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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-07
REFORMS URGED
BY FEDERAL
employees
Denver Convention Adopts
Number Of Resolutions Inn
proving Status Of Workers.

DENVER, Colo, Sept. 6.--The
convention OF the National Fedora
ton Of Federal Employees today
passed on a number Of matters Of
vital importance to Uncle Sanl's
civilian workers.
The executive council wes
unanimously instructed to secure to
the greatest extent possible 4 just
and equitable administration Of the
classification law, ell field service
employees to have opportunity to
present to personnel classification
board information regarding their
classification.
They were told to see that en-
ployment conditions in all services
are the subject Of thorough study
by the board: that inclusion Of
groups Of employees not now covered
by the law DE given special atten-
ton; that all proposed pay schedules
be handled by the executive council
In connection with similar data 81.
ready received at national head
quarters: and that the executive
council continue efforts to have
personnel classification board follow
the principles before urged by ma
tional President Steward.
Regarding retirement the execu-
tive council was directed without
dissent to confer with the other
national organizations affiliated
with the American Federation nf
Labor, interested in the. matter. In
order to secure the greatest possible
support for liberalizing the law.
The council shall urge particularly
voluntary retirement after thirty
years service regardless OF age; in.
creased annuities in each class.
bearing in mind the unequal con-
tributions now paid by higher
salaried employees and the entira
inadequacy Of the smaller annuities
to support their beneficiariee; tho
lowering of the general retirement
age: inclusion Of employees already
retired in any liberalization Of tho
law, and extending OF its benefits
to all civil employees not now within
its scope.
The convention also declared In
favor of: Saturday half holiday the
year through for all civil employees
travelling on Government business:
one days rest in seven for all
civilian Federal workers; the break.
ing of all connection with the joint
conference on retirement until il
shall be organized on q trade-union
basis; continuance of the women's
committee collecting data on dis
ordinations against women in the
Federal service on account Of sex;
and development, to the limit Of the
federation's means, Of publicity to
acquaint non.members and the pub
lie with the aims. methods, and
achievements Of the organization.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-07
Miss St. Louis Wins
First Place in
Chair Parade
BY international News Service.

ATLANTIC CITY, N. j..
Sept. with first honor to
her credit in the annual beauty
carnival here, Miss Charlotte
Nash, of Missouri, entered as
"Miss st. Louis" today set out
to make her place in the sun
more secure.
Miss Nash, competing with
beauties from seventy-four
other cities for the title of
"Miss America" to be conferred
upon the girl adjudged the pref
tiest in the nation, was awarded
top honors in the roller chair
parade, initial feature of the
pageant. Should she win first
place in the bathing beauty
parade today, her claim to the
title will be secure.
Approximately 100000 per-
sons lined both sides of the
boardwalk while the contest
was on.
Four of every five girls en-
tered are brunettes.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-07
LODGE BOOkKEEPER IS
CHARGED WITH THEFT

NORFOLK. Va. Sept. 7.-Charged
with the embezzlement Of $2,710 BE-
longing to sovereign camp WooImen
Of the World. Inc, George r. Luck
appeared in police court today.
A. l.. Breese, of Omaha, Neb.,
field auditor of the organization,
preferred the charges. Luck was
employed by the camp as book
k@cne~ and II is charged that he
embeZzled the funds some time he.
tween February, 1922, and last
April.
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There will be a special called
meeting of Columbia Lodge, No. 2S5,
A. f. and A. M, tomorrow night
in the Masonic Temple in Clarendon
at o'clock, when the first and Sec
ond degrees will be conferred.
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7 D
RAISE $500
AID FUND
Red Cross Announces Quota
For Relief Of Japan-Large
Crowd at Fair.

