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BRITISH CUT SOCIAL
 KNOT F0R MRS. WEBB

LONDON, Sept, Is, When Mrs. Sidney Webb refused to be known as Lady Passfield, social difficulties were anticipated in her position as wife of the Secretary for the Dominions in Ramsay Mac Donald's new labor government.
 But the difficulties have been overcome. Mrs. Webb has had her way An invitation to a govern ment reception stated:
 'The Secretary of State for Do- minion Affairs and Mrs. Sidney Webb will recieve the guests"
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.RISE IN TOTAL WEALTN
 CANADA IS REC0HDED

NEW YORK, Sept. 16, lP)-The National wealth of Canada increas- ed $9oo,0o0-00O in 1927 over the pre- ceding year, with per capita wealth of S2,9O9, according to an announcement by the Department of Commerce, while the per capita wealth of the United States in 1922 vas $2,918. it was ascertained from records of the Bureau of Com merce.
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LEGAL NOTICE
'. s. LAND OFFICE, ANCHOR AGE, ALASKA.

AGE, ALASKA.
 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that RALPH SPARKS. entryman. together with his witnesses. HAA- KON SUNSBY, and THEODORE ALBERT NUTBEEM, all of Sel- dOvia, Alaska, has submitted fin al proof on his homestead entry, serial 06799, for lands embraced in II. s. Survey No. 1541, Longi- tude 151o 12' 3Ou w. Latitude 590 36' N. containing 17.55 acres.
 If no protest is filed in the U. s. Land Office, Anchorage, Alas ka, within the period of publica- ton or thirty days thereafter said final proof will be accepted and final certificate issued. The proof is now in the files of the local Land Office at Anchorage, Alaska.
 J. Lindley Green, Register First publication August 20, 1929. Last publication October 30, 1929
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ID REDUCE
 NUMBER QF COLLEGES

Sofia. Sept, 16, lH)-A gult of ''intellectuals" in Bulgaria IS giving serious concern to the government.
 The civil service cannot absorb t1e thousands off graduates More dla<tic cuts are under considera- tion in the case of wonlen's col- leges. There are four law schools fo" Girl students and ther number will oc reduced to one. as Bulgaria offers little work to wom~n lawyers.
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Join Urbach Valade's CIRCU- HATING LIBRARY; 15c to read q book.
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CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING

RATFS-Fifteen cents per line first insertion. 7la cents per line for subsequent insertion. Count six average words to a line. Minimum charee 30 cents. --~--~>-~--~~-~-~--- Spectaclcs ready -tc-wear first class reading classes. S4 each pair; Bifocal for reading and distance both SA45 and S10. each pair Binoculars very powerful S25. Overland hotel Seward, until September 24; hours, 2 D. m. to 8 r. IT. Day Optical Co. --~~-~~~~-~~>~~~~~-~>~~ FOR SALF-Harry Yago's house. Inquire Seward Steam Laundry -~~~~~~~~7--~-----~--~ FOR SALE-J. F. Mefferd holdings: Consisting or four lots with buildings in the Bay View Addi- lien and one vacant lot in the Federal Addition. For particulars apply to Resurrection Lodge, \. o. Q. F., city.
 FOR SALE-A 16-gage Winchester pump or a 20-gage Marland pump shot gun. Enquire Seward Grill.
 >-~--~---~ ~-->->-~--~--------~-~ ---~-----~---~~ APARTMENT for rent; Mrs. Paul. son.
 FOR SALE-At Juneau, Alaska. first class cafe; four year lease; gocd location. Owner must re- turn on account of sickness. F. Q. Box 821, Juneau Alaska. WANTED-Extra copies of Seward Daily Gateway for following dates; Aug. 23 and "A, 1928; Nov. 29, 1928; Jan. 10, 1923; May IS to 24 inclusive, 1929; July 1 to 4, II to 15 inclusive, 1929.
 -~- FOR SALES h.p. stationary gasO- line engine. Engine can be seen at Ogle's Garage. For informa tion inquire Mrs. James McCon- nell.
 FOR RENTING furnished cabins. Inquire Alaska Shop.
 FOR SALE-HaIf interest in proposition at Grant Lake. The owner wants the prospective buyer to come and see it. In quire at Gateway. 15t WANTED-Work Jy hour or day, house cleaning, window washing, or gardening. Phone Madison 19 for Sam, Japanese boy.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-09-16
SOCIETY
 AND SIDE-LIGHTS
lBy Mrs. J. c. Greenl

