Evening Star Newspaper, October 21, 1928, Page 12

12 mbarrases Youn lawyers who solemnly hand down to | the younger generations the old say- | ing, “You never can tell what a jury Cave-in Buries Steam Shovel ;55008 (850 imeh “Vesterdny - when they saw a young attorney “guess” a and Crew—Searchers Seek Tenth Worker. of having his “guess” turn out wrong. The attorney was defending a young | man charged with driving while intoxi- | cated. The jury had only been out a | few minutes,” always an ominous sign. Br the Associated Prees and when word was received that it ST. CATHERINES, Ontario, October | Was ready to report. the lawyer. who | jury, only to suffer the embarrassment | TOE BUNDAY STAR., WASHINGTON. D. C. OCTOBER 21, 1523—PART 1. ¢ Attorney in Court | had in open court manifested dissatis- | faction with his client's testimony, | “bawled him out” in the presence of police who had arrested him. “You were your own worst witness.” | the attorney said. “Why, the jury will | convict you on your own testimony.” Just then the jury filed back into | the courtroom and the clerk asked, | “Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, have you reached a verdict?” “We have?" “What is your verdiet—guilty or not | guilty2™ “Not guilty.” 20.—Nine men were seriously injured | and another is believed to have been GIANT OLD WHITE OAK killed today in a landslide on the Wel- land Ship Canal at Thorold. WILL BE CUT DOWN The victims were following a steam e shovel excavating for new construction b Death f work when the earth above gave way, | Commissioners Decree Death for roared down the bank and buried the | - working crew and the shovel. | Tree Near Thirtieth and | Newark Streets, Three of the injured were taken i their hames and the others removed | 1o hotmiats. "Rescuers were | digging | _The District Commissioners vesterday nto the fallen earth after dark tonight | decreed a death sentence for the giant in a search for a tenth man beleived |0ld White oak tree near the corner of io have been pinned under the steam | Thirtieth and Newark streets and it will shovel. be cut down this week by employes of Reports of the number of men in the | the trees and parkings department. working crew vavied. however, and | The Commissioners acted on the re- those in charge of the construction |quest of S. E. Cochran, manager of the work could not confirm a rumor that | National Theater, who complained sev- the tenth man had failed to escape. eral weeks ago that the tree is so close to his home that it not only constituted a hazard in the case of a storm, but its | acorns beat a rat-tat-tat like machine- | gun fire on the roof and disturbed the peace and tranquility within. Clifford L. Lanham. superintendent of trees and parkings, agreed with Cochran that the tree should be re- | moved in the interest of safety. Tt is reputed to be more than 100 years old. Cat Digs Home in Pumpkin, When M. Fitzgerald of London re- cently inspected his mammoth pumpkin | preparatory to exhibiting it at a fair | he found a large hole in the center. | The next dav he found his cat, a prize Persian, inside with four new kittens. T}l}r cat had scooped out the pulp her- self. 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THE RESULT WAS AS FOLLOWS: (Recapitulation of 2,818 Questionnaires) DAILY PAPERS Questions answered 2,620 Star.read by SUNDAY PAPERS Questions answered 2,476 Star read by....... kol .. 1,981 Post read by.. Post read by . 978 Times read by. Times-Herald read by........ 548 Herald read by 8 ietviall News read by 2,476 homes take ««. 3,507 Sunday papers 2,476 homes take. . ... e ... 4,606 daily papers ‘ The following is a tabulation of the answers to the question: In what pap&s do you read the advertisements? DAILY PAPERS SUNDAY PAPERS Star-Post-Herald . Star exclusively:....... eee..1,089 Star-Post-News . .. Post exclusively . 198 Star-Times-Herald Times-Herald exclusively =256 Star-Times-News ... Star-Times-Herald ....... 153 Star-Herald-News .. Star-Post 644 Post-Times-Herald Post-Times-Herald .. 44 Post-Times-News ... Star-Post-Times-Herald . 95 Post-Herald-News No answer......... eciesee Times-Herald-News .. Star-Post-Times-Herald .. Star-Post-Times-News . Star-Post-Herald-News. .. Star-Times-Herald-News ... Post-Times-Herald-News ... Star-Post-Times-Herald-News ..... No answer Star exclusively Post exclusively Times exclusively.... Herald exclusively. . News exclusively. Star-Post Star-Times Star-Herald .. Star-News . Past-Times. .. ... .oe0000 Post-Herald ..... e Post-News ... Times-Herald . Times-News .. Herald-News ............. Star-Post-Times The Star is read regularly every evening and Sunday morning in over 80% of all hothes in Washington and in over 907% of the better homes. The National Capital is a highly concentrated market, richer than . any one of 11 States, and thoroughly covered by one newspaper at a minimum cost. The average circulation of The Star for the past 6 months was: Daily, 100,571; Sunday, 106,269, The Star has the greatest and most intelligent audience of any newspaper in any city of the United States comparable in size to Washington., The Result Advertising Line Record September, 1928 Audited by a Newspaper Advertising Statistics Bureau of New York TIMES. HERALD. Evening Only. Morning and Sunday. Automobiles . .... .. 97,578 53,730 24,140 14,492 Automobile Accessorie: .. 44,808 20,475 28,033 g 16,013 Beverages . 2,471 1,644 1,540 ek Department Steres ... 600,013 84,886 83,428 28,827 Men's Clothing ... .. 57,18 34,315 28,203 6,290 Women's Wear .. 131,810 24130 14,589 7,136 Electrical Appliances .. e 14,892 15,746 5,820 2,520 Financial ........ . .. 41,646 37,2091 6,375 12,853 Food ..... ¢ woeve 140,234 24,285 50,086 10,759 Furniture and Househeld Supplies . . .. 188,327 44,417 32,383 23,834 Hotels, Resorts and Restaurants o 8100 12,235 3,589 3,701 Insurance & .o L 1,828 1,741 288 178 Jewelry, Silverware and Optician .. 40,344 6,067 3,112 2,783 Legal and Public Notices ¢ i, 13803 2,640 185 737 Drug Stores .. 30,245 6,872 13,872 7,196 Musical Instruments . .. 20,348 11,726 1,811 7,049 Medicines and Tecilet Articles <l 31229 8,971 15,645 27,468 e .. 52,448 5,468 12,893 20,970 Reéal Estate .. ...... ... 98,535 42,491 7,175 11,655 Railread and Steamship .. 17,710 12,227 2,501 7,203 5 .. 38332 15,303 6,104 1,760 Tobacco .. e 19,422 6,711 8,479 10,457 Miscellanesus (including 130,680 70,942 68,021 78,538 STAR. POST. Evening and Sunday. Morning and Sunday. IBSERITLNNGIRG 7 oo ot coL e L s R e 1,514,739 415,905 296,500 198,683 Naticnal Display 356,469 128,408 121,922 103,826 Classified 424,341 132,657 65,750 k- 103,024 2,295,549 676,970 484,172 405,533 The Washinzton Daily News figures are not available sxcept as to total, 172,054 lines. The Star stands fourth in volume of advertising of all the newspapers in the United States. This is largely due to the confidence of The Star’s readers in everything that appears in the columns, Fl?r years all advertising has been strictly censored and all fraudulent and deceptive advertising climinated. ;