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The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-04-04
Sues for S2OO,O00, Charging Murder in Insurance Plot

BENTONVILLE, Arkansas, April 4.-The widow and two children of William Pearman, found dead near Gravette last Saturday with three bullet wounds in his head, have filed civil suit for $2O0 900 damages in the Circuit Court against pr. An drew Bass, aged 55, retired dentist, and charged with murder in con- nection with the staying in an al- legged insurance conspiracy.
 Pearman disappeared from his home and his wife and two chil- dren identified his body in a morgue. It was stated then that he was the victim of a conspiracy as a life insurance policy for $200,- GOO had been taken out for him under another name.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-04-04
GUS SUNDBERC SUICIDE; BODY
 IS RECOVERED
Disappeared from Peters burg December l7-
 Claim Near Juneau

PETERSBURG, Alaska, April A. Gus Sundberg, aged 50 years, disap- peared from here last December IT.
 His body was found nea.Es the Standard Oil Dock yesterday
 Sundberg committed suicide by drowning.
 The body had conveyor chains taken from an old mill here, wrap ped around it to hold it down.
 Sundberg tried to raise money here to work claim somewhere around Juneau.
 He is quoted as having said that "the only chance he ever had to make money was from his mine but none were willing to help and there was no use living"
 He is survived by a sister in Sweden.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-04-04
SAYS SYNTHETIC LIFE
 CREATION IS COMING

BERKELEY, Cai., April 4.-Sci- ences fondest dream-the synthetic creation of life n the laboratory soon may be realized, due to a chance discovery by University of California professor.
 Artificial bacteria, closely resem- bling live cells and which may as- sume the properties of living organ isms under certain conditions, have been discovered in the scientific laboratory.
 A tiny piece of seaweed from the coast of Japan may hold the key to the mystery of the origin of life on earth
 The discovery was made by Dr. Charles B. Lipman, dean of the graduate school of California, and professor of plant physiology, while making meteorological studies of ancient rocks.
 Dr. Lipman was preparing agar a substance made from Japanese seaweed and used as medium for the cultivation of bacteria. The seaweed is received in the labora- tory in powdered form and is mixed with water and heated to form a jelly like mass.
 Chancing to examine tiny smear" magnified 5000 times un- der a powerful microscope, Dr. Lip man saw what he first thought to be contaminating organisms grow ing in the agar.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-04-04
OVER S30,0O0
 STOLEN FROM
 DAYTON BANK.
Maskek Men, Armed with Machine Gun, Holds-up
 Employees, Others
ROBBERY EXECUTED
 WHEN BANK OPENS
Practically All Cash in h. stitution Is Taken
 Robbers Escape

DAYTON, Ohio, April 4.- Five masked robbers, armed with a machine gun, held-up five bank employees of the Xenia Avenue Branch of the Union Trust Company, and several customers, footed the vault of practically all of it's cash, and escaped with a sum estimated b Q t ween $50, 900 and S40,0O0 shortly after the bank opened for business this morning.
 Two men remained in an automobile in front of the bank while the other three entered and forced the bank employees to lie on the floor.
 One robber brought a ma chine gun into the bank and while he held employees and customers at bay, his two companions footed the count CTS and vault.
 This is the fourth bank robbery staged here. The loot in the others ranged from S5,00O to $15,000.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-04-04
GIVES POSITION ON PROHIBITION
 TO COMMITTEE
Chairman of Democratic National Committee
 Is Witness Today
IS NOT INFLUENCING
 MEMBERS OF PARTY
Liquor Question Up to Na- tional Convention
 Clashes Occur

WASHINGTON, April 4.- Called for questioning in re- gard to his S { tand against Prohibition, John J. Raskob, Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, testified today before the Senate Lob by Committee that he "had no right to commit the Demo- cratic Party to either side of the question:"
 After testifying he had contribut- ed between s65,OO0 and $66.O0O to the Association Against the Pro- hibition Amendment, of which he was a Director, Raskob asserted that he was careful not to mix his personal beliefs on Prohibition with the affairs of the Democratic Ma tional Committee.
 Up to Convention
 My opinion is that no one can commit the Democratic Party on this question except the National Convention I shall not try to in- fluenee any Democratic member on the question: Raskob said.
 r. Scott Mcbride, Superintendent of the Anti Saloon League, one of the spectators, stood in the rear end listened intently.
 Many Clashes
 Frequent clashes between com mittee members developed as Sen ator Robinson questioned Raskob. Senator Walsh urged the Indiana Senator to let Raskob answer ques- tions put to him.
 An even more heated tilt came after Senator Robinson asked Ras- kob if he intended to resign as Chairman.
 Both Senators Caraway and Walsh objected and refused to let Raskob answer.
 Staytcn Called
 Chairman Cara way announced that William H. Stayton, Chair man ofthe Board of Directors oi the Association Against the Pro- hibition Amendment, will be called for questioning by the Senate Lob- by Committee.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-04-04
CANISTER SHOT AND KILLED BY
 POLICE OFFICER
Wanted in Detroit, Gang man Killed in Los An
 geles- Bank Robbery

