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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-19
BY GILBERT SWAN.
Sketches BY George Clark.

~v HE third eye" of SILVA, destroying
god of the Brahmins, CLOVIS today
! with cold, white fire from the
show case of a smart Manhattan
gem shop, revealed at last to the
eyes of the world.
Or to be more exact, revealed to that part
of the world which can make its way past the
uniformed guards who protect the street door
way, or the plain clothes detectives who peep
out from behind barred Windows like so many
speakeasy proprietors
Today they call it the 'Nassak diamond"
"a stone to be mentioned in the same breath
with such fabulous and leg :ndary gems as the
Orlon the Mogul, the Koh-i-noor, the Regent
or the Nizam.
The swankiest shoppers of New York walk
noiselessy by it, treading thick, velvety carpets
when once the tiniest CLINT Of any of its
facets would have sent men of the East into
discordant chants for mercy or into orgiastic
dance gyrations to its beauty.
strange ending this, for one OF the most
mystical and most venerated jewels of the
Orient! But it is only one of many adventures,
since most of the historic diamonds have had
fateful careers
As the "all-seeing' cyclopean eye, fastened
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-19

TiCo Uie,Us of the $500, 900 NGssak, at
top, full face and profile. BeIoiO, the
KOh-i-N0or. All these sketches are e1-
oct size.
to the forehead of the idol SILVA, it has played
3ts part in lore and in life. Holy men have
travelled exhausting pilgrmages to view 1t
and men have died to guard it. In its Indian
temple it has looked down iciy and imper-
sonally upon the passing centuries. Wars have
circled aboutsit and warriors have feared to
count it with their loot, lest they def1le the
god whose capacity for vengeance and destruc-
ton was fearsome thing before the Christian
era had begun
TOR SILVA was the third god of the Hindu
"trimurti," which included also Brahma
and Vishnu. SILVA was both the destroyer
and the healer. He has many signifcances,
Since that which destroys also rebuilds-as
with seasons, storms plaques, time, death and
all the rest Also he was god of the dance and
bf art, which, being esthetc, were looked upon
hs destructive to the ascetic and to love.
SILVA was very complicated god, and his
chief temple was in the town of Nassak, some
100 miles from Bombay, and one of the holy
places of India. Here dwelt more than a thou
sand Brahmin priests and their families. Rim
ming this town is the sacred Godavari River,
only rival of Benares as place of pilgrimage.
Centuries passed before SILVA came to possess
his cyclopean eye. Then rich and devout
believer came upon huge diamond in Col
conda, famed in history as gem mine. He
hastened to the temple and presented it to the
priests, who had it set in the forehead of the
god. Immediately new rites were contrived
that the pageantry might glow more brilliantly
under the mystic new light. Thousands viewed
it with fear and veneration. Fanaticism
reached weird extremes under IFS influence
1t was indeed gift for only the gods, an
attribute of an accepted power that knew no
limitations. And so for many centuries 1t re-
ynaned i'll the temple of SILVA, sacred against
tha pillag.s Of ntason, escaping the ravages OF
those who killed and tu nct.-.ut id not
touch the temp IS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-19
GUARDING the NASSAK Diamond

Hoe the HalfDNilliou-Dollar Stone, Rival
of the Famous Koh-i-uoor and Other Great
Diamonds of the World, Wmshiped as
..':Shizu s Third Eye, 'Has Pound IbWay
From a Temple in Mdia to Seoanky
Shop in NezU York.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-07-11
Jap Astronomers Proud
of Great Observatory


The largest astronomical observa-
tory in the Far East, and one which
is surpassed only by observatories
in Germany and the United States,
has just been completed in Sanaka,
small suburb Of Tokyo. The total
cost Of the work is put at 100000.
The length Of the telescope Is II
meters and the diameter of the
lens 26 inches. Work on the build
ing to house this and many other
scientific instruments which are In
Guided in the observatory equipment
has been going on for more than
three years under the direction Of
Doctor Hashimoto, a noted special
list in astron nical instruments.
AT last the time has come when
japanese astronomers can work
freely" the doctor said after the
observatory had been opened. cal
though we have had the will to go
more deeply into astronomical lines
in this country. we have been un-
able to do so because Of lack of
equipment. The situation was tanta-
mount to being at war without
weapons. We shall now be able to
engage in friendly rivalry with our
brother astronomers in all parts of
the world"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-07-11
Farmers Urged Not to
Rush Wheat to Market

