. Linsenfelter of Philadelphia.
Funeral services will be conducted at
Tabler's undertakes, Friday afternoon
at 3 o'clock. Interment will be in Ar
lington Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-11
CHRISTMAS SEAL
SALE BROADENS
Booths Established by Junior
League in Number of De-
partment Stores.

Joining forces with the Junior
Leagues Christmas seal sale booth at
the Woodward & Lothrop department
store. opened Monday, today similar
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-11

OOOCES 1OT Cne
public sale of the
health tokens of
the tuberculosis
Association were
opened in several
other department
stores and bank
Hobbies by volun-
teer groups of
women desiring
to aid in the
fight against tu-
berculostS by sup
,n1v-k{vRn &tAn nnoIk1A
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-09-19
CHARGES MADE OF FIRING BY
 CAP I. M'LEOD
Canadian Motorship Claims Coast Guard Vessels
 Shells Did Damage
SHOTS WERE FIRED.
 QUESTIONED LATER
Alleged Shooting Occurred When Craft Was "A
 Miles Off New York

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Sept. 19. Charges that a United States Coast Guard cutter shelled the Canadian motorship Shawnee, 24 miles off New York, were made today by the master of the craft, Capt. John Mcleod
 The Shawnee arrived here with shell holes in the port quarter and part of the rail was shown to have been carried away by shells.
 Capt. Mcleod said he intended filing formal protest with the Government.
 Capt. Mcleod said he was en- route from Bermuda. and was off New York, when Cutter No. 145 came up without lights and with out warning fired five shots at the Shawnee. After the firing, Capt. Mcleod said the cutter then hail. ed him asking the identity of the ship.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-09-19
CHICAGO GANG 0UTLAWRY HAS
 NEW OUTBREAK
Do u ble Kidnapping and Double Murder Is Indi-
 cated, Latest Crime

CHICAGO, H., Sept. 19. A double Kidnapping that bodies a double murder has started the dirty stew of Chicago gang out lawry boiling again.
 Two men out driving last night were abducted by four other men.
 "Squawkers and stool pigeons were the epithets hurled as the four men yanked their victims into a touring car and the automobile drove away before the car driver, who witnessed the act could notify the police.
 Commissioner Siege said there was little doubt but that the two men were taken for a ride and killed.
 A cab driver drew alongside the two cars while the abduction was going on, believing that an &C., cident had taken place, and he went to offer assistance. He said the driver of the abductors' auto mobile pointed a sawed-off shot gun at him and told him to get out or he'd get it too.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-09-19
START PROBES
 OVER FL0GC|NG
Four investigations in Pro. gress on Affair in
 North Carolina

KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. O., Sept. l9. = Four separate investigations are in progress regarding the flog- ging of Cleo Tesenair of Baltimore, organizer for the National Textile Union Workers.
 Dynamiting of a platform used by Union speakers is the latest of many acts of violence accom- panying the North Carolina tex tile strikes.
 The flogging was the second in 10 days, three union members hav- ing been kidnapped and one of them lashed by a mob a week ago.
 The sheriff has began a probe of the Tesenair case. He was car ried across the State line into South Carolina and flogged. The sheriff admitted the identity of the attackers was unknown.
 Gov. c. Max Gardner sent a personal representative to make an inquiry in the Tesenair case but he was unable to give but a brief description of the men who kid mapped him.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-09-19
NEU INVESTMENT COMPANIES RAISE
 NEW PROBLEMS FOR STOCK BUYERS

vas Electric Investors, Inc. This company, of which Sidney z. Nit chell is president, was selling at low of 77t4 earlier this year. before it was known that the earnings per common share for the year ending June 30, 1929, would be more than SIP.
 A list of the company's holdings. when finally disclosed, showed that
 the book value. had leaped in two years from $35,O0oO00 to more than $60,O00,000.
 Approximately five weeks before publication of these figures trad ing in the shares of Electric In- vestors became unusually active and the price was pushed up to a point around s250 per share.
 Investment companies are able
 to keep their holdings out of the
 spotlight until they apply for list ing on the New York stock ex-
 change, when they must accom-
 pany their application with com- plete record of the securities they own.
 About the time clerks begin pre- pairing this record, the news finds its way to trading circles and the
 value of the securities of the hold ing company moves up or down accordingly.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-09-19
BRIDE E-T0-BE IS SHOWERED
 WITH EVENTS
Round of Entertainments Keeping Miss Florence
 Trumbull Busy Girl

