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The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-29

the piano, but the violin. Perhaps the harp"
 She shook her head But that's odd" she added T play the harp little. The think I play best you will smile"
 The guitar!" he cried. T like the guitar. And if you play the harp. Nelly will never let you go7
 The music stopped and the march to supper began to form, the pageant following it's queen into a dining room, upon which the exits oA one side of the theatre swung open.
 At Kirks table, on Juanitas right, sat the black Mephisto with the marquesa. Here, too, were the Cheshire cat and the whiskered pirate with their ladies.
 At a blast from a trumpet the Krewe of Comus unmasked, laugh ed into their ladies eyes. Juanita Rlrned abruptly to Kirk, who was presenting the cat and the pirate with the dimple in his chin.
 MT. Cranshaw . MT. Stephens And the devils real name is MT. Fouche. Never forget that, la dies"
 Bettina Byrnes on Kirk's left be- gan to talk to him, and at Adrian's murmur Juanita met his eyes again. Adrian's eyes held something of his own surprise. He was not &C., customed to strange ladies turn ing immediately away when he un- masked. The marquesa had not done it but had said in beautiful French, Your Satanic Majesty, it1 is an honor to see you close" Sen Crita Flores had seemed actually in his face.
 She must have been annoyed by something else.
 "Senorita," he was murmuring now T have ordered your choco- late" Copyright, Dodd, Mead and Co)
 Unmask. SisSsnita's social con-
 quest would end if she should.
 Meanwhile Monday brings Ga-
 breau an important errand.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-29
moon Of DELIGHT , M MMazgazez Bell HoM4zo4zs

| am proud of you, Ysabel But you must not say that you have never been to dances like this, for we have them at the carnivals in Spain"
 Juanita danced with the pirate, with a goblin in red, a matador and an Indian, a clown and a sul- tsn. Then Kirk came for his sec- ord dance.
 Its gorgeous" Juanita told him
 Too bad they've got to take tkese nice faces off," Kirk said. That pirate for instance, with the fierce black whiskers, is mild blond, really, with a dimple in his cl.in."
 That's sad" said Juanita. Sup pose I'd fallen in love with his whiskers?"
 Then there'd be a pirate miss iEg, dimple and all I'm not feeling particularly merciful toward my fellow Comuses right now. Ii you knew how they've pushed and elbowed for dances with you-and tried to beat me out of the ones I've got myself. Yes, Biloxi. know now why Biloxi was created. I'm going to take you to Biloxi out oi their reach. Don't tell me you'd rather stay here and have pirates end devils pulling at you"
 They haven't pulled"
 Well, they will I think just one Harlequin pulling all by himself will be more peaceful, don't you?"
 Do Harlequins pull?"
 T imagine so. Yes, given prova- cation, they pull like forceps in relentless hand" Kirk answered, holding her close.
 Tell me why so many are dress ed as pirates and devils"
 T don't know, Senorita. Lean only tell you that in my budding youth I always came to Comus as a devil Does what we really are crop out at time like this?"
 More likely it's what we are rot" she said.
 But would be if we had the chance" Kirk added. No, I'm Harlequin these days because it's the easiest. This year. with Nelly in Biloxi, wouldn't have come if it hadn't been that--I had to dance with you again. When she's at Biloxi in the summer and at times like this, I get into slippers and turn on the radio. If the radios bad I go to the piano myself"
 So that's the kind oE devil you are?"
 You have never heard me play, Senorita. It may not be so harm less as it sounds"
 Will you play for me some times?" she said
 He nodded. And you will play for me-and sing"
 Your voice is a mezzo," he an- swered. Your instrument is not
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-29
RADIUM CHANGES SPECIES
 BUT IS NOT THEIR ORIGIN

AUSTIN, Tex. Aug. 29-Some- thing more powerful than radium Is the source of origin of species.
 Radium-in the form of the earth's natural radio activity which exists in small degree everywhere is the latest discovery of cause of changes in species, barely more than two years old.
 Yet the discoverer of this radio active source of species, Dr. H. J. Muller of the University of Texas, finds already that radium, though 1t causes 13,000 per cent more of the hereditary changes or "muta tions" which lead to new species, is insufficient.
 ? The mutations" are changes in size, shape, eye color, hair color or bodily markings, wings, arms and legs, which sometimes become so marked and permanent as to form new species.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-29
NOTICE TO PAY TAXES

T The taxes assessed you by the City of Juneau are now due and payable, and will become delinquent on the first Monday in October, providing, however, that if one half of the tax is paid on or before the above date the balance will not become delinquent until the first Monday of the following March.
 H. R. SHEPARD, -adv. City Clerk
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-29
NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE

NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE In the United States Commissioners (Ex Ofco Probate
 Court for the District of Alaska, JUNEAU COMMIS-
 SIONER'S PRECINCT.
 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF EMERY VALEN-
 TINE, Deceased
 Notice is hereby given that pursuance of order of sale made and entered into by the United States Comms soner Probate Court for the Precinct of Juneau Territory of Alaska the 26th day of August 193 in the matter of the Estate of Emery Valentine deceased the undersigned Administrator With The Will Annexed of the said estate will sell at public auction much thereof necessary he thinks advisable subject to confrma ton by said court the following described parcels real property any part portion thereof, towt:-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-05

ACROSS.
1. A Mahometan sanctuary for tn c
faithful.
s. Canal by which a fluid is conveyed
10. Crest Of domestic fowl.
IA. A lizard Of the tropical regions of the
Old World
IS. A nest OF small boxes worn at the
girdle by the Japanese.
is. Indigo dye.
II. Battles.
1s. A kingdom in Asia.
1o. Sacrament
20. Inciosed chambers for cooking.
81. Those who file legal warnings.
%. Dispatch.
"a. A place of shelter.
rs. Dogma.
rs. To remove refuse from.
20. Period
80 MimicS.
49, Cameloid ruminantS.
So Member of legislative body.
40. Clothing.
Al. A harpSichord.
AZ. Wax
49, road
A. Those who rest.
Al Worn out.
81. The rainbow.
50. Cleanse.
SIS. Tropical trees with pinnate leaves.
So. Alluvial deposit at mouth of the
river.
SO. Hebrew measure.
50. A dinner course.
b. \ chemical used as a developer in
photography.
81. A Chinese dynasty from 1853 to
1914.
90. The head.
64 Happening.
IS. Low female voice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-05
Praying Pilgrims From America

Mariazell is still the most famous
pilgrim resort in Austria. On the eve
of ST. Peter in June of each year great
hosts of pilgrims leave Vienna and
other places for the famous Shrines
just as they have been doing for CEN
turtles. Half the population lives on the
$4,000 pilgrims who go there every year
many coming from America, to pray
before the silver altar and the twelfth
century statue of our Lady of Mariazell
Over the mountains to Mariazell they
went in thousands on foot years ago
but today the trains care for the climb
Mariazell is a famous Winter resort and
is usually packed at Christmas time
Those who love the grotesque effects
OF Gothic combined with the Baroque
architecture will find much interest in
the church.
Evening star., 1931-05-24
PHONE co. PLANS
new STOCK ISSUE
$4,000, 900 Common Would Sub
stitute That Withdrawn
Recently.

The Chesapeake & Potomac Tele-
phone Co. will seek authority of the
Public Utilities Commission to issue
S2,000,000 additional in common stock,
it was learned yesterday. Chairman
Mason M. Patrick of the commission,
said that r. A. Van Orsdel. counsel of
the company, had notified the commits
sion verbally of its intention.
The company recently issued $2.000,-
600 of common stock, which is sold to
the American Telephone 6 Telegraph
Co. at par. without first obtaining ap-
proval OF the commission as required
by the public utilities law. The COM
questioned the issue, and the
company defended it on the ground
that the issue simply completed the
amount Of stock authorized by its char
ter. Later, however. the company de-
cided to withdraw the stock, and noti-
fed the commission of its action.
Gen. Patrick said that the original
issue was now regarded as a closed in
cident and that the commission would
not seek to impose any penalty on the
company for its action, in view of the
ultimate withdrawal of the issue.
Evening star., 1931-05-24

