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The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-12-13
Ancient Indian Tribes
 Practiced Cremation

TWENTY-NINE PALMS, Cal Dec. 1s.-Discovery that cremation without scattering ashes to the winds was one of the burial cus- toms of the early California desert Indians is reported by Elizabeth w. Crozier, fellow in archaeology of the desert branch here of the Southwest Museum of Los Angeles.
 Three distinct types of cremation were revealed in individual burial pits on the rocky uplands of the desert.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-12-13
MISS WARD AND RENJ.
 PISSAREFF ARE WED

Miss Anna Ward and Benjimin Bissareff, both residents of this city were married Monday after noon. The ceremony was perform ed in the chambers of Judge Charles Sey, who officiated, in the Charles Sey, who officiated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-01-18
BY ROLLrN MI. CLARK.

A laboratory for an initial American
experiment In compulsory unemploy-
ment insurance has been presented to
the country by Wisconsin. The Legis-
lature of that State has just placed in
the laps of employers Of 10 or more
persons in Wisconsin measure which
in effect tells them to create voluntary
unemployment compensation plans by
June /, 1888, or the State will compel
such action month later. AS Gov.
La Toilette recommended the proposal,
he is sure to sign it.
Two reasons were assigned by COM
petent observers today for the passage
of this unusual bill. First. there is a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-01-18
WISCONSIN LAW TO MAKE TEST
OF UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
Compulsory Policies Can Be Avoided by
Employers Only by Voluntary
Protection for Workers.

popular demand brought about by the
extraordinary unemployment conditions
Of the last two years that something
must be done in the future to provide
some form OF relief other than charity
to workers who find themselves out Of
jobs through no fault of their own.
Second the bill is the least drastic of
any of its type ever proposed in the
United States and was therefore &C
cepted as the lesser Of two evils" by
Wisconsin employers.
May Avoid CompulsiOn.
Many novel features are incorporated
in the bill. Perhaps the outstanding
one is the provision that the new law
will not become effective if by June l,
1888, the employers of the State have
established voluntary plans covering
175.000 workers. This gives Wisconsin
industry an opportunity to avoid the
consequences of compulSion and will
prove a tremendous incentive for volun-
tary adoption of unemployment reserve
fund plans.
But even If the law does take effect
July /, 1888, due to an insufficient num-
Der of employers being covered by vol
untary plans, its provisions are far less
III dSLlC LIidlA OLIlCL PlOPOodlo "ll4NlI LloFG
been before the Legislatures of WiScon-
sin and other States in recent years.
Maximum benefits in a year are
limited to 500 to each employe, pay
able at the rate of $40 a week for 10
weeks, but not to exceed so per cent of
his average wage. Employers Of fewer
than 10 persons are exempted and GER
tain trades, such as logging, domestic
service and agriculture, are excluded
entirely
All contributions are made by en-
ployers based on pay roll. The State
contributes nothing but has general
supervision and administration over the
system.
Plan Separate Accounts.
Instead of pooling the funds Of all
employers coming under the act or
even those in each industry, separate
accounts are to be kept for each in
dividual employer. This means that
funds contributed by one corporation
will not be used to maintain the dis
missed employees Of another.
When an employers average reserve
per employe reaches $55, the percen
age Of pay roll required as contribu-
ton is decreased and when it reaches
S75 no further payments are necessary
until the average reserve falls below
that figure.
1t is apparent that even though the
new law is revolutionary for this coun-
try. it's provisions are relatively mild.
The test will come when in subse-
quent years attempts are made to in
crease benefits and otherwise liberal
ize its provisions. With this entering
wedge, extensions surely will be sought
by those who believe the measure is
just "a drop in the bucket"
(Copyright, 1890
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-01-18
u. S. TELEPHONES LINKED
WITH 40 OTHER NATIONS
Ry the Associated Pres.

