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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-13
CITIZENS GROUPS FIGHT SIGNS.
Five Associations Decisively Support
Cleanup Campaign.

Public sentiment in opposition to the
DETACHMENT Of Washington's highway
entrances by billboards and other I'M
slightly structures was reflected last
night in actions taken by five local
citizens associations.
Decisive action in support of the
campaign of the American Civic Asso-
citation in cooperation with The Eve
ming Star was taken by all except the
Stanton Park Citizens Association. At
its meeting, communications from the
American Civic Association were re-
ferred to committee for future action
after William W. Keller, president, had
explained the purpose of the campaign.
Those associations which adopted
resolutions favoring elimination of bill
boards and improvement of roadside
conditions in the Washington region
were the Burrough, Piney Branch,
Northeast Washington and the Pro-
gressive Citizens Associations.
At a meeting of the Women's Club
of Bethesda, Md, today, a movement
will be initiated to improve conditions
at that important entrance to Wash
ington.
ZONING MANAGER ACTS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-13
BAND CONCERT.

BY the U. S. Soldiers Home Band
this evening at Stanley Hall, at $50
O'Clock. John S. Zimmerman, band
masted; Anton Pointner, assistant.
March, THE Fighting Yanks" Crosby
Overture, "A Hunt for Fortune. .Suppe
Entr acte-
by the Waters of Minneton-
hd ........... .LleuFdQce
Berceuse-"Sing, Smile, Slum-
Der" CSolnod
Excerpts from musical comedy
The Rose of Algeria" Herbert
Fox trot, Lucky Little Devil''. Kahn
Waltz suite, over the Waves" Rosas
Finale, Fluffy Ruff1es''. Green
THE Star Spangled Banner"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-13
COPYRIGHT REVISION
BILL PASSED BY HOUSE

Measure Provides U. S. Entrance
Into International Union and Al
lows Divisable Royalties.
By the Associated Press.
The House today passed the Vestal
bill to revise the copyright laws.
The vote was 1876 to "a. The bill now
goes to the Senate.
1t would provide entrance of the
United States in the International Copy
right Union, Invisible royalties from
sales of separate rights Of copy and au-
tomato copyright
An effort by Representative Stafford,
Republican, Wis, TO send the bill back
to the House Patents Committee failed,
l65 to 26.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-13
HOLDS us. AVIATION
IS SECOND TO NONE
Assistant Secretary Young
Compares Records in Com
merCe Development.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Although the United States has been
developing its scheduled commercial air
transportation for only four years, while
European nations have been at it 10,
Clarence M. Young, assistant Secretary
of Commerce for Aeronautics, believes
American aviation is second to none.
The Always system which we have
in the United States and are building,
has given us pre-eminent position in
the matter of air transportation, he
told the House Appropriations Commit
tee appearing at hearings on the
S10,342, 800 allotted to his branch today
in the r-department supply bill.
Rare, He Says.
Young said last year there was only
one fatal accident for each 1900, 900
milcs flown, and that the United States
had achieved aerial superiority despite
subsidies by European countries, which
he gave as follows for 1880: United
Kingdom, S2,240,000; Germany, SILL
100000; France, $sO,5oo,oo0; Italy,
$40. 1000, 900.
The bill carried s8,972, $40 with which
the branch will establish and maintain
civil airways, Two thousand miles will
be selected from the following for in
stallation of air navigation aids: Los
Angeles-Kansas City (partiaD San An
tonio-Big Spring Dallas-Louisville, Fort
Worth Birmingham, San Antonio-New
Orleans, Amarillo-O Oklahoma City,
Tulsa-St. Louis.
Weather Systems in Program.
In addition, weather reporting sys-
TENS are to be established on 4,400
miles of the following routes: Miami
Atlanta. New York-Albany, Chicago
Twin Cities. Dallas-Kansas City, Dallas
Louisville, Dallas, Atlanta, Brownsville
New Orleans, New Orleans-Salt Lake
City, Salt Lake City-Seattle and Salt
Lake City-Great Falls.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-13
CORPORATIONS BAR
USE OF BILLBOARDS
NEAR DISTRICT LINE
Continued From First Page)
Hotel Company's Letter.

