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Seward daily gateway., 1931-08-25

The Conway building at Anchor age had close call recently when an overheated stove in an apart ment on the second floor set fire to the kitchen, says the Anchorage Times.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-08-25

The Ketchikan Chronicle recent
 y moved into a new home--in the Commercial Building - according
 to an announcement appearing in that publication.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-08-25

CALL FOR BIDS TO FURNISH TIES
 Sealed bids will be received by The Alaska Railroad up to 2:3O P. M. on the Third Mon- day in each month, for furnishing Standard Mountain Hemlock Cross Ties in lots of 10000 or less. Specifications and other particulars may be obtained from D. w. Metzdorf Gen. eral Storekeeper, Anchorage Alaska.
 Pub: Mondays. beginning July 27. 1931
Seward daily gateway., 1931-08-25

Frank Lowe of Vancouver, B. C., was elected president of the AL aska-Yukon Sourdough Association at the conclusion in Portland of it's third annual Stampede.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-08-25

Wedding bells rang recently for Miss Esther Olund and Edward R. J. McElligott, popular members of the Anchorage younger set, who were united in the holy bonds of wedlock. reports the Anchorage Times.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-08-25
SS ALEUTIAN TONNAGE

The SS Aleutian, of the Alaska Steamship Company, now enroute to Seward from Seattle, will dis charge approximately 400 tons of general cargo of which at least $50 tons goes forward to Interior
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-23
Mrs. Angie RidgWay Is
Thought to Have Become
Dizzy at Window.
LANDS ON CONCRETE;
SKULL is FRACTURED
Recently Ill, She Had Been eau
toned by Husband Not to
Open Screen.

Mrs. Angie Ridgway, 81, wife OF
Frank Ridgway director of information
for the Federal Farm Board, was fatal
ly injured today, when she fell from a
window of her apartment on the fifth
floor Of an apartment house at 4707
Connecticut avenue.
Mrs. Ridgway. who had gone to the
window to call her S-year-old son,
Charles, at play in the rear Of the build
ing, is believed to have become dizzy
and lost her balance. She had been
i'll for several days, according TO her
husband, who said he had frequently
warned both her and the boy not to
raise the screen while looking from
the window.
Husband Had Gone.
Mrs. Ridgway arose and ate break
fast with her husband this morning for
the first time in several days, he said.
Shortly after he left for his Office
Charles went out to play. A few min
utes later Mrs. Ridgway went to the
window, raised the screen and called
him.
The boy looked up in time to see his
mother hurtle from the window and
land on concrete driveway five stories
below.
A colored maid was in the apartment
at the time, but she said she did not
know Mrs. Ridgway had fallen until
Charles informed ner.
Died at Hospital.
The boy telephoned his father, who
hastened to the apartment house, only
to find his wife already had been taken
to Emergency Hospital. After con-
ferring with Sergt. Carlton Talley OF
the homicide squad and other detectives
investigating the case, RidgWay went
to the hospital, where he found his
wife had died a short time after her
arrival.
Mrs. Ridgway, who died without
regaining consciousness, had fractured
skull and her body was crushed.
Ridgway was joined at the hospital
a few minutes later by his son, who
was taken there by policeman and
q friend Of the family.
Arrived Two Years Ago.
Ridgway came here about two years
ago to accept his present post with the
Farm Board, after having served for
10 years on the editorial staff Of the
Chicago Tribune. He also had worked
on several other Chicago newspapers.
Mrs Ridgway's body, according to
her husband, viii be sent to her nome
town, Paris, Mo. Beyond that Ridg-
way has made no plans, he said. An
inquest will be held at the morgue at
IL o'clock, Monday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-23
"CERTAIN ATTACHMENTS"
FOR AUTOS CONDEMNED
Eastern Conference of Motor We
hicle Administrators Acts
on Resolution.
BY the Asso lated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TRENTON, N. j., May 23.-The East
ern Conference of Motor Vehicle Admin
istrators yesterday adopted a resolution
condemning certain attachments on au-
tomobiles. The resolution read
mo free wheeling device shall be al
lowed in the States of the Eastern Con-
ference of Motor Vehicle Administrators
unless the operator of the automobile
has full control of all gears in all ra-
tics as he drives"
Delegates fastened to explain that the
resolution would not affect free wheeling
devices built in automobiles at the rae
tory, but would apply to certain attach
ments sold to owners of automobiles not
originally equipped for free wheeling. i.
Thirteen States and the Province OF
Ontario were represented at the second
days conference, which also considered
a uniform type Of insurance policy for
liability and property damages for mo-
florists.
The topic was brought up by Mccall
Frazier, Virginia commissioner, who an
nounced it would be discussed again At
the conferences meeting in Richmond
next October.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-23
ONE-FOOT STRIP OF LAND BARS
HOME OWNER FROM PUBLIC ROAD
Court Rules in Favor of Realty Firm Which Reserved
Plot When Buyer Refused to Pay for Improvements.

