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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-01
OVERMAN PRAISES
NEWSPAPERS WORK
Commends Aid in Uncovering
Truth and CongratuIates
Policeman Allen.

Declaring that his only interest in
truth was brought out, Senator Over
man, Democrat, OF North Carolina ex-
pressed satisfaction when he learned
of the verdict of the grand Jury yester-
day afternoon.
Senator Overman was instrumental in
having the case laid before the grand
jury after the coroner's jury had pro-
nounced it one of suicide. His in
terest was attracted to the case because
the family of Mrs. Mcpherson are resi-
dents of North Carolina.
Overman's Statement.
Senator Overman issued the following
statement:
Il wish to extend my congratula-
tons for the wonderful work done by
the newspapers in this case in uncov-
ering the truth. Without their help the
matter would have been covered up ike
it was at the coroner's inquest.
Il sent my secretary, Mr.. Mcdonald.
up to the inquest at the request of
Mrs McPherson's father. an old friend
OF mine, to report the proceedings
there. He reported only one witness
was examined out of 81. and they i'm
mediately reported suicide. This aroused
my suspicious, and at once asked the
district attorney to investigate the en-
tire matter thoroughly by the grand
jury.
He kindly consented to do so, and /
think his Office has done everything
that was fair and impartial 1t looked
very much to me like the police intend
ed to cover up this matter without
thoroughly. investigating it. They had
concluded that 1t was suicide and tried
to build up their theory by cross-ex-
animation of the witnesses before they
went before the grand jury. This was
a most remarkable and outrageous pro-
cedure. and if it had occurred in North
Carolina they would have been placed
in jail in 10 minutes.
Congratulates Allen.
II also wish to congratulate Police
man Robert j. Allen, who at nv request
came to see me. and I was thoroughly
satisfied from his statement to me that
there might be something in the case
worth an investigation. I hope Officer
Allen will be commended instead Of
being disgraced.
The girls father telegraphed to me
to have the matter investigated, and I
have done so. and that is all expect
to do in the matter, as it is now up to
the authorities to proceed with the case
without any further action on my part,
for or against the prisoner. I hope he
will be given a fair trial and the truth
may be fully ascertained. I did not
wish to prosecute Mr.. Mcpherson, as
had no evidence directly against him.
but as I was convinced murder had
been committed, and that blood of the
young girl cried out for vindication."
Antique works Of sculpture are being
reproduced in embossed leather in Italy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-01
NIGHT SCHOOL TO OPEN.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CLARENDON, va, october Def
mite decision to open night school in
Arlington Coun ~ was made last night
when so persons presented themselves
at Westinghouse High, where the
classes will be fheld. for enrolment:
The classes will be held three nights
a week, Mondays, wednesdays and Fri,
days. The COURSES Of instruction w, win L
commercial aw, typewritins, shorthand ass,na
bookkeeping land business p sdscational
viii " h be lislible for enrolment; The =,
authorities viii be at the school .s again al,
tomorrow light to receive further me f ehi
co,,rse been set at $40. payable
1uarterl to cover the actual instrue-
ton ey nses. Heat. light and tex.-
books be furnished by the county
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-01
Historic Hotel Sold.

CUMBERLAND, Md, october / (Spe-
ciaD The Pennsylvania Hotel. on
North Mechanic street, the Natlona!
the Oldest hostelries in the city, was
sold at mortgagee's sale to Elijah G.
Smith of Petersburg, w. Va, for $28,-
500. This hotel was conducted for q
number of years until recently by John
w. Snyder, former boxing promoter
and former .backer Of the Cumberland
base ball team. The new owner an
nounced that he intended to operate
the hotel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-01
ARRIVES FOR SERIES.

KANSAS CITY, October (P.-
Members of the champion Rochester
team of the International Base Ball
League arrived here today to meet Kan
sas City, American Association winners,
in initial play tomorrow in the little
world SERIES
Pitching selections for the opening
game have not been announced. Man
ager Billy Southworth of Rochester will
start either Tex Carleton, Herman Bell
or Paul Derringer, all right-handers.
The Kansas City manager, William Har-
rison Zwilling. expects to pin his hope
on either Tom Sheehan, Clyde Pea
Ridge" Day or Max Thomas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-01

close friend of Lindbergh and other
noted flyers.
He gave up all other careers to be-
come policeman and attain detective
sergeantcy.
1--WE reached my goal at last" he
said.
"You can call me sergt. Allen from
this time on!'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-01

Antique works of sculpture are being
reproduced in embossed leather in Italy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-01
POLICEMAN ALLEN
LOOKS FOR PROMOTION
AS RESULT OF LABORS

CONTINUED From First Page.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-27
P'ANTAGES,.|LL
TO HEAR SENTENCE
Defense Plans Appeal to
Court 10 Consider Convicted
Woman's Health. !
Nv the Associated /. Press :.

