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The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-09-18
TAKU LOOKING BETTER ALL THE
 TIME.

The Alaska Juneau has acquired three groups of mining claims in the Taku country and will develop all of them this fall and winter. Already it is prospecting and developing just as fast as possible The United Eastern also is developing a property-the first to be prcspected. Repre- sentatves Of other big mining companies are watch ing developments and are anxious to get an oppor- tunity to enter the district Scores of prospectors are sealing the hills and combing the valleys, look ing for indications of ore and prospecting. Other prospectors are arriving nearly every boat and leaving for the promising region.
 The bare statement of the facts makes it clear beyond dispute that in all probability great min ing camp is in process of discovery It also makes it clear that there will be no time wasted in com peting the discovery The readiness of the big companies particularly the Alaska Juneau-to de- velop likely looking prospects insures prospectors quick action if they find anything. That is encour- aging to the scores of prospectors and gives those who make locations opportunity to tie up their properties and look for more.
 The Taku District is looking better every day, and the better it looks the brighter is the outlook for Juneau.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-09-18

Aided by its visionary powers, ocean liners might blow at full speed through the blackest fog in perfect security; motorists could speed along highways with no fear of collision, and objects behind ebonite windows could be seen clearly.
 AS explained by the inventor
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-09-18

who recently gave a demonstration oi the noctovisor's uncanny DOW CTS of vision, it is the application ol invisible infra-red rays to tele- vision. The device in reality is a teievlsion transmitter coupled to a teievlsion receiver and so designed as to operate with invisible infra- red rays.
 The lens of the noctovisor, which LOOKS like a big camera casts an invisible image in nfra-red light upon the exploring disk of a trans mltting televisor. The receiving apparatus in the same box catches this image and reproduces it sim ultaneously in visible light.
 In the demonstration an automo- bile headlight on car three miles away was hidden behind a sheet or ebonite which made it invisible to the naked eye. Nevertheless the noctovisor located it easily. Baird explained that the device, being sensitive to the infra-red rays, could detect the light even though shielded by ebonite.
 The invisible rays penetrate eb- onlte, log and other. substances wholly or partially impervious to visible light rays and are baked only by wood.
 Maritime commerce has shown interest and arrangements have been made to try out the device on British ocean liner. Military also have been sug- gested, if further tests support early experiments.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-09-18

President Hoover is having an easier time of it in reorganizng the Republican Party than Senator Simmons and the others who tried to reorganize the Democratic Party have had. Hoover is actually recognizing while Senator Simmons has all
 but ceased to talk about it. And this is in spite of the circumstance that the retiring C. O. P. organization victorious while the Democrats who are in the party saddle met overwhelming defeat
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-09-18

BOxHIEL, England. Sept. 18.- The black curtain that descends at nightfan to obscure objects soon may be penetrated. if mechani- performs to expectations.
 Darkness or flag may be pene- trated by the noctovisor, which cal eye, invented by John L. Baird "sces" in the dark.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-23

and the opinion Of the financial COM
munity as to the course Of interest rates
Other things being equal, bonds COM
mand q higher price when interest
rates are low and vice versa. The
reason for this Is very simple. The
coupon rate on the bond cannot be
changed with fluctuations in the price
Of money. and so the only thing that
can reflect those fluctuations Is the
quotation for the bond. When money
is low q bond with q per cent coupon
is worth more than when money is
high. because the holder must always
be content with his $40 q year, and
when money Is low he will be willing
to pay q higher price for an annual In
come Of $40 than he will when money
Is high.
Hence we have over q period Of years
q wide range of market prices for
such q pure investment bond as. for
instance. Atchison general Is. If bond
dealer say to you that he expects with
In the next few years Atchison general
Is to sell at par against their present
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-23

