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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-23
DRAMA CAST HOLDS
FINAL REHEARSALS
Famed Van Dyke Legend to
Have Fifth Annual Pres
entation Here.

Final rehearsals are now taking place
by the church and drama groups of
Washington participating in the pro-
duction of the Christmas drama, 1.-The
Other Wise. Man." adapted from the
world-famous Van Dyke legend which
is to be given its fifth annual presenta-
ton at Luther Place Memorial Church,
Vermont avenue at Thomas Circle, on
the evenings OF Thursday, Friday and
Saturday.
Approximately 100 persons are in the
cast. 1t will be headed by Denis e. Con-
nell, in the role Of Artaban, the Median.
Katherine Riggs, as the Narrator and
Harpist of the drama, will tell the story
as the scenes progress and will play her
own arrangement of interlude music,
which she prepared five years ago at the
time of the original presentation.
Others in. the cast are: DR.. Earle
Whitley OF Vermont Avenue Christian
Church, as the Voice; Rev. George
Luther Place Memorial Church, as the
Hebrew rabbi who counsels Artaban,
and Oriental princes. who will be
Irving L. Koch, as AbgaruS: DR.. Clifton
Clark, as Abdus; George W.. Gates, as
Rhodaspes; Herman w. Riess, as
Tigranes, and Donald Moriarty, IS Y
Persian.
John D. Long of the Arts Club viii
play the part Of q Hebrew exile and
Clarence Brindell will appear as the
Messenger from the Three wise Men.
the Hebrew Mother and Judy Lyetn
takes the part Of the Parthian Slave
Girl,
The show is under the direction or
BesS Davis Schreiner, author of the
arrangement Of 1.-The Other wise Man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-23
SIX DIE IN COLLISION.
OF TRAIN AND AUTO
Two Fatally Injured in California
a. Motorist Ignores Signal
Of Policeman. 49,.
BY the Associated Prsas

BY the Associated Press.
FRESNO, Calif.r December 2S.-Six
persons were. killed on the State high
way five miles south Of here late yes
terday when q light touring car crowd
ed with eight motorists ran head-on
into Corcoran- Fresno interurban car
The machine, travelling at moderate
rate OF speed, drove into the path OF
the gasoline -notored train, unheedful
Of the signals of State motor cycle
officer who attempted to warn. the
driver.
The identified dead are: Tomaz
Ramirez, Fresno, and Antonio Tenorio
The unidentified dead included O
woman and three young children.
Two other children were taken to the
General Hospital with injuries which
were expected to prove fatal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-23

Navy Department Ends Fight.
ing Careers of Six 0bSo-
lete Cruisers.

Six Of Uncle Sans oldest flghtins
ships that have been In service for q
quarter Of o century, will be offered for
sale at the Navy Department on FebrtI-
airy 4. In announcing this today, the
department asserted that Secretary
Adams has approved the sale, as the
obsolete cruisers are no longer At for
naval service. In addition to the six
cruisers, the tug Lively, now at Mare
Island, Calf, will be offered for sale
at the same time.
The six old cruisers TO be sold short
" after the New Year are the Albany,
Charleston, Frederick, which was for
merly the u. S. 8. Maryland: Huron,
which was formerly the U. 8. g. South
Dakota: New orleans. and the Salem
In addition to these the Navy Depart
ment will offer for sale ut an early
date the York, Birmingham. st. Louis,
CHATTANOOGA, Cleveland, Des MoineS,
Huntington and Pueblo.
In inviting bids for the disposal of
these craft, the Navy Department has
included in Its terms OF sale the pro.
vision that the vessels shall not be
used for the transportation Of intoxi-
eating liquors.
A colorful history in naval annals has
been written by these. vessels, and will
likely find their end in some junk yard
to be utilized for old metal
The Albany Is at Mare Island. She
was built at Newcastle, England, and
purchased by the United States Govern
ment from. the Brazilian government
in 1898. The Charleston Is at Brem-
erton, Washington. She is craft of
300 tons and was built by the New
port News, Va, Shipbuilding Co. in
1900. The Frederick Is vessel OF
10 $50 TINS and Is at the Mare Island
Navy Yard
The Huron is ct Bremerton.' Hel
displacement is Is, $50 tons and she was
built at the Union Iron Works, at Sar
Francisco, in 1900. The New Orleans
is at Mare Island Navy Yard, and, like
the Albany, was built In Newcastle
England, and purchased from the Bra
lillian government In 1898. Her dis.
placement is 1880 tons. The Salem Il
at Bremerton. She was built by thu
Fore River ShipbuildinE Co.. Fore River
Mass, in 1904 and is-a vessel of $3.50
tons. The tug Lively was built at the
Union Iron Works in 1898.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-23
KENDALL ]. M|NOT q
EXPIRES SUDDENLY
Chief of Division of MaterieI
of Coast Guard Was Author
ity on Fiscal Matters.