lBy MIS. J. V. QlCGll
 Who culd begrudge little rain, after such beautiful days we have had?
 MT. Clarence R. Meyers, of the local Quartermaster Depot, plans to leave today on a furlough. During his leave of absence, he will proceed into the Interior, where he hopes to catch big moose mapping It is MT. Meyers intention to leave from MT Tom Larson's cabin, and from there he issues a warning to all moose and big game to be wary.
 The new shelhorn residence which is rapidly having the fin ishing touches applied, is most attractive place especially at night, when the house is lighted up with the many lamps and lighting fixtures which are So cleverly arranged.
 Mrs. Boyes. one of Stewards most charming young matrons, was a passenger on the $. s. Yukon southbound for Seattle. She will visit in the states for three or four months returning to Seward after Christmas.
 In honor of Master William Lawrence. whose birthday occur ed last week, his little Sunday school classmates proposed to give him picnic out at the ra- dio station Saturday afternoon, weather permitting. The little folk planned to hike to the sta tion, then spread their lun- cheS feast, then amuSe them selves with the playground equip ment. After they played to their hearts content, they were to be transported back to their homes in the Radio Station school bus.
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MAGAZINE AMI NEWSPAPRR SUBS CITATIONS TAKEN. Schal- !ercrs Alaska Shop.
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A show never to be forgotten tonite.
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CLEANLINESS ana the best of meats our motto. Fry -Bruhn's.

The Gateway leads-otners follow.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-09-16

Yo1 read it in Tne Gateway first
 Fresh Haas candy. SCHALLER- FRS ALASKA SHOP.
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FOR SALE-At Juneau, Alaska, first class cafe; four year lease; gocd location. Owner must re- turn on account of sickness. F. Q. Box 821, Juneau Alaska.
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FOR RENTING furnished cabins. Inquire Alaska Shop.
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FOR SALE-A 16-gage Winchester pump or 20-gage Marland pump shot gun. Enquire Seward Grill.
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FOR SALE-Half interest in a proposition at Grant Lake. The owner wants the prospective buyer to come and see it. In
 quire at Gateway. 15t
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FOR SALES h.p. stationary gaso- line engine. Engine can be seen at OgIe's Garage. For informa tion inquire Mrs. James McCOn- nell.
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APARTMENT for rent; Mrs. Paul son.
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WANTED-Extra copies of Seward Daily Gateway for following dates; Aug. g and "A, 1928; Nov. 29, 1928; Jan. 10, 1929; May IS to 24 inclusive, 1929; July to 4, II to 15 inclusive, 1929.
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WANTED-Work Jy hour or day, house cleaning, window washing, or gardening. Phone Madison 19 for Sam, Japanese boy.
Evening star., 1929-12-16
TEAR GAS FOILS BANK
ROBBERY ATTEMPT
Yeggmen Leave Acetylene Tank
Behind After Burning
Through Vault Door.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
FREDERICKSBURG, Va, December
16.-Tear gas frustrated an attempt to
rob the Bank of King George, located
at King George Court HolX-, some time
last night. Forcing an entrance through
the front door, the burglars used an
acetylene torch to burn through the
steel vault door, In doing this they
came in contact with electric wires re-
leasing a heavy charge of tear gas in
side the vault which quickly came
through the hole in the door and made
the building untenable.
Forced to make a hasty exit, the
burglars left behind the tank of acety-
lene gas, a large sheet of canvas and
two cans of water.
The revolver kept by the cashier
under the front counter was the only
thing removed from the bank.
Nothing was known of the attempted
robbery until F. D. Davies, cashier, went
to the bank this morning He found
the building still heavily charged with
the tear gas. A family lives within 20
feet of the building, but heard no noises
in the bank during the night. The
bank has a capital of $l2,500 and has
been in business for about eight years.
H. w. B. Williams of Colonial Beach is
the president.
Evening star., 1929-12-16
COUNTY CLERK SHOT
TO DEATH HUNTING
James C. Blackwell of Seat
Pleasant Found in Duck
Blind by Companions.