BY the Associated Press.
The Commerce Department reports
that developments in international tele-
phone interconnections in 1881 brought
the telephone number of subscribers in
40 foreign countries into American
books.
This means, it was explained, that
every telephone subscriber in the
United States is in contact with 32,75O,-
900 other telephone users, or nearly 80
per cent of all the phones in the world
Most of the foreign circuits have been
added in the last five year. In 1922
there we're but two foreign circuit
groups. One tied the United States
with Canada and Cuba, the other inter
connected England France, the Neither
lands, Belgium and Ireland
Ten years later the only countries
having a telephone census of 100000
or more that were not connected with
the circuit were China, Japan, Russia
and the Union of South Africa. Both
Japan and the Union of South Africa
will probably be added before the end
of 1882, the department said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-01-18
OPTIMISM SHOWN
BY STEEL INDUSTRY
Demand More Definitely on
Upgrade, With Confidence
Reviving.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, January 10
More bright spots in the steel industry
are reported by the magazine Steel.
steel demand is more definitely on
the upgrade, stimulated moderately by
reviving confidence and the closer APP
proach of seasonal influence" the
magazine says in its weekly review.
None Of the major consuming groups
exhibit a marked tendency toward
improvement, but practically all are
contributing in large measure to the
rising volume of steel orders"
Steel works operations again made a
conservative increase, the rate advance
ing l point to 26 per cent in the past
week the magazine reports. Another
slight gain is in prospect this week. -
Stealmakers Encouraged.
Encouraged by the outlook, steelmakI'
Crs are building up resistance to pres
sure against prices, a determined effort
being made to put heavy finished steel
on more remunerative basis Lead
ing producers are endeavoring to stab
ilize plates, shapes and bars at 1.60,
Pittsburgh, for ordinary buyers, with.
quotations at Cleveland, Chicago and
Birmingham on commensurate basis.
Price weakness persists in sheet and
strip, and in raw materials prices ap-
pear a little steadier, except scrap
Recent freight adjustments and antici5
pations of wage adjustments are eX-
pected to bring much larger inflow Of
orders from railroads. Railroad roll.
ing stock is reported in the worst con-,
dition since the 1922 shop strike; rail
buying in the last two years was the
lowest in Is years; bad order cars are
the highest on record" the magazine
says.
Automotiye Industry Active. -
No important plant in the automotive'
industry is down, in contrast with a
month ago, when many were closed
completely.
Structural awards for the week,
amounting to 10000 tons, and reinforc-.
ing orders, 5000 tons, represent good
advances from the preceding week."
the magazine finds. a.
Rejecting the stronger tones in
plates, shapes and bars, steeTs unfinish=.
ed steel composite is up so cents to
$4762, and the iron and steel COM
posite is up II cents to $1,000 These
are the first advances in these CONF
positeS since last July. The scrap COM
posite is down 8 cents to $8.04."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-01-18
CHICAGO STOCKS GAIN.

CHICAGO, January IS tSpeciaD -
Fifty representative stocks listed on the
Chicago Stock Exchange at the close OF
business for the week ended January
le had a market value of $3.50 297 OFT,
which compares with 1897 ,20Se52 at
the close of the preceding week, &C
eording TO a compilation by Paul h.
DAVIS g. Co. This represents an IN
grease Of S23. 0Se, l25, or 2.46 per cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-01-18
WATER COMPANY ELECTS
C. M. Lawrence Chosen President
in Meeting at Bank.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
HERNDON, Va, January l8.-The
annual election Of officers was held at
meeting of the Herndon Water Co. in
the Herndon National Bank Building.
The result Of the election was as fol-
lows: c. NJ. Lawrence, president and
general manager; Ernest L. RObey, vice
president; E. L. Detwiler, secretary; A.
E. Bradshaw, treasurer; directors-D.
w. Bicksler, w. w. Wyatt, B. F. Nc
CURE, r. V. Chamblin, c. M. Lawrence,
Ernest L. Robey, E. L. Detwiler and A.
E. Bradshaw.
Following the election of officers a
business meeting was held, when it was
voted to dig another we'll on the water
company's property Just west of the well
now in use.
The financial report showed favor
able year for the company.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-01-18
CHICAGO POTATO MARKET.

CHICAGO. January 10 (P).-Pota-
+oes- Receipts. l20 cars; on track, 222;
total United States shipments Saturday,
S33: Sunday, %; about steady, trading
only fair: sacked, per cWt.. Wisconsin
round whites, No. /, 80-85; unclassified,
7S-75; Nebraska Triumphs, l.lO-l 10;
Idaho Russets, No /, 1851 so; few
l.65; Michigan Russell Rurals, few sales
IS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-01-18
ROURSE STATEMENT.