Kendall j. Minot. SO years Of age,
chief Of the division of nateriel, Coast
Guard headquarters, who had spent
nearly 80 years In the Government
service. and was we'll known both In
congressional and executive depart
ment circles of the Government, died
suddenly early today at the Homso-
pathic Hospital. -
Mr.. Minot had been active at his
desk up to within few days ago, when
he was taken Ill. He appeared to be
improving at the hospital. when a re-
lapse set in. Death was said to be due
to stomach trouble.
MFR. Minot appeared with Comdr. r.
G.. Billiard before appropriation COM
mittees Of Congress In regard TO APP
preparations each, year and was rated
as one Of the best informed men In
the service on the fiscal status Of the
organization.
In announcing the death Admiral
Billiard paid tribute to Mr.. Minot as "a
true, loyal and devoted member of the
service" All Coast Guard ships and
stations were notified Of his death by
radio.
The funeral will be held Christmas
day at Q pm. at the Epworth Methodist
Episcopal Church South, in which he
was an active worker.
At Portland, Me-, Mr.. Minot shipped
as cabin boy on a three masted
schooner, coastwise between ports on the
Gulf Of Mexico. Later he commanded a
small schooner in the coasting trade in
the Gulf Of Mexico. Taking up work on
shore, Mr.. Minot Joined the Govern
rnent with the Department OF Labor on
June l, 1900. He resigned from this
position to accept position as clerk IN
the former revenue cutter service under
the Treasury Department on July 10.
1900.
He was appointed chief clerk, Divi-i
sion of Revenue Gutter Service, on Feb
ruary 26, 1918, and assumed the duties
of chief clerk Of the United States
Coast Guard headquarters on January
%, 1915. He was appointed assistant
chief, Division of Material Coast Guard
headquarters. on July l, 1915. and was
promoted to chief, Division of Material
and chief clerk in place of George H.
Slaybaugh on April 81, 1922. i,
Mr.. Minot is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Willie Minot, 1921 Ames place
northeast; his father, Capt. James A.
Minor Hitchcock. Tex: a son. James
Mtnot Of Washington, and two daugi1-
tiers, Mrs. Irving Lehman of Wash
tngton\ and Mrs. Edith zarrauna Of
Vallejo, Calf.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-23
new POLICE rating
SYSTEM PLANNED
Ready Reference List to Be
Kept by Departmental
Clerk Luckett.

A new scheme for establishing
ratings for promotion of policemen is
being worked out under the direction of
Harry H. Luckett, chief clerk of the
Police Department.
According to the system now in effect,
no rating Ia done until q vacancy oc-
ours and then the various candidates
are rated by a board consisting of In
spector William S. Shelby and Ernest
W. Brown of the Police Department
and DR.. A. r. Butler and Frederick w.
Brown Of the Civil Service Commission.
The new scheme calls for a system
of ratings of all members of the de-
partnent to be set up and kept ready
for reference. The ratings will be re-
vised at intervals of a year or less.
Preliminary ratings will be made by
precinct commanders for men under
the rank of captain and by inspectors
for the captains. These will then be
sent to headquarters for revision and
final approval by the major and su-
perintendent. The scheme is already in
use in the Fire Department, where it
Is said to work well
Strong emphasis will be laid in the
ratings on the quality of courtesy,
which win have more weight than
many Of the other qualities rated, such
as neatness, strength and speed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-23
VAST PROPERTY SALE
PLANNED BY WOMAN
Mrs. Baldwin. Will Dispose of Bulk
of Fathers Estate in
California.
By the Associated .Prasa.