Washington.-The farm board in a
statement few days ago advised
farmers to store their wheat rather
than rush it to market and contribute
to lower prices and congested ter
minals.
1.-THE rushing of such a large per-
centage of the crop to market fire.
quently results in congestion of stor-
age at terminals to the extent that
owners of private elevator space are
enabled to fill their bins at prices
substantially below the current mar
ket value" said the statement.
"We feel that the present tendency
on the part of farmers to keep more
of the wheat at home is a movement
in the right direction
The statement also said that rush
ing the grain to market would be to
the advantage of the grain buyer who
would be enabled to buy virtually at
his own price.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-07-11
Sports bz relexision Near

Football, baseball, cricket and
other games may be projected by
television, according to Sir Ambrose
Fleming, inventor Of the Fleming
valve. In a recent address before
the physical society In London he
said this could be accomplished by
the use of mirrors. Operators could
employ large mirror In throwing a
small and very brilliant scene on a
scanning disk. Behind this mirror
could be placed a p',oto-electric cell,
which would have projected on it a
brilliant image spot by spot, as the
scanning disk rotated. For this to
be successful it would be necessary
to make the photo-electric cell much
more sensitive than those at present
In use.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-07-11
LOW WORLD PRICES
CAUSE IMPORT DROP
u. S. Chamber of Commerce
Reports on First Quarter.

Washington-The decline in the
value of American imports for the
drst quarter Of 1880 to the lowest
point for any similar period since
1922 is attributed partly to low world
prices by the foreign commerce de-
partment Of the Chamber of Com
merce of the United States. In bull
letin issued by the department, inn
ports were shown to be valued at
1898 100000. a decline of 20 per cent
as compared with year ago.
".The quantities of many imports"
the report said, 'show large increases,
Indicating that the volume of our i'm
port trade may not be as far below
that of the past few years as might
be assumed from the declines in dollar
values.
"Even the decline in value did not
apply to the whole list Of imports.
There were number of important
exceptions. The value of Is of our
50 chief imports, accounting for 30
per cent of the total value of imports,
was lot SCI lHoh q yCuI o5Vs LII 4NoA-
tity. 81 out of 80 imports showed
gains.
',The quantities Of the following i'm
ports increased in the first quarter of
1880 compared with the corresponding
quarters of 1929: Burlaps, fertilizers,
except nitrate of soda gasoline, naph-
tina, etc., bananas, boards, planes and
deals, topped petroleum, spices, leath-
er gloves, pulpwood and tung oil.
Noteworthy increases in value in
cluded the following imports: Flax
seed. fertilizers, except nitrate of
soda; gasoline, naphtha, etc., bananas,
leather boots and shoes, topped pc
troleum, spices, leather gloves, agri'
cultural machinery and implements
pulpwood and tung OIL"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-07-11
Hi. Little Lapse

Little Reggie was dining out for the
first time in his life. His mother had
given him a few hints beforehand on
good manners, and so far Reggie had
fulfilled all her expectations of him.
Twill you have a little more pud.
ding, Reggie?" asked his hostess to.
wards the end of the meal.
mo, thank you," replied Reggie, to
his mothers qualification.
ooh, come on, now" urged his
hostess; 'do have little"
mo, thank you," said Reggie again.
The good lady smiled.
'eWell, DEAR" she asked, what will
you have?'
Then Reggie's politeness broke
down.
"A lot, please he shrilled.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-07-11
N. j. Political Parties
ADOPT Anti-Drv Planks

Trenton, N. Platform planks
proposing repeal Of the prohibition
amendment were adopted by both Re-
publican and Democratic state con-
ventions here. The Republican plank
represents the views of Dwight M.
Morrow the senatorial nominee, and
pledges the party to repeal OF the
amendment and return to state con-
troll Of liquor, but until such change is
effected, the party calls for strict
enforcement of the dry laws. The plat
form also calls for ratification of the
London naval treaty and praises the
new tariff bill. The Democratic plat
form opposes ratification by the Unit.
ed States of the naval pact.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-07-11
Sundial Made Of Cement

