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Women Hold al Per Cent of Individual
Wealth in I. S., Statisticians Estimate

benificiaries of so per cent of the $685.
100000 900 of life insurance policies in
force in the United States. pay taxes
on more than $3,250 100000 of indi-
vidual income annually. comprise the
actual ma jority of stockholders in some
of the largest corporations, constitute
from 35 to 40 per cent of investment
bond house customers. receive 10 per
cent of the stats left by men and 64
per cent of the estates left by other
women.
About $500 1000 women are gainfully
employed, said the report, and indi-
vidual income tax returns indicate there
are as many woman millionaires asmeIr.
with women already in control OF
more than Al per cent of the Nation )
individual wealth. and alert to their
financial power" the report concluded,
1T is difficii1t to set any limit to their
continued progress"
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BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, March 23.-The melo-
dramic expression, "the woman pays"
some day may be true literally-because
the men can't.
AS the result of a survey of data from
Governmental and private sources, Law
renee Stern & Co., investment bankers
of Chicago and New York, tonight esti-
mated that approximately Al per cent
of the individual wealth. of the country
already is controlled by women.
One statistician, said the report,
figured out that If women continued
their present rate Of financial as
tendency all the wealth of the country
would be in feminine hands by the year
2o35. The report added that while no
one believed a financial niatriarchy Is
coming, the calculation illustrates the
rapidity Of the present trend.
WomenA 1t was estimated, are today
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2l Boy Scouts Swept From Roof
Of Camp Bungalow-l3 Saved,
; Bodies Recovered.
20 PERSONS KNOWN TO HAVE
PERISHED In HARTMAN, TENN.
Week End Disturbances From Louisiana
to Virginia Arrive as Relief Work
Starts Among $4,000 Homeless.


ATLANTA transforms and freshe floods
whipped Louisiana Virginia this end
tonight had claimed at least IS lives Five missing and prob
ably swept to their death
police the Associated
the swollen Emery River
city depth of 80 feet with its chuning
mountain water.
White Creek lockwood Tenn caught party of 81 Boy
camping gbungalow today, and swept
could them with
bodies missing and 3 rescued
communities isolated tonight the
mountain reeded after flooding the countryside Rain
brought the deuge of flood waters through
like Piedm mont River
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Morrow, Reported Slain in Mexico City,
Talks to Clark as Rumors Fill Capital |

The latest blossom from the Mexican
revolutions hotbed of rumors curled up
and died in the bud last night when
the State Department laid to rest
story which apparently had gained wide
circulation in this city that Ambassador
Dwight Morrow had been shot and
killed in Mexico City.
The State Department issued its de-
NAL on the best authority in the world
that of Ambassador Morrow. While
The rumors we're being circulate here
Ambassador Morrow and j. Reuben
Clark Undersecretary of State. were IN
conversation over long distance tele-
phone.
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Mr.. Morrow reported that William T.
Blocker, American consul at Mazatlan.
who also had been reported killed, had
telegraphed the embassy at Mexico City
that all Americans in the city were safe.
Reports were received earlier In the
day that rebel attack had been made
on Mazatlan.
Mr. Clark had hardly concluded his
conversation with Mr.. Morrow. he said,
when he was called to the telephone
and asked for information regarding
the rumors Of the Ambassadors death.
At the time set in the report" of Mr..
Morrow's death, Mr.. Clark was talking
with him, he said.
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Three colored persons were killed by
tornado at Hariston, Miss, and two
colored persons met death in similar
disturbance at Plains, Ga, today.
Tornadoes yesterday took the lives of
i've colored children in church used
for school at Merrellton, Ala, and
white child at Small Greek, N. c. A
farmer was struck dead by lightning at
Alpharetta, Ga.
The week end disturbances came Just
As rehabilitation of $4,000 homeless had
got to o good start among flood-ravaged
areas of Alabama, Mississippi. Florioa
and Georgia. The transforms added
Kentucky and Eastern Tennessee TO the
food ridden Southern list.
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u. S. WARSHIP BELIEVED
EN- ROUTE TO MAZATLAN
Destroyer Sails From San Diego.
Four Other Vessels Expected
to Follow.

