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Evening star., 1930-04-07

HOLLYWOOD, Calf, April z
(NA.NA0 Hollywood friends of Mary
Miles Minter f1out as purely legendary
the tale that she is planning a come
back in pictures.
The former star entered a Santa
Barbara sanatorium, reduced 80 pounds
via the DR.. SanSum dietary and inspired
a rumor that it was the opening move
in a campaign to win back her lost
public
Those close to the Minter state that
nobody whoever appeared before
cameras has less concern about return
ing to the cameras than this lady. A
gelatin career brought her money,
misery, family trouble and notoriety.
Her fat has been gland complica-
tion and has, of late, threatened to be-
come a menace to health. Some months
back she voiced an interest in the legit-
innate stage to friends, but she has as
siduously avoided the film colony and
maintained a residence in Pasadena
when here.
Charles Maigne and William Desmond
Taylor directed her in the days of her
glory. Both men are dead. Taylor
shooting has been as thoroughgoing q
mystery as who killed cock-robin?"
Three women came into its scope. All
three lost their careers through the no.
toriety. Mary Miles Minter, Mabel Nor
mand and Edna Purviance.
There is a definite determination on
the part of the Hays Office to keep the
ranks of motion picture players as free
from scandal as is possible. This condi-
ton alone would preclude the probability
of Minter comeback, even should the
actress be fostering such motion.
The Minter screen technique is no
longer negotiable. Rhythm and timing
have changed since her day. Standards
of beauty have changed. And talkies
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-06-18
BILL TO AMEND GAME ] LAW HITS
 SNAC IN HOUSE
Bill Passed on Calender and
 | Probably Will Die
 | in the House

No action has been or will be taken by Congress on the measure radically amending the Alaska Game Law, 1t was indicated by the Congressional Record of June 2, copies of which have just been received here. On that date, the bill came up on the consent cal endar for consideration and, after a brief discussion of some of the licensing features contained, 1t was carried over without prejudice.
 Owing to, the lateness of. the ses- sion. 1t was not believed here that any further consideration would be possible, and that the, measure would die. ..,..,.,.. ,,. | This bill contains paragraph permitting searches to be made hy employees of the Alaska Game Commission without first obtain ing a search warrant. This pro- vision has been the object of pro tests from the local Chamber. of Commerce and several similar or ganizati0ns in other Alaskan towns. |. aE 2.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-06-18

METAL BERYL S2O4 A TON
 NEW YORK-Beryl in its min- eral state sells for $30 to $60 a ton; but reduced to metal costs $2O0 a ton.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-06-18
PLAYERS QUIT GAME WHEN BEAR GOES IN
 TO ASSIST UMPIRE

Empires in the local City League may feel at times that their Of ficial lives are fraught with trials and tribulatiofls and that their as- signments are about the toughest imaginable It could be worse, how ever, and the next time the ball players start riding them and the fans give them the "razzberry," they might find comfort in considering the plight of a fellow umpire at False Pass, as reported in the Seward Gateway 4 s8,.a..gs..s
 Every evening out at the big cannery at that point, providing the weather is reasonably good after the days toll has ended athletes young and old gather on the ball diamond to fight it out just as aidently as is done in the Glass A leagues.
 On that sort of an evening re- gently, during the progress of a game the umpire was astonished to see both teams drop their bats balls and mitts and run off the field toward the cannery. Turning around to see if any fielders were
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-06-18

