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and thence to Anchorage and
 make regular stated trips not less than once in fifteen 15) days when navigation is open in the above mentioned waters, as com mon carrier of freight and pas sengers
 The law appropriates the sum of Seven Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($7,50O00) and provides that not more than Three Thous- and Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars $3,750.00) shall be expended dur ing any one year, and defines the open season to be from May 1st to November 1st; the amount of the subsidy will be computed from the time the successful bidder be- gins the service and pro-rated ac- cording to trips. Bids must state proposal for complete round trip, and include complete descrip- tion of boat.
 Bidders will be required to ac- company bids with a tariff of freight and passenger rates (which shall be reasonable and subject to approval by the Governor) and from which there shall be no var iation if bid is accepted.
 The contractor will be required, at the close of the season, to make report, under oath, to ac-
 company his claim for subsidy,
 giving the following information: (a) Tariff sheet of freight and passenger rates for the route cov- cred; (b) Total tonnage and total number of passengers carried; (c)
 Gross earnings from passenger, freight and mail service rendered, segregating the same according to
 the three classes here mentioned: (d statement in detail of all ex>
 penses incurred and on what ac- count; the names and addresses
 of all persons employed, and the
 gross earnings and gross expense
 of the route covered.
 Contract will be entered into immediately upon the award to
Seward daily gateway., 1931-05-16

Among the notables going north on today's choo-choo cars, were Capt. A. E. Lathrop, Major Mall coln Elliott and Jack Vardeen.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-05-16

Superintendent M. c. Edmunds, in charge of this district for the Alaska Road Commisson, arrived in Seward Friday from his An chorage offices.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-05-16

Mrs. w. R. Sproats, we'll known Westward citizen, was an incom- ing arrival on the SS Yukon bound for Chignik on the SS Starr.
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the successful bidder, who must be prepared to furnish a bond acceptable to the Governor in an amount equal to 50% of the amount of the bid.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-05-16

Nowhere else in the low-price field is there such a wide selection of fine coach craft as in the Chevrolet iine-and Chev- rolet alone in its class provides the many recognized advantages of Body by Fisher. This means not only attractive styling, handsome interiors and fine, modern appointmcnts-but also the safest, most durable body construction known ~"o.i-and-steel scientifically combined.
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3-ROOM apartment for rent at J. L. Graef.
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The right is reserved to reject any and all bids.
 GEO. A. PARKS May II, 1881. Governor Pub. Dates MayA15, 16, 18, 1881.
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And as for pcrf0rmance-remem that Chevrolet gives you a smooth, easy- running six-cylinder motor that develops fifty horsepower, yet operates icith less expense for gas, oil, tires aud upkecp than any other car y0a con buy!
 When you get ready to buy low-priced car, inspect the line of new Chevrolet Sizes now on display at your dealer's.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-26
Clemenceau School
Will Pay Homage to
odd Father Victory
Andre Tardieu to EulO-
gize Wartime Leader
at Nantes Tribute.

By the Associated Press.
NANTES, France, April 25.-Eighty
years ago a mischievous boy from
the Vendee region entered the high
school here as A boarding pupil.
He was the terror OF his teachers and
the plague of his playmates, and when
he left for Paris to study medicine
there were few who predicted he would
come to anything but bad end
Tomorrow the boy who used to read
wild ronances behind his geography
will have his revenge. The school has
not only adopted his family name as
its own but has erected a statue TO him
in its central court yard His name
was Georges Benjamin Clemenceau.
The memory Of the savior Of France
will be hOnored by ore Of his most
intimate wartime and peace-time col
laborators, Andre Tardieu. former
premier and now minister Of agTicul-
lure. The great and the near great
will gather TO hear his eulogy CT his
great chief, who has gone down in his
tory as "OId Father Victory"
Nantes Is planning fitting homage To
her iIlustriouS adopted son, and al
ready the tricolcr flags are flying from
the school buildings. public edifices and
a gcodly number Of private houses
The alumni Of the institution, called
together from all over France. will be
out in force, though it is safe to say
that not a surviving claSsmate OF
Ciemenceau viii be present.
"Old Father Victory" took over the
premiership and war ministry as a
) septuagenarian in 1917 and backed ur
his colntTys army IN the field until
the triumph Of November 1918.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-26
MEDICAL SOCIETY
TO GIVE BANQUET
Annual Event Will Bring Dis
tinguiShed Guests to
Capital May 5.

