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Evening star., 1933-09-11
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, September 11.-Ever
hear tell Of a feller named "Soapy"
Smith?
A thousand or more SourdoughS,
members of that famous Arctic brother
hood of '98, intend to clink glasses at
their annual reunion here this week to
the Skagway mucker who bumped him
of.
"Soapy" was a mining camp scourge.
Denver knew him as crooked gambler
and he was lucky to get away to Alaska
with his life His place at Skagway
soon became q grave menace. Mushers
bound to or from the Klondike had to
come through Skagway, either by way
of White Pass or by Dyea and the
Chilkoot
And "soapy" got the pay dirt Of
those who had hit it rich and the saw
ings of the newcomers for the big ad-
venture. If 1t didn't 60 over the tables
at cards it was taken by force. and
many a mucker disappeared In Skagway.
"Soapy" Shoots First.
A group Of miners met one raw cold
night in Skagway and elected E. j.
Reed to put "Soapy" out of the way.
Smith heard Of the meeting and learned
its purpose He knew Reed. He sought
him out at the dock and shot him
down without warning. Reed. however.
fred from the ground and got his man:
He lived three weeks. With "Soapy
zone his crooked shell games and other
pastimes without chance disappeared. d.
Reeds headstone in Skagway is the
most elaborate Of ALL and "Soapy's"
unmarked grave is outside the city
limits
Dave Griffith, one of the first into the
Klondike In 81, remembers that yarn.
Now in Auburn, Wash, grain dealer.
Griffith, a familiar figure at the sour
dough reunions, can tell many more.
He hit the Skagway trail over White
Pass.
A bookkeeper, he found ready en-
Evening star., 1933-09-11
TWO DEAD IN DENVER AREA.
Six Streams Overflow Causing Damage
of $1,000, 900.

DENVER, September II R).-Re,
cedlng flood waters in six streams o.
the Denver area left toll OF two deac
today. possibly three missing and prop.
erty damage which authorities said vii
reach close to s1,0O0,000.
Mrs. Elizabeth James, 86. and hel
e-year old grandson, Benny James
were drowned.
Two boys, unidentified, were reported
to have been in car which skiddec
from q highway into the Platte River
Authorities believed the report er,
roneous. A farmer was reported
drowned south of Littleton, but this
also. was unsubstantiated.
Denver and Englewood, 1dledale ane
Morrison on Bear Creek, Littleton or
the Platte River and Welby, northwes'
of Denver on the Platte, suffered f1ooc
damage.
Cloudbursts filled Clear, Dry, Sand
Cherry and Bear creeks to overf1owing
AL empty into the Platte River anc
their combined output sent the largel
stream on rampage.
Ev vnnn MENACE REDIJCED
Evening star., 1933-09-11
VISCOUNT GREY HONORED
{ IN IMPRESSIVE SERVICE
Statesmen, Peers and Diplomats
4 Attend Elaborate Ceremony in
4 Westminster Abbey.
" the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
LONDON, September 11.-Statesmen,
peers, diplomats and many other no
tables attended an impressive memorial
service in Westminster Abbey today.
honoring Viscount Grey Of Fallodon,
who died last Thursday.
The elaborate ceremony was IN con-
trast to the simple rites on Saturday
in Northumberland Village Of Christon
Bank, where the viscounts neighbors
paid tribute to man they knew as
= country squire and a lover Of nature,
rather than as great statesman.
Among those at the Westminster
Abbey ceremony were United States
Ambassador Robert w. Bingham, David
Lloyd George, Winston Churchill and
Sir James M. Barrie. The Minister from
the Hedjaz was conspicuous, among the
somberly dressed notables, in white
and gold headdress.
DR.. Foxley Norris, dean of Westmin-
| ster, offered special prayer and eulogy,
sfWhile the solemn strains Of Bach echoed
through the great abbey.
Evening star., 1933-09-11
OFFICERS OF LOUDOUN
W. c. T. u. ARE ELECTED
Executive Committee of County
Group Names Miss S. E. Brown
President.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
PURCELLVILLE, Va, September IL
The Executive Committee Of ths
county w. C. T. U. has elected the
following officers for the coming year;
Miss Sara E. Brown of Hamilton, re.
elected president; Mrs. William T
Smith of Lincoln, corresponding secre'
tary; Mrs. Hannah Norman of Purcell
VILE, recording secretary; Mrs. William
Thompson, vice president, and Miss
Ruth Limerick, treasurer.
The following superintendents OF de-
partments were appointed: Interna'
tional relations, Mrs. Henry Hoge
Hamilton; medal contests, Mrs. H. M
Hoge, Lincoln; Sunday schools, Mrs
w. L. Thompson, Lincoln; scientific
temperance instruction. Miss Mary p
Nichols, Purcellville: soldiers and sail
ors, Mrs. Albert Hopes, Purcellville;
temperance and missions, Mrs. j. H
limerick, Purcellville; Loyal Temper
ance Legion, Mrs. Lawrence Taylor
Lincoln; publicity, Mrs. Edna Shoe
maker, Hamilton.
Evening star., 1933-09-11
SPECIALIST OF v. P. !.
WILL SPEAK ON WHEAT
Meetings Will Be Held at Warren
ton and Bealeton This
Week.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
WARRENTON, Va, September IL
A wheat specialist from the v. P. I.
extension division will hold meetings
in this county to give final plans Of
the wheat program. Meetings will be
held tonight, 8 pm, Bealeton school
house; tomorrow. 2:30 pm, court
house, Warrenton; pm, Marshall
National Bank.
The organization meetings will be
held in each district of the county for
the election of one director and two
committeeman from each district on
the following dates: Lee district, Beale-
ton School, Wednesday, September, 13,
1D:30 am; Cedar Run district, Calver-
ton School, Wednesday, September 13.
2:30 pm; Scott district, Rectortown
School, Wednesday, September 13, 8
pm; Centre district, court house,
Thursday, September IA, 1890 am;
Marshall district, Marshall Bank,
Thursday, September IA, pm.
Any wheat grower who has signed
an application for wheat allotment con-
tract is entitled to vote at these
meetings.
Evening star., 1933-09-11
REAL SACK SUIT, COSTING
10 CENTS, CLOTHES JUDGE
Wife Uses Fertilizer Bags to Fash
ion Garb for Hard-Pressed
Southern Justice.