MONTESANO, Wash Violation of the Prohibition Act sent Mrs. Joe Butorac to jail here with her nine months -old baby in her arms
 Three hours later. a public reused to indignation by newspaper ac- count of her predican1ent freed the mother and child.
 For years, Mrs. Butorac, mother of fourteen, has found feeding and clothing her large brood an almost impossible problem. Recently, when her two eldest sons, the main bread winners of the family, fell i'll, what seemed an easy way to make non- ey occurred to her.
 Borrowing little cash from sym pathetic neighbors, she set up a small beer-brewing outfit in her home. The beer was good and for g few weeks business was so brisk 1t looked like the weary woman's financial troubles were ended. <. Then one afternoon two strang- CTS appeared and. questioned her. When she. admitted her brewing activities, they announced they were enforcement agents and then placed her Under arrest.
 Brought to trial before Justice of the Peace Arthur M Furnia, Mrs. Butorac was found guilty and sen- fenced to pay the maximum fine of $25O.,
 When the woman declared she had used up all her earnings pro- yiding for her children, some of whom were in court, and could not pay the fine, the stern justice re- manded her to jail.
 A reporter for the Seattle Post Intelligencer telephoned the story to his newspaper, and before he had finished his account the edi- tor had dispatched a photographer to. the courthouse.
 f H n
 When he arrived, Mrs. Butorac was still in the detention cell await Ing removal to the local jail From g rear window of building in back of the courthouse, the caineraman, using a telescopic lens, snapped a picture of mother and baby behind the bars.
 Published with additional photos of the wornal1's eldest daughter caring for her nnotherless brothers and sisters. the picture aroused the ire of hundreds of the newspapers readers. e+ss
 A relief fund was hastily collected and five hundred dollars appeal
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-06-18
ELKS PREPARE
 TO CARE FOR
 PICNIC CROWD
Alma Chartered to Take Bills and Families to
 Marmion Island

There can't be too many picnick- CTS at the ferry float next Sunday morning to worry Juneau Lodge No. APO, B. P. O. Elks, for the Alma has been chartered to take as many Bills and their families to Marmion Island as care to go, according to Myrven Sides, Secre- tary of the Lodge.
 The first load is to leave here at 10 am. They will find everything in readiness, for Ralph Beistline and his crew will be on the grounds all Saturday night heating the water for the hot dogs and lin- ing up the cones for the ice cream. Plenty of coffee will be served and anyone desiring other eats may take them.
 Another trip from Juneau will be made at noon. If necessary other trips will be made until all who wish to go are at Marmion Island. Returning, the Alma will leave the end of Douglas Island at 5 and T pm.
 The Elks have requested that all those desiring to go make reserva- tions at the Elks Club so that pre- parations may be made to handle the crowd Everyone who boards the Alma must have ticket. The charge for adults is $l while chil- dren, accompanied, are taken free of charge. Ben Leaning, at the Elks Club, from all indications, will be busy all week handing out the pasteboards.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-06-18
Lo,o Wing Ship Cails Popular
 Hold on Pliers
tcontinucd from Page One,

Carl Squier head or the com pany which built the Lindbergh Ship. believes the low wing is at the beginning of colorful his tory.
 Embodied in the underslung wing he sees three important improve ments-visibility, carrying of heav- fer loads and slower landing speeds. We can land low wing ten to twelve miles an hour slower than high wing" he said.
 Safety is another factor. In crashing with a high wing. the impact is first with the landing gear and then the fuselage. With the low wing the landing gear strikes first, then the wing and lastly the ftiselage.
 sThsre is one principal disad-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-06-18

Mosquito Dope. Keeps mosquitoes away. Juneau Drug Go. -adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-06-18
WOMEN DRIVING "TAxIs"
 TO EARN WELFARE FUNDS

NEW YORK. June 1s.-wofner of fashionable Westchester County have donned chauffeurs' caps. i.
 Using their private automobiles as taxis they are taking passengers to and from New York for the price of a railroad. ticket. The
 'taxicabbies," as they are known are available from 8 a. m. until midnight daily.
 The drivers are members of the Mt. vernon Chapter of Hadassah women's Zionist organization ol America. They are earning $25 each to pay for the annual lutche0h which marks the end of the cam paign for Hadassah health wofk in Palestine.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-06-18
CHILDREN OF ffps bUroeAc BUToRAc.,

bond was immediately posted with Superior Judge George D. Abel.
 Indignant at the publicity given the amateur beer brewer, Sheriff "A. Hamm smuggled Mrs. Butorac and her baby out of the back door of the jail to avoid waiting pho- tographers. The cameramen were threatened with arrest.
 Mrs. Butorac is back home await ing trial of her appeal-but moi making any more beer.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-06-18
KING, QUEEN
 WITNESSES
 Of TRAGEDY

