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Evening star., 1934-05-06
Nv tia Associated Press.

BY tEo Associated ffeSS
SOUTH GATE, Calf, May 5.-The
most prominent and yet least assum-
ing citizen of South Gate, Louie
Meyer, wriggled out from under a
creation Of speed and appraised his
handiwork with gleam in his blue
eyes. ..
THAT represents six months work, y
said the twice-winner and defending
champion of the Indianapolis 500-nlle
auto racing classic.
Every bit of it made right here IN
this shop. And no matter how well
it is built, you never know what little
thing might go wrong to keep you
from finishing. Six months work
can be lost in 6 minutes at Indian
apolis."
But it was evident Meyer had no In
tention of allowing even the smallest
thing to 60 wrong with that cleaning
yellow and maroon speedster with all
its exposed metal, including the en-
gine, block chromium plated. He con-
tinued to work as he talked, for it Is
to be shipped East Monday or Tues
day.
Wants Third Victory.
"If I can win that race Memorial
day 1t will be the third time. you
know-something for the boys to
shoot at"
There was no hint Of boasting.
There was no romantic coloring to his
words. Louie stated cold facts.
Indianapolis Is one race you can't
tell about until you finish. didn't
have the best car by any means when
I won my nrst race there In 1928. In
1929 had the field outclasSed from
Evening star., 1934-05-06

tertained an idea that he Is not well
known by sight in New York, for he
booked his berth as Samuel insult (his
wife's maiden name) and kept his de-
parture secret. Unfortunately for
his chances Of incognito, there was
about as much concealment possible
as for the nose on q mans face.
Paris Halls Inventor.
"Paris'is making, as 1t should, great
deal Of the ingenious American, and
it is possible when his next surprise,
an electric railway Of new principles,
is shown at Chicago at the end of the
year, the world will be again ringing
with the real name Of Samuel In
sull.'"
Oficials of the French Line in New
York said Edison's name with that CT
his wife appears on the passenger list
as sailing on that date, but the reg
lister as signed by the inventor and
the records Of the booking Office could
not be located.
Evening star., 1934-05-06
BY HEYWOOD BELL.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Y JAMESTOWN ISLAND. Va. May
5-The arms of the Federal
Government will reach around
~ this tiny speck of an island
to save it and its store of
history for posterity.
What ravishing river currents have
left Of the island site of the first
permanent English settlement in the
new world will be preserved.
Preservation. started 40 years ago
by the Association for the Preserva-
ton of Virginia Antiquities, is to be
finished with the aid of the Federal
Government through the Department
of the Interior and its Colonial Ma
tional Monument project.
In condemnation proceedings re-
Gently completed, a Federal Court
decreed the privately owned part of
the island outside the fiat previously
acquired by the Association is worth
S165 900.
Started 40 Years Ago.
Two score years ago the association
started its drive for the preservation
of jamestown. Its efforts were re-
warded by the construction of a
seawall partially around the island
by the government. Now B. Floyd
Fickinger and his staff directing the
development Of the Colonial Monu-
ment hope to finish the job and save
forever the verdant island, the harbor
for the Sarah Constant, the God
