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, 1923-05-17
late FLASHES

WASHINGTON, May 17.-Ass.stant
Secretary Moss today put into eff
feet provisions of the tariff anti
dumping act with respect to inn
p%ortation Into the United States of
calcium carbide. An announce
ment at the treasury said an in
v~estigation had disclosed that i'm
portations of calcium carbide from
Quebec threatened to injure the
industry in this country.
PARIS, May 1.-THE body of
George ]. Gould will be embalmed
today. says a dispatch to the Her
aid from Mcntone. and on Saturday
the rector OF the Mentone Episcopal
church Will conduct a service at
the VIA Zoraide where Mr.. Gould
died. The remains then will be
taken to the morturary chapel at
Mentone. The casket will be sent
to New York. May 20.
, 1923-05-17
N. W.. STUDENT
APPREHENDED
ON SUSPICION

CHICAGO. May IA student who
Is said to have tod a young woman
that ne knew what became of Leigh
ton Mount. Northwestern University
freshman who disappeared after a
class rush in September 1921. was
taken n custody by attaches of the
states attorneys office. HIS name
was withheld.
The student being he'd in custody
for questioning is Charles "Churk''
Palmer. Wei known Northwestern
football player. John S. Barbara. as
s:stant states attorney announced.
, 1923-05-17
JURY CALLED
FOR trial OF
CONVICT BOSS

CROSS CITY, Fla. May ICY
The Associated Press.GTrial of Wal.
ter Higginbothan. charged with first
degree murder growing out of tho
death of Martin Tabert, of North
Daleota. in a convict labor camp. was
halted temporarily today until n new
panel OF venireman could be drawn,
when the court sustained Il motion
by the state to quash the panel al
ready in court on the grounds that it
was improperly drawn.
The court proceedings are held in
a Baptist church. about one mile
from the center of the town. because
the county has no court house. Judge
Mallory Hor is using the pulpit for
his bench al.u the amen" corner for
the jury. The church has a seating
capacity for $50 persons.
, 1923-05-17
Business Ideas Are
Exploited by Boys

CHEYENNE. wyo.. May II. =
About 100 business establishments in
Cheyenne were directed by high
schoo. boys for two hours wednesday
Afternoon. Members of the Rotary
club each took one or more boys to
his office or store explained the de.
.ails of the business to the youngsters
md permitted them to get action
'or their ideas regarding how bust
aess should be done. Tho opportunity
or the youngsters was a part of the
observance here OF Boys Week.
, 1923-05-17
EMBEZZLER is
SEIZED, BELIEF

PHOENIX. Ariz-. May 1.-THE be
lief of authorities that the man ar
rested here yesterday under the name
of l.. ii. White, is Andrew L. Hep
Ter. wanted at Butler. Pa. on en-
bezzlement charges totalllng $500. 900
was strengthened today when depart
ment of Justice officials going
through Whites personal effects dis
covered letters addressed to Hepler
and newspaper clippings telling of
Hepler's business activities in Butler.
, 1923-05-17
INDIAN CHIEF
AGAIN WE'LL

BILLINGS, Mont, May 1z.-chlef
Plenty Coos, head OF the Crow tribe
OF Indians. was taken in an ambu.
lance to his homo on the reservation
near Pryor after living in n local
hospital since April 0 with a broken
leg. The T-year-oid chief was in
inred in n fall from the window Of
local hotel while walking in his sleep.
He said hc dreamed he was chasing
n dog.
The Washington times., 1923-05-12

