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Evening star., 1923-02-16

did doubt now that the man before
me was the chief OF the dreaded
brotherhood.
The masked man listened in silence
us to the door Of the bungalow in
which ! now was seated
when Kerfoot finished speaking,
the masked man Strengthened himself
pockets Of his trousers and paced
thoughtfuily to and fro for several
minutes; then. sitting on the arm OF
= chair. he faced me.
For what you have done the
warburton.' he said. But there are
several things that still require ex-
PLANTATION. You are leading us to view
the character OF Capt George Renni-
son from a new angle. We had been
ing in his allegiance to the federal
government. and that it would be
useless to attempt to win him to our
caIse. How. then, does il happen
who took tho life OF Charming yes
terday afternoon. he allowed you to
continue at liberty?'
Il realized that. in order to save
myself. to aid you and to defeat the
designs of Seafalcon 1t would be nec-
tion that I could command. And SO
lied. I told my questioner that for
several weeks you had manifested q
strong affection for me--that you
were appalled, when you learned of
my part In the death OF Charming and
the theft OF the papers. told him l
tried to win you over TO the cause of
the brotherhood. and that. at times, I
fancied you were weakening in your
loyalty to the government OF the
United States I explained that you
had assured me that you would so
manipulate the situation that the
government never would know I had
been involved in the Charming affair.
do you believe that your influence
over Rennison Is so great that, given
time, you could win him over to us?'
the masked man asked.
Yes answered.
"'Well, we shall see,' he muttered.
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to speak again when . door in the
rear OF the room was fiung open and
q te!.; honde.haired man rushed in.
claimed. sxeItedly. The papers Hors-
They describe nothing that ever has
been invented by mortal man. Some
Ct msaninaEie.s phrases and hsures.
On these aheets there 10 not q Hre
secret Of dhsnninss invention.
~ while h,,e pc |. wa. N speaking three other
the door THAI had been opened by the
blonde-haired man. One of the new
comers was 9. tall, lean: elderly man
1t was Andrew Horsford, assistant
secretary OF the navy.
What does this mean, Horsford?
the masked man demanded.
ford This gentle1nnn ts wrong os- aors-
that were taken from the body Of
oliver Claiming yesterday afternoon.
They were plaoed in my hands by
George Rennison himself; There can
OF Channing's inyention.'
You are convinced, Harcourt, that
they are meaningieys" the masked
man demanded. as he fumbled the
sheets.
clear they were prepared for no pur.
pose other than deception
"A new light seemed to dawn on
the mind of the masked man. Again
he turned to me:
"'You told Mr.. Kerfoot that while
RennisoH was in your apartment he
made a copy OF the sheets you be-
lieved to be the originals?' he asked.
YES / answered. Then. after a
pause. I added: But 1t should seem
clear to US now that what he made
were not copies, after ali--that he
kept the original sheets and gave to
Mr.. Horsford the sheets he passed
through the typewriter in my room
THE masked man looked thought
then he turned to one Of the men who
had entered the room with Horsford.
Evening star., 1923-02-16
CONTINUED from Yesterdays STAR

