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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-01

When they left that room two
people came out of another
young woman. short and frail, an old
woman, even smaller, who leaned
heavily on her arm. White hair and
the wrinkles of ill.health in the
elder could not disguise how like they
were in delicacy of feature and in
the gentle simplicity of their dark
eyes.
DR. Turner"-the young woman
spoke-"can you tell US anything
And Reggie Fortune liked her soft
voice.
II am most distressed, Miss Charl-
bury. I'm afraid I must tell you
your poor uncle-there must have
been foul play. Mr.. Fortune-oh,
Miss Trale. Miss Charlbury. this is
Mr.. Reginald Fortune. the great au-
thority on these cases Mr..
Fortune made his bow. mfr. Fortune
has formed the opinion that Sir Rod
ney was--was murdered"
OH said Miss Charlbury
mo. / wouldn't say that" Reggie
murmured. II didn't say it, What
I have said is that Sir Rodney met
with violence before his death.
rs there any difference said Miss
Charlbury.
Trale wept.
ITS very good Of you to help US.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-01

''Good morning, SIR said Inspector
Mordan, briskly. Lucky / found you.
Mr.. Tomas in, sir?"
Reggie groaned again and led him
to the lift. They found Tomas sitting
in front of his dressing table, perfect
ing that work of art-the wave in his
hair.
every sorry, sir, said Inspector
Mordan. "It's the Trale case. They've
found the body and called us in"
what is the Trale case?" asked
4omas, peevishly.
And Inspector Mordan told him at
length.
Sir Rodney Trale lived with his sis
ter and his niece in the ancient house
Of Chantries, which stands in a park
under the Downs. Sir Rodney, who
was a great man on the turf, had his
training stables close by On Friday
evening he walked across the park to
dine with his trainer. He ate that
dinner, they talked horses. and he
left the house about 1890 O'Clock.
That's what the trainer says"
Lomas murmured.
"Just so. sir Inspector Mordan
nodded. We'll, after that Sir Rodney
vanished No one was sitting up for
him. On Saturday morning his valet
found that his bed hadn't been slept
in. The family rang up the trainer.
They looked about for him. On Satur.
day evening they called In the police"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-01

T HE front of Brighton Powered
i'm June sunshine. Conspicu
ously jaunty among that flip.
pant crowd tripped the Hon
Sidney Tomas. chief of the
criminal investigation department
BY the lawns he was stopped. His
adviser on the medical and other
problems of crime stood in his way
Are you up already" Mr.. Fortune
inquired.
They made their way slowly
through the Sunday crowd, impeded
by opulence expanding itself and
women displaying for their admirers
what art can do for nature.
THE world is too much with> u.s.
Tomas said. ut is like being in a
musical comedy, Reginald. We are
the crowded chorus. Rather gaudy,
rather noisy we are. No wonder
chorus girls look bored"
We're a musical comedy and the
audience jumbled together. / feel like
somebody in the dress-circle. Tomas.
So innocent and humble"
There's somebody who knows he
isn't"
Reggie Fortune looked at the man.
magnificent creature towering out
of the crowd lrith shoulders worthy
Of his height and a sunburnt, aqui.
line face. He had a cluster of ad-
mirers round him. women and men.
The passing crowd sent many a
glance at him. He was well aware
of it.
Worship him. don't they?" Tomas
chuckled. "One of England's gods"
He's a noble young god said Reg
gle. 1T makes you feel alive to. look
at him. l saw him score his try in
the last international. Took the ball
off the feet of the Scottish forwards
and cut right through. And we all
went mad. Very uplifting, Tomas,
old thing"
"oh. a splendid animal" Tomas
agreed. THE big blond beast in per-
lection. These be your gods, Oh
Israel"
For this young man was Douglas
Charlbury. centre three-quarter for
England and the most dashing bat
in the merry Sandshire team. and
his portrait and his praises were in
ell the newspapers.
After lunch Reggie Fortune dis
covered that SandShire was to play
Sussex next day and was joyful.
Tomas, old thing, we will go watch
che young god sport. If he don't
bat. he'll be fielding, which is almost
as good. The music of motion. Full
orchestra"
y X
PCT it was not to be. When Reggie
~ propped up his paper against the
coffeepot on Monday morning he saw
a headline, "Sir Rodney Trale Miss
ing" 1t appeared that Sir Rodney.
who lived on the South Downs, had
not been seen since Friday night, and
his family wanted news of him. Reg
gle sighed. For Sir Rodney Trale
was the uncle Of Douglas Charlbury.
It was not likely that the nephew
would be playing cricket for any one
till the uncle was found.
Reggie finished his lonely breakfast
.--Lomas was invisible before noon
and wandered out. When he came
back to the hotel he saw a lank back,
which turned to show him a gaunt,
dark face that grinned.
"Mordan" Reggie groaned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-01