" HIS Is story or the little
children who thought that
- mother was a vanishing
spirit. She pulled you out of bed
before it was yet light, hurried
you into your rompers or dress,
gulped a cup. of coffee while you
drank some milk, and then fairly
flew with you down to the day
nursery, where you were left with
many other little children.
The youngest mother of them all,
though no one at the big newspa-
per office knew she bore the name
Of mother. was writing a story the
police reporter had missed, when
the editor came over to her desk.
Miss Nordeen," he said tersely,
reports come from the day nur-
sery that the board wants to cut
down the expenses Of the place.
Go down there this morning.
Write it up the way you can do
things like that. Make the people
see the children as their own"
1t was the sadness that was in
her eyes which made the editor
give her job months before. He
did not ask her about her past life.
He just told his assistant. 'Those
eyes tell me that she has loved ami
lived. And I'll bet she can write"
"And, by Jove, she can," he often
said after he read her stories.
This morning he called her back.
Miss Nordeen," he said, III
Wayne Davis should happen to be
there, ignore him. He's agreed to
take his fathers place on the
board as president until the next
election. He'll try to tell you what
to write"
Out on L street she ceased to re
Nora Nordeef and became once
more the mother who did not want
her baby to be robbed of any Of
the things that took her place dur
ing the day. Indignation. grew
hotter and hotter in her heart.
Wayne Davis could not do that to
her baby. She wouldn't let him.
II should like to see him hurt and
suffer-" she thought, land SUI
FER"
At the nursery door she whis-
pered to the matron. Keep my
baby SO busy he won't see me-
I want to get a good story. And
you know it will lose its value
The Washington times., 1923-05-12
9GEST STORY, A Romance of Rich and Poor

bompers fell from the broken
swing. A scream, and then
another.
The reporter dropped her pad
stood frozen-all mother again.
But still she, could not move.
She thought the little fellow was
dead. The matron had started
toward him, but the tall president
of the board was before her. His
arms lifted the baby. The little
brown head rested against the
large brown one. He soothed the
frightened sobs and assured the
other people the baby wasn't hurt.
ut was that broken swing" he
turned his fiery eyes on the eco
nomical board members. THAT
was the first result Of all that
economy you're preaching. l didn't
think of this nursery as anything
L
arms. Then it became a home for
babies-the kind you have had
and the kind I might have had,
the kind to be loved and served
and not given charity"
He held the baby still closer III
his arms. He didn't know that
everybody except the matron and
the young reporter were giving.
him disappearing looks. But he
kept on talking. "Why, he might
be my own baby" he said. "YoI
must remember I had a girl wife
who left me. He might have been
mine"
And then the little reporter
reached Wayne Davis. HE is
yours, he is yours" she sobbed.
her arms around the baby, her
body close to the mans. Il never
wanted him to know it until L
heard you talk like that. I
never -"
Later the matron telephoned the
editor of the paper what had hap
pened. That's a bully, good
story" his voice rumbled back
over the wire, "but it's one were
going to miss. After all the home
won't need much help now"
He hung up the receiver and
turned to his assistant. WeI
have to hunt a new feature writer"
he said. Miss Nordeen's gone
back to her own world. And I'm,
glad she has, though she was the
best writer this paper ever had"
The Washington times., 1923-05-12
ROMANCES OF
JEWELS
BY Barbara Bayne-
THE FAMOUS DU BARRY

"HE most historic necklace in
the world, around which clus-
- tered romance, intrigue and
tragedy, was the diamond neck
lace ordered by Louis XIV for his
favorite, Madame >du Barry.
His death and the expulsion of
Du Barry fromO court while it
was still in the hands of Boeh-
mer, the court jeweler, started an
intrigue which involved Queen
Marie Antoinette and ended with
the ,overturning of the throne
and the fall of her head into the
basket of the guillotine.
Briefly told, the Couhtesse de
Ia Motto informed Cardinal de
Rohan that the Queen desired
him to assist her to acquire the
necklace to be paid for by install
ments. The intriguante then ar
ranged a secret meeting in the
garden of Versailles.
The prelate handed the neck
lace over to a muffled figure,
who he supposed was Marie An
toinette, but who was the COM
Jesse. She sent it to an accom-
plice in England. There the dia-
monds, taken from their mount
ings. were sold separately.
When Boehmer presented his
bill, the Queen disclaimed all
knowledge of the matter. In the
trial which ensued Cardinal de
Kohan was acquitted of intended
completely and the Queen proved
innocent, though the populace
still believed in her guilt.
The comtesse, found guilty,
was branded on the shoulder with
the letter V and imprisoned, es-
Gaping to England, where she was
accidentally killed. The unfortu-
nate affair undoubtedly helped to
the Queens tragic end.
The stones Of the historic neck
lace, valued at 100000 pounds,
are scattered over 1.-The world.
The Washington times., 1923-05-12

