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LETTER FROM SYDNEY CARTON

LETTER FROM SYDNEY CARTON
TO JOHN ALDEN PRESCOTT
AS usual, old man, you have fallen
on your feet You have all the luck
in the world. No other man on earth
that l know of could have told his
wife what you have told Leslie and
stll keep her divine love, for it is
divine love
OF course, l understand that you
have been perfectly true to Leslie
since you have married her, but one
swallow does not make summer,
and If I were woman, Jack, l would
rot trust you out Of my sight. Not
that I think that you are a bad boy,
hut just irresponsible.
To tell you the truth, l do not like
that very minute description that you
are giving of that Mrs. Atherton who
works n your office.
And This
When a woman, Jack, piuues a
mans curiosity continually, the story
is told.
You know that a man is so cOnsti-
tuted he can love a woman devOtedly
or at least think he can love her
devotedly-and be untrue to her every
week.
have always found that with you,
curiosity is a greater temptation than
passion and I don't like your descrip-
ton of that girl. Get rid of her. I
don't believe that you can hurt Leslie
again as you have just hurt her and
! still keep her as your wife
! You seem TO think that. now you
| have told Leslie that l am not the
father of the boy. that I can come
over there. I can't do it, Jack. I
would be perfectly i'll at ease and it
would embarrass me more to know
that Leslie knew that I knew the
whole story than 1t did when I
thought she thought I was little
Jacks father.
Good Luck Piece
BY the way, I picked up. in Los
Angeles. a lovely old piece Of scarlet
coral carved into the shape of a god
which IS supposed to bring good luck.
I'm mailing it today in a regis
tered package to you and, If you
/ like. l would like you to give it to
Leslie 1t will make a very pretty
pendant with some ribbon through
It. I noticed that all the women
were wearing things Of that kind out
in the Western cities.
Now I suppose that as you have
made clean breast Of things you
expect to live happy ever after. You
say that Leslie has forgiven you. but
don't be too sure Of that, old man.
7 balieve that YOU have taken some
thing out Of Leslie's life that YOU can
never put back again and this loss
will be with her always every time
she looks at the boy
Although Paula Perier may not
|. know it. she has certainly hit upon a
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The role of March Hare" in the
Little Theatre Society production,
alice in Wonderland" to be pre-
sented at the Murat April 3, matinee
and evening, will be portrayed by
Sandy Selfridge. a student at the John
Heron Art Institute. Proceeds from
the play will be turned over to the
building fund of the James Whitcomb
Riley Hospital for Children.
Rehensals of the play are under
way now under the direction Of
George Somnes, former member of the
Stuart Walker Players.
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most lasting and terrible revenge. She
will not let either of you forget.
Constant Reminder
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Homemade Remedy
Stops Coughs Quickly

The best cough medicine you ever
used. A family supply easily and
quickly made. Saves about Sc.
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Mrs. E. r. Walker, 321 Garfield
Ave. will be hostess for a card party
Wednesday night to be given by the
woman's organization of the National
Association of Retail Druggists. Hus
bands of the members will be special
guests
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Lavelle Gossett Post, Veterans of
Foreign Wars, will give a card party
Tuesday night in the hall, so2 N.
Pershing Ave.
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BALLOONS Ar T
|. USED TO SCAN
ANYWAYS
Weather Bureau Experts Send
Up CoIored Toys to
Gauge Winds.

Whence come the winds Of
March and where do they go?
The Weather Bureau, armed with
gaily colOred balloons and tele-
scopes Is seeking an answer to the
question.
At sixteen stations throughout
the United States, observers are
sending up twice daily these
glorified toy balloons that fly Al.
most to the limit Of our atm os-
phere. w. C. Haynes. In charge
Of the work, and his assistant. r.
b. Lawrence, shown in the accom-
panying photograph. have just
turned loose the $50 a. m. balloon.
Beside them, on the roof of the
observatory, is an electric buzzer
which sounds every minute. Every
time the buzzer sounds they take
an observation of the balloon
through telescope.
The balloon. two and one.half
feet in diameter, travels fast. 1t
rises skyward at the rate OF 200
yards a minute. In three-quarters
of an hour 1t will be five miles in
the air. Also it will have drifted
with the wind. east. west, north
or south.
How far and how fast? That
the meat in the cocoanut Of the
experiment. Direction and speed,
miles above the brown earth, tell
the story Of the winds Of March.