BY the Associated Press
LOS ANGELES, December 23-Anita
M. Baldwin, daughter Of the late Z. ].
Lucky" Baldwin, today announced
that her vast property holdings in
Southern California, valued at between
$40, 000, 900 and $25 ,00o, 900, soon are to
offered for sale in the open market, and
that she will devote the future to music
and travel.
Virtually all preliminary details for
the sale have been completed, Mrs.
Baldwin said. and most Of the property
Is expected to be disposed of by next
June /. On that date Mrs. Baldwin
will leave Southern California and take
up her permanent residence at her
Lake Tahoe estate In the northern
part Of the State. She will divide her
time, she said, between Lake Tahoe and
Europe.
Included in the properties to be sold
Is the Arcadia ranch near Los Angeles,
where Mrs. Baldwin'S father made his
home and raised mad trained many of
the fine horses for which he was famed.
Other properties to be sold are the
Baldwin Hills OIL Field near Culver
City, Calf: the ranch properties at La
Cienega and the Baldwin home place
near Arcadia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-23
WRONG GARD PLAYED NBRIDGE
BREAKS 11-YEAR FRIENDSHIP
Bad Lead Which Cost Ex-Wife SO Cents
Prompts Her to File Suit for
Back Alimony.

and urged his former. spouse toilet him
know II she needed more.
Eventually both remarked and the
two couples frequently had congenial
evenings at bridge. with husband and
wife always playing together:--1ust as a
But one night recently Schulz and his
ex-wife were partners. Schulz failed to
lead sure trick from dummy and left
himself without a .re-entry. This was
too much for the former Mrs. Schulz
and she filed the alimony suit.
Schulz appeared before Superior
Court Judge williams and explained
that, after his former wife had married
a well-to-do' man and the children had
grown up, he had not felt It necessary
to continue payments.
Judge Williams agreed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-23
BY the Asaoeiatad prasa

by ErW ABBOcIbbou FrNBB
CHICAGO, December 23.-when
from dummy In q bridge game, he
ended q beautiful 11-year friendship
with his former wife and got into q
legal action IN which the latter sought,
but failed to get $4,132 In back alimony
1t was revealed in Superior Court Sat
urday. Incidentally, the former Mrs
Schulz lost 80 cents on the play.
The background dates back to 1918
when Schulz and his wife, Emma, were
divorced. They couldn't get along as
man and wife, but. after the separation,
they became warm friends. They went
to dinner and the theater together and
spent many pleasant hours when he
came to visit their two children. Schulz
was prompt In his alimony payments
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-23
$1,000 ARE EXPECTED
q, AT YULE CAROL SING
Nv the Associated Press.

~ ths ASSOCIATED PreSS.
NEW YORK, December 23-At least
$4,000 persons are expected to gather to-
morrow night in Madison Square Park
for. an international Christmas carol
sing, arranged under the direction Of the
Advertising Club of New York.
The musical program, to follow q brief
opening talk by Mayor Walker at 7:3O
pm, embraces chorus Of 1900 choir
lists. from various churches: Maria
Kueenko, Russian eoloratura soprano;
Albert StoesselS, New York CRATIC So
cietys conductor; the police and fire de-
partment bands. the Edna White brass
quartet and other musical groups in
GLIDING the Police Glee Club.
Clergyman and prominent laymen Of
various faiths are sponsors.
The music will be radiocast by the
NIB. c. system and through WGY's
short wave trapSnlitter, making the pro-
gram available to Europe and Australia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-23
MISS ROSA B.. KEYS, 70.
DIES AFTER LONG ILLNESS
Funeral Services to Be Held at
Home Of Her Niece, Mrs.
Woodwork.

Miss Rosa B. Keys. 70 years old. for
the past so years q resident of this
city, died at the home Of her niece, Mrs.
Ernest Woodwork, sos Nicholson street,
yesterday after a long illness.
Miss Keys was q native Of Stafford
County, Va, the daughter Of the late
Peyton and Laura H. Keys. She is sur
vtyed by four nieces. Mrs. Woodwork,
Mrs. George L. beeSe and Mrs. Lillian
D. Keys, all Of this city, and Miss Vir-
GINA Keys Of Purcellville, Va, and a
nephew, Charles A. Keys. naval aviator.
stationed at Pensacola, Fla.
Funeral services will be conducted at
the woodwork residence tomorrow
afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. DR.. Simpson
B. paugherty. pastor of the United
Brethren Church, will officiate. Inter-
ment will be In Glenwood Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-23
wealthy Matron Is Versatile.

NEW YORK, December % CP.-
Mrs. Dorothy Rice Sims, who has re-
Gently won several national bridge com.
petitions, Is a versatile wealthy matrofi.
She won a sectional skating champion
ship at the age Of IL. She is q licensed
gives exhibitions. She inherited mil
lions, =
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-23
STORE is ROBBED.

Clothing Is Taken in Two Bur-
glaries Reported to Police.
Nearly 500 worth Of wearing appare
was stolen over the week end from the
store Of Samuel Matthews, 334S N
street, police were informed today. The
robber entered through a basement
door.
Clothes valued at $l3275 were stoIer
from the home Of Rowena williams, al
335 o street southwest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-23
POLICE KILL RoDEo MAN.
Chief Fires at Victim as He Ad,
vances with Opened Knife.