CLARENDON, Va, Sept. T.
Mrs. C. NJ. Rogers, secretary Of the
Arlington county chapter, Ameri-
can Red Cross, announced last
night the quota for Arlington coun-
ty Japanese Relief would be $500
and that in addition to the COM
mittees appointed for each section
Of which Mrs. Earle c. Butterfield
is chairman, booth has been pro-
vided on the Clarendon carnival
grounds where contributions will
be received each evening.
On Sunday morning a special ap.
peal will be made at all the
churches to aid the county chap
ter in raising her quota. The coun-
tvs quota being small, It is the
hope OF the committee that Airing
ton county will stand 100 per cent,
as she did all through the past
world war.
Despite the Indictment weather OF
last night, large crowd visited the
Clarendon carnival. The feature Of
the evening was the Barn dance"
rendered by Little Miss Margaret
Jane Reid, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
J. L., Reid, of Clarendon. The big
attraction at the carnival every night
is the Blanket stand" in charge Of
Frank A. Parkhurst.
The ladies' beauty contest, which
was announced for last night, has
been postponed. and the night on
which this contest will be held will
be announced later.
The regular meeting Of the Boy
Scouts Of Clarendon, Troop No. 104,
will be held tonight at 8 O'Clock in
the Clarendon Citizens hall.
On Tuesday evening, Sept. IL,
Arlington Lodge, I. o. 0. F., No.
139, will hold its regular meeting,
and the initiatory degree will be
conferred on q class of candidates
by the past grand officers of the
Northern Virginia Association. The
line Of officers will be headed by
Col. Wilbur c. Hall, Of Leesburg,
who will act as Noble Grand.
There will be a delegation of past
grand officers from Falls Church,
Alexandria, Leesburg and Accom-
tink at this meeting; and 1t is an
nounced that plans for the trip to
Leegburg on october B, to attenJ
the meeting of the Northern Virginia
Association will be taken up. The
complete program for the trip will
be announced later.
H. w. Hendly, artist and sculptor,
Of Clarendon, who is known for his
work at the United States National
Museum and the Department of Ag-
riculture, announced last night that
he Is modelling a life size bust OF
his grandchild, Martha Isabel
Hendly the winner Of first prize at
the Clarendon babies beauty con-
test and also at the Park View car
nival in Washington two weeks ago.
There will be a special called
meeting of Columbia Lodge, No. 2S5,
A. T. and A. M, tomorrow night
in the Masonic Temple in Clarendon
at 8 o'clock, when the first and sec.
ond degrees will be conferred.
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More Burglars Than Cops.

CORY, Pa, Sept. THE de-
partment store Of r. v. Livermore
Company was raided by q gang OF
burglars who escaped with more
than SO, 900 in loot. The police force
Of two men is wholly inadequate
to cope with the situation here, six
burglaries having been recorded
since Sunday.
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to the cellar-our first step had been
accomplished.
Turning to our right at the foot
of the stairs, we found the door just
as Gordon had said we would. open
ing it, we found ourselves facing a
dark and fearsome tunnel. Not
glimer of light could we see; we
wondered intensely just what the
tunnel might hold-it might be the
Devils abiding place. it was SO grue-
some. Each one claimed it as his
right to be the first to enter that
dark passage, which was so narrow
that we could only pass in single
file The chief insisted that, mas
much as it was a civilian case and
the crooks were French, it was his
privilege to lead the way. So we
finally started the chief first, cur
disguised soldier second, with myself
bringing up the rear.
1t was a very dismal place, low
celinged and rocking with heavy
musty odor of dead air. Guiding our
selves along by feeling the sides with
our hands, We made very slow pro-
gress and | caught myself wonder
ing If | should ever traverse this
tunnel again or If l should flnd my
grave at the other ind. We stumbled
ever unseen projections. and 1T was
with a sigh of relief that we finally
came to our journeys end and en-
countered the other door. Listening
for moment at this door, we heard
men talking, then we made ready for
the final rush. Revolvers were
quietly prepared for any eventuality,
the safety catches were released, and
we were ready for the last and most
dangerous part of the adventure.
The soldier, whom we had dis
guished as Gordon, now took the lead
and then the signal was given-two
quick knocks. a gangster answered
our knock, and we gave the secord
signal Then a gruff voice from the
inside demanded:
"Whos there?"
And the French chief answered,
"Quebec," for we did not dare risk
letting our Gordon" speak; he was
only a super"
All right" replied the first voice,
Just a minute, | will open the door"
We could hear them taking down
bars and chains and then the door
slowly swung open. With our dis
suised soldier still in the lead, we
three stepped into the room. There
were five of the gang there; three
were seated at the table. and one was
standing near another door, while
and the last was the one who had ad-
mtted us.
As the chief stepped into the room,
before any of us could utter word,
one of the gang recognized him and
shouted:
"Police," At the same time he
made dash for the door leading
out of the room on the opposite side;
the others. following, pulled their
guns and began shooting. But our
guns were reader than theirs; we
had not been surprised. An auto
matte spoke once-the Apache, who
was the first to jump for the door.
whirled around and. with look tf
profound surprise on his face. slow
ly sank to the floor. Again and again
our revolvers parked; and each TIME
gangster dropped, losing all in
terest in the fight. When the smoke
cleared away, there were four of
them dead on the floor, whlle the
fifth had his hands stretched high
above his head in token of surrender
When questioned, this man told us
that we would find the two men for
whom we were searching, If we went
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81. RUSSELL