The realty company proceeded TO
build the highway. Instead of making
it the full 50-foot width as intended,
the roadway was narrowed to 40 feet,
leaving a one-foot margin between the
paved road and Slaymans property
The completed road was then turned
over to the county.
Slayman. in order 10 use the new
road, was Obliged to step across the one
foot strip, which he did without touch
iEg It, The realty concern. however
warned him that passing over its strip
Of ground constituted trespass and filed
suit in the county court to prevent him
The judge in the county court ruled
that the strip had been reserved for
punitive purposes" and refused 10 grant
the realty company the right to prevent
Slaysman using 1t.
The Court of Appeals, however. took
the opposite view Even though, the
company reserved the one-foot striu
"for purposes Of which the court might
not approve" that did not interfere
with It's legal right to prevent tresnass
over IL. The appellate court then grant
Cd an Injunction against Slaymar.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-23
HOOVER RADIOS
CORNELL EULOGY
War Memorial Dedication
Speech at Rapidan Re-
calls AiSne VaIor.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ORANGE, Va, May 23.-President
Hoover today converted his cabin at the
Rapidan camp into broadcaSting studio
to deliver radio eulogy Of American
war dead as part of the dedication of
the Cornell University War Memorial.
In erecting such memorials, he said,
the country does not seek to glorify war
or perpetuate hatreds, but seeks instead
to commemorate the courage, devotion
and sacrifice of those who gave their
lives for their fellows and their country.
I'VE do not condemn our own action
or belittle the high motives and ideals
which based our efforts when we ac-
knowledge that the war was q catas-
trophe."
There Is no way of adding to the
glory of these who died, the President
said, but the people Of the country and
their descendants will be the better
for remembering them"
Deed Of IA Years Ago.
The speech follows:
Fourteen years ago this morning a
group of American boys carried an
American flag into the fighting on the
did gesture symbolical of the might of
the New World mastering for the deci-
sive issue.
This unit was composed OF under
graduates of Cornell University, and
was under the leadership of Capt. Ed
ward Tinkhanl, a Cornell student in
the class OF 1916. 1t was a vanguard
OF a mighty army of American youth
that flowed across the Atlantic IN the
months that followed. In this army
were 5000 other Comedians who fol-
lowed Tingham's unit in the Nation
service.
1.-TWO hundred and sixty-four Of them
did not return. am happy today TO
take part In the dedication OF per-
manent memorial to those men Of Cor
nell University who lost their lives in
the World War Significant in itself,
this memorial takes on a broader aspect.
While we pay tribute specifically to the
service of the 264 Cornell men whose
names are carved in this beautiful
shrine, the occasion recalls the great
part in our war effort played by the
men of all our universities and colleges.
THE towers and cloisters in which
the memory OF Cornell'S heroic dead is
Observation-Disclosures Beautiful and
useful though they are-are not mere
buildings. They are symbols. fitting
and lasting symbols, of the ideals for
which the men of Cornell, of all our
universities and colleges, OF our whole
country. fought and died. They COM
memorate the contribution of youth TO
the cause of America, free gift of de-
voted young lives to an ideal they
deemed worth cherishing and defending.
Continued on Page 2, Column 80
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-23
HUGE HIDDEN STILLS
FOUND IN ELITE AREA
One Of Largest Distilleries Ever
Seized in Nation Taken in Me-
York's Sutton Place.
~ The Associated PRES.

