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The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-11-09
HENS PAYING
 TUITION FOR
 , COLLECIANS

UPLAND Ind, Nov g. - When Hazel and Mable Jane smith and their brother, Logan, entered Tay- Tor university this fall they brought with them 400 chickens and three goats.
 The chickens and goats are to earn the smith trio's way through the university The trio really is four. because Logan's wife, Opal, came with them She's to be their .housekeeper.
 Its 8 habit with the smith fam iiy, farmers near IIagerstown Oh- mer Smith, the father, originated the poultry method of financing college expenses when his eldest daughter Martha, started to Taylor in 1929. Martha kept chickens through her five years of university training. She now is teaching school at Coulterville, Ill.
 Egg Market Good
 The thlee Smiths now in school IarriVed by truck and moved into a lf0ur-roomed house. The job of reg istering for classes had to wait un- til the flock of chickens were hous- ed in two poultry buildings and the goats turned out to pasture.
 The egg market is good and the Smiths figure the net profits, for the winter from the sale of eggs will be $500. School expenses for the three will be about $625 and iv- ing costs $500. Thus, the hens come close to paying the entire bill.
 Hazel, now 22, is in her senior year. Logan, 20, is junior and Mable Jean. l8 is freshman Opal keeps house for the other three in the home which they rent for $100 year.
 The chickens have been bought each year from their father at $1 each. When school is over they sell them back to their father at the same price and since most laying hens sell for s1 50 after a years production, MT. Smith doesn't dc badly either.
 The feed is bought at home and trucked to Upland.
 Hens Get Extra Meal
 Last year the youthful egg mer- chants didn't do so well. The mar ket was bad and they had some hens which turned out to be "can-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-11-09
ASSAULT CHARGE DISMISSED AGAINST
 JOHN M'KINLEY
SAILOR BOY PRINTS

Charge of assault with a danger ous weapon against John McKin- ley in a recent indictment by the grand jury was dismissed in the Federal court this afternoon and the defendant ordered released. Mo Kinley with his brother, Frank, were both cleared by jury last week on charge of murder growing out of
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-11-09
APoison HighbaIr
 Slayer Must Die

CHICAGO, Ill, Nov. 9.-Convict- ed by the poison highball'' staying of his wife. Corydon A. Black, 35, was sentenced to death in the elec- tric chair by Judge Peter H. Schwaba.
 At his trial Black had testified that he and his wife, Cordelia Eli zabeth Black, made a suicide pact last October and toasted each oth- CT in the lethal draughts at her apartment.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-11-09
ODE TO A HORSE It says:

This tablet commentaries the services and sufferings of the 243,- 135 horses and mules employed by the American Expeditionary Forces overseas during the great World War which terminted November II 1918 and which resulted in the death of 6S,682 of those animals What they suffered is beyond words to describe.
 "A fitting tribute to their inn portant services has been given by the commander in chief of the American Expeditionary Fore es General John J. Pershing, who has written:
 "The army horses and mules proved of inestimable value in pros- ecuting the war to a successful con- clusion. They were found in all the theatres of preparation and opera
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-11-09
It's Time for
 Autumn Trips
 In Washington
Queer Things to Be Seen in National Capltal-
 Some Pathetic
By PRESTON GRoyER

WASHINGTON, Nov. S-It is time to take your autumn trip around Washington before snow comes and messes everything up.
 Considered commonplace here, the 50O-foot trip up the Washing ton Monument is one of the most impressive excursions iu the city Climb up if you like 900 steps T is worse climbing down. and you cannot slide down the banisters We have not climbed up or down and don't intend to. The elevator does it faster and is free.
 Anybody can see the Tiisns and Rembrandt in the Smithson- ian Institution, but If you want te impress your neghbors with yom deeply endowed instinct for aIt go out into Rock Greek cemetery in northeast Washington and Visii the bronze statute by St Gaudent. at the grave of Henry Adams ane t his wife.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-11-09
ON SITKA VISIT

Miss Catherine Hemphill, of Au- burn, niece of Mrs. James V. Davis, passed through Juneau aboard the North Sea, enroute to Sitka where she will visit for some time with her mother, Mrs. Frank Lockridge.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-11-09
A SAD EXPERIENCE

