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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-18

NEVER before had Mehmet been IN Sanaar-
~ kand But he liked it at once; decided
that It was place where q man might nno ms
I'LL Of adventures. Splendid mosques here,
clawing at the sky with the hcrn-hke peaks OF
their minarets. Low. hat-roofed houses buried
in haunting gardens. winding, sinuous alleys.
Cemeteries criss-crossed with Barbary hg, and
the tiny stone cups filled with grain and water
for the birdDoS passage. Bazaars where tofcneS
fiickered an ever-shifting shadow-piay ON jewels
and rugs, on clay pots and saddlery and sta1
brocades. Stout barracks where Mongol mer-
cenaries mounted guard. And In the distance
the palace Of the Grand Khans Of High TaTtary,
the Grand Khans Of the Golden Horde, the con-
uuerors Of India. China, half Of Russia.
A noisy, crowded, full-blooded town. Every
where an extravagant Intervening Of Central
Asia's human tapestry hawktsh Afghans.
scented Persian handles In siiken robes Of
rose-red and elfn-green: bare-legged. vulpine,
rufianly desert men. lean shoulders Topped IN
folds Of camel's wool; three Mougol giants. arm
in arm; beggars squatting In posterns. whining
their eternal plant: "Alms for the love Of
Allah," Mobiles of the grand khan's court.
women like soft, gliding phantoms. yelled from
head to foot; street peddlers OF dosen M
credible races. crying o dozen incredible wares
Mehmet the Red had not eaten since early
morning and was ravenous. His purse was
empty. It did not worry him. He had an idea.
today as always, where his next meal would
come from.
For he thought: Money or no money. still
have my sword-than which, except for my
shrewdness and good looks, have no better
friend on earth"
So he waited until Turkonaan passed. .
lean, hook nosed man with swagger that
xivaled his own; q man, Mehmet felt sure.
who was not above putting hands upon what
ever he fancied Of somebody else's possessions;
. man, therefore. tolerant and understanding
4 kindred soul.
"a word with you," said Axehmes. stepping
forward.
The other looked up saspiciousiy.
IT am not begging for money"
'Then-what do You want7"
advice"
"Adyice?"
Nothing else" Mehmet the Red tapped his
sword. "See this weapon?"
"A pretty blade" admitted the Turkoman.
SYou wish to sell IT,"
mo. wish to use It."
1.-THE Grand Khan needs soldiers"
Doubtless. But am free man."
He stared ut the stranger. The latter started
back, raised q discreet, questioning eyebrow,
received discreet, silent reply Ia helmets
steel-gray eyes-then pointed to q spot far In
the west where, beyond the gates of Samarkand.
sable shadows and dancing high lights rushed
together in sl1immering heliotrope half-tones.
lover there" he said, "look-the very place
for you"
"And 1t is?"
1.-THE quarter of the Hindus."
1.-THE unbelievers," added Mehnnet "Ah
bless them not, the Lord Allahi'
1T seems, on the contrary" smiled the
Turkoman. that the Lord Allah has most
singularly blessed the Hindus of Samarkand-
blessed them with golden riches"
There is fidget in my swordarm," came
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-18
She Had MANY
Suitors, but the One
She Loved Mas
OutIawed- And
the Story WiU
Hold You to the
VeryLast Word.

ERHAPS one Of these days there may
he the telling how Mehmet el-kaoun
-Mehrnet the Red, he was called
because of his flame-colored beard
fell in love with the brown-eyeo
pey.ian girl, and since this falling IN ana OUT
of love was a trick of him, ran away that same
Afternoon with her bfue-eyed twin sister. VI
ron NAV fnd out that. crossing the nsissle
desert OF High Tartary. he defeated the Afghan
horse- thiefs nine lusty, reckless sons-ne aione
and armed. with nothing but rawnide wnip.
and they With iron-bossed bucklers ~ tnem
Iefteabowy. and scimitars circling from tnear
right wrists; or that he wrestled with seven
foot copper-faced Manchu giant, fitting nun
upside down, putting him on his head, and WIN
his fingers clasped about the others ankles,
twirIed him around and around IS child SPINS
top. 49,
various other tales you may hear about TINS
same Mehmet. But they must al stand oy
untfl relate how on fine morning ne took
the road near Samarkand, striding along with
a strut and swagger, in his hand q naked BLADE
which he used as a walking stick.
Steadily he kept on his way until Samarkano
doomed massive and purple against the sinking
sun. and already evening was closing m when
he stepped beneath the greenfield Gate OF the
Lord Of Lions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-18
MEF1MET THE -ByAeAmmAddmz

