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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-05
The SUN and Moon,

Rises. Sets.
Sun, today 80. 6:07 SAT
Sum- tomorrow. sos 5:45
Moon, today :. 2:33p.m. 11:5l am.
Automobile lamps to be lighted one
half hour after sunset.
Rainfall.
Monthly rainfall in inches In the
Capital (curTent month to date):
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-05
THE WEATHER

District Of Columbia. Maryland, Vir.
ginia, West Virginia-Partly cloudy to.
night and tomorrow, gentle to moderate
westerly winds.
Evening star., 1931-06-14

M/HEN the scientists of the Department of
w Agriculture discovered that the baTberry
is essential to the life cycle of the black stem
rust, which causes such heavy damage to wheat
crops, and decided to eliminate the barberry in
the wheat belt they as the popular saying goes,
took on job Of work"
The campaign, launched in 13 States in 1916,
is now in its fifteenth year. During that
period, 100000 barberry bushes have been
destroyed. This does not mean that 18,00o,
900 were set out In those States, for while the
paintings as home shrubbery were no doubt
extensive, it was the birds which really took
on the spreading of the barberry. The red
berries were a tasty morsel for hungry birds,
and the feathered planters, after filling their
crops with the berries, few some distance away
and, regurgitating, spat out the seeds, many
Of which sprouted and took root
In this way, a few original bushes, through
the acceleration of years of increase, became
a major problem. The eradication campaign
was intensive. It meant actually square foot
by square foot examination of the IS States.
Maps we're made and whenever q bush was
found and dug up it was marked on the maps.
A year later a second visit was made to make
certain that no section Of root was left to
send up new sprouts.
That this campaign was success is shown in
the figures Of grain loss due to rust. In 1915,
before the campaign got under way, an outbreak
of rust brought about the enormous loss OF
1874, ,OOO, 900 bushels of wheat. This tremendous
loss was of course, out of the ordinary, but
huge losses exceeding 900 bushels were
the common thing. From 1916 TO 1920 the
annual loss had dropped to 81, 100000 bushels;
from 1921 to 1925, 100000 bushels and for
the period ending last year, 9.609, 900 bushels.
Certain types Of barberry. such as the Jap
anese are immune 20 the rust and therefore
are permitted in the grain States. These States
are Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Mnne-
0fa Montana
kota Ohio South Dakota, Wisconsin and Wy
oming. The eradication work among the slls-
ceptible types Of barberry has not been entirely
completed as yet, and it Is anticipated that
several years more will be required to bring
about absolute elimination.
The life cycle of the black stem rust is made
continuous when the spores are carried by the
wind to the barberry, where it remains during
the incubation period. So light are the spores
that they are often carried for many miles
Evening star., 1931-06-14
Farmers Repay Loans.

THE doleful refrain Of the calamity howlers
! who declared that the money loaned to the
farmers stricken financially by the drought had
been dumped in the river is likely to be found
decidedly untrue II the course pursued by some
farmers holds good Many have already repaid
their loans out of early fruit and vegetable
crops, on which the Government held no lien,
while others did even better and returned part
of the loans without ever having used it when
they found that they had been allotted more
than they required.
There were $4,000 farmers who borrowed
altogether and the percentage of these who fail
to repay Is expected to be small.
Evening star., 1931-06-14
"P0hceman Fired.

I INCLE SAM has one silent but effective
~ policeman who has enforced his ban on
picking wildfiowers and shrubs in the national
parks but so efficient has this policeman" be-
come that he has found it necessary to elin1t-
nate him at the camp site In Sequoia National
Park The policeman" is poison oak, which
is unfamiliar to the average fastener visiting
the park. So many have the cases Of COM
plant been that the poison oak has been
entirely eliminated and weed killer used to
prevent its return.
Evening star., 1931-06-14
.War on Barberyy and Rust Aided by
Elaborate Maps.

by the wind. During the experimental period
when its habits were being studied tests were
made with airplanes and the spores were found
to be as high as 10000 feet IN the air. For
time it was feared that it might be carried
to the grasses that live the year around, just
south of the lower tier of grain States. and then
carried back north during the grain-growing
season These fears, however, have been found
to be more or less groundless, and the time is
tn sight when black stem rust win be eliminated.
Evening star., 1931-06-14
Tree Planning Gr0qos.