BY the Associated Press.
WINDSOR, N. C.-September IL
J.P. Slade, Ulander magistrate, is dis
playing the latest style in clothing
while waiting for the end of the de-
preston to make itself felt at his home.
He conducted court during the past
week in a 1O-cent suit fashioned by
his wife from guano fertilizer bags and
bleached so the material could hardly
be told from the ready-made cotton
suits which have been fashioned this
Summer.
1.-THE banks closed up and made me
a poor man, all right" said Squire
Slade. "but as long as my wife and
daughter can make suits from fertilizer
sacks I'll remain proud and not worry
Evening star., 1933-09-11
FLOOD MENACE REDUCED.
1900 Men Patrol American Side OF Rio
Grande River.

BROWNSVILLE, Tex, September II
R.-The flood menace to fertile agri.
cultural lands on the American side Of
the Rio Grande was materially reduced
today after the crest of the high water
swiried past Hidalgo without straining
the levee system to the breaking point.
Inadequately protected lands on the
Mexican side of the swollen border
stream, however, were inundated IN the
vicinity Of Matamoros and Reynosa.
More than $500 men patrolled the
huge flood control works guarding the
American side against possible breaks.
The river was falling at Hidalgo after
reaching a peak stage there OF 2o.2
feet.
Some danger still existed in the ex-
trerne lower valley, the rivers stage at
Brownsville being around 1876 feet.
Evening star., 1933-09-11
C[OUDBURST KILLS
8 IN SOUTH DAKOTA
Members of Two Families
Lost on Crow Creek Indian
Reservations.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
FORT THOMPSON. S. Oak. Sep
tember 11.-A cloudburSt that swelled
tiny creeks into raging streams took
eight lives and caused heavy damage on
the Crow Creek Indian Reservation.
Members of two Indian families
trapped by the onrushing waters as
they slept yesterday were drowned.
Fifteen other persons were marooned
for some time before they were rescued.
A downpour of rain that measured
10 inches sent a 12-foot wall of water
raging down Soldiers Creek. 1t
crushed the Fred Loudner home, and
Loudner, aged Al; his wife, 81: their
four children, ranging in age from 5
to II years, and Mr.. and Mrs. Sol La
plante of Rosebud were swept away IN
the wreckage. The Laplantes were
guests of the Loudners.
Several other creeks also were
swollen by the heavy rains, and the
Missouri River at Chamberlain, ~
miles from here, rose feet, the sharp
est rise from rain in 20 years. Many
head of cattle and horses perished IN
the flood.
Evening star., 1933-09-11
BANKERS T|M|D|TY
DEPL0RED BY HOWE
Presidents Secretary Makes
Plea for Credit Extension
to Speed Recovery.