James c. Blackwell, 43, clerk to the
commissioners of Prince Georges Coun-
ty, Md, slated to relinquish his office
tomorrow to Brice Bowie, was mysteri-
ously shot to death this morning in a
duck blind on the Potomac River near
Alexandria.
Two companions who had left the
blind to pick up ducks shot by the trio
returned to find him bleeding to death
after one shot had been discharged
from his gun, supposedly at ducks flying
overhead. The charge of shot had en-
tered his heart and he died almost in
stantly.
The shooting occurred half mile out
in the Potomac off Wellington Villa, 8
miles below Alexandria, at about $50
o'clock. Police from Alexandria were
called, and Sergt. George Everly brought
the body ashore and notified Prince
Georges and Fairfax County officials.
Blackwell, who lives at Seat Pleasant,
was married and the father of three
children. He was secretary of the Seat
Pleasant Building and Loan Association,
and had been secretary to the county
commissioners since 1925.
He had gone hunting with Marshall
Wood and Rudolph Inscoe, both of
Alexandria He parked his car at New
Alexandria and went to the blind in
a boat. The decoyS we're set and three
shots were fired. His companions said
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Evening star., 1929-12-16
$125, 900, 900 Is Added to
Total, With $25,o0o,O0
to Be Available at Once.
$4,000, 900 ALLOTTED
FOR SITE PURCHASES
Amount to Be Expended Annually
in District Is Swelled
to $15,0O0,0OO.

without a dissenting voice the House
today passed, under suspension of the
rules, two bills increasing the public
building program in Washington ap-
proximately 25,OOO,OOo, nearly $25,-
100000 of which is expected to be made
Immediately available IN the regular
legislative and Post Office Treasury ap-
preparation bills.
The authorizations today were:
Q) Increasing $75,000000 already
authorized by the Federal building pro-
gram in the District to $190,000,000.
The Elliott public building bill passed
by the House today authorized an in
crease in appropriations of Sis, 100000,
of which $15,000,000 is specifically al
located for acquisition of additional
sites for public buildings. 1t also in
creases the amount to be expended an
nually in the District from $10,000,0 900
to $15,000,000. This applies only to
$150,000,000 out of the total $190, ,000, 900
authorization.
CD The House passed by acclaim the
bill authorizing an appropriation of
$9,740,000 for erection of the new Su-
preme Court Building on the site east
of the Capitol grounds and north of the
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Evening star., 1929-12-16
TAX CUT APPROVAL
|SEXPECTED TODAY.
Bill Is First Placed on Statute
Books at Present Session
of Congress.

BY the Associated Press.
President Hoover expects to sign the
$3.50, ,o0O, 900 tax-reduction bill this aft
ernoon.
The measure will be the first law
placed on the statute books during the
present session of Congress.
Although some members of Congress
may come to the White House to watch
the President sign the bill, no ceremony
of any kind has been arranged.
Thus, with the Christmas shopping in
full swing those who are to pay taxes
next year can count on a considerable
saving in that burden, which will help
to meet the inevitable strains on the
pocketbook in the Yuletide season.
Slash of 1 Per Cent.
The tax resolution slaShes l per cent
off the present rates applying on all
individual and corporation income taxes
to be paid during the forthcoming
year. The individual income taxpayers
with incomes this year of $4,000 or less
will be taxed at the rate of u per
cent next year instead of 1l3 per cent
Those with net income between $4,000
and $4,000 will pay at per cent in
stead of per cent and those receiving
more than $4,000 will be taxed at 4 per
cent instead of per cent.
Democratic leaders joined with the
administration in extending this Christ
mas gift to the taxpayers. 1t was pro-
posed by Secretary Mellon at time
when the collapse of prices on the
stock market threatened widespread
business injury. Democratic leaders
then gave their assurance of support
and co-operated to speed the resolution
through Congress. The resolution has
been declared by many to have bene-
fetal effect.
Urged Debt Payment.
Western Republican independents as
sailed the resolution in the Senate as
amounting to a gift to the rich and
they argued that the Treasury surplus
be applied, instead, to reduction of the
war debt. But IL Republicans and 3
Democrats were all who voted against
it on final adoption.
Evening star., 1929-12-16
PROMINENT WASHINGTON WOMAN
AIDS MYSTERIOUS COMA VICTIM
Benefactor Not Made Known-Stricken Girl Identifies
Herself as Minister'S Daughter.