One Of the suburbs of San Fran
cisco has undertaken to attract some
attention to itself by erecting the
largest sundial ever made. It is made
Of concrete and Its top is high above
the heads of the spectators and Its
shadow is cast upon the ground
which Is marked off for the purpose
Of indicating the time. The inclined
surface Of the dial Is often irrever-
emily used by children for the pur.
pose of a kelly slide.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-07-11
Invented Acoustic Tiles

The late Emile Berliner was rho
inventor OF the acoustic cement CELL
Mr.. Berliner had studied hall acoustics
for years He observed that an audi
forum that has wooden walls has su
perior acoustics, while the cause of
bad acoustics frequently is the rigidity
of walls. Ii was this theory that the
inventor developed IN the acoustic
tiles. These are composed OF porous
cement and yet have the resonance Of
wood. They are the fruit of more
than 20 years of research.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-07-11
HOOVER is EXPECTED
TO VETO VETS BILL
Senate's Act Raises Costs
to $641, 100000.

Washington. Again ignoring Presi.
dent Hoover's recommendations, the
senate passed the World war veterans
bill after loading it down with amend.
ments which, if retained, would be vir.
tually certain to result in another
veto.
The bill was passed by vote of So
to IL. The Walsh-Connally amend.
ment increasing pension rates to the
Spanish war level was adopted by a
vote OF 81 to 26. Several other amend
ments were approved.
Possibility of getting the bill into
such shape that it can be signed by
President Hoover hinges on action by
conferees of the senate and house.
Administration leaders believe that
the conferees will eliminate most OF
the Objectionable features added 10y
the senate and will submit a confer.
ence report nearer in line with the
bill which was passed recently by the
house after it had sustained the Presi.
dents veto CT the original veterans
measure.
The senate named Senators James
q. Watson (Rep., lnd.), David A. Reed
(Rep, Pay, Samuel Shortridge (Rep.,
Calif.), David l. Walsh (Dem., Mass.),
and W. F. George (Dem., Ga.), as
conferees.
AS passed by the senate the vet
Grams bill is estimated to cost about
$5S,OO0,OOO in the fiscal year 1881,
$116,OOOOOO in the fiscal year 1892,
$143, 100000 in the fiscal year 1888,
$155, 100000 in the fiscal year 1884
and 167,000,OO0 in the fiscal year
1885, total Of $641, 100000 during the
five years.
The house bill, which had the sane.
ton of the administration, was esti-
mated to cost $31, 100000 in the fiscal
year 1881, s5s0OO,000 in the fiscal year
1882, $71,00O,0OO in the fiscal year
1893, $74,0OO,0OO in the fiscal year
1884 and $s2,0OO,OOO in the fiscal year
1885, total of $319,00O,0Oo in the five
years.
The Walsh amendment,
added by the senate over the protest
of administration spokesman, provides
for disability allowances or pensions
of $40 per month for one-tenth dis
ability, $40 per month for one-fourth
disability, $35 per month for one-half
disability, $50 per month for three
fourths disability and $50 per month
for total disability.
These rates were substitute for the
house bill rates of $12 per month for
Is per cent disability, $18 per month
for so per cent disability, $24 per
month for Is per cent disability and
$40 per month for 100 per cent dis
ability.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-07-11
100 Pct. Duty on Autos
bv Italian Government

Rome.-The first actual case of Eu-
ropean retaliation against the new
American tariff was revealed when it
was announced that the Italian gov
eminent had suddenly increased by
an average of more than 100 per cent
the duties on American and other
foreign automobiles. The announce
ment was given in the official gazette.
Italian dealers in American cars
consider the revised rates prohibitive
and predict that if they should be-
come permanent no more American
automobiles will be imported by Italy.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-07-11
Troops Have Quit Rhine,
Eleven Years After War

