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II. "a. HT JMPEIRIES

LONGFELLOW STREET.
Brick rms. bath. gas. elsc.' ~ 81
$500 PETwoRTH.
Beautiful tapestry brick home. rms,
tile bath, gas, elec laun. trays dS CUP,
rear porcheg long back yard with pFick
garage. Price. S10.750.
GEORGIA AVE.
First Comm. s large rooms bath. gas,
cleo. INV. n; lot 1s2 e. deep to alley.
ID sT.-1sT COMMERCIAL.
Large brick IL rms, bath, gas. lat.
heat; room for Pear gar. Price. ", 500.
BEST II. d. LOCATION.
cleo, Iann. trays. double rear porches;
NEAR 9Th AND r sTs. N n
Groom brick. lat heat. gas. bath, gar.
NEAR II. CAPITOL & II. E
Brick. rms, bath; gas. lat. heat.
NEAR NEW EASTERN HIGH SCHOOL.
garage; lot isxi5o. Price $3.50.
NEAR 1iTH & POTOMAC AVE. s. p.
Five rIn.s frame, water: gar. space;
newly painted and papersd throughout.
HANDLE HIGHLANDS.
Bungalow. s rms, INV. b.. cleo ard
gas laun. trays, bath; gar. space: large
lot fenced in; large front and aide
MI. RAINIER.
bungalow, rms. bath, furn. heat,
cleo, good cellar; gar. space. Price.
$500. Terms arranged.
this list, cali us. We have I'll ii. 3
R. Al. HUMPHREYS
REAL ESTATE LOANS INSURANCE.
8O8 North Capitol st. m. w.
Phone Main 6733
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COMMISSIONING. D. G.. Washington,
will be received in Room sos. District
Building. until o'clock p. M. October
passenger elevator in House of Deten-
ton. 18th street and Ohio avenue. ~. w.
For detailed information apply to Room
427 District Building.
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Auction Sales

THOMAS BOWLING & CO., AUC-
TIONEERS, Ills Eye Street N w.
Sale of personal effects and household
goods for storage charges. Notice is
hereby given that on Saturday, September
%, 1928, at 10 O'Clock q. m, there will
be sold at public auction, In front of tina
Omitted states storage company ware
Washington, D. c., to enforce liens for
storage charges, etc, due and unpaid. all
goods, furniture, pictures, refrigerators,
beds, bureaus, boxes and contents, trunks
and contents, household and personal eff
fects on storage with the United States
Storage Company In the names OF Alien
David H. Quinn, and William e. Swift,
Miss E. p. Smith, Mrs. Lila Townsone,
Mrs. Mary White, Mary Wilson. Fred l..
Sanford, Edward A, Short. United States
Storage Co., v. w. Mott, secretary.
SAINT. 4-11-18fh .
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MUST RE SOLD BY OCTOBER /
Owner, leaving the city, offers "a
white Or colored, most attractive s.
room house on Rhode Island ave. n, W.
near End, Call North S3G2-G.
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Houses for Sale
BEST BARGAINS IN :
MT. RAINIER.
HOMES FOR HOME LOVERS.
Just off 18th on Randolph.

A perfect home, containing spacious
and beautiful rooms. Exceptionally large
lot with garage. Splendid front and rear
porches. Complete awnings and screens.
This 10 a value which the most dis
terminating and particular home lover
cannot afford to overlook. Priced right!
North Takoma.
Out. where the air Is cool ana fresh
ana inYigorat1ng This magnificent s.
room home, surrounded with an acre OF
ehtlcing lawn; every convenience up to
the minute, including wonderful front
pofch completely screened. For an In
xsstnent' for dwelling. for a real
nome--a hsven-thIs property Is unsur
value.
Kansas Ave. N. w.
Let your own Judgment of property
values convince you that this brand new
zo-foot wide tapestry brick home is
without n peer. Let us show you the
IDEAL location, perfect community, broad
aVenue-surrounded by the charms and
contentment Of new homes, new people,
new comforts. The only home left fac
ing the public square.
THOS. E. FARRELL,
Member of Washington Real Estate Board
1851 Woodward Bldg. Phone Main 76S.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1923-11-01
CHAPTER Xxx