started toward her, but the look
on her face drove him back.
After that he was silent. The
other board members showed him
ways they could economic at the
nursery. 1t really could be run
on half the money they were
spending. They wouldn't have to
make a drive that year if they
followed the new economical plan.
All the time they talked, the
young reporters pencil flew over
the page. Oh, but she would
make her story bitter. 1t would
bite and sting and make every
member on that board ashamed
ever to walk on the street.
And then the tiny brown-eyed
boy in the pink hand embroidered
The Washington times., 1923-05-12
A Serial Replete With Romance, Adven'
ture in the World Capitals, and
Stirring Situations

; brief as the message that
prompted it. He merely said:
"I1l be glad to see you and
since you say it's urgent, the
sooner the better
He sealed the note, quietly
crossed the room to the locked
door, TUNED the key, and stepped
out into the hall: He seemed re.
lieved to find that hallway quite
empty.
wait here for me-" he called
back to the boy.
The wait, to the listless-eyed
youth, was not along one. But
in that brief space Of time mes
sage had gone down for a taxi
cab. and a Federal plain clothes
man had received instructions to
shadow an ADJ. messenger to the
Hotel McAlpin and from the Nc
Alpin back to the Alambo. But
that boy was to be in no way in
terfered with.
Kestner handed his message to
the waiting youth, and with it a
dollar bill.
NOW are you sure that second
message is for the McAlpin?" he
inquired.
For answer, the youth produced
the message itself. It was a
violet colored envelope, redoIent
of patchouli, and inscribed with a.
handwriting that was almost
childish in it's formlessness.
One glance at it was enough, and
the next moment Kestner was push
ing the boy. hah-humoronsly to-
wards the open door. Once that
door was closed again, however,
Kestner's diffidence had disappear.
ed. In two minutes he had made
himself ready for the street, and
in another two minutes he was
in a taxicab speeding across the
city in the direction of the Alan.
DO.
It was case, he felt, where
nothing was to be lost by taking
the initiative. He had long since
learned, in his warfare against
the criminal, that there was al.
ways an advantage in the un.
expected. Instead of quietly wait
ing for Maura Lambert to come
to him, whatever that visit might
signify, he was going to her.
And in work such as his, he re-
assured himself, it was worth
something, now and then, to
trump an enemy's ace.
Go Be Continued Monday
The Washington times., 1923-05-12
TELL THESE
AT DINNER

Little Tommy came across his
father seated in his favorite arm
chair smoking his pipe and read.
ing the evening newspaper. He
stood for some time looking at
his seated parent until at last he
put the paper down and said:
"Well, Tommy, what are you
doing?"
Just wondering" answered
Tommy.
wondering what?"
"If you're fond of cats Or not,
father"
Cats? No, I hate cats" .
"You don't even like our cat,
do you?"
"Our cat? No; am not par
dcularly fond of our cat"
II bet our cat hates you moro
than you hate her"
"Why?"
Because you are sitting on
her"
That is rather an extreme
gown Miss Fitz-Arlington is wear
ing. Do you notice how it is held
up by single strap over one
shoulder Eyes, and it reminds
me OF old times. / knew her
grandfather when he had but one
suspender, and wore it just the
same way"
The Washington times., 1923-05-12
By Ann Isle,
Whose Serials Of Married Life Have
Won q Big Popular Success.
(CopyrigIlt, 1923, by international
Feature Service, Incl