FOREST planting seems to be going ahead at
steady accelerating pace. Last year
there was an increase of "a per cent in the
acreage planted over the acreage of the year
before. More than 1900 individuals took
part in the work Of setting out trees on the
100000 acres planted.
Great as this planting was, it has failed to
keep pace with the was5sful cutting and other
preventabIe losses in the forests.
Evening star., 1931-06-14

Not long ago a country boy found these articles
at the foot of an old rotten tree close to Dag
ger Ho!ler-three pieces Of green fiuellite, a
bit of white quartz chip of igneous forma-
tion that we take to have come from a lead
bit of sulphur-lcoking rock, broken arrow
head and two small limestone rocks with marks
scratched on them.
The only problem now is to interpret what
the signs mean. They are bound to be direc-
tons to something.
It Is what the old Mexican was looking for
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-04
Both Parties Bothered
 by Prohibition Question

boldly challenging him to name the schedules which the Demo- cratic party would lower or raise He demands a specific statement of the minority's policy. This clearly is a preliminary maneuver to force the tariff to the front and obscure the Eighteenth Amend ment. Evidently Smoot and Rob- inson are in perfect accord in this gesture, both having distaste for a combat on wet" and dry" lines, with widespread bolting and tu- mutt inevitably involved.
 A New York political analyist, who has been through all the cam paigns of the last three decades and seen parties rise and fall, ven- lures the opinion that the current mix-up is thoroughly conducive to the formation of a third party which, if not successful. he be- lieves, would play havoc at the
 Continued on Page Fouf>
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-04
Colonel Lindbergh Inspired Airplane Design Decreasing
 Elements of Air Resistance

the variable pitch propeller, which can be adjusted so that it is suit able for high speed or take off and climbing.
 A special line of attack in stream lining is filleting. Fillets are grad ual curves introduced between the wings, fuselage and tail surfaces
 The conventional airplane today wastes perhaps 30 to 40 percent of its power in overcoming needless resistance, and the designers and laboratories will not stop until all this parasite resistance is eliminat- ed.
 Designers and inventors are also busy at the other end of the scale, trying to reduce landing speeds. The Autogiro lands very slowly and has practically no land- ing run The Handley Page slot is another line of attack.
 Engines are steadily increasing in power for a given weight and in reliability. The trend of engige design is toward an intermediate step between gasoline and heavy oil by dispensing with the carburetor and injecting fuel directly into each cylinder.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-04
DRY LEADER PICKS SMITH
 AND HOOVER
Dr. Mcbride Says Smith, Hoover Will Again
 Be Nominees

LITTLE POINT SABLE, Mich, Aug. Apr. F. Scott Mcbride, Gen. eral Superintendent of the Anti Saloon League of America, visiting his home town here, predicted, aft sr a conference with other dry leaders, that Al Smith and Her bert Hoover will be the Presidential nominees in 1892. He said Presi- dent Hoover will be the Republican nominee unless eliminated by him. self by declining to run again.
 At the Democratic convention, ' he said, Franklin D. Roosevelt will be first put forward as courtesy His supporters in the South and West will have majority of the convention, but he will be unable to carry Massachusetts and many other Northern and Eastern States and will not be able to carry a two-thirds majority of the con- vention. The leaders will eventual ly turn in full force to the sup port of former Gov Smith, who will be brought forward as an emergen- cy man, and he will carry the con- vention easily"
 Dr. Mcbride added that neither former Gov Smith nor Gov Roose- velt would be acceptable to the Anti-Saloon League.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-04
CREENER AND
 MATTERN ARE
 AT FAIRBANKS
Refueling Plane for Rob- bins and Jones Made
 Landing in Ruby UNABLE TO GET UP BECAUSE DENSE FOG Nonstoppers Downcast Over Failure to Make
 Flight to Tokyo

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Aug A. Nick Greener and Jimmy Mattern, pilots of the refueling plane for Reg L. Robbins and H. s. Jones plane and which became separat- ed in a dense fog prevailing Sum day night and Monday morning, landed here from Ruby at 8:15 o'clock last night.
 Mattern and Greener explained that after landing at Ruby to take on more gasoline, they found it impossible to takeoff again on ac- count of the fog.
 Robbins and Jones said they would not attempt another flight to Tokyo this year on account of the lateness of the season. Both Ire downcast over the failure of heir second attempt They said they intended to remain here a Jay or two before going south.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-04
INDBERGHS AT BAKER LAKE; CUT OFF BY STATIC
Protection for Canadian, Not American, Ne,vsprint.
 Is Back of Trust Protest