dressed to Frederic A. Delano, president
of the Civic Association.
Hotel Companys Letter.
From w. H. Barse. president of the
Carvel Hall Hotel Corporation, the fol-
lowing assurance of cooperation was
received:
THE subject matter of your letter
is of great interest to me. I have al
ways deplored the many advertising
signs which spoil the beauty of the
landscape on the highway between
Washington and Annapolis. AS long
as there were so many other signs, we
erected a few.
1T will, however, give me great
pleasure to cooperate with you and
your organization in the identifying
of the landscape by the removal of
signs and we will within a very short
time remove all of our signs within
20 miles of the District Line
AS pleasing to the American Civic
Association as these assurances to
abandon billboard advertising, it was
said today, was the fine spirit of civic
consciousness that the letters dis
played. Communications also have
been received from several other firms
which notified the association that the
matter would be put up to their boards
Of directors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-13
HIGHWAY GROUP STARTS
JOBLESS REPORT TASK
Diversion of Gasoline Tax to Uses
Other Than Road Work Ex-
pected to Be Opposed.
~ dc Assoelated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ST. LOUIS, January ia COM
mittee appointed by the American Road
Builders Association, in session here,
to devise ways and means to alleviate
unemployment through highway con-
struction began the task of drafting its
report today.
One of the recommendations con-
sidered likely will be that the diversion
of gasoline tax funds to purposes other
than road construction cease in all
States, and that particularly in 1881 all
ton.
Macdonald explained that some
States use part of their gasoline tax
funds for schools.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-13
WILL DISCUSS DROUGHT
Speakers Listed for Meeting Of
Geological Society.

The Geological Society of Washing
ton will meet at O'Clock tomorrow
evening in the assembly hall of the
Cosmos Club.
The drought will be discussed by sew.
eral speakers, including A. H. Horton,
Miss NJ. d. Foster, Carl j. Lauter, w.
N. White, H. B. Humphrey and M. I.
Goldman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-13
Portes Gil Not in Politics.

MEXICO CITY, January 10 (P).-
Emilio Portes Gil. former President of
Mexico, today cabled his secretary from
Malaga, Spain, directing a denial of
published reports that he intended TO
re-enter politics. When he comes home,
he said, he will enter the practice of law.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-13
Communists Sentenced.

WILMA, Lithuania, January Is LP)-
Four former members of the Lithuan-
ian Diet today were sentenced to eight
years imprisonment after they had
been convicted of Communist activities.
Six others were sentenced to from two
to four years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-13
GIRL RoUTS THUGS
Fells Armed Man With Blow and
COMPANION Flees.

SACRAMENTO, Calf, January 10
P).-Miss Ruby Potter, 81. was halted
on her way to grocery last night by
two youths, one of whom pressed re-
volver against her. Miss Potter side
stepped and landed right hook on the
armed ones jaw. He fell and, as she
continued to pummel him, his compan-
ion fed. The victim ran away when
Miss Potter went to summon police.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-13
Chinese Pirates Hold Captives.

HONKONG, January 13 CPl.-Pirates
who Saturday attacked and captured
the China Merchants Steam Naviga-
ton steamer Hsing Ming today took her
into Honghai Bay, where they disem-
barked, taking three Chinese passen-
gers and compradore captive. They
also removed part of the cargo before
allowing the vessel to proceed to Foo
chow. There we're no casualties.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-13
TALKS ON JOURNALISM
j. L. Stewart Explains Relations

y. u. 6LtWdIL LAPIdIH5 IV1aI1ULS
of Press to Government Work.
John L. Stewart, editor of Foreign
Crops and Markets of the Department
of Agriculture. spoke before the George
washington University class in jour-
nalism yesterday, explaining the rela-
lions between the department and the
press.
Agriculture is news" he said, "be-
cause people are interested in the sub
ject. many of them as life work. In
the last few years its Importance has
greatly increased"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-13

That 1873 of its $50 members are
pilots who never had a crash, is the
boast of the Midland Aero Club of
Birmingham, England.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-13