THEN YOU CONFESS YOU
COMMITTED PERJURY AT
YOUR TRIAL? AND
BROUGHT THREE WITNESS
ES TO SWEAR A FALSE
ALIBI?"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-31
Il Jap Base i'm Mexico?

Washin gton is said to be considerably per-
turbed over the report that .the Mexican govern
ment has granted huge land concessions to a Japa-
nese syndicate-one of a million acres on the Pa
cifc coast near the American border and another,
twice as big, on Magdalena Bay, close to the SOUTH
ern tip of Lower California
This is important-and serious-if true. But
let's try to keep cool until the news is confirmed.
The new Mexican Constitution of 1917 expressly
and Internationally prohibits any alien from either
acquiring direct ownership in lands and waters
the international boundaries and so kilometers of
the seacoasts, or being a shareholder in a Mexican
company acquiring or owning such concessions.
Furthermore it so happens that the United
States and Mexico at this moment are at logger
heads regarding laws based on this very provision
laws which on their face appear almost ~coafsca-
tory. 1t is difficult to believe President Gales could
be so inconsistent as to require the sale of previously
acquired foreign concessions within the prohibited
zones described above then turn right around and
make identical grants~to other foreigners.
Lastly, American foreign policy may be, and for
the most part generally is, vague, but on this par
tlcular subject it happens to be quite clear.
when any harbor or other place in the Ameri-
can continents is SO situated that the occupation
thereof for naval or military purposes might threat.
en- the communications or the safety of the United
States"-reads a resolution adopted by Congress
upon a former occasion when it appeared the Japa-
nese were on the point Of getting a foothold in the
same region-"the Government of the United States
could not see without grave concern" it's falling into
any foreign hands not American.
Mexico may or may not choose to shape its
course to confirm to our policy-that's for us to
worry about-but she has her own Constitution
which directly forbids the granting of any such con-
cession. Confirmation of the reports, therefore,
would not only reduce that document to a worthless
scrap of paper but spell trouble with this country
as well.
Which is why the news is difficult to believe.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-31

made by the employers. The, paragraph quoted is
No. 8 in the list of charges.
It is cited here, not for it's bearing on that par
ticular strike, but in connection with the alien regis
tration bill which Secretary of Labor Davis is en-
deavoring to put through Congress. One reason
Davis idea has met with so much resistance in Con-
gress is that the average member can see the abuses
that naturally would follow his proposed plan of
registration. He can see how ignorant foreign-born
citizens, or men who hope to become citizens, might
be bounded and harassed by persons wishing to take
advantage of them, if they were compelled to carry
cards and generally place themselves under the
thumbs of local officials wherever they might settle
down to live and work.
II the charge made at Passaic is true, how much
more unhappy would the life of these new Americans
be made under the proposed system of registration.
Secretary Davis was an immigrant boy from
Wales himself. He loves to voice his views on
America, the land Of opportunity, as it has proved
itself in his case. In his early days as a tinplate
worker, Davis participated in a strike or two. Had
conditions and laws of that day permitted advan-
tage to be taken of his foreign birth, such as his
registration bill now would permit, it is possible
that his interesting progress from puddler to Presi-
dents aid would never have occurred. He might
be back in Wales recalling with a bit Of bitterness
a few years spent in America, ended by deportation
proceedings and a steerage ride home.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-31
MALT TONIC
ALMOST LIKE BEER

