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Evening star., 1932-08-06
MATA HARRIS HOME
HAS CURSE OF SPY
House Remains DeSOIate Be-
cause None Wants to Live
Where She Did.
Ry the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, August 6vrNo one wants to
live in the house Of the beautiful World
War spy Mata Hari.
Tempting offers of the property at a
low price find no buyers. The French
believe the house Of a spy carries a
curse.
So the home in Neuilly. a suburb of
Paris. stands desclate. Its large garden
is a mass of weeds. Its stable houses
wine shop.
1t was there that Msta Hari, who had
dazzled Europe with her Javanese
dances. plotted for Germany. From in
fatuated lovers some in high stations,
she learned secrets that caused many
of Frances best agents to be caught in
Germany and revealed battle plans to
the enemy.
Motive Is Unknown.
No one knows whether it was for
money or because OF spite against the
French that she took that course She
carried the secret with her when a
French firing squad snuffed out her
life.
Mata Hari first came under the sus-
picion OF the British secret service. and
their French colleagues caught her by
a simple trick
They waited until she lost heavily at
cardS-she was great gambler-and
then offered her a large sum for in
formation they said that she. as
neutral, could get from the Germans
They instructed her to enter Germany
by way Of Spain, sailing from a Spanish
port.
British ship intercepted the boat
and she told the British she was in
the French secret service. The French.
according to plan, denied this, and she
was sent back to Spain.
Secret Message Found.
From that moment the wireless was
watched with care Soon tell-tale
message was picked up, saying that
Agent 81" had tried to get to Germany
and had been sent back by the British
and asking instructions
The reply picked up, for the allies had
the secret German ccde, told Agent
27" to return to France and continue
her mission"
Mata Hari returned to France. was
arrested, tried at Vincennes and con-
demned.
Evening star., 1932-08-06
BABY NEARLY AS BIG
AS MIDGET MOTHER
Two-Year-Old Daughter Weighs
Half as Much as Former
Stage Trouper.

MINNEAPOLIS L4G.-When a stranger
knocks at the home of Mrs. Thomas
Leslie and she comes to the door. she
is always prepared for a dialogue like
this:
rs your mother home?"
I'm the mother here"
Mrs Leslie is only a little over 8 feet
6 inches tail. Her daughter. who is 90
months old. weighs half as much as
she does and is as tall as an average
child Of her age
Mrs Leslie, once a trouper with a
midget act presideS over her home
alone, makes most of her child's cloth
ing and prepares meals for her husband
who is nearly feet tall
Years ago she did all the cooking for
her father and seven brothers. all over
feet, so she is familiar with household
activities.
Evening star., 1932-08-06
HORSEMAN HOLDS
CURB ON GERMANY.
Trainer of Cavalry Applies
Same Tactics to Own
Political Activities.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN, August 6.-Wheneyer Gen.
Kurt Won Schleicher, minister of de-
fense and power behind the Won Pa
pen chancelloEship. has broken a horse
30 that 1t no longer shies or balks, he
gets rid of 1t and buys another wild
steed. Only unruly mounts interest
him.
Won Schleicher's political friends and
foes alike see In this passion for raw
horses an explanation for his sudden
rise in politics
AS conditions became worse. his in
terest in state affairs increased. He
projected himself boldly into the dis
missal Of the Heinrich Bruening cabi-
net and he was busy when develop
ments led to the federal dictatorship
In Prussia and martial law in Berlin.
Likes Excitement
This appetite for excitement may be
the key to O character that puzzles even
his closest friends. Although he
mikes" more than any other member
of the government. nobody seems able
really to fathom him.
The former crown prince comes to
have tea with him, but his friends deny
that he is monarchiSt.
In the Reichstag lobby he Is seen arm
IN arm with Social Democratic leader,
yet he insisted upon giving right of
way to the Socialists most bitter enc
mics, Hitlers brown shirts.
Hard Worker.
One Of his closest friends said that
the generals political creed is:
The state-and not any party"
There is one thing upon which all
who speak of him agree: He is inde-
fatigable both at work and at play.
AT o'clock in the morning he
charges on a temperamental horse
through the Tiergarten, Berlin's Cen
tral Park"
From 10 am. until early afternoon he
sees to it that things run smoothly at
the ministry Of defense. No matter
how high may be the mountain Of work
Won Schleicher manages to clear his
desk
The afternoon is reserved for cabinet
meetings and brief, crisp addresses to
groups of officers. If he finds leisure
moment, he reads Shakespeare or
Goethe.
Every night is his night out" Usual
ly at social affairs, the opera and the
theater he is accompanied by his wife.
Won Schleicher, who is so years old,
was a bachelor until last year. Then
he married a widowed cousin, nee Hen
nings von Treffenfeld.
Evening star., 1932-08-06
WATERS OF MINNETONKA
TO BE STOP ON FLIGHT
Balchen to Make Famous Lake One
of Ports of Call on Trip
to London.