ing School for BOYS, Washington, D. c.,
$458,00 and Atlanta Penitentiary.
Georgia. $1,29e, 0no
WILL USE 40 AGENTS HERE.
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CONTINUED From First Page)
$4,000, 900 drought relief fund cam
paign, Brig. Gen. F.. r. Keefer, chair
man of the District Chapter, said today.
"Of course, we haven't made
definite program as yet" Gen. Keefer
said, but We plan to in the very near
operate with the Community Chest
campaign, now being conducted, and
are especially DESTROYS that our emer
gency campaign be arranged so that 1t
will not interfere with the Chest"
Campaign Quotas Assigned.
In telegram notifying chapters that
President Hoover had authorized
public appeal for the fund, Chairman
John Barton Payne said last night:
Greatly increased demands during
last 10 days have made imperative an
immediate campaign for Red Cross
relief fund to meet the emergency stu
alton through parts OF 81 States in the
drought stricken area. A minimum of
10000, 900 is needed to prevent untold
suffering and actual starvation by thou
sands of families. Pollution of water
supply caused by dying cattle has been
added to Winter hardships in some
sections. We are confident your people
will not fail to meet their share of this
humanitarian need We must not fail. !"
The Red Cross had spent, or au-
thorized cash grants in drought relief
up TO last night totaling $l,254 900, It
was announced. OF this sum, $4,000
was in cash spent by chapters in
counties in Arkansas. Kentucky, Louisi-
ana. Mississippi, Alabama, West Viz
ginia, Virginia, Ohio, Tennessee, Mis-
souri,, Oklahoma, Texas and Montana.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-13
AMERICAN MONEY FLOW
TO EUROPE UNABATED

1880 Investments Abroad Great
er Than 1929 by Billion.
Hard times have not stemmed the
flow of American money and tourists
abroad.
Assistant Secretary of State Carr
told the Appropriations Committee in
hearings on the State supply bill report
ed to the House today that American
investments in foreign countries in 1890
were estimated at $4,000 900 900, or
about billion more than in 1929.
record figure of 209,211, an increase of
over $4,000, he said
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-13
APOLOGY BY LUCAS
FOR WET CARTOON
ASKED BY AL SMITH

CONTINUED From First Page.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-13
DROUGHT MEASURE
GOES TO CONFEREES
AS HOOVER APPEALS

Continued From First Page.)
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Attorney Whelan then took up the
REORGANIZATION.
He asked the witness IL I.angdon's
name had been mentioned during the
conversation at the Limerick home New
Year night
NO" replied the witness. 1T tell you
the only time Beulah ever mentioned
Iangdon was when she told me he had
been watching her house with another
policeman and that at one time had
visited the home
"Reulah said that on nat occasion
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dressed to Frederic A. Delano, presiden
of the Civic Association.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-09-04
SUNbEAU AND TWENTY GRAND
 IN GREAT DUEL
Worlds Greatest Money Winner and Kentucky
 Derby Hero to Race

SARATOGA SIP RING N. Y, Sept. IA fifty thousand dollar race will take a back seat tomorrow at the Spa course when Sunbeau and Twenty Grand and a few oth- CT horses will battle specifically for the honor of winning the $5,000 added Saratoga Cup. Financially the Fifty Thousand Dollar Hope full stakes, the first of all the two year-old features of the year, heads the closing days program. But the crowd of twenty thousand or more will witness the races because of the expected duel between Sunbeau. the worlds leading money win- ner, and Twenty Grand, co-holder with Mate of the three-year ar-Old championship title for 1881.
 Mate, who has beaten and been beaten by Twenty Grand, who was scheduled to be in the Saratoga Cup Race, is not expected to start tomorrow.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-09-04
BANK ROBBERS CAUGHT, GIVEN
 PRISON TERMS
Forty-eight Hours After Crime Committed, Trio
 Is in Penitentiary
Associated Press Photo

SALEM, Oregon, Sept. 4.--Forty- eight hours after they robbed the First National Bank of Aurora, Edward 'Sugnud Frank Farley and Louis Bruggman, alias Lou Smith were in, the State Penitentiary, with ten-yeF sentences before them.
 Brugkman was arrested Wednes- day night, the others were arrested yesterday.
 The three men pleaded guilty and sentence was imposed.
 Less than $200 of about $500 taken in the robbery has been recovered
 The ltrio overpowered Catherine Joehnke, Assistant Cashier of the bank, and knocked down an aged man in their attack on the bank.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-09-04
OLD DAYS ARE REVIVED ORANGE
 MEN IN BATTLE
Cattlem an Is Killed by Sheep Man in Cali
 fornia Section
SLAYER IS RESOLVED
 BY CORONER'S JURY
Authorities Take Hand Make Arrest, Pend
 ing Investigation