~ the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES. September 27.-.-Mrs.
Lois .Pantages. convicted Of man.
slaughter in connection with the death
Of q Japanese gardener in an autotmo-
bile accident, today was TO hear SEN
tence pronounced upon her, If her
physical condition permitted. Under
the california law she may be required
to serve from one to ten years in prison.
Mrs. Pantages, wife Of Alexander
Pantages, theater nagnate. collapsed
when q Jury of Seven men and f1ye
women returned Q verdict "Wednesday
which held her responsible for the
death of Juro ;Rokumoto, injured in q
collision involving Mrs. Pantages' car
while she was driving In an alleged in
toxicated condition. ..
Revived by physicians she became
historical, and remained. constantly
under the care Of physicians yesterday
and last night. .~tv.~' .'.--v. -
Time for Sentence Set.
Superior Judge Carlos Hardy set z
p.m to-day as the time for pronounce
nent of sentence.
w. I. Gilbert of Mrs. Pantages' coun-
SCk o0lo tkANt II 1IlS C1lCIIb W&o ukldOAG W
appear in court he would ask that her
physical condition be investigated.
1T her condition does not materially
improve" Gilbert said. "I intend TO
notify the court and suggest that he
appoint physician to inquire into her
condition SO that every one will be
satisfied"
Whether the convicted woman would
apply for probation, or file an appeal,
remained in doubt.
Next Step Undetermined.
when we go into court, we shall fol-
low the usual custom Of requesting
new trial" Gilbert said. If that is de-
MED we will proceed entirely according
to Mrs. Pantages' wishes, We cannot
state now what the next step will be"
Joe Ford, attorney associated with
Gilbert in the defense Of the theater
mans wife. said, I'VE fear that Mrs.
Pantages, in the; present state of her
health, would most certainly die II sent
to San Quentin Penitentiary. A SEN
tenee to the penitentiary would be the
same as a sentence Of execution"
Ford added however, that no request
for probation would be made unless Mrs.
Pantages directed 1t. -,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-27
CONTINUES ]
TO DELAY AlRPLANE
Land Of the seviets Held at Dutch
4 I: HarhcEs on Way to. !.

~ the Associated nTSss. &. ~
sss q ... II s-s.a
SEATTLN. Sept. 27.a-- Prevented by
heavy storms from taking. on for Sew.
ard, AiAskss. the HtissiAn plane, Land
Of the 6oviets, xNnaailaed at Dutch Har-
hor,l un1lAskG 1SlAnd. today aMaiting 10
lull In tina ReatheE 70 continue to the
Alaska mainland, q distance Of 700
miles.
The plane landed I'm storm Mt Dutch
Harbor Tuesday after q hazardous night
from Att,l, most Westward Of the Aleu-
tan Islands. It Is on It's way from MOS
COW TO New York. y FL,
The plane was .refueled soon after its
arrival at Dutch Harhor ana only for
bidding weather has kept 1t from pro-
ceeding to Seward.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-27
Will Rogers
: '----.-.--T>g--- :. =, = v''r-,-s -. ~.
Says

KIN0MAN, Aris.-ElSing ,;salpng
on . fine trip. WIN land. for gsz at
Kingnari in . few minutes and arr
rive I'm Los Angeles IN, couple of
hours. The whole Southwest never
looked more. green and pretty. I
told you yesterday i could guess
what was In the papers. and It Was:
Senate still arguing over the tartf;
this time with the. President. The
law says he can change various
duties. II he sees al. That's what
is called flexible. Well, the Senate
says that gives him too. much au-
tiority, that they themselves. are
the ones that are really competent
to do that. Now you tail one.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1929-12-13

Spain's Christmas Dish

favorite Christmas dish In Spain
Is soup Of sweet almonds and
cream.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1929-12-13
Good Christmas Lessen
for Bennie, the Thief