I'm a few moments the sounds that
came to us from your machine indi-
Gated that 1t was stopping some dis
tance beyond the point at which ours
marked that IL was probable you and
your friends were going back, on
foot, to where the limousine was
ditched
how and what to call. At length he
gave me the signal, and I called for
help. immediately after my second
call, kerfoot again seized one of my
arms. and our party hurried toward
When the road was reached. We
clambered over the wall and the man
who had been riding beside the
chauffeur ran forward. Kerfoot was
close after him. Our chauffeur kept
against any possible attempt by me
II saw Kerfoot open fire on your
chauffeur, then some one down the
road shot twice at our party as we
made off in Your machine. Your
chauffeur appeared to be shot. as we'll
as beaten. Was he injured seriously?"
No." Rennison assured her. The
wound was comparatively slight. He
is in a hospital, but In no danger"
eventful." Miriam continued. "As we
were about to enter Baltimore, a
roadster met us and made some sort
of signal which caused US to stop.
Kerfoot got out and had a brief con-
rersation with one of the occupants
of the other machine, who remained
in his seat. We then entered Balti-
more.
Scarcely had we crossed the city
line, however. when something oc-
CURED that plainly gave me to under
stand that I had not succeeded In
winning the entire confidence of Ker-
foot He rose and lowered each cur
tain OF the limousine. making it i'm
possible for me to observe the course
we were taking. ! made no comment
on his action. nor did he vouchsafe
any word of explanation.
I'VE sat in silence, but the time
passed quickly. The machine was
proceeding now at a moderate pace.
stopped. but Kerfoot. putting at
cigarette. did not leave my side. In
a couple of minutes we were on our
way again.
"At length the machine began to
jolt. as if 1t were moving over rough
ground. Finally 1t stopped. l heard
kerfoot sigh in a manner that was
indicative of relief.
".AII right. Miss Warburton,' he
said. I think we are at ou: destina-
ton now
lie rose. threw open the door and
stepped out \ moment later he
thrust his head inside the Limousine
and directed me to follow him. AS l
obeyed I began TO trcmole. Wnetner
this was due to fear I do not know.
vas conscious. however, OF a prem
onition that / was about 10 be con-
fronted by situation that was likely
to impose upon me strain more
severe than any to which l had been
sr,hiected since I had addressed my
self to the terrible task that had been
set for me BY Capt Reifsnyder.
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quired.
He 10 registered under the name
OF Severn At the Hotel Chicester, the
man replied.
WHO Is with him?'
He is alone. Towndrow Of the
secret service, after going with him
to Baltimore, took the wounded
chauffeur around to hospital and
then put up for the rest Of the night
at the Chelmford'
Once more the masked man turned
to me-
"'You see, Miss warburton, how
solicitously we watch the movements
OF our friends--and enemies he
drawled.
AS he spoke, he raised one Of his
hands and snapped of the mask that
had concealed the upper part Of his
face. Then I saw that, though . deep
scar disngured the upper part Of his
left cheek, the injury had not affected
the eye above 1t. His eyes were alight
with an expression that seemed to be-
speak menace first, and then reassur.
ance.
Evening star., 1923-02-16
Try This If You
Have DandruH

There is one sure way that never
fails 10 remove dsndruif complete
ly and that is TO dissolve it. This
destroys it entirely. To do this,
just get about four ounces of
plain, ordinary liquid arvon: APP
ply il at night when retiring; use
enough to moisten the scalp and
rub it in gently with the finger
tips
BY morning most, if not all,
OF your dandruff will be gone,
and three or four more applica-
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entirely destroy every single sign
and trace of it, no matter how
much dandruff you may have.
You will find. too, that all itch
ing and digging of the scalp will
stop instantly. and your hair will
be fluffy, lustrous, glossy, silky
and look and feel a hundred times
better.
You can get liquid arvon at any
dfug store and four ounces is all
you will need. This simple rem
eay has never been known to fail.
-Advertisement.
Evening star., 1923-02-16
Some Peter; Some Pan.
.om Eyerybody's Magazine

From Everybody's Magazine.
At a dinner Sir James NJ. Barrie
was seated next an individual who,
at a loss for something to say. re-
marked:
II suppose. Sir James, that some OF
your plays do better than others"
Yes" replied the famous man.
Some peter out and some pan out"
Evening star., 1923-02-16

Lord Inchcape, the British ship
ping magnate. first worked in a rope
and canvas factory.
Evening star., 1923-02-16

Continued in Tomorrow's Starr
Evening star., 1923-02-16
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Evening star., 1923-12-08
November Building Exceeds
Record for Month in 1922

The country's building activitie
continued their lead over last year
through November, according to F..
w. Dodge Corporation. Total con-
tracts awarded during the month in
the thtrty-six eastern states GncIud-
ing about seven-eighths of the coun-
try's total construction volume)
amounted to S,S2S,0OO. Although
this was IL per cent drop from the
October figure, in twenty-seven of
these states (for which records were
kept last Year, there was an increase
of 19 per cent over last November. AS
In October, the heaviest increase in
construction ACTIVITY was in New York
state and northern New Jersey. which
was the only district showing an in
crease over October. The recorded
figures on building volume in October
and November indicate an unusually
busy winter for the construction in
duStry.
Included in last months record
were the following important items {:
S15S.953,000, or fifty per cent for res
per cent for industrial buildings; $685.
$4,000, or II per cent, for public
works and utilities; $32.594,000, or 10
per cent for business buildings; and
s24.273. 600 or per cent for educa-
tional buildings.
Total construction started in the
thirty-siX eastern states during the
first eleven months of this year has
amounted to s3,237 .06S.000 In twenty
seven of these states the lead over the
corresponding period OF last year is
little more than per cent.
Evening star., 1923-12-08
ETHICS. OF REALTORS.
Minnesota Teacher Lays Down
Strict Code.

