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The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-11-15
GAS FUMES ON NEW YORK TAKE
 IVr" "r TWO Lieut.
 sWf
 tenn GAS GEl,rRA'fED FROM PAINT, DISASTER CAUSE
Accident Occurs Aboard Flagship of Rear
 Admiral Christie

NORFOLK, w. Va, Nov. l5.- Gas fumes, apparently spontan- eously generated from paint in an enclosed compartment of the bat tleship New York, caused nine men to be overcome and two died.
 The two men who lost their lives are Lieut.. R. H. Hollenbeck, who had gone into the compart- ment. known as. a blister" to in- spect it; and Boatswains Mate Thomas George Weber, who at tempted to rescue Hollenbeck.
 Both men fell about 40 feet,
 -'-s9 i~ :. they uretf -@--A-lis M
 Seven enlisted men were also overcome in an attempt to rescue the two men and it was not until pure air had been forced into the compartment through a hose that actual rescue was effected.
 At the hospital it is said the seven men would probably recover.
 The battleship New York, which is the flagship of Rear Admiral H. H. Chistie, is undergoing mod |ernizing which includes construc- ton of "blisters,' a sort of double hull, for protection against sub- marines.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-11-15

Co-eds at the University of Mis- souri are offered a beginners course in golf.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-11-15

Continued on Page Three,
Evening star., 1929-06-27
and smoothness in her style of interpre-

and smoothness in her style of interpre-
tation.
The two most mature performers last
night were Pauline Graf, who received
her certificate in 1925, and George
Cornwell, who received his in 1926.
Both played works by Chopin with
poised control of tone and much express
sion. There were times when more re-
preston in Interpretation would have
made for increased smoothness In sus-
tanning the correct tempo and better
blending Of adjoining phrases. Both
Miss Graf and Mr.. Cornwe1l were COM
pletely at ease on the stage. Mr.. Corn
well appeared. additionally, as COM
poser and accompanist. Ruby Grimsley,
who sang his song, "A Spring Ro-
nance" was assisting soloist of the
evening. Mr.. Cornwell,s song is a
charming light number, somewhat of
the type Of some of Liza Lehmann's
songs. It has gayety and color. with
plenty of glissandos and trills to please
both accompanist and singer. Miss
Grimsley also sang works by MacFadyen
and Manna-zucca.
Another former certificate winner,
Margaret Loane. won much applause for
her presentation of two MacDowell
works early in the program. She also
had a LisZt number scheduled as the
Evening star., 1929-06-27
DESCRIBES ENGAGEMENT
TO PRINCE "FINISHED"
Mrs. Mabelle Gilman Corey Settles
Status of Romance of
Luis de Bourbon.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, June 27.--A formal statement
yesterday by Mrs. Mabelle Gilman
Corey, divorced wife of the Pittsburgh
steel magnate, said her engagement to
Prince Luis de Bourbon, cousin of the
King of Spain, was absolutely nm
ished"
Her statement said:
"The entire press will unanimously
agree that I never have sought pub
licity. As it is in the past, so 1t Is to-
day. People know more about my pri-
vate affairs than do myself.
ST wish to state that my engagement
with his royal highness, Don Luis Fer
dinand Marie Sacarias Bourbon Is abso-
lutely finished and have nothing more
to say on this subject and wish people
would cease speaking and writing to me
on this subject"
The princes dissatisfaction with the
details of the marriage settlement
which the former Broadway beauty was
willing to make with him were UNDER
stood to be behind the rupture in their
romance.
Evening star., 1929-06-27
CH|LDREN'S FOURTH
PROGRAM PLANNED
Rhode Island Avenue Citizens
Arrange for Community
Celebration.

