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CLAIMS ORDER VIOLATED.
Window Cleaner Charges Court
Ruling Being Ignored.

Contempt OF an injunction Of the
District Supreme Court is charged in
a petition filed yesterday by Maritz
Greenberg against Edward Shapiro
The court is told through Attorney
Milton Strasburger that April 80, 1924.
an injunction forbidding Shapiro from
engaging in the Misunderstanding busi.
ness for a term of FIVE years was
granted and still remains in effect.
Contrary to that order of the court
Greenberg states, Shapiro on several
occasions in March and April was seen
cleaning the windows of Woolworth's
and 10 cent store at Twelfth and F
streets. Greenberg bought out Sha-
piro's business. and he now claims
Shapiro is connected with one Stear.
man in the same business in alleged
violation of the injunction.
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BLUEM0NT. VA /. 700 FIT. ELEVATION
stone and shingie house bedrooms. 3
baths. wide DOrches tenant house. garage
harm 90 acres: SIS 900. c. A. AsPIN.
WALL. 1l40 18th.
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SIlMMEk lnrTAiiEN
OUT.OF.TOWN REAL ESTATE.

SALE OR RENT on POTOMAC. COTTAGE
Cabin John car line: eiec. fine view fishing
bathing. etc. 1923 g 1t. NV. Ant. q 2s'
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Motion pictures in the classroom are
favored by Eduoard Herriot, French
minister of public instruction.
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MOVING. CACKING & STORAGE.

STORAGE FOR FURNITURE AND PIANOS
WESCHLERS o20 Pa. ave. E.w. Phone
M Mar,
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aledern--Open All Year.
THE POCAHONTAS

VIHUINIA BEACH. VA.
Ocean Afrnht. bright, airy rooms. with or
without Bath Special Spring rates. Golf
the year aruand. Mrs. A.MB. WILLIAMS.
Ownership mai4agement.
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THos. ]. OWEN & SON AICTIoYTERs
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an92 81 25.27 28 90, 30-mv2 "a
WHO'S j OWEN q son AI-CTINN EERS
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THOMAS ] OWEN & s0N- AUCTioNEERs.
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FOR SALE-HOUSES.
CHEVY CHASE BRICK.
Sl450O.

A new and attractive detached brick
home. center-hall plan. with. seven
rooms. four of which are bedrooms.
and large inclosed and heated. sun
porch on first floor; hardwood floors
throughout: built-in garage; Just one
block from car line. An unusual
home at low price. Your inspection
invited.
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wOODRIDG


Owner has purchased larger home and
offers for sale this real detached home. To-
cated on a corner lot that is 92xll&: IN
the best section of Woodbridge; seven rooms,
three porches hardwood floors and trim up
,;tairs large floored attic. h-w.h., OIL burner,
inst hot-water heater cleo, gas; two-caf
garage 10 match house: everything ~ per,
feet condition, lovely lawns, shrubbery ana
shade trees: $500 cash; balance on easy
monthly payments. ~
Reaitor and Builder. ,a.
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PERMANENTLY RESIDENTIAL.
-TWENTY-EIGHT STREET NORTHWEST
-WOODLEY PARK
English Suburban. Georgian English, Sem-Spanish
and Italian Architecture
Six rooms two baths with shower; two-car
bult-n garage maids and bath; large kitchen with
kitchen cabinet bun refrigerator newestype gas range;
white oak flooring throughout four deep acedar closets
electrically lighted; efficient fireplace of Belgian black
marble; carefully apportoned boiler room coal and
laundry facilities.
An outstanding value among the Capitals beer-class
homes fifteen minutes from midtown, in Woodley Park,
adjoining famous English Village
Prices-S175OO to $4,000
Terms-$25 500 Cash; $12S Monthly.
Open Daily and Sunday Until PM
Exhibit House, 2o15 28th St NV.
Turn Off Connecticut Avenue at Cathedral Avenue
WARDMAN,
141 St. NV. Main $3.50.
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We've Got Very Attractive Home Offer to Make

We've Got Very Attractive Home Offer to Make
When you this house-and it is located in OF the
very best residential sections of northwest Washngtoyou
will realize at that the price and upon which
be bought it is without comparison anywhere Unique
design, splendid szeall of the being very large
tile bath with bun tub and shower breakfast and sleeping
porches screened butin refrigerator coat with
door linen closet and large closet every bedroom
servants toilet and laundry basement large garage the
rear of the deep lot.
PRICE AND TERMS TEMPTINGLY LOW.
WE WILL M PP R fHs @ 2S HM GF6N Esp PERMIT
CAFRITZ,
l4th & r. NJ oO8O.
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18th ST. HIGHLANDS.