speed and the Discovery. and the set
tlement site of Capt. John Smith and
his doughty band
I'm viewing the immediate work
to be done at jamestown, three prob
lens stand out as being most i'm
portant," said Mr.. Flickinger.
Shore Receeds
"First is protection for the rapidly
eroding shores Of the island. 1t is
common knowledge that for 200 years
or more the shbreline has receeded
several hundred feet and many of
the important remains Of the settle
ment have been washed into the
James River 1t is hoped the Pub
lie Works Administration will grant
us a sum sufficient to provide per-
manent protection of the shore line
Of the island. In the meantime,
we propose to effect some temporary
measure of protection.
I'm the second place, to make the
island more inviting to thousands
of visitors who come there annually,
We expect to begin soon a program Of
general cleanup work, removing un-
slightly structures.
Research Needed
GAS practically all of the future
plans for the island depend on
very thorough and very extensive
historical and archaeological research
to show definitely just what course the
physical development will take, it is
therefore highly important we en-
gage in such research program. We
expect to study every foot Of the is
land to locate old foundations and
other remains of this first successful
English settlement in the new
world"
May 13, the 327th anniversary Of
the founding Of the colony, will be
an occasion Of rejoicing among many
who worked years to assure the per-
Evening star., 1934-05-06
WAR RAIDER SENT
TO STEEL MILLS
Prinz EiteI Friedrich, Which
Sank a Dozen Ships,
Being DismantIed.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, May 5-Once a
mighty greyhound Of the seas, the
old German raider, Prinz Eitel Freid-
rich, credited with having sunk the
first American ship in World War
days, has started its last journey.
1t is being cut up with torches
and sent piece by piece to- domestic
steel mills.
Since 1925 the raider has been tied
up near Baltimore, where 1t was
brought after serving as a passen-
ger steamer following the war.
The vessel was built at Stettin
Germany, in 1904. 58S feet long and
Of 8,170 gross tons.
Sank Dozen Boats.
When the World War broke out,
it was dispatched by German auth
critics onto the high seas to harass
enemy merchantmen. During a brie1
career it accounted for at least .
dozen boats. among them the Amer.
ican sailing vessel William F. Frye
However, in all her career, no mem
ber of the crew was lost, nor were
any prisoners harmed, records show
The Frye on January ~. 1915, wa.
of Rio de Janeiro, bound from Sc
attic to Queenstown with a cargo ol
wheat. when the Prinz Eitel Fried
rich sighted her.
The sailing vessel, In command oi
Capt. Herman H. Kiehne OF Balti-
more, was overhauled, and member,
of its crew were surprised to see guns
trained on them. AS was its custom
the raider kept its guns covered with
canvas until near a merchantmen
then the canvas was jerked back and
the vessel commanded to surrender.
Wheat Declared Contraband.
The Frye's crew, including the cap.
tain's young wife, was transferred te
the raider, and the ship with mos1
of its cargo sent to the bottom with
a blast of dynamite. Capt. Max THE
richens, commander of the German
vessel, had declared the wheat contra
band, although America then was q
neutral country,
Evening star., 1934-05-06
u. S. Steps in to Saue Site
Of jamestown Isle Settlement
Meanwhile, Plans to Make
Dot in Riuer Attractiue Historical
Mecca for Tourists.