By the Associated Press
NEW YORK, May 23.-In Sutton
place, the home of social elite. prohibit
ton agents were today dismantling
what they say are the two largest
whisky stills ever seized in the country.
A dozen agents entered the old Con-
sumers Brewery, at ~ Sutton place,
yesterday and uncovered the clegerly
hidden stills. each, they said, capable
of turning out $4,000. gallons of alcohol.
They are valued, agents estimated, at
$3.50, 900.
The front OF the brewery was used
as a garage, where many of the wealthy
neighborS stored their automobiles. In
the rear the agents went through fake
brick wall and discovered the plant
They found $4,000 gallons Of finished
alcohol. private lighting and extensive
telephone systems,
Two men were arrested and guam
tity of ingredients and 6ve trucks we're
taken away By the raiders.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-23
MELLON TO DISCUSS
TAX IN RADIO FORUM
Address Tonight of Special Inter.
est Due to Mounting Deficit
Faced by Government.

Questions Of large Importance to every
taxpayer will be discussed by Secretary
of the Treasury Mellon at $3.50 o'clock
tonight in the National Radio Forum
arranged by The Evening Star and
the Columbia Broadcasting System.
The address win be of especial in
terest in view Of the mounting deficit,
which the Government faces at the end
of the present fiscal year. This condi-
ton, 1t was pointed out. raises issues Of
Treasury policy and finance Of vitaa Inn
portance to the country.
Secretary Mellon, who has served un-
der three Presidents will be the fourth
speaker In series of addresses by the
Hoover cabinet In the National Radio
Forum. Secretary of war Hurley will
speak next Saturday night, May 80.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-23
SMITH ANSWERS
SENATE PETITION
Defends Right to Office by
Presidential Appointment
and Senate Confirmation.

George Otis Smith, chairman of the
Federal Power Commission, today filed
answer in the District of Columbia SUI
preme Court to the proceedings in quo
warranto brought against him a few
weeks ago on behalf of the United States
Senate in the name OF Leo A. Rover
United States attorney, calling on Mr.
Smith to show by what right he Is
holding a position as member and
chairman of the commission.
The suit was instituted following the
refusal of President Hoover to return tc
the Senate the nomination Of Smith
after,it bad been reported favorably by
that body and Mr.. Smith had entered
upon his duties.
Defends Right TO Post.
Through Attorney George Wharton
Pepper, former Senator from Pennsyl-
vania, Mr.. Smith defends his right to
the office by virtue of the appointment
by the President and the confirmation
by the Senate. He declares he is law
fully in possession of the office and is
rightfully exercising the powers and
discharging the duties imposed upon the
members Of the commission by the act
of Congress which provided for its crca-
ton.
The answer takes up paragraph by
paragraph the allegations OF the Sen
ate's petition and admits many of them,
but denies others. He denies the aver
ments of the eighteenth paragraph OF
the petition, and alleges the fact to be
that on December 20, 1880, the Senate
advised and consented to his appoint
ment to the Office in question, that the
Senate in due course notified the Pres
ident of its consent, and that the Pres
ident by and with the advice and con-
sent of the Senate appointed him to be
a member of the Federal Power Com
mission and its chairman for the term
expiring June %, 1885.
Denies Pending Nomination.
Mr.. Smith also denies that there was
pending in the Senate at any time after
December %, 1880, any nomination TO
the Office to which on that date he had
been appointed. He asks the court 10
decide that he lawfully holds the once
of member and chairman of the Federal
Power Commission, and that he be
permitted to 60 hence without day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-23
POSSE SEXES THREE MEN
SOUGHT IN BANK ROBBERY
Two Caught in Oklahoma Woods
and Third Wounded and Cap
tured in Filling Station.
~ ths Assnciated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
OKLAHOMA CITY, May 23.-Three
men. captured by possemen, we're under
arrest today on charge Of robbing the
First National Bank Of Luther, Okla.
Of more than 81 500 yesterday.
Ofhcers and farmers, some Of the
latter armed only with clubs and pitch
forks, ran down two of the men In a
wooded section southeast Of Luther last
night and short time later the third
was wounded and captured In a filling
station east Of Luther. Offlcers said
the loot was recovered.
The prisoners described themselves as
Claude Fugate, "a, of Coleman, Tex;
II. W. Eayne. 20. Of Sapulpa, Okla.
and C. G. Gregory. 40. Of Bristow, Okla
One Of Gregory's legs was fractured
by a bullet in the encounter at tho
filling station.
Mrs Mabel Ashley. telephone opera.
tor at Luther, organized the posse tna'
cornered Gregory. calling up citizens
Of Luther upon receiving word thai
he had been sighted
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-23
STIMSON WILL ACT AS REFEREE
IN DAVIS CUP MATCHES HERE
Arrangements Completed for Reception of Argentine
Tennis Stars at White House