By the Associated Press
SAN DIEGO, Calf, March 23.--The
United States destroyer Robert Smith
sailed from here this morning with
Mazatlan, Mexico reported to be. the
warship's destination. At the same
time it was reported that the scout
cruiser Omaha, flagship of Rear Ad-
miral Thomas Sem, commander of the
destroyer division. and there additional
destroycrs were under orders to leave
port tomorrow, presumably Tor Mazat-
Ian.
Naval officers would not comment on
the sailing of the Robert Smith or the
reported order to the Omaha and three
other destroyers, saying that any con-
firmation of the reports would have to
be made public by the Navy Depart
ment In Washington.
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RELIEF TRAIN MADE UP.
Aid 10 BE Rushed From Nashville
to Hartman.

Aid 10 BE Rushed From Nashville
to Hartman.
NASHVILLE. Tenn, March 2376P9s--
A relief train was being made up to-
night here to be sent to Hartman,
where it was reported is or more per-
sons persisted in flood waters which
were sweeping the town.
Doctors, nurses, medical supplies and
food will be on the train.
Reports here said box cars were noat-
ing about the railroad yards at Harri-
man and that several industrial plants
there were wrecked.
C. J. Burnell Of the Tennessean's
staf, who few over sections of the
Middle Tennessee flood area today, re-
ported on arrival here tonight that
food water was 9 feet above the top
of the Tennessee Power 81 Light Co. s
dam at Rock Island and that the plant
had ceased operations.
The strain on the dam was terrific,
Burnell said, and the situation alarm
ing" McMinnville is protected by the
dam,
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MAY HAVE CARRIED ALIENS.
u. s. Attorney Believes Vessel Had Load
of Human Contra band.

OF human COntfaDan0.
BY the Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS, March 23.-Fed-
ersl authorities here were waiting to-
night the arrival of the Coast Guard
cutter Dexter, to start an official in
vestigation into the sinking by Coast
Guard gunfire of the British schooner
Imalone. smuggling suspect. near Sigs-
bee Deep in the Gulf of Mexico.
The ship went down in one of the
deepest spots in the gulf, 200 miles from
the Louisiana Coast and $50 miles from
Yucatan. While reports said it sank,
some officials here were inclined to be-
lieve that it was only partly submerged
from the drilling of the three Founders.
This point was of particular interest
to officials here since United States At
torney Edward E. Talbot expressed the
personal opinion that the stiff resist
ence of the Imalone crew indicated the
schooner was also carrying a cargo of
aliens. who either were drowned or
were now held in the hold of the sub
merged vessel.
Coast Guard officers gave little credit
to the attorneys opinion. however. say
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SIX MEN LOOT TRAIN.
Passengers Robbed Entering Sta
ton at Elizabethport, N. j.

ELIZABETH, N. j., March % Pl.--,
Six men held up and robbed the pas
sengers on a New Jersey Central Rail-
road train as It entered the Elizabeth
Avenue Station in Elizabethport to-
night. The men, each armed with two
revolvers, made their escape in heavy
fog which shrouded that section of the
city.
The railroad police reported that the
train bound from New York to Point
Pleasant. was entering the station when
the men. who evidently had planned
the robbery carefully, started going
through the cars.
Word of the hold-up was not received
here until near so minutes after it had
taken place.
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FARMER SLAYS HIS BROTHER:
18CF1ILDREN INNOCENT VICTIMS
Fratricidal Tragedy in Blue Ridge Foot
hills Follows Row About Cow
Pasture.
BY stafr Correspondent of The Star.


