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COTTON MARKETS.

New York Dcc 2-Cotton was unsettled today
and closed easy at a net loss nf TO Is points
There flurries n commission house liquidation
and local selling. Prominent spot interests bought
on the decline.
At the outset the market to points
higher about in limo with strength at Liverpool.
Wall Street and commission houscs bought. The
selling from scattered sources. After ad-
rancing few puints further prices reacted on
selling by houses with Liverpool connections. Fol
lowing the close Of the English market a slight
rally took place. Prices eased again
After showing a net loss of about 6 to points
the market steadied toward mid day covering
and buying by New Orleans. In the afternoon.
rcssure credited TO uptown interests combined
with an increase In scattered liquidation weakened
the market. Eastern spinners fair buyers
on . scale downward. fixing pr1crs.
Spot here was Is points lower at l2.40: sales
Spot at Liverpool in good demand at an ad-
vance Of 10 points the basis Of T.5d for mid
upland. Futures there closed easy at q net de-
cline Of 54a7 points
Port receipts for to-day were q. 48 bales agnnst
ei.lS bales last week and tel3 bales last year.
New York warehouse stocks Is SO bales against
ilfe hales last year. Exports for the day were
DEB bales. against 81 ys5 bales q year ago. To-
days total included 1859 bales to Great Britain.
l.o75 bales tn France and 3a5 bales to other
points on the Continent. The ciesranccs for the
The Washington herald., 1915-12-03

Wednesday at 7:i5 O'Clock at the home
of the brides parents. followed by a re-
ception. The attendants will be Miss
Mary Elizabeth Tucker. of Hamilton.
Bermuda. as the maid of honor. and Mrs.
Theodore Nicholas Gill. jr.. as matron
OF honor. Miss Lucia Hollerith and
Miss Nan Hollerith. will be the brides
maids and Mr.. Phillip Houston, OF New
York, will be the best man.
Representative Henry D. Flood has
joined Mrs. Flood and their young son
At the Shoreham. where they purpose
spending the Congressional season.
Mrs. John ]. White will entertain at
dinner tomorrow evening in honor "f
Mrs. o. II. p. Belmont. who is in Wash
ington to attend the convention of the
Congressional Union next week. The
other guests will be Senator and Mrs.
Sutherland. Representative and Mrs.
Mondell. Mr.. John Barrett. Mr.. Norman
Hapgood. Mr.. George Odell and Miss
Alice Paul.
Senator Phelan. of California. who
has Just purchased the Sheridan Circle
residence Of Mr.. and Mrs. Peyton Rus
sell is at the Shoreham until ready to
take possession of his new home.
Mrs. Robert s Hit and her son. Mr..
r. s Reynolds Hit. who joined her at
the Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs for
Thanksgiving. have returned to Wash
ington.
Mr.. and Mrs. William NJ. Lewis. well
known in Chicago and Washington. have
arrived from the former city and are
located at the Shoreham.
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Glass are other
Chicago visitors who arrived at the
Shoreham yesterday.
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STOCKS Wait
ON PRESIDENT
Wall Street Wants to Know
About Steel Tax Rumors
in Message.
PRICES FIRM AT CLOSE
Recovery Is Made After Weak Open
ing and Fluctuations Up to
the Noon Hour.
PRICES FIRM AT CLOSE

New York. Dec. 2.-Reports that
President Wilson's message would be
unfavorable and would propose tax
on steel and iron unsettled the stock
market today. Net losses OF from one
to three points were recorded
throughout the list. specialties and
war stocks suffering the most. After
the close brokers said the market did
not display any alarming. signs OF
weakness and for that reason they do
not entertain fears of sharp break.
Initial prices reflected a continua-
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NEW YORK PRODUCE.