Final arrangements for a community
Fourth of July celebration, which this
year will feature events arranged pri-
rnarily for children, were made by the
Rhode Island Avenue Citizens Asso-
citation at its meeting In the Sherwood
Presbyterian Sunday School Hall last
night.
The program, which has been ar
ranged by the associations meetings
committee, headed by Mrs. Eppa l..
Norris, includes children's pageant
and parade, starting at pm, athletic
contests for the youngsters in the new
John Burroughs Park Immediately
afterward and a band concert and
fireworks display in the evening.
The association indorSed petition
submitted by a number of residents for
the purchase of an additional plot for
q park site at Eighteenth and Hamlin
streets northeast.
Complaint registered that hucksters
crying their wages and bus drivers
manipulating their coaches noisily were
destroying Woodridge's reputation for
being quiet neighborhood was referred
to committees.
Recent heavy rains were said to dem
onstrate the immediate need for the In
stallation of storm sewers in the Green
vale section. -v.l.-,
President Thomas j. Llewellyn, who
presided, appointed James May as
chairman of the public utilities commit
tee to succeed Kenneth P. Armstrong
who resigned recently. A resolution ex--
pressing regret at the transfer from
Washington of Maj. Carey H. Brown,
former Assistant Engineer Commits
sioner, was adopted.
United States Marshall Edgar G.
Snyder praised the spirit of co-opera-
ton with other groups shown by the
Rhode Island avenue citizens and re-
viewed the growth of Washington in the
last "a years. Horace Naylor, librarian
of the Masonic Temple, gave dramatic
reading.
The first of a series OF exhibits de-
picting various landscaping plans used
to beautify the homes and public build
ings of the community was displayed at
the meeting.
Four new members were admitted.
They were Melvin S. Donaldson. L. "A.
Fry James H. Woodburn and Charles
X. Berlin.
Evening star., 1929-06-27
BIG RADIO MERGER
PROPOSAL DENIED
Sarnoff of Keith-0 0rpheum In
terests Says He Doesn't
Know Rubenstein.
ny the Associated Press.

Ay the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June 27.-Reports from
Chicago that negotiations for an affIia-
tion of Fox and zukor interests with
Radio Corporation Of America had been
broken off last night brought denial
from David Sarnoff, vice president of
Radio Keith -Ofpheum theatrical cir
cult that any such negotiations had
been under way.
Leon Rubenstein, said to be a repre-
sentative of the Keith -Orpheum
circuit, was quoted In Chicago as say
ing Radio would enter the motion pic
ture industry competitively, as a result
OF the collapse of the negotiations.
Not Known to Sarnoff.
''I do not know who Mr.. Rubenstein
IS" Mr.. Sarnoff said, land he Is not
authorized to speak for the Radio
Corporation of America. There are no
negotiations between Radio Corpora
tion of America or Radio-Keith-
Orpheurn and Famous Players or Fox
or any other motion picture company
for any amalgamation."
Mr.. Sarnoff also is chairman of the
board OF Radio-Keith- -Orpheum.
CHICAGO, June 81 CP).-Despite de-
Altdl lIOIl 0hNlQ GodIUOIl, eAeCutlF6 vice
president of Radio Corporation of Amer
lea, that any overtures had been made
by r. C. A. or by Keith Orpheum
theater circuit. seeking to affiliate Fox,
Paramount or Zukor moving picture in
terests with the Radio group, Hiram
Brown, chairman of the board Of r.. c..
A., last night said such negotiations had
been in progress, but that the principles
had failed to reach an agreement.
The same statement was given the
press by Leon Rubenstein, who said he
was a 'laison officer" Of R-K-O.
Made at Conference.
Browns statement was made to q
number of executives gathered here in
conference and was that both the Fox
and Paramount organizations refused to
sell to U.S." 1t has been reported we
sought af1iliation with these companies.
This is not true. We sought to buy
them out entirely. Radio is too big to
be in the picture field without being a
dominating factor"
Rubenstein's statement went further
and was to the effect that Radio will
buy houses where 1t can. Where it
cannot it will build. Those houses
which we cannot buy Wen dynamite
out"
Questioned concerning denials Of the
reported negotiations, he said: "Often
banking interests in control of the in
dustry start preliminary negotiations
without advising those in the active
management of the industry" Further
than this he declined to explain his
statement.
Evening star., 1929-06-27
Custer Survivor
Scorns Offer That
Would Free Him
''Had Better Crubin Jail, y
He Says, Declining to Pay
Liquor Trial Costs.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MACON, Mo-, June 27.--Al Hurd, IT
year-oid survivor of the Custer
massacre, faced another uneventful day
In the Macon jail today.
Great news for you, AL" the sheriff
told him yesterday. THE judge is
going. to release you on payment of costs
because Tuesday was the fifty-third
anniversary of the Custer massacre"
mot me-" said AL, who is serving a
six-month sentence for possession OF
liquor. 'rI won't pay a cent"
But Al" the sheriff reminded him,
ats fishing timej and they say the fish
are biting fine"
Don't want any fish," said Al COM
placently. 'I amt gonna leave here.
Been better cared for and had better
grub than I got at home. Nope, I'm
gonna stay"
And he did.
Evening star., 1929-06-27
Lord Tennyson, Cricketer.