Must be sold; real sacrifice by out-of:
town owner. in that ATTRACTIVE and conVenlent
detached residential section Just above the
John Dickson Home; rooms, bath and lava
tory on first floor. screened and weather
stripued: handsome open fireplace and garage
Reduced price. SI4. 800: only 81 600 cash re-
Qufred. Inspection by appointment
L. r. GRAVATTE,
oo7 18th ST. Realtor Main 753
VI "~' Phone (,n1 Rh0N
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1892 Church ST. n.w-6 rooms. bath: ga
|rage space; good buy. Price. $4,000; 5000
cash, reasonable monthly terms
GEORGE A. PARKER COMPANY.
1920 2Iet ST. NV.
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HOME BARGAINS

HON Il b BAN(JAlNS.
$5.o50-S50O Cash. $50 Mo.
Kensington Md.--6-room house on large
lot; newly conditioned; vacant.
$8,o50E$l 900 Cash. SIS Mo.
Nr: Sherman Circle--All modern; 6 rooms
and hath: garage: screens. awnings
SlO,500-Sl.0O0 Cash. SIS Mo.
Nr Central High---9 rooms and bath: all
modern room for garage.
FOR COLORED.
81. 500E$20O Cash. $40 Mo.
Nr Navy Yard--4 large rooms and bath;
garage.
$6,750-S5O0 Cash. sol Mo.
Northeast-Tapestry brick g rooms. bath:
h.-w.h:. elec. 3 porches; room for garage.
$9,50O-$1 500 Cash, SIS Mo.
Nr. 10th and T--s rooms and bath; all
modern; best condition
AUSTIN NJ. COOPER.
Main 1882. $50 1lth st. NV
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FOR SALE-kiOUSES.
(C0nfinuad
FOR SALE-HOUSES.
ICnnfinned. }

HOME BUYERS AND BROKERS,
INSPECT
58l1 CHEVY CHASE PARKWAY, D. c.
convenient and attractive houses in this
section One
contains large buiin
garage maids room
kitchen
bedrooms bath
Third floor bedrooms
T. S. GRUVER,
Main z68 Union Trust Building
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LOOK AT THESE HOMES-THEYRE BARGAINS.
DESIRABLE NORTHWEST.
The of this splendid home is very anxious to SELL
and for that he cutting from the actual value
of the Home-makng the price
%450
Worth ST 500 more)
$500 CASH SOS Month.
1t Of the big Groom Homes with tile BATH porches
and all modern improvements, including big brick pantry
has been newly decorated throughout and hrst-cass
condition in every way and is paved street and alley
BEST SECTION NORTHEAST
haze which finished %% anS de eSats %
effect There plenty Of The house is equipped with electricity
$6950
Worth ST 900 NIore)
You make the purchase with
$500 Cash-$6O Month
BIG CORNER BRICK HOME.
1t has 20ft frontage with large covered front
porch side porch and double back porches bath howater
heat eecrciy big but-n garage Paved street and alley
The location is of the desirable sections OF
the northwest.
We are authorized to offer at $o950
TERMS cS SE gF PTsHER 70 sgT y2E s GS9SyENnN'H
CAFRITZ,
14th & K M. 9080.
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4 s25.0 GOO HoME-cHEvY CHAsE.

o215 Eve ST. nw.--9 rooms. bath; garage
knace. house in first-class condition. Price,
rs 5000; $3.50 cash. reasonable monthly terms.
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BORDERING ROCK CREEK PARK. JUST
|off 10th st.---8 rooms and baths; semi
|detaehed brick: SIC, 800. reduced from $50
|OO0 Call evenings and Sundays Potomac
|8675-w. or Main 10066 during week.
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10th ST. HEIGHTS.
s Rooms. ? Baths-$14, 500.
Army officer. transferred from
Washington. is anxious to sell AZ
ORce. This is a beautiful colonial
type detached home situated on
large. lot just off Alaska ave. sur
rounded by some OF WashinKton's
finest residential properties. The
house is in excellent condition and
has every convenience. A home or
tlis character in this delightful
section offered at such a low price
is certainly a value you cannot afford
10 overlook
n. l.. SANSBURY CO.. Inc.
I4iS Eve St. NV. Phones Main 59O3.4 8
Phone Service Until 8 Pm.
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4 Half an hour later his impatient
4 client. watching for young Lewis, saw
q personable youth peering at the al
| most obliterated number on the Bliss
gatepost.
"over here she screamed, and ges-
ticulated wildly.
He came, blushing, a dark, dapper
youth with huge black portfolio un-
! der his arm.
She led him into the library, folded
the numerous papers together and
screamed out instructions TO take them
| to his employer.
He nodded.
she beamed her delight at her own
| bril1iance in making him understand
/ her.
He opened the case, thrust her pa
pers in. bowed deeply and departed.
In the late afternoon Mrs. w. Her.
bert Warrington strolled across the
| Drive to the F'indley house, ostensiby
to gaze upon the early towering tulips,
but really to be sure the petitions were
on their way
II wish you'd look out at the Bliss
/ gates, she Missed to Mrs. Philander
and Eunice, who came to the door.
! YOU can't tell me that girl really has
the family and background your Green
witch relatives claimed she hast No
| lady would do what she is doing now.
Such costume, too, for public high
way She looks to me like shame
! less, brazen little llussyH'
! Eunice and Frances looked.
! Perched on q webbing old ladder
that was being held by her dusky maid
| of all work, Babs Bliss was slapping
orange paint over the Bliss gate signs.
She wore the shabby riding breechees
| that were her habitual uniform in
these busy days, and her usually sleek
hair was pleasantly tossed by the
! Spring breeze. With reckless disre-
she daubed away. Her gay voice float
ed across the lawns to them.
TITS the Greenwich Village names
that scS-e he-men off tea rooms, Man
dy. No Mauve Goat or Purple Cheese
going to be. When the orange is dry,
IN take the red paint and just write
TEA on one sign and DANCING on
t'other."
The Mesdames Eindley and Warning.
ton and Mile. Ralston all but wept
eff old Col. Bliss knew that, he'd
turn over in his grave" moaned Miss
Eunice. ''Oh, can't we stop herr"
Maybe 1t would be unlucky for
her If you'd go over and walk under
that ladder" her sister shifted.
And butter wouldn't melt in her
mouth that night you brought her
home TO dinner" said Eunice.
"Dinner?" Mrs. Warrington gasped
You didn't tell me"
Mrs. Philander had the grace to
flush.
Il did 1t impulsiyely. before | knew
what she was like. ! was completely
deluded al first hy her seemingly
innocent manner. ] felt so sorry for
her that rainy night last week when
philander--when well, we We're
calling somewhat informally. Her
husband had been called out of town
his mother was not expected to live
the night through. though she subse.
Quently did" Mrs Philanders tone
implied that the poor lady had com
mitted crime in not dying-''so we
brought the girl over here to dine, and
in that subdued mood she seemed
rather well--sweet.
The hutler came out to speak tc
madame.
A clerk from Judge Slocums Office
wished the papers.
Mrs. I3hilander sped to interview a
difficult young man who bore proper
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Consul Davis a Diplomat

