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New Britain herald., 1925-02-10

stiffening of yesterdays call money rate of Az per cent following reported calling for more than s3O,- 100000 in bank loans aroused con- siderable interest in the financial | district. It was recalled that there had been series of sharp changes in two key statements by which bank conditions are judged-the weekly clearing house statement and , the federal reserve bank report on rediscount. Another large deficit in reserve last week, following an ex- cess the week before, brought the
 usual calling of loans to bolster up the banks position.
New Britain herald., 1925-02-10

W. C. Durant of New York has
 been elected director of the 1nde- dependent Oil & Gas Co. A special
 meeting of stockholders will be held
 shortly to approve a proposed reduc- ton in the no par value stock from
 450,000 shares outstanding to 225,- 900 shares on the exchange basis of
 one share of new Tor two of old.
New Britain herald., 1925-02-10

Sales of the Paige-Detroit Motor Co. in 1924 declined to $39,S51,131 from s46,2s6,oo the year before. Net profits of $1,s4s,664 before taxes, were equal after preferred dividends to $2.97 a share on $6,oo0, 900 com- mon stock, against s3,1S0,O71 or ST. 49 a share on s4,O00,0oo stock in 1928.
New Britain herald., 1925-02-10

Hartford Electric Rts.
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Evening star., 1925-07-26

perceptibly. But I was sure of one
| thing, anyway. And that Is that /
couldn't get a better location-right
| next door to your own house. You
can go home to your mother so easily
when we quarrel as-I suspect-we
will"
Kay's eyes met his incredulously;
for a second she was speechless.
Then:
| "We?" she echoed.
You and me-" he assured her.
'But-you're engaged to New
York girl"' she protested.
"Oh, that was all an idea father and
mother got-they went off half cooked.
There never was any girl for me but
you, Kay. Haven't you known that
all along? Where's-where' your
woman's intuition?''
| Kay's eyes met his-just long
enough to see all his heart in them
then fell. And then-well, it was for
| tunate that he had had the fore.
thought to send the Six Musical Nc.
/ Sweeneys on their way.
| They would have been superfiuous,
to say the least.
Presently Kay glanced at him, her
eyes soft and shy, yet glowing like
altar candles.
"Why-why didn't you tell me all
! this long ago?' she asked.
Because" he replied whimsically
yet huskily, "I, as the movies might
put it, wanted to make a man of my.
self; get ahead and be able to
| give you the things you deserve.
tried darned hard, Kay. Do 1 suit?'
"You-you know you dor she whis
pered.
1 And Kay's mother?
"As if 1 didn't suspect it all when ]
saw you and Ted incoming around to
I gether," she told Kay's father scorn
fully. 1--WE known all along that Kay
! would probably marry Ted in the end
The way they acted might fool a man
but never a woman"
| And she almost convinced him that
! this was so. But she knew better
than to try to fool another woman.
"Of course, I'm as pleased as car
be-" she assured Ted's mother, after
they had embraced and kissed. but
1 you could have knocked me over with
a feather"
"Me, too,'' admitted Teds mother.
"Some featherr' commented Ted
characteristically
' tcopynght, 1875,
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phere is carried out in picturesque
detail from the extra wide teak boards
with which the drawing room is
f1oored to the quaint landscape paper
on the dining room walls. The win
dows have the deep embrasures so
dear to our grandfathers and in the
dining room are beautifully proper
toned cupboards to house Mrs. VIII
sons remarkable collection of rare
china.
Mr. Wilson's allegiance is divided
between New York and California as
far as business interests are concern
ed, but he and his wife are residents
of Virginia from choice, and they de-
light in the traditional hospitality of
the Old Dominion, friends from Wash
ington being always welcome at their
house.
1t is said that the Government has
long had it's eye on Mount Hybla,
which has been used as a signal sta
ton in the wars of a century and
which boasts magnificent views in all
direction, with Mount Vernon, Gun
| Ston Hall and the Potomac on one side
and Alexandria and Washington on
the other. There must at one time
have been a mansion house atop this
hill and at some time in its early
| history this stretch of the Mason
| property was in the hands of the
! Stiths, for the remains of an old
| graveyard were recently unearthed be-
meath an ancient cedar tree, and one
| moss grown headstone reads, Sacred
| to the memory of Mr.. Buckner Stith,
| died 1791," another being in memory
| of 'Anne Stith"-presumably his
wife, who died in 1925.
Little Holm Hail." which is now
vacant, is built of wide clapboards-
the mills don't make em nowadays
and queer square bricks brought
over from England. 1t was the center
| portion of the house that was used
, as a spinning house by Thomson
Mason's family, and the wings were
| added at a later date.
| Okeley and Huntley, two outlying
! farms, were included in the tract of
! land willed by George Mason to his
| son Thomson Mason, and 1t was over
| the boundary line of one of these
| farms that George Mason and George
! Washington fell out. There was, it
| appears, a little stream which both
! of them claimed, and even now this
| boundary is marked by a double ditch,
| put in because neither would give an
| inch.
! X X X
| A LTHOUGH the house on Col. and
Mrs. Drains place is of compara-
| lively recent date, the property was
| originally Dart of the Mount Vernon
| estate and was known as the River
Farm. The Drains bought it several
! years ago, and Mrs. Drain, who was
a Miss Marsland, renamed the estate
| in honor of her father Col. Drain at
! present national commander of the
| American Legion, has been in Indian
apolis, headquarters of the legion, for
the greater part of a year. But Mrs
Drain is established at Marsland this
summer, and is keeping the farm In
apple-pie order. The Drains are the
nearest neighbors to Mount Vernon.
Collingwood Farm, present home of
| Mr.. and Mrs. Mark Reid Yates, was
also one of Mount Vernon's outlying
farms. There are, moreover, several
Evening star., 1925-07-26