The present Lord Tennyson. grand
son of the famous poet, Is becoming
one of the most popular cricket players
in England. Since he has ceased to be
known as the Hon. Lionel Tenuyson he
has had many reminders Of his dis
tinguished grandparent. He recently
woman: "In honor of your visit and
your vigorous batting I have purchased
a volume of your poems, which
think are exceedingly good, but I'd like
to meet you personally and point out
one or two parts that think you
could really improve"
Evening star., 1929-06-27
ENDS DRY CRUSADE
UNTIL COUNTY PAYS
Illinois Reform Prosecutor Refuses
to Continue Raids Until Board
Meets Bills.
By the Associated Press. !

By the Associated Press.
AURORA, Ill. June a.. States At
torney George ID. Carbary, reform
prosecutor whose dry raiders killed
Mrs. Lillian De King during q raid on
her home last March, has announced
his prohibition enforcement crusade is
at an end unless the Kane County
supervisors sanction payment of his
investigators expense bills totaling
nearly $1,000.
The county board once before refused
TO pass the bills and referred them to
the Judiciary committee to be Whitfield
down." 1t was understood that they
have been reduced about one-third by
the Committee.
Included in the expenses was an item
of $1,700 for hospital and medical care
for Deputy Sheriff Roy Smith, who was
wounded by Mrs. De Kings son after
the woman had been shot. Oscar @.
Carlstrom, attorney general. has ruled
that the county is not liable for such
expenses. q
Protestant churches have aligned
themselves with Carbary and petitions
have been circulated by several pastors
urging the county supervisors to ''co-
operator with the prosecutor by passing
the expense bills.
Evening star., 1929-06-27
M u SIC
VIRGIL cLAvrER PIANO RECITAL.

Miss Georgia e. Miller. director of the
washington branch of the Virgil Clavier
Piano School, presented group Of stu
dents in recital at Barker Hill in the
Y. w. C. A. headquarters last night.
Two students received special awards.
Elinor G. Webb was given the teachers
and performers certificate and Florence
M. Storm was presented with the gold
medal for application and progress IN
the intermediate class. Miss Webb
played prelude and fugue from Bach's
well Tempered Clavichord" and two
Schumann works. She showed carefully
worked-out preparation of her numbers,
but has yet to achieve the true spirit
of either composer-the crisp buoyancy
of Bach and the lyric poetry OF Schu-
mann. There were phrases that were
lovely in the Novelette, No. q" and the
presented the contrapuntal work OF the
Bach fugue very WELL Miss Storm played
her two numbers with nice, light touch
Evening star., 1929-06-27