With prominent physicians and sur
geons present from throughout the
Eastern part Of the United States, the
thirty-fourth annual banquet of the
Washington Medical and Surgical So
ciety will be held in the Mayfiower
Hotel Tuesday night, May 5.
The occasion will be marked by the
comforting of fellowships in the organ
ization on DR.. Francis H. Miner and
DR.. Paul S. Putzki, in conformity with
the annual custom Of making two such
awards.
DR.. John C. Eckhardt. president of
the Medical and Surgical Society, will
preside at the banquet. at which DR.
Luther H. ReicheIderfer, president of
the Board of Commissioners Of the
District Of Columbia: DR.. William H
Hough, president Of the Medical Society
Of the District Of Columbia; Surg. Gen.
Merritt w. Ireland, U. s. A; DR.. Will
liam Gerry Morgan, president Of the
American Medical Association; Capt.
Joel T. Boone, personal physician to
President Hoover, and Surg. Gen. Charles
E. Riggs, U. s. NJ, viii be the guests
Of honor.
Strickland Gillian will be the guest
speaker.
The Banquet Committee is composed
Of DR.. Frank z. Gibson, chairman; DR..
A. C. Christie. DR.. Gusts Lee Hall and
Dr. Reginald r. Walker.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-26
KIDNAPPED DOCTOR |.
IS STILL MISSING
Dr.. Kelley Held Longer Than
IL Others Excepting
Gambler.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Assoctatec Press. -
ST. LOUIS. April 25.-Dr. I. d.
Kelley, kidnapped physician, tonieht had
been held longer than any Of the other
IL persons kidnapped here within the
last 16 months, with the exception Of
John T. Soy, gambler. Soy was
missing for $50 hours while Dr.. Kelley
has not bean heard from for I've DAYS.
Carroll w. Harlan. judge advocate
OF the st. Louis Police Department and
a friend Of the family Of the kidnaped
physician, today Withdrew from thu
executive committee" Of friends which
has been advising the family IN the
case.
While Harlan declined to xiye n
reason for Withdrawing from the zrcun
1t was understood he found his position
o1mcult In that he was attempting 70
serve the family In the return Of I'm
friend, DR.. Kelley, and 30. On the other
hand, was expected to keep the police
informed OF any communication which
might come TO the family from thu
kidnapers. III
1t was understood Harlan finally de-.
cided to withdraw so as not to fore
stall any communication from the lid
napers. -
Police continued their policy of run.
ming down every tip concerning the
Kidnapping mystery. One report sent o
squad SIS miles up the Mississippi River
to an island where O deserted house
formerly used by gangsters, was found
TO be presided over by two elderly
women who took care Of the house for
several st. Louis sportsmen.
William D. Orthwein, I'd. spokesman
for the family. said today that no
word had been received from thu cap
tors OF DR.. Kelley. either directly or
indirectly since the physician was KID
mapped Monday night after leaving his
home on q fake sick call.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-26
MUSSO[|NI DUETS
|. STUDENT PROTEST
italian Resentment Against
Demonstration at Brussels
Becomes National Affair.