New York. Dec. 2-MILLFEED-Ibquiry is
moderate at irregular rgicrs Spring tran. in 100
pound sacks. g.IaZ5o. to arrive; standard mid
ding. to arrive. 2asaZ.O rcd-dog. to arrive.
so0z3o0: winter wheat. in 100 pound ssrks. TO
arrive. ,ssosotlo: city bran. in bulk. 25: oil
meal. = 5a-ep p-r ton.
PORk-Ffm: business moderate. Mess. I.5z
100: family. 2!ooaC,o: clear. is.on.zi!o
BEEF-Stsady: trading 10 moderate. Packet,
T.e5alap; family. ls5aley0: extra India mess-
$50: mess. TSalsm.
LARD-Ffm; dealings moderate. Prime West
crn. 80: refined Continent. 100; South American.
1865; refined Bn1ilisn. in kegs ils5; beef stcarne.
i0'. cents: lard stearine slow at los crnts.
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.sdiu. 10 Asses. Asska; sn.sal p - n.
LIVE rdulsRY-csssts.a. s,A A.ss. D. s.s
vyes. pr M, u; dp.. ~ ~. nailrr. - u. y;
russtsn. N. ~: do.. sUrine. l.rDe. m. y: a.
snail, b., n: duehs. Afssrovy. IN and ovse. BAH:
Pekins. h. and over HalS: do. puddls. ihs. and
over. rsail: indian runsss n. BAD: pigsoaA psif.
lsaD; udpes fowl, sach. NsS; turksyA IA spd
over, young. pr h.. as21: do. snail. hsu; %.
old. iAD: do. poor snd cosksi hs.a. n.is;
sssss. Masyiand snd vizsisia. per h.. hab; co.
wsstern and sosfhsrn. pa b.. I,sh
BUTTER-Cssmery. fancy, pr d.. x'Ss1: d.
choice SaN; do. sood. NJ: Do. pttnts. SaS'
d. blocks ,aA,s: isdlss. aa2s: MsrJland md psnr-
syissnia rolls, issso: dairy pRints. ns0; possss
butter, 24Azs; str~psefed. 10
EG0s-MarylaDd. Psnnsylssn:a. and Woesfs
hrsss. .; wet Virginia. =; southern. u
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NEW YORK MONEY.

New York. Dee. 2-Csll money orencd at per
cent high. per cent low. ~ PER ccnt last. per
cert ruling rate g Trr cent: renewals. per cent
The market for time money continues quiet and
the rates are Iwartically unchanged small amount
Of trading is being done in industrial loans ga
~ per cent for sixty and ninety days. ca3 per cent
for f@r months. and per cent for five and six
months.
Trading in mixed money Is very light. The rates
quoted az per cent for sixty days. "a rcr cent
for ninety DAYS gSa per cent for four. FIVE and six
months and ~ per cent for over the year.
The commercial PAPER market Is duh and TN
charged. The volume d PAPER being offered Is
snail. Good paper of regular matIrities IL being
rurchascd at 81 TO 3iz pcr cent. a small amount
Of business is being done in paper bearing especially
attractive names at pcr cent.
Business in acceptanccs is increasing in volume
though the rate remains unchanged at to ~ per
cent.
viii George Clancy be the next feather weight
rha
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BALTIMORE PRODUCE.

Baltimore. Dec 2-MILIFEED Tin IOoIh. sacks
Spring bran slooag,. 20; -four to white middlin--
D.ooa33oo; Western middlinss. ZaNa3.53: cit!
mills middling q. 5na2s.oo: do. white middnss
20 ops2l 90: do. winter bran. ei6a5oo
FLOUR-Win;er clear. i.ssa4eo winter straight
5ooa5: winter patcnt s3oa5 s.: spring clear. t75a
$40: spring straight. 51a5.D: spring patent. s.ss
SIS: city mills best winter ratent. Sis; do. blend
ed patent. 6.5: do, high grade straight SIS: do.
extra. i.loaL0; do, srring ratent. e5; rye -four
The Washington herald., 1915-12-03
CHANGE TRADING IMPROVES.
Warrington Gas Features with Gail
Of One Fun Point.

Trading improved on the Washing
ton Stock Exchange yesterday. with
Washington Gas stock the feature.
After thirty shares Of Gas had been
disposed Of at rs, . quotation lot
brought Is Ia. The quotation figures
were set at rs bid and Is L. asked.
as compared with ~ and "a 3-4. re-
spectively, on Wednesday.
Thirty shares of American Graphic
phone common brought 124 L.. or
1 1-2 points below Wednesdays sales.
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NEW YORK CURB MARKET.

