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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-07-15
RAIL RATES CUT

so Per Cent Slashes Made to Aid
Alaskan Farmers.
ANCHORAGE. Alaska. July IS fP.-
Rate slashes running as high as 30
per cent. aimed to open the Alaska
Railroad belt as a market for farm
ers on the Matanuska projects, have
been announced on the Alaska Rail-
road by Otto Ohlson, general manager.
The reductions effective Monday
will affect a wide variety of inbound
articles.
They were authorized by Secretary
Ickes. at Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-07-15
NANCY P. HANNA
HURT WHILE RIDING
Suffers Conclusion Of Brain
in Fall From Horse in
Virginia.

Nancy P. Hanna, foxhunting daugh-
ter of John H. Hanna, president of
the Capital Transit Co., is in Emer-
gency Hospital today suffering from
conclusion Of the brain and bruises
received yesterday afternoon when she
fell from horse on the estate Of A.
Smith Bowman, Sunset Hill. Va.
Miss Hanna, who is secretary Of the
Fairfax Hunt Club and active in local
equestrian circles, was riding hunter
belonging to Mr.. Bowman when the
accident happened. She is believed to
have become exhausted and slipped
from the horse at the end Of long
ride. Only recently she returned to
the saddle after a protracted illness.
The riderless horse galloped back to
the barn, where E. De Long Bowman,
son of the owner of the estate, saw
him and set out in search of the rider
He found her lying unconscious by the
roadside, near the hunt club. A doc
tor was summoned and she was re-
moved to the hospital. Her condition
was believed not to be serious.
Evening star., 1935-01-27

read a curious line in a
society" novel. 1t ran thus:
"She paid as little attention
% him as she would have paid to the
second man."
have thought of it often; its absurd
cruelty, it's snobbish implication, its lack
of human understanding. Since then
have observed wealthy people, and no
ticed how few of them ever deign to
be human to their servants. But there
Is one young men of my acquaintance,
with not much of this worlds goods,
who followed a different course.
A BOUT a year after Dick Holton o.
Dayton had been transferred from
the New York offices of the Eversure
Sewing Machine Co. to its London
branch found myself in the British
capital, and, of course, I looked him up.
I was anxious to see what England had
done to the son of an old college friend.
For he was the antithesis of everything
that is British. Nice young Dick, red
headed and roistering, how could he ever
settle down to the comforts of English
ways and remember to drive his car
on the left, side of the road?-the road,
mind you, not the street.
But Dick had gone in for athletics, I
recalled, so perhaps he would find much
to interest him away from home. He
would get along with his English cousins,
in his clustering, happy-hearted way,
unless he had criticized too many of
them before they got to know him well.
He came over to my small but COM
Portable hotel on Jermyn street. To my
amazement, he was more American than
ever, If such a thing could be. His
clothes still had that Dayton look, and
there was not a trace of an English
accent. He had remained just what he
had always been-a stalwart Middle
WeSterner with a smile that would
have won anybody from barmaid to
duchess.
He was uproariously glad to see me,
despite the difference in our ages. His
voice doomed out in greeting and his
handclasp almost broke my knuckles.
Then, looking around my chamber, he
said, as had half expected he would
say, you're not going to stay here, old
Peter. You're coming over to my dig
gings."
There it was-"diggings"-the one
English expression he had seemed to
pick up.
"Oh. no; wouldn't impose on your
hospitality to that extent" I said. "I've
got to see my English publishers. and
do some writing and"
Don't be foolish, old Peter. Mrs.
Biffin will make you far more comforta-
BILE than you could be here"
There was nothing to do but go, so I
packed my bags, which I had only just
unpacked, and we took taxi to his
"diggings," and met Mrs. Biffin.
LIE HAD told me about her on the way
over, through the crowded London
streets, to Lincoln's Inn Fields.
"a bachelor can't live here without an
old housekeeper to make him happy.
She's jewel-a pearl beyond price, old
Peter. The same story-a widow who
used to support her good nothing
husband until he mercifully died; dear
old soul who's been buffeted about, yet
Is proud Of her sevvitude and the long
Evening star., 1935-01-27