PLAINVILLE, Conn, Sept 19.-- A round of prenuptial entertain
 ments is keeping Florence Trum-
 bull busy as sine prepares for her
 wedding next Monday to John Coolidge.
 Showers of teas, dinners and
 dances are following one another in rapid succession, while at mo- Iments between, the couple are op- ening presents which are coming in at a rate of 25 to 30 daily One of the most recent showers was a grocery party which gave the bride-to-be staple groceries to last for two months.
 Meanwhile the couple is planning furnishing their $78 a month apart Iment in New Haven.
 Mrs. Coolidge has undertaken to furnish the bedroom.
 Miss Trumbull is far more ex- cited over the prospect of keeping house than over the wedding.
 All she had to say about the
 wedding was that her dress would be of ivory satin-but about house. keeping she developed eloquence.
 T shall spend from morning un- til night taking care of my four Iand half f-room apartment. There1l
 be marketing and cleaning and cooking three meals a day We're going to have an electric refrigera- tor, tool" she said.
 Anyone might have guessed that Florence Trumbull was lass in very modest circumstances were it not that she was sitting on the lawn of her fathers estate as she |chatted about her future home in New Haven. Yet, she made it clear that she intends to be a railroad clerks wife with all that such a position means, for she said:
 We did want painted walls in our apartment but they cost too much. Father and MT. Coolidge decided that John was earning enough money for us to live on and we're going to do so. We will Ispend his two weeks vacation on our honeymoon! We're going to live on budget, too, and we'll have to be very careful until we've had buying experience. We won't spend much on theatres!"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-09-19
MAIL BOX PAINT
 IS $3O,OOO 4 YEAR

WASHINGTON. Sept. 19.-Hail rain, snow and the insidious effects of salt air cost the United States postoffice department $3o,o0o year for repainting mail boxes.
 Corrosion of the clements is the chief enemy to Uncle Sam's spic- and-span letter receivers. They must be repainted once year. In sea-coast towns even this vigilance fails to keep them slightly.
 Brass boxes have been installed in Atlantic City and a few other coast towns, as brass is proof against corrosion. Steel withstands the clements better than cast iron. Prior to 1923 all U. s. mail boxes were made of cast iron, but the larger ones now in general use in cities are made of steel.
 Some years ago smokers marred the mail boxes by scratching matches against them. As mos. smokers now carry lighters or safety matches this. cause of de- facement has largely disappeared
 The government still hopes to cope with the chronic "leaner, ' however.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-09-19
FORMER ALASKA
 WOMAN IS DEAD
Mrs. Alice Reed Fisk, Dies Tn California Was
 III Four Months

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept. 10. Mrs. Alice Reed Fisk mother of Charles Fisk. editor of the An chorage Times, died at Waiting. California, Wednesday morning at the home of her grandson, after an illness of four months, with cancer of the stomach. The funeral services will be held this after noon at 3 o'clock at Vallejo, Cal, and burial will also take place there.
 Mrs. Fisk was born in Erie, Penn, on March 25, 1854. She came north to Ketchikan in 1922 and re- mained there until last year when she was called to California by the serious illness of her daughter. Two sons, Van H. of Ketchikan, and Charles, of Anchorage, also survive.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-09-19