AZ Bruce wnited. his eyes slowly be-
came accustomed 10 the darkness. He
began to See the dim outlines Of hi.
fellow occupants OF the room-fuIlv
seven brawny men seated in chair.
about the wills. Let's hear you drop
your rifle" one OF them said,
Bruce recognized tn. grim voice N.
simon's--henrd on one occasion before.
lie LET his rifle fall from his hands. He
knew that only death would he chs
answer to my resistance to these men
Ihen simon scratched a match, and
Without looking at him. bent 10 toucb
u 10 the wick Of the lamp.
The tiny fame sputtered and gick.
cred. filing the room with dancino
shadows. Bruce looked about him.
Simon snt beside the fireplace the
lamp Mt his elbow. As the wfck
caught. the light frightened and ste,d.
len, and Bruce could see plainly. On
ench side ~ him. In chairs about tho
walls. sat slnoD's brothers and his
Oiood relations that shared the estate
with him. They we're huge, rsunt
men, most Of them dark-beartIed and
'aiiow'sklnned, and all Of them regard
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he would soon encounter the door tina
led Into the Interior rooms.
| In moment he found II. He stoo,
waiting. He turned the knob gently
then softly pulled. But the door was
locked
There was no sound now but the
loud beating Of his own heart. lie
could no longer hear the voices OF the
wind outside the open window. He
wondered whether. should he huri all
his magnificent strength against the
panels, he could break the lock and
IL he did SD. whether he could escape
with the girl before he was shot down.
But his hand, wandering over the
lock. encountered the key.
IL was easy. after ALL lie turned the
key. The door opened beneath his
hand.
IL there had been. a single ray Of
light under the door or through the
Seyhoie, his course would have been
quite different. He would have opened
the door suddenly In that case. hoping
TO take by surprise whosoeyer Of the
clan were guarding Linda. To open a
door slowly into room full OF enc
mics Is only TO give them plenty of
time 10 cock their rifles. But in this
case the room was In darkness. and NIL
that he need fear was making q sud
den sound The opening slowly
widenHd Then he slipped through and
stood ten GREATNESS seconds In silence
Linda he whispered. He waited
long time for an answer. Then he
stole farther into the room.
Linda" he said again. ITS Bruce.
Are you here7-
And In that unfathomabls silence he |
heard a sound-a sound 80 dim and
small that II only reached the frontier
of hearing. II was a strange. whisper. /
Ing. eerie sound. and Il filed the room
IKE the falntest, almost imperceptfbIs
gust Of wind. But there was no doubt.
Ing It's reality. A living creature oc-
rupted this place Of darkness with him,
and was either haIf-gagzed by a hand
<erchief over the face or was trying
:" c"ifeaI us presence by muTling its
breathing Linda" he said again.
There was strange response to the
'ailing Of that name. He heard no
whispered answer. Instead. the door
le had Just passed through shut softly
'ehind him.
For a heeting instant he hoped that
ne wind had blown 4 shut. For IL IL
iways the way ~ youth to hope--ss
'hg as any hope IL left His heart
saped and he whiried to face II. Then
2 heard the undesirable sound Of
oft being Sid into place.
Some little space Of time followed
silence. He struggled with growing
orror, and time seemed llmIfless.
men strong man laughed zrimIy In
ne darkness.
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ernmost window In the east wing
However. she had said that she would
be confined In an iaterior room. and
possibly the Turner's had seen no need
OF barriers other than Its locked door,
Probably they had not even anticipated
that Bruce would attempt rescue.
He leared lightly upward and
slipped silently into the room. Except
for the mooalit square on the door IL
was quite In darkness.
He stood moment. hardly breath
ing. But he decided I, was NOT best To
strike match. A match mlght reveal
his presence TO some one In an adjoin
Ing room. He rested his hand agataS'
the wall, then moved slowly aroan'
the room. He knew that by this c1gr
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CHAPTER XIX

As Bruce hurried up the hill toward
the Ross estrtes, he made swift esl-
Evening star., 1923-07-01
POSSE SEEKS NEGRO
IN FATAL SHOOTING
Altercation Followed by Shots,
Say Eyewitnesses to Tragedy
| wi in North Carolina.