my comfortable room and dreamed of
cat that, oddly enough resembled Mrs.
Biffin.
I had come to London for a purpose,
of course, and was busy. Mrs. Bffin
served me lunch when I wished to stay
in, and after about a week one noon
could see that she was anxious to talk
with me.
"Oh, Mr.. Tolliver, what good young
man Mr. Holton is" she ventured to say
E'S almost a saint. e took out some
insurance for me, SO when I'm real old
shant ave to worry none"
"Just like him." I said. "A piece of
his father, Mrs. Biffin. You're in luck"
"An' don't know that, sir!" she ex-
claimed, "None of our own people would
do so much for me, and MOVIE wants
to take me to Paris for a little trip! I,
who've never poked my nose outside of
London sir! can't go. I'd be scared
to death. Won't you please, sir, ask i'm
not to take me?" Her eyes were almost
filled with tears.
"Take you to Paris?" repeated.
eyes, sir, if you can believe such a
thing, sir!''
"Ill speak to him." told her. But
it isn't too good to be true, Mrs. Biffin.
Miracles do sometimes happen, you
know"
But not to me, sir, unless it's miracle
I ever got with such a fine young gen.
tleman, sir"
I took Dick to a club that evening, so
that might have quiet talk with him.
He laughed when told him what Mrs
Biffin had said.
"Of course I'm doing it, Had the idea
for days, and you're going with us" he
said. 1--WE got some business in Paris,
and want to give Mrs. Biffin a spree.
Think of it, old Peter, she's never been
anywhere!
But say nothing of this, old Peter. It's
our little secret-yours, and Mrs Biffin's,
and mine.'
AS a matter of fact I, too, had some
~ business in Paris, and Dicks plan fitted
in well with mine.
There was day when the old house.
keeper disappeared with Dick, and when
they both came in at tea time I knew
why they had gone away. A whole new
Evening star., 1935-01-27

line of her family who have scrubbed
and cooked for hard-hearted aristocrats
Homely as a hedge-fence, but with
heart of gold, and how she worships me!
She'll make fuss over you, too, and
you'll learn for the first time what
good servant really is. Now tell me all
the news from back home"
We had climbed two flights of dim
stairs, and there was Mrs Biffin, smiling
and bland and cordial, coming out to
help with the luggage when she heard
our rackety footsteps.
She wasn't day under 60, thin little
wiSp of woman, with colorless tight
hair screwed in knot at the back of
her head.
"Get out of our way Mrs Biffin!" Dick
ordered, in his CHEEKY manner. Were
strong, husky fellows, but you can fetch
some whisky and soda. This is Mr.. Toll
liver, and I want you to live up to
everything I've told him about you'
THANK you, sir. Pleased to meet you,
SIR said Mrs. Biffin, in her thin voice.
And never liked an old woman more.
Dickens, too, would have loved her.
It was cozy place, with paneled walls
and a great open fireplace, mullioned
windows that looked over a stretch of
green and there was ancient polished
furniture that cleaned and Shone.
20. K, old Peter?" Dick wanted to
know. "It's all yours. I'm away from
9 till g." And he looked around, proud
of his domain.
What a tea Mrs. Biffin laid out for us!
1t was banquet of scones, thin buttered
bread, tarts and marmalade. And the
silver urn sang in the semi-darkness.
This was the way to live, but wondered
how long Dick could stick it out alone.
There had been, vaguely, a girl back
home. With sea between them, there
was probably another in this great,
sprawling, romantic town. I as much
as said so, as we touched the Syphon
and watched the amber liquid in our tall
glasses.
"Oh, of course" Dick said, with no
inhibitions.
"Good!" I answered, and lifted my
glass.
"Toodle-e-oo!" said Dick, and lifted
his.
ny CIlC way, MuI1cl Will Us
tonight. Hope you'll like her. do, but
I'm glad you're here, for want you to
meet her."
'I1l not be here" said at once "You
two young people-you don't want a
doddering old fossil like me around
when-'
"Cut that out, old Peter. I'll gain
prestige by showing off an author"
THEN, as the golden light flowed into
the room, and the great world of
London seemed far away, got Dick to
tell me of his new life here.
"Oh, I like England all right, old
Peter. They're jolly good people here,
once you get to know them. But do
hate one thing about them-so many
are snobs. Funny, isn't it, how an Eng
lishman still loves lord? Even Muriel-
but maybe shouldn't say it,"
"Say anything to me. Or don't say it,"
He put down his glass. "She's a lovely
girl" he said, "but-"
There was that same innate kindness
in Dick that had been so notable a
quality in his father-that hatred Of
saying anything i'll of any one. I kept
still, and waited.
Evening star., 1935-01-27

