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only tho memory Of interiors;
The Project ~ Police rested his
arm on the seat Of the bon while
the Marquis fingered hts monccie
Idly. twisting the sais cord. lie as
sumsd an attitude ~ careless At.
teutson, and ~. Jonausii. went oni
'pn the night Of the 18Th Of
February. Monsieur Ia Marquis
opening the door Of his apartment
at . late hour. Jaw . clip Of paper
s~sife the door. Al the moment the
Marquis gave this item no sffsn.
ton: !, did not impress him. u val
iste. the servants having retired.
and the Marquis withdrew 10 his
bedroom alone.
1T appears. however. that disre.
ssons ~ the mind occur 20 all Of um.
even 20 the Marquis. q. Chantslis
On ,he border or dr.amiand. II ce.
CURED 60 him that this alp Of paper
Was a memorandum ~ the con-
cisrws 20 call the attention Of the
Marquis upon his ARRIVAL 90 some
inquiry that had been unade for hlrn-
= W. RHHN4At@s NN"FNtfs III wv Htt@-
At that hour to verify this impr~s.
sion. bu; In the morning when he
Awoke. he remembered n. and Koins
into the Craving room In his dress.
ina gown and slippers 1t Was before
the arrival of hts vales--he found
the slip Of PAPER where y had re.
nain~d az tho Il had been Slipped
ander the door
The Marquis was surprised when
h. came 10 examine this b., Of
paper II contained some numbers
written with pencil and the worsfs
IN strained. uniformed hand. The
combination of the safe 81 the Mar.
outs Charselse
Monsieur turned a. once TO IN.
small safe which 3. bun, into the
wall Of the apartment after the
American fashion. lie tried the com.
biuaiion written on the slip %
paper. found n correct. opened the
safe and discovered that the neck
lace had disappeared
Tbs Protect ~ Police hexlsaf~a in
she narrative and addressed an In.
aniry
II l. true. monsieur he said
that you did not know she c0rnhina
ton ~ this safe. that the conhgna
tton Was knosn only 10 your wife.
I'VE Marauls~. ana that more than
elacs fof example AZ the Cafe An.
slAis on the IAN q December at
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Our Heroes

Are they they died
md engines. sde7
thsy not a brake.
gone du,ys saker
Calm undsurbod. be the peaceful
OF the have died their overcothes.
I take from the soldiers
blades that
Nor do I hand down
A soldiers
All honor him; but those
Twoud know they're rest.
with hands folded silently their breast.
Bringing wreaths their loved
Would dampen the dur the Of those
lived overciothss
Of the four railway who death while
performance November &. 1920
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Time for Change in Constitution

Mayor Jennings opening gun at Spokane In battle TO
win new state constitution is well timed There Is q
decided swing toward progressvism; Willingness on the
part of the people discard old and ercang machinery
and get some efficient engines for the ship OF state Inc
present plant up much fuel for the amount Oh
power II produces.
Since the state document adopted not so many
years ago has been beralized to accommodate
the heraixng spirit OF the times the contrary " mas
several times been modified 10 abrdge the rights OF The
people
In pursuance of this doctrine have seen stripped
from us the right regulate city business Here
and there man has stepped out and deficd the powers,
a. Commissioner Funk OF Spokane did when he put In
city asphalt plant in plain defiance of his rights under
tho present code.
But for the part the people have been losing their
rights the political swashhuckcr the special interest cor
poraton the profiteer the crooked big business man.
have curtaed Them generally without much OF battle
The result today Is chaos. And pretty expensive
chaos at that As state getting nowhere with
rapidly We heading into the general direc
ton bankruptcy steered along by duwted Legislators
who when confronted by the need of raising lot of
money fast slap hurdensome poll tax the poor. be
cause the poor's objections don't matter.
claims this has hs,
than srvwprsst~i
1918 when engaged n h~ world
the their ses to he to rae~ sr~n
appropriated when thu nssiea
engaged In wss.-Hepre~entstNe nsrue~ IA = C.
ws rer.hnx killed. 100 aneAs ha,
ae~snt how many they did km
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Nril11nphS Of
.M;)onquelle
By MELVILLE DkvlsSON pOST
1000 NEA Service Inc
THE NOTIFIED BUTTERFLY