M0uNT HOLLY. N. c.. June 3d.
Tom Fields Of Thrift. N. c.. was shot
and fnstantly killed near here tonight
after an altercation with negro
known as Brad Gordon. According to
eyewitnesses Gordon fired four shots.
all taking effect. Fields was in an
automobile with two women and q
imam, but the others escaped injury.
News of the shooting reaching here
caused great excitement, and mob
lRseembled to hunt for Gordon, who
escaped after the shooting. Policemen
and deputies. hastily summoned from
charlotte, arrived here before mid
fb1ight and the crowd for the most
part was dispersed.
Y The exact cause Of the shooting II
hot known. Fields and his compan-
none were said to have been on the
road near here when the negro ap-
proached afoot Words passed be-
i wesn Fields and Gordon, after which
The latter iS alleged to haye produced
N pistol and commenced firing.
= Al b late hour tonight Gordon had
S1hot been apprehended.
Evening star., 1923-07-01
Judge Has Truck
+. Tested to Decide
Speeding Charge

You cannot put anything over
on Judge Gus A. Schuldt. You
must show him.
Hearing q case in the Traffic
Court yesterday, In which Marvin
A. Brown, colored. was being tried
for speeding, the court directed
Policeman Brown OF the motor
cycle traffic squad. the arresting
officer. and Milton Smith. another
traffic officer. to 60 out and take
the auto truck of the defendant.
give II a test and see IL 1t would
run only at speed not exceeding
twelve miles an hour.
The arresting officer told the
court that ne had arrested Brown
on Pennsylvania avenue operat-
ing truck at a speed of~twenty-
eight miles an hodr. The defend
ant positively denied the charge,
saying his truck was geared UP to
make only twelve miles an hour.
Then 1t was that Judge Schuldt
ordered that the speed OF the
truck be tested.
This Is the hrst time such q test
for verification or disproval of a
defendants claim Of the speed of
q car has been made in the Trafic
Court The officers assigned to
test the speed Of the truck will
make their report to the court to-
morrow.
Evening star., 1923-07-01
GIVES BEER AWAY.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. June 3o.-'Beer free.
drink your fillr
Words even as strange as these
stand out on q sign that hangs to-
day In the saloon Of the Cosulich
liner Presidente Wilson from Naples,
due to dock tomorrow. according to
wireless messages.
The placard was hung by the cap
tain. Stuperich. following receipt of
a message from New York managers
of tho line informing him that the
beer would be confiscated when the
ship arrived and directing that it be
done away with.
The ship has 1905 passengers
aboard and q lot Of beer, SO Capt
Stuperich tonight sent this message
to shore: II
Consuming all beer possible; CIV
ing It to passengers gratis. But even
their capacity Is limited. win have
to destroy twenty barrels or more be-
fore reaching the three-mile limit"
AS the message from the Presidente
Wilson came in, a. real wet ship, Its
isis port Ths mSort aS ana HoI;
liner Van Dyck. which sailed from
Buenos Aires prior to the date when
the ship dry law went into eject.
sailed on the return trip.
The Van Dyck, II was announced,
would stop at Hamilton. Bermuda. on
this trip. 3naugurating . now service
for all ships Of the line. Hereafter
Lamport and Holt -iiners will make
Hamilton port OF cali. leaving their
liquor stocks there when en- route 10
American ports,. and rsstocking on
the southern trips.
Evening star., 1923-07-01
|MAI. BELL STUDIES
|W0RK.AS CITY HEAD
New D. c. Commissioner
Through Hand Shaking;
Will KnuckIe Down.

Having passed through that pre-
liminary period of hand-shaking and
getting acquainted. Maj. ]. Franklin
Bell, new Engineer Commissioner, has
knuckled down to the task Of finding
out for himself what Washington
needs
BY riding about the city and asking
questions at every turn, Maj. Bell Is
striving to get first-hand Information
concerning schools, streets and other
municipal requirements.
He Is doing this in order that he
may act wisely when he sits down
with Commissioners Rudolph and
Oyster two weeks hence to blue
pencil" the annual estimates of de-
partment heads.
Maj. Bell said yesterday. he rode
along the Washington channel water
front and found 1t notably improved
In appearance since he was stationed
at the Washington barracks twenty
years ago.
The major has learned of the elabo-
rate plan on file at the District build
front, and expressed an intention OF
giving II thorough consideration.
Commissioner oyster and Assistant
Engineer Commissioner Wood both
have been strong advocates of i'm
proving the water front.
pToOicAuS diSV are
attracting the attention Of the new
Commissioner. On Friday after
noon he sauntered down to the Offices
Of the Utilities Commission. Of which
he Is chairman. and questioned the
accountants and engineers for de-
tails of just how they keep in touch
with the affairs of the several public
service corporations.
May Tackle Car Merger.
The major Is familiarizing himself
with Washington's street railway
situation. He indicated yesterday
that he Is already aware of the
movement that has been under way
for number of years to merge the
two traction companies.
Other Engineer Commissioners have
endeavored to make the merger
dream reality and 1t Is not be-
yond the bounds Of possibility that
Maj. Bell may tackle the question
during his term.
Thus far Commissioner Bell has
followed policy of SAY little and
saw wood. but he has explained to
newspaper men that he wants to
learn his subject before he discusses Il.
Evening star., 1923-07-01

