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Evening star., 1931-12-18

Rev. John F. Whitfield, colored, and
a goodly portion of his congregation are
wondering what they will do with the
New Jersey real estate they recently
purchased through a "lucky number"
system. now that their letters to the
man to whom they were going to sell
at an enormous profit have gone un-
answered for almost two weeks,
1t was just at the psychological mo-
ment when payments on the lots were
beginning to lag alarmingly that an
offers to take the property off their
hands at seven times the price they
paid was made.
Payments picked up astonishingly.
but, now that the purchasers have re-
ceived their deeds and are ready to sell.
they cannot find the man who agreed
to buy their property.
Started Back in August.
1t all began back in August when an
attractive young white woman repre-
senting New York concern. made her
appearance in the community. Rev.
Whitfield, pastor of the Twelfth Street
Christian Church, related TODAY.
Rev. Whitfield was one Of the first
approached. The young woman said
that her company. to advertise its
property, was conducting a drawing
and that the possessors of the lucky
numbers drawn would be permitted to
buy certain valuable New Jersey lots
for the nominal sum of $40
She then proceeded to give Rev.
Whitfeld's wife a number. To his
knowledge, 100 families in the vicinity
were visited and numbers left behind,
Rev. Whitfield declared
BY a strange coincidence, when the
drawing was completed, all the num-
bers distributed throughout Rev. Whit
fields flock proved to be lucky ones.
Pay $40 Deposits.
The number holders were elated with
their good fortune and readily paid the
$40 deposit required by the young
woman when she again put In her
appearance.
She left with them an elaborately
decorated contract in which her COM
pany agreed to turn over to them a
lot containing 2.000 square feet when
they paid the balance of the $40, which
they would be allowed to do in 81
weekly payments.
Evening star., 1931-12-18
MISS ELMEDA ANSELL
DIES AT SHANGHAI
Daughter of General Left Here for
Philippine Visit Early
Last Month.

Miss Elmeda Ansell, 27, daughter OF
Maj. Gen Samuel T. Anseu. 1857 Bilt-
more street, died yesterday at Shanghai
China. General Hospital, after ar
operation for appendicitis. She was
stricken while en- route to the Philip
pine Islands for a visit, and was
operated on November 23.
Miss Ansell, a native of Chapel Hill
N c., was educated in the District
public schools, at Miss Madeira's School
here, from which she was graduated ir1
1921, and at Vassar College. Later
she was employed in the music and
print divisions of the Library of Con-
gress.
She left Washington November l to
visit Army friends in Manila, sailing
from Vancouver November 6.
She was member of All Souls
Episcopal Church, and was well known
in Washington music and service circles
Her body will be brought back to the
United States. and burial will be at
West Point, where she spent several
years of her early life when her father
was an instructor at the Military
Academy.
Besides her father, who resigned
from the Army in 1919 and Is now an
attorney in washington, Miss Ansell is
survived by her mother; two brothers
Burr Tracy Ansell and Samuel T
Ansell, jr.. and a sister, Miss Nancy
Lydia Ansell.
Evening star., 1931-12-18
TEA HOUSE Staying
.EXTRAD|T|ON READY
Gov. Pinchot Signs Papers,
but Writ Forces Delay
Until Thursday.

Extradition papers for Peter Abbott
alleged trigger man" in the Old Co
lon1al Tea House shooting, in which
one man was killed and five other per-
sons were wounded last November %
were signed today by Gov Pinchot of
Pennsylvania, according to dispatches
from Harrisburg.
The Governor affixed his signature to
the papers following a hearing on an
application for a writ of habeas corpus
ff1ed by the accused gunmans attorney
The hearing, which was held in Phil
adelphla, was continued until next
Thursday.
Ten witnesses appeared, ready, Alb
oott's lawyer said, to testify the accused
man was in Philadelphia at the time
OF the shooting. They will appear again
next week, the attorney added.
Inquest to Be Resumed.
Meanwhile. the inquest into the
death of Grover Amick. 2S-year -old
Washington gasoline station attendant
who was killed in the gun play, will be
resumed at $50 pm. today in the
Bladensburg fire house. Approximately
Is witnesses have been summoned.
Those summoned include Mrs. Verne
Edwards of Washington, Norman Carey
OF Baltimore and the five girls arrested
after the shooting.
Mrs. Edwards and Carey were injured
in the shooting. Carey is at liberty
under bond on a charge of being an
accessory to the murder of Amick.
Face Mann Act Charges.
Authorities say that Carey had M
connection with white slave law viola.
tions brought to light by the shooting
but several persons under arrest in con.
nection with the murder also fac.
charges Of violating the Mann act
Department of Justice agents invest.
eating sthe operations of vice ring tc
which the tea house is said to have
been linked are expected to attend to.
nights inquest.
Evening star., 1931-12-18
Destruction Contemplated for
Those Considered Not
Worth Saving.
LESSENING OF CURVE
TO- AID BRIDGE TRAFFIC
Plans for Fifteenth Street and
Moving of Little Naples in Mall
Park Taken Up by Commission.