BY the Associated Press.
Some means will be found to persuade
timid bankers that extension Of credit
Evening star., 1933-09-11

anything less certain than gold dollars.
for fear hard times will come back
again."
ITO be perfectly honest" said Howe,
there are far too many Of them (bank-
ers) still shivering in dark corner Of
the cellar, but that is not being over
looked by the Government, nor is the
necessity for extending credit.
other, means will be found to persuade
the bankers, as we'll as everybody else,
that return Of courage is a vital fac
tor in bringing us finally and perma-
nently out of our troubles"
Evening star., 1933-09-11
Badness Starts at
These Three Points
HEED THESE
WARNINGS

When your hair begins
to recede at the (1) tenn
pies, (2) crown, or (3)
frontal, Nature is pain
lessly warning you that
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hair, and badness 10
surely approaching.
Heed these positive
warnings and let The
Thomas' save your hair
with their reliable
proved scalp treatment.
Evening star., 1933-09-11

PALDNESS Is not caused
- by sleeping in short beds
or damp churches. Nor is it
inherited. More than $50 Of
all cases of badness are caused
by one or more of the II local
Evening star., 1933-09-11
Club Anniversary Planned.

UPPER MARLBORO, Md, Septem-
ber IL (SpeciaD The Mellwood Wom-
ems Club will celebrate the thirteenth
anniversary Of its organization tomor-
row at pm. in the home Of its presi-
dent, Mrs. Elmer c. Mayberry, here.
Evening star., 1933-09-11

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Evening star., 1933-09-11
DAVIS ON WAY HOME
Retiring Minister to Panama Re-
ceives Huge send-0h.

PANAMA, September II R.-Roy T.
Davis. retiring United States Minister
to Panama, was homeward bound to-
day after receiving q huge send-oh by
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-02-10
Pullman Porter Rescues Coker from Boredom

When w. G. Coker got to Ra-
leigh he had to wait a few min
utes for the train that was to
take him to Florida. So he
brought newspaper, sat down,
and opened his spectacle case.
The case was empty; the spec
tacles had been left in Chapel
Hill.
AS far as reading was concern
ed, the botanist was blind. It
cast him into the depths of des-
pair. He had looked ahead to
amusing himself on the railway
journey with newspapers, maya
zines, and perhaps an exciting
paper-back detective story. Now
he saw ahead of him along dull
ride.
On the Pullman he noticed
that the porter wore glasses.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-02-10

LET me have those glasses a
minute" he requested. The
Negro, puzzled, handed them
over. Mr.. Coker put them on,
looked through them at the
newspaper, and found that he
could read with perfect ease.
The outcome Of this experiment
was that he rented the glasses
for the duration of the trip.
He had had time to communi-
cate with Chapel Hill, and his
own glasses were promptly des-
patched to him at Palm Beach
by air mail. They must have
been put on the wrong plane at
Greensboro and gone to New
York and back, for they reach
ed him a full day later than il
they had been sent by the reg
ular parcel post.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-02-10
SfOrza to Speak
Will Address Faculty and Students
Monday in Memorial Hall

Count Sforza, Italy's former
minister of foreign affairs, will
speak at 10:30 Monday morning
in Memorial hall. His topic will
be Democracy versus Aut0c-
racy."
President Graham has issued
an edict making this a Univer-
sity convocation. Classes will
be suspended from IL to IL 80
so as to extend the chapel period
to a full hour.
Count Sforza is one Of the
most distinguished Italian
statesmen of the present gener-
alton. A man of his liberal views
could not be in accord with
the policies of dictator, and
he withdrew from public affairs
and quit his country after Mus
solini came into power. Since
then he has Travelled over the
world and has engaged in lee
turing and writing. One of his
books is The Chinese Crisis.
He is spending the month Of
February at Duke University as
visiting Carnegie professor.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-02-10
Famous Etcher Coming
John Taylor Arms to Lecture and
Demonstrate Here Tuesday