wAYZATA. MINI [Pl-The waters
of Minnetonka. made famous in the
song by the Waters Of Minnetonka," :"
will fill new role in a projected sea-
plane hop to London via the top of
the world"
The big 17-ton, 50-passenger plane
OF the type heretofore used only where
ocean waters provided parking place,
will not lack starting room on Lake
MinnetonkR.
of more than 35 miles, has a straight
away stretch of about miles, which
the giant flying boat will use for the
take-off.
Bernt Balchen will serve as pilot on
the 4,000mile trip in series Of short
hops via the Great Lakes, Newfoundland,
Greenland, Iceland and Scandinavian
Peninsula and the Bering Sea.
Evening star., 1932-08-06
CAMP TALK DUE ON WRC
Street Will Discuss Salvation
Army Project.

The Salvation Army's Summer camp
at Patuxent, Md, will be described by
Elwood Street, director of the Com
munity Chest, in a talk at 4:45 O'Clock
this afternoon over station WRC. The
talk is one Of a Community Chest Sc
ries, Little Journeys TO the Homes of
Great Services -
Mrs Ruth Tuckey Shear. the Com
munity Chest girl, and her accompanist,
Mrs. Nell Paxton, will introduce a new
feature at $50 O'Clock Monday night
over VIOLA blind trio from Columbia
Polytechnic Institute playing stringed
instruments.
Evening star., 1932-08-06
Dog Gets Life License.

Another lucky dog, Goldberg, Irish
fox terrier that was overseas mascot OF
the 122d Field Artillery, has just won
belated recognition for valor Goldberg,
who holds honorable discharge papers
from the Army, has been granted life
time dog license. making him immune
to dog catchers forever.
Evening star., 1932-08-06
WISCONSIN TOURIST
TRADE BIG INDUSTRY
Ranks Fourth Among Business of
State, Topped Only by Motors,
Diaries and Iron.

MADISON, Wis tAo).-The tourist in
dustry is the fourth largest industry in
the State of Wisconsin, says E. j.
O'Meara, traffic engineer OF the State
Highway Commission.
Motor vehicles. dairy products and
steel and iron alone outrank the tour
ist business in Wisconsin" he said.
A Traffic Court indicated that an
average OF l9025 Outstate cars per day
entered the State, with an average of
S34 passengers.
The Washington times., 1932-05-27
115 UNITS JOIN
FLAG PARADE
MISS GIBBS

Seventy-one veteran. patriotic
and fraternal organizations and
State societies, "a brass bands and
drum corps and 20 floats, will be
in the Flag Day procession June
IA, according to DR.. George c..
Havenner, executive vice president
of the District Bicentennial Com
mission.
Units already entered include
those representing IS States, Dis
able American Veterans of the
World War, Military Order of the
World War, Navy League of the
United States, American Red
Cross, Daughters of the American
Revolution, National League of
American Pen Women, Children
of the American Revolution,
Washington Post of Society Of
American Military Engineers, So
ciety of the War of 1912, Sons and
Daughters of the Republic, United
Confederate Veterans, u n t d
Spanish War Veterans, Women's
Relief Corps and other patriotic
and civic bodies.
The Washington times., 1932-05-27
INVOLVED STATISTICS PUZZLE COURT in COBLENTZ TRIAL
To DRAW
HOLIDAY CROWD