Tine statue IS almost smothered by pines and shrubbery. Il ls a bronze statue of a woman deeply yelled. Local residents have nick named it Grief. Adams ordered it, and tradition has t Shat t re- sembles his wife, Who ruled over Washington society with a sad face and a quill pen in pre-Spanish war days. Viewed from a few feet away, it is depressingly melan- choly.
 After viewing it 10 minutes you become so depressed that you would snatch a pick-me-up at the very next tavern except for feeling that it would be almost sacrilegious to think of that.
 The next stop is at a bronze tablet in a corner of the State De- partment building. It is in such a prominent position that few will brave the conspicuous business ot reading it. A policeman guarding a nearby door said weeks had pass ed without his seeing anybody stop by it.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-11-09
ITALY TO ANCHORAGE

2. zulbert, who left Anchorage
 more than a year ago to visit friends in Italy, plans to return to his AL askan home in April
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-11-09

Health Department statistics re- veal 36 South Carolinians died of alcoholism" during the 12 months ended June 30.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-11-09
ANCHORAGE DOC CATCHER

The Anchorage City Council has passed motion to hire an official dog catcher. Gus Olson is to take over the position
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-11-09
PLEDGES ZETA BETA TAU

Louis Seidenverg, son of Harry s i'd verg of Anchorage, has pledged Zeta Beta Tau fraternity at the University of Washington.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-11-09
SATURDAY, NOV. lsTH

Is the date to buy your Christmas presents at the Fancy Work Sale and Tea held in the parlor of the Methodist Church. adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-11-09

ried yesterday by U S. Commission CT Felix Gray. The couple was att tended by Richard Thorne and James Hay.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-11-09
RETAIL CLERKS MEETING

An important meeting of the re- tail clerks is called for tonight at { o'clock in the Union Labor Hall.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-11-09
HAIDA DUE 10 PM.

The Coast Guard cutter Haida, on a trip to Rake, is due back in port at 10 o'clock tonight, accord ing to radio advices.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-11-09

Vultures are welcomed as scaven- gers in many regions.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-11-09
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, Nov. g. - Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 121s, American Can 86, American Light and Power 6A i, Anaconda 271a, Bethlehem Steel AS, Calumet 8A, Commonwealth and Southern 2, Curtiss Wright 3&, General Motors 40, International Harvester 65A, Kennecott 31A $, New York Central 19ss, Southern Pacific 20A, United States Steel 55A, Cities Service 21s, Pound $501, Bremner bid 1 asked 3, Republic Steel 1874.
 DOW, JONES AVERAGES
 The following are today's Dow, Jones averages: industrials 12616, rails 32.08, utilities 2l96.
 Approximately 10000 Americans soldiers and sailors died in the world Uaf.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-11-09

Today's News Today.-Empire.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-11-09

HOONAH COUPLE WED
 Ernest Walter Hillman and Alice Eileen Cook of Hoonah were mar
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-11-09
Hens Get Extra Meal

Last year the youthful egg mer- chants didn't do so well. The mar ket was bad and they had some hens which turned out to be can
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-11-09

Lode and pIacer location notices for sale at The Empire Office.
Evening star., 1937-11-02
By the Associated Press.

PORT HURON, Mich, Nov. IA
squad Of sheriff's deputies and postal
inspectors shot it out with two men
they trapped in the Smiths Greek
Post Office at 1:30 am. today, killed
both Of them and blew the one-story
frame building full of holes.~
An alert village policeman, who
sensed post office hold-up or burglary
last Saturday, made the showdown
possible.
Sheriff William Van Antwerp, who
led the raiding party, said the dead
men were Detroit hoodlums who had
been under surveillance since Satur-
day.
He identified one as John Novak,
alias Shorty Jack, 38, and described
him as police character. The other
man was identified from papers in his
pockets as Edward Scherer, Detroit.
Store Owner Notifies Sheriff.
The sheriff with three deputies and
two postal inspectors gathered at
Smiths Creek, a village near Port
Huron. Sunday after Special Deputy
Harry Neal, general store proprietor
and only law enforcement officer in
the village, reported the presence of
two suspicious characters lettering at
the post Office.
They kept constant watch of the
Evening star., 1937-11-02
BY ]. RUSSELL YOUNG.