enough to nibble at a young shoot.
He loves fruit and consequently he
and his family have busted up many
a promising plantation. In his wild
state he didn't. care much for man,
but let one try to corner him and he
would fight with all the fury in him.
At night he used to make his bed in
a tree, sort of a platform-like affair
but he wouldn't go back to 1t Sec
ond time.
Mothered GrandchiId.
'Uh-huh." said August, still think
ing of the Kangaroo family. "I did
see one thing while on my visit to
that Kangaroo cage that prevents my
branding the whole tribe as absolute
idiots. Mrs. Desdemona kangaroo
had an infant in her pouch and her
daughter also was the mother OF a
baby wallaby.
THE latter, however discarded her
child, tired o. e1ring for 1t, so the
little fellow crawled over to his
grandmother, who made a place for
him in her household alongside her
own child. In this case / don't know
on whom to place the honor of pos
sessing brains"
And neither do l." said ODE.
Evening star., 1923-07-01
CADETSAT S|MMS
HOLD TRACK MEET
Base Ball Game and SWIM
ming Events Features at
Training Camp.

Track events, swimming meet
and base ball game were the fea-
lures Of competitive field day exer-
cises held yesterday afternoon by the
high school cadets in training at
Camp Simms.
The track and swimming events
were competed in by teams from A
and B barracks. A base ball game,
cadets and a team made up of cadet
instructors, was called at the end Of
the fifth inning to make way for
other events. The score stood 29 to 2
in favor of the instructors. William
Howard captained the winners. while
Paul Keyser acted as field leader OF
the losers.
The track meet was won by A bar
racks with a score of Al points as
against IA for r barracks
A barracks. 81 to Fl points. Individ-
ual winners in the swimming events
were: One length OF the pool, free
style. Cadet Poole, first; Raymond
Edmonston, second. and Robert Bur-
ton, third.
Fancy diving: Raymond Edmon-
ston. first. Cadet Sims. second, and
Cadet Rice, third.
Swimming one length of the pool,
breast stroke: Edmonston, first;
Poole. second. and Thomas. third.
Plunge for distance: Rice, first,
distance ~ feet inches; Underwood,
second. and Howard, third.
Swimming one length of the pool,
back stroke: Poole. first; Abbey, Sec
ond, and Edmonston. third.
Relay team: Poole, Hebbard, Sims
| and Burton.
Individual winners in the track
meet were: 50-yard dash-Keyser,
first; Thomas, second, and Troth,
third.
Spoon and potato race: Cadet
Wellener. first; Lee. second, and
| Poole. third.
Mixed shoes race: Wellener, first;
Lee. second. and Sims, third.
Standing broad jump: keyser, first;
| Thomas, second, and Abbey, third.
Running broad jump: keyser, first;
Troth, second, and Cadet Monk, third.
The winning relay team from A
barracks was composed of the fol-
| lowing: Keyser, Thomas, Poole and
Dennison.
The A barracks was captained by
Cadet Capt. ]. A. Rice, while Cadet
Capt. w. E. Howard was the captain
of the B barracks team.
The judges of the various events
| were Capt. A. J. OKeefe. Capt. VIII
| liam NJ. Johnson and Walter Stokes,
an instructor at. the camp. Mr..
Stokes was also in charge of the
arrangements for the different
! events.
Evening star., 1923-07-01
Mad Scramble across Sea
Like Oklahoma Land Opening
ONLY Once Before in american History
Has There Been Spectacle Compare
bic to Race Under Alien Quota Lac.

