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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-03-03
Testimony Taken In Coal Com
pany Suit

Testimony was taken last Thursday
before Judge Albert A. Doub, in the
Circuit Court at Cumberland in the
suit in equity of Vance H. BURNER
and wife against Clair P. BURNER and
others, all of Philadelphia, Pa. The
plaintiffs seek an injunction to pre-
vent the defendants from selling coal
lands in Allegany and Garrett coun-
ties.
The BURNER brothers operated coal
mines in this county under the name
of the BURNER Coal Co. They were
also associated in the Penn-Mar Real
ty Corporation, which with the indie
pendence Fire Insurance Security Co.,
is a co-defendant. Horace P. Whit
worth and George Henderson are at
torneys for the plaintiffs, while Wal
ter C. Capper represents the fire in
surance company, holders of the bonds
of the BURNER Coal Co.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-03-03
SALE
OF SELECTED
USEDCARS

Mr.. Ford has announced his.
new 8's and As for 1882, which
means that we must prepare for
them. Therefore, we are dis
posing of our stock of Used Cars
at a sacrifice price in order to
make room for the new cars.
Following are a few of the
many we have:
1880 Ford Town Sedan
1881 Ford Sport Coupe
1880 Ford Standard Coupe
2 1929 Ford Sport COupes
1929 Ford Business Coupe
1929 Ford Roadster
1927 OldsmObile Coupe
1928 Essex 4-dOr Sedan
1928 Chrysler Coach
2 1929 Ford / " ton Trucks, 131
in. wheeIbase, closed cab
1926 Dodge ton Truck, express
body and closed cab
Terms to suit purchasers con-
venience. BUY HERE WITH
CONFIDENCE.
MOTOR SERVICE CO..
EVANSVILLE, MD.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-03-03
MRS. SARAH ANN sAvEDGE.

MNNOs OAAAA1 <14NAN OA' GONN"
Mrs. Sarah Ann Savedge, aged SO
years, 5 months and 18 days, died at
her home at Deer Park on Thursday
night, February "a, at midnight. She
was the daughter of the late James
w. Smalley and Elizabeth Brant
Smalley and was born at Waynesburg,
Pa, August 16, 1888. She was the
widow of Calvin Savedge who died
May 16, 1899.
Mrs. Savedge was the mother of
twelve children, five sons and seven
daughters and those surviving are
James Marshall Savedge, Washing
ton, D. c.; William Robinson Savedge,
Samson Smalley Savedge and Charles
Reese Savedge, all of Deer Park; Mrs.
Emma Hill, Arnold, Pa; and Mrs.
Lewis Baldwin, of Kitzmiller. She is
also survived by % grandchildren and
80 great grandchildren.
Funeral services were held from her
late home on Sunday afternoon at 2
o'clock, Rev. D. C. Trimble, pastor of
st. Matthew's Episcopal church, Oak
land, officiating. Interment was in
the Deer Park cemetery.
Pallbearers were Charles Montgom-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-03-03
st. Paul's NJ. E. Church Notices

The themes for Sunday will be "To
Know Him." for the morning hour,
and "The Source of Strength" for the
1880 hour, is the announcement by
Rev. ]. w. Dawson, pastor. The junior
choir will assist the regular church
choir at the evening service.
Miss Alice Butt will have charge of
the Epworth League services at 6:45
Sunday evening.
Let US do our best to attend all
these services during the Lenten sea-
son, is the appeal made by Rev. Mr..
Dawson.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-03-03

cry, Deer Park; Harry Savedge, New
Kensington, Pa; Sherman Hill, Ar
mold, Pa; Earl Hill, Arnold, Pa;
Lewis Baldwin, Kitzmiller; and Lloyd
McRobie, Deer Park, all grandsons.
Flower girls were Dorothy and Isa-
bella Montgomery, Madaline, Gloria
and Villa Savedge, of Deer Park,
granddaughter of the deceased.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-03-03
DIED..
HARRIET ELIZABETH KIMMELL.