One of the strictest codes of ethics
Of any business organization in the
country has. heen laid down by the
National Association Of Real Estate
cards for the direction of realtors.
according to G.. w. Dowrie. dean of
he School of Business, University of
minnesota. -:..'.--+
The development of business eth
les is one of the shopeful indications
Of a progressive civilization, Dean
Dowrie pointed out in a recent ad-
dress before the Minneapolis Real
Estate Board. .e
The code of ethics for the direction
of the realtor in his relation to his
competitor. to those with whom he
does business and to the community
represents a strict application of the
golden rule the dean pointed out.
Evening star., 1923-12-08
ADVERTISING BOOMED
BY REALTY BOARDS
City and State Bodies Lay Plans
for Broad-Gauged Spread
of Information.

Broad-gauged plans for undertake
ing the spread of information on the
whole community and the whole re
lationship of real estate to the COM
munity are becoming the outstanding
features of real estate board adver-
tsing as plans from every section of
the country come to headquarters of
the National Association of Real
Estate Boards.
The Michigan Real Estate Associa :
ton has just appointed special
committee to work out plans for Sc
curing Michigan publicity in maya
zines and newspapers outside the
state. The Pontiac Mich) Real
Estate Board has decided to under
take a campaign to advertise Oakland
county.
A concerted all-state program of
advertising of California, pointinp
out the advantage of acquiring lands
While prices are at low ebb follow
ing readJustments in national aeri-
culture. is a plan now being pro
posed by the California Real Estate
ASSOCIATION. Pasadena. Redlands, Po-
mona and Anaheim are California
cities whose real estate boards this
week report extensive city advertis-
ing plans
The Topeka (Kan) Real Estate
Board has found its board advertis-
ing, listing the attractions and merits
or Topeka, profitable to individual
realtors as we'll as to the city. the
board reports. A plan for raising the
amount of assessment for the CO.
operative advertising in order To in
Evening star., 1923-12-08

Contemplated new work reported
during the month amounted to $685.
1000, an increase of 10 per cent over
the amount reported in October.
Contracts awarded during Novem-
ber in New York state and northern
New Jersey amounted to $124.311 900.
This Is the highest recorded monthly
total for this district The increase
over October was 13 per cent over
November last year 70 per cent. In
cluded in last months total We're: S69,-
$4,000, or 56 per cent, for residential
buildings; s2S,022 900, or % per cent
for industrial plants; s9,611, 700. or s
sS,57O,O00, or Z per cent for educa-
tional buildings. The large total for
industrial buildings included one
tfenty- -million-dollar power project
in New Jersey.
Construction started in this district
during the first eleven months of
this year has amounted to $685.
over the corresponding period of last
year.
Contemplated new work reported
$4,000, an increase of 23 per cent
over the amount reported in October.
November building contracts in
New England amounted to S24,717, ,000.
This was a decrease of 81 per cent
from October and of s per cent from
November of last year. Last month S
total included: s14236 900, or So per
cent. for residential buildings. $3,-
o5l ,Oh0r or ~ per cent, for business
buildings; $2,204,000, or 9 per cent,
for industrial buildings, and s2,-
0O8.oOO, or per cent, for educational
buildings
Total construction started in New
Evening star., 1923-12-08

crease the volume for the coming
year is before the board.
The Atlantic City Real Estate Board
is initiating general board advertis-
ing in addition to a continuous cam
paign of educataion on multiple list
ing.
The Akron board has been carrying
on a plan of cooperative advertising
with n weekly poster service to cor
respond with advertising carried In
the newspapers. The Akron cam
paign is estimated to cost $4,000 per
year.
The Salt Lake Real Estate board
has an advertising plan for Salt Lake
to be conducted within the city.
Members of the Northwest Real
Estate Association will join with the
Tailroads entering the section in
nationwide campaign to advertise
III" tourist and home advantages of
the region.
Evening star., 1923-12-08

During the past year the California
state bureau of labor handled nearly
$4,000 complaints and collected over
$3.50 600 in wages for complaining
work r1en
Evening star., 1923-12-08