Widening Of lower Fourteenth street
with consequent removal of some trees
and destruction of those regarded as moi
worth saving, will be undertaken shortly
1t was announced today at the National
Capital Park and Planning Commission
At the office of Capt. E. N. Chisolm
jr., Engineer of the commission, 1t was
stated that the trees to be removed viii
be about the curve at the entrance tc
the Tourist Camp, where an effort will
be made to make Fourteenth street q
straighter approach to Highway Bridge
The widening program will extend
from Water street to the entrance &c
Highway Bridge. 1t will change the
thoroughfare from 40 to 60 feet in
width.
Capt. Chisolm said trees that are
worth saving will be moved and utilized
elsewhere in the parks.
Fifteenth Street Extension Studied.
An effort is being made to attach
rider to the tree-moving bids that
are to be opened on December 80 in
the Office Of Lieut.. Col. U. S. Grapt
3D., director of public buildings and
public parks, so that the trees along
lower Fourteenth street may be moved
as part Of the program around the
Lincoln Memorial.
Capt. Chisolm pointed out that the
extension of Fifteenth street to take
the traffic load off Fourteenth street
is very desirable. The problem has
been studied and discussed by the CO.
ordinating committee comprised Of in
terested District and Federal Govern
ment agencies and headed by Capt
Chisolm and by the National Capital
Park and Planning Commission Capt
ChiSolm made 1t clear that the ex-
tension of Fifteenth street has not been
abandonment, but still is under serious
consideration. There is no appropria-
ton now for this work as there is
no approved plan, he said.
Extension Of Fifteenth street Is linked
with the development of the Mall
roads, the captain said, and the ulti-
mate plan for improvement of the
Washington Monument Grounds is still
being debated Two studies of possible
treatments for the proposed washing
ton Monument Gardens are being de-
liberated. These studies were submitted
by Frederick Law Olmsted landscape
architect of Brookline. Mass, and Will
liam A. Delano, New York architect
both members of the National Capital
Park and Planning Commission.
Says Big Elms Will Remain.
Capt. Chisolm pointed out that in the
extension Of Fifteenth street it may be
found desirable to cross the narrow neck
Of the Tidal Basin near the Bureau
of Engraving and Printing with the
proposed bridge structure, rather than
carrying Fifteenth street in its normal
line. 1t may be necessary to curve
Fifteenth street extended along the
park road.
Capt. Chisolm asserted that the big
elms on the park side Of lower Four
teenth street will not be disturbed but
probably the little NAPLES will have to
come out. The tree moving and street
improvement program on ever Four
teenth street will be accomplished by
the District Government in co-opera-
ton with the Office of Public Build
ings and Public Parks. The tree NOV
ing will be done this Winter, under
contract.
Evening star., 1931-12-18
BENJAMIN IS NAMED
EMPLOYMENT AIDE
Social Hygiene Society Lends Exec
utive Secretary to Capital
Relief Committee.

Appointment of Paul L. Benjamin,
executive secretary of the District OF
Columbia Social Hygiene Society, as
executive secretary Of the District EN-.
ployment Committee was announced
today by E. G. Graham, chairman OF the
organization. Mr. Benjamin VIII as
sumo his new duties commencing to-
morrow morning,
The new appointee, who Is regarded
as a man of wide administrative ano
social work experience, VIII serve Wltn-
o,,t cost to the Employment Committee
being loaned by the Hygiene Society
for the duration Of the committees
work :,
Herbert L. Willett, jr., assistant d.
rector of the Community Chest, who
has been loaned to the employment
Committee for reorganization work. VIII
return to his duties at the Chest.
Evening star., 1931-12-18
CITY. NEWS IN BRIEF
TODAY.