the act of enged father who shot and killed his brother
the barn lot land.
of
brothers II children
S and the Of
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VALLEY FACES LONG FIGHT.
Hjrh Stages of Mississippi to Be Pro-
louged, It Is Feared.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, March % CP.-
The Lower Mississippi Valley faces
prospects of long fight against high
water.
Extremely. heavy rains along the
upper Tennessee and Cumberland rivers
sent those streams and their tribu-
taries far above food stage. w. E..
Barron, meteorologist at Cairo, H.,
said today he could not tell just what
effect these rises would have on the
1Continued on Page q. Column A.
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Schools and Colleges-Page IL.
PART TWO-12 PAGES.
Editorial Section-Editorials and Edi-
torial Features.
Notes of Art and Artists-Page 4.
Review of New Books--Page 4.
Financial News-Pages 8. 8 and 10.
PART THREE-I6 PAGES.
Society.
Around the City--Page 7,
Y. w. C. A. Activities-Page Z.
D. A. r. Activities-Page 8.
ClubWomen of the Nation-Page IL.
News of the Clubs-Pages IL and l3.
Parent-Teacher Activities-Page IL.
w. G. T. u. Activities-Page IA.
PART FOUR-I6 PAGES.
Amusement Section-Theater, Screen
and Music
News of the Motor World-Pages 5, s
and Z.
Aviation Activities--Pages Q and 10.
Organized Reserves-Page 10.
Marine Corps Notes-rage 10.
Army and Navy News--Page 10.
District of Columbia Naval Reserve
Page 10.
Veterans of Great War-Page IL.
spanish war VeterdnS-Page IL.
Fraternal News-Page IL.
Radio News-Pages 13, IA and 10.
PART FIvE-4 PAGES.
Pink Sports Section.
PART SIX-1O PAGES.
Classified Advertising.
.erial Story, THE Ragged Princes
Page 8.
Crossword Puzzle--Page 9.
District National Guard Page 10.
PART SEVEN--S PAGES.
Magazine Section-Fiction and Humor
GRAvURE <CTION-l0 PAGES.
World Events Pictures.
COLOR SECTIONS PAGES.
loon Mullins; Betty and Lester; Or
phan Annie; Somebody's Stenog;
Mutt and JEFF; Reg'lar Fellers; Mr..
and Mrs; High Lights of History.
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PART ONE-2S PAGES.
General News-Local, National and
Foreign.
Schools and Colleges-Page IL.
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COLOR SECTIONS PAGES.
loon Mullins; Betty and Lester; Or
phan Annie; Somebody's Stenog;
Mutt and JEFF; Reg'lar Fellers Mr..
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PART SEVEN--S PAGES.
iagazine Section-Fiction and Humor
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TODAY'S STAR

Continued on Page 2, Column S
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The Star is delivered every evening and
Sunday morning to Washington homes by
The Stars exclusive carrier service. Phone
Main 5000 to start immediate delivery.
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WEATHER.
90. 8. weather Bureau Forecast)
Mostly fair today. somewhat colder
tonight: tomorrow showers, colder to-
morrow night
Highest 70, at $3.50
pm. yesterday; lowest. 81. at 6 am. yes
terday. Full report on page ~.
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GRAvURE FCTION-10 PAGES.
rorld Events Pictures.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-07-26
Air Transport Grows Rapidly

miles at the close of 1926. Ten thou
sand miles of Always, or one-third of
the total, are lighted, as compared
with 6,9SS at the close of 1928; 4,40S
at the close of 1927, and 2,041 at the
end of 1926.
The greatest increases were shown
for the incoma-producing activities OF
air transport companies. 1t was es-
timated that 10000 passengers were
carried during the first six months Of
1929, as against $4,000 in all of 1928.
$3.50 in 1927. and 5,S72 in 1926. Total
mail carried was computed at 100000
pounds, as against 4,061 .210 pounds in
1928. 1,654,165 in 1927, and S10,S55 in
1926. Express volume was fixed at
100000. as against 100000 for
1928.
There are now As companies oper-
ating air transport lines, compared to
81 at the close of 1928. 10 at the close
of 1927. and IA at the close of 1925.
They have 400 airplanes in service. an
increase from 300 at the close of 1923.
1913 at the close of 1927. and 60 at the
close of 1926.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-07-26

that if the present rapid growth in air
transport operations continues during
the remainder Of the year, the oper.
atoms for 1929 will exceed the total
for the last three years.
The report estimated that the mile
age flown by air transport operators
for the first half of 1929 would total
100000 miles as against 10,5O0,000
for all of 1928, 5,S70,4S9 for 1927 and
4,31S,OS7 for 1926.
The average of miles flown daily by
air transport operators for the first
half of the year, estimated to be TO-
900 miles, is almost three times as
great as the average for all Of 1928,
which was 26,606. more than four
times the average Of 1908 miles for
1927 and almost seven times the aver
age Of 10.830 miles for 1926.
Thirty Thousand Miles Of Always.
The total length of the Always net
work, estimated now to be 10000
miles, has jumped from total Of &c..
667 miles at the close Of 1928; 9,121
miles at the close of 1927. and S,4O4
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-07-26