Eastern opposition to utilization of Alaska's timber resources, and the development of national for ests in Alaska for the manufacture of pulp and paper, is not based upon need for or the desirabil- lty of protecting the purely Ameri- can newsprint industry. It has for its end the security of the newsprint industry of Canada.
 Today the American newsprint makers are manufacturing barely one-third of what American con- sumers must have Almost 65 per cent of American consumption de- mands come from abroad: Canada supplies ST per cent of that .quan- tity; and 80 per cent of Canada s total newsprint production is mar keted in the United States.
 Canada Grabs Field
 In the past IS years Canada's conquest of the American pulp and newsprint market has been steady and unchecked. Today it dominates the market and United States manufacturers supply only one-third of the total for the two 
 Canadian mills have daily ca pacity of 11,940 tons of newsprint, of yearly capacity output of B.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-04
HARDING HOLDS
 FOR TERRITORY
 IN TAX ACTION
Oyerrules Plaintiffs De- murer to Answer to
 Troller's s Tax

s~ In hn oral ruling made Monday in the United States District Court affecting the Territorial tax of $250 on nonresident trollers, Judge Justin w Harding overruied de- rnurrer filed against the Territory's answer and in substance upheld the act of 1929 for the second time.
 The case, brought against the Territory by Wood Freeman, &c., attle troller, alleging the tax was prohibitive in that the average an- nual earnings of troller were only $500, went up to the Circuit Court of Appeals last year on an- other demurrer. Freeman's con- tention was upheld in the Appel late Court inasmuch as his state ment on earnings was not contro- verted.
 Following the Circuit Courts &C., ton, Attorney General Rustgard filed an answer alleging that the average net earnings of compe- tent troller each year is not less than 5000; and that tax of $250 is not unreasonable or pro- hibitive.
 H. L. Faulkner, local counsel for Freeman, demurred to the answer as not constituting any defense to the complaint. The case was ar gued some two weeks ago before Judge Harding. At that time MT. Faulkner contended that the Act was invalid because 1t fixed dis criminatory license rate between resident and nonresident trollers in contravention of the Whit e Fisheries Act He did not dis pute the Territory's contention concerning earnings.
 In the absence of any showing to the contrary, therefore, Judge Harding, accepting as fact the Ter ritorys allegations of 5000 av- craze, held that the answer did constitute valid answer and overruled the demurrer.
 MT. Faulkner was not present
 (Continueo sf Page Six,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-04
pANCHORN AND
 HERNDON HELD UP IN SIBERIA
W e ather Conditions Ex- pected to Clear and
 May Hop Today

TOKYO, Japan, Aug. 4. - Clyde Panghorn and Hugh Herndon await ed favorable weather at Khabarvosk, Siberia, for continuation of their flight, Rengo News Agency dis patches said.
 The wing of the plane damaged when the fliers landed there on Sunday was repaired Monday and the fliers announced they would take off for Nome as soon as the weather was favorable.
 The Rengo News Agency dis patches quoted the fliers as deny ing the New York reports that the world flight had been abandoned and they would probably attempt a flight from Tokyo to Seattle.
 At 9:30 am. today, Tokyo time, Panghorn and Herdon were half a day behind the time of Post and Gatty but each additional hour at Khabarvosk heightened this mar gin.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-04

725000 tons. The United States has an annual capacity of 1,750,000 tons.
 Newfoundland's output is rela- lively small and except in a minor way its exports to the United States do not affect the market nationally.
 East Needs Imports
 The eastern trust, If 1t is to continue to dominate the national market, must keep it's Canadian supplies and stifle competition at home. It has not the raw resources in eastern forests from which to manufacture either pulp or news print on competitive basis. With out Canada's vast forests and cheap waterpower, 1t would lose its stra- tegic position to western man4fac- turers.
 Last years statistics of tte news print industry, while not so strik- ing as several years preceding it furnish striking evidence of the part Canada's resources play in the eastern trusts dominance. Can ada exported to the United States 1 ,l93, ,698 tons of newsprint in ad- dition to large quantities of pulp wood and wood pulp. The news
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-04
 DAVID CLARK FACING JURY, MURDER CASE
Self-Defense Will Be Plea in Killing Herbert
 Spencer in L. A.