England during the first eleven
months of this year has amounted
to $3O6,239,0O0, a decrease Of per
cent from the corresponding period
Of 1922.
Contemplated new work reported
during November amounted to W.T.
sol 900, decrease of % per cent from
the amount reported in October.
November contracts in the middle
Atlantic states eastern Pennsyl-
vania, southern New Jersey, Della
ware, Maryland, District of Columbia
and yirginia) amounted to s23.754.OOo.
The decrease from October was 2S
per cent; from November of last
year, 16 per cent Included in last
months total were: $11,430,O00, or
48 per cent, for residential buildings,
s4.9I4.0O0, or 21 per cent, for indus
trial buildings; s2,805, 900, or ~ u per
cent, for business buildings; s2.O97,- :
900, or per cent for educational
buildings, and s1,245.000, or per
cent, for public works and utilities.
During the first eleven months of
this year construction started IN NJ this
district amounted to $349,66l 900. a
decrease of 10 per cent from the first
eleven months of last year.
Contemplated new work reported
during November amounted to $780,
SAT 900, an increase of 61 per cent
over the amount reported in October.
! November contracts in the south
eastern states the Carolinas, Geor-
gia. Florida, Tennessee, Alabama,
Mississippi, Arkansas and Louisiana)
amounted to s29,565. 900, a drop of
2S per cent from October. Last
months record included: $11,237, 600.
or 3S per cent, for residential build
ings; $6,S29,000, or % per cent for
public works and utilities; $2,802, 900,
or per cent, for business buildings;
s2.551 900, or per cent. for educa-
tionaI buildings; s2.116,000. or Z per
cent. for hospitals and institutions,
Evening star., 1923-12-08
HARDWOOD, FLOORS
!. NEED DRY PERIOD
Should Be Laid Only After
Building Is Thoroughly
Settled.

Hardwood floors should never be
laid whe. there has been new work
until the walls and plaster are thor
oughly dry; in fact it should be the
last work to be done. 1t is most i'm
portant that brick. stonework, con-
crete and fireproof filling should be
thoroughly dry before the flooring is
laid. When building is done in win
ter the flooring should never be laid
without first heating the rooms.
Otherwise the dampneSs which is al
ways present in the cold atmosphere
of new buildings will lead to trouble
both in laying the floor and in its
subsequent use.
If thir flooring has been laid in the
summer, the rooms. should be heated
at least once a week after the first
chill and dampness of fall has begun.
This is particularly necessary in the
case of the, thin floor ing. as it is sub
Ject to greater shrinkage on account
Of its light structure. Even in the
summer if there are long wet spells
some heat should be introduced into
the rooms at least once a week.
The best results can be secured in
n new building if laying the floors
terror finish and wall paper have been
finished and thoroughly dried.
Ship lap of six inch or eight inch
IS preferable for subfloors in new
work and should be reasonably dry
and laid diagonally. 1t should not be
put down too tight and be thoroughly
dried and cleaned before the hard
wood flooring is laid.
Damp Paper Aids.
1t is well to use damp-proof paper
between the hardwood flooring and
the subfloor. Do not use ordinary
building paper or roSin- sized paper
The amount required is small and
the very best quality of damp proof
stock should be used. Where sound
proof results are desired a heavy,
Ceafening felt is recommended.
1t is important to leave half an
inch of space on all sides between the
hardwood floors and the Dashboard
70 allow for expansion in the event
or any dampneSS later getting into
the flooring. This opening Will he
covered by the quarter round or base
molding.
In old houses hardwood flooring
should be laid at right angles to the
subfioor. After laying and mailing
three or four pieces use a short piece
of 2X4 hardwood placed against the
tongue and drive it up. In driving
up three eighth inch flooring do not
break the tongue, which is fragile.
also, do not drive up excessively
light: This three eighthinch floor
ing is special grade of flooring
made for laying over worn floors
using the old floor as a subfloor. The
cost is small and the effect is sat
isfactory. In fact, it costs less than
the ordinary flooring plus carpets to
practically indestructible if given
proper care.
Evening star., 1923-12-08
TWO HELD WITHOUT BOND
AS MURDER SUSPECTS
White Man and Negro Accused of
Placing Slain Victims Body on
Railway Tracks.