IDABEL, Okla. December 23 R>.-
Jockey Elkins, ~, prominent Idabel
rodeo promoter and cattleman, was
killed here late Saturday night after
he was alleged TO have advanced on
CHIEF Of Police j. ]. Touchstone with
an opened knife.
Witnesses said Elkins was shot after
the of1cer had told him to 60 home
without further argument. The cattle
man, they said, drew o knife from his
pocket and started 10 advance. Elkins
was shot through the heart.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-23

Southwest, the Burlington reaches from
Canada to Mexico, and so it goes, dis
regarding boundaries which, with more
and more distinctness, have been set to
these rate adjustment territories"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-23

NEW YORK, December IS OP).-
After experiments at . hospital, q city
commission has concluded that New
York automobile and taxi drivers are
becoming hard Of hearing, and the same
Is known to be the case among boiler
makers and other laborers or mechAn-
les exposed TO constant riveting noise
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-23
NEW CODE INVOKED.
Mexican. Who Stole to Satisfy Hun.
ger To Exonerated.

MEXICO CITY, December % Dr.
The section of the new Mexican code
which exempts from punishment first
offenders who steal to satisfy hunger
was invoked for the first time yesrer-
day, when Jose, de la Pena pleaded that
he had become q robber to prevent his
wife and children from starving.
De la Pena was held in Jail pending
action on his case. Police said he adj
mitted the crime charged. The new
code went into effect December /.
Russia has engaged an American to
construct the irrigation project in the
T1iRkaafoF1 naeark
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-23

Pre-war gas rates have just been re-
stored in Newry, ireland.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-10-19

Thayer had made a splendid record, District Forester Charles H. Flory said today. He was a good woods man, a fine and efficient worker and had a very likable personality that made friends for both the bu- reau and himself. His death will be keenly felt by the district or ganization. he said.
 Wellknown Here
 MT. Thayer was weil-known in Juneau. He made his headquar- ters in Ketchikan. Since last May, he and MT Herring have been cruising pulp timber areas on Ad- miralty Island. During the early part of the season they cruised from the vicinity of Hawk Inlet to Kootznahoo Inlet. Several weeks ago they moved to the east side of the island and were cruising south- ward from Seymour Canal.
 The areas they were covering were surveyed during the past two seasons by engineers for the Cam
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-10-19
KEN MAYNARD IS
 NOW AT PALACE

From a technical and scenic point of view and for the individual eff fort of the star, in addition to Code of the Scarlet" Ken May nard's latest western feature which opened at the Palace Theatre last night, has everything one could wish for in the way of entertain ment-a well-knit story, rapid ac- ticn, highly colored characters and incidents.
 The story as the title implies, takes place in the Canadian North west, with Ken in the role of a Royal Northwest Mounted Police. There are several good slam-bang fist fights that have the audi ence sitting on the edge of their seats. In this picture, the noun tie hasn't such an easy time, as he usually does-Ken has to fight for his glory.
 Others in the cast are Gladys Mcs Connell, who has the leading fem mine role, Dot Farley, Ed Brady, Sheldon Lewis, Robert Walker, Hal Salter, J. F. tMcGowan and Joe RickSon.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-10-19
NERVOUS WRECK" IS
 AT PALACE TOMORROW

 Packed with laughs and thrills from start to finish, Al Christie's latest comedy "The Nervous Wreck" which is scheduled for showing at the Palace theatre Sunday is based on the sensational stage hit by Owen Davis. The picture version, directed by Scott Sidney, with liar rigon Ford and Phyllis Haver heading cast wh ic h includes, among others, Chester Conklin, fol- lows closely the story as present. ed on the stage.
 In action, Harrison Ford, aided by Phyllis Haver, holds up an auto mobile party with monkey wrench, to get gas for their fliv- yer. The hero is pursued by a sheriff's posse, led by a man who loves the heroine, and when Ford is finally captured, he is about to be hanged when he announces his intention of marrying Miss Haver. He places the moose about his own and Miss Haver's neck and Conklin as cowboy, stands by, look of horror on his face. And so the picture ends.
 Others in the cast of this re- markable comedy are Mack Swain, Hobart Bosworth, Paul Nicholson, Vera Steadman, Clarence Burton, and several others.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-10-19
THE TELEPHONE GIRL"
 AT COLISEUM SUNDAY