The observers get both, and what
they get is matched up with what
the other observers get in fifteen
other sections Of the country to re-
veal what man cannot see-but
must know IL he IL to foretell the
weather accurately and make the
air safe for the birdman-the
course Of the winds over the
United States.
These balloons rise sometimes to
a height Of twenty miles. They
drift great distances. 'One released
not long ago in Nebraska was
picked up. broken and spent, in
Virginia.
(Copyright, 1894, by William Pickett
Heinz
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fear OF prosecution left your"
Ashurst insisted.
II didn't have any fears until
Navarro called on me and / stopped
operations"
."You know it was all fixed with
Washington either through influ.
ence or money!"
Puts Blame on Muma.
IT understood through Mr.. Muma
that there would be no trouble"
when you and Tex Richard
only intended to show them in New
Jersey?"
Yes
ut was after the conversation
Tex Richard had with Muma that
Richard came to you and said you
would show them all over the
United States?"
YES"
Richard told you that Muma
was a friend Of Ned Mclean. Bill
Orr was a friend Of Jesse Smith
and that Urion was a close friend
of the Attorney General Of the
United States:"
Yes"
Called "Their Proposition"
You paid them so per cent Of
the proceeds to get their pull and
influence in Washington"
ut was their proposition"
what did Orr, Muma and the
others do to help you sell the pic
lures? Wasn't it to furnish the In.
fluence in Washington"
"They told me 1t was all right"
WAS their equity In the contract
to furnish the influence and the
pull in the Department Of Justice?"
Their equity was to advise me
how to sell the pictures.
Their business was to get the
Attorney General fixed so you could
sell the pictureS?"
"They never told me that"
But you knew it?"
"They told me If I'd carry out
their plans it would be all right"
Rowland Changes Mind.
Later Rowland changed his mind
and began a cross-examination of
Quinby.
AS Rowland started, Quinby sud
denly asked:
do 1 have to be cross-examined
without -counsel?"
Anything you say won't be used
against you," Wheeler assured him.
II will say to you frankly, >
Wheeler said to Rowland, that
Quinby was worried about being
prosecuted when he was subpoenae,l
here"
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"Now, didn't Muma tell you fire.
quently about his close relation
ships with Burns and Daugherty?"
Yes. he said they were close
friends. d"
Didn't Muma. make arrange.
ments SO you wouldn't be prose.
cuted by Burns and Daugherty?"
asked Brookhart.
Il don't know what arrange.
ments he had"
Didn't Muma tell you he had
got in touch with Mclean, who
promised to see Daugherty, who in
turn was to see Burns?"
II don't know anything about
that"
Didn't he tell you he had con.
fessed to Burns his connection with
this fight film?"
IT don't know"
Didn't Muma tell you that Burns
said to him, BY God, everybody
around here knows what is going
on except me?'"
mo"
Didn't Urion come to you about
a $4,000 check and quarrel with vol,
for not coming through with the
money sooner?"
NO"
Ibid Jesse Smith see the picture
at Atlantic City when 1t was shown
there on July 5, 1922"
II don't know"
Rowland Creates Surprise.
wheeler then turned the witness
over to Daugherty's attorneys, ex.
Senator George e. Chamberlain and
Paul Rowland.
I'VE will have no cross.examina
ton Of this Witness" was Howland's
unexpected reply.
Isn't it fact that when YOU
learned Smith was interested In the
picture you had no fear Of prosecu-
ton. you felt perfectly safe?'
Ashurst asked after Rowland re-
fused to examine the witness.
IT didn't figure I was doing any.
thing that would lead to prosecu.
ton"
~ say that after you knew Jesse
Smith was interested every shred Of
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.BO0TLEGCERS|N
CAR BATTLE
POLICE
Crash q Into Latter's Machine
and Emit ImpregnabIe
Smoke Screen.

Bootleggers in a whiskey loaded
machine escaped police early today,
following a gun battle, through an
impregnable smoke-acreen, near
Georgia avenue and Lamont street
northwest.
Receiving word that the car was
due to arrive in the vicinity Of La
mont street, Policemen William F..
Brown and George C. Deyo, at
tached to the liquor squad Of the
Tenth precinct, laid in wait.
When the bootlegger's car pulled
in to the curb at Lamont street
shortly before 6 this morning, the
police automobile drove up beside It..
Just then the large car lurched for
ward, tearing the right front wheel
from the policemen's machine. The
occupants fired several times at the
police, but missed.
Policeman Deyo answered the
shots, but none are believed to have
taken effect.
