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FAM|LY'S
HISTORY RECALLED
inventors Father Left Ca
madam Village During Days
of Unpopular Government.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
VIENNA, Ontario, October 26-While
all the world was watching the Edison
celebration at Detroit to mark the gold
en- anniversary of the discovery by the
electrical wizard of the incandescent
lamp, this little village, hundred years
old, and smaller now than 1t was q
century ago, was exchanging condolences
about the EdiSons, father and grand
father of the inventor. There are here
today people whose fathers and mothers
knew Samuel Edison, Thomas Alva's
father, and Samuel Edison, his grand
father.
They will tell you how It came about
that Thomas A. Edison-they all pro-
nounce it Eedeson here-was born in
the United States, when by all the
rules he should have been native of
Canada.
Away back in 1887, the people of
Of Canada did not like the government
of the day, and they dubbed it the
family compact. 1t seems to have been
close corporation, and those on the
outside got nothing but the worst of it.
In st. Thomas man named Ethan
Talbot started a paper named the Lib
eral, and it f1ayed the compact fore and
aft. Old Samuel Edison didn't like the
government, but the kept quiet. His
son Sam read the Liberal, became a
personal friend of Editor Talbot and
got himself into trouble.
In the old house which still stands
here on the bank of Otter Greek John
Edison read the Liberal to the disaf-
fected of the neighborhood. and when
the rebellion broke out. led by William
Lyon Mackenzie, grandfather of the
present premier of Canada, he was
marked by the government party.
A warrant was sworn out for his ar
rest on charge of treason, and he and
Talbot fled to the United States, making
their way across Lake Erie to Ohio.
Later Sam Edison and his wife took up
their residence in the United States
and in a few years, their son, Thomas
Alva, was born
Copyright, 1929
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The combined Overseas Military Band
and Drum Corps, consisting of 80 pieces,
will be reviewed by Department Comdr
Harvey Miller, together with high rank
ing officers of the Army, Navy and Ma
rine Corps and also departmental and
post officers, on the Union Station
Plaza today at 1890 am. All members
Of the organization are invited to at
tend. This will also be an occasion for
inspection Of the two units by Depart
mental Inspector John D. WischuSen.
Attempts to scrap the historic U. s. s.
Olympia, flagship of Admiral Dewey at
Manila Bay, it was stated by Depart
ment Comdr. Miller, will be bitterly OPP
posed by the national legislative COM
mittee of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
Of the United States.
The fight will be conducted by Lieut..
Charles e. Weickhart, national naval
liaison officer Of the v. F. W., with sup
port thrown behind the pending Coch-
ran measure in the House, which would
appropriate sufficient funds to save the
Olympia from the junk heap.
Weickhart has the voice Of the thir-
tieth national encampment of the v. F.
W., held in st. Paul late in August, as
evidence of the feeling of protest
among Americas overseas eX-Service
men.
The recent national convention cited
the u. s. S. Olympia as "a monument
to that intrepid commander. Admiral
Dewey and favors its preservation as
IAN inspiration to future generations
serving to inStill in the hearts of all
Americans that feeling Of reverence and
love of country"
The convention went on record rec
ommending that Congress be urged to
| appropriate the necessary funds fol
| preservation of the Olympia or take
such other steps as may be necessary
in order that Its lesson may not be
lost"
| A Nationwide movement urging sup
port Of the proposed increased pension
for Civil War veterans and their widows
will be launched by the v. F. w. The
campaign will be directed from the Of
fees of Edwin S. Bethlehem, jr., chair
man Of the national legislative commit
tee.
Hezekiah N. Duff, Lansing, Mich,
newly elected national commander Of
the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the
United States, announces an extension
campaign as the keynote OF his ad-
miniStration.
The newly elected chief executive Of
the Veterans of Foreign Wars will make
known his list Of appointments for the
ensuing year at the coming meeting Of
the council.
approval and the offer of co-opera'
ton for President Hoover's appointment
of a national crime commission al
voiced by our recent thirtieth nationa
encampment is thoroughly in line with
the role of patriotic ex-service men ant
our program of Americanism," Nationa
Commander Duff announced in state
ment released from national headquar
tiers.
Inspired by a resolution offered b!
the District of Columbia Department
of the Veterans of Foreign Wars tn
I encampment voted to offer Presiden
.Hoover6 commission the united assist
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Air Theater Latest Development.