New York. Dec. 2-Stocks in the outside market
today were generally ractionary when most Of the
leading issues were supplied in large quantities
The weakness vas Of short duration. most of the
stocks recovering somewhat in the later trading.
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Total sales Gs.5o sharcs. ssainst 80 ves'
day. and holiday a week ago. This day a y
ago the exchange was closed. From January I
date l3.iT. 500 against S77seo . year sep
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WASHINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE
F.r.s.aes sy W. \. Hiss. = C.

FuFntahed b w. D. Hlbss q c.
% sALTs.
washington Railway 4 Electric =. 1lem at u.
400 ct 81. Loo at q. a!ea0 at q. a.w At u.
N.too at 81. SBco at s1h-
Potomac Electric LiSht &. u.o0 at lo64-
Potomac Electric cons s.. N!no At ~. n.op at
0S
Capital Trac.ioa, at GS.
Washington Gas 8 at IS. S At 5. . At 75&
Lanston Monotype. Is at q.
Graphopboos CON-. at 1874. 3 at leHi.
After call:
Washington Gas s. 81. 800 At los. ssO Q, lo6
Washington Railway & Electric pfd.. At sS.
at g.
MerEen,baler Linotype. at EtH-
Potomac Electric cons. 81, 8 90 ut lO.
GOVERNMENT BONDS.
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SOCIETY

CONTINUED FROM PAGE SIX.
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VIII George CLANCY be the next feather-wesht
champion.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-03
BALTIMORE STOCK MARKET.

Baitirnorc dee. Z
RnrIMnRE CITY STOCKS fRegl.
The Washington herald., 1915-07-30
WEARING OF THE GREEN
FORBIDDEN In BELGIUM
German Commander Provides Stiff
Penalty for Any Wearing Badge
of Native Land.

London. July GA dispatch to the
Daily News from Rotterdam says: In
the hope of making Belgians love the
Germans. the latter in Client are strait
ing" the inhabitants more than ever. Be-
cause the people wore the national colors
on Belgium's national day. the following
proclamation by the German governor
has been posted on the walls Of the
town:
The way in which part OF the peo-
pie behaved on July q. and the exagger-
ated way in which they wore Belgian
colors. compels me to issue the following
rder: l forbid from today wearing.
moving. buying and selling Of Belgian
colors. portraits or pictures OF the royal
family, green leaves. with or without in
scription. or any other display of color
combinations which indicate political in
clinations.
II forbid all Belgians to wear the in
sigma OF any order or decoration. For
any of these offenses maximum hne Of
1000 marks 49, $50. or a maximum term
OF five ears imprisonment. or both. will
be inflicted. My order must be posted
on the walls and will come into opera
ton immediately
The Washington herald., 1915-07-30
Album With Escaped Convicts' Pictures
Will Be Distributed All Over Country

An escaped convict album IL about
to be distributed broadcast through
out the country by the Department of
Justice. There are approximately one
hundred and fifty Federal convicts At
large today who have won their ways
to freedom without the formality of
discharge or pardon. and II is these
men who make the escaped criminal
album"
Setting this against the Federal
prison population of the United States.
which is estimated to be in the neigh
borhood of three thousand five hun
dred. il is seen that but little more
than four per cent Of the men who
have been sent to prison during the
past six years have escaped.
Francis H. Duehay, superintendent of
prisons. under whose direction the al
bum has been compiled. in discussing
successful jailbreaking. said:
of the one hundred and fifty GRIM
inals which our census of escaped con-
victs. shows are still at large. or Of
whose deaths we have not learned. only
nineteen broke from Federal peniten-
tiaries. The other one hundred and
thirty-one won their ways from jails
where Federal prisoners are confined.
The Washington herald., 1915-07-30
I lamlm Ignores Peace Councils
Accusation Of J. P. Morgan & Co.
Governor of Reserve Board Refuses Public Hearing to Labor
Body Which Charges Firm with Using Federal
Bank System to Aid Allies.