Why. ne. monsieur. that 10 not
the reason At all
The Marquis seemed pushed.
do you seneraiise. then. TO ne
definite purpose
ny no means replied ths Pre-
feet OF Police 4 would generates
10 tho solution q this mystery. and
with NJ le Marquis AID. think |
can arrive at it,
Monsieur replied the Marquis
coidiy. 4 believe the mystery iaa.
already bern concluded. I believe It's
solution seems complets~
Seems. repeated the Frvfrci ~
Police. i. the word precisely while
u L. true that the criminal. Jean
fsequss. has confessed before the
coust and eeen sentenced 20 a term
Of years for the robbery of th~~e
Jewels. the i~w~is remain 70 be dis.
covered
he paused and regarded the Mar.
outs with an expression Of cqmpn,
menf
we feel. At the Services ds Ia
Sur~fe that II wc comii hrtnx 90 the
rsnAAsnsng feature o. this maitsr the
same degree Of excellent acursn
that was hroexht 20 ns initial
stage, BY the Marquis De Chanteiie,
Ne should be able 10 restore the
necklace 10 the Marauise uf.cn her
return frusn America. She returns
tomerroe. docs she not II uefms
brief sime for ~ difhcult an an.
ierfaking
" Iunaueiis smligS
I regret 10 inUude upon your
pleasure. NaF4Se. ard ~sEe5SNily on
this. The final uisht % Nine. tef1en.
rcfrs triumph r. amazing poSaan.
adorable womAnf one should ieeS
no Enorntnt ~ her excellence
lie paused.
But monsieur. cannot aae.
auaseiy admire your exceilent hand.
Inns ~ this matter unless am
quite certain that ! have ths details
81 II correctly. Permit me. mon.
sseur. 10 repeat these details. and
correct me. l bex 81 you. II I should
present them with an item OF IN.
accuracy wa@ absent and | have
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SCIENCE
Cheaper Radio.
Sale Is Epoch-Moleing:
Babson's Idea.
What's Nert Step?