manency Of jamestown. The Associ-
alton will hold its annual Thanksgiving
service in the old church tower, the
site of the meeting of the first legis-
lative body in the New World.
The preservation of all of James
town is an integral part of the Co
lonial National Monument, which en-
braces jamestown, Williamsburg and
Yorktown. three historic milestones
of successive importance in the birth
of the Republic.
Evening star., 1934-05-06
UTOPIA PROMISED
IN SOCIAL CREDIT
New Money Method Would
Cut Taxes and Work,
Raise Wages.
NEW YORK, May S LP).-An earnest

NEW YORK, May S LP).-An earnest
band of anglophiles is seeking Utopia
in America through social credit.
Mysterious to the uninitiated, social
credit is glibly explained by its ex-
ponents as a means for curtailins
taxation. shortening work hours, ain
creasing wages and giving away money
absolutely free.
Its high priest. as Howard Scott /:
the high priest Of technocracy. is Maj
Clifford Hugh Douglas Of London, who
also is an engineer, even as Scott il
an engineer.
Maj. Douglas did his engineering In
India and England. and he has lee
tured on social credit in his owr
country. several English provinces
and more recently in New York before
the new economics group, avid advo-
Gates OF the plan.
To Issue Certificates.
Social credit is divided into three
sections, operation in each depending
on issuance of credit certificates (vir-
tually money. Such credit, it is ex-
planned, consists in the collective ca
pacitieS Of the community to produce
wanted goods and services"
Under the three sections certificates
are to be issued for financing:
!. A discount on prices to consumers
at retail.
2. Operation Of the public works
program.
3. A national consumers dividend
Steps to put social credit into effect
have been carefully outlined by the
new economics group. Under it the
President would apoint a Federal
credit commission as a regulator OF
the system.
All retail prices would be subject a
first to a 25 per cent discount, a s.
article being paid for with rs cent!
in present money and rs cents il
social credit. The retailer would de.
posit his money and social credit with
banks, the banks would be reimbursed
by the United States Treasury with
national discount credit for payment,
made by them to retailers.
The Government would get it.
credit certificates apparently by print.
ing them and basing their value or
the unused productive powers of in.
dustry. As an example, it appears .
plant operating eight hours da!
could operate "a hours a day, its un'
used productive capacity being twice
its present eight-hour production anc
the basis of credit
As explained in a proposed con.
gressional bill sponsored by the new
economics group, "all banks are auth.
orized to accept all vouchers evidenc.
ing disbursal Of the retail discount
as If they were legal tender, and te
honor such vouchers as deposits in thu
amount of the disbursalS evidenced
thereby. Credits entered to depositor.
on account Of retail discount vouchers
shall be charged to the national dis.
count credit account, and the bank,
on application to the Secretary of the
Treasury . .. shall be reimbursed TO,
the credits allowed by them BY the
issue to them Of a like amount Of
Treasury credit certificates -
The second phase Of social credit
is the financing of public works
program with Treasury credit certifi.
Gates not to exceed $4,000, ,o00, 900 an.
nually.
Evening star., 1934-05-06
BY F. B. COTTON.

= ENECA LAKE, N. Y, May 5
@.-The mysterious booming
~ Of the famous invisible guns
OF Seneca Lake" which startled
and puzzled residents for more
than 100 years and gave rise to many
strange legends, has been explained
at last by a scientist.
The booming sounds, resembling
the fire Of distant artillery in some
ghostly naval battle, echoed over the
lake ever so OTTER when the weather
was calm. Whenever a boom" was
heard. it was noticed. a patch Of
water on the lake was mysteriously
disturbed at the same time.
Gas Did It.
The explanation is bubbles of nat
ural gas escaping from a layer Of
sandstone deep in the earth and COM
ing up through the waters Of the
lake, where they burst with a BOOM
ing sound, says DR.. Herman L. Fair
child of the University of Rochester.
in report to Science. official organ
of the American Association for the
Advancement of Science. The origi-
nal discovery was made by A. NJ
Beebee, geologist for the Rochester
Gas & Electric Corpora ton.
Seneca Lake, in Central New York
State, lies in an ancient canyon rival
ing Arizona's Grand Canyon in size.
This canyon is mostly filled with
glacial drift" earth pushed into it
by advancing glaciers for hundreds
Of thousands of years during the
ancient ice ages, and on top of this
lies the lake.
Far below the lake bed the sub
merged canyon cuts through a layer
of sandstone containing natural gas
The canyon originally was worn
down by steam when that section
Of New York State was several thou
sand feet higher than now. in the
tertiary geological period, 10000, 900
years ago.
Bursting Bubble Doomed.
The gas in the limestone. seeking
an outlet, forced its way into the soft
I'LL" pushed into the canyon by the
glaciers, and up through this to the
lake bottom. Ascending through 500
to 600 feet Of water, the decreasing
pressure would allow the gas to ex-
pand to 20 to 40 times its original
volume, and it would reach the sur
face of the water as a large bubble
When the bubble burst, and the dis
placed water rushed back, the BOOM
ing sound would result.
This explanation arose from the
fact that gas wells have been sunk
in recent years into the same gas
bearing limestone from which gas
has been escaping into the lake. Wa
ter rose in them to the same level
as in the lake, showing that there
must be a connection underground
Evening star., 1934-05-06
"Spite" Toys for Grown Ups.