HARRIET ELIZABETH KIMMELL.
Mrs. Harriet Elizabeth Kimmell
died at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Henry Myers, Oakland, on Monday,
February 20, aged 81 years, 7 months
and 10 days.
She was born July II, 1874, in Bar
bour county, West Va. She joined the
U. B. church in early life, living de.
vout Christian life through all these
years. In 1864 she was married to
Chauncey Kimmell, who died January
II, 1911. To this union were born
fourteen children, ten of whom sur
vive: John w. Kimmell, Western
port; Samuel F. Kimmell, Logan, W..
Va; Chauncey F. Kimmell, Brook
vile, Pa; D. o. Kimmell, Shinnston,
w. Va; Totten A. Kimmell, Wolf
Summit, w. Va; Lambert L. Kim.
nell, Brookville, Pa; and George F.
Kimmell, Akron, Ohio; Mrs. Patrick
Hamill and Mrs. Henry Myers, Oak
land; and Mrs. C. L. Browning, Akron,
Ohio. She is also survived by twenty
nine grandchildren and twenty-one
great grandchildren.
Mrs. Kimmell has been identified
with Garrett county for a great many
years, her father, Hector Sinclair,
having operated a grist mill on the
site of what is now Oakland at time
when there were only two buildings,
the house in which he lived and the
mill which he operated for it's owner
Mr.. Mccarthy.
Funeral services were held on We'd
nesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from
the Thayerville M. E. church, Rev. S.
A. Jesse, of Loeb Lynn, officiating.
Interment was made in the Thayer-
vile cemetery.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-03-03
FORMER COUNTY RESIDENT
KILLS WAITRESS AND SELF
Daniel w. BOwser, 33, Accuses
Woman of ''NOt Going Straight"

Daniel w. Bowser, aged SO, former
resident of Garrett county, and a
brother of Earl Bowser, of Somerfield,
Pa, killed waitress, young woman,
named Elizabeth Granovitch, and him
self, with revolver in a Penn Avenue
rooming house, Pittsburgh, Tuesday,
February %, after quarrel due to his
accusation that she was not "going
straight" as he desired her to do.
Police broke down the door of a
room occupied by Miss Granovitch,
alias Saunders, aged 10, a short time
after her screams and the crack of re-
volver shots had filled the house. They
found the body of the girl and that
of Bowser on the floor. There was
bullet wound through her heart and
one in Bowser's right temple.
Other occupants of the house said
that sounds of heated argument be-
| tween the man and girl were heard
issuing from her room shortly before
the double tragedy.
Five shots were fired, according to
statements made by the police when
they investigated the matter.
The police found an automatic re-
volver beside Bowser's right hand
when they broke down the door after
being summoned to the rooming house
by Mrs. Sophie Sachs, the landlady.
They also found two notes, written
on two sides of single sheet of letter
paper, in Bowser's pocket. On one
side he had written:
Edna said / was making a mistake
clothed Betty and kept her when she
was down and out. She said she was
a square shooter. She lied. I gave her
all and she wouldn't go straight, so
she is going to pay.
(Signed) DAN.
The other note said:
There is something I want Mrs.
Edna Podeste, 431 Elm Road, to do
for me. Tell her to look around. l
left her word. want my brother to
get my trunk, tools and auto. His
address is Earl Bowser, Somerfeld,
Pa. The garage rent is paid.
The landlady said the girl told her
she was Elizabeth Saunders when she
rented the room about eight weeks
ago, but she suspected the name was
fictitious. A card bearing the name
and address, Mrs. Alex. Granovitch,
BIT Locust street, Ambridge, found
in the girls room, gave clue to her
identity.
Communication with that address
led to the identification of the girl at
the morgue, when Alex Granovitch
said the body was that of his daughter
Elizabeth. He said the girl had left
home about year ago, after quar-
rel about keeping late hours and had
not been home for about Z months.
She had written to her home often,
mentioning job as domestic and
later as clerk in and 10 cent
store, but never speaking of any man.
He said she had completed all but one
year of high school when she left
home.
Bowser lived at 431 Elm street,
Ambridge, and was an electrician,
formerly in the employ of the Ameri-
can Bridge Company.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-03-03
MARRIED

Sanders-Reams- Miss Holice G.
Reams, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. N.
A. Reams, of near Oakland, and Mr..
James Austin Sanders, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. P. Sanders, of near Hutton,
were married by Rev. ]. W. Dawson
in Oakland, Saturday, January 16, it
has been announced. The couple were
attended by Miss Alice Sanders, sis
ter of the groom, and Robert Paugh.
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Card of Thanks

We desire in this manner to thank
those who rendered assistance in any
way during the illness and following
the death of our mother, Mrs. Harriet
Elizabeth Kimmell. We want to
thank especially Mr.. Frank Blake and
family and Mrs. Kizzie DERRICK for
their kindnesses.
We also wish to thank those who
gave floral tributes and the use OF
their automobiles for the funeral SER
vice.
ADV. 1T THE CHILDREN.
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Evening star., 1932-07-26
OFFICER ADVANCED;
LOSES BOOST IN PAY
Rear Admiral Ridley Mclean Is
Promoted to Upper Grade.
Hit by Economy.