LOS ANGELES, Gal, Aug. A. A jury has been selected for the trial of David H. Clark, former Deputy District Attorney, charged with the murder of Herbert Spen- cer, former newspaperman and edi- tor of "Crusading," a magazine.
 Clark will plead self-defense.
 The State indicated it will ask the death sentence.
 Spencer was slain in the Holly wood office of Charles Crawford, wealthy man and political boss, formerly we'll known in Seattle.
 Clark is also charged with the murder of Crawford.
 Clark boiled 6o,00o votes for a municipal judgeship while at lib- erty under s100,o00 bond.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-04
By ALEXANDER KLEMIN Professor of Aeornautics, New
 York University

NEW YORK, Aug. 4.--For one thing the airplane designer seeks to reduce the elements Of resis- tance in flying so as to attain greater speeds.
 Col Charles A. Lindbergh, indi- rectly, is responsible for some of this development.
 He is always asking for higher speed, and in so doing has urged the designers and builders to great CT efforts
 For example, Lindbergh's Lock- heed monoplane is elliptical in cross section, beautifully stream lined from nose to tail
 The resistance of engine cylin- ders is reduced by placing a ven- turf cowling over the cylinders.
 With the venturi rowling the flow Is undisturbed after passing by the cylinders, and therefore the resis- tance not only of the cylinders, but of the entire fuselage, is kept at a minimum.
 Another line of research is with
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-04
ALASKA JUNEAU WILL PROSPECT
 BARITE CLAIMS
Lets Contract for Diamond Drilling of Duncan
 Canal Property

A contract has been let by the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Com pany to Lynch Brothers, diamond drillers, to prospect barite prop erty owned by the company in Duncan Canal, it was made known here today by P. R. Bradley, Con- sulting Engineer. The work will start there in the near future.
 Pat Lynch, member of the drill- ing concern, was here several days ago conferring with MT Bradley about the project He left late last week for his headquarters to as- semble equipment and supplies for immediate shipment to the ground.
 Barite is coming into a wider use in recent months than ever be- fore and there is growing demand for it, MT. Bradley said. It is used in large amounts in oil drilling op- erations among other things.
 We have had some inquiries about the Duncan Canal property, which is an old one and was patented years ago. MT. Bradley said. We are having it pros pected to determine the extent of the deposit and to see whether we desire to operate it ourselves or lease it to other interested par ties"
 How long is will take to demon- strate the ore body is, of course, indeterminate. The drilling opera tions will be continued until the ground has been thoroughly ex- plored.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-04
PICNICKERS
 ARE DROWNED

GEORGETOWN, s. C., Aug. A. A bus load of picnickers return ing from a beach outing, plunged through an open draw bridge here late last night. About 20 negroes and two white men were drowned.
 The white men who lost their lives, were Warren Newton, driver, and his son Olin Newton.
 Red light signals gave warning the bridge was lifted for boat. The barrier was torn away when the bus plunged through.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-04
SAILS
 AS FLAGSHIP LAST VOYAGE
Admiral Sch o ofield Will Succeed Admiral Chase
 in September

BREMERTON, Wash, Aug. A. Battlsship Texas sailed for San Diego on the last cruise as a flag ship.
 Admiral Frank H. Schofield suc- ceeds Admiral Jehu V. Chase, as Commander-in-C Chief of the Navy and the flag will then be trans ferred in September from the Texas to the Pennsylvania.
 The departure of Admirals Scho- field and Chase ends probably the biggest gathering of navy rank outside the National Capitol. Among the Admirals at Bremerton and in Seattle during the fleet maneuvers, was Admiral Robert E. Coontz.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-04
By SCOTT c. BONE