NEW YORK. Sept. 19.-The rise Iof powerful investment and stock trading companies, whose holdings and operations are closed book to the general public, has placed an enormous premium on inside information
 With the exception of a few outstanding holding companies whose securities are listed on the New York stock exchange, little ex- act information exists regarding their activities or the true value of their securities, unless the com panies voluntarily chose to make it public.
 Investors in securities of indi- vidual companies have fairly com plete information available by which to reckon the value of their stock purchases with reference to a given company's earnings, prop critics and prospects.
 Holding companies, however, wit ] their varied and changing posi- tions in the market. have raised difficult problems for investors.
 Securities of investment com panies may sell for long periods either under or about their real value without the fact being dis covered by brokerage houses and the investing public.
 A recent outstanding instance
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-09-19
BRO MI. EYS AIR CRAFT WRECKED;
 PILOT IS HURT
Second City of Tacoma, for Flight to Tokyo, Dam-
 aged Beyond Repair

BURBANK, Cal, Sept. 19.-Lieut Herbert Fahy, test pilot, was in- jured seriously, and Harold Brom- leys low winged monoplane built for the Tacoma to Tokyo flight was wrecked beyond repair when an experimental tail group broke away and dropped while the ship was 300 feet in the air in trial flight.
 Bromley, who witnessed the &C., cident from the ground, immediate ly announced that his trans-Pa- cific flight was off for this year
 Fahy suffered fractured arm was gashed about the face and has possibly fractured skull He remains in a semi-conscious con- dition in the Glendale Hospital and surgeons are not decided as to the extent of his head injuries.
 The plane wrecked was the sec- end City of Tacoma" built by Bromley and his packers for the Tokyo flight.
 Fahy had circled the test field once and was pulling out of a figure eight maneuver when the tail group fluttered loose and fell
 Deprived of it's directional con- trol, the pilot managed to keep the plane out of a spin. He had de- scended to within a few feet of the ground in a long glide when the ship slowed, one wing strik- ing a tree and tearing off The plane plunged to the pavement of a city street, skidded against an- other tree, shattering the remain ing wing and flopped on its back
 Bromley's first plane was wreck ed at Tacoma several months ago when he was attempting a hop off for Tokyo.
 His second plane had made sev- eral test flights, with Bromley at the controls, and if further flights were O. K, Bromley planned to go north to Tacoma and start across the Pacific within week or two.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-09-19
L|NDBERCHS ON
 SOUTHERN TRIP

CHARLESTON, N. C., Sept. 19.-- Breaking a flight from Washington D. O., to Miami, Florida, where they will start 20-day tour of Central and South American coun- tries, Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and Iii; wife spent the night here as guests or Rear Admiral Newton McCully, of the Charleston Navy Yard.
 The Lindberghs expect to reach Miami late today from whence they will fly to the West Indies, down t1e coast of South America to Fsramaribo, Dutch Guiana. From there they will cover the north coast through Central America and back to Miami inaugurating the extension of the Pan American mail and passenger lines.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-09-19
CONSPIRACY IS
 REvEALED;TWO
 MEN ARRESTED
Wholesale Liquor With drawals from US. Ware
 houses Is Charged
FORCED DOCUMENTS
 IS SYSTEM USED
Bonded Liquor Released Which Would Flood San
 Francisco, Claim

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 19.-Two men have been arrested and two other persons, one of them a wom an, are being hunted as principals in a conspiracy in which it is charged large amounts of liquor have been illegally withdrawn from Government warehouses on forged documents.
 The men arrested were Daniel Cottrel, former cashier of the Unit ed States Customs House, and R. N Williams, proprietor of a drug store near the Customs House.
 The alleged operations of the four were disclosed when com- plains were issued by United States Commissioner charging each with conspiracy to violate the Pro- hibition laws.
 Enough bonded Ecuor was ob- tained, Government attorneys say, that would flood San Francisco
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-09-19
SAMPLES OF ORE
 ARE ATTRACTIVE