A New York city department stor"
has iust sold $50 Western Electric
r.colvins and broadoas,ing stations
~ sssb apiece.
This was ~ special sale. The
outfits are described "a Built for the
United States navy. Adopted BY tho
United states government an stand.
ard. Now ia sncc.saful use on gov.
.rnmsnt ships Beta thai have n~ver
been used"
This sale ia n history making event.
I, IL tho forsrunn-r Of bsstsrsds
radio nj low price
The al offering these ~css for etss
sAyn -the estimated co~t Of produo-
ing these rata today Ia Si.tss. and the
estimate In conservative
The production co~s. however. will
be reduced eventually. Cheap radio
% the bess grade In Inevitable. tie
m~snbef, watches wsr. almost pro.
hibitivs IN price TO the average man
until Inxersoii set out 10 make them
for o dollar 80 were autos. until
Henry Ford put on his thinking onp.
Another prophstio vision Of radios
future comes from Wellesley. Mas.
wh.rs Roger Babeon. business sz-
part, backs . movement 10 build .
wireless community church"
In this church. AT Different hours
each sunday. religious services for
ali denominations will be conducted
b. radio.
For instance. Haptisss would get
their service from 10 Go IL In the
morning. then would follow hours fur
Mc,hodirss. etc
What nabson has In mini n
eventually q national radio service
By which isolated communities VIII
get the best music and the best
preaching available.
The services win be picked UP IN
tho homes by other millions Of pso
pie. when high grade radio outfits
become cheap.
Mans creates; invention I. the art
az communication. iu frat form
was speech. Peoppie began coming
cut % their separate and individual
oAv~s and copyrighted In small set
,ismsnts - soon as they were able
! Va H&1r fo0I aAa1 aA11fNb 1a
cshsr's suSpscions b. szchAnging
worda
writing wss siss merit great fnvsn
sson. enabling people 20 comuer,s
cate over long dlstanosA without
coming faos 10 fAoA
Than oarns printing. WIN n. ne
germ OF real civfiiz~ tion.
NEXT VAS the telegraph. evolved
from the primitive system a com
municatsnx kong distances By relays
Of tom.soms or pufrs fs0m beacon
flr~a
the heels Of tho telegraph.
Now sta radio.
VIII the next step be mental
te,epAthyf
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country, It's miraculous power TO bear and nourish
without end countless multtudes Of men and women.
lie is so silly, -cducated that he prefers to think
of IL bearing and nouishing countless multitudes OF
featureless standardized Regular Guys.
"But there is In these people vitality intense
that must eventually bolt with them and land them
wly-nily into the sphere Of intelligence; and this
immense commercial machine will become the instru-
mcnt Of their aspirations"
The prophecy is true. The Of intellectual
humility into which America is passing is sign of It,
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middccass stereotyped compacency is declared TO be
Uncle Sam in the flesh.
America Ia soulless waste, going down into the
depths of narrow fanaticsm the deeper wells of
matcralistc indifference. So say OF the critics
In this mood of domestic pessmism IL is encourag-
ing 10 read what others say about us.
The New Statesman. of London. refuses 10 take
Americans at the valuation of their newer novests
In review Of Sinclair Lewis Rabbit" the New
Statesman says Babhtt, silly he is must have
been struck by "the majestic creativeness OF his own
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America is on the way TO cultural and spiritual
renaissance, perhaps the most influential and most
far-reaching in history. For the Commercial ma
chine" Of America is the most powerful the world
has ever known, so when IL acts as the instrument
of our intellectual aspiration, the result may approach
the very heights Of Olympus.
Certainly the American renaissance will raise more
people 10 cultural levels than before. For, the
essential note Of any American movement is its de-
mocracy. democratic cultural and spiritual renais-
sance has always been civilizations greatest need.
America is beginning TO point the way.
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determination is a sign Of progress. America,
therefore, must be a progressive commonwealth, for
Il Is being self-oxamined 20 the right and the left;
up and down: north. south. east and west Earnest
young women and men with technical knowledge OF
music art philosophy, literature. science and what
YOU will arr arising to remark that America has
of these.
Main Streets are held up to rdcue, as tho al
America were confined within the narrow outlook OF
those thorofares.
Rabbit. that selfsufficent soul held fast to
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NtsfsF H6S6
1eaaastls. snlsf ~ the e~vfos ts
10 msrsts snd N. greatest sst~rtfvs w
Fssne. 10 attempting - seiss the mys
tory surrevnatus th- ths<s 81 tisms-&
MARQUEE ps cuATrnti.r. -..nsy
kns.rsesn -sss % ~. tnssssrtssss
MARQUIS TN cHs~rrrL.r
Ths s~aetifu1
wns rfnrnNEorr -.s sssssns vs.a
N Jeeausll. satsrsa me sFsrs sna
s~ee~.a.a 70 ths hss ece0ptea ~ fns
nsrauss n>sss. .ns.rins. Re stepped
.. wshsr ~he ~ss is.stns -ssh isfs.
tnuaass ~ csrhtas IN the rfstsst 90
s~nasns n. vshss fes ris.ssse ~ ice.
s9slis held N. efesias for tifns and
tssr entered the eas - ts- Nsfews
TIE Marquis ssss ". Jeneu~sis u Ne
eos tell ~ay t.@a t.~aoss. ~he eenfs.ssa
- tNs thsft 20 ne uerkise-. weats ret
tsn ~hsfs ths usesise. -ss eeac-~iss
Go on With the story
CHATTER "
NJ lrnaueile Smiled At the
Marquis
sBut I must b. permitted mon.
sseuf 10 Marquis. 20 hold my ex.
plantation "a q sort Of wage against
the details % your story. The Scr.
vice de Ia suresa h filled with al.
mir~tton for you. you must emit no
item 81 the narrative All. how
enchanting Mine zsrtrnEuff ~ Hair
Hike q. aunburss Of dreams. and the
| figure of a fryAs one would DO
murder FOR her
The Marquis laughed
Murder. monsieur
"Ah. yea replied the Project,
murder or any lesser crime"
The Marquis booked the Project
frankly IN the face
You believe this robbery could
have been committed for a woman p
"Fnr whom other could iewels be
inisndedf' replied jonauclle.
The Marquis continued 90 regard
the rrwfect with certain Interest
You mean n. said that the
reason why the Apache. Iran Le-
aues. dld not tell what he had done
with the necklace was. In fact. be.
cause he had sfvon u 10 q woman -
Tn. rrsfecs Of Police look ri At
the Marquis with some concern.
with, in fact certain e,cmens Of
wonder,
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X LETTER FROM
AVRDGE MANN