~ I'M! cried, you won't
let Mabel think she is
friendless.
"Anne3 demanded Jim, would
you ask your husband to sacri-
flee his business interests and
quarrel with his hackers for the
sake OF a girl who has gift for
making mess of her life?
Would your
Before / could answer, the tele-
phone rang. 1t proved to be
Ralph Lacy. He had missed the
boat by five minutes. So Park
had sailed. And Mabel Storrs
was on her way to my house to
meet hinn.7
I'll be right over to help YOU
see the poor girl through" Ralph
Lacy concluded.
NO / said quickly, but lame
Z ~, .'Jim's back. He's known her
so long. She's in his Office =
"of course" he replied gener-
ously. TOO many listeners would
hurt her. BUT If she needs
friend of a pal let her know I'm
here. So long"
Then turned tq Jim. wonder,
ing IL he would stand by as Ralph
Lacy was doing.
Look here. dearest" said
Jim. uneasily after had
pieced together for him my
disjointed bits of information
about Parks flight on the eve of
the visit he'd planned Mabel
should make to Park Manor.
How would it be If / vamoosed
and left you to break the news
to Mabel?"
why, Jim, you've just come
back from Father Andrews last
sleep haven't seen you at all---
not to talk to- I began, choking
with the accumulation of sor
rows to which / haven't yet dared
yield for minute.
II know" said Jim tenderly.
ITS all pretty much more than
you can bear. Yet you do stand
up under things whenever YOU
have to for other folks. And this
is going to be mighty humiliating
for Mabel Storrs under the cir
cumstances. I'd better not hang
around. Is there anyOne but you
who can see Mabel through?"
NO" I replied coldly. Then,
realizing that Jim was sacrificing
as much as 1 in losing our first
hours together, added more
The Washington times., 1923-05-12

if people know / have a baby
here"
The matron nodded. mfr.
Davis is here for his father and
four of the members are with
him." She batted the youngest
mothers hand. ''They are the
members who talk of helping the
worthy poor and then try to
starve our babies. Oh, no, dear.
I'll see that you don't meet them
If you don't want to-"
Just when the slender, brown
eyed reporter started to bury her.
self in the background, the act.
ing president of the board turned.
He looked at her searchingly. In
credulity, unbelief and then amaze
ment spread over his face. He
The Washington times., 1923-05-12

sister-in-law told me to take the Veg
etable Compound when began to
have the same old dreadful sickness
and headaches and was SO worn out.
Since then I have only had two
headaches, had a good appetite and
scarcely lost a meal. I have a fine,
healthy baby girl who has never had
sick day. The incest part is that /
am healthy, too. 1t did me a lot Of
good, and If I should ever have another
baby ] will take your medicine at
once. Mrs. BESSIE WARD, 1927
Park Avenue, Springfield, Ohio.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound is an excellent medicine
for expectant mothers, and should be
taken during the entire period. 1t
has a general effect to Strengthen
and tone up the entire system.
The Washington times., 1923-05-12
HE HAND OF PERIL, By Arthur Stringe
WAYS OF A HUSBAND
SEQUEL TO fWHEN A GIRL MARRIES''