LONDON, England.-An aerial the
alter service from London to Paris,
which enables passengers to leave Lon
don in the evening, have full nights
amusement in Paris and reach London
again the following morning in time for
breakfast, was inaugurated recently. An
Armstrong Siddeley de luxe air liner of
the Imperial Always leaves Croydon
every Saturday evening, carrying 20
passengers, for Paris. They arrive in
Paris in time for dinner and theaters,
have supper and go to cabarets and
dance until the early hours, returning
to London the morning after. The cost
as the Picadilly aerial theater service,
is SIS.
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CHAPTER XIV.
COUSIN JOHN HIMSELF

TT was Marling who should have
been shot, not Pell.
Somerfield had perceived the
l. fact during Wayne's experiments
with the keyhole. Looking through
when the door was closed, he could
see the chest by the chimney corner
where Marling sat and that was all.
The probable truth dawned upon him
in that moment.
Strange" said I, "that Laxton
should miss it,
"How do we know he does?" asked
Somerfield. I'm pretty sure he
doesn't, Grenofen. Have you noticed
that, though Wayne called in Scotland
Yard, we don't hear anything about
the Scotland Yard men? There are
two Of 'em staying at the Lord Nelson
But Laxton's doing all the work: thy're
just camoufage. You said just now
Laxton began late in the story. It's
Marling can take him back. And I'm
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Veterans Of Foreign Wars.
Meetings This Week.

Today-Review and inspection
of Overseas Drum Corps and
Band, Union Station Plaza, 1890
am.
acknowledgements Military
Band, 1926 Potomac avenue
southeast, pm.
Friday-Overseas Drum Corps,
Coast Artillery Armory, foot of
Water street, 7:45 pm.
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Smokers" for Women BUSY.

Smoking compartments for women
which have been installed on some rail-
ways IN Germany, are receiving heavy
patronage. Cigarette smoking among
the fair sex has increased greatly in the
last year, and rs per cent of the COM
partmentS are now labeled Smoking"
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cred enough aplomb to walk down to
the gate with Laxton.
You hadn't seen him before, had
you?" I ventured rashly.
NO" said Laxton, unless his beard
grows exceptionally fast. Au revotr, Mr..
Grenofen."
Continued in Tomorrow's Starr.
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THE AMERICAN LEGION.

MEETINGS THIS WEEK.
October 29-Executive commit
tee, Victory Post, room 202,
Transportation Building, 8 pm.
October 31-U. S. S. Jacob
Jones Post. Halloween dance,
Marine Barracks, Eighth and I
streets southeast, 8 pm.
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ORCHARDS ENLARGED,

Nuevo Leon Farmers Are Given
Free. State Aid.
MEXICO CITY Especially Postage
on picture post cards showing the
picturesque parts of Mexico has been
reduced from cents to cents to
points of the interior
The cards, however, must fulfill Ger.
tain regulations that will be made by
designated officials. The idea is to adj.
vertise the beauty of Mexico.
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Proof that Oakland is
Americas finest
medium-priced
automobile

The following facts were obtained
from q comparison Of the Oakland
Afl-American Six with 40 other
medium-priced automobiles. All told,
S7S individual comparisons were
made. Oft %se Oakland proved to be
distinctly superior in 451 or 51.37 per
cent. The 20 cars combined were at
best equal to Oakland on $50 or
$3.50 per cent. And Is of the 30 were
higher-plced than Oaklandi
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saferin zero

The Cross-Flow radiators the only
basic advancement in cooling
systems made in the past decade.
Instead of receiving water from
the engine in a tank at the top
and directing its flow downward,
the Cross-Flow Radiator receives
the hot water in a tank at the
side and directs it horizontally
across the core to another tank
on the opposite side. As result,
boiling water and alcohol do not
reach the top tank until after
they have been cooled. This
means that losses through boiling
are practically eliminated. 1t
means also that the Cross-FIow
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CROSS-FLOW RADIATOR
WITH THERMOSTATIC
CONTROL