LOS ANGELES, Cal, April A. Joseph Luby, aged 27 years, gang ster wanted in Detroit, Michigan for double staying, was shot and killed here yesterday afternoon af- ter he had robbed bank of $500.
 When Luby left the bank, po- liceman failed to make flying tackle and Luby got into an auto- mobile and drove away.
 Luby was overtaken later by the Policeman and after a running duel, he surrendered. He then started to pull his gun and was shot through the heart.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-04-04
HUSBAND COLD, ALL LOVE LOST,
 ASKS DIVORCE
Daughter of Ii. F. Alex ander Sues Joseph Car
 man, IT,, for Divorce

SEATTLE. April 4.--h suit for divorce has been filed here by Mrs. Dorothy A. Carman. daughter of H. F. Alexander, of the Pacific Steamship Lines against Joseph Carman, jr., President of the Wash ington-A laska Airways Company and Vice. President of the Olympic Steamship Company.
 Mrs. Carman alleges in her com plaint that her husband acted in a cold and repellant manner to- ward her for the past two years and told her that he had lost all love and affection for her"
 The wedding took place in 1922 The steamship Dorothy Alexander was named after Mrs. Carman.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-04-04

trading post, from the vicinity oi Front street on the Mississippi river, plans are being laid for a reconstructed similar train to start from the same place this April To-
 A few miles out on the trail" the wagons, according to the tentative program, will yield to the new era in transportation, and an airplane will be dispatched over the old Oregon Trail with a message Of greetings from the governor of Mis- souri to the governor of Oregon
 The first wagons to penetrate the west rumbled away from St. Louis with a party of 8l fur traders and trappers, headed by William L. Sublette.
 Ten wagons and two dearborns drawn by mules made up the pro- cession. The group drove l2 head of cattle and a milk COW.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-04-04
Asks Right To Kill EagIes H Alaska


 SEWARD, Alaska, April 4-Com- mercial bodies in this section of Alaska are taking steps to petition Congress to render null. as far a9 Alaska is concerned, the pending bill making the killing of the Am erican eagle high crime of mis- demeanor.
 The commercial bodies, in view of the wanton depredations of this bird among the fox propagation in- dustry, wild and domestic sheer and spawning of salmon, ask that the Territory be allowed to con- tinue handling of this condition as successfully as it has done in the past 13 years by means of 9 bounty act,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-04-04

SCHNECTADY, New York, April 4.-A complete front page of a newspaper has been transmitted across the country by radio for the first time.
 The General Electric Company engineers reported a successful ex- perimentation which permitte e d them to read the first page of the San Francisco Call-Bulletin three hours after it left the press.
 The page was produced full size
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-04-04
Complete Front Page
 Of Newspaper Sent by
 RadiO Across COuntra

in the laboratory here by a neS type of automatic carbon recordc connected to a short wave receiI ing equipment, actuated by signal originating 2,5O0 miles away.
 The recorder can be attached q any radio receiver much the sanj as a loudspeaker. It prints ro| of paper which moves about orI half inch per minute.
 The recording machine was dl| veloped by Charles Young. son q Owen D. Young.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-04-04
TODAY'S STOCK oUofATIoNs
!. o....-.ees'

NEW YORK, April 4-Alaska Juneau mine stock is quoted today at IFS, Alleghany Corporation 33A
 Anaconda 78A, Bethlehem Steel 107la, Central Alloys, no sale; Gen. eral Motors SIS, Gold Dust 43%
 Granby 53Ia, Grigsby-Grunow 2l f International Harvester 97as, Ken necott 58l5. Missouri Pacific 93A
 Montgomery-Ward 404, National Acme 235s. Packard 223s, Standard Brands 26, Standard Oil of Cali fornia 691s. United Corporation 46 U. s. Steel 196, Simmons Beds 5l F
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-04-04
PLEADS GUILTY
 TO MURDER IN
 BANK ROBBERY
North Dakota Farmer Is Sentenced to Life
 Imprisonment