YREKA, Cal, Sept. 4-Page out the Old West when cattle and sheep men battled with guns over range land.
 An old-West drama has been en- acted and one cattleman is dead and a sheep raiser is in jail.
 Fred McManus, aged 60 years, was shot by Tom Flournoy, aged 50 years.
 The argument started over a fence between the adjoining ranges in Tehama County.
 Flournoy erected barrier to keep the cattle owned by McManus off the sheep range.
 The two men met in store yes- terday afternoon both with rifles, in the little town of Bray.
 Flournoy asked McManus out side the store and opened fire without any words being spoken, witnesses said.
 McManus was shot in the chest.
 Flournoy handed his rifle to a bystander and surrendered.
 A coroner's inquest absolved Flournoy on account of self defense, but the authorities are holding him pending further investigation.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-09-04
SELLING WAVE
 COMPLETED ON
 NY. EXCHANGE
Stocks Make Feeble Effort to Get Back on Feet;
 Foreign Markets

NEW YORK, Sept. 4. Stocks made rather feeble efforts today to get on their feet after yes- terday's selling wave, in advance of a three-day Labor Day shut down.
 The selling wave seemed to have been largely completed.
 The market as a whole was dull.
 U. s. Steel dropped but recov- cred to show small gain.
 General Motors, Dupont, Radio, and Westinghouse recovered to show small gains.
 Chemical, Lambert, Kreuger, Am erican Can and Union Pacific sold up to about one point.
 Utilities and conn m u nications were heavy and showed little recuperative power.
 American Telephone and Tele- graph and Western Union lost about three points.
 American Waterworks lost about two points.
 Two weekly reviews were mildly cheerful.
 The Berlin Bourse had a better tone.
 London markets were weakened by yesterdays slump on the Am erican Exchange.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-09-04
NO WORD FROM EXPEDITION FOR
 PAST FIVE DAYS
Relief Organization Planned to Go in Arctic
 Regions
SOME BELIEVE THERE
 IS NO ANXIETY, YET
Wireless Experts Doubt Authenticity of Sig
 nals from Sub

OSLO, Sept. 4.-NOrwegian Premier K0lstad announced | hat the Government will probably send a relief expedi- tion to search for the sub- marine Nautilus wmch has not been heard from for five days.
 Aboard the craft are Sir H bert Wilkins, crew and party of scientists.
 The sealer Yielding or slo0p Fridtjof Nansen may be sent into the Arctic although after a discussion of the advisabil- ity of such a search experts are of the opinion there, are no grounds for anxiety but that preparations should be made for an expedition in view of the lateness of the season.
 Wireless experts are in- clined to doubt the authentic ity of signals a whaler and sssa..l.sf gre said ID have picked up several days ago as coming from the Nautilus.
 It is five days now since any reports have been receiv- ed from the Nautilus expedi- tiOn. The submarine at last reports intended to go under the ice in the Arctic.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-09-04
LOCAL FEDERAL
 COURT IGNORES
 LAST JURY LAW
Ju dge Harding Instructs Clerk to Draw Juries
 Under Act of 1925

That jurors in the Federal court in this Division, for the present at least will continue to be drawn under the provisions of the Terri torial jury law of 1925 notwith- standing the existence of newer act, passed last Spring, that re- peals the 1925 statute was indi- cated today by Federal Judge Jus tin w. Harding.
 Jury lists now being prepared in the office of Clerk of Court for a forthcoming term of court here will follow the requirements of the old law, it was announced. Both grand and petit jurors will be drawn within a few days, and i'm paneled on or about October 1.
 No court order has yet been signed by Judge Harding. He said today that the grand jury would report for duty on October 1, and if any cases are to be ready for trial then, the petit jury will report at the same time. If there are no cases ready the petit jurors prob ably will report for service about October 8. The criminal calendar is said to be limited, but there are number of civil actions pending. The Territorial Legislature last Spring repealed the Act of 1925. after stubborn fight had been made to prevent such action. The principal change made by the new law is in the number of names to be included in the list from which jurors are drawn. Under the terms of the 1925 status, it was optional with the Clerk of Court whether 1 ,000 names or three -fourths of the voters in the last preceding cleo tion were used. The 193l Act re- quires that the names of at least four -fifths of the persons voting at the last preceding territorial cleo tion be placed on the list from which the drawings are made. It
 also repealed the Act of 1925.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-09-04
Comparison of HOOuer With
 Washington Arouses Women

BALTIMORE, Md, Sept. 4-Com- parison of the greatness of Presi- dent Hoover with that of George Washington in booklet issued by the General Federation of Women's Clubs in connection with the 20Oth anniversary next year of the birth of the First President, was deplor- ed here by leaders of affiliated or ganizations.
 Mrs. John F. Sippel of Baltimore, president of the General Federation since 1928, accepted responsibility for the booklet and denied 1t had any political significance or intent.
 She said the booklet was merely a program suggested to officers of
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-09-04
School Teacher Juneau High Delayed tn South