A glass case containing samples of ore from several mining properties in the Taku district is creating q great deal of interest among the guests and visitors of the Gastineau Hotel. It is the intention of the officials of the Gastineau Hotel to obtain as many specimens of ore as possible, not only from the Taku district but from the leading min ing companies of the entire Terri tory, for the purpose of adding them to the samples already on display in the lobby of the hotel. tli samples and donations will be gratefully received according to an announcement made at the hotel this morning.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-09-19
Beasts Lose Fear
 IOf Human, FoHoac Man Through Fire
Associated Press Photo

NANAIMO, B. C., Sept. 19. Pierre Olsen told an ex- perience which indicated that fire fear quelled anti pathy to humans in savage beasts.
 Three cougars in the AL berni fire district put faith in man to lead them to safety.
 olsen related how the beasts took up his trail and followed him through a rag ing brush fire half mile along the highway.
 Apart from occasional grunts which did nothing towards relieving Olse ms peace of mind, the cougars showed no signs of attacking him.
 When the end of the burn- ing stretch was reached, the cougars still followed him for six miles until he reached a logging camp.
 Olsen said he was terri fled every step of the way. He carried an umbrella and tried to wave the beasts away but they showed no signs of fright and determ- inedly pursued his trail.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-09-19
Creao of Balloon Saued from DrouUning in Luke

, TOLEDO, Ohio, Sept. 19. , Four persons sinking in a faulty balloon in Lake Erie, } were rescued today 18 miles out by the crew of the yat ht Helene who mace fast a tiil,e dropped rom the } bag and lowed it safely to } shore.
 While cruising about, , change in the wind carried the balloon over the lake and it suddenly started sinking. Ballast was thrown overheard without effec ct. When the balloon was about 50 feet from the water, the
 } yachts crew saw the plight
 and went to the rescue. .
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-09-19
AstOunded BritOns Hear
 Of Beer Bribery Trick

OXFORD, England, Sept. 19.-- Bribery of prohibition agents in the UnlLCu .,oates is a subject that never grows stale in British news papers, but Englishmen have be- come so accustomed to reading about it that it no longer startles them.
 Now, however, comes a member of the newly appointed British com- mission to investigate the liquor traffic and divulges the disquieting news that there is a relation be- tween beer and bribery, even in England.
 There are brewery salesmen. B. T. Hall, of the commission told an
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-09-19
ON VISIT TO BURFoRDs

Mrs. E. F. Schroeder, who arriv- led in Juneau this morning on the
 Admiral Evans, will be the guest |of her brother-in-law and sister MT. and Mrs. Jack Burford. Mrs Schroeder is the daughter of Frank
 H. Foster. Representative of the Third Division in the Alaska Leg islature. She will remain in Ju- neau for the next two weeks and will return to Cordova on the Ad- fmiral Evans.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-09-19

 audience here, who do not hesitate to bribe the refreshment committee of a workingmen's club.
 The club members want their beer, and they want good beer, and they leave it to the committee to buy good beer. Then enters an un- scrupulous brewery salesman and tactfully leaves one pound note with the committee, confidently ex- pecting it to favor his brand of beer over the output of more cap- able breweries.
 Tt is this sort of thing said Hall, 'that brings democracy into contempt"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-09-19
MRS. PARKER GOES SOUTH

Mrs. Harold w. Parker and in- fant son left Juneau on the Yu- kon for Seattle where she will await the return of her husband, Gunner Harold w. Parker, U. s. c. G., of the cutter Haida. The Haida has been spending the sum- mer months cruising in the Boring Sea. Mrs. Parker was accompanied by her mother, Mrs. w. Newman.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-09-19
se .
ToDAY's STOCK
QUOTATIONS
. . . . . 70

NEW YORK, Sept. 19.-Alaska Juneau mine stock is quoted to- day at 71a, American Smelling, 121, Bethlehem Steel 1297s, Conti- mental Motors 13#, Corn Products |116A, International Paper A 35l4 Paper B 2Aas, National Acme 34h Standard oil of California 74% Texas Corporation 6714, Allegheney Corporation 52is. American Ice 49 General Motors 74i5, International Harvester 130hs, Pan American B 63B.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-09-19
MISS METzGAR GOES sOUTT