An unnamed Washington woman Of
prominence, it was learned today. has
befriended the young woman who has
identified herself after four days of
semi-consciousness at Emergency Hos
pital as Antoinette Brewster Ruggles,
the daughter of Rev. George w. Brew
ster of Selma, Calf.
Although in a serious condition, the
young woman was thought today to
have a chance of recovery and is in the
care of private nurse detailed by her
benefactor. whom Capt. William G.
Stott of the third precinct declines to
name, but says is very we'll known"
Hospital attendants have been success
full in feeding the young woman during
the long period of unconsciousness.
At lucid moment yesterday the pa
tient whispered to Capt. Stott a few
Evening star., 1929-12-16

words that confirmed fragmentary in
formation collected from California and
a baggage check found among her ef-
fectS when she was taken to the hos
pital Wednesday night after collapsing
in st. Johns Church from the effects
of poison.
Incoherent mutterings about the op-
Grafton of a drug ring that first at
tracted the attention of the police were
not reiterated during the few moments
Capt. Stott talked with her yesterday
afternoon. Later she will be given an
opportunity to tell the police what sne
had in mind, but today there was not
a police escort at her side. Capt. Stott
said the woman would not be held.
In the few moments she was con-
scious the woman identified herself by
answering a few questions asked by
the police officer. Earlier in the day
Capt. Stott received kilograms from
Mrs. Mable A. Brewster at Oakland,
Calf, and Rev. George w. Brewster
at Selma, confirming the information.
Evening star., 1929-12-16
RADIO COMMISSION
LIFE is EXTENDED
Senate and House Pass Bills
ProIonging Federal Body
Indefinitely.

BY the Associated Press.
Both the Senate and the House to-
day passed bills to extend the life Of
the Radio Commission indefinitely,
which under existing law would become
only an advisory body on December 81.
The House passed the White bill,
brought up under suspension of rules.
1t provides for the extension of the life
of the Federal Radio Commission until
Congress enacts other laws affecting
the body.
The commission was created by the
radio act of 1927 for one year and
Congress subsequently twice extended
this original authority.
Face Salary Shortage.
Several hundred employees of the
commission are in for an unpleasant
few days unless Congress passe the def
cheney act providing for the salaries of
the commission personnel.
On December 81 there will be ap-
proximately $500 left to the commission
for salaries of personnel, and the first
pay day after the end of 1929 will find
only pin money available for salaries.
The situation is much the same as that
which existed late last month, when
the commission announced that on De-
cember l it would have about $500 after
paying OIl ILldI udJG. A1lST
that announcement was made Con-
troller General McCarl found a way to
transfer $4,000 from another account
to that of salaries, and the Christmas
pay roll was assured. But the same
situation will exist again at the begin
ming of the new year unless Congress
meets it, This time there is no avail
able fund which can be transferred to
salaries by edict of the controller
general
Forced to Sell Report.
A few days ago the commission pie
pared photoStatic copies of a summary
of the results of the working out of
under the So-called Davis amendment
to the radio act. Newspapers wanted
some of the copies to illustrate the Sit
uation. Ordinarily the copies would be
given free to the press, but in this case
the commission could not afford TO dis
tribute them free of charge and the
commission requested payment CT go
cents for each copy-and got it, under
some protest.
Not long ago the commission printed
It's annual report and number of
members of Congress wanted copies.
The same pressing financial situation
existed and they were told they could
not obtain free copies, but could get
them from the Government Printing
Office at 35 cents per copy.
InaSmuch as Congress usually ad-
JournS several days before Christmas
and does not get back TO work until
after the holidays, commission officials
are afraid they will have to pass out
81. o. us" on the first pay day after
the New Year.
Evening star., 1929-12-16
FOUR DIE AS 50 FLEE
BALTIMORE BLAZE;
.F|REMEN OVERCOME
Three Burn to Death and
Woman SustainS Fatal
Injuries in Leap.
FLAMES SPREAD RAPIDLY;
5 ALARMS ARE SOUNDED
Number in Building Injured and
Six Others Are Effected by
Fumes or Cut by Glass.
special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Md, December 10
Three persons were burned to death and
a fourth was fatally injured in four
story leap in a five-alarm fire today at
AS Clifford avenue.
More than eighty other persons, most
of them women, escaped from the place.
A number had been injured.
Half a dozen firemen were overcome
or cut by broken glass.
The fire started on the fourth floor
in a storeroom of the Thomas H. O'Con-
nor Waste Paper Co. Feeding on vast
quantities of old paper, the flames had
raced through the building when the
firemen and ambulances arrived.
The three persons who perished in
the building were not identified. One
of them was colored girl.
Bodies Lowered to Roof.
The woman who chose death by
jumping rather than remain in the
flames is believed to be Miss Tina Byers.
She died at the Mercy Hopital about
half an hour after being taken there
When the building had cooled suff1-
ciently to allow firemen to enter it, they
assembled to the fourth floor and re-
covered the bodies of those who had
been burned. The corpses were lowered
to low roof in the rear of the building
and then to the ground.
Those who escaped from the fire did
so before the first pieces of apparatus
reached the scene. Witnesses said
scores of women streamed out of the
building into the street, all hySterical,
wringing their hands and crying for
those they knew had been trapped.
Many of the women rushed about
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Evening star., 1929-12-16
MIDSHIPMAN FACES DISMISSAL
FOR TAKING TEST FOR FRIEND
Plan to Substitute for Weaker Boy Is Overheard and
Reported to Officials.