With midsummer weather al.
ready here, nearby beaches and
resorts are anticipating large
crowds of visitors from Washing.
ton over the holiday weekend.
Salt water bathing will attract
thousands to Chesapeake Beach
and extra train service will be
inaugurated Saturday to take
care of eXcursioniSts.
Seaside Park, at Chesapeake
Beach, will have its big out-of-
doors salt water pool in opera
ton. Free parking space is pro-
vided for motorists at the en-
trance of the park.
Trains will leave the District
Line tomorrow and Sunday at 9,
10:30. 2:30 and $40. The same
schedule will hold good on Me.
mortal Day with the addition of
a l o'clock train.
The Washington times., 1932-05-27
DEFUNCT BANK
HISTORY IS
RECITED
Central Trust OF Frederick
Had Amazing Growth
in Capitalization

CUMBERLAND, Md, May
27.-Called as the fifteenth
witness in the trial of State
Senator Emory L. CObletz, ii.
z. MeekS, an assistant to the
State Bank commissioner, to-
day presented in court an ac-
count of the profits, losses,
and surplus capital stock of
the defunct Central Trust
Company.
Coblentz is charged with ac-
cepting a deposit in the Washing
ton Trust Company, of Ellicott
City, a branch of the Central
Trust Company of Frederick,
after the latter became insolvent.
Coblentz was president of the
Frederick bank. Meeks took
charge of the banks affairs after
1t closed.
Following heated arguments be-
tween States Attorney James
Clark and defense attorneys over
the right to make up dividends
from surplus accounts, the court
ordered transcriptions made of the
records holding the mass of fig
ureS too involved for clarity.
Clark described in detail the in
crease of capital stock from
100000 in 1913 to $1,500,000.
The Washington times., 1932-05-27
N|DD|ES / O | D.
HOP TONIGHT

ANNAPOLIS. May 27-Although
June Week ceremonies at the
Naval Academy do not begin OF.
ficially until tomorrow, several
preliminary functions have paved
the way for the midshipmen's
big week"
Tonight the middies give the
first of a series of dances in Dahl
gren Hall. This hop is open to
first, second and third year class
men.
Yesterday, in the first event Of
its kind, Rear Admiral Thomas c.
Hart, superintendent, presented
267 letters and athletic prizes to
approximately 200 midshipmen.
At HAS a. m. tomorrow the
class of 1907 will present the
Academy with the new $4,000
main gate at the Maryland Ave
nue. entrance.
The final sports contests of the
season are to be held tomorrow
afternoon with a lacrosse tilt be.
tween the middies and Maryland,
and track meets between the
Navy and Ohio State, the plebes
and high school champions of
WASHINGTON.
The Washington times., 1932-05-27
German ENJOY Signs
Debt DELAY for Year

A formal agreement between
the United States and Germany,
postponing payments on Ger
many's debt to this country, was
signed yesterday at the Terasury
by Ambassador Won Prittwitz, of
Germany.
The formality carries out the
postponement of the $6,000,000
which Germany would have paid
the United States during the
fiscal year on the army of occu-
patton costs. under President Hoo
ver's years moratorium on inter
national debt. Germany is the
third nation to sign the formal
agreement.
The Washington times., 1932-05-27
Still OWner
Held in $500 Bond

Charged with making liquor.
Henry Parker, of Frederick, was
placed under $500 bond by U. S.
Commissioner j. Frank Parran at
Upper Marlboro, yesterday.
Parker. according to Federal
agents who found a still near his
home, ran and hid after the still
had been raided. Four men who
were at the still at the time of
the raid, escaped. Parker, they
claimed, was standing in front of
his home when the raiding party
arrived. When they returned, the
agents said, he had disappeared.
The Washington times., 1932-05-27