PARIS, January 10 Pl-Three per
cent rentes. rs francs, 30 centimes; 5
per cent loan, 102 francs Is confines.
Exchange on London, SO francs, 1917
confines. The dollar was quoted at rs
francs Al centimes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-01-18

Continued on Page l4').
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-01-18
TREASURY STATEMENT.

Treasury receipts for January IS were
3,025,55; expenditures, $780,
1891; balance, 1911 ,251 ,973.72. Gus
toms receipts for IS days of January
were Sl5,439. 767.43.
The Washington times., 1932-09-07
N 'KEE TABOOS
SWANKY CARS

NEW YORK, Sept. 7 G.NSD,
No sporty $4,000 foreign car for
Joseph V. Mckee, the new
"9 to S" mayor of New York,
who has succeeded the colorful
Jimmy" Walker. Nor private
chauffeurs, either
Mckee, in the throes of
budget slashing movement, said
he can get along without the
cabriolet and chauffeurs. Jimmy"
Walker used to ride around
Manhattan in the car and two
chauffeurs-one for day work
and one for night work.
Mckee, who has inaugurated a
drastic economy program by re-
ducing his own salary from $40,-
900 to $4,000 and announcing
that after october l none of the
department heads will receive
more than $4,000 annually, said
future receptions of notables will
be consistent with the times"
The fate of Jimmy" Walkers
confidential investigator" Pat
lux 11OSdu, WHO QreW S0,0UU d
year, also is in jeopardy.
Mckee said his economies will
start with the big fellows-the
we'll paid" He doesn't propose
to cut salaries land then throw
money away on automobiles for
parades and for suppers."
Wall Street put its stamp of
approval on McKee's retrench-
ment program by bidding up
prices of city bonds on an aver
age of 500. Influential bankers
also granted a new city loan,
between $1O,O0O,0OO and $15,OOO,-
900 at cheaper rate of interest
than on the last loan arranged
under the regime of former Mayor
Walker.
The Washington times., 1932-09-07
Stolen Bike Traps Boy
In Alpine Killing

when she resisted, he struck her
with a rock, knocking her un-
conscious.
He was frightened away, he
said, by passers-by, and he fled
without taking the bicycle.
Will Not Be Hanged
Walther will note be hanged,
since he is under %, the mini
mum age at which a convicted
person can be sent to the gal
lows in Switzerland. He is a
Swiss, born in a peasant home at
Craefchen, in st. Nicholas Val
ley. He appears to be of average
mentality, police declared, and
not at all imaginative. His con-
fesSion was straightforward and
methodical, they say.
Miss Iberschoff's body was Gre
mated at Lausanne. Her sister,
Helen, with whom she was taking
a bicycle tour of Europe, left for
the United States incognito, not
waiting for the funeral cere-
monies.
An Austrian arrested for the
crime was released yesterday.
The Washington times., 1932-09-07
CASE.
DUE TODAY

Attorneys for Joseph Ottenstein
and George ]. Winters, officials of
the company which distributes
the Washington Brevities, today
were seeking a continuance of the
jury trial of the pair in Police
Court on charges of circulating
indecent literature, growing out of
an article published in recent
issue of the tabloid.
Assistant District Attorney
Michael F. Keogh said the govern
ment wishes to proceed with the
trial today.
However, defense attorneys,
Charles Walker and James A..
O'Shea, said they wished more
time to prepare their defense.
Their request for a continuance
was to be heard by Judge John
P. Mcmahon this afternoon.
The Washington times., 1932-09-07
F FORECLOSURES
STAYED BY US.

e Acute aspects of the Home Loan
mortgage crisis have been relieved
with a virtual nationwide mora
torium on foreclosures on loans
which stand a chance of liquida-
ton, Franklin w. Fort, chairman
of the Federal Home Loan Bank
Board, declared today.
Thousands of applications for
direct loans were in the hands of
the board representing several mil
lion dollars. AS fast as the
boards clerical force can function
they will be rushed to the State
Building and Loan Clearing House
Associations which will provide
financing in a majority of cases.
Fort said
Mine out Of 10 of the mort
cages on homes held by re-
ceiverS of closed banks are of
the type that the building and
loan associations would like to
have. We are asking them to
provide funds to finance these
loans, SO that the mortgage
may pay off the receiver of the
liquidatinf institution and save
his equity.
II believe that the emergency
has been met. We have assured
the building and loan associa-
tiOnS that if they desire, the
new mortgages taken on homes
may be discounted with the
home loan banks as soon as
they are in operation"
The Washington times., 1932-09-07
Child Prodigies
Enrolled at
University