THE political pendulum swings uncertainty. Both parties are in apprehension and doubt as to it's swinging in 1882. Conditions are so abnormal that the campaign trend cannot be forseen. Presi- dent makers are at sea. The out look is unfathomable. Evidence &C., cumulates of desire on both sides to evade the Prohibition issue II possible. Whether the public mind can be diverted to a less hazardous issue, and make it paramount, IS a mooted question, puzzling alike to. all primarily concerned. For the moment it looks like an inn possible undertaking.
 Senator Shoot, Chairman of the Finance Committee, and whose name is attached to the new tariff, throws down the gauntlet to Sena- tor Robinson, floor leader, and who ran on the ticket with Governor Alfred E. Smith, three years ago,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-04
TODAY'S STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, Aug. 4. Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 14%, American Can 91A, Anaconda Copper 24A, Beth lehem Steel 37, General Motors 38A, International Harvester, no sale; Kennecott Is, Checker Cab BIS, 77s, 8, Curtiss- Wright 3, Pack ard Motors 6M, Standard Brands 18, Standard Oil of California 36, Standard Oil of New Jersey 37% Trans America 2, United Aircraft FITS, U. S. Steel 85A.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-04
TRUSTPROTEST
 NOT JUSTIFIED,
 SAY OFFICIALS
Government Not Attempt. ing to Force Alaska
 Pulp Development

Washington, D. O., and Fair banks Associated Press despatches to the Empire today indicated that the protest of the American Paper and Pulp Association against large scale pulp and paper develop rnent in Alaska was unnecessary and that such development was not expected to occur as long as present conditions prevailed in the newsprint industry.
 The Association Sunday sent a letter to President Hoover urging him to halt pending negotiations for the sale of national forest tim Der in Alaska on the ground that pulp production there would thrust unwarranted products upon an over expanded industry struggling with diminishing demand and vanish ing products
 Not Force Development
 A Washington despatch to The Empire said: Under present con- ditions in the newsprint industry it Is expected interested Government officials will delay indefinitely the development of a large woodpulp industry in Alaska which is feared by the officers Of the American Paper and Pulp Association.
 The Alaska situation involves a projected development in Ton gass National Forest by use of proposed power plants at Ketchi kan and Juneau. Each plant is expected to cost $15,000,000.
 "One of the developing groups is headed by George T. Cameron, publisher of the San Francisco Chronicle, and Harry Chandler, publisher of the Los Angeles Times. The other is headed by Zellerbach brothers of San Francisco.
 Each group has been rendered power licenses but neither has &C., cepted. Officials here said they did not expect any acceptances of the licenses until the newsprint mar ket conditions improve. Timber rights predicated upon acceptance of power licenses
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-04
STOCK MARKET TRADING LIGHT
 N. '. EXCHANGE
Further Liquidat a tion of Railroad Issues Are
 Pronounced Today

NEW YORK, Aug. 4. = Share prices dragged downward today and trading was around the small est volume in recent years.
 Further liquidation of railroad issues imposed weight especially on Marquette prior preferred which tumbled g points.
 Atchison, Union Pacific, New York Central, New Haven and Missouri preferred stock fell from 2 to points.
 U. s. Steel, American Can, East man, Johns -Manville, Allied Chsmi- teal and American Telephone and Telegraph took more reductions.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-04
RAIL OFFICIAL CERTIFIED

T. w. Evans, Vice-President of the New York Central Railroad, with Mrs. Evans and their two sons, w. H. Evans and John Evans, expressed delight at their visit to Alaska They are round-trip passengers on the steamship Aleu- tian, which was here last night on her way south. s. c. Murray. Gen eral Counsel of the New York Gen. tral. also is aboard the Aleutian and highly gratified over his AL aska visit,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-04
LOUISE CALLS; TAKES
 6 PASSENGERS SOUTH

Bound from Skagway to Van- couver, B. c. the steamship Prin- cess Louise called at Juneau this morning. Here she embarked for southen ports six passengers. They were:
 For Prince Rupert-Mrs. D. Rus sell and baby.
 For vanc couyer-R. Smith, w. F. Copeland.
 For Seattle-George o. Galbraith, J. H. Paughman.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-04
TWENTY-F0UR
 HOUR STRIKE

HAVANA, Cuba, Aug. IA 24- hour strike involving 40,000 work men began with bombing that broke windows and damaged street pavement. No arrests have been made.
 Thirty unions are participating in the strike to support streetcar men.
 The government has restricted all labor meetings.