There sCss o sudden scream, q
heaue-and Mehnsefs great body
soaring up. above CrigorTs head.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-10-24
TWO CHARGED
 WITH MURDER
Mrs. O'Loughlin andBroth-
 er-in-Law Involved m Girls Death

DENVER, Colo. Oct. 24.-First degree murder charges have been filed against Mrs. Pearl OLoughlin and her brother in-laW Fr n k OLoughlin in connection with the death of Leona OLoughlin. 10- years old, whose body was found in City Park Lake. The women admitted partial guilt to the po- lice.
 The murder charges were filed Ia few minutes before hearing on application for a writ of habeas corpus. The charge automatically defeated the writ application. The police said the women made a statement that she would take the blame for the killing of the child and added: Get Frank to give us a sanity test. We must be crazy"
 The Prosecuting Attorney ad- mitted the charge against Frank, brother of the child's father, is admittedly weak but the charge was filed to detain him for ques- | tiOning.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-10-24
ARKANSAS PRISON FARM NETS STATE
 $lOO,OOO IN YEAR

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Oct. 24.- The economic bugaboo has been ef- ficiently swatted in the Arkansas state penal system.
 Eleven hundred convicts who do their own guarding and farming in a 19.000-acre plantation projec have made profit of $100,000 for the state above $375,000 operating costs for the past fiscal year.
 Although running on a profit Warden s. L. Todhunter has found need for only minimum of guards In the entire system, which em- braces the walls or penitentiary proper at Little Rock, and two state prison farms, the paid per sonnel totals only 18. Of this num- Der, none is paid guard.
 Overcrowding, blamed for recent penitentiary riots, has not become one of the evils of prison life ir Arkansas. due to the elasticity oi the system.
 At the farm at Tucker, housing approximately $50 white prisoners
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-10-24
WORK
 PROGRESSING
 UNDER WOODS
New Note of Optimism Re- vealed Today = Im-
 provement Noted

WASHINGTON, D. O., Oct. 24.- News of better industrial and con- struction activities in September came from the Federal Reserve Board today and gave measure of optimism to the difficulties of the unemployment situation.
 In the meantime, Col. Arthur Woods continued building an or ganization to work out relief for the winter.
 From every side came news of steps being taken without waiting for a central organization. The Post Office Department and Shipping Board an n o u n c e d the stopping of overtime of regular em- ployees and are taking op extras. The chief gains in Employment have been in fruit canning opera tions, clothing industry, in coal mines and in retail establishments. Employment dropped in the iron steel, automobile and lumber in- dustries.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-10-24
PANT AGES HAS TO BATTLE FOR NEW TRIAL AGAIN
California Supreme Court to Hear Arguments
 Tn December
Associoted P,ess i'bofo

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Oct "A. -Rehearing of the Appellate Courts order granting Alexander Pantages a new trial has been ordered by the State Supreme Court on peti- ton of Attorney General Webb.
 The rehearing will be held in Los Angeles in December.
 The Appellate Court granted a new trial September 26 because of errors in law and practice preju- dicial to the defendants rights"
 Pantages was convicted of as- saulting Eunice Pringle, 17-year-old co-ed dancer.
 While the order does not mean a complete victory for the prose cution it is considered unusual be- cause on such appeals the Supreme Court usually acts without hear ing and decides on the facts as stated in the appeal files and com plaint.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-10-24
Forest Fire Loss Lower
 Despite Drought Hazards

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24.-Despite additional hazards because of the drought, forest fires resulted in far less damage this year than last.
 As many fires had broken out in the national forests up to Septem- Der Il as occurred during the whole of last year, but the 7,450 fires burned over only 181 ,899 acres or 81 percent less than the 978,t07 acres burned over by 7,449 fires in 12 months of 1929.
 Fire fighting costs thus far have amounted to $1,011, ,120, a decrease of more than 52 per cent from the comparable period last year. Total cost for the calendar year 1929 was S3 100000. The average fire last year covered 131 acres whereas the average this year has been held to PA acres.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-10-24
'9BG FOUR" PACKERS FIGHTING TO RENTER
 BUSINESS AT RETAIL