EVANS TON, ILL.,, Sept. Z
GN.S0.-Northwestern Univers-
ity's plan of giving special at
tention to child prodigies will be
put into operation next Mon
day, when five boys and two
girls, all selected, will be among
the 1900 freshmen attending
convocation.
The prodigies enrolled are all
IA or Is years old and were Sc
lected from a large field of ap-
plicants. President Walter Dill
Scott, explaining that young
sters are not to be made" into
geniuseS, said:
"The average precious child
is often crushed under the
handicap of being obliged to live
among other youths who are
much older and much larger
than he, but not so brilliant.
We will provide for this group
of preciciOuS students an intel
lecturaI atmosphere OF their
own designed to encourage their
fullest Development"
The Washington times., 1932-09-07
BOLIVIA HOUSE
DEFERS WAR

LA PAZ, Bolivia, Sept. z
G.N.S).-The Chamber of
Deputies today had rejected the
bill submitted by Deputy Molina
proposing a declaration of war
upon Paraguay as a result Of the
Chaco dispute.
The chamber rejected the bill
even though it had just received
new reports of Paraguayan
attacks in the southern part of
the Chaco region.
The Pan-American Neutral
Commissions next step in its
efforts to prevent open warfare
between the South American re-
publics of Paraguay and Bolivia
today awaited the return to town
of American Assistant Secretary
of State Francis White.
White, president Of the Neutral
Commission, is taking a few days
of rest in the country following
eight weeks of feverish negotla-
tions to induce Paraguay and Bo-
livia to arbitrate their dispute
over Chaco.
Bolivia's reply to the latest neu-
trail note, asking whether the Bo-
livian government would agree to
suspend military preparations as
we'll as cease hostilities during the
proposed 30-day truce, is awaiting
White at the State Department.
It is understood the note states
Bolivia is unwilling to agree to
suspend military preparations.
The Washington times., 1932-09-07
F[AGG|NG TRAIN
KILLS AGENT

CLIFTON, Va, Sept. 7.
Thomas Coleman, station agent
here for about 35 years, dropped
dead today, presumably from a
heart attack. after tagging the
George Washington limited, en-
route to Washington, in order to
save the life of a man who was
riding the rods of the train.
Coleman succeeded in tagging
the train, but the excitement
proved too great a strain on his
heart and he collapsed beside the
track. He was dead when other
railroad employees picked him up
and put him aboard the train.
The body was taken to Alex
andria Hospital for an official
pronouncement as to the cause of
his death. Coleman was married
and had a son and two daugh-
terS. His mother and brother
also survive. He was about go
years old.
The Washington times., 1932-09-07
SUICIDE MANIA
LAID To BERN

HOLLYWOOD, Sept. I'm.
s.. Police today expected to
clear up definitely reports that
Paul Bern had IAN inheritance
of suicide" with the arrival Of
his brother, Henry Bern, from
New York.
Ralph Blum, attorney for the
family, declared that he knew of
two cases of Suicide-an aunt of
Paul Bern and her child.
Intimate friends of Bern said
that he was the sixth member of
his immediate family to commit
suicide and that Bern himself
had discussed the suicide tend
ency."
paul Bern was a student of
suicide" declared David Selznck,
R-K-O. production chief, a close
friend of Bern. He added:
Bern often showed me books
he had collected on the sub
ject. They were not cheap and
lurid, but were deeply philOsO-
phical ones. He typified these
PHILOSOPHERS, some of them myS-
tic, exotic, and uncanny."
Lothar Mendes, film director,
said he also knew of Bern's fam
lily tragedy from Bern's lips.
The Washington times., 1932-09-07
BERN HAD GUNS,
SAYS DANCER

LONDON, Sept. 7 G.N.S).-
The late Paul Bern, motion pic.
ture executive, who ended his life
in Hollywood, kept two revolverS
hidden in his wardrobe, Lady In.
verclyde, the famous dancer, told
International News Service.
Lady Inverclyde, better known
as June" said she was Bern's
house guest on frequent occasions
while she was in Hollywood seek
ing a film career. She said:
During one of my visits he
showed me two revOlverS he kept
in his wardrobe.
"'Why do you keep them? I
asked him. He replied:
This is lonely house. You
never know
HE had moments of depreS-
sion, but was very much in love
with Jean Harlow. When he
was with her, he became ami
mated and cheerful"
The Washington times., 1932-09-07
Sauants Probe
Claim London
Is ":Sinking"