The, story of friendship between two
midshipmen of the Naval Academy, In
which the stronger of the two agreed
to pass a physical test for the other
so both could be home for the Christ
mas holidays may end in their dis
missal from the Academy, it was
learned today.
The names of the two youths are
being withheld.
All midshipmen desirous OF holiday
leave are required to pass test which
consists of running, swimming, climb
ing and jumping.
The smaller of the two boys capably
passed all but the test of climbing
20-foot rope which has been the down
fall of many middies in past years.
The stronger boy offered to use his
friends name and take this test for
him. A classmate overheard the con-
Evening star., 1929-12-16
BANK EXAMINATION
MAY Be PROLONGED
Negotiations Are Under Way
for Control of Southern
Maryland Trust Co.

Bank examiners were still at work
today checking books of the Southern
Maryland Trust Co, with reports that
it would be several days, possibly sew
eral weeks, before they could announce
the status of the institution. Mean
while, negotiations are in progress which
may lead to the taking over of the bank
by other Maryland banking concerns.
Banks of the Southern Maryland
Trust Co. at Seat Pleasant and Upper
Marlboro we're ordered closed Friday by
George W. Page, Maryland bank COM
missioner. The general impression pre-
walls in Prince Georges County that the
depositors will not lose.
Except for a broken glass in an
advertising case in front of the Seat
Pleasant bank, there was no evidence
of any disorder over the week end and
the community today remained calm.
Authorities do not know who broke the
glass.
Henry Resigned December Z.
Allen MacCullen, who during the last
few days has acted as secretary and
general manager of the bank, said this
morning that Samuel j. Henry, presl-
dent of the F. H. Smith Co. and former
president of the Southern Maryland
Trust Co., submitted his resignation to
the trust company on December z and
it was accepted the same day. This
was few days prior to Henry's indict--
ment by the District of Columbia grand
jury.
Hubert T. Plaster, former vice presi-
dent and secretary of the Southern
Maryland Trust Co., resigned Novem-
ber 80. Between that date and the
closing of the bank the Prince Georges
County commissioners withdrew their
funds.
Deputy Bank Commissioner John D.
Hospelhorn was in charge at the bank
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Evening star., 1929-12-16

versation and reported both to Acad-
emy officials.
They were called before Superintend-
ent Of the Academy, Rear Admiral S.
S. Robson and their cases heard. The
charge against the boys is claSsed as
"defying to break the rules of the
united Naval Academy.
A midshipman of the class of '27 was
dismissed for conspiring to pass a SWIM
ming test for a friend several years
ago.
Rear Admiral Richard H. Leigh,
chief of the Bureau of Navigation of
the Navy Department, this morning set
about procuring from the accused pair
signed statements setting forth their
versions of the incident as soon as the
charges were received at the depart
ment.
President Hoover or a trial by court
marital will have to determine II the
men are to remain at the Naval Acad-
emy if further investigation determines
that course.
Evening star., 1929-12-16
Injured Boy Burns to Death.

PIKEVILLE, KY, December 16 [F).
-Brice Justice, 13, confined to bed
with broken leg, died in flames that
destroyed the family home at Fishtrap,
near here, early yesterday morning.
The father and other members Of the
family received severe burns trying to
Floyd Justice. the father; Mrs. Rhoda
Justice, stepmother of the boy, and
Bessie kendrick, a half-sister, we're
brought to a local hospital suffering
from severe burns.
Evening star., 1929-12-16

On behalf of my shipmates and myself I
want to thank you for yesterdays delightful
radio program, and through you again send
thanks to Mr.. NoyeS.
The program was simply wonderful We
heard every word, and you cannot realize how
much the boys enjoyed it after being away
from civilization for year and half.
The Inhabitants Of Little America deeply
appreciate the message from the management
and staff of The Star, which you read at the
close of the program, and join with me in best
wishes for you all.
RICHARD E. BYRD,
10 PM.