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CROOKS SELL"
JUSTICE HEAD
DAILY
Charge is Made by Depart
ment-Daugherty Busy An
sWering Congress Queries.
Continued from First Page)
statesman, Charles

Continued from First Page)
Massachusetts, statesman. Charles
Sumner.
Knowing Sumner we'll, he would
find out how he was going to vote
and would then go to persons who
would be advantaged by Summers
casting his vote that way and
would offer to induce Sumner to
vote that way If he was we'll paid
for it. Thus Mr.. Summers friend
secured considerable sums Of money
for influencing Summers vote al
though he never in fact influenced
It at all but simply and merely
knew beforehand what it was going
to be.
The fact is that Washington in
the last few years has been in
tested with shady and disreputable
characters Of that sort.
The fact is also that whether the
Attorney General is innocent or
guilty, the Department of Justice
now reapS the consequences of al.
lowing such characters to remain
in town clinging to the fringes Of
the Administration.
Exposes Crooks Here.
It is generally felt today in
Washington that the Brookhart-
Wheeler senatorial investigation has
made scant progress in definitely
proving Attorney General Daugherty
personally guilty of anything; but
1t is also generally felt that 1t has
gone far toward proving that in
Washington lately there has been
q considerable influx Of undesirable
or questionable citizens.
Democrats take the view that the
testimony brought out by Senator
Wheeler and the recent testimony
brought out by Senator Walsh.
while they may not have proved
anything definitely discriminating
against anybody, have proved the
existence Of general atmosphere
here OF intrigue and Of intimacies
between men in high position and
men Of low mental quality and low
and coarse moral standards.
The Democrats think that thus
temporarily fatal blow has been
struck at the reputation and stand
ing of the Republican party.
Rock-ribbed Republicans, on the
OSASA Ala NAoSo pOAAAS
out that in their opinion Attorney
General Daugherty so far has sue.
ceeded in effectively denying all spe-
ficic charges against him.
DeniaIs by Daugherty.
Mr.. Daugherty's record as pro-
Queer Of denials now stands as fol-
lows
He has sent to the Senate a long
and detailed report showing what he
has done in the conduct of the
cases against the so.called war
fraud profiteers.
He has sent to the President a
long and detailed statement of the
conduct Of cases against violators
Of the Volstead law.
He has sent to the Senate a pro-
tracted account of the actions taken
by the Department Of Justice in
cases under the Sherman law and
under the Clayton law against con.
spiracies and monopolies in com.
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men In different cities who were
fined for showing the pictures
These names included WiIlioro II
Rudolph, arrested in Fort Worth
Tex, New Orleans, and Mobile
Ala: Denver s. Dickinson IN Tns
Angeles, Tex Richard in Chicago
T@cN oranenny In San Francisco,
eo4ore hayes in Boston: Charles
Go Myton IN Guthrie, OKLA, and
CAarence Day in Omaha. Neb.
are tnese the men you sold the
Moses. "SNeu
yes"
Quinby called Rudolph "a pirate
VINO got hold of a film some way
"it ..u operated IN the South"
Wheeler2 "SNe0
II don't know"
Id you know that Muma came
70 washington and confessed his
sins 10 Burns and told Burns he
was headed straight for the At.
ian 1H penitentiary?'"
You know that if an Injunction
nao beeh gotten out against vn,, n
would nave stopped you from oper
atlng, from selling and from trans.
porting these films?"
Yes"
No Injunction Obtainable
NO such injunction was ever
gotten out by the Department of
mo"
Everybody knew that you were
the owner of :he pictures, did they
not?" S--0'
yes, the trade knew IT,"
And the Department Of Justice
and The district attorney in New
York;" :" ave"
"The Department Of Iust,c.
through Navarro, the agent"
What interest did Denpsev and
tures?" p'0-
They had foreign rights and IN
New Jersey" Quinby replied. "The
picture was owned by Tex Rickard.
the Dempsev -Kao rhoatric.i
Company, and myself"
Under rapid Gu"s IoninE by Moses.
Quinby admitted his total earn.
ings from the films were $125 600.
THAT was "Fter the deduction Of
legal expenses?" ~
Yes. 1t was net profit"
Quinby said he withdrew from
the picture enterprise about De.
cember 1. 1921.
Wheeler read several Oxceruts
from Holbridge's report
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The Teemling Times
BY TINY TESSIE.