Two large breweries have been
granted permission by Federal pro-
hibition authorities, according to
Washington dispatches, to manu-
facture a malt liquor containing
$40 per cent alcohol. 1t is classed
as a tonic" and is to be sold
through drug stores without pre-.
scriptions.
The liquor is not suitable for
beveridge purposes. assert the
manufacturers. 1t contains % per
cent malt solids. because Of which
1t cannot be drunk in sufficient
quantities TO be intoxicating. But
1t looks and tastes like beer.
That ought to make some Hoo
siers smack their lips. Here is
something they have been longing
fora drink that looks and tastes
like beer. contains alcohol 'nevery-
thing. and a be purchased le-
gally without sneaking up an alley
and %traficking with bootleggers.
1t will be interesting to see how
the tonic" will be received by the
light wine and beer enthusiasts.
These vociferous gentlemen argue
that people don't like hard liquor,
but drink it because prohibition
makes it difficult to obtain the
milder beverages OF low alcoholic
content. Give 'em beer and wine
and drunkenness will disappear.
All of which sounds logical.
Here will be an opportunity to
demonstrate that people drink beer
to crafty the palate. not TO light
alcoholic fires. On that theory, IL
the new tonic" looks and tastes
like beer 1t should be as satisfac-
tory as beer.
But probably as soon as the
tonic" appears on the market
some enterprising thirsts win try
to devise a method to extract the
malt solids from It. They will try
to get a real kick out OF II. They
won't be satisfied with taste alone.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-31
FABLES IN FACT

THE COUPLE WERE UP Be
FORE THE JUDGE COMMA FOL
LOWING A QUARREL PERIOD IT
HAPPENED THAT THE JUDGE
WAS A KINDLY FELLOW AND
DESIRED TO HELP THEM
STRAIGHTEN d O NJ L S T I C.
THINGS OUT PERIOD THE WIFE
GAVE HER SIDE OF THE STORY
COMMA AND THEN THE JUDGE
TURNED TO THE MAN AND SAID
COMMA QUOTATION MARK AND
WHAT HAVE YOU TO SAY ABOUT
IT DASH DASH WHAT WERE
YOU DOING WHEN THE QUAR-
REL WAS TAKING PLACE CUES
TON MARK QUOTATION MARK
AND THE MAN SIMPLY AN
SEVERED COMMA QUOTATION
MARK LISTENING PERIOD QUO.
TATION MARK
Copyright, 1926, NEA Service, Incl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-31
Write the Senators

W rho lower house in Congress has passed a bill
" putting all prohibition enforcement agents unuei
eivil service.
n is a poltcy and a principle upon which vets
y, 80 drv agree the first time they have thought alike
aon any matter.
Taking enforcement of this law out OF politics
NOV NOT annea1 TO the Senators who have named the
gents but it is a necessary step unless the oreanF
alton remains an adjunct to political machlnes'
Not the least of the undesirable conditions which
NE anne with prohibition was the polltlcal hnuehce
~ which has dominated the enforcement Oh the law
The Jobs on this bureau we're given, largely TO
~ men who are active in primaries and electlons'
s They we're not chosen primarily either for their
M vmpathy with the law itself or for any nlgn reealu
10 anv law. Their training was that of practical
noli+ios with tic devious evasions and subterfuges.
IF the amounting power happened to be playing
&for the dow vote. he named men who would ENFORCE
Ythe law strictly and impartially, or at least IN a
[ manner which would not ALLEVIATE his supporters and
y followers.
If he lived in a wet community he saw to 1t
that his appointee showed very great dlscretion' 10
say the least.
i The result has been that there is no such thing
k1as uniform enforcement of the law. In wet States
he agents must be blind and deal. IN us 0'@'e'
~ is polite to show some activity.
Nj One of the results Of this condition has neen d
II rerv rapid turnover among the agents.
81 In some of the border cities, an agent lasts
IL bout three months and retires rich. 1t is a rather
Hghastly joke that many men suggest that all they
want is six months in that department IN CUES
j where smuggling across the border is easy.
No one believes that naming agents under a civil
system will keep out %grafters and venal men
3 rom these jobs.
No one believes that it will be a cure for lax
- enforcement or that it will restore respect for law
But it is a step in the right direction and may
a Intimate one of the influences which are operat-
against all respect for law.
It will, or may, make it impossible for a candl-
# ate for reelection to the Senate to either terror
adiuncts to his respectable supporters by lifting
e lid just before the primaries.
The political power and potentialities of an
enforcement machine are tremendous.
That power has been used and will be used
kXEain. 1t was Intended to be used when the Sena-
q ors, without regard to party lines, blocked former
forts to take it out Of politics.
That measure is now before the Senate. 1t will
be either shelved or delayed unless people, without
regard to their opinions on the question of prohlbl-
4on. make it evident that they will no longer stand
for politicians.
Unless you happen to be a bootlegger, you
should be interested in the quick passage of this law.
If you resent the mixture of politics and proli1ui-
tion enforcement, write today to Senators Robinson
and Watson and ask them what they intend to do
Or will do to hurry the passage of this law.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-31
Secrecy in the Senate