John Taylor Arms; president
of the American Society of Etch-
ers, will lecture on "The Max
ing of an Etching" and will
demonstrate the process, at $3.50
Tuesday evening in the Hill mu-
sic hall.
Mr.. Arms, a native of Wash
ington, ID. c., was educated at
Princeton and the Massachus-
etts Institute of Technology. For
five years he practiced architec-
ture in New York, and it was in
that period that he began etch-
ing. After his service in the
Navy, in the World War, he de-
cided to devote his entire time to
etching. His plates are architec-
tural in theme, mainly of cath
edrals. Among his best known
are Lace in Stone" and "The
Basilica of the Madeleine, YES
clay In Italy he made 'Pone
Vecchio" and "Venetian Fill
gree"
He has organized exchange
exhibitions with England,
France, and Italy, and his works
are included in the permanent
collections of the British Muse
um, The Bibliotheque Rationale,
the Musee de R0uen, the Library
of Congress, and several Ameri-
can museums.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-02-10
Negroes to Sing This Evening

The Glee Club of Lincoln Uni
versity, the Negro institution Of
Chester county, Pennsylvania,
will give a concert at 8 o'clock
this (Friday) evening in Memoir
ial hall. The admission price
for the lower floor is SO cents.
For the balcony, which is re-
served for Negroes, the price is
25 cents. The Pennsylvania
singers come here under the
auspices of the Phi Mu Alpha
musical fraternity and the Uni
versity Glee Club. The pro-
ceeds from the concert will go
to the Student Loan Fund.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-02-10
Wilmington Chamber of Commerce
Asks Congressman to Make Move to
Restore Wright Plane to America

The Wilmington Chamber of
Commerce has sent a letter to
Lindsay Warren, one Of North
Cardinals Representatives in
Congress, suggesting to him
that he take steps to have the
original Wright airplane - the
first heavier-than-air machine
that ever flew under it's own
power, carrying a man-brought
back to this country from Eng
land. This is the plane which
flew at Kitty Hawk, n. C., De-
cember II, 1908.
The reason it is now in the
British Science Museum in South
Kensington, instead of in the Ma
tional Museum in Washington
conducted by the Smithsonian
Institution, is that the Smith
sOnian has distorted the history
of aviation so as to deny Orville
Wright and the late Wilbur
Wright recognition as the in
ventors of the first successful
flying machine, a title which un-
questionably belongs to them.
Orville Wright decided to let the
British Government take the ma
chine-which so far is a loan,
not a gift-only after efforts
had been made, in vain, to have
the Smithsonian set the record
straight.
The Wilmington Chamber Of
Commences letter to Congress-
man Warren is as follows:
Hon. Lindsay c. Warren,
Member of Congress,
Washington, ID. G.
Dear Mr.. Warren:
The Elizabeth City Independ-
ent carries an article from the
Chapel Hill Weekly, the gist of
which is to cali upon the North
Carolina delegation in Congress
to institute a movement to have
investigated anew the contro-
VerSy as to whether the
Wright or the Langley plane
is entitled to credit as the
first airplane which covered
any considerable distance in the
air. This vigorous call to right
a seeming injustice not only to
the Wright brothers, but to
North Carolina, where the first
fight is believed to have been
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-02-10
Strowd to Display New Ford Car Tomorrow

signed head lamps, cowl lamps
and bumpers, the curve Of the
hoodside ventilators, the 20-de-
gree slant Of the windshield, and
the curved roof header.
The instrument panel is direct
ly in front of the driver, with a
large package compartment at
the right side of the instrument
board. Front seats in closed
cars are fully adjustable. In
terror fittings are luxurious.
Options in upholstery and wide
choice of body colors are avail
able.
The frame is cushioned by
four Houdaille double-acting
hydraulic shock absorbers which
are both automatically and aid tthlfef- thlfef-
mostatically adjusted for every
variation in weather or road
surface conditions. The shock
absorber links are insulated in
rubber. The rear fuel tank has
capacity of IA gallons.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-02-10
DIVISIONAL PLAN
IS PROPOSAL FOR
SCHOOL SYSTEM
Ingram Measure Calls for the
Abolition of the Office of
County Superintendent
40 UNITS INSTEAD OF 100

A bill introduced in the legis-
lature by Senator Henry L. In
gram Of Randolph county, and
approved by the educational
committees of both houses, pro-
poses to abolish the office of
superintendent of schools in all
the counties of North Carolina
and to substitute 40 division su-
perintendents for the present
100 county superintendents The
bill combines Orange, Alamance.
and Caswell into a division.
Many students of public school
education in North Carolina
think that this measure is not
in the interest of efficiency. be-
cause, they say, it would assign
too large territory to one sup
erintendent and would make it
impossible for him to give prop
er attention to the schools with
in his jurisdiction.
In his report two years ago
State Superintendent of Public
instruction A. T. Allen expressed
the opinion that there were too
many administrative school
units in the state. What he re-
ferred to, however, was the ga
special charter schools, some of
them with fewer than a thou
sand pupils. The kind of consol-
ldation he had in mind was diff
ferent from that contemplated in
the Ingram bill; for the consoli-
datlon of a charter school with
the system of the county in
which it lies does not involve any
spread of territory.
But it did appear, from what
Mr.. Allen said on this subject
Continued ON tast DageJ
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-02-10
FEDERAL INCOME
TAX EXPERT WILL
BE HERE FEB. q
Mr.. GrissOm's Deputy to Give
Citizens Help in Prepara-
tiOn of Their Returns
RATES HAVE BEEN RAISED