NEW YORK P.-Toys to satisfy
polite spite in grown-ups were pro-
vided at the goth anniversary expo
sition Of the Toy Manufacturers of
the U. 8. A. here. They are masks
usually Of your best friends-at
which small darts are thrown,
STRIKES" at vital spots being &C.
corded highest scores.
Evening star., 1934-05-06
POLICE FORCE MOTHERS
WAIF FROM PIGLAND

CHARLESTON, S. C. R.-Charles.
ton policemen put up a pretty stern
front-but a motherless, homeless pig
won their hearts
A colored man found it running
loose In the streets and brought 1t to
headquarters.
At first the officers pretended to be
annoyed. But it wasn't long before
several were feeding it out Of a spoon
Finally they agreed to let Detective
George Strobel take it home and give
it a new start In life.
Evening star., 1934-05-06
Old Battlefelds Still Serve.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. CP.-World
War shell holes In Macedonia re-
vealed to a Harvard archaeological ex-
pedition that armies today use exactly
the same battlef1elds of antiquity.
The holes showed fighting successfully
in the same place by Macedonians,
Romans. Byzantines, old Serbs, Turks
and modern Serbs.
Evening star., 1934-05-06
Fewer Bees, Less Honey.

SALTWATER, Okla. Np.-Tons of
honey go to waste" In Oklahoma
each year, declares c. e. Sanhorn,
head Of the entomology department
OF Oklahoma A. q M. College,
through failure of residents to keep
more bees. The nectar from countless
flowers never is transformed into the
BEEHIVE product, he said.
Evening star., 1934-05-06
CEMETERY SITE LEASED
FOR PLANT EXPERIMENT

OGDEN. Utah (P):-A cemetery at
North Ogden near here is to become
what is probably the strangest lab
oratory ever used for forestry expert
ments.
A plot Of I acre has been leased
from the Union Cemetery Association
or North Ogden by the forest service
on which to conduct q study Of the
growth and composition Of protected
vegetation native to the district, as
compared with similar vegetation on
grazing lands.
Evening star., 1934-05-06
Peak Named for Immigrant.

BRYSON CITY, N. c. R.-Mount
Mingus, one Of the higher peaks in
the Great Smoky Mountain National
Park, was named for John Mingus,
Irish immigrant, who settled nearby
about 1795.
Evening star., 1934-05-06
Seneca Lake "Inuisible Guns''
Held Escaping of Natural Gas
Scientist Explains Bubbles Rise From
Layer of Sandstone-Reported to
Haze Ceased Last Summer. q
between the wells and the lake bot

between the wells and the lake bot
tom.
Because Of rapid withdrawal of
the gas through the wells, it is be-
lieved the supply that formerly
seeped into the lake has been great
ly depleted. Last Summer, for the
first time in more than 100 years,
the mysterious booming was not
heard over the water. 1t is believed
Seneca Lakes invisible guns al
ready have been silenced forever.
The Bismarck tribune., 1934-10-29