court Wednesday noon, after which
they will be received formally by the
President.
Four members of the team held ex-
tended practice sessions yesterday on
the courts of the Chevy Chase Club
where the final American tie is to be
contested. Guilermo Robson and Ad-
riano Kappa drew applause from q
small gallery in an informal five-Set
match, won BY the fornIer,
Edwin French, non-playings captain
of the South American team, said prac-
tice would be speeded up after tlie ar
rival last night of Ronald Boyd ths
ranking Argentine player. who was de-
tanned by Illness from sailing with ~
teammates ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-23
"FEMlNINE BL UEBEARD"
SUSPECT ARRESTED
Hitch-Hiker Held in Montana as
Woman Convict Who Slew
Three Husbands.
81 the Assoclated press.

By the Associated Press.
FORSYTH, Mont. May ga wom-
an believed by Sheriff C. F. Pat
terson to be Mrs. Lydia Southland,
feminine bluebeard," who escaped 10
days ago from the Idaho Penitentiary,
was arrested late yesterday as she was
riding on a truck east of Vanada, Mont.
The prisoner a hitch-hiker, denied she
was Mrs. Southland.
name the woman in custody gave. He
said she declared her home was in
Peoria, Ill, and that she was on her
way to Roundup.
Mrs. Southland serving sentence Tor
the murder Of one husband, was alleged
to have killed two other mates.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-23
LEGAL COUNSEL DIES

EVANSTON, Ill, May % P).-Hehry
Russell Plat, IS, legal counsel for many
large corporations and estates, died to-
night from pneumonia.
He was counsel for the Letter estate
and headed the legal stan for the
Armour packing merger in 1928
He was counsel and director Of the
National Life Insurance Co. of Yer
mont; a director Of the American Water
Works 81 Electric Co, New York; di-
rector and counsel for the West Penn
Railways Of Pittsburgh and the John
r. Thompson Co. of Chicago.
His widow and three children survive
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-23
speciayDispateh to The Star.

BALTIMORE, May %. - Stepping
across a strip Of land one foot wide
even though the ground itself is not
touched. constitutes trespass and Is pre-
ventable by law, the Maryland Court OF
Appeals has decided.
A curious contest for the right to walk
over narrow strip separating house
owners property from the public high
way arose in a lawsuit brought by a
realty company against Alonzo Stay
men, in Baltimore County, and later
tried at Annapolis.
AS a result of the decision, Slayman,
who owns the property facing on an i'm
proved street, is prevented from using
the highway because he cannot step
across the one intervening foot Of
ground which he does not own.
When the realty company. which
owned the development, started the
construction of a paved street which
would pass In front of Slayman's lot,
he was assessed $500 for his share u
the expense Of laying the road He re-
fused 10 pay, claiming he did not want
the improvement suniciently to pay that
amount
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-23
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Secretary of State Stimson has agreed
to act as official and honorary referee
of the Davis Cup tennis matches here
next week between Argentina and the
winner of the United States-C Canada
match which is to be concluded at Mon
treal today.
simultaneously, arrangements were
completed for q reception of the Ar
gentine stars at the White House before
determine which team shall carry the
honors of the American Davis Cup zone
to Europe.
Mrs. Hoover has invited the Latin
Americau58o play on the White House
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-23
Quake Causes Panic.

PAMPILHoSA DA SIERRA Portugal,
May % (P).-The populace was thrown
into a panic and fled from their homes
into the open when a sharp earth shock
was felt here at am. today. The
house Of Jose Antas Nunes, wealthy
land owner, collapsed, but there were
no casualties.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-23

BY the Associated Press.
ROME, May 23-Premier Mussolini
was thrown from his horse today while
taking his usual morning constitutional
on the grounds of his home, the Villa
Torlonia, but suffered only slight in
jury, principally scratches on his face.
After brief treatment the duce went
to his Office and afterward to the
palace, but Cancelled A review OF sew
eral hundred Bulgarian gymnssts visit
ing Rene, which he had scheduled for
today. He did receive the Bulgarian
Minister, however, as well as his own
assistant.
The injury he suffered was said to be
quite superficial and confined to his
face. 1t was reported that his horse
stumbled, throwing the premier to she
soft earth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-23
jailed in Refusing
To Raise AlimOny
On Veterans Bonus
By the Associated Pres.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, May 23.-Rather.
his wife charged, than borrow
money on his veterans bonus to
pay her alimony, Elmer Pickle,
jr., salesman, took a siX-month
sentence to "alimony row" in
Jail
The sentence was imposed by
Judge John j. Sullivan in Supe-
rior Court yesterday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-23
TWO IN U. S. PARTY ILL
Mayor Key of Atlanta Taken to
Hospital in Paris.