70 ENNIE chuckled, slipping through
- the dark with the stolen jewelry.
Suddenly he drew back close against
the wall. Some one had entered the
next room.
"Grandmother. do you really believe
In prayersT-it was girls voice.
Certainly, dearie. We prayed that
we might hear from George on Christ
mas day, you know. and the day isn't
quite over"
"But-"
Listen, dearie, I'll tell you about
a prayer had answered once :"
Bennie's lips curled. Nobody be-
lieved in that stuff any more. II there
was really being that knew things,
Bennie wouldn't steal. He'd be afraid
The story told by the sincere older
voice made Bennie nervous. She
seemed to mean It'll
"Grandma, Christmas day will be
over In half an hour"
''In a half hour many things can
happen"
Minutes passed. Bennie heard whis-
pered prayers. Finally he grinned in
relief A minute to twelvei
Then. a sound at the door and two
women cried happily, "Georgel"
In awe Bennie slipped away, but he
left the jewelry.-Clara Agee Hays.
ca 1929 Western Newspaper Union,
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1929-12-13

exciting to riot and overthrow by
violence" are being held under bonds
of $500 which were furnished. Later
in the day Superintendent of Police
Ray raided the Marine Workers.
League hall at 30S Chartres street,
where quantity of red literature and
cartoons were seized. He arrested
John S. Morgan, a seaman, and
Leonard Brown, negro, who said he
was cook. In night court they were
sentenced to pay $25 fine, serve 20
days in Jail and an additional 10 days
in default Of payment of their dues.
Morgan is alleged to be a member
of the International Marine Workers
League, here to organize marine la
Dor and obtain members for his or
ganization. When questioned by Su-
perintendent Ray, Morgan said that
Victor Aronson and William j. Dav-
ids, charged with distributing "red"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1929-12-13

literature at the Maginnis Cotton
Mills, 1850 Constance street, were
members of the Marine Workers
League. Superintendent Ray found
circulars, book of cartoons and sew
eral radical publications. One book,
entitled 'Red Cartoons" was said to
contain drawings from "The Daily
Worker" "The Workers Monthly"
The Liberator," characterized in the
preface of the book as Communist
publications. One was a report of
the arrest of Aronson and Davids to
J. L. Ensdahl, international labor de-
Tense, communist organization, New
York.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1929-12-13
STs
Really Merry Christmas
Making Old Folks Happy

TT WAS Christmas night; one Of
those cold, clear nights, when 1t Is
delight to sit by the fire. Jack and
Nancy Lee were doing just this. and
they were very happy.
wasn't Christmas wonderful7"
Nancy's eyes glowed.
Jacks arm went round her: "Nan.
cy, you were an angel to do It," he
said. anyone but you would have
just fretted In strange city. Instead
you get up big dinner and everything
for lot Of lonely old people. lit
was great! Honest, ! almost cried as
| watched them open up their gifts
beside the Christmas tree"
II felt the same way. Jack. was
tempted to Just fret about being away
from our folks; but, oh, Jack, I'm SO
glad / didn't 1t was wonderful to
see those old people so happyl And
and we had a wonderful Christmas,
too, didn't we7 A really merry Christ.
mas katherine Edelman.
tG. 1899. western Newspaper Union,
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1929-12-13
BUTTER DEALERS CHEAT

Philadelphia.-The state is prose-
cutting grocers and delicatessen store
keepers for handling butter which
contains an excessive amount of mois-
ture. The law prohibits more than 16
per cent moisture, but twice that
amount has been discovered.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1929-12-13
COMMUNISTS HELD
In South For Distributing
Red Propaganda

New Orleans, La. (ILNS)-Victor
Aronson and William ]. Davids, ar
rested for distributing "red" litera-
ture to the employees of the Maginnis
Cotton Mills, on being arraigned
charged with violating Act "a, 1917,
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1929-12-13
MERCHANTS PROTEST
IMPORTED BREAKERS

Easton, Pa.-The Kraemer Hosiery
Company of Nazareth, near here, is
having trouble to secure an injunction
against several hundred hosiery
workers.
At the hearing in this city, copies
Of yellow dog" contract, distribut-
ed by the Macdonald Detective
Agency, were placed. in evidence
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1929-12-13

Officials Of the company were sched-
uled to take the stand and place their
records at the disposal Of the court,
but proceedings have been postponed.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1929-12-13

Seventy merchants signed a petition
against the Importation of profession
al strikebreakers and armed thugs.
This has affected public officials of
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1929-12-13
.1141&!
Unexpected Surprises
Welcomed at Christmas