Only Oakland and one other car in
the field have the Harmonic Bal
ANGER. Of Is cars using some other
device, IL are higher-priced than
Oakland. Oakland's crankshaft 10
fully COMMUNICATED. The crank
shafts IN nine higher-priced cars are
not counter weighted at all.
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summer cottage at ventnor, N. j.,
near Atlantic City, leaving the sec
rotary of labor to batch it" in
Washington and to come to the re-
sort for Week-ends.
Other summer bachelors in the
cabinet will be the secretary Of
commerce, Robert Patterson La
mont whose wife has gone to their
summer home in Lake Forest, Ill,
and Attorney-G General Mitchell,
whose wife and sons will be at
White Bear Lake, MINI, though he
can spend but a short time there.
The secretary Of the navy and
Mrs. Charles Francis Adams have
leased a Washington house for the
summer, but plan to get away for
some short cruises out Of Boston on
their yacht.
No plans have been announced
for Secretary of State Stimson, Post
master General Brown, or Secretary
of Agriculture Hyde. Presumably
they are remaining on the job at
the capital.
Secretary Mellon admits to plans
for a European trip later in the
summer. The secretary Of the in
terror. Ray Lyman Wilbur, is TAX
ING his vacation now. He and Mrs.
Wilbur are on their way west. He
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stopped in Colorado Springs for the
oil conference, and plans to inspect
reclamation projects and national
parks.
After the Wilburs arrive at their
California home in the Sierra Ne
vada mountains, they will rest for
a week or two, then Secretary Will
bur will return to Washington, while
Mrs. Wilbur will remain in Califor-
MIA for the summer.
Members of the United States
supreme court are already at or
en- route to their summer homes
Chief Justice Taft has started for
Murray Bay, Canada; Justice
Holmes will go to Beverly Farms,
Mass; Justice Brandeis to Chatham,
Mass; Justice Van Devanter to
Georgian Bay, Ont; Justice Sanford
to Nantucket, Me; Justice Stone to
Isle-au- Haute, Me; Justice Suther-
land to Burlingame, Cal.
Justice Butler presumably VIII
spend the summer on one Of the
Minnesota lakes. Justice Mercy
holds has not announced his plans.
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of kings and promising young
graduate Of oxford is scrubbing
floors and puttering about a greasy
station.
Why this promising young student
of archaeology quit his studies to be-
come the worlds greatest secret
military agent and then chucked 1t
all to become a merial worker Of the
lowest rank in Britain's flying corps
is riddle which even death may
never bring from the lips Of Law
renee. Compared to him clam Is
quite communicative.
Some hint that AircraftSman
Shaw. as Lawrence of Arabia, has a
grievance against the British gov
eminent for the way the allies treat
ed his Arabs. They believe he is
pouting like a child.
There is something, 1t is certain,
behind Lawrence's continued and
heated refusal of British decora-
lions. He has been offered a knight
hood and has refused. Military
honors and medals galore have been
placed at his feet and he has
spurned them all.
Is his fall from the rank OF
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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

long day of mental labor as a
private in the Royal Air Force.
In the evening he pores over
heavy Greek books by the light Of
his only electric bulb. Often he
writes furiouSly, afterward neatly
placing his papers in small satchel
under lock and key. He sleeps lit
tie more than five hours.
This man, whose unpreposSessing
figure and rather careless dress
would pass unnoticed anywhere,
guards the worlds most interesting
secret. The mystery man Of the
British government lives there. He
is Aircraftsman A. G. Shaw, the
former Colonel T. E. Lawrence CT
Arabia.
He does not seem unhappy. About
his face, however, there turks a
small suspicion of fear, the fear OF
a man who wishes to hide from the
public gaze
Aircraftsman Shaw, once Colonel
T. E. Lawrence of Arabia, and once
Thomas Edward Lawrence, re-
search fellow at oxford, is an
enigma. No one, save himself,
can explain why the former maker
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81 Delivers 1t!

Our Comfort Spi-
raj coil spring, best
for comfort and
durability. Special
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CABINET MUST
| F0REGO REST,
{ ENDURE HEAT
VaCatIonIeSS Summer to
J Knock Plans for Trips
GaIIey-WeSt.