ASCOT, England, June 18.-Panit swept through the throngs of fash ionablc persons today at the Roya Ascot Race when a terrific cleo trical storm broke over the en- closures. Lightning struck and kill ed the well-known North of Eng land bookmaker Holbein, of Tat tersalls, in the betting ring, only a few yards away from the King and Queen, the Royal guests.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-06-18

staying with him he was flabber- gasted to see a big brown bear sitting up on his launches directly back of him and gazing at him squarely between the eyes. With a whoop, which sounded like one of the Aleutian volcanoes in erup- tion, he turned and ran the 200 yards to the bunk house as if something like nothing flat" From the safety of the bunk house he peered without and was just in time to see the bear high tailing it over a small hill.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-06-18
OIL TEST abUsfERsa PROVE
 BOON TO CATTLE RAISERs

ySiSs4sa 4E sr TIT TT iSYe J8s asttg. | SAN. ANGELO, Texas, June l8.yv
 Isaillfe, of the Foil driilers to, strike
 oil has proved a boon in many
 cases to cattle ratsers of the South vest, ts X sss,s .., s ..,s In years, gpzae by, locating of wa ter holes in Texas and other States was one of the most serious prob- lens faced by ratichers. Now the cattle raiser's struggle against drought has been made easiet through oil development at which he once looked askance, for matiy | an oil test cluster" has developed into waterhole.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-06-18

vantage to a low wing. It is not as fast as high wing. That is because of the angle at which the wings are set"
 Squier believes the low wing never will replace the high wing but that the low wing is to come into more general use.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-06-18
RUSSIA SETS MINIMUM
 FOR WOMEN STUDENTS

IH |4a
 MOSCOW, June 18.-Rus- sia wants to educate it's women.
 The Commissariat of Edu- cation recently decreed that women must compose at least 20 per cent of the stu dents in all industrial and technical schools and not less than 30 per cent of the students in agricultural, medical, pedagogical and other professional schools and universities.
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-06-18

stations except Ju- Cordova and Fairbanks made at a. m D. m time. i
 high pressure nearly morning the pressure which the Aeutans outhward while slightly fallen the Seward Peninsula Aeuans the Territory the up- higher during the last 24 <
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-06-18
CHURCH ADOPTS EsCUTCHEON

PHILADELPHIA, June 18-The Reformed Church in the United States has adopted coat of arms. The escutcheon is divided into four sections separated by cross upon which appears the legend Tn Hoe Signo Vinces," meaning "In this sign conquer" 4
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-06-18
TENANTS RAISE MOST COTTON

MONTGOMERY, Ala.-Sixty per cent of Alabama cotton is grown by tenant farmers. Seth P. Storrs, Commissioner of Agriculture, says this may hinder reduction of cot ton acreage.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-06-18
HALIBUT PRICES

l. PRINCE RUPERT, B. C., June Ninety three thousand pounds of halibut were sold here yestcr- day. American fish sold for ' and 15.2 cents and Canadian fish for 5 and 13.3 cents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-06

the medical degree from the University
Of Rome, and so marked was the an
tagonism to her system that she left
Italy and became established first in
Great Britain and then in the United
States and then gradually all over the
cultured world.
When Miss Edith Frances Mundy
turned from the usual avenues Of art
and devoted her time to a revival Of
the wax relief portraits much thought
of century ago she started q craze
which has temporarily set the silhouette
fad in the rear. An exhibition Of the
Mundy wax relief portraits was held
last Spring in New York City and the
fashion received q tumultuous welcome
and Is now already well established.
Wax, a medium known in the primitive
stages Of portraiture, has proved ex-
cellent in the presentation Of children
and Miss Mundy has been especially
successful in round effects. The two
small daughters Of Mr.. and Mrs. George
F. Baker, jr., Of New York, gowned in
old-fashioned sprigged muslin cut in
empire style, sitting at piano prac-
ticing, Is deemed q masterpiece. The
miniature piano in dull brown, and the
golden hair of the little girls, with the
faint tint of the rosebuds on. their
gowns, are Of the grace and precision
Of miniatures and set in bronze frame
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-06