British Columbia's proposed hydro
electric plant will cost $1,000, 900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-23
BOND PRICES DROP
IN QUIET MARKET
Foreign Group Moves Against
Trend-Junior Rails
Under Pressure.
BY r. H. RICHARDSON.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, December 23.-Bond
prices ranged lower again today.
Selling for cash to strengthen &C.
counts in the stock market, liquidation
to show losses on income tax returns
some selling through unwillingness to
carry commitments over the holiday
period. and slight stiffening of money
rates were the factors responsible for
the losses.
The only strength was in the for
eign department, where South Amer
lean issues were higher
Volume was not heavy and the high
grade types of investments were very
quiet. remaining either unchanged OF
fraction lower Baltimore & Ohio
first IS, Union Pacific first Is, Amer
lean Telephone 5ias, Standard Oil OF
New York 412S and Standard Oil OF
New Jersey SIS dropped slightly.
Junior Rails.
Wider declines were the rule among
the junior issues of the railroads. Chi
cago and Eastern Illinois IS were off
half point. Chicago q Great Western
Is on Il, International Great Northern
Adjustments were off "a and Seaboard
All Florida "A" IS, off ], and Missouri
Pacific IS and 511s, New Haven IS and
Wabash AIS were also lower Florida
East Coast SIS dropped over a point in
early trading, coming within half a
point Of the low price Of 1929, and then
rallied a little.
fractions were weak. BROOKLYN Man.
haitian Transit IS, Hudson Manhattan
Income SIS and New York State Rail.
ways AIS ranged lower Bonds of the
oil companies also declined. Richfield
Oil Of California IS were down half a
point and at new low for the year.
United States Rubber SIS opened of
fraction and at the years lowest level
but recovered some Of the loss later
Armour Of Delaware 5lzs were down
. point.
South American Issues.
The strength in South American de-
scriptions was attributed to the fact
that they had been oversold last week
when the Argentine placed an embargo
on gold exports. An exception were
Rio de Janeiro 611s. of points. French
loans were of fractionally, but still
close to their 1929 high levels. Belgian
credits were strong. The balance of
the foreign list was quiet and inclined
toward weakness
New financing today totaled So
302,250, Of which $7,492 900 consisted of
municipal issues. Despite the weakness
In the stock market and the general
lowering of bond prices for the past
eight days, municipal offerings continue
to command favorable prices and ready
absorption.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-23

mand good, market steady; Maine, 150-
pound sacks. Green Mountains, U. s.
No. /, 4.5Oa4.60; 12O-pound sacks,
Green Mountains, U. s. No. /. 3.60a
36S; New York. 150-pound sacks,
round whites, U. s. No. /, 4.35a4.50.
String beans-Supplies liberal; de-
mAnd moderate, market steady; Florida,
bushel hampers, green. round type,
stringless, best, 2.25; nat type. LISA
200; few, 2.25: Black Valentines, best,
mostly Its; few high as 400; few
poorer, all varieties, low as 1875.
Squash-SupplieS very light; demand
light, market steady; Florida, pepper
crates, white. wrapped, slightly large
size, 3.00a3.60.
Eggplant-supplies light; demand
o1a. 9s5cy fa Arm o aHTda HspPe!
few fine quality, 4.50a5 90.
Tomatoes-SupplieS light; demand
moderate, market steady; Ohio, g.
pound baskets. hot-house stock med
ium size, 2.25a2.50; large size, LISA
200; small size. 1.25al.50: repacked
IS, ripeS, wrapped, good quality and
condition, 3.00a3.50; Is, ripes, wrapped
fair condition, 2.50a3.00.
Spinach-Supplies moderate; de.
mano light, market nrm; Texas, buShe
baskets. savoy type, .40a1 so; few, 100
Cauliflower-Supplies light: demand
moderate, market steady; California
pony refrigerators, 2.25a2.50.
Peppers-Supplies light; demand
light, market steady; Florida, pepper
crates, fancy, 5.50a6.00. -
Pears-Supplies light; demand mod
crate, market steady; California, 40
pound crates, 6.0Oa6.5O: few, TOO.
Carrots-Supplies moderate; demand
moderate, market steady; California
Western lettuce, crates, punched. 3.15a
$50; New York, bushel baskets, bunch
ed and washed, mostly around $50.
Beets-Supplies light demand mod
crate, market steady; Texas, Western
lettuce crates, punched, 325a3.50. ..
StrawberrieS-Supplies light; demand
light. market firm; Florida. pony, re-
frigerators. Missionaryst 50a55; few, 90
per quart
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-23
J. What Fixes
Bond Prices
BIZ Georre T. Hnnhes

