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Evening star., 1922-02-03
INDORSE WIDOWS PLEA
IN OYSTER ESTATE SUIT

Mrs. Cecile Oyster. widow of George
NJ. Oyster, j-., local dairyman. who is
attempting to have the administration
OF her husbands estate transferred to
the Equity Court. was Joined today by
ID. William Oyster and Mrs. Marion L.
Rutherford. brother and sister of the
deceased. MIR. Oyster and Mrs. Ruther-
ford were named as defendants in Mrs
Oysters bill, but in filing answers to.
day they adopt the allegations of her
complaint and point out that as Edwin
=. Brandenburg. the executor. also is
named as trustee of the estate, the
Equity Court has complete jurisdiction
to administer.
Arrayed against the widow are Capt.
James F.. Oyster. District Commissioner,
and Mrs: Anna |. SchulteiG. brother and
sister of the dead dairyman, who have
filed motions to dismiss the bill Of COM
plant on the ground that the Probate
Court has full powers to administer the
estate and. having taken jurisdiction,
should not be ousted by the Equity
Court. Henry N. Brawner. jr.. whose
purchase Of the dairy business is at
tackled, and Edwin c. Brandenburg. the
executor and trustee, also seek the dis
m:ssal of the bill.
Hearing on the motions to dismiss
was scheduled before Justice Bailey for
Monday.
Attorney Julius l. Peyser filed the
answer Of Mrs. Rutherford and Attorney
Henry E. Davis appeared for D. Will
liam Oyster, ,a,,...--,, =. .s.-ss=5. - ..-s..
Evening star., 1922-02-03
j. s. PLANS Drive
ON RUM RUNNERS
Concerted Campaign to Be
Carried on Along Coast
of Florida.

Plans for concerted drive on
liquor and drug smugglers along the
Florida coast were announced today
by L. G. Mutt, acting chief of the
general prohibition agents.
A special forge of experienced en-
forcement agents. Mr.. Mutt said, has
been detailed for Florida for a thor
ough cleanup and will be in charge
of General Prohibition Agent E. B.
Henson of Savannah. Ga. The spe-
cial smuggling squad. he declared.
will operate along the entire Floria
coast. with Miami as it's headquarters.
In addition to the agents available
in Florida and those Mr. Henson will
take with him from Georgia, a num-
will be detailed from the Washing
ton Office, Mr.. Mutt said.
I'VE are going after smugglers
with vengeance" declared Mr..
Mutt. land with well laid plans, un-
Ger the best trained men in the serv-
ice, are determined to get results"
Mr.. Henson is the prohibition agent
whose raid on a house in Savannah
several months ago called forth a
protect by Mayor Stewart of Savan-
nah to President Harding on the
ground that a search for liquor was
made without warrant. His detail
to Florida, however, Mr. Mutt said.
was merely a temporary assignment
for the special smuggling drive and
not an Noutgrowth of the Savannah
raid.
ppvAn urAns pponrcnoDS
Evening star., 1922-02-03
ssBRIGH7ER LONDON SOCIETY," PLANS
TO MAKE CITY MAGNET OF WORLD

and its night life dull" it was
generally agreed. Everybody was
OF the opinion that London needed
Frightening. and as the result. the
new organization was born and
'The promoters of the new
society" writes one of them,
"hope to help make London the
most worthy and beautiful city in
the world; dispel its drabness.
abolish it's smoke evil and dis
perse its too frequent fogs; beau
tify the river approaches and
lengthen the Thames embank-
ment; object to the erection Of
ugly buildings, but to assist in
every way the overcoming of un-
necessary restrictions; help the
, theatcrs. hotels and restaurants
and shops of the metropolis. and
thus attract the merchants and
tourists of the world"
Among the vice presidents of the
society are the Bishop of Birming-
ham, H. Gordon Selfridge, Gen.
Sir Alfred Codrington, Viscount
Curzon, Sir woodman Burbidge
and Sir Harry Britain. M. P.
Evening star., 1922-02-03
Disclosures Expected.
|, n Star Correspondent.
By the Associated Press.