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erless. He carried her to the front
door.
Put me down, please" she begged
then.
You'll come-peaceably?" he de-
manded.
She hesitated, avoiding his eyes and
quivering with what could not
surely-be anything but righteous
wrath. Then:
Yes" she murmured.
And SO the Heights saw them in
turn drive off.
II bought this car from Bromley
because you seemed to like it," re-
marked Ted. Strikes me as sort of
loud-but women are queer. I hope
my wife will like it,
Kay said nothing. She sat with
her pretty profile inflexible and unre.
lenting.
THE house isn't furnished as yet
wanted your opinion on that" Ted
ran on, as if they were two souls with
but a. single thought. Here we arer'
And Kay's determination to say
nothing was shattered by surprise. He
had no more than driven around the
block and he was stopping before, the
Witherbees' house.
1ou-yOu DOuSnC tnlS! Sne
gasped.
1T seemed a good move-settling a
neighborhood problem and mine at
one crack" he explained.
But the McSweeneys?"
THAT was just my little joke. Nc
Sweeney is really a plumber and' his
sons are carpenters and painters. But
the whole family is musical-or think
they are. They actually call them
selves the Six Musical McSweeneys.
1 moved them out here so that they
would be on the job both ways, so to
speak
She permitted him to lead her in
side the house.
THE McSweeneys have gone," he
explained. "Ill move their stuff out
tomorrow. How dies this living room
hit you? That white wainscoting
strikes me as the goods"
Between house-almost any
house-and a woman there is always
a curious affinity.
"Oh, it's duckyr' breathed Kay, ap.
proving in spite of herself
81 hoped you'd like it, he said
I've wanted to ask your advice quite
4 few times, He paused almost i'm.
Evening star., 1925-07-26

burn and descendant Of a collateral
branch Of the family of Col. Richard
Blackburn, by whom the place was
built. And Mr.. Ellis grandfather
Christopher Blackburn, who was a
Virginian by birth, used frequently to
go a-visiting in his youth to his
cousins at Rippon Lodge. 1t was this
association probably which was most
potent in causing Mr.. Ellis to select
this picturesque estate when looking
for a country place near Washington
The name of Rippon Lodge Is bound
up with Mount Vernon and Gunst on
Hall in the annals of the Virginia OF
colonial and revolutionary days. In
one Of George Mason's letters he re.
fers to the fact that his daughters
were then visiting at the Lodge, and
the Blackburn children used to play
at Mount Vernon. Indeed. two Black.
burn girls married Washingtons-
John Augustin Washington and Bush
rod Washington-the weddings pre-
sumably taking place at Rippon
Lodge and they now lie buried al
Mount Vernon.
The house dates back to the early
days of the eighteenth century, ante
dating Gunston Hall and possibly
Mount Vernon. Built by Col. Richard
Blackburn, it was. named for the ca.
thedral town of Ripon, whence he
came-no plausible explanation having
yet been offered for the change in
spelling.
A FTER their new home is restored
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Walker ex-
pect to spend the major portion of
the year at Mary's Delight, although
undoubtedly they will maintain a win.
ter residence in Washington. The
house, which is built of brick, four.
square and solid, with graceful wings
dates back to 1859, and in all those
years the old place has changed hands
but four times. Mary's Delight is
listed and described in all the books
on famous homes of the Eastern Shore
of Maryland.
Among Mr.. and Mrs. Walkers near.
est neighbors are Mr.. and Mrs. Glen
Stewart, whose estate, Cape Centaur
Is one of the most eXtensiye-and
eXpensive-in this part of the world
They bought up an old estate, with
several miles of water front, but the
original mansion house had been de
stroyed and they used only the ole
farmhouse while their new house was
being completed.
At Cape Centaur the Stewarts keer
paths on the place-and the famou,
Irish wolfhounds to whose breedine
they have devoted so much time
thought and money. They own Bally
shannon, worlds champion of this
splendid and now almost extinct breed
with several other specimens almos,
as valuable.
Dimitri Dem. Dimancesco, the pop
ular young attache of the ,Rumaniar +
legation, has also joined the ranks O.
the landed gentry" in Maryland, hav
ing leased Woodstock, a picturesau.
farmhouse of colonial date down neai
Marlboro. He has installed his
beautiful Rumanian things-peasan-
embroideries, old paintings, carved
chests, brass work, etc., these rather
exotic furnishings consorting remark
ably well with their quaint colonia
background. He passes part of every
week in the country, returning t.
town to carry on his work at the
legation.
Evening star., 1925-07-26
WE were invited to the preliminary
w inYestigation by the iuRe din.