Mayence, Germany-The last French
troops have left the third occupied
Rhineland zone.
Church bells and bonfires up and
down the River Rhine heralded official
termination of eleven and half years
of allied occupation of German soil.
The French Rhine fleet, with the en-
gineer corps aboard. left for Stras-
bourg, and all barracks hitherto occu-
pied by the French army were turned
over to the German authorities.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-07-11

the happening Of this night. 1t seems
reasonable that neither Claire nor
Lucy-B Belle nor the others would have
told the more intimate of Its details
mailman told the story. The mad
man was Paul. He came into the en-
gineers' camp In the middle Of the
night. They did not know him at
first, for brush and limbs and rocks
had disfgured him III the darkness
His face was like that of man who
had been beaten with naked fists. His
clothes were half gone. His feet were
bleeding through the shredded leather
of his boots In his arms he carried a
woman dead woman, they thought.
Not until Derwent unwrapped the
coat with which her head and shout.
ders were protected and saw her face
could he clearly realize that the man
was Paul.
They took CarIa to the Mistassini
She was carried gently, but quickly,
in a litter-with half dozen men
taking turns In bearing her.
Even then, in his exhaustion. Paul
insisted on walking at her side until
the last nerve in him broke. It was
this which robbed him Of day and q
night of conscious life.
When he came to himself again
after hours of tortuous sleep, Der
went told MIN that Carla was badly
hurt but would live.
Claire, he said, had returned to her
people in New York the second day
after his supposed death. Lucy Belle
had gone with her. Word had been
sent to her that he and Carla were
alive, and Lucy-Belle had replied. say.
ing that Claire was very Ill. Then
had come telegram from Claire.
Derwent gave 1t to Paul.
II am so happy" 1t said. "Come
to me as quickly as you can. Only
God knows how glad am"
sit sometimes takes thing like this
to bring out the love in woman's
heart" said Derwent. remembering
Paul's years of loneliness.
eyes, 1t does" said Paul, and be
saw Carla's face between him and the
words which Claire had written.
(To BE CONTINUED)
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-07-11
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upper part of her body was out, and
she was alive wheu Paul reached
her. He tried to speak as he tore
at the rocks. But his voice was gone.
He saw Carla's eyes looking at him
with the light fading out OF them
She made no sound. Her eyes were
closed when he had her in his arms
at last. Yet she was not dead-he
found himself saying the words over
and over as he climbed with her out
of the fissure.
1t may be that the full story of
Carla Haldan and Paul would never
have been known had II not been for
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-07-11
CHAPTER XII

Paul heard the crash. He was a
little beyond tile place where he mad
left carla, and ran t. 1t. calling her
name. He leaped through the dust
which was settling quickly and heav
lly. aud saw the hollow choked to the
brim Nth the debris OF the avalanche
Carla was caught In the last grip of II
near the crest of the rock slip. The
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-07-11
Gold Star Mother Dead

Salem, Ohio.-Mrs. S. Nj. Reynolds
of Damascus, Ohio, the Gold Star
mother who returned from visit to
her sons grave in France three weeks
ago, Is dead following illness con-
tracted while abroad.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-07-11
COULD HARDLY
DO HER WORK
Strengthened by Lydia E.
Pinkharn's Vegetable Conn
pound
Mission, Text have used a good
deal of your medicine and always find

1t gives wonderful
help. I was feeling
so weak andmiser
able that / had to
lie down very of
ten and / could
h hardly do my
housework. I read
in the paper how
Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compound had
b elped o tn Ell
women who were
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-07-11
Griffith Defeats Risko

Chicago Griffith again scored
over Johnny Risko in their ten-round
bout held at the Stadium, the Chicago
battler being awarded the judges de-
cision over the Cleveland baker boy.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-07-11
Zeppelin Cut. Rate. 40 Per Cent

Friedrichshafen, Germany. - The
passenger rates for the Graf Zeppelin
have been reduced 40 per cent, 1t was
announced, because of the small num-
Der of passengers booked for flights
thus far.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-07-11
Three Sister. Drown in Creek

iceland, N. D.-Three sisters, two
of them mothers, were drowned while
wading in creek near here. The dead
are: Mrs. Tony Il. Jund, twenty -four;
Mrs. Paul Jung, twenty-three and
Barbara Salwei, eighteen.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-07-11
Offers 80 Home. Free to Poor