WI
Muriel Uas meeting Aunt
Eliza Plunkett; shaking
hands ,Uith her, saying how
happy she ,UaS to make her "
acquaintance, and hoping 4
she Uas enjoying Paris and
all its tUickedneSs. She Was III
SCPetneSS itself.
but she treats maids, and all
servants, as if they we're the dust under
her pretty little feet She never even
notices Mrs. Bffin-won't say a word
to her. You'll see. And Mrs. Biffin-
why she's practically my mother over
here. love the old girl"
could have embraced him for that.
He went on quickly:
'Why, I was sick for a week with the
flu when I first came over, and you
should have seen her nurse me! She
never left my side. You can't forget
thing like that"
1t was wiser to say nothing. I didn't
like the picture had of Muriel but that
evening when she came could see how
any youth would be a fool not to fall
in love with her. Her hair was like spun
gold, tossed over brow of ivory, above
blue eyes like stars, and her voice was
soft and she seemed to bring radiance
into the old mansion.
watched Muriel Dorchester carefully,
and, sure enough, when Mrs. Biffin came
to help her off with her cloak she never
addressed her, never glanced in the old
housekeeper's direction.
"She is rich and spoiled" thought.
"It can't be that it's because she's Eng
lish." For I knew my London we'll, and
loved it; but at that instant the old line
had read SO long ago came back to me.
Our little dinner went off amazingly
well. I saw, in the soft candlelight, how
Muriel kept looking at Dick, and he at
her; how they had sly little glances
which must have told each other much
that could not understand. I did not
mind. I was happy for him; I wanted
him to marry this girl.
liked her voice particularly when she
began telling us of little incident that
had happened on her way to the
MANSIONS.
"A cat was crawling across the road
don't know how ever happened to
see it, except that light fell on it's
black little body. pounded on the taxi
glass and cried to the driver to stop
and pick it up. He did. got out and
took it into a chemists, and I asked
him to get it some food and keep it
there for me. I'll go tomorrow and fetch
it home. It must have wandered from
Soho. It looked like Soho. 1t had Soho
written all over it, dear little starved
thing. There's story for you, Mr.. Tol-
liver. Write it for me, won't you? You
could call it From Soho to Mayfair"
and she laughed.
looked at Dick. His eyes were
sparkling.
IT WAS close on midnight when Dick
took Muriel home. I was waiting up
for him when he came back.
"Shes marvellous" said.
"You bet" agreed Dick.
Nothing else was said. turned into
Evening star., 1935-01-27

NCE, years ago, when the
world was a different place,
I read a curious line in a
society" novel. It ran thus:
"She paid as little attention
Evening star., 1935-09-13

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Evening star., 1935-09-13
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Just look at these glorious color combinations:
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Evening star., 1935-09-13