SEATTLE, Sept. 4.-Miss Dorothy Israel, English In- structOr in the Juneau High School, who has been vacation ing at her home in Dayton, Ohio, will miss the first faculty meeting.
 Miss Israel left Dayton just in time to catch the steamer Queen, but was delayed by minor train wreck and missed that boat.
 She then engaged an air plane which would overtake the Queen at Nanaimo, but fog prevented the plane from fly ing and she is waiting for the next steamer to Juneau.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-09-04
INDIANS CLAIM
 AUX TRACT BY
 ANCIENT USAGE
Answer Is Filed in Case Growing Out of Occu-
 pancy of Public Beach

Claiming rights of use and oc- cupancy dating back hundreds of years, an answer was filed in the United States district court here yesterday in the Aux Village public campsite case, instituted several weeks ago by Federal authorities seeking to prevent use of the grounds for home building purposes by a large number of persons. The chief defendants are William Mur- phy and two sons. Miles and Ed ward, and two daughters, Mabel and Elsie.
 MT. Murphy's wife, now deceased, l, was a member of the Aux tribe, and a large number of other mem bers of the same tribe are named in the same action which was brought by the United States For est Service after MT. Murphy had begun construction of a cabin on the tract which is located north of Aux Bay.
 Seeks Permanent Injunction The answer, filed by George B. Grigsby and Frank H. Foster, asks for. First, a dissolution of the temporary injunction against the defendants prohibiting them from proceeding with construction on the site; Second, that permanent in- junction be issued restraining the United States Forest Service from interfering with the use and occu- pancy of the lands by the defend- ants; Third that the sum of $l,00O be taxed against the Government for attorneys fees.
 The answer alleges that the dis puted tract was never and is not now legally a part of Tongass Ma tional Forest: that the presidential proclamation of February 16,r increasing the boundaries of that forest, did not lawfully include the area; and that the setting aside of the area by the Forest Service in May, 1924, was not valid act. Based on Ancient Use
 The defendants claim that their rights rest in usage since ancient times. When the explorer Vancou- yer cruised along the shorelines of this land, in 1790, declares the an swer, he discovered at the site now | in dispute, a village he described as thriving and inhabited by sev- eral hundred Indians. Before and since that time, down to date, 1t | is averred, the Aux Indians have continued to use and occupy the land, and their rights should not now be disturbed
 The Governments co m plain claims that the Indians moved away and left the land, and ceased to use it about 30 years ago, and that for many years, in fact until after 1924, when it was set aside as a public campsite, no effort was made by them to either occupy or culti- vate the tract.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-09-04
STEERING GEAR
 OF AUTOMOBILE
 BREAKS;6 DEAD
Car Plunges Into River Mother and Five Chil-
 dren Are Drown

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 4.-P. G. Reichley, aged 31 years, is the only survivor of an automobile ac- cident that took the lives of his wife and their five small children by drowning when the steering gear gave way and sent the car hurtling into 20 feet of water in the Sciotto River.
 Reichley was thrown clear of the car and swan ashore.
 The family had been out fot an evening ride.
 Besides Mrs. Reichley, those drowned in the accident were Con- rad, aged g, Juanita, aged G, Rob- ert and Raymond, twins, aged 4 and Charles, aged 2 years.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-09-04
TODAY'S STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, Sept. 4.-Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today was 17k American Can 89as, Anaconda Copper 23h, Bethlehem Steel 37s, Checker Cab SIS, 79s, SIS, Curtiss-Wright 2A, Fox Films 13%, General Motors 34%, International Harvester 36h, Kennecott 162s, Packard Motors 6ls, i, Standard Brands 1872, Standard Oil of California 39, Standard Oil of New Jersey 38M, United Air craft 26M, United States Steel 83.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-09-04
PLACING BOARD
 TO BE CREATED
Will Coordinate Production with Consumption
 Plans Studied

WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. A. Results of survey indicating American business wants some system of economic planning to promote continuity of work and prevent unemployment will receive the efforts of the United States Chamber of Commerce now study ing such proposals.
 One committee of the United States Chamber of Commerce IS considering various suggestions for the creation of a National Placing Board to coordinate production with consumption by watching and advising industry of the current trends of business.