transactions Of certain Federal re-
serve banks"
In its complaint the peace council
said: We charge that officers and
directors of member banks and Fed.
eral reserve banks. possessing guilty
knowledge. have aided and sbetted
conspirators and at the request of the
conspirators have sedulously concealed
from your honorable board. the Comp
| troller Of the Currency and the ma
tional bank examiner, the real char.
acter OF these transactions and
true purposes for which the moneys
were being used. and that officers and
directors of the member banks and
Federal reserve banks have been In
duced 60 to do by the conspirators.
IN some cases through personal profit,
to be derived from the transactions"
The Federal Reserve Board would be
interested In this charge II true. II would
constitute a violation Of law.
Tho complaint of the peace council
never has been taken seriously here.
Whatever interest was manifested has
been chiefly In the motives behind the
organization. II was brought into being
by former Representative H. Robert
Fowler and Representative Buchanan.
both of Illinois.
Among those who have been conspicu-
Gus in its activities in Washington have
been Herman J. Schulteis and Henry d.
Martin. who were prime movers in Wash
ington Of an organization known as an
antitrust league, which was warmly sup
ported by David Lamar. the Wolf OF
Wall Street. convicted OF having i'm
personated Representative A. Mitchell
Palmer.
Martin and Schulteis were frequently
seen in company with Lamar during his
days Of activity in Washington, and were
associated with him in his successful ef-
fort to bring about an investiga ton Of
the United States Steel Corporation
Schulteis was active In distributing
copies of the peace councils complaint
against Morgan & Co. TO representatives
OF the press.
Samuel Gompers, on behalf of the
American Federation Of Labor. has re-
pudiated the peace council.
The Washington herald., 1915-07-30

The Federal Reserve Board yesterday
virtually dismissed the complaint filed by
the so-called Labor's National Peace
Council. the organization recently
launched to spread propaganda against
! the exporting OF war munitions.
The complaint was aimed chiefly
| against J. p. Morgan & Co. who. Il was
| charged. were using the Federal reserve
! banks in conspiracy against tho neil
| trality Of the United States through sup
plying wal munitions to the allies.
The council charged that the neu-
traiity Of The United States was being
/ violated by the assurances of Federal re-
serve notes and the making OF loans by
ma tionai banks IN cC:therance OF trans
| actions relating to the expectation OF
munitions.
The document charged that J. p. Nor
gan 4 Company was responsible for
loans, discounts and advances by MEM
Der banks amounting to s9p.0oo.09 and
also for the arrangement OF SO 0o0. 900
of rediscounts by Federal reserve banks.
ali Of which. it was contended. had been
used in pursuance Of transactions In
| support OF the allied governments
In effect. the peace council insisted
that the Morgan firm was using thu
credi. and machinery of the Federal
reserve system to assist in the supply
Ing of enormous supplies of war NUM-
tons to the allies.
Gov. Hamlin. of the reserve board.
yesterday sent a letter to Mr.. Fowler
counsel for the peace council. In which
he said:
After analyzing and considering the
averments and allegations, the board has
concluded that It is without jurisdiction
to try the case presented and that it
is not within its power to impose by
regulation the restrictions you seek to
have imposed upon the operations of eth
er Federal reserve banks or national
banks. Your request for a public hear
ing is accordingly denied
Gov. Aamlin requested Fowler to
furnish the names of all directors
whom you charge with having per-
sonally profited from rediscount
The Washington herald., 1915-07-30
BNBE SCANDAL STIRS
JAPS; MINISTER QUITS
Chief Secretary of Lower Parlia-
mentary House Arrested-Several
Others Under Surveillance.

Tokyo. July 2s-One of the gravest
scandals in the history OF Japan has de-
veloped as a result of the Investigate ton
OF charges that bribery was committed
at the last election. 1t was announced
today that a number OF prominent off,
cials had been arrested. including Chief
Secretary Hayashida, of the lower house
Of Diet. Others are under surveillance.
Viscount kanetake Okura. the japanese
minister of justice. suddenly resigned his
portfolio today. The ministers action.
following as 1t does the investigation in
stituted by the ministry of justice into the
bribery charges, has caused a great SEN
sation ouShout Japan.
The case involves several members and
former members Of the Imperial Diet.
Count Shisenobu Okuma, the premier,
reported the situation to Emperor Yo-
shihito. who sanctioned the resignation
of Viscount Okura.
The Washington herald., 1915-07-30
AMERICAN" ARRESTED
WITH FORGED PASSPORT
London Authorities Hold Alleged Ger
man. Travelling on Papers Bear
ing Stamp Of U. S.