Note: This is the first In a series
OF three articles giving important
factors OoUerntHg the purchase OF
bonds.
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viii accept r. n. Smith Co. preferred
stock ut reasonable discount. or its first
and refunding bonds at par, in exchange
for new detached brick home In Chevy
Chase, d. C., having 4 bed rooms,
. baths, built-in garage, subject only to
first trust Of $500.
Address Box 12S-J-Star Office
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-23

price Of around % he Is giving you bin
opinion that interest rates over that
period will decline. observe that the
financial condition Of the Atchison
Railroad or the outlook for trafic does
not enter into the matter ct all.
This factor of the movement Of
money rates affects bonds in direct
proportion to their investment quality
that Is, interest levels are more IN.
fiuential in governing bond prices Of the
best bonds. Speculative issues are are
affected only IN slight degree, and the
more speculative they are the less they
respond to money rates.
Mr.. Hughes, next article will appear
in The Star tomorrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-23
Oil Firm Sale Completed.

NEW YORK. December % (P.-Ar-
rangements have been completed fol
the sale Of the White Eagle Oil s. Re-
fining Co. Of Kansas City to the stand
ard Oil Co. of New York on an ex-
change Of stock basis. Directors OF
the White Eagle Co. have called q spe-
cial meeting Of stockholders for jan
uary 81 to vote on the plan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-23
PARIS BoURsE PRICES.

PARIS, December % (P).-Prices
were firm on the Bourse today. Three
per cent rentes, 80 francs IS confines.
Five per cent loan, lot francs 90 CEN
times.
Exchange on London. 123 francs
S61a centimes. The dollar was quoted
at IS francs 371a centimes. e,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-23
First Mortgage Loans

rhemas J. Fisher & Company. Inc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-23
Interest Rates.

/ Interest Rates
Many factors enter into the making Of
q market price Of . bond. Supply and
demand varies according to a number of
conditions. One of these. familiarity of
the investing public with the issue in
question. Others are the qualifications
Of the bond for purchase by trustees
and by financial institutions. the place
the particular bond occupies in the
capital structure. the length of time to
maturity and the investment fashion of
the hour.
There is one consideration. however,
to which all bonds of an investment
rating are more or less sensitive and
that is the prevailing rate for money
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-23
Washington Stock EXCHANGE
SALES.

SALES.
Capital Traction 5s-s3, 900 at 90, $500
at 90.
City g. Suburban 5s-$1 .00e at 81.
Potomac Electric cons. SSH 900 at 100
Capital Traction Colo at rs, 10 at
rs, 90 at IS, 10 at rs.
Washington Rwy. & Electric pfd.-lOO
at 94%..
Commercial National Bank at ass,
so at 255 \
Riggs National Bank-10 at 535.
AFTER GALE,
Potomac Electric 51ae5 pfd.-5 at los,
10 at los, 10 at los. letat los.
Commercial National Bank-1O at ass.
10 at 2SS, 10 at ass, 10 ati255.
Bid and Asked Prices.
BONDS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-23

Clearing House Statement.
NEW YORK, December % Cp).-
Clearing house statement: Exchanges,
$563, 600. 900; balances, $133, 900 900.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-08-14
Read How Nancy Tempted
Fate to Win Romance

still on the troublesome
strap.
"No, but you goad me
you make me say things I
don't mean = = Oh Jack,
dear, can't you see ! love
your That I'm just trying
to win you again-to keep
you from that other girl
oh my dear, my dear
=" Sobs choked her. Her
clinging arms went around
his rigid shoulders. She
cried loudly, uncontrollably.
like a lost child. "There.
there. /" He soothed her
woodenly.. When he could
escape from her moist en-
brace he went to the desk
in the office, and ordered
horses and lunch for the
following day.
The pretty college girl who
was working there for the
summer, tried in vain to
make him talk. He had
nothing to say, and he
looked almost as old and
haggard as his wife. II
certainly don 7 see anything
fascinating about HIM" she
told her chum when they
went to bed. my word, he
must be a hundred and ten /"
Grandma Hollenbeck sat
in the kitchen, silver trimmed
glasses on her nose, black
tin box open on the table
before her. She read one
yellowed paper after ano-
other, refolded it, put it
away.
Kitty was out, calling on
Aunt Ellie Watson as usual.
Grandma was glad Of that.
A weight seemed to be lifted
off her chest when her
daughter-in-law was away.
There had been so many
scenes, so much unhappiness,
she envied folks who could
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-08-14
TOdGy's True
Story