YORK, England, Sept. 7 Il.
N.S0.-The British Association
for the Advancement of Science
resumed its sessions today after
hearing the startling claim that
London was sinking"
Buildings such as st. PaulS
Cathedral and other famous
structures in the heart of Lon
don are fitting over" accord
ing to Capt. T. E. Longfield, of
the British Ordnance Survey.
He said:
"There has been very
definite and measurable SubSid-
ence in central London which
has been going on with a fair
degree of regularity since 1885.
The Bank of England has
sunk seven inches in the last
6S years."
The Washington times., 1932-09-07

BRIGUE, Switzerland, Sept. Z
G.N.S0 Unusually simple cir
cumstances surrounded the ap-
prehension of Heinrich Walther,
10, alleged to have confessed the
murder of Jerane Iberschoff,
American college girl, it was re-
vealed to International News
Service today.
Not far from where they found
the body of the Smith College
honor student, of Cleveland, O.,
police found a bicycle which had
been reported stolen.
Young Walther already had
been arrested and convicted sew
eral times for stealing bicycles,
so the police sought him out.
While questioning him, he con-
fessed, they said, to the brutal
murder.
She Was on Bicycle .
He related his story several
times without changing it. He
said he met Miss Iberschoff, also
on a bicycle, at Lonely spot in
the mountains. He told police he
attempted to embrace her, and
The Washington times., 1932-09-07
ELY L|BERATES
AGED 'L|FER'

BOS TON, Sept. Z GNS0.
Life opened its doors anew to
James Steenbergh, 70, this after
noon.
Gov. Joseph B. Ely and the
executive council voted to pardon
the aged man, who was sent
back to prison for life because
he stole pair of shoes after
"going straight" for 18 years.
The gates of State Prison
swung wide for Steenbergh to
walk into the arms of his wife
and 12-year-old daughter.
The Washington times., 1932-09-07
Cincinnati Girls
GiDe Concert Here

The Hilliard Jubilee Girl
Singers, of Cincinnati, Ohio, gave
a concert last night at the Jerusa-
lem Baptist Church, Twenty-sixth
and P Streets Northwest. The
program included several negro
spirituals and folksongs. The con-
cert was under the auspices of the
Willing Worker Club of the
church.
The Washington times., 1932-09-07
GIRLS CHARGES
HOLD FATHER

Charged with an attempted
criminal assault on his 16-year-old
daughter, George M. Routzan, "A,
of Alexandria, was held for the
Grand Jury under $4,000 bond af-
ter a hearing in Alexandria to-
day.
The girl, Virginia Routzan, tes-
titled the alleged offense occurred
last Thursday. She said her
father had attempted to assault
her on previous occasions.
The Washington times., 1932-09-07
Percy StrGUs Finds
Europe in Revival

NEW YORK. Sept. 7 G.N.SD
The prosperity in the building in
dustries of Europe is strikingly
apparent, while in other channels,
too, trade revival is widely mani
fest, Percy Straus. department
store executive, back from abroad
today, declared.
The Washington times., 1932-09-07
BELGIUM FACES DEFICIT

BRUSSELS.-The Belgian gov
ernment is faced with a big def
icit in the 1882 budget, and vari-
Gus remedies are proposed to deal
with the situation. Writers on
economics say that too much
money is devoted to defense pur-
poses and that war pensions
must be reduced.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-05
WANT ADS
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-05
AUTOM0TIVE
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THE BYRAM
Apartments
1880 n. Illinois st.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-05
Furnished & Unfurnished

A number of large efficiency
apartments especially suited for
business people are now avail
able in the Byram. Ideally To-
Gated near schools, shopping dis
tricts and transportation facil-
tiles.
Features of these beautifully
furnished apartments include
large dressing rooms, newly
painted walls, in-a-doOr beds.
kitchen equipped with Frigidaire
and built-in features. Rent $3.50,
includes linen. silverware and
disheS-can be rented semi
monthly. Resident manager on
premises, Apt. 1.
unfinished apartments. $3.50.
See manager or call Lincoln 1891.
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heat and water furn.; near Tech, $40
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