products prohibited by the decree.
 Now limited almost entirely to wholesale business in meat and meat products, the packers contend that the decree so isolates their industry that they are incapacitated 10 adjust their business methods with new conditions.
 The decree was entered in 1920. the packers consenting to it but making no admissions of guilt. when there was general alarm that they were about to gain a monopoly on food
 That possibility is past, they in- sist, pointing to the 5000 food chain organizations which have in- creased chain stores from a scant 10000 in 1920 to approximately 65,- 900.
 During the same time, Swift and Company says, it's profits have re- mained stationary although it has doubled its sales volume.
 A government chart, prepared at an expense of $l ,000 to be used as evidence, shows that the Swift and Armour Companies do relatively small percentage of the nations packing and slaughtering business.
 There are some 300 independent packers not affected by the decree who are doing the same things the big four" are restricted from do- ing.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-10-24
By FRANK |. WELLER GA. P. Farm Editor)

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24.-Striv- ing for larger slice of the nations SPA ,000000,000 food business, the big four" packers are before the supreme court of the District of Columbia in the hardest battle of their 10-year campaign to throw off shackles of the packers consent decree.
 They are supported on one side by farm organizations which well come any opportunity to increase competitors for their products, and opposed on the other by wholesale organizations which stand to lose heavily if the packers, with their vast distribution systems, are al- lowed to re-enter the retail trade. Swift and Company and Armour and Company are shouldering the fight, but modification of the de- cree would also effect Wilson and Company and the Cudahy Packing Company.
 They are asking that they be al- lowed to own and operate retail markets, to own interests in stock yards companies and terminal rail- roads, to have financial interest in public cold storage warehouses and to sell fresh milk and cream, and Ideal in the IA enumerated food
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-10-24
ONE HUNDRED ARE DROWNED
 SUDDEN FLOOD
Mexican Town Inundated Inhabitants Caught
 by Onrushing Water
Associated Press Photo

MEXICO CITY, Oct. 24-Dis- patches from Tampico said many persons, possibly one hundred in |the town of Alamo, State of Vera
 Cruz, died during the floods there last Tuesday.
 Capt. Barrazo, who escaped from the town with his troops as the flood licked their heels, observed the disaster from nearby high ground Possibly one undr d" were caught in the sudden onrush, the
 Captain reported, and added that the town was almost completely destroyed.
 An American aviator, E. Warren flew over the town after the flood subsided somewhat and said there were few buildings standing and a
 number of persons were seen walk ing around.
 Capt. Barrazo said the storm started Sunday, October 5 and con- ltinued until Tuesday when the lriver overflowed and the town was inundated
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-10-24

and at Cummins where 450 ne- groes work, prison inmates live in seven stockades scattered over 19,- 900 acres of land, of which 17,000 acres are under cultivation this year.
 As the need arises for additional quarters, the solution is simple. A new stockade is built by the prison CTS. Each stockade is complete in itself.
 At the penitentiary proper, built to house 400, the average convict population is about 75.
 The prison farms last year raised 3,750 bales of cotton, 80,000 bushels of corn, 30,000 bushels of potatoes and 300 tons of hay and alfalfa. Large plantings of garden truck supplied the prisoners and the sur plus was sold on local markets.
 This year, says the warden, an increased revenue from corn is ex- pected, due to the shortage caused by the drought. The prison corn, well irrigated, stood the dry spell well.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-10-24
FRENCH FLYER
 MARRIED MAN
Coste and Wife Embrace
 Each Other Setting at Rest Rumors

HAVRE, France, Oct. 24.-Capt Dieudonne Coste today debarked from the liner France incognito and the much advertised marital diff ficulties were immediately smoth- cred in kisses and embraces by Mme Coste who awaited him at the pier They left by automobile for Deauville but will return here for the official reception with Maurice Bellonte, flying compan- ion on the trans Atlantic flight. The greetings here set at rest runors that Coste was not married to Mime. Coste. It had been ru- mored he was bringing an Ameri- can bride home.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-10-24
HTJGE BRITISH PLANE
 HAS 1O7-FOOT SPREAD