To grant flve-day work week for
all Federal employees would cost the
Government between $6O,0O0,O00 and
Sl0O,000,000 a year more than it is
paying its employees now, high Fed
eral authority said today.
This has not been revealed however,
to President Roosevelt, who recently
requested the Budget Bureau and the
Civil Service Commission to make a
thorough study of the subject in an
effort to ascertain what the increase
IN Government costs would be if a
hve-day work week were put into
effect.
The Budget Bureau turned the mat.
ter over to the Civil Service Commits
sion. and the latter. has not yet made
a report. The commission declined
10 make any comment upon this ad-
vance disclosure.
1t is understood. the additional cost
OF the f1ve-day week would vary in
Evening star., 1937-11-02
Two Trapped Postal Thieves
Are Shot Do,vn in Night Raid
Michigan Village Officer, Store ODner,
Sensed MOue, Foiled It-Gm Battle
FOllO,Os 2-Day Vigil.

post Office thereafter from the nearby
village hotel and jumped into action
early this morning when two men with
flashlights appeared at the rear of the
post Office, broke window and entered.
Sheriff Van Antwerp ordered the men
to surrender after his squad had sur
rounded the small building, 20 by 35
feet. There was no response. A tear
gas bomb then was hurled inside and
the intruders opened fire with pistols,
shots which brought . raking volley
from the officers, who were equipped
with submachine gun, a rifle, shot
guns and pistols.
Armed and Had Tools.
About so shots were fred, breaking
all the windows, shattering door sashes
and fixtures and filling with bullets the
two men caught in the withering fire.
None Of the sheriff's party was in
jured.
The sheriff and Postal Inspectors Roy
La Forge and Earl A. Barnhart, who
came from Detroit, said the men were
safe-crackers, armed with pistols and
carrying burglars tools.
The village was awakened by the
spectacular gun play and dozens of
residents gathered to watch the re-
moval of the shattered bodies to Port
Huron this morning and to view the
bullet-punctured post ONCE. The pop
ulation is about 800.
Evening star., 1937-11-02
Fiue-Doy Week Would Raise
Federal Costs $6O,OOO,OOO
Estimate Goes as High as 5000 900.
about 100000 Workers You'd Be Af.
fected, Disclosure of Study Sh0,vs.

the different departments and agen-
cies. The study so far has shown the
increase would be as lowsas S per cent
In some and as high as 10 per cent in
others. Therefore, it is figured that
the average increase would be between
6 and per cent OF the total budget
for personnel.
1t has been estimated by those
familiar with present conditions that
350.000 to 100000 of the more than
100000 Federal employees would be
affected. Already. more than 1000
postal employees are on flve-day week,
and so. are workers In several other
Government agencies. On the other
hand, however. there are groups whose
duties are such that, in their case. a
shorter work week would not be
feasible.
Granting Of five-day week would
mean a 35-hour week for employees.
The great majority of Federal en-
(See YOUNG. page A-a1
Evening star., 1937-11-02
ENJOYS CHAUFFEUR
FOUND DEAD IN GARAGE
Quatemalan legations Driver, As,
Discovered Slouched Over
Wheel Of Limousine.

Harry Schwartzman, 45, Of 1903 p
street NV, chauffeur for the Guste-
malan Legation, was found dead Of
carbon monoxide poisoning today IN
the legation garage in the rear Of 1914
Eighteenth street NV.
Schwartzman was slouched over the
wheel Of Minister Adrian Recinos'
limousine with the engine running
when found shortly after 10 am. by
Mira E. Brothers, butler at the lega-
ton. The alley door Of the garage was
closed, and some cheesecloth covered
the keyhole Of the door leading from
the garage into the kitchen Of the lega-
ton, police were told.
Schwartxman, who was married, had
worked at the legation since May, 1885.
DR.. T. M. Foley Of Emergency Hos
pital pronounced him dead after fire
minutes to revive him, and Coroner
A. Magruder Macdonald issued . cer-
tidcate Of suicide.
Evening star., 1937-11-02
FREY, Ex.PITCHER
FOR REDS, ASUICIDE
Relatives Said Hurler, Released
BY Cincinnati, Feared He'd Never
Get Back to Major Leagues.
~ the Associated Press,

JACKSON, Mich, Nov. BENNY
Frey, former major league pitcher
whose throwing arm failed him last
spring, was found dead from carbon
monoxide poisoning late yesterday aft
ernoon. He was 81.
DR.. Jason B. Meads, coroner, said it
was q suicide. Frey's body was found
in his automobile, the windows closed
and the exhaust connected with the
interior of the car by piping.
., Relatives said he was fearful that
his arm never would be good enough
again for big-league baseball assign
ment and that he had spent several
despondent months since his release
BY the Cincinnati Reds.
Frey's best year in the majors was
1885, when he won 10 for Cincinnati.
He started with Toledo in the Ameri-
can Association in 1924. The st. Louis
Cardinals and the Boston Red Sox also
controlled his services for brief periods.
Evening star., 1937-11-02
RULE SEEN ADDING
TOU.S. CITIZENSHIP
D. c. Court Holds Woman
Who Was Taken Abroad
Years Ago Retains Riuhts.