the late Edward Box put into practice
in a bird sanctuary at Miami, Fla. AL
though a busy lawyer, Mr.. Scoville has
a number of observation posts in widely
scattered districts--in fact, from South
ern Florida to the shores of the Bay
of F1lndy-where he spends as much
time as may be spared from his prac-
tice of law and where his wife, former
Katherine Gallaudet Trumbull, who is
as enthusiastic over bird life as he Is,
is his inSeparable companion. Mrs.
Scoville Is the grandniece Of that re-
vered DR.. Edward Gallaudet, son OF the
philanthropist who founded Kendall
Green Institute for the Deaf and Dumb
in this city. Neither Mr.. Scoville nor
his wife have ever used a gun in q
forest where wild birds spend a period
of time during their migrations, their
only shots being from the camera, and
their collection of such, colored and
mounted. in their studio in Haverford,
Pa, Is Of unique value.
\ X X
Mrs. Payne Whitney, who can min
gle the writing of a sonnet with the
training of a prize winning steed, has
for some time been rearing pedigreed
dogs in her kennels in the Shinnecock
Hills, mostly of the cocker spaniel type
and those associated with hunting.
Some pressure has been brought to bear
on this DISTINGUISHED daughter of John
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-06

nized by the italian government. She
was recently recalled to Rome and
elected by the ministry Of education to
conduct her own schools in all parts
of the kingdom. Premier Mussolini
has made q grand occasion Of la
dottoressa's return, and her disciples
from 81 different nations were asked
to aid in the official welcome staged in
q handsome ediflce in Via Monte Zebio,
henceforth to be known as Opera
Montessori. Although no Washing
torlian was present when the renowned
educator received the belated homage
of her country, there are scores Of emf
nent citizens who were impressed with
her methods and still use them as sue
cessfully with their grandchildren as
with their children. DR.. and Mrs. Gil
bert Grosvenor are among these and
their large family are certainly a
credit to the Montessori teachings, with
each displaying marked originality and
succeeding in their ambitions. Mrs
Grosvenor took special lessons from the
dottoressa, and her sister, Marian, Mrs
David Fairchild, was an early convert,
and conducted her juvenile household
after the methods advised. This pio-
neer of Fairgrounds and play houses
for the poor and middle classes as well
as the opulent, and the originator Of
recreative work for youngsters, Nine.
Montessori was the flrst woman to get
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-06
Tales of Well Known Folk
In Social and Official Life

CONTINUED From Ninth Page.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-06
HEARING ON CASSIDY
EVIDENCE CONTINUED
Justice Gordon Grants Delay Be
cause Government Was Not
Ready to Argue Motion.

Because the Government was not
ready to argue the motion of George
l.. Cassidy. known as the man In the
green hat" for the suppression of EVIL
dence seized from him and his ma
chine near the Senate Office Building,
Justice Peyton Gorden yesterday con-
tinued the hearing on the motion until
next Saturday. United States Attorney
Rover had expected to place Cassidy on
trial the coming week, but further delay
will be necessary until the motion to
suppress evidence has been decided.
probable cause" for suspecting that he
was violating any law when they ar
rested and searched him. They also
took away the keys to his automobile,
he says, and searched the machine.
He is represented by Attorney Myron
G. Enrich.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-06

Hay, statesman, diplomatist and au-
thor, to revive In her kennels the once
fashionable pug. Gotham chuckled with
mirth a few weeks ago when the ener-
getic manager of a Victorian drama
then In rehearsal secured the city in
vain to find pug, which, according to
form. should waddle on the scene on
the heels of his mistress. Although
Mrs. Whitney, rs do other intelligent
observers, sees the return of Victorian
styles in clothes, and to some extent in
home equipment. she is not favorable to
that canine atrocity, the pug, except as
a groteSque In porcelain or to enter
tain children in nursery. The man
ager, however, is determined to have
his pug. and he is trying his luck in
the English Midlands. said to have re-
tanned the Victorian tradition more
generally than any other part Of the
world. The late Queen Alexandra had
an aged and very asthmatic pug, which
was chloroformed soon after her death
and which, according to expert opinion,
should have been put out Of its misery
months before.
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DottoreSsa Maria Montessori, whose
name has been so familiar in this
country In connection with her famous
system of beginning the training of in
fants almost from the hour of their
birth, has after Is years been recog-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-06

with the names Florence Rucker Baker
and Edith Brevoort In capital letters
to the right of the seated figures. The
artistic scroll of the artists signature
combines in making an unusually at
tractive piece Of work. Wax, like the
terra Gotta Of the Della Robbias in
Florence 800 years ago, seems q charm
ing method of presenting little folks,
and few drawing rooms of Gotham are
without portrait or two of some be-
loved child or Of some fancy sketch.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-06
LOOP BUILDINGS BURN
Chicago Fire Damage Estimated
Above $500, 900.