LONDON, +. February 3.-The
Brighter London Society,"" which
has Just been formed. has UNDER
taken what an American, who
asked to Join it, termed pretty
tall order" 1t is nothing less than
to make London, to quote phrase
used by one Of its founders. the
magnet Of the world" and there
by attract to 1t multitudes OF
people with plenty of money to
spend. especially rich Americans.
The society is the outgrowth OF
a recent discussion among promi-
nent business men at the savoy
Hotel: They were deploring the
fact that American tourists were
not SO numerous as they were be-
fore the war. Then they fell to
contrasting London with New
York-Oxford street with the
Great White Way.
Compared with New York-even
New York under prohibition-Lon.
don's aspect was decidedly "drab"
Evening star., 1922-02-03
BRYAN HEADS Professors.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MIAMI, Fla. February 3.-Orders
issued in Washington today for con-
certed drive against liquor and drug
smugglers along the Florida coast are
in conformity with a request made
several weeks ago by a delegation Of
local prohibition workers, headed by
w. ]. Bryan. who went to Washington
and laid before the authorities there
alleged facts as to conditions here.
The island of Bimini. In the Bahia
man group. is only forty miles from
Miami. and shipments of whisky and
other intoxicants from there are daily
landed by schooners and airships at
various points along the coast near
this city, 1t. is said. There are great
stores Of liquors at Binini and on 9TH
er islands in the Bahamas. and local
officials have been unable to do much
toward stopping the increasing traf-
fic in wines and liquors.
Evening star., 1922-02-03
BOMB KILLS FIVE PUPILS.
Sought to Extract Powder With
Nail With Fatal Results.

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, February g.
Five children were killed while play
ing in the Cruz de Galvez school yard
in Hermosillo. Mexico. when one of
them attempted to extract the pow
der from a bomb left there when
Francisco Villas force stormed the
town, according to a dispatch re-
ceived today in San Antonio by the
newspaper La Prensa.
The children found the srenade
near tne powder house in which an
explosion recently occurred. One Of
the children held the machine in 80
hands while another drove a nail into
1t so they could get the powder.
Evening star., 1922-02-03
HAD PETITION PREPARED.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, February ;.
Backed by q letter of Endorsement
from Gov. Hardee, the Anti-Saloon
League of Florida. it was learned to-
day. after an announcement from
Washington that special squad of
prohibition. agents was coming to this
state, had prepared to send huge Pc
tition addressed to President Harding
and Prohibition Commissioner Haynes,
asking that such a step be taken.
The pastor of every church in the
state has been provided with blank
petitions and the league has asked
that he have each member Of his con-,
gregation sign them Sunday, Feb
1uary s.
Evening star., 1922-02-03
INTERNATIONAL COURT
CHOOSES DR.. LODER
AS ITS PRESIDENT
BY the Associa ted Press.

by the Associated Press.
THE HAGUE, Netherlands, Feb
ruary 3.-The international court
OF justice. meeting in private ses-
sion here this forenoon, elected
as president of the court DR.. e. T.
c. Loder. a former member of the
Dutch supreme court.
The election of DIR. Loder was
Virtually unanimous. He will hold
the Office Of president for three
years.
DR.. Loder is an eminent au-
thority on maritime law. He was
member of the Dutch delega-
tion which visited Paris during
the peace conference In 1919, while
the treaty of Versailles vas being
drafted.
The time until the formal public
opening of the court. on February
Is, will be taken up with the elec-
tion of the vice president and
other officials and with framing
the rules of procedure for the
court.
Evening star., 1922-02-03
An Explanation

1t is learned that in certain
limited localities an exorbitant
price was charged for The
Star last Sunday morning and
the Extra Star Sunday after
noon. These papers were sold
to newsboys and dealers at no
increase in the regular price
and were to be sold at 5 cents
in both instances.
The boys have always been
allowed to sell Star EXTRAS
at s cents in order to insure
quick distribution. Anything
in excess of this was totally
unwarranted.
Any profiteerinE is deeply
regretted and was without the
knowledge and consent of The
Star.
Evening star., 1922-02-03
IRREGULAR DIVORCE
leases MAY Be CITED
Alexandria Investigators to
Meet Tomorrow - Legis-
Iatiye Hearing in Richmond.
Special D,spatch to ~.he STIR