They m 4 word q praise q
hns minds az older
that's thns I'm ead
friends sves knew-~a bunch cant forget
When Mother had
e~ned the lure 90
wNrdfnus things they Il 1 met
NJ fairy friends i've
needs snd always seemed doing Kindly
aeeds And while watched them
They had harmed that BY making others
sad - "
there stspped from tho
kno~-fom hlc~n Tom and
anncsch real human thru thicA ana shin
Ana when sse ihc wAy scheme ofs chest ana
strut ana sham teat a ~
~Anaer p@ek sna tcs the free ~
and sosi-in books hrsheod aaxx
0s'aspe 1a~~
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Herr Santa Claus Is Ill

When Johnny hauls down his Christmas stocking
Dec. % win he his toys that familiar stamp:
sAiade in GERMANY"
Probably not
In the first place the Fortncy- McCumbcr tariff act
assessed TOYS 20 per cent ad vAlorem
In the second place. far back June Of this
year costs Of making toys in Germany had advanced
such point that they could be sold only price which
practically eQualcd those of any other country.
There may be few German toys in the shops left
over from the imports of 1921 when exports the
United States reached twothirds the amount hero
In 1918. But there won't he many more.
Ras-isn sest all yeanesscr.
h has had
tsssns has teana a,ay way. % ma, y.
In aoe sen nah
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We're Getting Closer to Canada

Canada expects 20 have her own ambassador posSihv
under different title, representing her Washington
Heretofore her diplomatic relations with have been han
died thru The British ambassador
II Canada thinks il wiser to deal with t'ncle
Sam direct nSsead OF thru third party thousands az
miles away. A sensible arrangement For ncirhborS
Canada understands us better than the English.
Ma nn~ she rirs rNs ~a teach
kAse - $3.50
nj An~sica hsne c,~au.
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the underworld Of Paris might have
been present. ycu spoke OF the dan.
ser OF keeping this necklace IN .
small private safe IN the apartment
whom II should be deposited with .
hsnkerr But TO these objections the
Marquis. AWAY. returned the same
answcr-~thsf shs alone had tho
Turn 60 Page Ia. Column II
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The Seattle Star


meath
ss see r. @sa'~ W" ''
~ psts zee . ~ssh
ouw.s s,eel nspasa,.. -. r.ss''s
tits
c~.saaa rser sfnes rrewe~t sss
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rcehing his claim they Killed 100 aneAs,
"A, low many they did kin
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og after
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Nassssn SOVIET year. Inc all you
has had enough
Evening star., 1922-04-03
WOMEN COMPLETE
PAGEANT PLANS
Will Form Part of Ceremonies
at Dedication of New
Headquarters.