CHICAGO, April S (P.-Fire swept
three buildings on the north side Of the
mated by Fire Marshall Michael Cor
rigan at between 5000, 900 and $500. 900.
One-fourth of the citys fire fighting
equipment was called before the blaze
was brought under control. Service on
the elevated lines was disrupted for a
time as the flremen used the platforms
to fight the blaze, and street traffic was
held up for hours. An explosion in
q radio manufacturing shop Is believed
to have started the FIRE.
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Continued From Ninth Page)
with trays and tea and toast occupied
the readers for a half hour. A vener-
able professor offered to share his re-
freShment with her, but she ordered
some on her own account and enjoyed
the break immensely. But no one who
has read or heard these enthusiastic
accounts believes that Congress will
contract the tea habit or that Mr.. Put
nam, the librarian, would approve Of
serving refreshments in the reading
room of the Congressional Library.
X y X
President Hoover has passed his first
year without once breaking the rule en-
forced when he was Secretary of Com
merce. He never goes to theater, and
in this he makes a notable exception To
the Chief Magistrates within memory
of the adults of today. President and
Mrs. Roosevelt had the matinee habit,
and many gay party they staged for
their children and those of their friends,
always impromptu and followed by re-
freshments in the White House. Even
President Mckinley, very quiet and
methodical, occasionally went to the
theater, and President and Mrs. TAFT
patronized all the good offerings during
all their Washington life. Presiden,
Wilson was the most indefatigable at
| tendant at vaudeville shows who has
ever occupied the exalted position, and
he attended more serious theatrical pro-
auctions but rarely. President and Mrs
Harding were regular attendants for
| light musical comedies, good drama and
! good music. Mrs. Harding liked the
film plays, and often she and Miss Har-
Ian stepped into place very unob-
trusively.
X X \
Mr.. Samuel Scoville, jr.. of Philadel-
phia, for many years identified with the
authors who are crusading for the pro-
lection of wild game, and especially
wild songbirds, is the grandson of the
late Henry Ward Beecher, his mother
being that Harriet Beecher who was
named for her famous aunt, Harriet
Beecher Stowe. Mr.. Scoville published
THE outdoor Club" in 1919 anc
then running account of adventures
with the Boy Scouts. His latest book
which is becoming a best seller, il
wild Honey" and it is interesting in
that 1t shows in print the theories which
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-06
CANADIAN OFFICIAL DIES
John c. Saunders, SO, Stricken
While Preparing to Go to Office.

OTTAWA, April (P).-John c.
Saunders. SO, for 10 years deputy min
lister of finance for Canada, died sud-
denly yesterday as he was preparing to
leave his home for his office.
hospital for nearly two months, and
after two weeks Of convalescence re-
sumed his ofYlcial duties, although still
In Q weakened condition. He was born
In Berwick, Nova Scotia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-06

Lourdes, France, the mecca Of the
physically unfit, Is again to be invaded
for the season. the Spring and Summer
months, has now started.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-06
KNUTSON URGES MOVE
Authority of I. C. C. to Act on
Mergers Would Be Suspended.

A resolution to suspend the authority
of the Interstate Commerce Commission
to approve railroad consultations "un-
til Congress passes legislation properly
designed to protect the public interest
was introduced Friday by Represent
ative Knutson, Republican, Minnesota.
The Knutson resolution is similar
10 one introduced recently in the
Michigan.
The Washington times., 1930-08-21
j. s. HAS LEASE
At MT VERNON

Defying the Federal Govern
ment TO take the land without
their consent, the county COM
missioners Of Fairfax county
have offered to grant the Gov
ernment q perpetual lease on
land adjoining Mt. Vernon, but
refused an outright deed.
The county government gave
the United States q small tract.
to use in the developement Of a
plaza. The Federal authorities
afterwards found the road lead
ing to the gate is county owned,
where they wish to erect a lunch
room and rest room.
The planned improvements can
not be made unless the Govern
ment has q deed to the property,
they claim. Upon refusal Of the
deed, Capt. st. Julien Wilson,
!, who has charge Of the Mount
Vernon road construction. threat
ened to institute condemnation
proceedings. Commemorative At.
torney Wilson M. Farr, Of Fair
fax, said he doubted the authority
Of one governmental agency to
condemn property belonging to
another governmental agency.