The immigration laws allow an in
fiux into the United States of 36s.ooO
immigrants annually, in addition to
those non-citizens who have been
over here and returned to their native
lands for periods of not more than
six months. The figure Is arrived at
on the basis of the 1910 census.
Each nation is allowed to send to
America 3 per cent of its nationals
residing in America in 1910.
with 77.342, has the largest quota;
Germany Is next with 67,607; Italy is
next with 42,057: Poland follows with
ai11s and in II the xos foiiewinE orde1 "a are
Czechoslovakia. 14.S57; Austria, =
42l: France. 5,72s. and Greece. which
Is generally supposed to have q much
larger number. Is among the lowest
with, 1924. Other countries have
The system upon which America
works, a system that has drawn
criticism from other nations. Is to
allow 20 per cent soS Of the az quota ass to s be
months of the fiscal year. Great
Britain, for instance, could send one
nth of her immigrants in July:
August. September. October s'te,. and and
exhausted by then, she could send no
more until July, 1924. The fact that
SO many of her citizens have been
held at Ellis Island or deported be-
cause of quota exhaustion has caused
The immigration laws are unbend-
ing. An instance was afforded Satur-
day when q Finn. who arrived Tues
although only twenty-four hours
away his country would have q new
quota. There is no recourse under
Commissioner. con Robert E. Tod. No
sooner will this particular Finn be
less than 100 miles from American
shores, on his way home as an ineli-
eiirible. % II Canada would grant him
permission, he could go, there and
stay a day or two and then return.
hut Canada will seldom grant per-
mission.
Guided BY Companies.
To escape such cases as these, the
steamship companies press immi-
grants to enter the country during
TuIy and August. In those months
at least a third of the years allot-
% Ellis island is perhaps the most
tragic place in Anerica- Immigrants
cannot understand why they can't be
admitted, after the steamship agents
have promised them they. can. Daily
scores are sent back to their own
iikaIy to become public charges. be-
cause they are mentally deficient or
becausa of the quota exhaustion.
Changes In the law are likely to be
made at the next session OK Congress.
strong influences are advocating
whether immigrants will pass the
tests at Ellis Island, instead OF let
ting them break all their business
and family ties back home to sail
for America and then, arriving here:
meet the bitter disappointment of
having 20 return and re-sstablisl,
themselves so.a h.h.. nsas.s
Evening star., 1923-07-01

business man-still very kind and
affectionate and in love with Frank
Lowe, his keeper. Mr.. Hollister said
he's just few inches away from be-
ing a human being.
But that other mutt, can't forget
him." continued the Chipmunk, as Obe
reached over for a mouthful Of his
100 pounds Of hay. He's a disgrace
to Australian where he comes from.
The whole crowd Is. His wife's no
better than he is-dumber. If you ask
me. They can't teach that bunch Of
marsupials to do anything but eat,
and even that's hard job, for all
that satisfies them are vegetables.
If they ate little meat now and then
they might get some sense along with
Indigestion
Between swallows of hay, ODE
stated that he never had seen Plato
or his relatives. but that he knew
Soko must be a pretty smart fellow.
He had soft life before he came
here. I've been told" said ODE by way
OF letting August know that he was
not quite as dumb as Plato. He
used to live in the forest and run
around with his family. During the
day he would doze up in a big tree
and occasionally come to life long
Evening star., 1923-07-01
NINE BURNED IN CRUISER.

By the Associated Press. -
PHILADELPHIA, June 3o-Nine
seamen were seriously burned in an
explosion today on the scout cruiser
Richmond at the Philadelphia navy
yard. All are in the naval hospital.
The injured men and their addresses
are: Thomas B. Hipps, Corsicana.
Texas: William r. Hall, Mount Yer
non. Ohio; Ernest Adams. Portsmouth,,
Ohio; Lell G. Russell, Plainfield, n. J. !:
Edward ]. Berktold, Cicero, Ills: will
liam o. Eden. Atlanta, Ga; James C.
Carey, New York city; Lawrence A.
Mccall, Des Moines. Iowa: Charles C.
Lagana, New York city,
The cause OF the explosion has not
yet been determined. but some OF the
officers at the yard believed 1t was
due to hydrogen gas which. leaking
into a washroom where the seamen
were congregated, became ignited and
blew up. The washroom is beneath
the radio room forward, and it was
thought the gas leaked from auxiliary
batteries.
Evening star., 1923-07-01
SAFE FOURTH In D. C.
MAJ. SULLIvAN'S AIM
Police Ordered to Enforce Regula
tions for Use of Fireworks
and Explosives.

A safe and sane Fourth. of July is
the aim Of Maj. Daniel Sullivan, su-
perintendent of police. who yesterday
issued an order to members of the
force that he wanted accidents pre-
vented by enforcing strict compli-
ance with the regulations governing
the use of explosives.
Attention Of members of the force
was called to the regulation, which
requires a permit to store. sell or set
off fireworks, permits to be obtained
from the District Commissioners.
It Is set out in the order that
sparklers are the only fireworks per-
mitted, and while they are supposed
to be harmless. Maj. Sullivan stated.
children using them often invite ac-
cident by sticking them into one
another's face, hair or clothing.
The police are directed to caution
children against placing sparklers too
close to anything which may be
ignited or injured.