Transportation worries can be over
come economically through the pur-
chase Of used car one of
the many GOOD BUYS listed in today 8
Classified Section.
The Washington times., 1932-05-27
Social Service Body
To Continue Drive

Bad weather and lack of re-
ports from some of the district
chairmen has caused continua-
ton of the drive for funds of
the Montgomery County Social
Service League, Miss Willie
Greene Day, executive secretary
of the league, announced today.
Eight thousand dollars is be-
ing sought in the campaign
which got under way May l
and which was to have terni-
mated May Is. This does not
include any emergency relief pro-
gram for next winter. The
budget for the coming year has
been fixed at $4,000, with all
but the $4,000 assured.
The Washington times., 1932-05-27
Damascus Graduates
Class Night June 6

Damascus High School gradu-
ates will hold class night exer-
cises June s, while on the fol
lowing day the junior class is
to entertain the graduates and
faculty at North Beach.
Commencement is Thursday.
with the 80 graduates receiv.
ing diplomas from DR.. George
L. Edmonds, vice president of the
Montgomery county board of
education. The baccalaureate
sermon will be preached by the
Rev. w. Clark Main at the
Damascus Methodist Episcopal
Church, Sunday, June S.
The Washington times., 1932-05-27
c, D. P. IGNORES
WET TALK Of
CANDIDATE
Maryland Convention Walks
Out on Wallace williams; rs
ConventioniteS Named

BALTIMORE, May 81.
Delegates to the Republican
State convention overwhelm-
ingly defeated a resolution
favoring a national referen-
dunn of the Eighteenth Amend
ment.
Shortly afterward, State Sena-
tor Wallace Williams, accepting
the party nomination for the
United States Senate, told the
delegates that he believed the
liquor question should be voted
on by the people directly.
Auditorium EmptieS
His address, prepared several
days ago without definite knoWl-
edge of what action might be
taken by the convention, was the
first comprehensive statement he
had made on national questions.
The address was made in
rapidly emptying auditorium.
The convention as a body
neither adopted a platform nor
expressed its views on national
affairs.
A resolution. adopted unani-
mously, left action on Federal
issues to the national convention
which meets in Chicago on June
IA and "to our several individual
candidates for the Houses Of Con-
gress."
Other Measures
In addition to his comment on
prohibition, Williams declared he
favored a manufacturers sales tax
to balance the budget, passage
of the moratorium on war loans
and an adequate tariff.
A slate of 26 delegates to the
national convention was approved.
Placing of the names on the list
was controlled by the Colds
borough-Tait faction.
The Washington times., 1932-05-27
CURLEY WARNS
Of RELIEF NEED

BOSTON, May 27 UN.S0.
eff Congress adjOurns without
providing for the S5,OOO.0OO, 900
public works construction prof.
ects to provide employment
and if the Massachusetts, Iegis-
lature adjourns without provid'
ing for the cities and towns,
no one will have any aSSur.
ance of safety in travelling
on our highways"
This grim warning was sound
ed by Mayor James M. Curley
yesterday when he appeared
before the legislative committee
on metropolitan affairs in be-
half of the plan for the con-
struction of $40,0O0,000 extern
Sions to the Metropolitan Boston
Transit System, providing work
for more than 5000 war veterans
over a period of five years.
The Washington times., 1932-05-27
d. C.. Scholar Heads
Spanish Main Cruise

BALTIMORE, May 27.-L. R.
Hubbard. of George Washington
University. Washington, is busi-
ness manager and aviator of an
expedition of more than so stu
dents and graduates of a score
of American universities who will
sail from Baltimore, June 20, for
a four-months cruise of the Span
ish Main.
The Doris Hamlin. 200-foot
four-master owned by w. B. Vane,
is being overhauled and out
fitted for the cruise. Manned
by a crew of eight old-time sail
ors the ship will carry scientific
laboratories and a plane.
The Washington times., 1932-05-27
GOAL Of FLIGHT
A MYSTERY