BISMARCK, North Dakota, April 4.-Nicholas Mead, farmer, pleaded guilty to the murder of Elmer Doukouske in the First National Bank of Courtenay holdup, on March 19, and was today sentenced to life imprisonment
 Mead confessed the shooting say ing he held-up the bank in an at tempt to get $3,000 which he was short in his accounts as Treasurer of his school district. He obtained S6O0 and this amount was recovered.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-04-04
ITALY STARTS
 SOMETHING AT
 NAVAL SESSION
Statement Issued Nation Is Tired of Anglo
 French Negotiations

LONDON, April 4-The Italian naval delegation has astounded the conference by issuing a statement that observers interpreted not only as a pointed reprimand of France but indicating that Italy has tired of the present Anglo-French nego- tiations concerning the French demands for security.
 The spokesman declared that Italys claim of parity has not changed although France wants us to accept inferiority in naval strength"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-04-04
Nationalists Taking Steps to Crush Ne,u
 Militmist Alliance

SHANGHAI, April 4.-The Ma tionalist Government at Ranking has taken war measures against the Northern Militarist Alliance which has declared for the Ma tionalist overthrow.
 Rankings State Council has ap- proved of the mandate for the lar rest and subjugation' of Gen. Yen Hsisnan, Governor of Shensi Prov ince and leader of the Alliance.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-04-04
BANK LO0TED OF LARGE AMOUNT BY FIVE ROBBERS
No Grain Alcohol
 For Juneau, Judge Decides

} SEATTLE, April 4.-Thc } State of Washington's Bone } Dry Law is more powerful , than the Volstead Act and a
 } Federal Judge in the State , has no right to permit with } drawal of liquors held by
 } the Prohibition Administra-
 tor for any purpose, Federal
 Judge E. E. Cushman ruled in refusing to sign petition , for a formal order with } drawing 10 gallons of grain } alcohol for the Public Health
 Service at Juneau, Alaska.
 } There is Bone Dry Law
 } in Alaska, also, and I have , no authority to allow the
 } National act to violate the } State Prohibit ion Law
 Judge Cushman said.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-04-04
KINDA LEAVES HOSPITAL;
 MAY SOON COME TO JUNEAU

s. zynda, proprietor of the zynda| Hotel, has left the hospital in Se1 attle in a much improved state o4 health, according to word received
 here. Mir zynda expects to rel turn to Juneau sometime beford Easter
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-04-04
Antitrust Complaints
 Dismissed by Trade Com

WASHINGTON, April 4. The Federal Trade Commission has dis missed the antitrust complaints brought against the Aluminium Company of America.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-04-04
Co-Ruler of Abyssinia
 Dies at Age of 54 Years

ADDISS ABABA, Abyssinia, April 4.-Empress zauditu. co-ruler of Abyssinia, descendant of a line that traced ancestry to King Solomon and Queen Sheba, died yesterday at the age of 54 years. She was the daughter of Menelik, and nomi- mated Empress in 1916.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-04-04
Thirteen Killed and
 Eight Are Injured n
 Belgium Mine Disaster

BRUSSELS, April 4. Thirteen men were killed and eight injured by an explosion of fire damp in a coal mine at Elouses, near Mons. The explosion occurred as the el- ectrically controlled dynamite charge detonated,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-04-04
WIFE RETURNS TO HER FAMILY
 AFTER MODERN ROMANCE TEST

DETROIT, April AR u n it c d with her husband and 18-month-old daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Rowe March living principal in love experi- ment which ended tragically at Miami Beach, Fla, after three weeks trial, has hid from public gaze.
 Mrs. March came back to her ultra-modern husband, Benjamin March, curator of Asiatic art at the Detroit Art Institute. Taking their daughter with them, the pair went into hiding to pick up the raveled ends of their interrupted lives
 Meanwhile, at Miami Beach, Fla. lies the body of the losing principal in the odd experiment-Thomas A Newton, married son of a wealthy Detroit packer, who "eloped" witt Mrs March with the consent of hel husband
 The experiment began three week ago when March, learning of tht attachment of his wife for Newton sanctioned a months test of thell infatuation for each other.
 T knew" the curator said, "tha' any artificial barrier I might put up would be useless"
 March had agreed to wait ont month to receive word of the sue. cess or failure of the strange ex- pertinent. Two days ago he wa! cheered by a message from his wift that she was coming home. A few hours later he was informed thaf Newton had ended his life in { Miami Beach hotel room.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-04-04
Salary of Secretary of
 Alaska Fixed at $500