cheering and preparation Of plans
and surveys. -
"The federal emergency relief ad-
mintstration In North Dakota at the
present time has many ramifications, y
ne said. Scarcely q citizen does not
directly, Or indirectly feel its effect.
It Is undoubtedly the biggest business
organization in the state today. It is
misunderstood and maligned, but it
is providing food, clothing and shell
ter for close to one-third Of the popu-
lation Of the state
Approximately 200 officials, social
and relief workers attended the ses-
sions Of the first general session Of
the twelfth North Dakota State Con-
ference Of Social Workers Monday
morning.
Speakers were e. A. Wilson, FERA
administrator for North Dakota: Jack
Carmody, assistant state regional en-
gineer Of the FERA, on the place Of
the work division in family rehabili-
tation; s. r. Mote, superintendent Of
the Indian school, on new plans for
the Indians In North Dakota.
An important session was scheduled
for Monday night with Robert r.
Lansdale. administrative assistant at
washington, D. c., speaking on the
topic, "The Federal Government and
Relief"
Rev. Vincent ]. Ryan Of Fargo
president Of the state conference
presided at the opening meeting Sun
day and Q. B. Burtness Of this city a|
the general session Monday. The
meetings will continue through Wed
nesday, with the conference dinner
set for Tuesday night and q bushes.
meeting and election Of officers Wed
nesday afternoon.
The Bismarck tribune., 1934-10-29
LIONS PRESIDENT
TOBE FETED HERE
Vincent Haskell Will Be Guest
Of Honor at Slope Clubs
Banquet, Nov. 22

Plans for the entertainment o1
Vincent Haskell, international Lions
club president who will be in this city
Nov. 22, were made Monday at the
regular noon-luncheon meeting Of
Bismarck Lions.
A banquet to which all Lion club
members In the Missouri Slope area
and their wives will be invited Is
among the features planned for the
special event. A committee, appointed
to handle the arrangements, includes
DR.. G. D. Dursema, Fred Peterson, F.
q. Orr, Obert Olson and DR.. r. B.
Strauss.
Milton Rue led q discussion con-
sidering the possibilities Of m UNDER
pass below the Northern Pacific ryil-
road tracks to be constructed at GOV.
ernment expense.
Stating that the federal govern
ment has recently made It known
that 1t will assume the full financial
burden Of under or over.passes to be
built in the interests Of safety and
convenience. Rue stated that the city
could not afford to miss the oppor.
tunity to fill . long-felt need. The
proposed under-pass would 60 below
the tracks at Third street. A commit
The Bismarck tribune., 1934-10-29
BACKUS, WEALTHY
LuMBERMAN|, Dies
Heart Attack Is Fatal to Form.
or Head Of Minnesota r
Ontario Paper Co.

new YORK, OCT. Z9.-(A)-EdWarQ w
Backus. of Minneapolis, former heac
of the Minnesota & Ontario Paper
Co., died suddenly at 5:45 a. m, Mon
day in midtown hotel. The hotel
said he suffered heart attack.
He was "a years old. At %, he en-
tered the lumber business In Mime
sofa. and a year later, bought the in
terest of a junior partner IN the firm.
During his long career as a leading
merchant and manufacturer Of Min
nesota he had may interests in paper
mills, power companies, railroads and
realty.
Backus was born in Jamestown, N.
Y. He attended the public schools
and the University of Minnesota.
He married Elizabeth Horr Of Min
neapolis.
At the time Of his death he was
engaged in a fight for control Of the
companies he had established since
he entered the industry as So q
week bookkeeper for Lee & McCui-
loch. He was 81 years old then and
sought the job when he lacked funds
to complete a course at the Univer-
sity Of Minnesota.
A year after starting work, he
bought an interest in the firm and
became managing partner.
BY 1894 he had formed syndicate
of five companies which later built
the Minnesota and International rail-
way. The E. w. Backus Lumber Co.,
was formed in that same year. The
Backus-Brooks Co., which was FORM
ed that year carried on for quarter
Of century.
The expansion Of the Backus inter-
ests continued. Property on both sides
Of the International border was ac-
quired. Mr.. Backus had dream Of an
empire which would center on the
chain Of lakes and rivers along the
border. The war interfered with the
development, but after the war, Mr..
Backus sought international permis-
sion to dam the lakes and rivers for
power development.
Mr.. Backus was still battling for the
right to dam the rivers in 1881 when
he suffered what he called the sever
est blow of his career.
An involuntary receivership action
was brought in federal court and the
Minnesota & Ontario Paper, Parent
company of all the Backus interests,
was turned over to trustees in receiv-
ership.
Failing to block the receivership.
Nj. Backus, less than a year ago,
brought action In the federal court
to recover control over the compan-
les he had founded.
The action was pending when his
death occurred. The industries which
he formed were worth, he estimated,
some $4,000, 900 when the receiver
ship action took them off his hands.
The Bismarck tribune., 1934-10-29
North Bis
Dakota marck
Median Median
PUBLISH REVIEW Of
LANCERI7E REGIME
Eaton Announces Publication
Of Special Edition to Ap-
pear Thursday