to talk, we went to the hospital to
see him. We were anxious to have
him complete the chain of evidence
that we Were forging against the
gang. We knew what had hap
pened up to the time of their trial
and death sentence, but we wanted
to know how these two men had
recovered consciousness.
Il was the one detailed tc nurse
Lupin." said Graham. MY only
hope was that he might die, or that
we would be rescued before he re-
covered so that we might escape
the terrible fate planned for US.
Eventually he recovered so far that
was afraid the gangsters would
carry out the death sentence. When
he was able to comprehend the sit
uation, we agreed that he should
keep up the appearance of delirium
so that you would have time to find
us 1t was very tiresome to be al
ways on the watch; but Lupin
PLAYED the game with his character
istic thoroughness; and it is due to
the fact that he was able to carry
his deception through and to moth
ing else that we are alive today.
the worst of the entire bunch.
When he came in daily to see If
Bupin had recovered, he took par
ticular delight in telling me how
they were going to slit our threats
and then feed us to the sewer rats.
am positive that he was coming to
kill us when the bullet stopped
him."
With four of the gang dead and
their leader in Jail, the arrest of the
others was easy, and we soon had
them all. Gordon was the brains
of the crowd.
Gordon had secured Job for one
of the gang as clerk in the quarter
masters department at the supply
depot in Paris. The actual stealing
of the forms, letter heads. en-
velopes, order blanks. and official
stamp was then a simple matter.
once equipped with all the neces-
sary papers, Gordon was able to
successfully start his game.
Gordon stated that the most dan
'gerGus part of it all was when
he went to the headquarters and
had to wait around twenty minutes
while he left young Levy outside.
q knew" he slid. IF 1 was found
out then, / would be shot as spy.
But no one seemed to pay any at
ttntion to me or doubted that l was
other than seemed-a captain of the
quartermaster department"
After they had received the first
shipment of wine, they bottled 1t
and sold it to the cheaper cafes in
Paris. 1t had been SO easy to dis
pose of that first shipment that
they were in great hurry to secure
the balance. We caught them, how
ever. before they got around to
bottling the second shipment,
Delving deeper into Gordons
past, we found that Gordon was his
real name. My home was in Mon
treal," he told us. But when l
was cashiered from the Canadian
army for stealing, I did not dare to
return home and face my friends, so
drifted to Paris and there or
ganized my gang"
When Gordon was tried, he re-
ceived life sentence to the French
penal colony. But [ have stand
ing wager with my French friend.
the chief of the secret police, that
they will not hold him there for
long. ! will win. Gordon is far
too clever to be held in that colony.
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through the door which the first man
had tried to reach.
Leaving our soldier to guard the
lone prisoner. the chief opened the
door designated by the prisoner and
We passed along a small tunnel -
another door. Unlocking II, We
stepped into small room and there
we found our two men. Poor Lupin,
still weak from illness. lay huddled
UP on cot covered with dirty bur
lap sacks and rags; while Graham,
gaunt. half-starved, ragged. dirty,
and with heavy growth of beard
on his face. sat On the edge of the
cot. (They had lost all hope of a
rescue and when they had heard the
shooting they supposed it was an
other gang ffghtD
When we stepped in, Graham stag
gered to his feet with cry of JOY,
IT'S the majori We are rescued
and fell forward into my arms in a
dead faint.
It was task to get these two
sick men out of the den and into
place where they could receive
treatment The cot that Lupin
through the door of the long tunnel,
so the chief lifted him Tn to my
back and / started to carry him out.
1t was a hard trip, but l finally
made it; and, leaving bupin under
the care of the soldier, who had re-
moved our one prisoner to the va
cant house we had first entered, l
returned for Graham. 1t was neces-
sary to carry Graham also, as he
was still too weak to walk. Placing
him on my back, I staggered on
through the tunnel. l could have
sworn that the second trip was at
least ten miles long. We called an