There's only one thing that I see
today TO make me glad
In this dumb dump where dirty oil
makes everything smell bad,
I'm glad because Nils Nielsen, first
mate Of the "CBsy" ship,
Had gnts and grit to save his fell
lows ten mon at one clip.
It's only q reminder that real men
still live today
About whom Arthur. King OF
Knights. might weave a
roundelay.
Another thing has tickled me, be-
yond all feeling mild.
Cause Stillman couldn't prove that
.,., Guy was not his legal child.
IT'S mighty easy" think these
guys: Just let the women
pay"
But circumstantial evidence still
finds Cody way.
That's two things to be glad about.
and Wilbur's on his way
To set our grand old Navy sailing
on her even way.
Attorney General Daugherty may call
q woman names,
To soothe his soul and saIve his
pride: and thinks nobody
But. Harry, il your take a look in
Erin'S deeds of fame,
you'll never read that irish KNIGHT
besmIrched a lady's name.
or course she may deserve II we
don't deny that fact.
6uS why defame all womanhood
with ruthless lack Of tact7
We don't know what the gag rule
OF bonus vote may be,
We know we've waited years ana
Win much incrsdulosity we thought
M TINS news q gag;
we ge8geo with much surprise 10
lind this news contained NO
And II they cannot get their dough
M outside OF twenty years.
Inc eager wives who want juat cash
Will quit in angry tears,
That all those nasty o,lv .n..S.
should drag dead Harding in
10 one offense that makes Ali coun.
NJ uy-lovers feel chagrin,
NO really true American whoa
worth a gunny sack.
VIII SANDER any other mans whoa
~, dead and can't fight back.
NO living man of flesh and blood
now on the u. S, sod
Can say that HardinKs faults now
rest with anyone but God.
Sticks and stones may break NV
OONe0.
But CORDS can never harm mo.
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Sr'cES and stones may break nv
bONeO,
But CORDS can never harm mo.
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CHARGES | AID
To WHALL BY
RAFT
Resigned Head of Photo Sec
ton of G. p. O., Accuses
Former Chief.

Charges that f. G. Whall. head
Of the plate making division of the
Government Printing Office, is 'in-
competent, and made incorrect state
ments about him." have been made
to The Times by George Raft, who,
until he resigned March 3, was head
Of the photo engraving section,
under Mr.. Whall.
Raft, who installed the photo
engraving plant in December, 1929,
and was head of it until he re.
signed, declares that George IL.
Carter. the Public Printer, became
dissatisfied with his work after
Whall had made certain charges,
and that since his retirement the
men in his department have vindi-
Gated him in a meeting of their
union.
Whall charged that Raft had lost
the confidence of the men, that they
were laying down on him." and
that they would not take orders
from him, Raft declares. Upon this
basis, Carter felt that his continu.
alton in the department was detri-
mental, Raft says.
In letter to The Times, Raft
states:
Through the activities Of a po-
litical appOintee, who at the present
time is the chief of the plate.
making division, l was framed to
the extent that Mr.. Carter, / be-
lieve, lost faith in my ability to
manage the photo engraving section
through charges made against the
men and myself. Mr.. Carter told
me Mr.. Whall represented that d.
vision and took his word and
thought perhaps a change in the
management would bring better re.
suits, as the department was run
at loss of II per cent during the
month of February, 1924, so / told
Mr.. Carter that he could accept
my resignation to take place at
once.
Since my resignation was &C.
cepted 1 have been indicated of all
charges that were made against thu.
men and myself by every member
employed in the photo engraving
section of the G. P. o. to my en-
tire satisfaction"
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n { v BUILDING
SOLD To.
HINES
Former Congressman Buys
Transportation Building as
Permanent Investment.

A deed went on record yesterday
transferring the ownership Of the
Transportation Building from the
Transportation Company to Joseph
Fl. Hines, former member Of Con-
gress from Ohio.
While the price was not disclosed
the contract is said to be one of
the largest individual deals ever
made in Washington.
The sale was effected through
Randall H. Hagner & Co., which
firm will act as rental agent after
April l. The building is situated at
the northeast corner Of Seventeenth
and H streets northwest It has
a frontage of 120 feet on H street
and 206 feet on Seventeenth street.
The entire exterior of the building
is of Indiana limestone. 1t is ten
stories high and was completed
about December I, last.
There are 396 offices in the build
ing in addition to a large store
area on the first floor.
The present owner acquired the
property as a permanent investment
and will change the name Of the
building to the Hines Building.
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MERGE and against unfair methods
OF competition in business.