Detroit.-Thirty homes rent free for
six months are offered to Detroit's
needy families by L. G. Olson, pro-
prietor of local hotel. The homes
consist of four rooms and porch.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-07-11

in the same condition SO said I will try
it for myself. I am very much better
now and I recommend this medicine,
and will answer letters from women ask
ing aboutit. "-MRs. j. W. ALBERTsoN,
1Ol5 Miller Avenue, Mission, Texas.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-07-11
Strange Insects Invade Nevada

Tonopah, New. - Sawtail caterlil-
lars, green in color, with thirty legs,
species unknown to Nevada farmers.
were reported destroying all vegeta
ton in one section of the state.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-07-11
Blundering Fool

"My husband is forty. You wouldn't
believe it, but there is ten years
difference in our ages"
Impossible! I'm sure you look
quite as young g.; he does" London
Tit-Bits.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-07-11
When
Babies
CIR 7


Babies will cry, often for no
apparent reason. You may not
know what's wrong, but you can
always give Castoria. This soon
has your little one comforted; if
not, you should call a doctor.
Don't experiment with medicines
intended for the stronger systems
of adults! Most of those little
upsets are soon soothed away by
a little of this pleasant-tasting,
gentle-acting children's remedy
that children like.
It may be the stomach, or may
be the little bowels. Or in the case
of older children, a sluggish, con-
stipated condition. Castoria is still
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-07-11

the thing to give. It is almost
certain to clear up any minor
ailment, and could by no posi-
bility do the youngest child the
slightest harm. So it's the first
thing to think of when child has
a coated tongue; won't play, can't
sleep, is fretful or out of sorts.
Get the genuine; it always has
Chas. H. Fletcher's signature on
the package.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-07-11
~ Dead. 20 Injured in Wreck

Leningrad. - twenty-five persons
were killed and % seriously injured
in the wreck of the Irkutsk- Leningrad
express near here.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-07-11
Real Living Rooms

The beds have been taken out Of
the American living room. Living
room" now means something In our
lives.-Woman's Home Companion.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-07-11

Would Bar Aliens to Aid Jobless
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Cable
{Rep., Ohio) introduced a bill to au-
thOrize President Hoover to limit or
relieving unemployment.
Seward daily gateway., 1930-08-18

IN THE MATTER OF THE ES- TATE OF JOHN GILLESPIE, De ceased.
Seward daily gateway., 1930-08-18
MANY LOCAL PEOPLE
 ENJOY PLANE RIDES
 WITH PILOT OORBAED7

The outstanding airplane trip locally Saturday by D0rbandt and Cope, the Pacific International
 AirWays of Alaska, who spent the day here taking passengers up for brief air-voyages, was the hour flight participated in by pr. A. D. Haverstock, MT. and
 Mrs. A. Bolem, O. Fl. Orlander and
 the aviators, During this flight Dorbandt practically flew the ship over a radius of 100 miles of the Kenai Peninsula while
 pr. Hayerstock and MT. Bolem operated their own movie picture and still cameras to their hearts
 content.
 It was a scenic feast never to
 be forgotten, stated pr. Haver-
 stck after coming down, and both
 of the camera men are delighted
 to have had the opportunity to rel
 cord the scenes flown over, for their personal use and exhibition to friends. The day was perfect for camera work and especially so from the altitude flown, 7,5OO feet.
 Viewing Seward from above the
 clouds they said Resurrection Bay resembled a pond and Sew ard. just a couple of dots on its
Seward daily gateway., 1930-08-18

shore. pr. Haverstock stated he had flown over a considerable por- tion of Alaska but never had seen such tremendous ice field as that adjacent to this city to the right, facing south. It ap- peared from the heavens as if an auto could race along the crest of this ice-field for hundreds of miles.
 Following this flight the fiers were kept busy for the remainder of the day with other local folk who went up for short flight. At about 8 o'clock, with Mrs. Harold Sogn, Mrs. A. D. Haver- stock and Harry Bowman as passengers, Pilot Dorbandt and his partner, Mechanician Alonzo Cope, headed back for the home hangar at Anchorage. Fifty-fi five minutes after the take-off Dr. Haverstock received a phone call from Anchorage announcing the planes arrival.
 The aviators promised to re- turn in the near future and remain for another day or two The next time, however, they will endeavor to give a days ad- vance notice as to their arrival.