ambulance and had the men sent
to a hospital.
After seeing Lupin and Graham
safely under the care of the doctor,
the chief and myself returned to
the cellar We had two reasons
for returning. One was to search
the place thoroughly for evidence
which we could use against Gordon
and the rest tf his crew; the othe"
was to find the answer to our won
dering questions as to how we
three had come through the fight
against which we stood, we saw
that the crooks bullets had spat-
! tered the wall between twelve and
/ fourteen inches above our heads-lt
was our good fortune that in their
excitement they had shot high.
In the table drawer we found the
papers relating to the activities of
the gang. Pouncing upon them the
chief, after a cursory inspection, an
nounced in pleased voice:
1--WE have enough evidence here
| in these papers to place the en-
tire crowd behind the bars for
some time to come
This gang was run on business
! principles; in the ledger which we
| found. was list of the places robbed.
/ ON the debit side was entered al
the loots taken, while on the credit
| side was entered the names of the
men who had shared in the loot and
the amount each one had received.
| We also found a list of the places
vet to be robbed and the names of
| the men who were tt do the jobs;
| list of the names of the cafe
owners who would buy wine with
out asking too many questions; and
| in a steel box we discovered a
quantity of official stationary, en-
! velopes, and an official stamp, all
belonging to the American army.
AS soon as Graham was allowed
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]
ly drawing up before warehouse,
/ was unloaded. and the truck-load of
wine disappeared
Rich Immediately reported these
facts to me. and the other two men
were sent to watch the warehouse.
We had at last run our quarry to
earth. our next move was to place
some one on guard at the warehouse
in the expectation of capturing our
man in that way. but another week of
watchful waiting went by without
bringing the desired result.
Gordon was surely sly one. Like
fox. he undoubtedly had two en-
frances to his den, and while We had
been wasting our time watching one
entrance that we knew of, this smart
crook was prabably passing freely
in and out of the other one. If We
couldn't catch him by waiting, we at
least could make an effort to catch
him inside his den. So we decided to
place two of our men inside the ware
house, if feasible. But f we were
to succeed in gaining an entrance
without being discovered, we knew
that we would require the assistance
of men well acquainted with the I'M
derworld of Paris. without doubt
Gordon must nave surrounded MN
self with gang of crooks by no
possible stretch oil the IMAGINATION
could we conceive oil ms engihoeflhS
ana tdtIN lHs out thlS siSdHtiS sciieHIc
entirely alone.
With the knowledge that we had to
build on visited the chlet OF me
french secret service TO explain the
case to him and to request his heip'
lie readlIy agreed TO give us an the
assistance necessary. Ana, after
thorough discussion OF the siutauoh'
We decldtd 10 sehd one OIL our CWh
men with Frenchman to find out
what was IN that warehouse. De
tectlNe Lupln OF the french staff, ana
Graham oil our stati, We're selecteu
as the two best men qualified Tor
this dangerous mission. Lupln had
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because I hardly get enough for their
skins to pay for handling them-you
can guess they're immensely bulky
There's fair price for their skulls,
too, but the skull alone is a fair load
for weak back. Last year L needed
few hides for the cabin. Did you
ever hear Of the Zodiac bearT'
He cut slender whip, about hall
an inch in diameter. from a nearby
willow, and thrusting both ends into
the ground in front of the trap, made
an arch. when the old boy comes
along, he'll lift his front foot right
over that arch, to avoid stepping on
anything that looks so unstable, and
then straight down into the trap"
Doomsdorf explained. IF it was heavy
wood, he'd rest his foot on it and
miss the trap
A few minutes later they came to
what seemed to Ned a new and In
teresting geological formation. 1t
seemed to be a noisy waterfall of
three or four feet, behind which the
creek was damned to the proportions
OF a small narrow lake.
Continued I'm Our Next Issue
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-15