In ruling believed to affect thou-
SANDS OF persons, both in the United
states and in foreign lands. Justice
Jennings Bailey of District Court held
today that a New York woman, born
IN the United States 80 years ago. but
taken TO Sweden by her parents when
a chlld, still is an American citizen.
Inc decision concerned Miss Marie
Ellzaoeth Elg, who was born in New
YORK City October 2, 1907. Her par
ents, both natives of Sweden. had be-
come naturalized Americans in 1906.
The girl lived in this country until she
was 4, when her mother returned to
Sweden, taking her along.
The father stayed here, however
until 1922, when he also returned To
their homeland.
BY operation of law and treaty re-
lating to returning persons of Swedish
birth, both parents automatically be-
came Swedish subjects after two years
residence there
May Mean War Appeals.
Justice Bailey's decision was viewed
with concern by Federal officials, who
fear that persons in similar situations
in nations at war may appeal to this
Government for protection from con-
scription.
1t was said at the State Department
that hundreds of persons in Miss Elg,s
position are now in Spain, China, Ja-
pan and other nations seething with
military activity.
When Miss Elg was %, she returned
to the United States under a passport
issued by an American Vice Consul in
Sweden as an American citizen.
No question of her citizenship was
raised until 1884, when she asked i'm
migration authorities for an opinion
as to her status. An Investigation en-
sued, and she was informed she was not
citizen of this country. Meanwhile
an application for a passport was re-
fused on the ground she was not an
American.
AS a result she filed suit here.
through Attorney Henry F. Butler, to
enjoin the Labor Department from de-
porting her and for a declaration that
she was an American citizen.
Court Upholds Rights.
L do not think that the fact that
her father may have become a citizen
OF Sweden can deprive her of her rights
as a native-born citizen of the United
States, even though under the laws of
Sweden she may be treated in that
country as q citizen of it," Justice
Bailey declared in overruling a motion
to dismiss the suit.
Miss Elg also had asked the court to
compel Secretary of State Hull to
issue her the passport. This, how
ever, the court refused to do.
Justice Bailey said the case was one
of class "for which a declaratory
Judgment is eminently suited"
Chief Assistant United States At
torney David A. Pine said he would
take the case to the Court of Appeals
since Justice Bailey's ruling may mean
that all persons facing deportation will
have recourse to the courts here rather
than the Jurisdictions in which they
are situated, thereby increasing the
congestion in the Districts already
overcrowded judicial machinery.
Evening star., 1937-11-02
SPAIN MEDIATION
REJECTED BY U. S.
Declines Cuban Bid to All
American Nations to Seek
Armistice and Peace.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The United States declined today an
invitation from the Cuban Govern
ment to participate in a proposed all
American mediation of the Spanish
Civil War.
The American Government turned
down the invitation on the ground it
repeatedly had expressed an intention
Of refraining from any interference in
the Spanish situation.
After setting forth that this prin-
ciple was applied in q similar manner
toward a mediation proposal put for
ward by Uruguay more than a year
ago, Acting Secretary of State Sumner
Welles said IN formal note to the Gu
ban government.
THE Government of the United
States feels confident that in the light
Of the foregoing the government Of
Cuba will fully appreciate the con-
siderations which preclude it from as
sociating itself with the action pro-
posed by that government"
The note expressed, nevertheless, the
very earnest hope" of the American
Government and people that peace
full method Of terminating this strife
may be found"
In note dated October 21, the Gu
ban government asserted that it con-
templated the Spanish war with
deep sorrow" and invited all theAmeri-
can republics to extend their good
offices in arranging an armistice and,
eventually, peace terms.
1t proposed the creation of an in
ternational commission composed of
representatives Of all the American
republics to propose mediation to the
contending forces.
Evening star., 1937-11-02
DAVIS REJECTS BID
TO PRESIDE OVER
BRUSSELS PARLEY
Declines Unofficial Offer of
Leaders to Direct
Conference.
Renewed INVITATION
TO JAPAN PROPOSED
Participation Of Toxic Is Deemed
Necessary for Frank Ex-
change of Views.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BRUSSELS, Belgium, Nov. 2.-Nor-
man H. Davis, 1t was learned today.
has declined an unofIicial bid to pre-
side at the Brussels Conference on the
Chinese-Japanese conflict.
Davis. head of the American dele
CATION to the conference opening to-
morrow, declined, with thanks. the
offer of leaders to make him president.
Stanley M. Bruce Of Australia, who
presided at the conference in Mon
treaux. Switzerland, in 1896, which
gave Turkey the right to rearm the
Dardanelles. was mentioned as a Dos
sible choice for president. Some Scan
dinavian delegate also may be con-
sidered.
Common Policy Is Aim.
After a conference today between
British and United States delegates. a
British spokesman told the Associated
Press the chief objective Of the two
delegations was to follow q common
policy.
This, it was indicated, would con-
centrate upon a conciliatory effort de-
signed to stop the Chinese Japanese
conflict. If this fails, the next step
would have to be determination of
public opinion in Great Britain and
the United States.
Meanwhile, a movement was under
way to give Japan another chance to
participate in the Brussels conference
Several delegations indicated they ia
vor sending another invitation to To-
kio after the conference starts tomor-
row.
Japan rejected the original invita-
ton on the ground that the confer
ence was inspired by the League OF
Nations. which already had con-
oemned Japanese military action in
China.
Frank Exchange Is Aim.
The idea behind renewing the in
v1tation was that 4 frank, free ex-
change OF views looking toward res
toration OF peace in the Orient could
be had only with Japanese participa-
ton.
supporters OF this line Of thought
stressed the friendliness of such a
move and the hope that Japan would
understand it as such.
The United States and British dele.
tions conferred for more than two
hours behind closed doors after the
arrival of Anthony Eden, British for
eign secretary
Eden Talks With Davis.
Eden met with Davis, DR.. Stanley
Hornheck. Far East adviser of the
United States Department of State.
and J. Pierrepont Moffat, chief of
the European division of the United
States State Department, in their hotel
room. The British and American DEL
egations are stopping at the same
hotel
Davis said second important pre-
conference talk was arranged for this
afternoon with DR.. v. K. WELLINGTON
Koo, Chinese Ambassador to France
and delegate to the Brussels Confer
ence. Afterward, Davis planned to
talk with Yvon Delbos, French foreign
minister.
Evening star., 1937-11-02
MYSTERY" INJURY
AT STAT|ONPR
Man Received Broken Lea
After Being Taken to
Precinct House.