TIME alarm would go off
at 7:30 and Mary Jane
would come swimming
up from sleep. The dreams
of the night were over, and
here was reality again, an
other day and its work.
Invariably her m o Their
would call, Mary Jane, it's
after 8. You'd better hurry
or YOU IL be late again. +"
And Mary Jane would make
a few last pats at her hair,
search through a jumbled
drawer for a clean handker-
chief and then run down the
stairs, the same stairs down
which she had often fallen
when she was a child.
There was the same din
ing room, dark because of
it's single window, and her
mother waiting anxiously at
the head of the table, the
coffee percolator steaming
beside her. A gulp of food
and a snatch of talk, more
food and more talk, and then
Mary Jane was pulling her
little hat on her bobbed head,
standing on tiptoe to see
herself in the hall mirror
that had always been too
high, but for some reason
never had been lowered.
Then she was out the door
and her heels were clicking
toward the subway. Many
who heard them turned to
watch her, because Mary
Jane was worth watching,
with the free swing of her
soft, young body which
couldn't have carried its
head any prouder if it had
been seven feet tall.
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II don't think so," he
replied. 81 have another
engagement. You can ask
Tom Bowling to call.
A girl couldn t stand. that,
of course. Her heart seemed
to stop when she did it, but
she took off the ring and
held it out to him.
And maybe you II want
to give this to the girl
you re going to see tonight, "
she said.
Maybe I WILL" he an
swered, as he took it.
All through that day Mary
Jane had moved automat-
ically. She didn't cry; the
hurt was too deep for tears.
They would come later. They
came that night, bitter, scald-
ing tears, and the next
morning her mother tele-
phoned the office to say that
she was sick. Nor did she
go back again.
There was nothing she
could do - nothing except
wait. Her love was great,
but her pride was greater.
She couldn't go down on her
knees. Kenneth would come
back. But would he come
back2 Mary cried and hoped
and waited.
That had been three months
ago. And every morning,
though Mary Jane no longer
went to work, the alarm
clock would go off at Z 80
and bring her swimming up
from sleep.
She had never thought to
change it, to set it back. 1t
still rang at 1880, just as it
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-08-14

experimentally. Little Jars
and boxes of cream and
powder Uttered the dresser,
exquisite silken things were
flung carelessly over chairs.
1t was past dinner time, and
Jack would be waiting irri-
tably, trying to control his
impotence, trying to be nice
to her :" perhaps secretly
ashamed !" /" 81 look like
his mother, not his wife,
she cried miserably, staring
at her ravaged face, her
poor broken, bleached hair.
The slow tears streaked the
powder, undid her patient
work. She flung herself on
the narrow bed; and wept.
Maybe it was a mistake
after all, she told him, late
that night. (" Wouldn't you
rather go somewhere where
there's a golf course, dear?
Del Monte, or Coronado?"
He stared at her, hands
thrust deep into the pockets
s.
of his old Norfolk jacket
(nobody dressed for dinner
here in the mountains
powerful legs in whipcord
breeches and high laced
boots, wide apart. $50
that's it, !" he said at last.
Want to get back to your
specialist and the smelling
salts, ehf Well, I'm not sur
prised. | knew it. I knew
perfectly well that you'd
weaken once you got here.
1t was your idea, wasn't it?
Not mine
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buy their way into nice,
sunny old peoples homes
$50 not that she begrudged
Nancy the money she had
given her to buy her free
dom . : poor child -
Grandma wiped her spec
tacles. So much trouble in
the world. Thank goodness
that Louise was happy, and
surely life would give Nancy
another chance, Nancy who
was so young, so pretty, SO
unhappy now.
If only she knew more
about businessl 1t was so
confusing, with all those
meaningless words, and first
parties, and second parties,
and wherebys and where
withs, and the big red seals.
She had not been sleeping
very well. The strange
phrases swan under her
eyes, her eyes closed, her
head nodded. She slept,
with the yellowed papers
scattered about.
ITO Be Continued).
Copyright. 1929. by King Features
Syndicate. Inc.g
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WEDDING BELLS