Rear Admiral Ridley Mclean. al
though raised from the lower half Of
the list of rear admirals to the upper
half, will lose the increase in pay OF
81 900 usually provided, because Of the
operation of the economy act, 1t was
decided today by Controller General
McCarl
McCarl explained that the grade OF
rear admirals, for purposes OF pay. is
divided into two classes. The pay OF the
,,:-v.- half is $4,000 a year and the
upper half $4,000. McCarl held that
this advancement, which in the case
of Rear Admiral Mclean was dated
July /. constituted an automatic promo
ton under the economy act, but the in
creased pay which otherwise would have
been due him may not be received dur
ing this fiscal year.
Admiral Mclean entered the upper
half Of the list upon the retirement OF
Rear Admiral William D. MacDougall.
Government employees moving from
one post to another may nct be re-
imbursed for transportation Of their own
automobiles under the economy act
McCarl told the Secretary Of Agriculture
today in another decision.
Employees Of the Columbia Institution
for the Deaf and Howard University are
subject to the economy act flve-day
week or compulsory "a days payless
furlough, McCarl also held. declaring
that any saving Of appropriated 1unoS
so effected must be impounoeo.
Evening star., 1932-07-26
GO CADETS MISSING
IN SINKING OF SHIP
OFF KEEL, GERMANY
Forty Taken From Water by
Passing Steamer-Sudden
Storm Causes Disaster.
CRUISER AND PLANES
QUICKLY REACH SCENE
Naval Authorities Believe Crew of
Training Craft Failed to Reef
Sails in Time.
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
KEEL, Germany, July 26.-Struck by
o heavy storm in the Baltic Sea today,
the German naval training ship Niche
o three -masted sailing vessel, went to
the bottom.
Forty of the 100 cadets and junior
cadets aboard her were saved. Sixty
were missing and naval craft were
searching the waters in the vicinity.
Sinks In Afternoon.
It was about 2:30 pm. when she
keeled over in the storm and sank. The
steamer Therese Russ, which was not
far off, picked up 40 of her survivors.
Among the rescued was Capt. Ruhfus,
the master of the Niobe. The gale
struck the vessel only few minutes
after the great seaplane DO-X, flying
from Travemuende to Kiel, had passed
over and, dipping low, had signaled a
greeting. She went over on her side
and sank in three or four minutes. The
DO-X came down safely after a stormy
flight.
Cruiser Rushes to Scene.
Within a short time after the Niobe
went down the cruiser Koenigsberg
reached the scene. She had been pre-
ceded by a seaplane and four fast Vor-
pedo boats.
The Niobe had started out from
Kiel for Warnemuende, Mecklenberg,
and was to have returned in Sep
tember.
Naval authorities were at a loss to
explain the disaster, but they gave 1t
as their guess that the crew, unpre-
pared for the sudden wind, had been
unable to reef the sails in time.
Evening star., 1932-07-26
u. S. Steel Votes
Regular Dividend
On All Preferred
Sis Quarterly Payment
Approved by Directors
i'm New York.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July 26-The regular
quarterly dividend of SITS share on
preferred stock Of the United States
Steel Corporation was declared by the
board of directors today. The common
stock was removed from dividend basis
three months ago.
Memories of the late j. Pierpont
Morgan were invoked today while the
fate Of the dividend rate hung in bal
ance.
The elder Morgan who modelled the
steel corporation and set it up in FEB
ruary of 1901 was a consistent 1oe OF
all directors who ever suggested omit
ting the regular dividend OF Sl.75
share, payable every three months, on
the company's preferred stock. Early
in the le0O's the ccmpanys earnings
were some times lean and on these oc-
casions some directors cautioned omlS-
sion. But Morgan hammered his table
in emphatic opposition. At no time was
1t ever passed.
Some OF the company's present di-
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Evening star., 1932-07-26
COMP PAN|ES AGREE
TO GAS RATES CUT
Order for Six Months, Effec.
tive August |, on All Meter
Readings.