NEW YORK, May 81 GNS0-
Stanley Hausner, of Linden, N. j.,
planned to take off on his pro-
jected mystery flight" from Floyd
Bennett Airport today, weather
permitting.
His destination, kept secret, was
reported unofficially to be
Poland.
Hausner wanted to hop off last
night but strong winds held him
back.
The Washington times., 1932-05-27
Silver Spring Fires
Beinq Investigated

Fire Chief Charles Deffinbaugh
and the Silver Spring police are
investigating the activities of sew
eral suspects who may have set
fire to five abandoned buildings.
Believing the culprit has been
frightened by the publicity given
their search, the police and the
fire chief are renewing their eff
forts to catch the "firebug" in the
act Of setting a fire.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-11-16
B. M. Behrends Co.,, Inc.
 Juneaus Leading Department Store

the best in the State. Many of the cattle, hog, sheep and farm prod- ucts win prizes at the fairs each year.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-11-16
COAST NEEDS
 DAY BASEBALL

HOLLYWOOD, Cal, Nov, l6-- The Pacific Coast Baseball League can be saved only by a return to daytime baseban
 That will be the argument to be placed before the league ses- sion at San Francisco, November 2l by William Lang, owner of the Hollywood club, he said, before leaving for Salt Lake City to att tend business meeting.
 Night baseball has been ruinous to attendance, Lane said The nov city has worn off. Big League scouts will not look at players de- velcping under xhe arcs and right players can net play in the proper physical condition. Lane would allow night baseball only once or twice week.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-11-16


 The of Northwestern University these said be blooming between Vr :inia Dawes. daughter of former Charles Dawes and James M student who paying for his tuition by working gasoline station ouside class hours Reports Miss Mar tins class which college circles tanmoun Mrs Dawes vigorously denied between Virginia betrothed u fredericksburg, who graduated Annapolis last June But Virginia insisted that her to adding "John fine fellow but like Jimmy James when her father United States Ambassador Great
 Britain.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-11-16
ROBBERS BIND THREE;T0RTURE
 IS THREATENED
Prominent Social Couple ol Philadelphia Victims
 of Hold-Up

PHILADELPHIA. Penn, Nov. 16. MT. and Mrs. G. Harrison Fraz- fer, socially prominent, and their maid, were bound, gagged and threatened with torture in their Chestnut Hill home by two burglars who later escaped with 5000 in lewelry and cash.
 For two and one-half hours the three lay on the floor of the Har- rison home living room, struggling with cloths and ropes with which the robbers had bound them, hands and feet.
 Burns Bonds
 Mrs. Frazier crawled to an ash tray. struck a match and burned away her own bonds, then released her husband and maid Elizabeth Cattin.
 The victims were practically un- able to move.
 Torture Threatened
 The burglars lighted matches and threatened to burn Frazier's feet unless he told them where theil valuables were hidden. They alst threatened to burn the maid. Finally learning the location 0 the money and jewelry they start ed a systematic clearing out o clothing and other articles.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-11-16
GOLD AND NINTH ARE SET ASIDE
 FOR COASTERS
Police Chiet Getchell Asks Aid Of Motorists
 and Parents

To prevent the occurrence Of accidents resulting from coasting by young folks, Chief of Police George Getchell has set aside two streets for. the exclusive use of sieds. These streets, he said to- day, are Gold and Ninth.
 Red Lights Warn Motorists
 Red lights" he declared, "have been placed on these thorough fares, at intersections by other streets, to warn motorists to keep off the coastfng zones.
 Cooperation Is Wanted
 So regrettable accidents will not happen to young folks, the CO., operation of motorists and parents in particular, and of the public in general, is wanted by the police department.
 "Precaution against accidents that cause death or life injury are bet ter than regret after their occur renee as a result of carelessness. "
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-11-16

In the first talf of this year Brazil exported 7,023,0O0 bags of coffee.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-11-16
FEAR !. FELT FOR HUNTERS WHO
 WENT TO TAKU
Tallapoosa Searches for w. H. Wilson, H. w. Ed
 wards, Hulse Bros.