Bronze medals are to be awarded
to William Thurston and John Cot
trell, who led the party that rescued
Rex, the pony trapped for ten days
in Bicknell mine.
Battery E, 139th Indiana National
Guard, Mt. Vernon, dedicated it's new
armory building. costing $21, 900 with
a military program Friday night.
o. r. Riggs, Sullivan county farm
er. has been appointed Vermilion
County agricultural agent to succeed
III. K. Derrick.
Self defense was the plea of Ralph
Smith, Is. for splitting in the face OF
Charles Booher, 10, when arranged
at Button on charges of assault and
battery.
"A baseball game between Lebanon
and Greenfield and a concert by the
Whitestown band Sunday, will mark
the close of the park season at Eeb-
anon.
The 1923 corn crop in Indiana is
estimated to yield POI, 476,000 bushels
an increase Of 25,171, 900 bushels over
last year.
Seventy-flve cents and "a small
leather purse was taken when an I'M
known assailant knocked down and
robbed Andrew Shaw, Ia, Of Kokomo.
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THE SQUAW AND BESS STARTED
UP FROM THE RIVER MOUTH To
GETHER.
And maybe you are thinking it
win be easy enough to slack-not try
ing to catch much. SO you won't have
many skins to flesh and stretch
maybe hiding what you do catch. III
Just say this I have a pretty good
idea how this country runs-just how
many skins each line yields with fair
trapping. I'm going to increase that
estimate by 20 per cent-and that's
to be your minimum. 1 won't say
what that amount is now. But if at
tne end of the season you're short
by one skin-look out. It means that
you'll have to be about 20 per cent
smarter and more industrious than
the average trapper.
But man" Ned protested. We're
not experienced"
You'll learn quick enough. Aren t
you the dominant race? And I warn
you agaIn-you'd better drop bitter
tears every time you find where a
wolverine has been along and eaten
an ermine out of a trap.'
The man was not jesting. They
knew him we'll enough by now; tbe
piercing glitter of his keen, gray eyes,
The odd fixation about his pupils that
was always manifest when he was
most in earnest, was plainly in evi-
dence now. Thus it was with the most
profound amazement that IGNORES
companions suddenly saw her beauti-
full mouth curling in a smile
For themselves they were lost in
despair. All too plainly Doomsdorf
had merely limited at the cruel rigors
Of the trapper's trail. Yet Lenore
was smiling.
Then Ned saw, with a queer little
tug Of his heart. that the smile was
not meant for him.
Lenore was smiling at Doomsdorf
She was looking straight into his
gray eyes. Her cheeks were flushed
a lovely pink; her eyes were smiling
too: she presented an image of in
effable beauty.
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moved. Neighbors said that his wife
had gone south"
Howard County's first and only
radio broadcasting station is to be
opened at Greentown by the Rev. c.
L. White, pastor of the Meridian
Street Church OF Christ.
At the age when. most children
enter school, Loraze Bracket, 6-year
old Kokomo girl started in the third
grade this term.
Raymond Black, IS, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Holman Black, Greensburg has
received the congressional appoint
ment from the Fourth district to the
Annapolis naval academy.
Miss Mary Fleener, Acme. is suf-
fering from the bite Of a spider The
insect had made its home in her shoe
and bit the girl on the toe when she
put it on.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-15
OLD AGE COMMISSION
NAMED BY GOVERNOR

Five persons form a commission
appointed by Governor McCray to In
vesdgate the question OF old age pen
sions and care of aged dependents in
Indiana. The commission will follow
out provisions of a concurrent reso-
luton passed at the last Legislature.
hut which failed through a technt
cality to become a law. The mem
bers: Frank E. Perkins, South Bend;
State Senator James J. Nejdl. Whit
ing; Miss Esther O'Keefe, Plymouth;
Otto F. Deluse, Indianapolis, and
State Representative Louis p.
Schwartz Indiana rolim maxx frsr oS xhA
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-15
PLAN PHONE REMOVALS

hold a mass meeting next Friday
night to organize plans for the re-
moval of telephones from all homes
al a protest against the increased
rates, it was announced today fol
lowing a meeting of the Enterprise
Civic League of West indianapolis
Friday night at a branch bank OF the
Fletcher Savings and Trust Company
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Sullivan Mines Claim Two

DIV 7 FWtC8 DpeCFUB
- SULLIVAN, Ind. Sept. 15.-Olivsr
Fisher, so, was killed instantly By falk
ing slate at the Peerless mine here
Friday. John Stultz, 45, was caught
in q slate fall at the City Coal Com
pany's mine and died a few hours
later at the county hospital. Both
men live here. ~