A fiat reduction of 81a per cent on
all gas rates for the next six months
was agreed to today by the Washington
and Georgetown Gas Light Cos. in a
conference with the Public Utilities
Commission.
The order Of the commission, en-
bodying the results of the conference,
makes the reduction effective from Au-
gust to the end of January, 1898. BY
that time. 1t is estimated, the consumers
will have saved somewhere between
$225, ,000 and $3.50, 900. In the meantime
the commissions valuation Of the prop
critics Of the companies will have been
completed, and the question of rates
will be taken up anew.
The basic rates were left untouched
by today's order, which simply dictates
that on every bill rendered on a meter
reading taken on or after August /, and
including all bills on meter readings
taken during January, 1888, the COM
panies shall allow a discount of 8E
per cent The order does not apply to
the 75-cent minimum bills, but all other
cluded.
Petition Last Month.
The action was taken on petitions
filed last month by the Federation OF
Citizens Associations through William
NICK. Clayton and by Peoples Counsel
Richmond B. Keech.
After studying the petitions for rate
reductions, the commission served 10
days notice on the companies that a
formal public hearing would be called
to consider rate reduction, but offered
the company the choice of submitting to
an interlocutory order for a temporary
reduction pending the valuation now
being made. The action today was the
companies acceptance of the second al
Tentative, and no public hearing on
the subject will be necessary.
Gas company officials said that the
reduction would not apply to nearby
suburban areas served by the George
town Gas Co. of Montgomery County,
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Evening star., 1932-07-26
GAMBLERS QU|zzED
IN HENRY DEATH
La Fontaine Is Questioned
in Staying on April Fl.
Others Rounded Up.

Acting on information that Milton
w. "Milsie" Henry, gangster. slain here
April 81, had engineered a long series
of hold-ups Of gambling houses, and
had been the moving force Of Phila-
delphia gang seeking to gain control
of gambling here, police today were con-
Quoting a roundup of all known
gamblers to- find out just how much
they know of Henry's death.
The first gambler arrested was
James A. La Fontaine, said to be the
proprietor Of q notorious resort just
over the District line on the Bladens-
burg road.
Between 20 and 80 other gamblers
were on the police list for questioning
and we're to be rounded up by 3 o'clock
this afternoon.
La Fontaine Released.
La Fontaine, who recently served a
sentence on a plea of guilty to a charge
of evading his income tax, was released
after questioning by headquarters de-
tectiveS and inspector Frank S. w
Burke, chief of the Detective Bureau
Burke would not reveal what informa- =
tion was given by La Fontaine. who once
employed Henry at his establishment.
La Fontaine is known to have denied
to Washington police the persistent
rumor that some time before Henry's
death he was kidnapped and held for
a heavy ransom, which was paid
Police have been informed that Henry
was the principal figure behind this
alleged extortion plot.
Numerous reports Of other extortion
plots attributed to Henry have come to
police, 1t was learned, but, traced down
to the gamblers said to have been in
volved, they have always been denied.
Waylaid by Pair.
Henry was murdered by two men who
waylaid him April 81 in the 3400 block
of Brown street, about block from
his Sixteenth street apartment. The
men fed in an automobile after one
of them fired five charges from a
sawed off shotgun into his body.
Charles Harris and Henry Davis, al
legged Philadelphia gangsters, have been
arrested on first degree murder charges
in connection with the Staying.
They were to have been arralgned
before United States Commissioner
Needham c. Turnage yesterday, but
the arraignment was postponed when
1t was learned the case was being pre-
sented to the grand jury.
Henry was said by police to have
incurred the enmity of several local
gamblers shortly before his death.
Evening star., 1932-07-26
GRONAU NOW FLYING
TOWARD MONTREAL
Mile Leg of Trip Will Be
Followed by Hop to Chicago,
His Goal.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Ere5S.
CARTWRIGHT, Labrador, July 26.---
Capt Wolfgang Won Gronau took of at
$50 m. Eastern standard time, tooay
for Montreal, continuing his flight from
Germany to Chicago. Ahead OF him
lay 1000 miles, much OF it barren coun-
try.
The veteran of three Westward cross
ings by the Northern route brought his
fying boat down In Independence Har-
Dor at 5:45 pm. Eastern standard time
Yesterday after a 600-nile water hop
from Ivigtut. Greenland.
The ship covered the 800 miles IN
easy fashion, taking 8 hours and 20
minutes.
Capt. Won Gronau is demonstrating, as
he was in his previous flights in 1880
and 1881. the feasibility Of a trans
Atlantic air route from Europe to the
United States by way of Iceland, Green
land and Labrador.
He took of from List, Isle OF Sylt,
Germany, last Friday. His crew con-
sisted of second pilot, a mechanic and
a radio operator.
The mechanic and radio operator
also made last years fight with him.
Evening star., 1932-07-26
Plans for Issuing Millions
Under Expansion Act
Stir Interest.
EFFECT OF NEW MEASURE
STILL WIDELY DEBATED
Decrease in Reserve Notes to Offset
Gain in National Bank Money,
Leaders Here Claim.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
A stream of inquiries from National
banks concerning the possibility of
their issuing currency with Government
bonds as security as permitted under
the Glass-Borah amendment to the
home loan bill continued today to flow
into the Office of the controller Of the
currency.
The act permits National banks to
issue the currency by depositing with
the Treasurer of the United States
Government bonds bearing not more
than 32s per cent interest and paying
charge of u per cent a year, together
with the expense of turning out the
money.
The act, operative for three years,
would permit a maximum expansion
of 1895. .OO0, 900 in the Nations currency.
While the names of a number of
banks which inquired about the work
ing Of the law were made public yes
terday officials of the controllers Of
fee said today no further information
OF that kind would be announced
Effect Still Debated.
The only facts to be given out here
after, 1t was added, will be in monthly
circulation statement presenting the
total Of the new circulation or in the
annual report Of the controller. Here
tofore, the only report of currency is
sued by national banks has been in the
annual report to Congress.
While requests for information from
national banks indicated they desired
to take advantage Of the new law and
issue millions of dollars in new cur
rency, there was difference of opinion
among officials as to whether the act
would really bring about an expansion.
Heretofore national banks issued
currency on security of consol bonds
paying 2 per cent interest, issued by the
Treasury for that purpose. Under the
old law there was in circulation a total
Of $718,079,331 in national bank notes
while Federal Reserve notes and Fed
eral Reserve bank notes In circulation
or held by the banks amounted to
SO, 100, ,O0O, 900.
Some authorities took the view that
any increase in national bank notes
would be offset by decrease In Federal
Reserve notes, maintaining there Is
now in circulation all the currency for
which the country has any need and
that any increase in one variety of
notes would have to be counterbalanced
by decrease elsewhere. Others dis
agreed.
Action Due Within Week.
Meantime, officials of the controllers
Office and Of the Office of the treasurer
OF the United States continued to work
out details Of putting the new amend
ment into effect and expected to begin
issuing currency under the new law
within a week.
The inquiries received by the con-
troller OF the currency yesterday asked
how soon the new provision could be
put into effect. Some officials termed
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Evening star., 1932-07-26
THREAT TO j. s. OIL
AND COAL LOOMING
Ottawa ParIey Discussions
Infer American Price Cut
ting Is Unfair.