Card party. Kit Carson Woman's Re-
lief Corps, 10l5 L street, 8 pm.
Card party, st. Francis de Sales
Church Auditorium, Twentieth street
and Rhode Island avenue northeast
8 pm.
Meeting, Glover Park Citizens Asso.
citation, Industrial Home School. wis
consin avenue and Thirty-seventh
street, 8 pm.
Meeting, Gushing Auxiliary, Pythian
Temple, 8 pm.
Dance, Derby Club, Masonic Tenn
pie, 9 pm.
Dance, 121st Engineers, District Me-
tional Guard, Hamilton Hotel, 10 pm,
Dinner and dance, Iowa Society
Shoreham Hotel, 7 pm.
Play, auspices of Employment com-
mittee, Federation of Churches. Ma
sonic Temple. 745 pm.
Christmas card party, Connecticut
State Society. 1926 Massachusetts ave-
nue., $50 pm.
Evening star., 1931-12-18
CAR USES SMOKE SCREEN

A high-powered automobile believed
to have been hauling whisky into the
District escaped behind a smoke screen
last night after colliding at Thirteenth
street and Michigan avenue northeast
Rauntree, As, of 44ls Fourteenth street
northeast.
Rauntree told police the car was oc-
cupied by two colored men. Neither
car was badly damT gcd.
Evening star., 1931-12-18
WILL DISCUSS DIVORCE

Complications arising over the 48
divorce statutes in force in the United
States will be discussed at lecture at
O'Clock tonight in Mcmahon Hall of
Catholic University by Raymond Metz
decker, Washington attorney.
His subject, Domestic Courts" has
been suggested by the law faculty of the
university as one of series of lectures
given during the scholastic season by
leading Washington lawyers. There is
no admission charge. Lectures hereto
fore given in the series have been large
lv attended by members of the legal
profession and the general public.
Evening star., 1931-12-18
CURIOSITY lMPERILS LIFE
Boy Lights Match to Look Into
Barrel of Alcohol.

The curiosity of Julius Weinstein, jr.,
10-year-old son of a paint dealer at
28l6 Fourteenth street, nearly cost his
life yesterday afternoon when he struck
a match to peer into the interior of a
barrel containing alcohol.
The alcohol famed up and burned
the boy about the face and hands and
Singed off his hair before his father
could drag him out danger Julius was
treated at Children'S Hospital and later
returned to his home
Damage caused by the fire was esti-
mated at $500. Firemen tattled the
famc3 for alous IL minutes.
Evening star., 1931-12-18
Boy Scouts Aiding Needy.

BALLSTON, Va, December 18 (Spe-
ciaD Food articles for the needy fami-
lies Of this community are being COL
lected by members of Ballston Boy
Scout Troop No. 101, stationed at the
various stores. Barrels have been placed
in each of the stores.
Evening star., 1931-12-18
Boy Scouts to Be Inspected.

CHERRYDALE,. Va, December 1s
(SpeciaD The annual inspection of
The Boy Scouts troops of Arlington
County will be held in the auditorium
=. thu Cnerrydale School, tonight at
so o'clock
The Alaska fisherman., 1931-03-15
CANADA GIVES WARNING

British Columbia newspapers have noted with some concern the opposition to the sockeye salmon treaty expressed by &c., Datcrs JCnes and Dill and by Governor Hartley. It is taken for granted that the United States Senate will not ratify the in- ternational agreement and that President Hoover soon will re- turn it to Canada with his re- grets. When that happens the sockeye salmon fishery, Which formerly added millions an-
The Alaska fisherman., 1931-03-15

regard to the exportation of Alaska timber.
 Tor the past ten years the question has received the seri- Ous consideration of the depart ment as many large concerns in the states have sought to secure Alaska tinlLer. The department, in refusing to allow Alaska log ging companies to export to the states has done so because of their basic policy that Alaska lumber should be used for Alas ke manufacture. Their refusal to allow it to be exported is be- cause they are looking to the future, and trying to conserve one of the richest resources of the territory for the use and en- richment of the people who live there.
 ''If the large concerns in the states were allowed to come in to Alaska, they would only con- tract for the choicest timber R. A. Teller, U. s. Forest supervis- or," said. They would not pur- chase the cheaper grades of timber and forty or fifty years from now all the rich Alaska timber would be gone without the people here being benefited very much by it.
 up to last year these cheaper grades of timber were used for making boxes fer the canneries. This market was lost last year through the use of the fiber toxes."
The Alaska fisherman., 1931-03-15
WASHINGTON BILL
 TAXING TIMBER YIELD