If-to lapse into card room ver- nacular-two queens and three kings make a full house, the suc- cess of Herbert Brenons new Para mount feature, CT he Telephone Girl" is assured in advance. Madge Bellamy and May Allison are the Queens" and Holbrook Blinn, War ner Baxter and Lawrence Gray the Kings"
 Neither Miss Bellamy nor Miss Allison need any introduction. Madge heroined in "The Iron Horse" Sandy" Ankles Preferred" and a number of other films while May appeared in Men of Steel' and "The Greater Glory"
 As for Holbrook Blinn and his screen activities he acted in "The Masked Woman" not so long ago; as for his stage roles, they've been many, none better known that por- trayals in "The Bad Man" and "The Plays the Thing" Warner Baxter created quite stir of ap- proval as native in "Aloma of the South Seas" and his enacting of "The Great Gatsby" stamped him as being above the average leading man. Lawrence Gray, fifth of the quintet, Gloria Swanson's hero in two pictures, was also featured in Love 'em and Leave 'em" and "The American Venus"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-10-19
Attractions 2
 ,. s a.= rss At Theatres
CASEY AT THE BAT" AT
 COLISEUM, TONIGHT

In this day of baseball heroes polling home runs, football idols making ninety yard touchdowns and pugilistic champions knocking out entire armies of villains for the movies, it is announced that Wal lace Beery strikes out in the big baseball scene for Casey at the Bat which comes to the Coliseum tonight.
 Numerous inquiries were re- ceived," declares Hector Turnbull, Paramount producer, 'asking whe- ther we would follow the famous poem and have Casey strike out or if we'd adhere to motion picture regulations and have him hit a four Dagger and win the game. The final decision reached was to have Bcery, who plays the immortal Cas- cy, strike out and disgrace himself in the eyes of the public"
 "Casey at the Bat" directed by Monte Brice, is. an hilarious conn edy interwoyen with touches of pa-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-10-19

engaged to be married to Miss R. M. Studley, Chickasha, Okla. All of these people have been notified of his death. The body is at the Carter Mortuary where it will be held pending adyices from his par ents, as to funeral and interment.
 The dead man was a World War veteran, serving in the submarine branch of the United States Navy He first entered the United States Forest Service in Oregon in 1921, and transferred to Alaska two years later. He resigned from the bureau in September, 1926, to en- ter Oregon State College to take a special Forestry course. After talk ing competitive examination on July 1, 1927 he was reinstated in the Forest Service and given a rating of Junior Forester. He served in both the Chugach and Tongass National Forests.
 Had Fine Record
 Since coming to this district, MT:
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-10-19
TORN BODY OF BEARS VICTIM
 BROUGHT HERE
Isla n d Brown Bear Kills Forestry Of-
 hcer on Timber Cruise
Continued from Page One)

blanket and Thayer was wrapped in blankets to keep him warm. Everything possible was done to ease his pain.
 He was too badly hurt to be moved and at 10 o'clock he died. Thursday morning Herring and Collen started out with the body to the anchorage of the Wepoose. They made about half mile and were forced to abandon the effort. Thayer was big man and it was not possible for the two men to carry his body through the brush and windfall Instructions.
 Collen took the Weepoose and went to Pybus where he obtained five men to aid him, the cannery watchman a fox farmer and three fishermen. They reached Thayer's body early Friday morning and soon had it on the Weepoose. They left for Juneau yesterday after noon, were forced into shelter dur ing the afternoon by heavy weather and came on here last night, arriv- ing at 2 am. today.
 Is Veteran of War
 Thayer would have been B years old yesterday, if he had lived. He uac horn in New York State. Oct. 18, 1896. He resided in Oregon for many years with his parents, MT. and Mrs. Charles G. Thayer who live in Rainier, Ore. He was
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-10-19

Commercial printing at The Elm. pire.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-10-19

eron-Chandler syndicate of Call fornia, now engaged in program of development looking toward the erection of pulp and paper plant here, or in this immediate vicinity.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-10-19

thos Aside from Wallace Beery, the star, others taking part in the photoplay are Ford Sterling, zaSu Pitts and Sterling Holloway.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-10-19
CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY

Marjorie Janu Shell celebrated her seventh birthday yesterday afternoon at party given in her honor by her parents, MT. and Mrs. James Shell.
 The greater part of the after noon was spent in playing games. Later, a delicious luncheon was served. Among those present were: Violet Paul, Lillian Olsen, Bunny Hansen, Robert Stanyard, Raymond Paul and Earling Noswald.
  New and select .:ne o. Christmas cards at The Empire.
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 Commercial printing at The En- hire