RoUEN, France, May % F1.-Maj.
James L. Key of Atlanta, Ga, mem
Der OF the American mayors party
which is now on a visit to France. was
unable to stop off at Rouen with the
rest of the mayoral party today because
Of Illness. He continued on for treat
ment at the American Hospital in
Paris.
Mrs. A. P. Gray, wife Of the mayor
of Pasco, Wash, was taken i'll during
the reception on arrival of the group
at the City Hall here and was taken
to a hotel 1t was believed her illness
was not serious.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-23
|CAS CONTROL HERE
HELD BY CH|CAGOAN
Bride Submits Opinion to
Utilities Body Confirming
PIERCE RumorS.

An opinion submitted to the Public
Utilities Commission yesterday by Cor
poration Counsel william w. Bride con-
firmed the often printed rumors that
control of washington's two gas COM
panies is lodged firmly in the hand Of
A. z. Peirce, Chicago public utilities
magnate.
Although the Bride report has not
been made public, Chairman Mason M.
Patrick Of the commission said today
that it shows that control of the Wash
ineton Gas Light and Georgetown Gas
Light Co. is in the Westfield Trust, OF
which Mr.. Peirce owns 100 per cent OF
the stock, and the Central Public Serv-
ice Corporation, of which Mr.. PIERCE
is president.
Other Connection Seen.
There seems to be some connection
also between the local companies and
the Central Public Service Co. CT Chi
cago, Of which Mr.. PIERCE is also the
president.
The facts forwarded by Mr.. Bride
were found by the Department of Jus
tice in an investigation into the rami-
hcations of the ownership of the local
companies made at his request. The
commission was seeking the facts upon
which to base a suit on the La Toilette
snti-merger pact, seeking 10 set ASIDE
the sale of the stock OF the local COM
pany for foreign holding corporations
or utility corporations and bring 1t
back into local hands.
Whether the suit will be filed Is not
yet known. The question will be dis
cussed by the commission probably at
its next regular meeting Monday after
noon, but pending the meeting neither
! Gen. Patrick, nor Mr.. Bride, would
make any statement. The text OF the
Justice Departments report was not
made public, nor was the text OF Brides
opinion.
Start Of Investigation.
The commissions investigation started
early this year, when reports from Chi
| cago announced that the Seaboard In
Yestment Trust, which had heretofore
| owned a controlling stock in the two
| local companies, had changed its name
| 70 the Washington g. Suburban Cos
and that the Central Public Service
| Corporation had a management inter-
est in the newly named trust. At the
| time the Seaboard Investment Trust
first got control of the local company
stock the commission went to court IN
an effort 10 set the sale aside under the
| La Toilette anti-merger act. This ef-
| fort failed because the terms Of the act
embrace only acquisition Of stock By
corporations, and the Seaboard Invest
/ ment Trust, being common law trust
/ was held to be outside of its scope.
| Whether the present situation shows
| anY change is not known
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-23
CAR coBBLER DIVORCED

Chicagoan Granted Decree on
Grounds of Cruelty and Desertion.
CHICAGO, May % IPl.-ChaFles
Brod. rs. cobbler, who said he once
fashioned shoes for Gear Nicholas and
ether members Of the Russian royal
family. was. granted a divorce yesterday
from his wife Bessie. So.
He charged cruelty and deseftion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-23
STATEHOOD is BACKED
Resolution Adopted in Hawaii

will Be Sent to Congress.
HONOLULU, May % (P.-The Sem
ste and House of Representatives has
adopted a concurrent resolution favor
inc statehood for Hawaii
The action was taken last night after
the House had overridden the Gov.
errors veto of the original statehood
bin. The resolution win go to Con-
Qress at Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-23

CONTINUED on Page 2, Column -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-23

GO. 3. Weather Bureau Forccast.)
Fair and continued cool tonight; tomor-
row fair with slowly rising temperature.
Highest, 70, at 2:30
I'm. yesterday: lowest. SO, at 6 am, to-
day. Full report on page Is.