Plans have been completed for the
national woman's pageant here May
81. in which women representing all
activities will take part. the National
Women's Party announced today.
The pageant will be held under the
direction of Marie Moore Forrest
and will form part of the cere-
monies in connection with the dedi-
cation. on May 81. Of the permanent
national headquarters of the woman S
party at 25 1st street northeast.
Professions to Lend Parade.
The ceremonies will begin with a
professional of women representing
the professions and activities. includ-
ing writers, artists. actresses. teach
crs, librarians. doctors. nurses, gov
ernment employees, farm women. fac
tory workers and other wage-earnlng
women. Each group is to have its
own banner. and all the women i'll
the procession will he dressed i'll
white. Leading the procession will
be community chorus of zoo woman
singers.
President Harding, other men
prominent in public life ard the
officers, life members and founders of
the National Women's Party and the
members of the national reception
committee VIII be seated on the pIdt-
form in front of the headquarters.
Party Fling to BE Raised.
Mrs. o. II. j.. Belmont. national
president. will formally present the
national headquarters to the Women's 5
Party, after which the flag of the
party will be raised. The new cor
ner stone of the building will then be
uncovered and greetings will be
placed in the corner stone by women
from each state and representative
of foreign women.
The reception committee for the
dedication includes: Mrs. John Cor
don Battelle of Ohio, chairman: Mrs.
Harry NJ Daugherty, wife of the At
torney General; Mrs. Albert Z. Fall,
wife of the Secretary of the Interior:
Mrs. Henry c. Wallace, wife of the
Secretary of Agriculture; Mrs. James
]. Davis. wife of the Secretary of La
Dor; Mrs. Elliot Woods, Mrs. George
Christian. jr.: wifes Of senators and
representatives and other women
prominent in various fields of activ-
ity.
Evening star., 1922-04-03

DR.. Graham Egerton. former Solici-
tor for the Navy Department. died
early this morning at his residence
m the California apartments. 18th and
California streets. Death was caused
by heart disease
Dr. Egerton was born in Bombay
India. May C, 1861. He spent his
college days at Edinburgh, Scotland.
later studying medicine and surgery
in one Of England's largest colleges
He came to this country at the age of
nineteen and settled with an English
colony at Rugby, Tenn, where he in
tended practicing his profession. A
short time after settling at Rugby he
lost his right hand at the wrist. rem
derine him unfit for his profession
He then answered an advertisement
in college bulletin and accepted
professorship of small college in
MIDDLE Tennessee. Here he met Miss
julia Easley, whom he later married.
ana moved to Lebanon, where he fin
IShed the study OF law He was ad-
mitted TO the Tennessee bar and
practlced in that state for about
thirty years. Nine years ago he was
appointed solicitor for the NAVY De-
partment here and served in that
capacity until December /. 1921, when
he resigned and entered private
practice here. He was at the time
of his death. chairman of the board
OF elders of the Church of Christ, near
14th and Meridian streets
surviving him are his wife. Julia
d. ESerton: two sons, William Ora
ham and Phillip NJ Egerton: two
daughters. Alice Nevielle and Ger
trude Leech Egerton; and two
brotherS and two sisters in England.
Evening star., 1922-04-03
ACCIDENT BRINGS DEATH
TO ARMY OFFICERS WIFE
Mrs. Mary McCauley Behrens Sue
cumbs From Injuries Received
When Auto Hits Pole
BY the Associated Press.