BY the Associat ted Press.
SCOTTSBORO, Ala. December s.
Arrested on suspicion of having mur-
dered Joseph Stephens and placed
his body on the Nashville, Chatta-
uooGa and st. Louis railroad tracks
between Stevenson and Bass, John
MaShon, white man, and Grant
Matthews, negro are held in Scots
boro Jail, without bond, pending
further investigation and a prelimi-
nary hearing.
The body of Stephens was found
on the tracks early Wednesday morn
ing. the find being reported by the
two men. The. body was horribly
mangled. the head not having yet
been found. Examination indicated
to Deputy Sheriff Willis of Stevenson
that stephens had been killed before
he was run over by a train. The
slain man and the men under arrest
We're residents of the Bass section.
Evening star., 1923-12-08
MUSSOLINI ENDS STRIKE.
Students Obey Premier's Edict to
Return to Glasses.

ROME, December 8.-Premier Mus
soilni has broken another strike. By
reason Of his stern edict to the stu-
dents who refused TO attend their
classes, the youths in almost all the
Italian universities have returned to
their studies, although few dis
sruntled ones are making a last
stand. The agitation still continues
In Palermo and Turin and the uni
versities at Palermo and Turin re
mained closed.
Evening star., 1923-12-08

and s1,763,000, or per cent, for in
dustrial buildings.
Total construction started in this
district during the first eleven months
OF this year has amounted to $454,-
925, 900.
Contemplated new work reported in
November amounted to $71,256, 900, an
increase of SO per cent over the
amount reported in October.
Evening star., 1923-12-08
EDITOR ALLISON DEAD.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, December
lS.-William G. Allison, sixty-four, for
ner reporter for the New York World
and later editor of Richard Croker's
American, died here yesterday after
noon. Death was attributed to heart
failure
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-06
n. Y. EXCHANGE
FLAYED BY
LAWYER
District Attorney Banton Says
Stock Market Opposed to
Reforms.
international News Service.

NEW YORK, March 6.-District
Attorney J. II, Banton yesterday de-
nounced, the New York Stock Elk
change, declaring it had aligned
itself with "bucket-shop thieves
who have stolen more than $780,
100000 from investors" Banton's
remarks were made when he took
particular exception to a brief filed
by counsel for the Exchange oppos-
ing the Lockwood committees bill.
THE brief convinced me beyond
question that the fight for any
legislation that will be beneficial to
the people is a fight against the
New York Exchange" said Banton.
Zone hundred and fifty-four
brokers have failed in the last four
teen months in New York county,
and their liabilities exceed 100000
900; their assets were less than $10,.
100000, and those who failed and
were former members of the stock
exchange exceeded in their liabilities
the liabilities of the former members
of all other exchanges combined
Supervision by the State bank super
intendent would have prevented this
condition"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-06
ALLEGED ADDICT
IS SENT To
ASYLUM
Held in Ring Theft, Timer Is
Put Under Observation by
Judge Mcmahon,

Howard T. Ferguson, a timer, of
GIG L street northwest, was turned
over to the Washington Asylum Hos
pital for mental observation by Judge
Mcmahon in Police Court, where he
was arraigned on a charge of steal
ing diamond ring valued at $50.
The charge was brought by Mrs.
Georgia German, of 4S49 Wisconsin
avenue northwest.
Ferguson, who is said to be out on
$500 bail pending a trial on charges
of violating the Harrison anti-nar-
cotic law, came to Mrs. Germans
home February II to negotiate for
Timing a roof. While she was absent
it is alleged that he entered Mrs.
Germans bedroom and took the ring,
which was on the bureau.
Precinct Detective j. H. Stevens,
of the Seventh precinct, who ar.
rested Ferguson, asserted that the
latter had confessed to taking the
ring for the purpose of purchasing
drugs. He was sent to the Washing
ton Asylum on motion of his attorney
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-06
WILHELM LOOKS.
FOR NEW HEIR
SOON
Expected Event Prompted Ex-
Kaiser to Ask Removal
to Corfu.

LONDON, March ga special cor
respondent of The Daily Chronicle
writes:
"a family event, learn is ex-
pected to take place in a few
months time at Doom House, the
ex-Kaiser's place of exile in Hol-
land. The ex-Kaiser is particularly
anxious that the first born of his
second marriage should not see the
light of day lin exile
In order to avoid this, negotiations
have been going on for some time to
enable the ex-Kaiser to enter into
possession again of his villa in Corfu.
If the negotiations are successful he
hopes that the coming scion of the
House of Hohenzollern will be born
on that island.
THE eX-Kaiser knows tits too
much to expect permission to go with
his consort to Corfu, but he hopes
the Princess may be permitted to go
there some time before the birth of
the child. The Princess is in ex-
cellent health, and the coming family
event seems to have given the ex-
monarch new interest in life"