Welcomed at Christmas
nOROTHY sat huddlcd disconsolate-
~ ly In the big arm chair before
the CRATE fire. To have tOnsils out
just before Christmas was bad enough,
but to be waiting for a sweetheart
and to know that there was for
warded letter In another girls hand
writing, also awaiting him was much
worse.
"HelIo, Dot" In breezed Jack, all
Joy and Christmas gaiety. He leaned
over and kissed her tenderly:
"You poor kid It's sure tough, at
Christmas, too."
Dorothy smiled wanly and pointed
to the letter on the table.
"Who the deuce?" Jack slit the en-
velope, glanced over 1t and thrust 1t
into his pocket. "Why waste time
reading your letters when I've got
you-but 1t was sure good of you to
have Mary write me-"
Dorothy's eyes frightened and her
throat seemed almost well. What a
goose she was to have forgotten that
she had asked Mary to write Jack
and tell him how she was. What q
wonderful time Christmas was with
Its unexpected surprises / Florence
Harris Wells.
(0. 1929. Western Newspaper Union.)
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1929-12-13

Girls Opinion Of Christmas
Most girls htve q candied opinion
of Christmas.
Evening star., 1929-12-15
Oslo Theater to Rival
Finest in All Europe

theater rivaling the finest in
Europe both as to elegance and scenic
equipment, but with cheap cinema
prices is the scheme projected for Oslo.
Semi-oficial undertaking, the Peoples
Theater, has purchased a central site
on which to erect an imposing build
ing. Embodying a cinema seating 1000
persons, besides shops and offices, the
building will derive revenue suflcient
to cover all expenses entailed in man
agement OF the theater. The Peoples
Theater, collecting subscriptions for
several years, now has a sum that will
allow a surplus after the building has
been finished. Tickets for any seat will
cost the same, with no reservations.
An organization afflliated with the the
ater enterprise is charged with guar
anteeing patronage. This organization
numbers $4,000 members, chiefly work.
men, and pledges q full house for a
certain number of plays.
Evening star., 1929-12-15
The Story the Week Has Told

in no other of her manifestations Cnot
even as regards the bees) does nature
appear so "bloody in tooth and claw.
Life is still worthwhile; some mysteries
remain: The economy of the hive; the
migration of the Jennings; the COM
mon cold the mind of woman.
Il
NOTES-On December the British
House of Lords voted, 43 to 81, disap-
proval of the governments resumption
of diplomatic relations with Russia
without adequate guarantees relating
to propaganda and debts. This vote,
however, was comparatively tnnocuous
to the government.
The Autumn salon at Paris Is de-
clared to be sober, dull and unoriginal.
Apparently the Spanish National AS
sembly Is to reassemble in January for
discussion of the draft of the proposed
new Spanish constitution.
On December the King and Queen
of Italy, with numerous and resplen-
dent retinue, called on the Pope al
the Vatican. It was the first visit to
the Vatican of sovereign OF united
Italy. The spectators of the cavalcade
numbered, it's said, half a million
people. The royal pair were received
with the utmost graciouSneSS and mag
nificent gifts were exchanged.
Admiral Paul Kondouriotis has re-
signed as President of Greece, owing to
old age and poor health.
Poland is having long cabinet crisis
On December 8 the Aga Khan, one
Of the most important figures In the
world Of Islam, was married at Aix-le-
BainS. France, to Mile. Andree Carrow
a French girl of humble origin and
antecedentS. Two Imaums from the
Mosque of Paris were witnesses for the
Aga, the ceremony being performed by
the mayor.
The Hague conference on the Young
plan is to reconvene on January 3.
Evening star., 1929-12-15