him to work further on any District
jobs.
Building inspectors, testifying at the
inquest, said they had warnsd the con-
tractors TO strengthen the runway and
scaffold before it collapsed, and that
after the crash repairs were made be-
fore they could examine the structure
to determine the cause. Hunt said
last night his men did not know the
accident had resulted in a fatality, and
that they repaired the scafford in order
to resume work. The general super
intendent. who has charge of all Rose
work in North Carolina, Virginia and
the District, blamed the collapse on the
laborer'S carelesSnesS in running a
heavy load of stone and brick down the
runway too fast. He said the speed
and weight with which the wheelbarrow
dropped from the runway to Scaffold
caused it it to give way.
Besides writing the Rose Co., the
Commissioners sent form letter to all
contractors working on District jobs.
The letters call attention to recent ac-
cidents here. and point out several
paragraphs in the general stipulations
governing all building contracts en-
tered into by the District government.
Contractors Responsibility.
The first of these, Section l. provides
that the contractors be responsible for
all claims from injury to persons or for
property damage arising from the oper-
alton Of the contractor prior to accept
ance of the structure.
Section provides that all loss or
damage due to negligence or arising
from the nature of the work being done
or from any unusual or unforeseen OBJ
struction or difficulties which may be
encountered during the work or from
the action of the elements will be sus-
tanned by the contractor.
Section IL, dealing with duties Of in
spectors employed by the Municipal
Architects Office, states that it is their
duty to see that terms of contract are
strictly and properly carried out, and
that they have authority to condemn
work not meeting specification, and to
pass work which does comply with re-
quirements.
Rouse, himself, intends to fight Got
walls order to save his reputation, he
said He stated he had been engaged
in supervising work of the type of
Stuart and Eliot Junior High Schools
for tn epast 10 years. and has never had
fatality on single job. 1t was also
Hunts first, fatal accident in IA years
of work for the Rose Co. during which
time he has supervised the construction
Of between $4,000 900 and $4,000, 900
worth Of buildings.
Evening star., 1931-05-24
Distribution to Be Directly
Under Supervision of Van
Duzer After July I.
C00MBS TO BE BUSY
WITH OTHER LICENSES
New Bureau at Traffic Department
to Have Enlarged Scope
Next January.

Transfer of the automobile rcgistra-
ton and tag issuance unit of the office
OF the superintendent of licenses to
the new Department Of Vehicles and
Traffic, to be created July /, is being
planned by. the District Commission
ers.
The change will place the tag dis
trlouton directly under the supervision
OF w. A. Van Duzer, who has been
appointed by the Commissioners as di-
The Tag Registration Bureau also "a
TO be moved out of the District Build
ing and placed in the building at 462
Louisiana avenue in which Is noSF To-
Gated the Police Department, the Trafic
department, the Traffic Bureau and the
street Cleaning Department.
Full Time for Licenses.
The registration and issuance of tags
mas neen one Of the. most important
functions in the past of the Office of
the superintendent of licenses headed
by Wade H. Coombs. Relieving his
once OF this work, it was said, will per-
nit 1t to devote full time to the issu-
ance OF the various forms of licenses.
Wnlch IN itself is regarded by District
of1cials as work which should have the
undivided attention of Mr.. Coonbs and
his staff. "-'~
The new tag issuance and registra-
tlon bureau also will have the scope
Oh its activities enlarged January /
Wnen motorists will be required to have
Hehlcies titled before procuring a tag.
Ihe titling Of cars by the Department.
OF Vehicles and Traffic is made obliga-
tory in the new traffic act. and this
work, according to present plans, will
be handled by the tag issuance and
registration bureau. The titlinp reg
istration and distribution of tags, it
was said, will be arranged so as to per-
NIT all OF these activities to be han.
died as expeditiously as possible.
Study Of Building Made.
The maximum fee for the titltnr Of
motor vehicles has been fixed by Con-
greSS at 81. No fee will be charged,
however, for the titling of vehicles
owned by the District and Federal Gov
ernments.
Preparatory to the selection of Office
space in the Louisiana avenue building
for the registration and tag issuance
bureau, District officials have been
making careful study Of the building
to determine the best location. Space
on the fourth floor, now occupied by
the Traffic Department and the ofices
OF Traffic Director William H. Har-
land and Assistant Director M. o. FL
dridge, has been suggested, but because
Of the weight Of thousands of pairs OF
tags, District officials believe the best
location would be in the basement Of
the building.
These details, as well as the person.
mel OF the new bureau. are to be de-
termined in the near future Indica-
AnENa Ataa& l. -
flee of Mr.. Coombs familiar with the
methods of registering vehicles and is
suing tags will form the nucleus of the
organization.
Evening star., 1931-05-24
MAN BROWNS AS SAND
SINKS DREDGING BOAT
Two Companions Escape as Bank
Caves in, Swamping Craft, Near
oxon Hill, Md.