A police investigation was under way
today In an effort to ascertain how
Westwood L. Williams, 81, local real
estate man, received compound frac-
tYre of the leg in the second precinct
station house Saturday night after
he had been arrested on a charge Of
driving while drunk.
Mr.. Williams, who lives at the Cliff
ton Terrace Apartments, underwent an
operation at Walter Reed Hospital to-
day. His wife said he had two spiral
fractures below the knee and that he
would not be able to walk for six
months.
Arrested After Crash.
According to Capt. James E. Bobo
of the second precinct. Williams was
arrested after an automobile accident
on Clifton street near his apartment
Saturday evening. After he had been
booked. Capt. Bobo said, an officer
started to remove Mr.. Williams wrist
watch and the latter struck at the Of
ficer, falling to the floor as he did so.
Mr.. Williams then was placed in a
cell, where 1t was discovered his leg
had been broken. He was taken to
Gallinger Hospital and then trans
ferred to Walter Reed.
Report to Maj. Brown.
Capt. Bobo said he had taken writ
ten statements from several policemen
and civilians who were in the station
house at the time, but refused to di-
vulge their contents pending submis-
sion of his report to Maj Ernest w.
Brown, chief Of police, later this week.
Another version Of tho affair was
given by civilian who witnessed the
incident, but who was not willing to let
his name be used at this time. He
said that when the ofncer started to
remove the wrist watch, Mr.. williams
asked that he be permitted to do it,
explaining that he knew better how to
loosen the clasp. At that. according
to the civilian witness, three onncers
grabbed Mr.. Williams and threw him
to the floor.
Mr., williams, who was released un-
der $500 bond, Is the. father Of two
children, boy of 1 and : girl Of ..
Mrs. williams said she learned Of her
husbands injury through = relative
and that the police had never notified
her.
Evening star., 1937-11-02
S0vIETs BOOST PAY

MOSCOW, Nov. 2 (R. - Minimum
wages for factory, railroad and water
transportation workers were fixed to-
day at ITO rubles ($57.60) to lis -ubles
($5918) a month by government de-
cree, exclusive Of bonuses.
The previous minimum was not
stated. but 1t was estimated ofncially
the increases would amount to 6D0,-
100000 rubles ($36S, ,760 ,o00) a year.