ROCHESTER, England, Oct. "A. -Hurling her ten tons through the air apparently without effort, the float seaplane Vaeltta is being giv- en her final test flights here.
 Designers of the ship claim it is the largest of it's type in the world
 Capable of carrying IT passen- gers at a top speed of 140 miles an hour. the high wing monoplane still has several tests to make to de- termine her maneuverability and climbing powers, but so far the ship has met the expectations of her designers, Short Brothers.
 The ship was constructed for the air ministry and will be used to make comparison tests between the new plane and the flying boat Cal cutta, also built for the air minis- try by the same firm.
 The plane is 69 feet long with a wing spread of 107 feet. The cabin IT feet long and feet wide, is sup ported by two 40 feet long floats located 20 feet apart.
 Differing from the Do-X of Ger man construction, the body of the ship rests on the floats rather than on the water as in the German plane.
 Save for the wing fabric the ma chine is all-metal. She is powered by three Bristol Jupiter XIF en- fines of 490 horsepower each.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-10-24
DEMOCRATS TO STAGE MEETING
 HERE THIS P. M.
Candidates to Speak tc Voters at Coliseum
 Mayor Judson to Preside

Following an enthusiastic rally at Douglas last night, at which the Democratic candidates were loudly applauded for their unequivocating positions on various issues, Juneau Democrats tonight will stage rally at the Coliseum Theatre. Six caIl- didates of that party will make addresses, the princip al speech being made by George B. Grigsby candidate for Delegate to Congress
 Other speakers will be: Thomas Gaffney, Nome, nominee for Audi tor; Allen Shattuck, candidate for Senator; and Mayor Thomas B Judson, Judge Frank A. Boyle and E. L. Sampson, candidates for the House of Representatives. Mayor Judson will preside at the meeting
 Kilburn Officiates
 Mayor w. C. Kilburn, of Doug las, presided at the meeting there last night. While stormy weather and fraternal organization meet ing conflicted with the rally there and cut the attendance, the meet ing was characterized by much en- thusiasm, and generous applause greeted the speakers as they made their points.
 We'll inf o med and prominent Douglas residents, following last nights meeting, predicted victory there for the entire ticket. Home Rule, as expounded in detail by MT. Grigsby, was acclaimed as the vital issue before Alaskans, em- bracing most of the other questions involved in both local and Terri torial elections. The assertion made by MT. Grigsby that This is Democratic year, was apparently reflected by the audience whicf applauded the statement without reserve.
 Boyle Speaks for Ticket
 Judge Boyle, who is as vel known in Douglas as in Juneau his home town, was the first speak. CT to be introduced by Mayor Kill burn. He confined himself to call ing attention to the nominees O. the Democratic party and asking for support for each candidate.
 Home Rule leading to Statehood
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-10-24
GEN. PERSHINC AGAINST MORE
 DISARMAMENT
Not Question of Making War but Whether We
 Shall Defend Selves

NEW YORK, Oct. 24:-Warn- ing the United States against being caught unprepared in the event of another war Gen. John J. Pershing said we should not further disarm. He continued:
 America is already disarm- ed. Coed men and women tell us tc throw away armaments. We have little to throw away. I hate war. I have seen all of it's horrors. The Great War was said to be war to end wars, but since that time look how many disastrous wars there have been, and many others are in process of making. We know that we shall not provoke war but what in history auth orizes the conclusion that some one else won't? It is not a question of whether or not we believe in war, but whether or not we shall defend this won derful country Of ours against some nation which does believe in war"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-10-24
LUIS RESIGNS,
 JUNTA TAKES
 FULL CONTROL
Presidents s Administration Overthrown as Result
 of Revolution
NAVY JOINS REBELS
 ALONG ENTIRE COAST
Coup Executed Shortly Be- fore Midnight -Holi-
 day Is Observed

RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct. "A. The Brazilian Government has been overthrown.
 President Washington Luis has resigned.
 His Administration fell be- fore the revolution W h i c h started Friday, October 3 and spread rapidly throughout the Republic until but three major eastern seaboard States re- mained loyal, Rio de Jeneir0, Sac PaulO and Bahia.
 A Military Junta, cOmp0s- ed of TassO FragOj, General Menna BarretO and others has taken possession of the Brazilian Government follow ing the resignation of Luis.
 The coup which overthrow the Luis Government was not expected for at least another week with the possibility that the President might be given a chance to finish his term which expires on November !15.
 Shortly before midnight last night, military police and some troops rushed to the Guanabara Palace, the Presi- dential residence and divert ed all traffic to Copa Cabana and other suburbs as the starter to the last moves which forced the President to resign and the Military Junta took possession of the Government.
 Shortly before the news of the resignation of President Luis reach- ed Pernambuco, the military school there joined the insurgents. Reports received said the navy along the entire coast turned lagainst the Government. News of the resignation of the President started huge holiday here, banks and shops closing.
 President Luis assumed office on November Is, 1926 and was to have served until next month when he was to be succeeded by Presi- dent-elect Julio Prestes who re- gently visited the United States. Prestes was elected by a majority of 100000 or about four to one.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-10-24
TODAY'S STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK C1TY, N. Y~ oct. 24.-Closing quotation of Alaska Ju- neau mine stock today is 65s, Amer ican Can 120H, Anaconda Copper 35. Bethlehem Steel 75h, Fox Films 39A, General Motors 37, Granby Corporation 13, International liar vester 6214, Kennecott Copper 26 Montgomery-Ward 21. Nationa Acme SIS. Packard Motors 9S, g. 9A, Simmons Beds 15is, Standard Brands 1873, Standard Oil Of cali fornia 515s, Standard Oil of New Jersey 55A, United Aircraft 36, U s. Steel 1507s.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-10-24
IN KLONDIKE RUSH