Special Dispatch to >'he Star
RICHMOND, Va, February B.
Thursday afternoon has been fixed
by the house committee for courts
Of Justice for hearing the Hall
bill to amend the divorce laws and
put nm end to the evil which has
: become a disgrace in many parts
of the state. Delegate Hall asks
that nIl who want to be heard
be on hand.
Members of the bar Of Alexnn-
drIn and several ministers from
that section have announced their
intention to he here in advocacy
of the measure
Disclosures Expected.
From STAT Correspondent.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. February g.
Disclosures suggesting irregularities
evil here arr looked for when the
Of the Alexandria Bar AS
sociation appointed to investigate
meets here tomorrow afternoon.
At this meeting the subcommittee
of three will advise the full commit
tee of what It has done during the
past weeks in the matter OF tabulat-
ing a brief history of each divorce
case on the corporation courts rec
ords from May, 1920. to the present
time. 1t also will bring to the atten-
ton Of the committee cases which on
their face are looked upon as being
irregular. The members Of the sub
are ]. r. Cation, chairman;
ait 70 ip md
torney Smith.
Although the members of this sub
committee have given no hint as to
any of their findings thus far, it is
understood by persons who are keep
ing abreast with the investigation
that there is not the slightest doubt
about there existing some foundation
the Iivorce practice. At the corpora
ton court house it was learned that
the subcommittee has been working
for several hours each afternoon and
night on the court files in its tabula-
tion of every divorce case handled
during the period Judge Robinson
Moncure has presided over the cor
poration court, which period Is alleged
to have witnessed the great growth
in the so-called divorce evil.
Despite the fact that a thorough ex-
animation of the papers and affidavits
in each case in the files Is being made
by the members Of the committee. 1t
is understood that they have succeeded
in tabulating approximately thirty five
per cent of all the cases in the files for
the period already mentioned.
VIII Decide ON Witnesses.
Besides receiving the preliminary re-
port from the subcommittee when. it
meets tomorrow, the full Investigating
committee will decide on those indi-
viduals living here and elsewhere whom
it will request to testify before it at a
future meeting.
During the period of the investiga-
ton the court, members of the bar
and officials of the city government
have been requested by the commit
tee to do everything within their
power to insure the protection of the
state IN the matter Of divorces. There
is a bill pending now in the state
legislature which amends the divorce
law of the state at least to the extent
of providing protection of the state
interests and which provides a more
stringent restriction regarding the
domicile feature of the present law.
Evening star., 1922-02-03
WEATHER.

I Fair tonight and tomorrow: some
what colder tonight; lowest tempera-
ture about freezing.
Temperature for twenty-four hours
ended at 2 pm. today-Hfghest, 56. at
2:39 yesterday Lowest, 81. at am.
today Full report on page II.
Evening star., 1922-02-03

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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-12-12
BY STANLEY
BY WILLIAMS

thing for anybody but himself. well
suppose III have to send him some
sort Of a charm. but I'll send him
some good advice along with t."
He went TO his cupboard and teok
out a small object that looked like :
stone. Here" he said. handing 4
TO Nancy. Give him this and tell
him It won't work unless he runs ~
miles before breakfast every morn
ing apd lives on one meal day IN.
III the time OF the race. Also he
must work more and stop sleeping -
much"
A week later whistle sounded b.
low the tree where the Green Wizard
lived. Nancy and Nick fwho were
helping and the kind fairy1nan
looked down. And there was Walix.
as thin as rail, but looking very
happy.
Il woni ! wonr' he cried. They
put me In the thin mans race H.
stead Of the fat mans and won.
Do you want your charm back. Mr..
wizard7''
| The Green Wizard laughed. You
may keep il. waily." he cried. 'It'n
nothing but plain stone. You Voc
the race yourself"
CTo he Continued
Copyright. 1922. by Seattle starr
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-12-12
THE ONE-MAN WOMAN
CHAP. KATE, HOMEBOUND, REVIEWS HAPPY
DAYS OF YOUTH
ny RUTH AGNES ABELISG