"FIssssry" "-black, brown,
sreen with stitched lame
collar, full.shirrsd
sleeves, $685..
"Dssh"-black, green.
brown with Irish lace
frogs, tiny edsinss Of real
lace, 1855.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-04-26
Livestock

so. ST. PAUL
South st. Paul. April 26-(ReU.
s. Dep. Agr.)-Cattle, $500; very
dull: practically no slaughter steers
sold early: supply fairly large; indi-
cations around Is lower: practically
all light yearlings off more: cows
about Is lower: some bids off more;
bulls weak: stockers little changed:
good clearance for the week: most
light weight short-fed yearlings eligi-
bic around 800-10.O0: good fed steers
In load lots he'd upwards to 1900 and
more: few medium to good heifers
100000: best held above 1850: odd
lots medium 10 good beef cows TOO
$50; bulk palmer grades down to
SIS; low cutters and cutters around
3.50-5.O0: common to medium bulls,
5.25.6.25: vealers, 1000: mostly
steady; good to choice 650-S.o0: Sc
lections $50.
Hogs, $500: market mostly 10 cents
lower: underweights and pigs Oft
more: packing sows around steady:
better l90-270 lbs, 5000: top SIS
paid sparingly for choice 200.240 lbs;
most 270-375 lbs, S.25.50: good to
choice l40-l60 lbs, 7.75.S.40: good pigs.
mostly 7.75-8.00; odd lots higher: good
sows largely 7.7S.8.00: average cost
Thursday. 8.54: weight 223 lbs.
Sheep: 900: less than 500 wooded
offerings here: packers bidding IS
lower on measer supply good to choice
lambs or 760.75: sellers generally
asking 500 or better: late Tuesday
bulk good to choice wooded lambs IT'S
500; two loads good to choice 80 lb.
fed Texas yearlings SIS.
Dairy COWS: Moderately active,
steady: medium to good springer
cows, $60-$85: common kinds down to
As.
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Trib4ne's Grain, Livestock and
Market Report for Fri, April 26
METALS SUBJECTED
TO PROFIT TAKING
IN MARKET FRIDAY
Late Rally IN Rails Helps List
But Close Of Session 10
Somewhat Irregular

New York, April 26.-(R-Despite
another sharp advance In world silver
prices, metal issues were subjected to
substantial profit taking in Fridays
stock market. A late rally In the
rails helped the list. but the close was
somewhat irregular. Transfers ap-
proximated 100000 shares.
A brisk recovery In grains ct Chi
cago, improved rail traffic and better
business news tended to keep the fl
l1ancial district optimistic. After the
recent upturn In equities, however, .
technical correction was viewed IS
natural. Mining stocks started off at
q brisk pace In the morning, then met
realizing along with most other groups.
Wheat came back more than 2
cents bushel and cotton was . firm
factor. Foreign silver currencies were
strong. Bonds were bit spotty.
Shares OF silver king held q gain
Of more than 2 points, and other me-
tails that managed to finish fraction
ally to around point up included
American Smelling, Park Utah
and Alaska Juneau. The Blue
Chip Homestake mining advanc-
ed Is points on q small turnover. u.
s. Smelling yielded more than just
before the close and Howe Sound
dropped. Du Pont, D. 8. Steel, Gen.
eral Motors, Chrysler. Celanese, Con-
solidated Gas and numerous others
were moderately In arrears.
Schenley sagged following publica-
ton OF disappointing earnings figures
for the first quarter. Coca-Cola de.
clined 1. Adolf 0obel dropped about
Ia to IL when tho company applied
for reorganization under the bank
ruptcy act.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-04-26
MINNEAPOLIS FUTURES
3 to 1 CENTS HIGHER