But Mary Jane didn't turn
to meet the eyes that sought
for hers. Forty minutes more
and she would be in the
office, at her desk near the
big window where the sun
and the air came in, and
across the room would be
Kenneth.
1t seemed to her that she
had always been there, and
that Kenneth had always
been there, too. Mary Jane
had never questioned how it
was that they came together.
1t was enough for her that
they had.
You re new here, aren't
your" That was the first
thing that Kenneth had said
to her when he came and
stood by her desk on the
very first morning she
worked there.
eyes, | am, but I think
I'm going to like it." Mary
Jane had answered.
She knew she was going
to like it, and after a while
she knew, too, that it was
because Kenneth was there.
At first she had thought it
strange that she didn't blush
when her eyes met his across
the big room.
IT must really love him, =
she said to herself. IT didn't
know it would come like
this. But he's nice-he's
nice. - And she would feel
like hugging herself.
The days passed, and the
weeks and the months. Tt
wasn't only Kenneth at the
office now; it was Kenneth
at the beach and at the
theater and on long walks
together in the Spring and
the Fall, when they walked
for miles and never saw a
thing they passed. It was
Kenneth at home, too, paus-
ing to run his hand through
his hair while looking in the
hall mirror that Mary Jane
could hardly reach.
Want to see a monkeyf"
he would say.
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~Well, then let's take a
trip tomorrow" she cried
brightly. Wen start early,
and take horses and our
lunch = won't that be
fun " ss and 60 off to that
new camp, and stay over
night
He interrupted viciously.
"Oh why do you talk like
that You know you wont
go! Afraid Of a horse, afraid
Of a hill, afraid Of your own
shade VIC cd! I'll go
alone!'
"Have / wavered once
since I've been herei Have
l even asked for a helping
hand?"
"oh, you didn't say any
thing-but I'm expecting
you to flop on me any
minute
Which was not strictly
true. Anita Is strange vitality
had been as unexpected as
it was battling. He had
walked her over rocky trails
that even tired him. He
had ridden with her on
narrow lodges, overlooking
terrifying chasms. He had
climbed to gray pinnacles of
slippery rock. And she had
followed close at his heels,
painting, obstinate. Deter
mined not to give in. Some
times he really doubted that
her heart was bad. He
yanked at the strap of his
wrist watch, scowling at it,
pretending to punch new
hole. For two pins he'd
give up. Leave her. Let her
keep her money. Light out
somewhere with Nancy, go
to work -
Down came her fist on
the dresser, making h e
enamel topped bottles jump.
Jack Beamer, You aren't
being fair to me II think
your awfully unkind. I'm
going tomorrow, whether
you want me or not. I'll
show you. I'll go anywhere
you'll go. I'll go if it kills
mel"
"Is that any way to
TALK" he ask .huskily, eyes
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: / can't say that marriage
has improved May Belle! !"
she thought angrily, glaring
at the nice new gloves her
hot hands had ruined.
" Keeping up with the Neils
has been too much for her,
that's what. 1t has gone to
her head. And she hash t
nearly as much to crow over
as Lou, marrying a cool two
million : = that / could
have had, il | hadn t listened
to mama y = y not that |
care, I'm glad old Lou is
going to have everything,
only / wish = " /" oh Jack,
Jack, don't fail me! Dom
make up with Anita
Oh I'm so unhappy !" =" so
alone $50 Oh Jack, come
back to me, for you re all
I've got left !"
She was crying in earnest,
when the taxi stopped at the
door.
Anita Beamer was crying,
too. She wished she had not
come. She felt well-amaz-
ingly well. Better than she
had felt for years. And
Jack was kind enough, al
most too kind. Sure you
feel all right, dear?" he
asked her constantly. my
wife isn't very well, I'm
worried about her. he told
everyone they met. So that
people looked at her curl
ously, wondering why an
old, sick woman had come
on such a trip.
An old, sick woman !"
that was the way she looked
when she held the mirror
close to the window and the
bright, clear light betrayed
every wrinkle, every blem-
ish, every fold Of puffy, sag
ging skin. The bright, sport
clothes she had brought
were impossible. The sales
girl must have been secretly
laughing at her when she
sold them :" but they did
look different in the store,
with the light soft, and her
makeup just right - You
couldn't do anything with
makeup here, the light was
too bright, and without a
maid Y
Anita sighed, and wiped
off the rouge she had tried.