IN hLOINDlhE hO oh
 Clarence Berry was in the Forty mile country, in the Yukon valley, when the Klondike strike was made by George Carmack in August 1896. Berry was employed in a hotel at Fortymile by Bill NcPhee, and i'm mediately after the Klondike find was made joined the first stam- peders from the old Fortymile camp, and was successful in &C., quiring some of the richest ground ever staked on lower Eldorado.
 He and his brother Frank were associated there with several other early Klondike kings, among them Antone Stander, and as result of his early operations on Eldorado, he cleaned up between one and two million dollars. He concluded his operations in the Klondikc within four or five years, and after that shifted his mining enterprises to the Alaska goldfields; holding some of the richest properties in the Fairbanks camp. He also owned and operated dredge in the Circle district, and had hydraulic opera tions in the same field. His home has been in San Francisco for years, and he has been heavily identified with oil operations in that state. It is generally re- ported among old Klondikers that he multiplied his fortune in his oil ventures until he amassed for tune of some ten to fifteen mil lions, and thus became the wealth liest of all the argonauts who laid foundations of their wealth in the Yukon and Alaskan goldfields
 Although MT. Berry made. his home in California for the last 25 or 30 years, he always retained a !strong attachment for the North and continued to hold substantial interests in Alaska. He was one of the few early Klondikers and Alaskans who, after having won a fortune in the Northland was not only able to retain it, but was also able to greatly argument it.
 Clarence Berry and his family and his brother Frank have lived in San Francisco for years, and have made their headquarters there at the St. Francis Hotel, in which it is understood Clarence was al one time a heavy shareholder.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-10-24
Ketchikan Meeting "DismaL FaiIure'' Wires Mayor Walker

The G. O. P. harmony 2 candidates" failed to stam- pede Ketchikan and their meeting in the First City Thursday night was tepid, according to a telegram re- cevied today by George B. Grigsby, Democratic candi- s date for Delegate to Con- gress, from Mayor N. R. Walker of Ketchikan. Q The harmony rally, he said, was a dismal failure" ]" The hall was only partly fill ed and there was no en- thusiasm.
 Things look better here every day, and we hear fine [ reports regarding your can- didacy from the North" said MT. Walkers message.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-10-24
CONTRACTS FOR
 LARGEST BL|MP
Navy Bureau of Aeronau- tics to Develop Fuel
 to Replace Gas

WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 24.- The Navy Bureau of Aeronautics announces it has contracted for the largest nonfigid airship in the country for use to develop fuel gas to replace gasoline.
 The blimp will be 220 feet long 54 feet in diameter and with a ca pacity of six persons. The blimr will have a speed of 50 miles an hour.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-10-24
Would Eliminate Ceremonies at Craues Of Unkno,uns

LONDON, Oct. 24.-In the hope of soft pedalling wars and memories, the British Government has asked other nations to eliminate cere- monies at tombs of Un- known Soldiers in the fu- ture. Hereafter on official receptions no official visitors to England will be taken to the tomb of the Unknown Warrior and British dele- gates in other countries will not participate in such cere- monies.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-10-24
ido,c and Widower Marry Again At Age of Eighty

LOS ANGELES, Cal, Oct. "A. Martha Hatfield, aged 80 years, widowed after B years of married life, and Charles Manley, aged 80 years, whose first wife died in the fifty-sixth year of their marriage, were married at the old Peoples Home here, where they will live.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-10-24
Bruised in Accident,
 Appears at Recital

BIRMINGHAM, England, Oct. 24. Galli-Curci, prima don na. sang a recital here last night despite the fact she was bruised and shaken in an auto accident "A hours previously. She was re- ceived with great enthusiasm and was in excellent voice.