Fears are entertained for the safety of Warren H. Wilson, H. w. Edwards, c. L. Hulse and his brother, Rodney Hulse, all resi- dents of Juneau, who left here a week ago Monday in the gasoline power boat Locolite on hunting trip to Taku. No word of them has since been received.
 Cursory search for the missing craft was made by the Coast Guard Cutter Alert this morning while she was enroute from Ju- neau to her base at Ketchikan, she having come to this city yes- terday on a brief visit on official business
 Tallapcosa Takes Up Search
 Lack of results by the Alert was wirelessed by her to the Cutter Tal1aroosa, which was at Juneau. and the Tallapoosa departed this forenoon to make an intensive search on The waters of Taku h. let and vicinity.
 MT. Wilson is prominent stock holder in the Alaska Laundry. MT. Edwards is engaged in the paint Ing and decorating business.
 Owners of Missing Craft
 The Hulse brothers are the own CTS of the Locolite. having bought her few months ago from MT Edwards. o. L. Hulse is skipper of the craft.
 The Locolite is 31.4 feet long, l0.2 feet wide and 3.7 feet deep Her tonnage is 10 gross and 6 net Her engine equipment generates 40 horsepower. She was built four years ago.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-11-16

British lamp manufacturers have constructed a portable model of a city street to demonstrate the ef- feet and appearance of their wares.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-11-16
D. HINES SENTENCED FOR
 BREAKING JAIL
Gets Penal Term of. Two and One Half Years
 Zenck TrialC oncluded

Changing his mind for sec ond time since he was indicted for breaking jail at Petersburg, Ed win D. Hines yesterday pleaded guilty to escaping from custody. He entered his plea before Judge Jus tin w. Harding in the United States District Court. .
 Hines was represented by Arthur w. Fox. He was sentenced at once by Judge Harding to serve two and ons-half years at McNeil's Island Federal penitentiary. Hines orig finally pleaded guilty, then With drew that plea to make 1t 10 not guilty. Yesterday he changed again.
 Trial of Tony zenok was com pleted today in the district court. He was accused of stabbing Julius Popoff here last April. zenck. a native of Russia, denied having any knowledge of having attacked Popoff with knife. He admitted he was drunk at the time and had been knocked down by Popoff by blow on the head. He said he oidn,t know anything that happen ed after that. ..
 zenck understands English well But his speaking dialect was weird and no one could be found who could interpret his Russian. The court, his own attorney and the jury had some difficulty in un- derstanding the testimony.
 Evidence was completed this morning and the case went to the jury this afternoon.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-11-16
Tennessee Poor House
 Richer and Out of Red

BROWNSVILLE. Tenn, Nov l6.- The Haywood County Penal Farm and poor house" is out of the red and is getting richer.
 Once considered a liability cost ing the Government a considerable sum for it's maintenance, it now pays it's own expenses and shows a gross profit each year.
 The institution has 200 acres under cultivation, crops are abuli- dant, and the dairy herd is one ef
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-11-16
Unlatched Door, s.4.f
 Of Auto Kills Man

CHICAGO, Nov. 16.--Danger of reglecting to close the automobile door tightly was demonstrated anew when John Parkinson, ,sixty-e eight, riding in his sons car, fell through an improperly close door to the pavement where a street car struck and killed him.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-11-16
INDIAN GIRLS BODY
 TO BE TAKEN TO KAKE

Evangeline A. Williams, Indian, years old, of Rake, died this morning in the. Government Hos pital in Juneau. She was the daughter of MT, and. Mrs. Charles c. williams of Rake.
 The body which is at the Charles w. Carter Mortuary, will be taken to Rake for interment by the girls father on the gas boat Helen G., owned by Charles Johnson.