For more than a year the United States Senate
held up the confirmation of Thomas H. Woodlock,
appointed to the Interstate Commerce Commission
by President Coolidge. One day last week, follow
ing promises by the President to take care of Penn
sylvania and certain other sections in future ap-
pointments, the opposition to Woodlock melted and
he was confirmed by a vote Of 50 to rs.
This vote was taken in secret session of the
Senate.
Under the rule adopted, apparently no Senator
may even tell his constituents whether he voted for
Woodlock or against him without subjecting him.
self to discipline by the Senate organization.
While some Senators who had helped hold w
Woodlock's confirmation had no motive other than a
desire to obtain appointment of sons one from their
own section, the chief opposition was different. This
came from Senators who believe Woodlock is so
closely identified with big railroad interests that he
cannot make an impartial commissioner. The latter
class had no desire for secrecy; their opposition had
been in the open and they were willing that their
votes should be publicly recorded.
The day following confirmation it was moved
in the Senate that this vote be withdrawn from it's
secrecy and printed in the Record. On this motion
there were ~sixty-four Senators present and voting.
the vote was 30 for and "a against. The lid was
kept on.
The thirty who were willing that the vote should
be made public are: Republicans-Borah, Brook
hart. Dale, Gooding, Howell, Johnson, La Toilette,
McMaster, McNary, Norris, Nye; Observation-Disclosures,
Broussard, Copeland, Dill, George, Harris, Kendrick,
King, Mcclellan, Mayfeld, Pittman, Sheppard, Sim
mons, Stephens, Trammell, Tyson, Walsh, Wheeler;
Farm-Labor-Shipstead.
The th~irty-four who voted to keep the record Of
the vote secret are: Observation-Disclosures, Butler,
Cameron, Capper, Couzens, Curtis, Deneen, Edge,
Fernald, Fess, Gillett, Golf, Hale, Harreld, Jones Of
Washington, Reyes, Means, Metcalf, Moses, Oddie,
Phipps, Reed of Pennsylvania, Sackett, Smoot,
Wadsworth, Warren, Watson, Willis; Democrats
Edwards, Glass, Jones of New Mexico, Overman,
Ransdell, Swanson.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-31
QUACK! QUACK!
QUACK!.

DR." George Rockwell. ~
liner at Keith's this week. put
a quack doctor act that conv1v
the audience. The Doctor" il
physician. n he Possesses
diploma, he obtained II by saviN
soap wrappers or cigar store
coupons.
Aided and abetted by horn.rlm
spectacles, clothes Of professional
cut n n quasi-medical lingo.
DrlSthng with poly.syllabic termA
that rumble and reverberate -.
Nncingly, he is the quackieS
the quacks. Ae you listen 10
you can feel all the ills that n
IS heir to crawling up on your No
and making themselves ut home.
lie Is uproarionsly funny. Bur
Just how funny is the real ouacL
uoctor business In Indianapolisq
Dr. Il. NJ. Shanklin of the Indi.
ana board Of medical registration
says that five or six quack estab.
lishments in INDIANAPOLIS defraud
their victims Of $500, 900 a wear.
Ihat's just the out and out fake
practitioners. The estimate does
not include the sums spent IN
treatment by aerotheraplsts, astral
heaiers' bio . dynamo D.. chromatlo
therapists and the rest OF the I'm.
Vulnerable healing cults and isms
that have sprung up in recent
years and at which orthodox phv.
sicians look askance.
The INSCRIPTIONS quacks nose
as doctors and pretend TO trent
diseases from consumption 10 can.
GER Unlicensed and unqualified
they prey on ignorant and trust.
ing patients. A wart these fake
pronounce n cancer. a pimple they
magnify into n dreaded blood dis.
ease and charge accordingly for
treatment.
a person who Is ailing. OF
course, is privileged TO try any
healing system he desires. It's his
dlsease. II he want to treat 1t by
1asting' prayer, faith, cracking his
hnger joints or by wearing a red
bandanna handkerchief around his
neck, that's his business.
But he should have assurance
that. whatever system OF therapy
he chooses, he be treated. not
swindled, by n medical knave.
Quackery Is n sorry business.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-31
NOW, HONESTLY