& SShS1OuSly xAIlu II WOulu US
cruel for Mabel to get the news
Of Parks desertion with you
looking on.
Precisely replied Jim. dryly...
"I'll skip out the back entrance.
arrange for rooms at the hotel
SO this place viii be clear for
Phoebe and Neal whenever 5
they're ready to come back, and
then skip in again through the
rear and start packing. When
Mabel goes you give me the high
sign and well chase after some
what delayed dinner. How's
.that?"
Just then a peal at the door
bell indicated that it was time for
Jim to rush out one door OF
Phoebe's living room only a few
seconds before admitted Mabel
through the other door.
Mabel has never been more
radiant than when she came over
the threshold into the room
where / was waiting with the
message that I'd have given
worlds to have turn out nothing
but a bad dream.
How lovely you are" I tenn
porized. putting my arms about
her and kissing her with a show
of demonstration utterly foreign
to us.
sweet thingF' laughed Mabel
Now feel better than ever. Am
I ahead of Park?"
'.IIe isn't here, 1 said quietly
He viii be soon smiled Mabel.
Hes always late.
mo, dear, Park won't come, /"
said. "He was called away on
a business trip.
"A business trip? Why, how
is that?.,
The strange look that flashed
for moment into MabeIs eyes
made me go warily.
1.-THE trip came up very sud
denly T explained. He had to
go. He hadn't time to reach
you. I suppose. He was trying
to get in touch. with yorr when
he succeeded In. getting me-
4 was proud of my white lie
when I saw how ayidIy Mabel
seized upon it and built . bnl-
wark for her feelings. M .
You look charming in new
clothes. They were-worth the !.
delay" I temporized. Il reached
you because had more time to
pursue you. Parks. boat
His boat!.s replied Mabel slip
/. ping .out of the cape she had
] hitherto refused to relinquish..
She jumped up to pace ths floor
as she had habit Of doing when
concentrating on salient point.
His boat-where did he go?"
y ITO South America" I said
fatty and helplessly.
without saying good-by to-
me? Without waiting for word.
Did he. have to get today's boat?
Wasn't there later one that
would do?''
I knew she was only thinking
aloud, seeking to clarity her own
impressions and. to sort them into
working order. I knew she was
shilling the emotions that must
have begun clamoring unreason-
ably and instinctively. / tried to
help her.
HE had to get this one" l.
said. THE zelda firm is new. 1t
was tottering. when Park wen-
into it. Naturally, it's a matter
of pride to make good. So when
this need arose"
Ito Be Continued Monday
The Washington times., 1923-05-12

|Splen0lQ HleQlclIlS
for me before nv.
fourth child was
born. With the
first three / had
been sick and
weak , and had sick
headaches twice a
week. / couldn't
keep enough food
down to do me any
good, and mywork
was left undone
49, AZ
The Washington times., 1923-05-12

himself reading was both
explicit and brief. Gould
/ see you at once?" it read. Il
ask only because it is most urgent
and most important. Maura Lam
bert"
After studying this message
Tor second time Kestner stood
submitting the bearer OF 1t to
still another of his apparently
impersonal and distracted. scru-
TIMES. Yet in that brief second
or two the Secret Service man
had taken in every detail of that
youths uniform and appearance,
from the celluloid nunber-plate
on his cap to the worn-down
heels Of his shoes.
His final decision was in no
way a contradiction OF his first
impression. That A.. ,. T. boy
was authentic enough. But
somewhere behind that message,
he felt, there was still some
trickery. some hidden trap which
Il was his business to fathonn.
Where did this note come
from?" was Kestner's casual in
Quiry.
Firm tn Alambo,' was the
Equally casual reply.
What's that?a demanded Kest.
ner.
''Squab-dump!'' was the laconic
answer.
Then seeing he was not under
stood, the Uniformed youth added:
"It's one o. them burlap-lined
partment-hoteIs wit all tn onyx
in tn office an all the Tender
loin in tn uppersl''
you mean it's not the right
place for young woman?"
~Gee; it's fun o. thin! An
guess it's as goods any other
theatrical dump along tn Way"
Where is it?''
Jus above Longacre Square"
And where did you get this
note?"
From a woman in number sew
enteen."
What did she look like?' +
The youth appraised his inter-
rogator, looking him up and
down with listless yet uncannily
sagacious eyes.
'She was a peach he finally
asserted. but, say, she wasn't
tn cheap kindv'
Then the other kind there are
cheap?"
"They's all got a sprinklin' o.
breads, them second-raters-'nd 1
guess tn Alambo amt no Martha
Washington"
What did that woman look
like?" repeated Kestner.
The youth struggled through a
description which Kestner was
able to organize into a sufficiently
convincing picture of Maura Lam
bert. But the mystery of the sit
uation only increased. There was
q touch Of novelty in having the
enemy one had pursued half way
round the world suddenly turning
about and soliciting an interview.
And it was equally disturbing to
the established order OF things to
find Maura Lambert in an en-
Vironment as unsavoury as the
Alambo promised to be, for Lam
bert, whatever his activities, had
always, sheltered his youthful
''Scratcher" behind at least a
facade Of responsibility.
WAS that woman alone when
she gave you this note?" pursued
Kestner.
Sure" was the answer,
did she tell you to bring back
an answer"
Yep! An give me bone extra.
fr bein' quick"' .
kestner pondered the situation
for a moment or two.
How soon will you be back at
the Alambo?"
The youth took off his cap and
examined second message slowed
away there.
"'S soon as 7 beat it down to
tn McAlpin ,an' back" was his
answer.
THAT means inside an hour?"
asked kestner, as he sat down
and began writing on a sheet of
paper.
YEP" answered the boy.
Kestner's written reply was as
The Washington times., 1923-05-12
About the QudIters.