He has sent to the Senate q mas
sive and exhaustive document deal
ing with his management Of the
enforcing of the so-called consent
decree" against the five big Chi.
cago packers.
He. has issued a statement re-
counting the convictions secured
Of violators Of the laws forbidding
interstate traffic in pictures Of
prize fights.
He has issued a statement show.
ing that DR.. Leopold Harris, Of
New York, instead of getting par.
doned through any alleged influ-
ence exercised by the ATTORNEY
Generals friend, Jess Smith, was
obliged to serve his full term in
the Federal penitentiary.
Both Claim Victories.
The situation is that as fast as
any charges of corruption are
made the Attorney General issues a
statement or makes a report the
general meaning of which 10 as
follows:
Whether any people in these
cases did or did not take or give
money, the cases themselves show
no influence Of corruption in the
way they were handled and con.
cluded by the Department of Jus.
tice.
Such is the exact nature Of the
quarrel between Attorney General
DauGherty and his accusers at this
moment. The accusers show the eX.
istence of an atmosphere of low
morals in the neighborhood Of the
Department of Justice. The Attor,
ner General comes back at them de
flying them to show when and where
and how any given case being tried
by the Department Of Justice was
actually improperly handled by him
under any influence from this at.
mosphere.
Accordingly both sides claim to be
victorious.
(CopyriGhL Washington Press esgli,
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lection you thought you should
have?"
IT don't recall that"
ibid Muma tell you he would go
to see the authorities again"
"I don't remember"
''Well, did he say he would see
Spellacy, a Department Of Justice
agent, or Holbridge, another agent?'
II don't remember"
Shown No Letters.
"You knew Mclean and Muma
were friends?"
"Muma was in his employ"
did Muma ever show you let
tiers from Daugherty or Burns
showing his influence in Washing
TONI"
mo"
Wheeler returned to the contract
for showing the pictures. Quinby
couldn't remember at this time
whether the contract was written
or not.
wheeler then produced a copy Of
the contract.
1.-THE Muma crowd were to get
so per cent Of the proceeds?"
Eyes"
1.-THE names Of Tex Richard and
F. c. QuinbY also appeared as sign
ers to the contract?"
YES"
Paid $4,000 in Chicago.
"1sn't it a fact that the expenses
charged in Chicago for exhibiting:
the pictures and for attorneys fees
was $35,O0O?"
Yes; Mr.. Bedell, who bought the
pictures, said his expenses were
very heavy"
Isn't 1t true the expenses of the
attorneys were to be deducted from
the sale price?"
yes"
And the amount of expenses in
Chicago were $35,O0O?"
Eyes"
"And Mr.. Muma protested that tbs
expenses were too high?"
Yes; / sent him to Urion."
Didn't you know Jesse Smith had
an interest in this contract, and
didn't you tell me so?"
There was some connection"
Didn't you tell me last night that
Jesse Smith had an interest in this
Smith Had Interest, He Says.
yes; knew there was a very
close relation between Orr and
Smith,"
Has anybody from the Depart
ment OF Justice tried to intimidate
you? Is that why you are so halt.
Ing In your answers" shouted
Ashurst.
"They haven't had a chance" in
terjected Wheeler. who told you
that Smith had an interest in this
Orr"
did he say Smith had an interest
in the contract"
II don't remember what his words
were, just understood It,"
What gave you that understand
ing?"
II just understood Jesse Smith
had an interest in the contract"
What was the price Bedell Tin
Chicago) was to pay?" asked Brook
hart.
He was to pay certain price
for the ,00O."
'How was it paid?"
A. was 10 De palQ II ne could DO
business in illinois,"
Then when he did, half would
go to Muma and his crowd and
the rest to your"
YES"
You were to pay the expenses,
too?"
"Yes."
"l,d, Bedell pumped up his ex.
penses until they were more than
you were to receiver"
Yes"
so you really got nothing in
Chicago for your films?"
YES"
$50 you We're interested in getting
the arrangements made to show
the films in Chicago?"
Sold None in Washington.
yes"
do you remember the prices
you got in other States?"
I'D have to look that up."
did you sell the pictures in the
District of Columbian"
You showed them free Of charge
here %S.. chr"
III you were to get $4,000 in
Illinois and the expenses were S35..
900, you lost money!"
We didn't make any money in
Chicago" "
You didn't pay the deficit?"
NO"
You are acquainted with Sher.
man Burns, son OF William ].
Burns?"
Yes, since 1921"
You were a client of the Burns
agency Them"