WE were invited to the preliminary
w investigation by the juge din
struction the next morning.
We attended. NJ. Dieulafoy, Q. @.
and myself. NJ. ST. Georges was
brought in between a couple of po-
licemen. To the interrogation of the
juge obstruction, he replied with an
exasperating nonchalance. 1t was
whim that he had given the false
name of Dufourier in NJ. Dieulafoy's s
shop-whim that he had connived at
the association Of his wife with the
jewelers. assistant-whim that he had
financed NJ. Monnier in his intrigue,
Had he not a right to his whims?
II assert that you conspired to get
NJ. Monnier into your power, that you
prevailed on him to rob his employer,
that you received the stolen property,
and that to cover your tracks you
murdered NJ. Monnier that same eve
ming" the juge d'instruction thun-
dered at him, voice and aspect formid-
able, crashing his fist upon the desk
1T is merely your assertion, NJ. le
Juge." he smiled politely. II am COM
mencing civil suit against the au-
thorities for unlawful" detention"
Where are those diamonds"
Where, indeed? Why not consult
a fortune teller? He will perhaps ten
you that they existed only in the esti-
mable NJ. Dieulafoys imagination"
And that was the extent of the sat
isfaction to be got out of NJ. St.
Georges.
Thus matters stood when after a
week we again received an invitation
to attend the bureau of the juge din
struction. The prisoner was waiting
in the corridor. We found the COM
missary of police with the magistrate.
"Ah, NJ. Quayne"' he said. What
do you make of this?"
He held out letter hehad been dis
cussing with the juge dinstruction. I
read it over the chiefs shoulder.
m. lie Chef de la Surete:
Although / am quite innocent of
any completely in the affair with which
NJ. st. Georges is charged, l can indi-
cate where is the packet that you seek
on condition that NJ. st. Georges is
released and that the prosecution
against him is relinquished."
1t was signed Marie Leroux," and
dated from Villers-en-Amont.
Bring in st. Georges commanded
the magistrate.
The prisoner was as self-confident
as ever. The juge Construction smiled
cynically at him.
own up, Dubois" he said Your
accomplice has confessed"
Mr.. st. Georges lifted his eyebrows
Very interesting" he replied. IAN
old trick, NJ. lie Juge. Perhaps you
will tell me the name of that accom-.
plice?"
The magistrate smiled at him conf
IDENTIFY.
Certainly. Mile. Marie Ieroux OF
Evening star., 1925-07-26