b. ScripDs-Holoard Newspaper Alliance
WASHINGTON, June 14.-Presi-
dent Hoover's vacationless. summer
is having its effects on plans be-
Ing made by members Of his cab
met for Washington's remaining
fourteen weeks of hot weather.
The secretary of war and Mrs.
James w. Good have resigned them
selves to this fate and have leased
house in the suburbs Of Bethesda.
Maryland
Mrs. James J. Davis has gone
with her children and a niece to a
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colonel in the British army to
poorly paid private in the air force
a result of his own wish? Or does
he merely want to retire from the
public eye for a moment before con-
tinuing his work in the east?
No one can answer. The fact re-
mains that the man who was once
a colonel is now a private getting
hardly enough money TO buy gaso-
line for the motorcycle on which he
escapes from the air station when
he wants to be alone and free from
curious visitors.
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MAKER OF KINGS
SCRUBS FLOORS
AS AIR PRIVATE
Colonel Lawrence, Mystery
Man of Arabia, Spurns
Knight!y HonorS.
BY STEWART BROWN

LONDON, June 14.-In a drab
little hut at Cattewater air station
near Southampton lives small
statured, fair-haired man of 40.
Each morning he arises at $50,
makes his bed and scrubs the floor
Of bis wooden shack before starting
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PAGE Is

French, one of eleven alleged con-
hdence men arrested here. with de-
frauding Peter B. Nicholson, Dill
lonville co. banker, out Of $4,000
in February. 1922, was discovered in
court files here, shortly after French.
long missing, was taken into GUS
todv.
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NOTICE

The Alaska Mendenhall Fur Farm will be closed to visitors from March 10 to July 15, in- elusive. JACKSON MARSH, adv. Owner.
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GIVEN FINE AND SENTENCE

Ben Wilson, found guilty il the United States Commissioners Court for violation of the Alaska Bone Dry Law, has been fined $50 and sentenced to four months in jail.
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VAUDEVILLE SHOW TO BE
 GIVEN HERE
Legion Auxiliary to Present Entertainment at Palace
 Tuesday, Wednesday

Under the auspices of the Am crican Legion Auxiliary a show fea- turing both. vaudeville acts and a big comedy picture will be given at the Palace Theatre Tuesday and Wednesday nights. The vaudeville program will consist of several spicy entertaining features and the pic ture fits well into the Auxiliary show as it is centered around the military training camps.
 Finders Keepers" with Laura La Plant is the picture to be shown. Following it Fred Dobler, banjo artist, will present snappy musi- cal speciality. Dorothy Stearns Rolf and Dagny Hagerup have the next headliner. Theirs is a clog and tap dance that has been arranged and will be presented in fast step- ping style. Other vaudeville acts are on the program.
 There will be one show each evening, Tuesday and Wednesday nights.
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FUR EXPERT

Our Fur Manufacturing Depart ment is in charge of an expert furrier. Goldstein's Emporium. adv
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FRIED FAvORS
 OCEAN FLIGHTS
Heroic Captain Gives View Has Scorn for
 Landing Stages

NEW YORK, March 16-A hero of the seas has pinned his faith to transoceanic flying.
 Capt. George Fried, skipper Of the America and rescuer of the Florida and the Antinoe shipwreck victims, believes the next few years will see established services for pas senger and light freight.
 Captain Fried calls it overseas flying" and believes that with the rapid development of aircraft and the radio a trip across the Atlantic will embody few more dangers than a similar trip by steamer.
 "The multiple motored airplane appears to be the practicable meth cd Dirigibles seem more difficult to handle and more easily influ- enced by the elements. l think four motors would be the best equip ment, with the ship able to carry on with two motors out of com mission,' he says.
 Landing Stages
 Landing stages are impracticable and unnecessary, believes the man who has weathered some of the worst storms of the North Atlantic
 An ideal route would be along the steamship lanes to the Azores, :" he says, "A plane hopping off from
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Dell E. Sheriff, Juieaus piano tuner and rebuilder. Phone 573.
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BUREAU PLANS
 GOOD SERVICE
 FOR AvIAT0RS
Weather Bureau to Estab- fish an Neurological
 Station, Fairbanks

The establishment of an aero logical station at Fairbanks by the U. s. Weather Bureau has been agreed on, according to word re- ceived today by Highway Engineer R. J. Sommers. H. J. Thompson, of the local Weather Bureau sta- tion, will be made observer if he will accept the appointment.
 The Fairbanks station will be es- tablished immediately. It will re- ceive reports twice daily from AL aska stations on flying conditions and, also, weather reports. These will be issued for the benefit of aviators.
 The project was secured through persistent work by T. A. Marquam, Fairbanks attorney, who is inter ested in a Fairbanks flying com pany. He has been in Washington for the past six weeks and has put in a great deal of work on the project.
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BILL ID MEET
 DEFICIENCY IS
 BEFORE HOUSE
Ways and Means Commit tee Brings in First De-
 hciency Bill of Term