Fargo. N. D., Oct. 29.-Through CO.
operation Of five North Dakota news
papers, q news review Of the LANCER
administration will be presented to
North Dakota voters throughout the
state Thursday, ]. G. Eaton, chair
man Of the Democratic state commit
tee, announced Monday.
Properly documented and obtained
from authoritative sources, this news
review will present a truthful and ac-
curate picture Of how the state Of
North Dakota has been operated, gov
ernmentally and politically, since
Jan. l, 1888" Eaton said.
These special editions of the five
newspapers cooperating will not be
political propaganda sheets Of the
type with which North Dakota has
become acquainted the last two
years. Each and every story will be
based on facts. facts which any cit
tzen can check up on for his own
satisfaction as to their authenticity. )"
1T Is not q last-minute attack but
4 grouping together of information
already available. The important
new material is the presentation of
the evidence on which numerous
statements In the past have been
based
The Bismarck tribune., 1934-10-29
REMOVE PROFITS TO
END war, NYE TELLS
AUDIENCE AT FARGO
Proposes Government Manufac-
ture Of Munitions; Con-
fiscatory Taxes

Fargo. N. D., Oct. 29.-(R-Remove
the profit from war and wars them
selves will be things Of the past, United
States Senator Gerald p. Nye declar-
ed in address in Fargo Sunday night
sponsored by three Fargo churches.
Senator Nye, chairman Of the SEN
ate munitions investigating commit
tee, proposed as preventatives for war
the government manufacture Of NUM-
tions and income taxes In time Of con-
flict amounting to 98 or 80 per cent
on all income over $4,000 and doubled
taxes on income under $4,000.
He likewise proposed legislation for
bidding exports from the United States
to be carried on boats bearing the
American flag to nations engaged In
war.
The senate investigation, he said,
had to be confined to probe OF
activities within the United States,
but it revealed an international NUM-
tions ring.
Il think it is just as fair to say the
world Is nearer war now than 1t was
80 days before the last war;" Nye de-
The Bismarck tribune., 1934-10-29
Meetings of Clubs
And Social Groups
W. q =. r.

w. C. +. u.
Mrs. J. ]. Rue, I'll Avenue A, will
be hostess for the meeting Of the
Women's Christian Temperance Un-
ION to be held at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday
afternoon. Mrs. G. q. Boise will be
program leader.
+ X +
M0thers' Club
Mrs. Z. v. Miller will give . paper
on Floods and Government Con-
troll" and roll call will be answered
with current events at the Mothers'
club meeting to be held ct o'clock
Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. w. T.
Kraft, 6O8 Thayer avenue, west.
The Bismarck tribune., 1934-10-29
Fargo Band Will Play
For 40 and 8 Dance

Don Fredrickson and His Orches-
ira from Fargo will furnish the music
for the first of series of public
dances to be staged at the Dome,
Saturday night, under the sponsor
ship Of the 40 and 8, fun organization
Of the American Legion.
This is the first appearance for the
Fargo band in the Capital City.
Members Of the committee ap-
pointed by E. M. Davis, chef de gare
OF the 40 and 8, to handle arrange
nlents for the first dance are G. J.
Worner, Ed Trepp, George Hektner
Milton Rue, Leonard Brauer, Dallas
Kast. Tony Starck, j. F. Fortenberry,
Harry Rosenthal. Charles F. Martin
and DR.. E. G. Jorde Of Mandan.