had visited her until Monnier had ar
rived at $50. At half-past 4 some
one had telephoned-the maid did not
know who is was-and Mile. Angelo
had summoned the maid to pack for
long journey. No, the maid could
not say where Mile. Angelo was going.
| And then at half-past M. Mon
| nier had arrived-oh, yes, M. Monnier
| was fntime, tres intime, with madame
had gone into the bedroom where
Mile. Angelo was still busy with her
trunks. NJ. Monnier had seemed very
| surprlsed-angry, in fact; he did not
seem to know that madame was going
away. More than that she could not
say, as she had been ordered out of
the room. But she had heard vio-
lent alteration, and then a revolver
shot. The next moment NJ. Monnier
dashed out of the fiat. The maid had
run into the bedroom, seen her mis-
| tress lying dead-and had telephoned
the police. She had picked up the
revolver and given it to the police
man.
THE revolver exclaimed Mr..
Quayne. "He left his revolver"
Yes, monsieur. l gave it to the
police"
Then" said Mr.. Quayne, to U.S.
with what revolver did Monnier shoot
himself-if he committed suicide? He
does not strike me as the sort of man
to carry two revolvers. NJ. le Com
missaire, I think you have two muir
ders to deal with. Go on" he said to
the maid. did any one else come
here this evening""
only NJ. st. Georges"
m. st Georges? Who is he?"
He is the costumier of the Rue
Royale. He was a friend of madame
and of NJ. Monnler also. They were
always together"
Did he come into the fat?"
The maid hesitated.
He went into the bedroom"
What did he do there?"
He took an envelope from the
escritoire Of madame"
"An envelope? You are sure It was
an envelope? Not a packet-like
this?"
The commissary sketched, with a
gesture of his hands, the size of the
case NJ. Dieulafoy had described.
No, monsieur. 1t was an envelope
an envelope only a little larger than
that of a letter. 1t was sealed with
blue wax. NJ. st. Georges gave me a
hundred francs to say nothing to any
one."
And them"
And then NJ. ST. Georges went
away. He had a taxi waiting with
two trunks on the roof saw 1t as
he drove away"
We sped toward the Rue Royale
On the way we visited the poste-de-
police for the district, and picked up
an agent acquainted with the area
He knew NJ. st. Georges quite we'll
NJ. st. Georges had been established
for about Is months as fash
ionable dressmaker on a second floor
halfway down the street. He lived
in an apartment above it. He could
not say If the costumier business was
successful-but NJ. st. Georges had a
wide acquaintance among the demi-
monde.
An elevator shot us up to the apart
ment of M. st. Georges. We pressed
the bell, scarcely expecting any re-
sponse. To our surprise, the door
opened. A tall, dark -mustached man,
handsome in sinister sort of way
the type born to exploit women
stood before us.
An exclamation broke from NJ. Dieu-
lafoy.
THAT is the man Of the inkstand!
he cried. The man who came to my
shop this afternoon"
* n X
THE commissaire informed NJ. st.
Georges that he was suspected of
completely in a diamond robbery and
that his premises would be searched.
We searched thoroughly-sound
the walls, pulling I'D fioorbOard
Evening star., 1925-07-26
Making Real Pearls.

JAPANESE pearls formed by an
oyster round a nucleus of mother.
of-peari can now be definitely told
from real pearls by spectrography
with monochromatic X-ray waves. The
mother -of-pearl center in the Japanese,
pearls produces a definite figure ar.
rangement not unlike the Lane fig.
ures, while the real pearl shows a
definite unstriated series of rings. The
difference between the simple struc.
ture Of the true pearl and the double
structure or the Japanese-growR 4earl
can be immediately recognized.
Evening star., 1925-07-26
Historic Estates of Old Dominion

Masons. The north fork Of Little
Hunting Creek flows through the
place and it is blessed with springs,
which run perennially." The estate
was named for Holm Hall in York
shire, the family home of Anne Thorn
son, who was Thomson Mason's
mother.
Rippon Lodge crowns a gracious
eminence about five miles beyond the
quaint town of Occoquan. Happily
now, after being long in alien hands,
the place has come to it's own again,
for the mother of the new owner,
Wade HAMPTON Ellis. was a Black
Evening star., 1925-07-26

estates in nearby Virginia that be-
longed in the beginning to the Wash
ington family, notably Woodlawn and
Abingdon.
wellington, which was the home of
Tobias Lear, secretary to George
Washington. is also enjoying a revival
Of hospitality in these modern days.
and is now the home of Malcolm
Matheson.
Holm Hall, by the way, is on the
old road from Mount Vernon to Wash
ington over which George Washington
used to drive, and the right of way for
which was ceded to the State by the
Evening star., 1925-07-26

WE searched the fiat thoroughly,
w but we found neither case nor
diamonds. The maid deposed that her
mistress had lunched at restaurant
and had returned at 4 o'clock. She
had not gone out again, and no one
Evening star., 1925-07-26
LOVE
with Incidental Music)
BY ROYAL BROWN.