London. July 2s.-Another American
passport scandal has been uncovered
by the arrest here OF 4 man who pro-
fesses to be an American. but who is
declared by the British authorities to
be German travelling on q forged
American passport. The mans name
is being concealed. 1t is alleged that
he is one of many who have bogus
passports. the fabrication of which. 1t
is charged. was carried out with Ger
man official connivance.
The original passport in this case
was issued to an American citizen.
who proceeded to Germany on March
"a and left there for Rotterdam April
8. The forged passport resembles the
original with the exception that the
particulars are not in the same hand.
writing. The paper is not so clear a.
that issued by the United States gov
eminent and the water marks are q
bad Imitation. The red seal Is orange
colored.
The Washington herald., 1915-07-30
NOTE BARS MEDIATION
OF u. S., GERMANS SAY
Newspapers Urge Government to Ig-
more Wilson Warning-Answer
to Be DELAYED.
By FREDERICK WERNER

Berlin. July e9.-The German press
is practically unanimous in ADVOCATING
that the government ignore the Ameri.
can note on submarine warfare and
refrain from further diplomatic ex-
changes on the subject
The Koelnische Zeitung advises the
government not 10 answer the Ameri-
can note. AT the same time 1t prints
a letter from its Washington cor
respondent, which says American me-
diation between the warning nations
Of Europe is impossible
This opinion is shared by Ger
many" the koelnische Zeitung adds.
The Vossische Zeitung. which usually
speaks authoritativeIy, declares that
the government has resolved not to
answer the American note for the
present.
In an article in the same paper Prof.
Meyer, OF the University of Berlin
asserts that President Wilson's policy
is aimed to secure for his party a
dominance in American political az
fairs
The Washington herald., 1915-07-30

"of the nineteen men who are want
ed for breaking from Federal peni-
tentiaries and who are included in the
album. fourteen never actually broke
Jail. but are only technically escaped
prisoners. who were on parole and
violated their agreements and disap-
peared.
Therefore, strictly speaking. there
are at large today-escaped prisoners
from Federal penitentiaries-only five
men. less than one a year for all the
Federal penitentiaries concerned COM
bined. OF course these five men are
not the only prisoners who have at
tempted to escape-and who did escape
from Federal penitentiaries since 1903
But they are the only men who were
clever enough. or lucky enough. to
avoid being brought back to finish
their terms without time off for good
behavior.
And It speaks pretty well for the
ability of officers Of the law in appre-
hending those who have plotted to
break confinement or who have actual
ly gotten beyond the walls Of their
prisons before their Intentions were
discovered"
The Washington herald., 1915-07-30
two YOUTHS ARRESTED
FOR HIGHWAY ROBBERY
Thomas FAINT and Bernard Jarboe Ac.
eused of Holding Up Mary
land Farmer.

Thomas E. FAINT, jr.. Is years old. of
1886 South Carolina avenue southeast,
and Bernard c. Jarboe. of i07 Ninth street
northeast, were arrested yesterday
charged with robbery on the highway
Of Peter Hearesch, suitland. Md. far
mer. They were taken in custody by
police Of the Eleventh precinct
Before the arrest Of FAINT and Jar
boe police Of the Fifth precinct arrest
ed Louis Watson, II, of 30 Clark place
northwest. Watson was held pending in
vestigation of the Hearesch robbery.
Hearesch declared there were only two
robbers. What connection Watson has
with the case was not explained by the
police.
FAINT and Jarboe were arrested by
Precinct Detective Weber and Policeman
Dent. Hearesch was called from his
home near Suitland- He said he was pos
Tive Of his identification when he saw
the young men at the Eleventh station
Hearesch was held up shortly after
o'clock Monday morning. He had just
crossed Pennsylvania avenue bridge with
lis wagon-load OF vegetables for the mar
ket. when two men commanded him to
stop and CLIMB down from his seat. One
levelled revolver AT the farmer while
the other searched him. watch and a
small sum OF money were taken.
The Washington herald., 1915-07-30
FORTY-ONE Days
TOLL OF U-b0ATS
Germans War on Merchant
men Nets Them Five
Ships. -...
ONE VICTIM A NEUTRAL
Swedish Bark Fortuna Sent 10 Bottom
and Morse Ship Shows Signs
Of Attack.
ONE VICTIM A NEUTRAL