WASHINGTON, April 4. The salary of the Secretary of Alaska will be fixed at $500 annually under a bill introduced by Rep resentatiye Mass, of Minnesota
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-04-04
BIG SPORTS PROGRAM, YALE

NEW HAVEN. Conn, April A. Yale's spring athletic schedule pro- vides for 126 events. 32 of which are dates arranged for the varsity baseball team,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-04-04

British exports of electrical goods showed a record increase last year.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-04-04

Four pastors in Raymond, Wash. charter a bus to carry children to Sunday School.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-04-04

Hamburg, s. O.. once the ter minus of the country's first lengthy railroad, is being rebuilt.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-04-04

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-23
Bach Choir Personnel
Z Is Very Cosmopolitan

BETHLEHEM, Pa.-There are some
persons, for the most part nom
resident, who have a grotesque idea Of
the personnel of the Bach Choir Of
Bethlehem. They imagine that work.
ers, begrtmed and supperlesS, hasten to
the Bach Choir rehearsals, so enamored
are they of Bach music and so eager
to sing it,
When DR.. j. Fred Wolfe, the leader
of the choir, calls his singers to order
for rehearsalS he looks down on well
groomed men and women who are not
hungry, but who attend the rehearSals
because they love the music and sing
because they cannot help doing so I'M
der the inspiration and inimitable lead
ership Of DR.. Wolfe. At the beginning
of the present rehearsal season q CEN
sus of the singers was taken, asking
questions as to their ancestry, occupa-
ton, religious af11liation and age. Ow-
ing to absence, some members of the
choir made no returns, while few felt
that the questions were prying too
closely into their personal history and
did not respond to the request. How
ever, the information was sought with
out the names of the singers being re-
Vealed.
Failure to segregate men from women
was AloCONCACQ aAgCI CCIlSub WaS
made, so that the information ELECTED
applies to the singers as a whole over
200 persons gave the information re-
quested.
In analyzing the answers the follow
ing was discovered: The choir is COM
posed of very cosmopolitan group Of
persons. Eighty-six claim to be of pure
German extraction, IS American, IL
English. French, Welsh, Dutch,
4 Scotch-Irish, 3 Irish, 3 Swiss. z
Scotch, Austrian, Slovak, Nor
Wegian. Then came q commingling OF
racial bloods-8 English Germans,
French Germans, 8 English French-
Germans, 2 German-Swiss, Swiss
Irish, English-French, English
Scotch, 1 each of German-Welsn-
Scotch, Welsh German, German-1rish-
English Scotch, German-Dutch, Eng
lish-Welsh. English-Irish, German-Eng-
lish Scotch, Scotch French German,
English French-Welsh German Ger
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-23
Former Washinstonian's
Work l. Given Praise

CHARLES T. FERRY, remembered by
many in Washington as an organ
list who gave artistic programs and also
as composer Of various types Of works,
has Just had his latest composition, an
oratOrto, performed for the first time
In Miami, Fla, where he Is now max
ing his home. Mr.. Ferry has taken
the very broad subject of Judgment
as his text and his libretto is written
by the Rev. Willis o. Garrett, pastor Of
the First Presbyterian Church of that
city, who has arranged the continuity
of the Biblical sequences. The first per-
Torrance was given recently at the
Trinity M. Z. Church of Miami. The
work was written within q period Of
six weeks last Summer, and Mr.. Ferry
has written to Washington friends that
he felt that 1t was, to him, the most
institutional work he had ever done.
The Miami Herald says, In concluding
q review of this first performance, In
which 13 soloists took part: This has
offered opportunity for wide expires.
sion Of Mr.. Ferry's musical talents.
That he has measured up to 1t in q
most satisfactory manner is the testi-
mony of all who have had the oppor-
tunity to examine his finished product.
The oratorio, Judgment should find a
lasting place among great classics of
the master musicians"
Another Miami paper reports that
without question this oratorio will
take It's place among real worth while
productions OF ~ claaS"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-23