Minneapolis. MIMI, April 26.-(R-
The wheat futures market was broad
and active Friday and prices closed
two to four cents higher on buying
OF good character locally that in
creased the spread between here and
Chicago.
A cash interest wanted July con-
tracts and cooperative wanted May
contracts. With the offerings limited
prices walked upward sharply for May
deliveries while deferred futures
showed substantial gains. Minneap-
oils May wheat closed four cents
higher. July 3A cents higher and
September 2 cents up.
Coarse grains were strong but not
nearly as active as wheat. May oats
closed X cents higher and July one
cent higher. May and July, Septem.
Der rye closed y cents up. May feed
barley finished unchanged and July
y cents higher. May and July flax
each closed one cent up.
Cash wheat receipts increased some
but continued light and in ready de.
mand ct firm comparative prices.
Winter wheat was scarce and hard
to quote. Corn offerings were light
and demand quiet to slow.
Oats demand was limited and mar
ket tone soft. Rye was nominally
unchanged with demand fairly good
for the heavy white quality and slow
for the light dark offers.
Barley was . bit draggy due to in
ferior quality. Flax offerings were
moderate and IN good demand.
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is FLAYED
BY south CAROLINA
SENATOR IN SPEECH
Bailey Says coughlin Trying to
Stir Up Fountains Of Hate
in Depressed Land

Washington, April 26.-(R)-Ab.
sorbed In the preliminary forming Of
political lines for 1896. the capital
sought Friday to assay the effects Of
Senator Bailey's denunciation Of
Father Charles z. Coughlin Is q man
Of "damnable ambition" who seeks "a
stir up the fountains Of hate In q
distressed land amongst . suffering
people,"
With third party talk very much in
the air. observers also watched to see
whether an answer might not be
forthcoming soon to the question
whether Father Coughlin and Senator
Long (Dem., La.) may unite their
forces In 1896.
Senator Long was ready to depart
for Dies Moines, Iowa, where he win
speak Saturday before the farmers
holiday national convention. The
head Of the Farmers Holiday group,
Milo Reno. has already advocated .
merging Of Coughlin Long forces.
Before q silently listening senate,
Senator Bailey. North Carolina Demo-
crat. voiced his denunciation Of Faith
er Coughlin's activities.
Leaves OFT Title
Prefacing his remarks with an ex-
PLANTATION Of why he referred to the
clergyman as "Coughlin." rather
than Father Coughlin," Bailey said:
II left off his title, and I did 1t
deliberately. In his church-and I
shall always speak respectfully Of Ill
churches-he can be called Father.
but he cannot be called Father In
American politics.
In his church he may have his
priestly robes and his. power Of ABB
solution: but when he undertakes to
promise . harp and . halo to the
American people by political action,
I challenge his priestly power"
Bailey said he had profound -.
spect" for the ministry, but that when
. minister goes out with his radio
incendiarism" to stir up hate II will
snatch the halo from his brow and
throw 1t into the nearest spittoon.'
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-04-26
dollar QUOTATIONS
FOR wheat return
TO CHICAGO MARKET
Initiation Talk Comes TO Front
Again for First Time IN
Several Weeks

Chicago, April 26.-lR-Dollar quo
tations for wheat In Chicago reap
peared late Friday following . accent
bulge Of prices at Minneapolis.
For the first time In Q number Of
weeks, initiation talk came TO- the
front as q major market factor.
Meanwhile buying for mills and ele-
vators, presumably against enlarged
demand for flour, was reported here
Is responsible to q notable degree for
soaring of wheat prices ct Minneapo-
LIS.
Wheat closed strong. 2h-2k above
Thursdays finish. May $1.O0N ~
corn AIN up, May $685., oats l
to IL advanced and provisions vary.
Ing from cents decline to Z cents
gain.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-04-26
Federal Jury Picked
To Hear VOlk Case