final event Of the evening. Elizabeth
Hartung, to whose less experienced
gram, acquitted herself WE'LL in spite
of a pardonable nervousness. Elvia
Allpress Meyer gave reading of Cyril
SCOTS Lotus Land" which, If the
tempo were made just little faster to
avoid dragging effect, would be ex-
cellent II. +.
Evening star., 1929-06-27
AMERICAN LEGION HOST
FACES LIQUOR FINE
Windsor Judge Reverses Decision
of Police Magistrate, but Levies
II Minimum Penalty.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
WINDSOR, Ontario, June 27.-County
trate and ruled that Harry j. Bohme,
East Windsor, host at recent Windsor
American Legion dinner at the Prince
Edward Hotel, must pay 500 fine for
Illegal possession of liquor.
Judge Coughlin declared the fact that
tickets were sold to the party removed
1t from the class of private parties at
which liquor may be served.
He said, however, that he believed
Bohme's offense was committed through
q understanding of the law, and
gave him the minimum fine.
Police Magistrate D. M. Brodie of
Windsor previously had acquitted
Rohme
Evening star., 1929-06-27
FLYERS LEAVE DERBY.
Kingsford-Smith and Companions
Start Second Lap.

SYDNEY, New South Wales. June
~ H9.-Capt. Charles Kinsford- Smith
and his three companions took OF in
the Southern Cross from Derby, West
ern Australia, today for Singapore
Straits Settlement, en- route to England.
The distance Is about l $50 miles, over
the Indian Ocean, Java and the Java
Sea.
The Southern Cross left here Tues
day, completing the first lap of its Eng
Iish flight to Derby Wednesday. It was
hoped to better Bert Hinkler's record Of
is days.
With Capt KingSford Smith were c..
II. Ulm, pilot; T. H. McWilliams, radio
operator, and H. A. Litchfleld, navi-
Evening star., 1929-06-27

The SwartzelI Methodist Home for
Children will give lawn fete at Second
and Rittenhouse streets, tomorrow eve
ming at $50 o'clock.
Evening star., 1929-06-27

The Federation of Civic Associations
will meet tomorrow evening. 8 o'clock,
in the board room of the District Build
ing.
Evening star., 1929-06-27
FUTURE.

Alpha Delta Phi luncheon viii be held
tomorrow, 1890 pm, Hotel Gordon.
Evening star., 1929-06-27

ming at o'clock at Jonadab Hall. 623
Louisiana avenue northwest. The pub
lie is invited.
Evening star., 1929-06-27

Home Buyers
Read This!
WHAT MAKES A ''NEIGHBORHOOD"?
One bad apple in barrel will spoil the rest
Many communities started right Then unde
srables creep inand the downward trend begins. That
a REAL MONEY LOSS every property owner in
the community.
TO-DAY the neghbors in the community you considering
may be excellent BUT HAVE YOU ANY PROTECTION
For THE FUTURE?
Any of your neighbor CAN and under pressure NIGHT,
sell he chooses regardless of their desrabiy
neighbor CAN YOU STOP TT? YOU CAN If YOU
LIVE In TILDEN GARDENS, where you and your
ABSOLUTELY CONTROL the entire community in which
you live and the people among whom you live
You don't have mngle with your fellow in Tlden
Gardens than you would elsewhere But you CAN
choose and CONTINUE choose, the people among whom
you ve Rigid requirements of social fitness and financial
responsibility have been ESTABLISHED and will be MAIN
TANNED i'm Tden Gardens
THE CHARACTER OF THE PEOPLE DETERMINES THE
CHARACTEROF THE NEICHBORHOOD. AND THE CHAR.
ACTER OF THE NEICHBORHOOD DETERMINES THE
PRESENT AND FUTURE VALUE OF THE PROPERTY YOU
BUY.
Are you going to home BIINDLY-or where
you ABSOLUTELY CONTROL the FUTURE VALUE of
your property and your SOCIAL SURROUNDINGS?
You will find the list of present of Tden Gardens
reassurng Inspect these beautiful COOPERATIVE APART
Evening star., 1929-06-27
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
TODAY.