One man was drowned and two
Others narrowly escaped a similar fate
Yesterday when a sand bank cayed in
and swannpcd a small beat in which
they were working in the Potomac
River, near Oxon Hill, Md, mile be-
low the District line.
The drowned man was Samuel Lind
say. IS years cid. Of Fort Hunt, Va.
HIS body was recovered by members
of the harbor police precinct, who took
1t TO the District Morgue He was en-
ployed by the Smoot Sand & Gravel
Co, Georgetown.
According TO reports from the harbor
precinct, Lindsay and the two other
men were engaged in dredging work
near shore. The sand bank 'ayalanched,
partially burying Lindsay and his fellow
workers.
The others managed 10 free them
selves, but Lindsay sank with the boat
Evening star., 1931-05-24
NAVY PATROL PLANES
ADOPTED FOR FLEET
Installation of Facilities Aboard
Twelve Vessels Ordered
for "Flying Boats"

sy The Associated Press.
Convinced Of the practicability Of US
ing the flying boat or patrol type OF
seaplane on extended operations with
the feet, the Navy announced yester-
day it has ordered installation Of adj
ditional facilities for them in u ships.
The evolution Of the flying boat or
patrol type Of seaplane has, IL the opin-
ion of the Department" IL announced,
progressed TO the point where sea-
@orthiness. performance and nabitabll-
ity have made it possible 10 consider the
squadrons Of this type as mobile units,
capable Of extended operations with
the feet"
one Of the squadrons, the Depart
n1ent said, cruised 95, $40 nautical miles.
from January TO April, while attached
TO the scouting force.
The announcement said increased de-
velopment OF these squadronS had led
10 the establishment of feet air bases
AZ Coco Solo and Pearl Harbor, with
the expectation that the seaplane units
attached 70 these bases viii serve as a
distant patrol arm Of the feet.
Evening star., 1931-05-24
DEATH IN 5-STORy
PLUNGE ACCIDENT
Mrs. Angie RidgWay Fell From
Window When Calling Son,
Coroner'S Finding.

Acting Coroner Joseph Rogers issued
certificate of accidental death late
yesterday in the case Of Mrs. Angie
Ridgway, 37-year-old wife of Frank
Ridgway, director Of information for
the Farm Board who died 35 minutes
after she had fallen from a window Of
her fifth-foor apartment at 4707 Con-
necticut avenue.
Mrs. Ridgway, who had been Ill for
several days, plunged to her death as
she leaned from the window to call her
son Charles, 8. at play on lot below.
The boy looked up in time to see his
mother hurtle from the window and
drop to a concrete driveway.
Calls Father on Phone.
Charles ran into the apartment house
and telephoned his father while his
mother, whose body was crushed, was
taken to Emergency Hospital. She died
without regaining consciousness.
Ridgway, who came to Washington
about two years ago from Chicago,
where he had been member Of the
editorial staff Of the Chicago Tribune
10 years, in addition to having worked
on other Chicago papers, expressed the
opinion his wife had become dizzy as
she leaned from the window.
He had warned her and their son
not to raise the screen in looking from
the window, he said Yesterday, he
added was the first day she had risen
to eat breakfast with Charles and him
since she became i'll.
Maid in Apartment.
colored maid was in the apart
ment when Mrs. RidWay dropped from
the window, but she did not know Of
the fall, she said, until informed by
Charles
1t was at first announced that an
inquest would be held tomorrow morn
ing. Later, however, DR.. Rogers de-
cided the plunge was accidental. and
Mrs. RidgWays body was turned over
TO Gawler's funeral parlor, where IT
was prepared for shipment to the dead
Woman's home town. Paris, Mo.
The corpse was placed on train for
Paris at $50 pm. Ridgway and his
/ son also entrained for the Missouri
town, where funeral services will be
/ held early this week.
Evening star., 1931-05-24

Beggars that throng the Capitals
sidewalks are not only using the SYM
pathetic public roa meal ticket" but
are cleaning a luxurious existence from
the handouts" accorded them, sta
tisticS compiled by the social agencies
of the Community Chest reveal.
This announcement was made yes
terday following statement that ticket
books distributed by the Community
Chest to its contributors, for a second
hand distribution of food and lodging
to the needy, are not being utilized to
the best advantage
The epidemic of street begging has
grown in the last several weeks and
has brought about denunciation of the
Chest, Salvation Army and other char
table organizations by beggars who
claim they are not being given the type
Evening star., 1931-05-24
BEGGARS GAIN LUXURIOUS LIVING
BY SCORNING COMMUNITY CHEST
Aid Offered by Capital Welfare Organization Ignored
by Professional Panhanders.