The first deficiency appropria- tion bill of the 1929 sesison of the Legislature was introduced in the House yesterday by the Ways and Means Committee carrying a total of $14,63994. Included in the items are: For wolf bounties, $12,500; for payment of tax collectors, S750; and for the support of schools in incorporated towns and school dis tricts, $1 ,38994
 Two other measures were intro duced in the House One by MT Foster providing for care of lncom- petent veterans of the World War and for the care of minor children of such veterans. The other was by MT. Donnelley asking for an ap- propriation of $15,0OO for water i'm provements on the Yukon -Kusko- kwim portage and conditioned on the allotment of funds by the Fed eral government for the land i'm provements on that route.
 In House Joint Memorial No. 1, MT. Foster appeals to the Federal government for the establishment of 20 manual training schools for Indians and Eskimos in Alaska, tubercular hospitals at Nome, An chorage, Juneau and Ketchikan, and for the appropriation of ade- quate funds for indigent Indians and Eskimos.
 The memorial points to much progress" socially, morally and ma terially among the aboriginal na- tives under the Federal Bureau of Education and declares it's work has been hampered by lack of funds to adequately care for these wards of the government. Tubercu- losis is said to be prevalent among TO per cent of the Indians and Es- kimos and is increasing while the rate for the entire country is steadily lowering. Lack of facili- ties for industrial training is de- clared to be a serious handicap in properly educating the youth, the schools being too few to provide for all who desire and need the training
 The memorial also asks that the present force of doctors and nurses be doubled.
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New York could make the long jump to the Azores, re-fuel there and carry on to Paris without any great difficulty I scracely believe a landing stage would stand up in mid-ocean, and I doubt that pilot could pick up so tiny a spot in the oceans eXpanse.
 Captain Fried puts his trust in radio beacons as aids to navigation for steamship and airplane. With oeacOns established at strategic points, he says, it would be possi- ble for pilot to keep his course even in the thickest fog.
 One Point Made
 "A beacon on the Azores" he says, would be sufficient guide for a pilot He need only set his nose in the direction from which the beacon sounds loudest Eventually and barring mechanical troubles he would pick up the islands. Beacons from other points could be used to fix his position and enable him to calculate his speed at all times.
 Even when it is perfected l do not look for overseas flying to in- terfere seriously with shipping. Air lines will provide an express serv- ice-say 48 hours from New York to Paris-but there must always be shipping to care for heavy freight and passengers in no particular hurry.
 Not Optimistic
 Wireless and telegraph facili- ties provide for rapid transporta- ton of messages, but mail trains still must be run. So the sea cap tain need not start looking for an- other job just yet"
 These developments are not for the immediate future, Captain Fried believes. Aircraft design is not
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COUNCIL SELECTS
 ELECTION OFFICERS

At the meeting of the City coun- ,cil last night, judges and clerks for the coming election were appointed Judges elected were: Precinct No. Mrs. J. T. Welch Mrs. William Franks, Milton Both well.
 Precinct No. 2.-Nellie Simpkins Agnes Manning and Adam Schnei- der
 Precinct No. 3.-I. K. Caraver c. M. Jorgensen and Ina Jackson Clerks selected were:
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Precinct No. 1.-I. Sowerby, Mrs, Louise Norton.
 Precinct No. 2.-Harry Riggs and Mrs. I. J. Sharick
 Precinct No. 3-Grant Baldwin and Mrs. Budman Jensen.
 It was the last regular council meeting that will be held until after the election, April 2, when a mayor, three councilmen and ono school director will be elected Business was concluded last even- ing shortly after 8 o'clock, when the chambers were used for the All-Alaska Chamber of Commerce discussion.
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NEW CLASS IN SPEED WRITING
 Starts next week. For particulars telephone 227. adv.
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TURKEY DINNER AT CLUB
 Special S1.00 turkey dinner al the Club Sunday. adv
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Old papers at the Empire.
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sufficiently far along to warrant an attempt at regular service yet. But the man who has followed the sea since early boyhood expects to live to see great planes winging from east to west and back again on regular scheule.
 There will be accidents" he con- c,uded. There are accidents to shipping. But I look for compara- tive safety of operation and speed Of service"