Meeting of the Association for Home
for widows and Orphans of Soldiers OF
All Wars will be held tonight at 8
o'clock in the Grand Army Hall, 1412
Pennsylvania avenue, on the fourth
floor.
Alpha Chapter, Phi Sigma Chi So
rority, will hold its annual banquet to-
night at Z o'clock at the Grace Dodge
Hotel. A program has been planned.
A card party for the benefit Of st.
Stephens Club will be held tonight in
the school hall, Twenty fourth and K
streets, at $3.50 o'clock.
A meeting of the executive council,
Evening star., 1929-06-27

A card party for the benefit of Coun-
ell No. 1872 G. w. 3. L., will be given
this evening at 1850 Massachusetts, ave-
nue., at o'clock.
Evening star., 1929-06-27

The American Association of Univer-
sity Women will hold picnic at the
Chamberlain shack, Thrifton, Va, Sat-
urday afternoon, at o'clock. Mrs.
Grace Ross Chamberlain is In charge.
j. w. Tull and DR.. John Long Of the
Civil Service Commission will speak be-
fore the Dashaway Club Saturday eve
Evening star., 1929-06-27

Federal Bar Association, will be held
this evening at o'clock at the Interior
Department Building, Eighteenth and
F streets.
Evening star., 1929-06-27

A meeting Of the executive counc
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-23
3 Girls Suffer
Botulism Attack

CHICAGO. Feb. 23.-CP)-Despite
Hfhe use of antitoxin serum, brought
from the University of Illinois at
champaign by airplane, three young
women were in critical condition to-
day. suffering from what doctors be-
ieyed to be botulism, rare type OF
Mood poisoning.
The girls-Catherine Whaley, Lu-
cille Cummings and Wilhemina
feckel-became violently i'll short
h after eating Wednesday night.
Their condition became gradually
worse until yesterday when a plane
Eas chartered by Swift and Com
pany. their employers. TO bring the
erum from Champaign. There was
0nly enough serum in Chicago TO
Itreat one patient. doctors said.
Due to the fact that a roommate.
IClara Mendenhall. who had also
katen the meal. did not become i'll.
physicians said they could not be
lure food caused the poisoning.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-23

Both bodies bore gun shot wounds
and apparently had been abandoned
by their captcrS after the men had
been slain. The troops brought them
with them to Guanaj juato.
Earlier dispatches last night TO
the paper had told of the kidnapping
OF the two men. While they slept
Wednesday night at the Bustos
mine, property of the Guanajuato
Reduction and Mines company OF
Columbus, Ohio, bandits, guided by
a former employee, crept into the
camp.
They took Underwood and Ais
thrope from their quarters and for
ced them TO mount horses and ac-
company them on the road to q
nearby village known as Santa Ana.
A note was sent back to the mine
with a threat to kill the two men
unless ransom was paid.
The governor of the state Of Qua
najuato Immediately took charge of
the rescue. Federal troops institut-
ed a wide search which eliminated
in discovery Of the bodies.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-23
MAN dies IN
LOCALHOTEL
Clinton Fisher, Land
Man Is Victim Of
Heart Attack

Clinton Fisher. 48 years old, wide
ly known land man of Tulsa, Okla,
died suddenly in his apartments at
a local hotel, following an attack of
heart disease Saturday morning.
Mr.. Fisher, who had been oper-
ating In the Valley for some time,
had been Ill several days. 1t is un-
derStood. He was found dead in his
room early in the morning and 1t Is
believed by physicians that he died
between and ) o'clock a. m.
Mr.. Fisher at one time had been
connected with the Point Isabel De-
velopment company, operating out
OF this city, and was active In the
development of that section. He
was well known among Valley land
operators.
At the time OF his death he was
operating here independently un-
der the name Of the Fisher Wright
Land company. it is understood.
He Is believed to have a wife and
family residing in Tulsa and a tele-
gram, was sent them advising of his
sudden death, and asking advice on
disposition of the body.
The body Is being held at the
Hinkley Mortuary pending advice
from these relatives. No answer had
been received UP to the noon hour.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-23
u. S. TO BE ASKED TO
DEMAND PUNISHMENT