A jury 10 hear the case Of John J.
volk, Emmons county farmer charged
with placing . fraudulent claim for
feed with the federal emergency 70.
Lief administration, was selected IA
the session Of federal court here
Thursday afternoon.
Jurors selected were Alex McDon-
aid, Underwood: John H. Bolton,
Fairmount: John Nesset, Devils Lake;
Gust Yeater, Wilton: Tom Randell.
Benedict: H. @. Lyngstad. Rugby:
Simon Debit. Berthold: Frank Cook.
Valley City: Carl Ritter. Wishek:
James Barrett. Devils Lake; GU
sather, Van Hook and Benny Norsby,
Eckman.
Arraigned before Judge Andrew
Miller earlier Thursday, volk entered
. plea Of not guilty. The defendant
Is charged with making . statement
that he had no feed for his livestock:
the government claims the statement
was faldfied g to the amount OF
feed 10 hSd on hand and his ability
to purchase supplies.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-04-26

CHICAGO


Chicago, April 26.-ReButter was
weak In tone Friday and eggs were
firm. Hens were steady, chickens
easy.
Butter. 1912, weak: creamery spe-
cials f93 score) 31h-32; extras (02)
81; extra firsts (90-9l> 30h; firsts
$3.50 29h-N: seconds (86-8N 20.
Standards 600 centralized carlots)
30N.
Eggs. 31.l26. firm: extra firsts cars
Is, local 24h: fresh graded firsts
cars 24ls, local "a, current receipts
23H: storage packed firsts 2sh: ex-
tras 25A.
Poultry, live. hens steady. chickens,
easy: car In, none due: SO trucks In;
hens s lbs, under 20, more than S lbs,
10: Leghorns Is: Rock fryers a to
25la: colored "a; Rock broilers -,
colored %; Leghorn 20 to a.: bare
backs 81: roosters Is; hen turkeys "a,
young toms 20, old toms 10, No. 2. IS;
ducks old ~ lbs, up 20; old. small
IS: young white geese 10: capons 8 to
Z lbs, rs.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-04-26
NEW YORK

New York. April 26.-(R-Butter,
1888. weaker. Creamery, higher than
extra 31A to 32h: extra coz score)
3lA: firsts 1891 scores) 3011 to 3lA:
centralized 600 score) 81.
Cheese. 120.122. quiet. Prices UNI
changed.
Eggs. 1854, firm. Mixed colors;
special packs or selections from fresh
receipts ~ to 2sA: standards and
commercial standards 2611 to X;
firsts ASA to X: mediums, 10 lbs..
c4A: dirties No. /. a lbs, FAX to Is;
average checks 23h to ~: storage
packed firsts rs.
Live poultry, easy. BY freight:
fowls 20 to 23; turkeys II to 20: other
freight grades unchanged.
Live poultry. BY express: Chickens
20; broilers 1926: fowls 1878; roost.
ers Is: turkeys 1923; ducks ,lnquot-
ed.
Dressed poultry steady to easy. All
fresh and frozen quotations unchang-
ed.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-04-26
SIOUX CITY

Sioux City, Iowa, April 26.-{R-
~. 8. Dept. AgrJ-Cattle, 1000:
slaughter. steers, yearlings and she
stock slow, steady to easy: quality
plain; stockers and feeders scarce:
scattered sales fed steers and year.
lings up to ll.2S: choice absent: bulk
beef cows 5.50-7.25: low cutters and
cutters mainly 3.50-5.0O.
Hogs, $500; opened slow: closed &C.
tive, steady to 10 lower; top $50; bulk
10000 ID. butchers, S40.50; weights
above 200 lbs. mostly $50: l4o-l70 ID.
averages, 5000: sows, 7.05-0.00; feed.
er pigs mostly 7.00.75.
Sheep, 5000, including 40 direct:
no early action; fat lamb indications
fully steady: asking higher: holding
best wooded lambs around 6.25 and
clippers to 7.25 or above: other slaugh.
ter classes scarce: deck fed clipped
lambs bought to arrive TOO: late
Thursday fat lambs Is to IS lower;
top wooded lambs 500; bulk 7.65.S.00:
clippers largely TOO.