of service these organizations purport
to extend, the Chest statement charges
The ticket books. designed to pro-
tect Chest contributors from the solicit
tation OF beggsrs and at the same time
cause a report on any case sent to the
not turned in for redemption. In ex-
planation of this, Chest officials point
out that the percentage of those who
ask for money to really be used for food
and other aid is comparatively small
Most of those who make their living
by begging, it is said. are not. SUFFICIENT
ly interested in redeeming t1e, tickets
if they fan to get money from. their
prospective benefactor.
investigations have disclosed that
afflicted vendors of pencils make as nigh
as 500 or more a week.
Evening star., 1931-05-24
MACARTHUR TO COMMAND
ARMY'S AIR MANEUVERS
Chief of Staff Will Fly to Boston
Today to Establish
Headquarters.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Gen. Douglas Macarthur Army
chief OF staff, will leave for Boston to-
day to assume command of the Army's
air maneuvers.
The trip will be made by air. The
general viii be accompanied by Mai.
Gen. James E. Fechet. chief of the
Air Corps. Capt. Ira Eaker, noted Air
Corps pilot, will fly the plane.
Army officials said the injection of
the military problem" of defending
Boston against a simulated enemy ap-
preaching from the sea, which began
yesterday. necessitated the establish
ment of general headquarters in that
city.
Brig. Gen. Benjamin D. Foulois, as
sistant chief of the Air Corps, who has
been in command of the air division
in the maneuvers. will continue in that
position, 1t was said at the department.
Evening star., 1931-05-24
HERNDON SCHOOL LEAGUE
ELECTION is POSTPONED
Committee Receives Vote of Thanks
for Improvement of
Grounds.
Special Dispatch to The star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
HERNDON, Va, May 23.-The Citi-
zenS' Association and Community School
League voted to postpone the election
of officers until June, at which time
other important business is to be
brought up.
The report of the School Grounds
Committee-Mrs. o. F. Northington,
jr., chairman; Mrs. Arthur H. Buell. and
DR.. Charles F. RuSsell-was received,
showing an expenditure of $50 for
shrubbery by the league, that the
grounds had been plowed and graded
by the School Board and that the chill
dren had donated a large number Of
Towering shrubs.
A vote of thanks was extended the
committee. The league also voted
thanks to 0. F. Northington for his
efforts in behalf of the school during
the past two years.
The shrubbery has been planted, and
the grass seed will be sowed at once.
Evening star., 1931-05-24
HELD AFTER CRASH

Edward Lee Hall. 1S, of 6113 Eastern
avenue, Takoma Park, Md, was ar
rested on a charge of reckless driving
last night, following collision in which
he was slightly injured.
According to police, Halls car coll
lided at Fifth and Sheridan streets with
a machine driven by Joseph Stockey,
As, of Rockville, Md. Hall was treated
at Walter Reed Hospital for cuts and
bruises before he was arrested.
Evening star., 1931-05-24
Dies at Age of 81.

LYNCHBURG, Va, May % (Special).
-George Edward Gleaves, 9I-years-old,
died at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
j. p. Lea. MasSies Mills, Nelson County.
He was a native of Kent County and
died after seven weeks illness of bron-
chial pneumonia. He is survived by
two daughters, Mrs. Lea and Miss Bes-
sic G. Gleaves of Staunton. His body
was take4 to Shenandoah for burial.
Evening star., 1931-05-24
PAGE AND ROBERTSON
WIN COLLEGE DEBATE
Law Students Discuss Oil Trade
and Public Utility Aspect in
Annual Wrangle.

Alfred E. Page and Henry B. Rob-
ertson. freshmen of the Washington
College of Law, won first and second
place, respectively, in the annual debate
last night at the college.
The subject debated was Resolved,
That the Federal Government should
declare the Oil industry public utility"
Grace Hays Riley, dean OF the col
lege. acted as chairman and was as
sisted by the faculty advisors on de-
bate, Rebekah S. Greathouse, assistant
United States attorney, and Rufus S.
Lusk, Washington attorney. Judges
were Commissioner Charles c. Morre
of the General Land Office, Assistant
United States Attorney M. Pearl Nc
Call and Assistant Engineer Commits
sioner of the District Hugh p. Dram.
Evening star., 1931-05-24
Heart Attack Fatal.

HARPERS FERRY, w. Va. MAY %
(Special) Mrs. Margaret Shugart' 65,
widow of Eugene Shugart. and a Miss
Trussell, OF the Kearncyville section OF
this county before marriage, died at her
home, Laurel Lodge. here Thursday
night OF heart attack. She was well
known in Jefferson County and a marn-
Der of the County Democratic. Execu-
tive Committee
Evening star., 1931-05-24
CLUB TO HEAR DELEGATES

By STAFF Correspondent Of The Star.
BETHESDA, Md May 23.-Miss
Lavinia Engle, member OF the House
OF Delegates from Montgomery County,
is to address the Bradley Hills Com
munty League Wednesday evening at
the Congressional Country Club Her
subject will be The Future of Sub
urban Montgomery County.
She Is 10 discuss community develop
ment as affected by coming parks and
public welfare measures. Brief reports
VIII be presented by the recently ap-
pointed committees Of the league.