London. July c9.-Five ships. one a
neutral. were reported sunk in the
German submarine campaign against
merchantmen today. The total death
list. II is believed. will total forty one.
Thirty vessels are known 20 have beea
sunk by the Germans within the last
three days.
The latest victims were the Belgian
steamer P.iacesse Maria Jose. tbs
Finnish steamers urania and Leo. the
swedish bark Fortuna and she Grims-
by trawIer Dewey.
The heaviest loss OK life occurred 81
the Baltic ~here the Urania and Leo
were sent down. Dispatches from
Copenhagen state that The Urania's
crew and passengers were all saved.
but that eleven men and several wonl-
Oh aboard the Leo were drowned
There Is some doubt as to the manner
Of tho sinking of the Urania, one re-
port having il that she struck a mine.
Later news indicates. however. that
the same su bmarine sank both Finnish
ships,
S~ede Sh.p Sunk.
-Four lives were lost in the torpe-
doing OF the Maria Jose. The surviv-
ing members % her crew OF twenty
nve Including the captain, his wife
and child. were landed at Aarwich by
q t-awIer.
Tho Fortuna was torpedoea IN the
North Sea- Her crew was taken
aboard the submarin which destroyed
her and later transferred to a cap
tured Norwegian steamer. which put
Into Cuxhaven with them.
Al; hope has been given up for the
crew of nine on the Grimsby trawler
Dewey. sunk in the North Sea by a
German submarine
hnnxara Men Missing.
According to an official announce
ment OF the admiralty today during
the week ending July 20 British mer-
chantmen 70 a gross tonnage of 6.e4e
boats while sixteen fishing vessels
were sunk by submarines and one by
mine. During that period the ar
rivals at British ports mum bered 2,7Ss
and the sailings 1854
Late advices indicate that there was
some loss of life on board the steamer
Mangara sunk by a German sub
marine yesterday.
The chief engineer and two sailors
have been landed at Lowestoft and
three members of the crew al Var
mouth The remainder are missing.
The Mangara carried crew of
eighteen.
Dispatches from Stavanger Norway,
ere TO tine effect that the Norwegian
vessel Nordyset was found water
logged and abandoned as the result
o. submarine attack and was lowed
% that port.
The Washington herald., 1915-07-30
LAST CALL TO ITALIANS HERE.

Philadelphia. July 29.-The last call to
arms" issued By the King of italy. has
thrown Little Italy into feverish ac-
tivity. Today men eligible for service
are making preparations to go back to
fight for their country. The manifesto
issued by Gaetano Poccardi. Royal Ital-
ian Consul. gives August 81 as the last
day on which Italians. foreign or Amer
ican-born or naturaliZed. may present
themselves in Italy for service. and Aug
ust Is. the last day on which they may
leave Philadelphia. Otherwise they are
barred from Italy under pain Of prosecu-
ton for desertion
The Washington herald., 1915-07-30
GIRL ARRESTS JITNEY DRIVER.
Accuses Man of Trying to Abduet
Her in MachiAs.

Philadelphia. July 2s.-Friends Of
Miss Sophie Miller. Of 1929 South
Seventh street. Camden, are congrat-
ulating her today for bringing about
the arrest OF Livingston A. Smith. .
jitney driver. who, she said, attempted
to abduct her. Smith lives At Third
and Mount Vernon streets
The girl said she boarded Smiths
jitney and told him to stop at Viola
street. He ignored her request she
charges. aud passed the street At q high
rate Of speed. She was finally OvliYed
to jump frum the car
She learned the Identity Of : the
driver and informed Detective Painter.
He traced Smith to snsAtlantsc City
garage. where he WA working az
mashinist. and drought him % Can.
den today. l5s, T.