THERE no laws now that press upon Qualers. In
1856 they were prosecuted by the Pilgrim Fathers
They expe from their body any members who refuse TO
accept arbitration in any dispute.
The Washington times., 1923-05-12
WHO SAID IT
AND WHERE

"The pansy for loves thoughts"
The flowers language was pop
ular when Chapman wrote his
play "All Fools"
The Washington times., 1923-05-12
"The best of all ways

"The best OF all ways
To Iengthen our days
Is to steal few hours from the
night"
Thomas Moore did not make
this discovery. He merely incor-
porated it in his poem "The
Young May Moon"
copyright. 1923, by King Feature
Syndicate. lnc.)
The Washington times., 1923-05-12
TO EXPECTANT
MOTHERS
A Letter from Mrs. Ward Tells
How Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound HelDed Her

Springfield, Ohio. Lydia E. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound proved q
The Washington times., 1923-05-12
WHEN DID TT
HAPPEN?

s1-When was the story, Look
ing Backward (2OOO-1SSO" first
published?
2-When did the Battle of Look.
out Mountain take place?
3-When was the well-known
song, yankee Doodle" written?
4-When did Toronto, formerly
known as York. receive it's pres
ent name?
5-When was the Champs Ely
sees Park given to the city Of
Paris, France?
ANSWERS to these queries will be
printed Monday
The Washington times., 1923-05-12
The Visit of the "Ice Saints"

BOUT this date every year series OF cold days.
"A called lice Saints in Europe and thought by Proc
tor to be due to of meteors between sun and
earth Meteoroogsts blame atmospheric readjusemente
The Washington times., 1923-05-12
ANSWERS
To Yesterdays Questions,

ANSWE kGS
To Yesterdays Questions.
1.-The Prussian Order of the
Black Eagle was founded in 1901
by Frederick 1. All knights were
to be Of unquestioned nobility.
2-The X. Y. z. Mission, COM
posed Of three French agents, X.
y. H., attempted to bride the
American ENJOYS to France in
1897.
3-Wyomlng was admitted to
the Union in 1890.
4-Photograph roll films were
invented in 1854, by Melhuish.
5-Franklin Pierce was Presi-
dent of the United States from
1853 to 1857.
copyright. 1923, by King Features
Syndicate. Inc.J
The Washington times., 1923-05-12

ITO appeal from Philip drunk to
Philip sober"
Valerius MaXimus, who lived in
the first century, tells in one of
his anecdotes how the ministers
of the Greek King Philip used in
this way to keep their sovereign
from trouble.
The Washington times., 1923-05-12

Fame'S eternal beadrOIl."
Is a poetic name for history,
which originated with Spcnser in
his "Faerie Quecne."
The Washington times., 1923-05-12

Love knOWeth no law"
A plea that was known to the
poet Lily who set it down in his
Euphues $3.50.