~ this Associated Press.
ROME, April 25-Italian resentment
against anti-Fascist demonstrations In
Belgium became . national affair to-
day when Premier Mussoltnt, the Par
lament and the University Of Rome
took q hand.
The Premier stepped out On bal
cony ut the Venexia Palace at noon
when several thousand students Of the
university paraded IN protest against
an anti-Fascist demonstration a
Brussels earlier this week which had
It's roots In the arrest here Of the Bel
gian Prof. Leo Moulin on q charge Of
anti-Fascigt activities.
Mussolini quieted the demonstration
by his appearance, though maintaining
silence at first Then he raised his
hand in the Roman salute, smiled 81
the crowd Of young men and said:
1.-THE italy Of the students Is always
ready to defend the revolutionary re-
ginne and Fascism against the stupid
calumnies Of arti-FaScists."
The students cheered him wildly
then moved on toward the Belgian En-
bassy. but police stopped them guar
ter Of q mile away and dispersed the
crowd.
In the afternoon the Moulin matter
CdIIlC up llhlUC14t Will tAAE AA4hOA
secretary Of the interior justifying the
professors arrest Moulin, he said
participated actively in real attempt
to organize o movement against the
power OF the state"
The rector of the university and the
police commended the orderly manner
in which the students had conducted
themselves, but police patrols were
maintained about the Belgian Embassy
In the Chamber Of Deputies tonight
the Moulin case and the Belgian stu
dent demonstrations were likened to
the Sacco- Yanzett1 trial in the United
States.
Declaring the government could not
let itself be Influenced, o member said:
I'VE all remember how when the
starry republic was trying two men
for their lives, Gov. Fuller Of MaSsa-
cfusetts answered sea Of protests
with cold inflexibility, saying SOW
eriegn State judges; it can not be
Judged"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-26
SEE FRAUD IN WILL
OF LILLIAN RUSSELL
investigators Find Property
Daughter Was to Share
Disappeared.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH. April 25-The only
daughter of the late Lillian Russell
noted comic opera beauty. today OBJ
tanned in Orphans Court an order for
a reaccounting in the estate Of her
mother and a second order withholding
distribution of the estate Of her STEP
father, Alexander P Moore, former
Ambassador to Spain and Peru.
Judge Thomas P. Trimble ruled that
1t appeared from testimony that Moore,
co-executor with the Union Trust Co
in the estate of Miss Russell, whom he
married in 1912, "fraudulently acquired
assets Of his wife's estate while acting
as executor thereof, and had failed to
account therefor or to make restitution
thereof by his will or otherwise"
Miss RuSsell'S daughter, Mrs. Dorothy
Russell Calvit, went into court with q
claim for half Of Moore's $500, 600 es-
tate after he left her only 81 600 In his
will. She alleged that in q prenuptial
agreement with her mother he prom
ised to leave half Of his estate to her,
the daughter.
Distribution Suspended.
Judge Trimble did not rule on the
validity of the alleged agreement, but
ordered distribution of the Moore eS-
tate suspended until there has been q
final accounting in the estate of Miss
Russell, or until further order Of the
court, "whereupon the court will con-
slider whether the claim Of Dorothy
Russell Calvit for the one-half Of this
estate should be allowed"
Moore's will was filed for probate
here last year. In it he bequeathed
500, 900 to Queen Victoria of Spain to
be used for charitable purposes and
SIS 900 to the widow Of Enrico Caruso.
At the hearing on Mrs. Calvit's claim,
it was brought out that Miss Russell
had specified in her will that SUFFICIENT
of the principal Of her estate be in
vested profitably so that the income
shall amount without fail to $50 per
week" to be paid TO her daughter during
her lifetime. Moore filed first and
final accounting whereby $38, 1859 was
provided for Mrs. CalWt.
Jewels UnaccOunted For.
"Said sum is not only insufficient to
comply with the terms of said will, but
has since been reduced in value to
S34,925," Judge Trimble said, land
there is nothing on record to show that
the fund so distributed has ever been
increased or that the said Dorothy Rus
sell Calvit will have any assurance in
the future that she viii receive more
than the income of said trust fund"
Mrs. Calvit charged Moore did not
account for many personal possessions
of her mother after Miss Russell died
in 1922, and that he defrauded the es-
tate in disposing of others. Among
Jewels the actress owned was q pearl
necklace. Evidence was introduced to
show a jeweler had appraised its value
for Moore at $500.
Judge Trimble said that, according
to the testimony, 1t appeared Moore
"surreptitiously acquired the said neck
lace from the said Union Trust Co.
and himself as executors by pay
ing therefor to his co-executor the sum
OF 81 900 indirectly through his agent.
appointed by him to effect his fraudu-
lent purpose"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-26
MISSIONARY CONFERENCE
NAMES STATE OFFICERS
1882 Convention Will Be Held at
Washington-Mrs. Copeland
Elected President.
special Dispatch the The star

Special Dispatch the The Star.
FREDERICKSBURG Va, April IS.
The annual convention Of the Metflo-
dist Women's Missionary Union, Balti-
more Conference, in session here since
Tuesday night, adjourned yesterday
afternoon to meet next year in Wash
1ngton. The selection of the church
will be made later.
Officers for the coming year are:
President, Mrs. T. j. Copeland, Balti-
more; vice president, Mrs. w. H Bal
lenger, Harrisonburg, Va; conference
secretary, Miss e. v. Pepper, Baltimore;
recording secretary, Mrs. r. @. Now
bray. Baltimore; treasurer. Mrs. Jacob
Hevener, Stanton: secretary of young
women, Mrs. Ida r. Grower, Washing
ton; superintendent diyi-
sion, Mrs. j. r. Jacobs, Clarendon, Va;
mission study, Mrs. E. S. Woolf, Staun-
ton; literature, Miss Jessie Hough,
Fredericksburg; Christian social rela-
tions. Mrs. J. H. Haley, Martinsburg
w. Va, and supplies, Mrs. A. F. Harlan,
Washington. A plea for more rigid
censorship of motion pictures was made
by Miss Maud NJ. Aldrich, field secre-
tary of the Federal Motion Picture
Council Miss Leila j. TuttIe, mission
airy in Soochow. China, told OF condi-
lions in that country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-26
MIDGET OF STARS
HEAVIEST OBJECT
One Cubic Inch of Van
Maanen's Discovery Would
Weigh Seven Tons Here.