.HoNoRs in the newly created Fran
\ cisco de Vico Academy Of Music
will be bestowed by Georgetown Uni
versity of this city at special academic
ceremonies Tuesday evening upon Ar
turo ToScanint, conductor of the Phil
harmonic Symphony Orchestra Of New
York
In singing out Mr.. Toscanini for
special honorS, DR.. w. Coleman Nevis,
s. j., of Georgetown referred to the
conductor as 1.-The greatest inspiration
in the world Of music today" At the
same exercises the French Ambassador,
M. Paul Claudel, will receive the hon
orS of the James Ryder Randall Acad-
envy Of Letters; the one being recog-
nized for his eminence in music, the
other in poetry.
The Francisco de vico Academy of
Music was created by the university to
commemorate Jesuit scientist by that
name who was q master of Gregorian
church music. Many OF his produc-
tions are used during Lent in Catholic
churches throughout the world. He
was at Georgetown In 1913, and died
later that year on mission in London.
From time to- time It is, the plan OF
the university to admit some eminent
musician to membership in the acad-
envy, the honor being higher than that
of q degree from the university. Sighor
Georgetown will bestow the decoration
of the academy. The event has been
arranged in honor of founders day.
The Georgetown Glee Club, under the
direction Of Prof William p. Donovan,
will render a special program at the
exercises Tuesday evening. Admission
Is by card only.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-23

| man-Scotch, Geek English, German
| Scotch Irish German irish welsh,
Scotch English, French-Scotch, French
Dutch German, German-1rlsn.
The occupations are almost as varied
and numerous as nationalitieS. There
are SO housewives, 81 teachers, II
clerks. l6 students, is StenographerS, 9
engineers. musicians, z secretaries, 3
statesmen, 8 bankers, 8 business men,
clereymen and assistant, 4 dreSSmakerS.
| 2 accountants, 2 textile workers, OF each
| of the following: A buyer, Q confection-
er. a farmer, a mechanic, an architect,
a forester, q printer, newspaper man,
| a plumber, a contract plaSterer, an auto
dealer, q garage man, an auto 1nspec-
| tor, q craftsman, Shoe worker, q SILK
! worker, an electrician and a RADIO
, trician.
THE question as to religious affilia-
tions reveals that there are in the choir
| So Lutherans, 80 Reformed, SO Moravi-
ans. 90 Presbyterians, IL Episcopalians,
| Roman Catholics, BaptistS, 9 Meth
odists, 4 Congregationalists, 6 Congre-
gational Evangelicals, 2 Evangelicals,
Mennonite.
The age column reveals that the ages
range from II to IS years. The aver
age age Is q fraction over IS years.
Below 20 years there are II persons;
between 90 and 80 years, "a; between
80 and 20 years, So; between 40 and so
years, 81; between so and 80, 13; over
90, s.
A rehearsal Of the choir is held
every Monday evening for two hours In
the chapel of the Moravian Seminary
and Women's College, beginning in Oc-
tober and continuing until Easter, when
the rehearsals are transferred to the
Packer Memorial Chapel, where the
Bach festival will be held this year,
Friday and Saturday, May Is and II,
respectively.
The popularity of the Bach Choir is
| evidenced by the fact that there are
over 800 guarantors, representing many
States. One guarantor resides in Paris,
France.
Several of Bach,s carltatas, never
| given here before. will be sung Friday
| May 10, at the two sessions. and the
Mass In b Minor" win be presented
Saturday. May IL.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-23
Oberlin Faculty Member
In Recital Here Thursday

DAVID MOVER, a member of the
faculty Of Oberlin College Conserv-
atory of Music. viii appear in O piano
recital at Howard University ThArsday
at 8:15 pm.
This pianist, who is q native of Phil
adelphia, studied first with Mime. Marie
Berlino. When 8 years old he toured
this country with the Berlino Trio. In
1905 he went to Berlin, Germany, where
he studied for five years with Albert
Jonas. For two years following he was
a pupil under Dohnanyi. He toured
Germany, France, England and Italy.
He coached with Busoni. Later he con-
certified in the United States again until
the war, when he entered the service.
After the war was over he accepted q
position at Bucknell University. He
joined the faculty of Oberlin in 1925.
The program for Thursdays recital
will include four organ chorales Of
Bach; "Etudes Symphoniques" of Schu-
mann; ChOpin's "Ballade in A-flat
Major" "Nocturne in D-fat Major"
and "Scherzo in B Minor; "Etudes La
Chase" by Paganini-Liszt; "Waltz In
C-sharp Minor" and "Toccata," both
by Jonas, and Hungarian Rhapsody,
No. 12," by Liszt.