tion problem, the senate recent ly by unanimous vote passed Sub- stitute Senate Bill 23, the so- called yield tax" measure, backed jointly by the advisory tax commission and the Wash ington forestry conference.
 The bill is designed to pro- mote the growth of new forests, to replace the virgin timber now disappearing rapidly under mod ern logging methods, and is re- garded by it's sponsors one of the most important pieces of con- structive legislations coming be- fore this session.
 At $1 An Arce
 The bill was made possible by the constitutional amendment for tax classification adopted by voters last November.
 Under terms of the bill, own CTS of cut-Over lands may ap- ply to have them classified as "reforestation lands"
 If this classification is ap- proved by the state forest board, the lands will be assessed at cnly $1 per acre if in Western Washington, or at 50 cents an scre if in Eastern Washington.
 The growing timber will pay no tax until it is cut, and then will pay a yield tax of 1212 per cent of it's value.
 Owners of land so classified will be required to protect the growing timber from fire, and if the land become more valuable for other purposes than timber, it may be put back upon the re- gular tax rolls at a higher valu- ation.
 Members of this legislature will agree with Joyce Kilmer that only God can make a tree," Senator w. G. Hartwell, chair man of the forestry committee, said. But it is mans duty to do his part.'
The Alaska fisherman., 1931-03-15
THE ALASKA FISHERMAN
Will Protect Holdings

Will Protect Holdings
 Under present conditions, with a growing tree taxed each of the seventy five to 100 years re- ouired to produce mature tim per, it is economically impos- sible for private owners of log ged-off lands to plan to protect their holdings and grow 9 new crop of timber, HartWell de- c]ared.
 The bill is expected to encour- age private owners tc retain their lands, instead of allowing them to be sold for delinquent taxes, and to provide fire pro- lection
 A second major item in the forestry program, the bill of Commissioner of Public Lands Clark V Savidge, for creation of q sustained yield state forest on the Olympic Peninsula, was passed by the senate recently.
 The Olympic Peninsula state holdings will be administered on the same plan followed by the federal authorities for national forests, timber being cut only as fast as it grows. Savidge estim- ates that the Olympic forest will provide an annual cut valued at S500,0 0,000.-Seattle Times.
 Editorial Note-We recom- mend the above subject to the legislature for their serious con- sideratiOn. It has potential value which cannot be denied. It is the only directly positive means of porulating the Territory and developing those resources which are fast going to rot in the hills. GENTLEMAN HERE TO TALK
The Alaska fisherman., 1931-03-15
HE1NTZLEMAN HERE TO TALK
 WITH LOGGERS From the Ketchikan Tribune.

B. F. Heintzleman, regional forester for the Tongass and Chugach National forests, ar rived this morning to discuss with. lCggers and those engaged in the lumber industry the poi cy of the U. s. Forest Service in
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CHAPTER FIFTEEN

MARX dug one hand down into
4VA his waistcoat pocket before he
spoke again. He drew out a box, a
very tiny box, of dazzling whiteness.
He snapped the lid back and a
cleaning circlet of diamonds ap-
peared. They were set in a band of
platinum.
Almost forgot about this" he
said. Let's see if it fits
He slipped the jeweled band over
the third finger of Norma's left
hand. The ring twinkled up at her
like star dust. The tiny diamonds
became a disc of fire.
They famed white heat into the
dusky train compartment. Or were
they tear drops frozen and strung
like beads?
Words were such useless things.
They failed Norma completely.
Something hot and choking gath
cred in her throat. She could not
speak. Almost she could not
breathe.
Never had she dreamed any one
could be so frighteningly, ecstatic-
ally happy.
And so because she could not find
the words to answer the girl raised
her two hands, one to either of
Marks cheeks, held his face closely
for long instant, and then pressed
her lips to his.
Oh, these two were so young, so
very much in love!
But the ring does fit! See-it's
just right" she was insisting a lit
tie later.
Mark disagreed. He held up the
encircled finger to prove the pand
slipped about too loosely. There
was the possibility of losing the
ring. He had not realized what
slender, delicate fingers his bride
had.
We can have it made smaller at
Blue Springs" he suggested.
Fear that she might lose the we'd
ding ring made Norma agree at
once. Words came easily now. Over
and over she told Mark how beauti-
full the diamonds were.
She meant this, yet it was not the
beauty of the stones and their set
ting which awed her. 1t was the
significance of the ring.
This band on her finger was the
symbol of marriage. 1t told -
world she was Mark Travers' wife.
Good Lord-it is late. You'll be
starved" Mark made a lunge at
the electric button which sum-
moned the porter. Within fifteen
minutes they were being served din
ner.
Happy, kidd"
Oh-of counsel"
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C|UII t Lips
bU Aida ri pDOOKMAN Author Of MAD MARRIAGE
ETNOTNN ENO OINOOCNvUNN OBJ NA SERVICE