COLUMBUS, O., Feb. 23.-CP)-
Officials Of the Guanajuato Reduc-
ton and Mining company, two en-
gineers Of which were killed by Mex
lean bandits, declared today that c.
L. Kurtz, president OF the company
would appeal to the United States
government in an effort to have the
SlayerS punished.
Kurtz was informed Of the mur-
ders in San Antonio, Texas, last
night as he was enroute to the
mine. He notified this office here.
saying he would proceed into Mexico
at once.
1t was revealed here that threats
had been received a month ago that
J. M. Underwood. mine superintend-
ent and one of the slain men, would
be kidnapped. At that time mine
officials were instructed to make all
precautions.
G. G. Aisthrope, mill superintend-
ent, the other slain man. formerly
lived in Denver and was the father
Of two grown children. Underwood
was single and there was no record
Of his former home at the local Of
flee.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-23
LOCAL ROUTE
IS IMPORTANT
LINK IN PLAN
Brownsville Hop-Off
On All-Land Route
To Central, South
American Points

NEW ORLEANS, Feb. %.
-(P)-OrganiZation of the
Southern Air Transport Com
pany, Inc, a 'solid south"
air mail-passenger organiza-
ton, was announced today
by Alva P. Barrett, who be-
comes its president.
The company il composed
of the Texas Air Transport,
Inc, of Fort Worth. Of which
Mr.. Barrett is the head and
the Gulf Air Lines of New
Orleans, holding company
for the St. Tammany-Gulf
Coast Airways, Inc.
The two concerns consolidated are
announced to include all air mail
and air passenger routes in the
New York to Atlanta-Miami Pit
cairn lines route. Passenger SER
vice the year round Is possibly over
a part OF the route, Mr.. Barrett
stated.
The service designed to unity pas
Senger and express service or the
air throughout the south will con-
sist Of two trunk lines. Mr.. Barrett
stated.
Passengers and mail service will
be operated from Atlanta to Bir-
mingham. Mobile. New Orleans.
Beaumont. Houston and Brownsville
over one Of the routes.
The other will extend from At
lanta through Birmingham. Jack
son. Miss, Vicksburg. Monroe,
Shreveport, Dallas. Fort Worth and
El Paso.
The Atlanta TO Brownsville route.
Mr.. Barrett said, will form an i'm
portant link in the american
all-land route bv air from New York
through the South to the Rio
Grande and thence through Mexico.
Central America and on to South
America"
The other will become a stretch
Of the Southern Transcontinenta
air route which has the advantage
Of being open for passenger and ex-
press service throughout the entire
year"
Thomas Hardin. vice president Of
the Southern Air Transport COM
pany. will be vice president of the
New York company. which viii
maintain headquarters at Fort
Worth.
Directors already named are
James p. Butler. president Of the
Canal Bank and Trust company or
New Orleans: Sidney w. Souers.
vice president Of the Canal bank;
CONTINUED on page eight
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-23
Indians May Get
Polk County Land

BEAUMONT. Texas. Feb. 23.-CPl
With final details being worked
out for transfer of several hun
dred acres of Polk county land to
the Alabama and Coushatta In
dianS reservation, the elimination
Of work for the past several years
on the part Of Texans interested In
their welfare Is seen.
The land being purchased by the
government for the tribe Is owred
by Beaumont land owners. Of which
Judge Thomas j. Baten is the
largest holder. The transfer Is be-
ing made at cost OF $40 per acre.
A chief of the tribe made a trip
to Washington last year to call on
the president and present the
plight of the Indians. The Texas
legislature has shown great inter-
est in their welfare. and 1t was one
OF the hobbies Of the late Senator
II. r. Triplett to obtain aid for
them. A state senate committee
visited them last year shortly be-
fore the trip to washington was
made.