Continued from Fourth Page.)
Imperial Valley press., 1925-11-04
Makes Fat People
Slim
New York Physician Perfects Harm
less Method of Reducing Weight

The loss Of as much as a pound of
excess fat day with no harmful
results is the record made by many
patients Of DR.. r. Newman, lic-
ensed practicing physician Of 286
Fifth Avenue, New York, who an
nounces that he has perfected q
treatment which has quickly rid fat
people Of excess weight. What is
more remarkable is the Doctor g
statement that he has successfully
treated thousands Of patients for fat
reduction without change Of diet or
unnecessary exercise. 1t is also said
that fat people who suffer from
chronic rheumatism, gout, asthma
and high blood pressure obtain
great relief from the reduction of
their superfluous flesh. Realizing
that this sounds almost too good to
be true, the Doctor has offered to
send without charge TO anyone who
will write him, free trial treat
ment to prove his claims, as well
as his 'Pay-when-reduced plan. If
you want to rid yourself Of superflu-
Gus fat, write him today, address
ing DR.. r. Newman, 2s6 Fifth Ave
nue., New York City, Dept. RIO.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-11-04
Tammany Hall Is
VictOr;;> Vote to
Curb Cros sings
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can candidates, making ten in all
fighting for the mayoralty.
Name Woman Alderman
New York City elected its first
woman alderman, Mrs. John T.
Pratt, of the so-called "silk stock.
ing district. Mrs. Pratt is
prominent worker in Republican wo-
men organizations here who says,
II have no definite plans to carry
out in the board of alderman but
l hope to do many things
In Pittsburgh Honus Wagner, one
time Pirate shortstop Of undying
fame, was beaten for sheriff on the
Democratic ticket.
Elect Dead Man
Philadelphia elected a dead man
for district attorney. John II. Pat
terson, Republican candidate, died
during the night, and stickers which
would have elected successor when
Patterson s condition was found to
be critical yesterday, failed to stem
the tide of votes to the dying man.
Cambridge, Mass, threw preced-
! ent to the winds and reelected Ed.
ward w. Quinn, its mayor, for his
fifth term of two years.
Syracuse, n. Y, elected a Repub-
lican for the first time in four
years, resuming 20 years Of Repub-
lican rule which had been broken
up to 1921.
In Rochester, n. Y, Mayor Clar-
ence d. Van Zandt was reelected
after being refused the nomination
by the city's Republican machine.
Kansas City returned Republi-
can mayor in the person of Albert
! I. Beach.
Ohio Turns Thumbs Down
While victory appears to have
crowned four constitutional amend
ments advocated by Governor Smith
in New York-providing 100000
! 600 for improvement of public build
ings, 1880, 100000 for elimination Of
/ dangerous grade crossings, for re-
/ organization Of state departments
and for rewriting important see.
tions Of the Judiciary article in the
! state cOnstitution-Ohio turned
| thumbs down on three constitution
al amendments voted there. They
proposed limited classification in
! taxation, four year terms for state
and county offices and Limitation
of taxing districts in incurring in
/ debtedness.
In Virginia Democrats won vic.
tory for their entire state ticket.
The state treasury, against whom
anonymous propaganda was circu-
lated because he is a Catholic, ran
far behind Governor-Elect Byrd,
but seems to be safely elected.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-11-04
TRACES FOUND OF
HUMANS WHO LIVED
10000 YEARS AGO
(Contiued from page u

The scientific staff left Pekin
April 10.
"The expedition travelled along
the northern and southern bases of
the Altai mountains.
''For the first time archaeology
was added to our investigation. We
discovered two old stone age hui
iman cultures and one neolithic cul-
ture. Having found such widely
separated horizons, l am certain
that the whole chapter of the stone
age history is to be read in Asia
as well as in Europe.
Although no bones of primitive
humans were found this year we are
sure We will find them next time.
Conditions for preservation were
very bad and all bones decaved.
We found bits of these, beyond
recognition.
Crude Stone Scrapers
The Oldest remains were crude
stone scrapers, recognized in Europe
rs belonging to the practically I'M
known Neanderthal man. We also
have axes, stone. arrowheads, spear
points and fireplaees. We named
Imperial Valley press., 1925-11-04
Wednesday, November 4, 1925

these people, who date back 10000
years. earlier thar any known HUI
man race, the Dune Dwellers be-
cause they inhabited t'e sanddunes
on the shores of ancrent lakes which
are now dried up. We even found
their burial places.
"These people used dnosaur
eggs for ornaments 10000 years
before we ever heard of them. They
must have dressed in skins and
made shelters of bark. Some Of the
earliest were so primitive that they
did not even have bows, arrows or
spears. Their homes We're uncov-
cred beneath other higher cultures.
indicating that the whole process of
civilization took place there. We
do not know what finally drove
them away. At present, the inhab-
itants of the great plateau are
scattered and savage.