Live, and let live is no doubt a
great idea.
But. why is it that so many things
happen every day that tear it down?
For instance, consider the fellow
who gets a great kick out Of life
through doing for the other fellow as
we'll as for himself; through giving
as much, or more, as he takes;
through playing the fifty-fifty game
in things in general, and through al
ways being willing to help some
one else. even at his own expense.
That's n fine spirit-except that
for every mar who plays life that
way. there are ten men just waiting
TO take advantage Of him.
When sore men discover they are
losing flesh, they might try letting a
barber shave them.
PATIENT-How do you think
some warmer climate would help
me, doc?
DOCHOR-My gosh. man, That's
what I'm trying to save you from.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-31
E1sHE IN INDIANA S y o115oaP

to revise the States salary list in
accordance with the ese ad.
ministration's well-known and
much advertised nro.
gram The pruning knife was
sharpened and some OF the fat
salaries attached to state Jobs
were peeled to the quick. A few
low salaries were boosted.
AZ length the committee 70.
ported. 1t was announced that ifs
salary adjustments would save
the state 800, 900 annually. There
vas economy 10 brag about.
But scarcely had the committee
finished its deliberations before
the officials and employees affected
by cuts set up a howl. And started
action to have their stipend re.
stored to former figures.
And every meeting Of the corn.
mittee In the past three months has
been marked by pleas Of officials
and employees for restoration %
the ola pay scale. Every meeting
there has been a 500 boost here
ana a 5000 raise there in RESPONSE
to the pleas.
so now the net result of IN.
committees much heralded saIarv
trimming foray is that the
100000 saving has vanished
Most salaries r where thev werc
at the start. If the committee 70
really going to save 500. 600 this
year it will apparently have 10 do
SO by saving lead pencils and
scratch paper. not by trimming
the states pay roll.
Every official and employee Of
the state is heartily in favor Of
economy in State expenditures
But they don't want IL 70 get Too
personal. When the policy 90
economy pinches their own nav
envelopes it hurts. and how thew
protest.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-31
THE VERY IDEA
MONS JOB
by Hal Cochran

A man HES homeward, every day
when working hours are done. His
mind is turned to loaf and play and
things that make up fun. He longs
to eat n home cooked meal that wiley
has prepared. He knows how good
he's going to feel as supper fare is
shared.
So buried in such thoughts is he,
he seldom stops to think hat tired
ness comes with homework, and the
wife is on the brink. 1t really looks
so easy, when the supper's on the
table. To realize that cooking food
is work, he is not able.
Then wife takes a weekend trip,
and leaves things on the shelf so Cad,
when he home at night, can
cook his meals himself. The first
attempt is not so bad. With actions
rather crude, he rolls his sleeves and
sails right in the job Of cooking
food.
The second, and the third night,
though, begin to tell their story. Dad
wonders why he ever thought that
nom was in her glory. But then,
when she arrives back home and
tackles work again. he once more
thinks her job is soft-he's like all
other men.
There's a heap more satisfaction
getting by on push than on pull.
80
She was driving her new auto
for the first time and couldn't.
understand how the cop could ac-
cuse her of going forty miles an
hour, when she'd only been out fiji
teen minutes.
SEE THE WIFE: Sure! I'll call
you at 6 in the morning-but 1 know
dern well va won't get up"
80
He spent his life complaining and
When he was taken sick
With govt, his friends were glad be-
cause
AT least, he COULDN'T KICK.
Some young men, on leaving col
lege, have n hard time deciding
whether t. go to work Or get a job
In their fathers office.
A fella seldom has too much on
one ~glass-unless he keeps filling
it up.
The original fiat failure Is the
heating system in a lot Of apartment
houses.
SEE the wife: II thought you said
you were down to the office last
night"
Her mother told her that II her
sweetie ever started to get senti-
mental she should Immediately sit
on him. He did-and she did.
She could not tell her. husband
From Adam, so they say.
Twas at a masquerade and lots
OF fellows dressed that way.