By the Associated Press.
MOUNT WILSON OBSERVATORY.
Calf, April 25.-Adriaan Van Maanen
sits at the turret of the worlds largest
telescope here and measures the move
ment of the stars.
He is one Of the distinguished astron-
omers Sir James H. Jeans, noted
British astronomer, is coming here to
consult next week. In fact it is Van
Maanen's star that gave to Jeans one
Of the bits Of knowledge upon which the
famed English observer predicateS his
theory that the whole universe is vast
ing away.
Van Maanen's star is one Of the most
remarkable objects in the sky from the
astronomical viewpoint. It is named for
him by right Of his discovery in 1917.
One Of the faintest of the white dwarfs
Of the sky, at the same time It Is one
Of the nearest stars to he earth. It Is
only seventy-six million million miles
away.
Star Heaviest Object Known.
Smaller than the earth, therefore an
unusual midget among the stars, its
chief fame rests in weight. Man knows
inch of it would weigh seven tons If
transported to the earth. That Is
zoe. 900 times as dense as water. rs
"A few years ago such an astounding
density would have seemed absurd"
said Van Maanen. mo chemical ele-
ment on the earth is known that has
any such weight.
Physicists, however, have told us
that the density Of an electron is about
thirty thousand million times that of
water, while that of the proton, the
enormously higher. If, therefore, we
could strip the atoms Of their widely
scattered electrons, and pack the cleo
irons and nuclei close enough together.
We could easily produce densities such as
we have found in our stars and still
have plenty of empty space left.
Cubic Inch Would Weigh Ton.
Now, theoretical considerations have
shown that with the temperatures and
pressureS prevailing in these dwarf
stars, we have exactly the conditions re-
quired to strip the atoms and closely
pack their parts together.
There is, therefore, no reason to
think our figures absurd. Moreover, 1t
was proved by DR.. Walter S. Adams, di-
rector Of the observatory here, q few
years ago. in a different way, that an
other very small star. the companion of
Sirius, has a density OF about 10000
times that of water. A cubic inch of
that would. on earth, weigh ton"
Sir James Jeans will find another In
teresting conferee here in DR.. Francis
G. Pease. He measured the diameter
of Antars and found its density to be
only one three -millionth that of water
This means that it would take 100,o
cubic inches of Antares, on earth, to
weigh pound.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-26
FOUR REDS ARE INJURED
IN ATTEMPT TO PARADE
Police Prevent Demonstration
Against Electrocutions in
Alabama.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 25.-Police today
swung their night sticks and dispersed
about 400 Communists who Kissed ut
an order forbidding them to parade in
demonstration against the forth
coming electrocution at Scottsboro, Ala,
of nine Negro boys. -Four demon
strators, all with minor injuries, were
arrested. One policeman also was
slightly hurt.
crowds gathered at One Hundred and
Fortieth street and Lenox avenue, where
the parade was TO have started despite
refusal of authorities to issue a permit.
Police reserves had been sent to the
neighborhood in anticipation of disorder.
Booing and kissing, the demonstrators
carried huge signs bearing legends OF
Down With the Lynch Law" and
Negroes and Whites Fight Together
Against the ScottSboro Frameup."
The boys were convicted Of assaulting
girls.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-26
STUDENTS WILL VISIT
HOME OF WASHINGTON

BY STAFF Correspondent Of The Star
CLARENDON, Va, April 25.-The
Arlington Rotary Club, Alexandria Ro-
tary Club and the Alexandria Kiwanis
Club are arranging to take the student
body of Arlington Hall College to Wake
field, birthplace of George Washington,
May IL. Places of historical interest to
be visited are Fredericksburg, Wakefield
and Stratford, the birthplace OF the
Lees. Transportation will be furnished
by members Of the clubs, including
about so automobiles.
The committee in charge consists OF
Roger Sullivan, president Of the Alex
andria Kiwanis Club; Lawrence Roland
]. A. Martin and Joseph Eberly of the
Alexandria Rotary Club, and Thomas
w Phillips and Ashton Jones, tr., Of the
Arlington Rotary Club.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-26
BONES OF CAPT. .MYLES STANDISH
PLACED IN NEW CONCRETE TOMB
Simple Ceremonies at Duxbury Mark Transference to
Permanent Flag-Decked Shrine.