back at a foolish angle in the run
for the train.
There came a tap at the door.
Mark answered. 1t was the con-
ductor. Something about the tick
cts needed to be settled. Only mo-
ment and the couple were alone
again.
NTORMA had discarded the trou-
L ' blesome little hat. Mark helped
her out of her coat. Somehow this
led to slipping his arms about her,
whispering precious nonsense. Nor
mas hair became badly disarranged,
but neither Of them noticed that.
Happy, kid?"
1t was TO become habit of
Marks during the next few weeks
to make that inquiry. AS habitually
and with emphasis the girl was to
answer as she did then:
"Of counsel"
Without talking they watched the
landscape stream past. Her head
rested on his shoulder.
They had passed the suburbs now
and were flying through wooded ra-
vines. The foliage, touched by the
first frost of October, had begun to
show gorgeous tones of gold and
scarlet.
What time is it, Mark?"
Nearly 6. I'll have the porter
bring a menu. You'd rather eat
here than go into the dining car,
wouldn't you?"
She nodded. Instead of summon
ing the porter, however, both pre-
ferred to prolong that perfect in
terval. The shadows on the coun-
tryside grew longer.
Why at that moment of all times
should memories she relentlessly
had put behind suddenly reap
pear to plague Norma? She turned
away from Mark. What was he say
ing? She heard the words dimly:
"Oh, there's something I forgot
something Important"
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} 1851 BY MA SEUVlCE ms

A T Blue Springs there began
N world of only Norma and Mark
with dimly visionary strangers oc-
casionally drifting in and out Of the
background-waiters who served
their meals. chauffeurs who drove
the motor cars in which they rode,
golf caddies, an orchestra. other
dancers who might have been miles
away for all their presence on the
dance floor meant to these two.
Blue Springs was completely per-
feet and it was completely theirs.
1t was nearly noon when they
arrived. True to Marks prediction
the sun was shining. Great f1eecy
clouds, moving so slowly that they
seemed stationary, darkened the
azure sky by their whiteness.
1t had been crisp October in
Marlboro. Blue Springs was cool
enough for light wraps, warm
enough that seasoned bathers were
still taking their daily dips.
The arrival Of Mr.. and Mrs. Mark
Travers had not been unheralded.
Clicking cameras were the first in
dication of the welcoming commit
tee. Newspaper photographers, hav-
ing secured informal photographs.
asked the newly married couple to
pose.
While Norma hesitated Mark gave
cheerful assert. There was a girl
reporter on hand to ask details of
the romance. Marks replies to her
questions were sketchy, satisfactory
because about them the young
woman was able to weave a g;;w-
ing, modern Cinderella story about
the beautiful stenographer who
married millionaire's son.
And do your parents approve
the marriage?" the reporter asked.
oh, yes! Certainly"
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TINE other side of this stor,

THE other side of this story
l. reached Geographic press serv-
ices shortly after F. M. Travers, in
Marlboro, saw reproductions of the
Blue Springs photographs in his
morning newspaper. Pungent and
brief were F. M. TraverS' remarks.
Neither Mark nor Norma read
these comments. They posed for
the photographers again the second
day because the young men had
proved friendly and it seemed a
simple favor to grant.
And since Norma's blond beauty
happened to be the sort which
photographs ideally, and young love
is a subject universally appealing,
the picture appeared in newspapers
from coast to coast.
There was no suite in the fash
ionable Blue Springs inn more ele-
CANT than the one Mark had en-
gagged. Norma, living in a world
of luxurious comforts for the first
time, soon came to take such mat
tiers for granted.
Mark, who was at home in such
surroundings, who constantly was
introducing her to new luxuries,
waved aside questions about money
1t was natural for Norma to adopt
the same attitude. She left every
decision to Mark.
In response to a telegram to his
mother, Marks luggage arrived
The couple went to a smart shop
and bought sports clothes for
Norma.
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His hand was upon it, when the animal sud-
denly raised its head and with up-pricked ears
and dilated nostrils looked into the woods
gathering shaoows. An instant it trembled like
leaf, then with wild snort, broke its tether
and raced madly away across the plain Blake
and the Princess of Nimmr were alone in the
Wood OF the Leopardsl And yet not alone.
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Blake drew his gun and peered into the
gloomy woods, but he saw nothing. Nor could
his civilized sense of smell catch the scent that
had come so clearly to the nostrils of the terri
fed horse. Blake laughed thinking to calm his
own nerves, and drew the trembling girl closer
to him. Steadily unseen eyes watching MS
every move-hut they were not the eyes Of
Sheeta, the leopardI