BY the Associated Press.
OTTAWA, July 26.-Huge debts
to the United States, which must
be paid in gold by Great Britain
and Canada, demanded considera-
tion today by the imperial economic
conference meeting here as unofi-
cial discussion of monetary read
justment began.
BY the Associated Press.
OTTAWA, Ontario, July 26.-Threats
to the trade of United States oil and
coal interests in the British Empire
arose in the parleys of the British
Empire Conference today.
Referring to unfair trade practices, "
the Committee on Trade within the
commonwealth heard inferential refer
ences yesterday to alleged price-cutting
BY American oil companies and the
Committee was represented today as
processing that for larger companies
to force smaller competitors out of
business by cutting prices was unfair.
The threat to United States coal
came in a declaration from the Cana
dian delegation placing anthracite coal
on the long list of items from which
the conference might select articles for
British preference.
u. s. Now Leads Sales.
If anthracite were ODE selected 1t
would hit at the present sale of United
States anthracite in Canada by OPEN
ing that market to the Welch Mines
Shipments Of American anthracite to
Canada last year totaled 1886, 900 tons,
compared with 871 900 tons from the
United Kingdom.
There have been informal discussions
between the dominionS concerning pri-
mary products, including wheat, meat
lumber, fish and fruits. 1t was said
today the dairy products group hao
made satisfactory progress. The group
considering cereals was still In guam
dry, however. It's problem of trade stand
ards and the promotion of British wheat
sales under the auspices Of an empire
marketing board was also concern OF
the conference Committee on Economic
Cooperation.
Wheat is the most important econom-
ic question Tor CanaQa, AUSTRALIA,
India, and to a lesser degree for South
Africa and Rhodesia. The average an
nual world crop, exclusive of Russia and
China, now exceeds 3,700,00c 900 bu-
shells. compared with 5000, ,G00,00 dur
ing the period 1909-12. European crops
of wheat are now about equal to those
of pre-war days, but the chief non-
European countries-the United States
Canada, Argentina and Australia-have
pushed their production up from 1,476,-
100000 bushels to 2,120, 100000.
Russia's Bumper Crop.
Before the World War Russian ex-
ports of wheat were about $4,000 00C
bushels. but from 1924 to 1929 they
dropped to $4,000, 900 bushels annually
A bumper crop in 1929-30 gave Russia
an exportable surplus of 108,000,00(
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