own system in the Milky Way.
approximate range of 400, ,000.00 light
years, and some astronomers are nope
full that eventually we may achieve m
struments capable of revealing stars at
the outermost limit of space.
One of the pioneers, and today the
outstanding leader, in this vast con-
ception and in the methods of attaining
and confirming it. is this young director
Of Americas Oldest research obserVa-
tory, DR.. Harlow Shapley.
Chooses Special Field.
Born in Missouri in 1885. Shapley at
tended the University of Missouri, from
which he was graduated in 1910, and
then went to Princeton for graduate
study. In college he had become en-
amored of astronomy, that queen OF the
sciences. Now, in Princeton he made 1t
his main study under the inspiring
guidance of Prof. Henry Norris Russell,
choosing as his special field for re-
search a group of 80 peculiar stars
known as eclipsing binaries. They are
so called because under the telescope
each star is found to be really a system
of two stars revolving around their COM
mon center of gravity. The revolution
causes a periodic eclipse as one passes
between it's companion star and the
earth. Very little was known about
these 90, and 1t was particularly de-
sired to know how far of they were:
Their very peculiarities gave the clew
By observing the periods OF eclipse
Shapley was able to work out orbits for
each of the binarieS. From the orbits
and observed velocities Of revolution he
arrived by the law of gravitation at the
masses of the stars and, knowing the
masses, he was able to rate their real
brightness Then the problem was
solved, for light dims with distances. &C
cording to a fixed law. Its diminution
is always as the square of the distance
Knowing the real magnitude OF eacf
binary from his determination OF masses
and knowing the apparent magnitude
| from its measurement Of its light as
received through the telescope, the
astronomer computed the distance.
IT was surprised to find them so re-
mote" he told me. The average dis
tance was 10000 light years. At thai
time it was generally believed that the
radius of the Milky Way was not ovel
5000 light years, yet here were MILKY
Way stars double that. This discovery
excited my curiosity about indirect
methods of determining distances"
That was the beginning Of thrilling
quest through space that has continued
| for Is years, and with the most as
founding results.
In 1914 Shapley went from Princeton
to the Mount Wilson Observatory II
| California, where he had use OF int
largest telescopes in the world. Here III
followed his Unsuitable curiosity into tnt
| -IContinued on Fifth Page)
Evening star., 1929-12-15
Autos Given Blessing
To Prevent Accidents

A nCvel method of decreasing the
number of automobile accidents in
Florence was recently inaugurated in
the worlds most charming city" on
the occasion Of the Feast of San Min
tato, first Florentine martyr. On this
day both public and private autos of
the city paraded before the holy gates
while a large number of priests blessed
them "in order that the lives OF those
who drive, Of those who travel In them,
and Of pedestrians be protected and
defended from danger" After the presi-
dent of the Institute of San Francesca
for Motor Car Safety had made a
speech to the owners and drivers OF
the cars, pontiflcal high mass was cele-
brated In the Church Of San Miniato.
Evening star., 1929-12-15
BY GEORGE w. GRAY.

100000 of these in the universe.
BY GEORGE w. GRAY.
A IL things fiow," said Herac-
- " illus $500 years ago, and the
"A latest findings of astrono-
4 4 mers at the Harvard College
Observatory, where a grand
survey of the universe is now under way.
confirm this ancient guess of the old
Greek. From the innermost electron
in the smallest grain of dust to the
largest galaxy in interstellar space, all
things move-fiow-whirl their rest
less dance of life.
Though only half completed, already
the survey has yielded rich returns.
More than 1000 variable stars each
dazzling giant sun, have been diScov-
cred. Nearly 10000 island universes
have been found. Within the Milky
WAY itself the center around which
our universe turns has been determined.
Vast star clouds, streaming like morn
ing mistS around the universal pivot,
have been charted and catalogued.
Not only have the Harvard astrono-
merS found the center Of the universe,
but they have made their observatory
foremost center of news of the universe.
1t seems particularly appropriate, there
fore. that astronomers from all parts OF
the United States and Canada are gath
ering at Harvard during Christmas week
to hear of the latest discoveries, expose
their newest theories to criticism and
exchange ideas on the cosmic riddles. 1t
is the annual Winter meeting of the
American Astronomical Society. You
may be sure that the visiting astrono-
mers will have many questions about
this ambitious survey which has the
whole system of worlds as its field and
which is moving forward so rapidly to
brilliant and stimulating results. one
cannot visit the historic observatory In
Cambridge without feeling some
thing in the air, sense of eagerness
and quest. the thrill Of continuing dis
coVery.
Picture Made by Powerful Telescope.
On a recent visit there, as sat in his
Office asking DR.. Harlow Shapley ABOUT
these things, he picked up recent
photograph made with one OF the
powerful telescopes at the Harvard
southern station.
This one plate" he said, "showS more
than a thousand outside galaxies."
They looked like so many fuzzy
patches of light, but such Is the refining
mower of the modern telescope, Spectro-
scope and photographic plate that II
has been possible to identify these tiny
spots as spiral nebulae-which means
that each is a whorl of separate stars,
an island universe, miniature OF our
Milky Way.
It would be impossible to photograph
the Milky Way on a single plate. our
galaxy is all around us. Indeed, we are
part of it and can see only smah
segment at one time. Our only Milky