quate clothing, though at times have
wished it were more elegant or of
greater variety, and as for illness.
there has never been a time In
my life when was considered
seriously Ill. I've had ague and
measles and an occasional ache
or pain for day or two. and that is
as much as know about real illness.
l come and go as most of you do,
never giving much consideration as TO
how l feel, what | shall eat or what
| shall drink or wherewithal | shall
be clothed. These things have never
been matters to require serious con.
sideration.
But not all people are so lucky.
Sam has been lying in hospital al.
most ever since came to know him
four years ago. He Is an ambitious
young fellow. who had every likeli
hood of doing something worth while
until disease got grip on him and
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-07-26

sent him to bed where he has been
lying all these months. He has n
god prospect of some day being well,
but no enc knows exactly when. Ii
will take time and patience and self.
sacrifice on his part. Until health
comes he must lie quietly and take
things as they come, and amuse him.
self rs he may. There is little he
can do.
His bed is by an open window, and
:hs view outside Is very restricted
on. road passes near by obscured.
bybshrubbery. but occasionally he can
se4 motor car scurrying by or a
PEDESTRIAN moving slowly along the
rood as he himself longs to do. The
strip Of lawn in view of his window
grdws green in the spring; flowers
ard planted in the small beds scat
tered about and gladden. his eye with
their color. The grass grows brown
AND dead as winter comes on; snow
COVERS the ground at intervals, and
all 1.-The time Sam is lying looking out
upon this circumscribed scene. He
has been very active boy. too, be-
fore his Illness. He has memories of
athletic games in which he excelled, of
long walks along pleasant shady
roads. of cantering over the prairies
on horseback, and these recollections
make his enforced Imprisonment the
more CALLING.
He would be happier sometimes. he
Thinks. If he were alone with a few
gaines and a book or two and his own
thoughts. but be is surrounded by PEG.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-07-26

Washington.-The development of
the aeronautics and air transport in
dustry during the three years life of
the aeronautics branch of the Depart
ment of Commerce has been "among
this country's outstanding achieve.
ments." Secretary of Commerce La.
mont declared recently in surveying
the, present, state of development of
the industry.
"With the increasing interest being
shown in this subject by the general
public, there is every reason to be-
lieve that the immediate future will
bring forth even greater accomplish
ments," he added. IN
Secretary Lamont predicted 1.-THE
foundations have been laid for a
great transportation system over
which swift aerial carriers will bear
their cargoes Of mail, express and
passengers to every corner Of the
globe"
outlook for Big 1929 Record.
A statistical estimate Of the condi.
ton of the industry appended to Sec.
rotary Lamont's statement indicated
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-07-26

New York, New Jersey. Ohio and
Pennsylvania. still recognize the COM
mon law marriage, in which man
and woman may live together undera
mere secret agreement between them
selves. .J
Adoption and enforcement of uni
form marriage laws throughout the
country could quickly check the ris-
ing tide Of divorce at its source, it is
shown. Recommendations for such
laws, made by the Russell Sage Foun-
dation investigators and published in
the North American Review article
are:
1. Raise the minimum age for mar
riage to 16 years everywhere. 2. Re-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-07-26
Uniform Marriage Laws Needed?

Qnire notice Of intention to marry to
DE- filed five days before the license
may be issued. 8. Issue licenses at
regular hours only, on the basis of
proved age and in the town or coun-
Il where the bride or groom resides
Al Abolish the fee system for payment
Of license clerks. 5. Abolish the fee
system for the civil solemnization of
carriage by justices. g. Let religious
bodies establish in theological semi
iiRries thorough instruction regarding
marriage laws, and deal rigidly with
the commercial practices of marrying
parsons" Z. Establish a bureau of
marriage law supervision in each
state.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-07-26

New York.-Eleven states of the
Union still permit girls Of twelve to
marry. In several states marriage H.
censes are issued By mail, without the
appearance of either prospective bride
or groom before the license clerk.
In many places the license clerk is
dependent upon the fees he receives
for his entire pay. and consequently
he issues licenses promiscuously and
without questions.
There are at least 81 marriage
market towns In the United States
where law is so lax that justices of
the peace and marrying parsons" adj
vertise that ceremonies will be per.
formed at any time of day or night.
and no questions asked.
These conditions. brought to light
in the recent survey conducted by the
Russell Sage Foundation. explain
big percentage of the constantly In
creasing number of American divorces,
according TO F. Emerson Andrews,
who analyses the foundations report
in the current issue of the North
American Review.
Approximately 100000 persons in
the United States, it was found, have
participated in marriages involving
girls under sixteen. Hundreds OF
thousands Of others have taken ad-
vantage Of these lax conditions to
marry g., Anously. or while intoxicat-
ed. d mRptally or physically in
asl $3.50 ~ bst tssl i sugal III
Cages. Mr.. Andrews points out. are
i doomed to end in the divorce courts.
The states where marriages of girls
Of twelve are permitted are Maine
Rhode Island. New Jersey, Florida
Louisiana, Maryland. Mississippi, Ten
nessee, Virginia, Colorado and Idaho
Twenty-four states. including such
! highly developed commonwealth as
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-07-26