1iss Margaret Metzgar, daughter
 of Mir. and Mrs. L. H. Metzgar left Juneau on the steamer Yu-
 kon for Seattle where she will en- ter the freshman class at the Uni tversity of Washington.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-09-19
MINE REPRESENTATIVE
 RETURNS TO STATION

w. L. Bell, of the Granby Smelt- ing Company, returned to Vancou-
 yer, B. C., on the steamer Yukon.
 MT. Bell has been a guest at the
 Gastineau for the past two and one-half months and has been spending some time in the Taku district.
 <oeS- F. L. Humphrey, a banker of i Oroville, Cal, is round trip pas senger on the Alaska.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-05-27
"Why BMy From Q MaiI
 Order House

We do not specialize cheap quality merchandise We do spend large cheap quality merchandise talking of making good We do not believe in e" by the purchase which needs be renewed frequently quality would last life m We have advantages the mail order We specialize both fourhs rnse offer ed for sell may be din under obligation buy unless the goods andp
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-23
MARY GARDEN TOPS
PROGRAM TONIGHT
Chicago Civic Opera Co. to
Give Selections From
Verdi'S "Aida."

A portion of the Chicago Civic Opera
Co.'S version of Verdi's Aida" and a
brief talk by Mary Garden, the great
diva, heads the list of rcdio attractions
scheduled tonight by a network of Ma
tional Broadcasting Co. stations.
WRC, as usual, will not be link in
the network for the opera broadcast.
but Washington listeners should be
able to hear it through either VIDAL
III Baltimore or WLW in Cincinnati,
both of which are picked up with regu-
larity in the District and vicinity. While
Miss Garden is not member of the
Aida" cast, her address is expected to
be Of interest to all opera lovers. The
opera will be broadcast from 10 to IL
o'clock, Eastern standard time.
WRC'S program is made up OF It's
regular midweek attraction, augmented
by new feature, described as PAN
Americana" Outstanding among these
regular attractions are the Ipana Trou-
badours, the Palmolive hour and Fred
eric William Wile's weekly review of the
political situation in Washington.
The Troubadours will present a
Southern program of widely varied or
chestra ana v0cc.l selections. Begin
ming with Dixie" the selections range
from the strictly modern and syncJ-
pated "Pickin' Cotton to the older and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-23

simpler melodies. such as Mighty LAX
a Rose" Cant You Hear Me Calling.
Caroline" Nelly Gray" and Indy"
The Palmolive hour will contain a
spirited group of selections suggesting
romance and beauty. In addition there
will be several novelties and speciality
numbers.
Clayton, Jackson and Durante, three
masters Of hilarious nonsense. will sup
ply the laughs for the La Palma
smoker, one of the seven Columbia at
fractions on WMAL's Schedule. The
trio has filled numerous ENGAGEMENTS
In New York's night clubs and on the
Keith-O rpheus vaudeville circuit.
Chief among the other Columbia at
fractions are the Musical Episode, which
Will be devoted to the works of Beetho-
ven. Daguerreotypes and Silhouettes,
and the holster program.
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washington navy YarQ.)
3:45-Weather Bureau reports.
9:55a-Arlington time signals.
10 05a-Weather Bureau reports.
228.9-WOL-1,310.
(American Broadcasting Coz
5:45-The Town Crier.
6:00-Nuggets of knowledge.
6:03-Dinner concert.
6:30-Riggs Musicale.
7:00-Carolinians Dance Orchestra.
1000 to 12:00-Wardman Park Dance
Orchestra
Early Program Tomorrow.
7:3Oa-Musical clock.
10:00a-Household Chat by Peggy
Clark
10: observation-disclosures period.
IL :00a-Helpful hints to parents.
message to home max
ers on thrift, by Mrs. Florence
E. Cannon.
II Standardization period.