somewhere TO a mother who wouldn't
say;
"What--you back7"
Kate had brushed past her mother
hat day and had gone 10 the little
room under the caves There. among
the things she had known In those
glad days before she had measured
her strength against city. she
cried.
Perhaps. n her mother had gone
then TO the room tnder tho caves,
everything In Kate Wards life
would have been different. But her
mother had cucumbers TO put up.
the kitchen 10 sweep and neighbors
to gossip with.
So iS.year-old Kate flung down on
tho blue and white patchwork quit.
cried II out alone. Cried II out until
her heart was void OF tears and
couldn't ache any more.
Kate Ward never cried after that
day--not once during all OF the
pepllous months which followed.
Finally she washed away the
races OF tears. followed the wash.
w with daubs OF pink. and sat
fn quietly 10 wait.
he wouldn't 30 downstairs. Shed
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long time 70 record. the impression
that they wore Approaching some
sort % creature Of which they had
very little. n any. dependable infor-
nation.
AT first ChAuvnnnss put this
down as an Illusion arising from the
depression of insomnia But he be-
gan 20 speak Of II later AZ . sort Of
f.nnito pren,onltion 20 be rsckoned
with.
'Of course. when the Journal first
came info our Possession. 80 took
this. and the incredibla things that
followed. TO he merely the illusions
OF a man whose nervous system had
broken down This was profound
error. Every statement following in
the Journal was. aa ~ proved. u tbs
most definite importance, one got
here al this point in the journal a
pretty clear conception of the con-
difion of Chauvannes at the time
The three with him. whose care.
devotion and antiring soiicituee are.
as I have said. the persistent note
OF this later part OF Chauvannes'
journal. we're now very much con-
cerned about him. They seemed 10
understand the danger. 70 himself. Of
one In such a mental state. for they
secured and destroyed ali ths ammu-
milton 70 the private weapons which
Chauvannes carried: they even broke
the blades Of the knives They APP
peared to realize that homicidai
seizure might develop from such a
mental condition. and they seemed 70
fear that II might take the course Of
a suicidal mania They were wholly
without foar for themselves. as Chan-
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Page o57
NOT so BAD

You can't quite realize" Mr..
Calhoun continued. lust how
glad and thankful was % find
that the wind and the tide had
driven us ashore among friendly
Indians. for AZ that time one was
never sure OF what those dark.
skinned brothers were going 20 do.
Mrs. Calhoun looked anxious,
It's true. for she couldn't feel
very happy about spending
night In an Indian hut. with her
babies. and she realized that the
luncheon she had brought along
was practically gore. SO II meant
not only an Indian hut, but In
dian food and Indian beds.
But for all the quaims and I'M
easinses. we followed our guide up
the rocky path with very. very
thankful hearts.
When We reached me houss,
We found II quite a dwelling. for
an Tnjun' house: II boasted two
rooms instead OF just one as most
Of them had and there was fire
place with q regular chimney
which heiped tho ventilation"
Peggy looked az II she did not
quite understand. and Mrs. Cal
houn FASTENED To explain. You
know. dear. the Indians didn't
know about keeping things cfean
and thsY used 30 much fish oil
and iil-spsiiing stuff about their
cooking that white people could
hardly bear the odor Of their lit
tie houses. And the open fire
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helped quite a bit 70 draw the
smells up tho chimney"
we were hungry when we got
there. I remamber,- Mrs Merritt
then said Don't you remember.
mother. when we went In the old
squaw was cooking those big fiat
biscuits In a frying pan7''
''Ugh--h--hr' Mrs. Calhoun
shuddered. and laughed as she
said. Yes. certainly do. shv
had made some queer sort Of flat
pancake, hard ar bareback. which
she was cooking In some sort OF
smelly oii--whaie oil. guess II
was"
Mr.. Calhoun Joined in the laugh
az they all recalled tho exper-
fence. and said. Dog fish oil. !
think II was"
But after q bit they all rcmem.
bered that n was seal oil the
natives used for that sort Of cook
ing. Whatever II was. LIBBY and
Sam ate a little OF Il; Mr.. Cal
houn DID a little better than they.
but the mother couldn't eat a
bite.
Then Mrs. Herritt 0,ibbyi said.
And I'll never forget tl@ crabs.
While the squaw was baking tho
biscuits two men were boiling
crabs In a pot over the fire. and
the poor old crabs would insist on
kicking off the cover. ! thought
10 myself, Il 'spect they want out.
It's awf'ly hot in therer
TO BE Continued
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vannss journal repeats over and
over again
1T 10 here. now. q; this point.
that IN. whole journal OF Chsu-
vannan begin. 10 b. taken up With
the extraordinary things that he OBJ
served The impression az some
strange creatures close on ths camp.
IN the nsixhborhcod. became an OBJ
session
1T was on the sir.s night IN the
new camp after they had emerged
from the forest that Chsuvannea
had q sensation. az he puts ". OF
something delicateiy feeling over his
face. II seemed 10 be very slight.
moving touch. a. Of the tip Of a
feather. but II was clearly distin-
guiahable. The man put up his hand
and made a swirl gesture Ia the dark.
ness about him. but there was abso-
Iuteiy nothing that he could touch
He says tina, this thing happened
more than once In the night. and
each time. sItho he put GU, his hand
instantly. " came IN contact with no
physical evidences Of any crcature
about him
The thInx occurred again the next
night On thi. occasion Chauyanncs
distinctly felt that swirl. lingering
touch pass over his face. and again
instantly. he ciutched about him IN
the dark. beating the whole place
with hls arms In desperate effort
10 come into some physical contact
with tho creature. But II was wholly
10 no purpose. He touched nothing
There was no sound anywhere. and
the men sleeping about him In this
tent were not disturbed He sayi
that on the following morning he
mentioned this thing again. but IN,
three men with him had no expert.
enc. Of It whatever.
III these creatures. OF which Chau.
vannes had the strange premonitory
sense. had finally appeared. they
seemed 90 be directing their aften-
tons exclusively 10 him. At any rate
the men denied having been dis.
iurbed by anything. They had seen
nothing. felt nothing. But they wers
disturbed about Chauvannea
The concluding instaIiment oI
''The Great CIPHER" win appear ir
our next issue.
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ne sroup q meh we're seated on tho
stens 81 The executive mansion IL was
.vehins and tae sFsat statesman. hunt
- explorer ana nov ehisf executive.
"a. listsntns Atteativsiy - the stery 81
NJ 1ON1t BILE. sreatest Of french d.
teetives-
Iaaeuelle Wa telling %
cHAuvASSEs. whom all the world Be
Nevsa mad. and who had died IN Al.
rtea Isaetns the Wonderful diary and
the ensraids ne had discovered
-nut ChauNannse vas act mad thr
sisted NJ. JenQu.lls.
rAsn be taia he's the explorers record
as<cfissa ths ioernes inte the Cente
Nth three white men. worthless. hat
snsla q nethtng,
Go Ga With the ste~y
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Just wait untii dusk.
A. the supper hour nearcd SHE
heard her fathers voice and then H.
tened an his heavy boots clumpet
over the kitchen door. He WASH
coming up. But then, the door o
her room was closed and abe wouldn
have opened II anyway, She won
dcred for second what she would
have done II no had come up ano
opened the door. She decided sh,
would have slipped under the bed
Just there her heart almost softened
There were tears on the verge q
being. She fought with herself
And came cut winner. II little
hardened
She had never got along very wei
with her mother. And perhaps IN,
shouldn't have gone to the city
Then there were the tales that drift
ed back Part Of them true. too.
But weren't mothers and home,
supposed 10 be things you could nj
ways count on7 The other girls said
that was true. And she had started
back from the city with such vow
TO be good forever and foreverl
But--'What---you backT'--
She hardened under the lash OF
II and she hatedl
IL was dark when 1s-year-old
Katie dropped the little travelling
bag out OF the window. In few
minutes she swung from tho sill and
dropped the short distance TO the
soft earth below.
Off down the shadowy path she
went
Katie was once more on tho open
road.
Go BE Continued
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BEGIN HERE TODAY