"a o d { a K In 6
them for grant.
ed. we very sell
d o m fe Ell IN y
sense of thank
fulness or appre-
citation Of these
things which are
regularly ours. !
have seldom ever
been hungry ex-
cepting for an
hour or two In
my life. l have al
WAYS had ade-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-07-26
Renege of "Kissless Marriages"

Los Angeles, Calif.-Flaming youths
latest innovation, the "kissless." pla-I
tonic marriage, has been tried in Los
Angeles.
And did it work? Well. perhaps the
two young men selected for the ex-
pertinent were not esthetic enough
They appeared in local courts az
asked to be released from theiH
lege girl wives and their new ST
matrimony. Both were gr2ntaa
lnulnaats on the graa1as that
efranded.
The two girls, who had attempted
to revolutionize marriage and substi-
tute an ideal platonic relationship
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-07-26

sans all caresses, did not appear in
court to witness the failure of their
experiment.
1T was great little plan, but that
was ALL said A. A. Anderson, one of
the young husbands.
= When ne appeared in Judge Leon
Wilson's court he told how he had
his wife for two years and
received kiss or a caress.
ne that she loved me.
you'd not Kiss me- he
ex q Kisses" she said. "were
reEulsiv her"
almost simultaneously Richard v.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-07-26

Watson. young banker. was relating
a similar story in the court of Judge
Elliott Craig.
II met her at University of
Southern California sorority dance"
Watson said. "She was the prettiest
girl there. She seemed to care for
me. We were married in two days.
"Then L discovered her strange
ideas about marriage. she refused
to kiss me. Kisging was de9rading
to womd tybifies the subjection
Of the fe hfe TO the male. she said.
lived with her for half year and
could not change her viewpoint"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-07-26
MakesL!je
Su,eete1r

Children's stomachs sour, and need
an anti-acid. Keep their systems
sweet with Phillips Milk Of Magnesia
When tongue or breath tells of acid
condition-correct it with spoonful
of Phillips. Most men and women have
been comforted by this universal
sweetener-more mothers should in
yoke it's aid for their children. 1t is a
pleasant thing to take, yet neutralizes
more acid than the harsher things too
often employed for the purpose. No
household should be without it.
Phillips is the genuine, prescrip-
tional product physicians endorse for
general use; the name is important.
''Milk of Magnesia" has been the q. 8.
registered trade mark Of the Charles
II. Phillips Chemical Co. and its pre-.
decessor Charles Fl. Phillips since 1875.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-07-26

pie not of his own choosing or of his
own tastes. Twenty-four hours day.
seven days in the week. three hundred
and sixty-five days in the year-the
same people shut in as he is. How
they can keep from hating each other
| cannot see.
It's a wonderful thing to be well |!
"a. 1929. Western Newspaper union.)
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-07-26
Automobile Puzzle
To Cool a Burn
Use Hanford's Balsam Of Myrrh
Money back for first bottle not suited All dealers.
Might Be Tom

Might Be Tom
Mistress-Who was the man who
visited you last night?
Maid-My brother, ma'am.
Mistress-What is his name?
Maid-Er-I think it is Harry.-Der
Lustige Sachse, Leipzig.
Lots of worry and trouble is brought
on by advice which is supposed to
prevent it.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-07-26
Silent

Gypsy Smith, the evangelist, never
used a knife nor fork until he was
seventeen years old and, according to
his own story, spent his youth ped
ding clothes pegs and singing in bar
rooms to the accompaniment of his
fathers fiddle.
Gypsy preached his first sermon to
his fathers turnip field and later in
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-07-26

Fred Lapad in
pure wheat field Lapd
agricultural life of the having
he years with rating 100 wheat
exclusively for seed and his marketed
United States as well foreign
as the muster farmer of the