A deputy of Gillian Grissom,
United States Collector of Inter
nal Revenue in Raleigh, will be
in Chapel Hill Thursday and
Friday, February % and "a
week after next-to help tax
payers in the preparation of
their federal income tax returns.
He will make the bank his head
quarters.
The new income law is differ
ent in many important respects
from the one in effect a year ago,
and everybody who is liable for
an income tax will do we'll to
get expert assistance in the
preparation of his return unless
he is thoroughly conversant with
the task and is sure he can do
it properly without aid.
The federal rate is now 4 per
cent on the first $4,000 of in
come in excess of personal eX-
emptions and 8 per cent on all
income over $4,000 And there
is a surtax on all income over
$4,000.
Exemptions have been low
cred, so that many persons not
liable for an income tax year
ago will have to pay one this
year. The exemption for an un-
married person has been de-
creased from $500 to $1,000
and for married person from
$500 to $4,000. The exemption
for each dependent under Is
years old remains the same,
$4O0.
Members of the University
faculty are not subject to an
income tax on their salaries.
Their case is covered by the fol
lowing statement in the Gov
ernment's information sheet:
1.-THE compensation of officers
and employees of a state or any
political subdivision thereof, if
the services are rendered in con-
nection with activities which
constitute the discharge of an
essential governmental function,
is exempt from federal income
tax"
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-02-10
Chapel Hill, Missouri
Nameaake of Our Village Once Had a
Fl0urishing College

There is a Chapel Hill out in
Missouri, in Lafayette county
about 35 miles this side of Kan
sas City, and Chapel Hill College
was perhaps the most prominen.
institution Of learning in the
state just before the Civil War.
The burning of its buildings by
Quantrill's men in 1868 was one
Of the Incidents Of the Missouri
Kansas border warfare; now all
that remains is the stone COM
mlssary, a stout one-story struc-
ture that has somewhat the look
of a fort. Patriotic organiza-
tions plan to preserve it.
Chapel Hill in Missouri is a
namesake of our Chapel Hill
here. 1t was founded by settlers
from North Carolina. One of
them, Arch Riddings, a gradu-
ate of the University of North
Carolina, had a younger broth
er-in-law who was crippled by
an accidental shooting. Riddings
planned to educate him in his
Continued ON page tWoJ
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-02-10

The new Ford vs. will be dis
played tomorrow Saturday by
the StroWd Motor Company. The
showrOoms will open at $3.50 in
the morning. Bruce StroWd ex-
poets large attendance, and he
has decorated his shOWroOms for
the occasion.
Here are a few facts that he
gives about the car:
1t is the largest and most
powerful Ford ever built. Com
pared with previous models, it
has a longer wheelbase, a larg
er and roomier body, faster ac-
celeration, and increased power
and speed. With it's 75-herse-
power engine, it is capable of a
sustained speed of 80 miles an
hour and is economical in its use
of gasoline and oil.
The modern note is found in
tse sloping Wee radiator grill,
the skirted tenders, newly-de-
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-02-10
Chapel Hill Chaf

People in Chapel Hill who
know Mrs. Bayard Wootten, the
camera artist, do not know that
she has a record of daring as a
flyer. At least, not many of
them do.
She may be called truly the
Amelia Earhart of North Caro-
lima. She went up in a rattle
trap plane when planes were
new, when it took audacity to
leave the ground in one of the
things. Amelia Earhart cross
ed the Atlantic by air; Mrs.
Wootten never did anything like
that, but | should say she ran
about as great a risk as Amelia.
It's just as sure death to fall
to the ground from three or four
hundred feet as it is to fall in
to the ocean.
1t was only three or four
years after the invention of the
flying machine that they had an
old-home week in New Bern.
The city was thrown into fer
ment of excitement when the
managers of the celebration an
nounced that airplane flights
would be part Of the entertain
ment program.
won't you go up and make
pictures ?" one of these manag-
ers of them asked Mrs. Wooten.
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