DR.. Myles Standish Of Boston. direct
descendant Of the warrior Of three
centuries ago.
The cemetery itself dates back virtu-
ally to the landing Of the Pilgrims at
Plymouth in 1920. It was the site Of
their FIRST church. Within the cedar
grown church yard confines are slate
slabs so old that inscriptions are either
totally obliterated or difiiclilt to read.
Many believe that among them are
stones marking the last resting places
OF John and Priscilla Alden, whose ro-
nance Ia history,
The grave Of Capt. Standish was flag
decked today, and on each corner Of
the plot an old gun was mounted.
Historic and military organizations
participated IN the simple ceremonies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-26
DUMFRIES BOYS CLUB
HAS ANNUAL ELECTION
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
DUMFRIES, Va, April 25.-Francis
Lining was elected president Of the
Dumfries Boys Club at the annual
meeting, held IN the school today. r
D. Cox, county agent, was the guest
speaker and discussed plans for work
which club members will carry forward
this year. including landscape garden
ing, vegetable gardens and dairying.
Other officers elected were: Jack
Garrison, vice president; Raymond
Ferguson, secretary treasurer; Weldon
Crawford, reporter, and Harry Winfree
song and cheer leader. Olney Draw
ner, Francis Lining and Jack Garrison
were appointed a committee on pro-
gram for the monthly meetings to bt
held during the ensuing year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-26

valued at $l35.000. belonging to H. A.
Haase. architect and collector, was re-
ported stolen today.
Among the pictures, all Of which
were cut from their frames. were
Gainsborougfa's Counties of Chester
field" and Portrait of q Gentleman. -
Reynolds Miss Grant" and o portrait
BY Van Dyke
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-26
DEATH STORY ENDS
MEXICAN MYSTERY
Many Tales Told Since 1914
of Disappearance of
American Author.
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 25.-Ths
Examiner today published an alleged
eyewitness account of the death Of
Ambrose Bierce, American author, whose
disappearance in Mexico in 1914 gave
rise to many stories as to how he came
to die.
The story was told by s. Patrick
Reardon, San Francisco salesman and
former soldier of fortune. who described
himself as a member Of the foreign con-
tingent of Pancho villas rebel force
in Mexico in 1914. Bierce, friend
and adviser of Villa, was In the con-
tingent, Reardon said.
Reardon said the contingent was en-
route from Juarez to Laguna and nad
stopped at Mocho. About O'Clock IN
the morning, Reardon said, Mexican
Federals attacked the town, catching
the contingent in the open.
Federal Bullet Strikes.
The head of the rebel squad, Joe
OReilly. ordered his followers to crawl
to shelter, said Reardon. Bierce. ne
raid. was too old (the author was ~
then) to wriggle across the terrain ana
arose. A moment later Federal bull
let tore through his side.
I'VE laid him across the backs OF L% W.
men who crawled with him about SOO
wards " said Reardon.
Give me some water" Reardon
quoted Bierce as having said, "ano
leave me with my rife"
I'VE propped him against the wall OF
a building and left him." Reardon SAID.
I'll was every man for himself after
that.
Body Found Against Wall.
"Next day I returned with Villas
main force. Bierce was sitting against
the wall. But he was dead"
Many versions have been written OF
Bierce's disappearance. Among them
that he was killed in the battle OF Tor
icon: that he was seen alive and well
in South America after his disappear
ance from Mexico: that he had been
driven from Villas camp and secretly
shot for criticizing the rebel chiefs
military tactics. and that he deliberately
walked to death by heading into the
enemy's lines at Chihuahua City. At
one time he was columnist on the
Examiner.
Reardon did not explain his long
silence regarding the mystery.
BIOGRAPHER is SCEPTIC.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-26
By the Associated Press.

By the AksOclaleu FTebs.
DUxBURY, Mass. April 25.-For the
second time since his grave was dis
covered in the Little Pilgrim Cemetery
40 years ago the bones Of Capt. Myles
Standish. hero Of the Plymouth settle
ment. were disturbed today. Forty
years ago the town fathers opened the
grave to place the mortal fragments Of
the doughty captain in a wooden
casket.
Todays disinterment was decided
upon that the bones might be placed
in an Theoretically sealed casket and
laid away in a new concrete tomb as q
permanent resting place. In the casket
was placed . metal tsspe containing
records Of the settlement prepare6 hR