NEWPORT NEWS, Va, April 8
Mrs. Mary McCauley Behrens, wife of
Capt. Henry Behrens, died today in
the hospital at Fort Monroe as the
result of injuries she suffered when
an automobile in which she was rid
ing crashed into a telegraph pole
near Hampton.
The machine was driven by Maj
Pitt. friend of the Behrens family.
He and Mrs. Behrens were, returning
from Camp Eustis. where they had
been to visit friends. Authorities at
Fort Monroe this morning sought TO
shroud the accident in secrecy, not
only refusing to give out the name
Of the dead woman and the other
occupant of the car, but also request
ing the undertaken to make no names
public.
Capt Behrens was located later and
he told what he knew of the acci-
dent Mrs. Behrens formerly was
Miss Marie McCauley of Harrisburg.
Pa. where her parents reside. Be-
sides her husband, Mrs. Behrens is
survived by two little children.
Although the accident occurred on
the county road. Mrs. Behrens died
on the Fort Monroe reservation. and
civil authorities are not certain at
this time as to who will conduct an
inquest. Maj. Pitt says the automo-
bile wheels caught in the street car
tracks and the car skidded. bringing
up against pole. The engine was
smashed in and the wheels clipped
off. The major escaped with minor
injuries.
Evening star., 1922-04-03
D. C. HOUSING PROBLEM .
INQUIRY TO BE TAKEN UP
Seven Subcommittees to Be Named
by Local Organization to Con-
slider the Conditions.

The personnel of the seven subcom-
mittees of the District housing com
mittee that are to carry Oh the investi-
CATION into the housing problem in
Washington VIII be announced tomorrow
The steering committee will meet at
4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, at which
the subcommittees will he formally
organized. Following the meeting
each subcommittee will begin i'm
medlately to inquire into the particular
phase of housing assigned to 1t.
One of the most important of the
subcommittees is that headed by John
lhlder of the United States Chamber
of Commerce, which will endeavor to
determine the number of homes needed
In Washington to meet the present
demand
Other subcommittee will inquire
into the cost of building materials here
as compared with other cities. the rate
paid labor here and elsewhere, the
condition of the money market with
respect to building loans and every
other question that enters into the
problem of housing a community.
1t probably will be near the end of
May before the full housing committee
is ready to report to the Commissioners
the result of its inquiry, together with
recommendations.
Evening star., 1922-04-03
GREEK DEBATE BITTER.

ATHENS. April "A stormy debate
IN the chamber preceded last nights
vote of confidence in the cabinet which
was carried after the liberals walked
out and there ware eleven others who
refrained from voting. The vote was
162 to 81.
Proposed peace terms were the sub
Ject OF debate: supporters of former
Premier NeRizelos and those who are
opposed to Premier Gounaris generally
assailed the government in an attempt
to POSTPONE the vote of confidence. They
took the position that any debate at this
time W; premature and would reveal
details hormful to the national interests.
Premier Gounaris attributed the ex-
listing situation to Nenuizelists reac-
tionary movements. AdherentS of the
former premier promptly withdrew in
protest and disregarded the late eX-
planaton of Premier Gounaris that he
only referred to the action of venizelist
supporters abroad.
Evening star., 1922-04-03
THE WEATHER

District of Columbia and Maryland
Fair and warmer tonight. tomorrow
probably fair: gentle variable winds.
Virginia-Fair tonight and tomor-
row; rising temperature; gentle vari-
able winds.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
Thermometer-4 pm. SIS; pm, 81 {;
~ midnight, Al; am, SO; s a. m, 80 !:
noon. so.
Barometer pm. 301S: s pm.
1928; IL midnight, 30.34; 4 am, 30.35
s am. 3O.3S: noon, 30.34.
Highest temperature, So. occurred
at 4. pm. yesterday. Lowest tempera-
ture, 35, occurred at am. today.
Temperature same date last year
Highest, rs; lowest. 43.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of the
water at am: Great Falls-Tem-
perature, As; condition, very muddy.
Tide Tables.
FURNISHED by United States coast and
'geodetic survey
Today-Low tide, sos am. and 7:01
pm; high tide, 1904 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide. $3.50 am. and
1857 p.m.; high tide, 1888 am. and
1856 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose. 5:51 am; sun sets.
6:32 PIN.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, $50 am; sun
sets. 6:S3 PIN.
Moon rises, 1852 am.
Automobile lamps to be lighted one
half hour after sunset.
Weather in Various Cities.
Evening star., 1922-04-03
Foreign.

(s an. Greenwich time. today.)