DAN WARD has Just died. leaving n
widow
KATE. She. her mind filled with thoughts
Of the idssi happiness Of their married
ITO. starts for her parents homo IN a
small inland city.
GO ON WITH THE STORY
There. In the gloom OF her berth.
with the train speeding past small
villages and stretches or open coun-
try. Kate Ward went over that one
day which stood out beyond all
others.
She remembered every nuance OF
her mothers voice as the words
came from the doorway-"What.
you back7" whispcringly she repeat
ed them.
She hadn't been much past Is
then. a developed little thing for that
age with almost too much OF the
woman about her There was too
much OF an air OF knowing. some
thing tragic In the droop OF her
shoulders. All thru the years u
followed when she saw girl
young with that air Of knov
that pitiful droop. she
run after them and TO-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-12-12

1--WE met Wally Woodchuck to-
day." said Nancy to the Green
Wizard.
And what does he wantf' asked
the kind fairy gentleman. knowing
how greedy wally is and how he's
always wanting something.
HE says there In to be a picnic
in Bright Meadows and everybody Is
asked And he is going TO be in
the fat mans race and wants YOU TO
send him a charm so he'll win the
price
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Here" he said, handing It to Nancy Give him this
FAT MANS RACE

''Humphr' exclaimed the Green
Wizard. He hadn't lived In the tree.
tops for hundred years or more
for nothing. He has seen enough of
Wally and his ancestors TO know
that they we're rs lazy as all get
outfit you know how lazy that Is.
Aren't you going TO give 1t to
himY' asked Nick. Hell be disap-
pointed " YOU don't"
Like all selfish people," declared
the wizard bit GROSSLY. That's
why he's so fat He never does any