had taken to footing and other forms
of banditry I'm the country adjacent
to the railway, and that to a certain
extent their bandit operations were
their method of reprisal against the
local government on account of their
dismissal.
While all of these matters were be-
ing discussed in the various confer
ences which were held, Consul Davis
organized a relief program and Sc
cured the cooperation of the Ameri-
can Chamber of Commerce in Shang-
hal. Quantities of food, clothing, bed
ding and medicine were conveyed UNI
der guard to the prisoners, with a
promise to the bandits that il the sup
plies were safely delivered and re-
ceipted for, the negotiations would be
continued and that their demands
would be given consideration.
Various demands were sent out by
the bandits, in which they threatened
the death OF their captiyes il they
We're not met by the Chinese govern
ment The peculiar condition of the
whole matter seemed to revolve
around the fact that the bandits would
not treat directly with the Chinese
officials because they had reason to
distrust them.
AT the suggestion Of Consul Davis.
Roy Anderson. an American born in
China, who was At the time Official
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/ adviser to several American business
firms in China, was asked to repre-
sent the Chinese in the negotiations
with the bandits. Working together,
Consul Davis and Mr.. Anderson formu-
lated a plan by which Mr.. Anderson
successfully secured the release OF the
captives.
During the negotiations Mr.. Ander-
son often met representatives Of the
bandit chief, under guard OF Chinese
soldiers, on the wooded slopes of the
mountains outside of the town. Fl
nally two of the bandits were induced
to come to a conference, which was
held in the railway car occupied BY
Consul Davis and Mr.. Anderson.
Here, in order to protect the bandits
from the local Chinese. who had also
suffered much from them, Mr.. Davis
gave UP his bed to the bandit chief
tain and personally stood guard all
night on the platform in order that
the bandits might be convinced OF the
sincerity Of those conducting the ne.
gotiations, and more so because he
knew that II any harm came to the
bandit representatives the prisoners
on the mountain all undoubtedly would
be killed
This one act Of sincerity as much a.
any other one thing probably non
the day for the negotiators.
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| Didn't you show him what it said
in the original deeds to our prop
erty?" Eunice could be as snappish
as the judge.
Yes. we went over them carefully
together. All about how there could
be no glue factories or abattoirs or
shops or saloons or hotels. He said
there was the weak spot in the thing.
That a tearoom wasn't legally
shop, that it could not be CLASSIFIED
as hotel, unless
rs he that girls lawyer or ours"'
Mrs. Warrington demanded.
Ours" Mrs. Findley asserted. He
was merely pointing out the technl-
calities that might arise. Next we
went over the maps carefully. There
are now % property owners on the
drive. But we do not have equal vot-
ing power as individuals, as | had
supposed. We vote according to The
number of plots to which we hold
title. Eunice and | have two half
acre plots, so we have two votes.
But you. with your acre and half
plot, have three-or rather Herbert
has, the deed being in his name"
"In vote for Herbert" said Mrs.
Herbert firmly.
"Well, that's the way it is, He
made out a list for ns with the num-
Der Of votes opposite each name. The
Omissions have the most-seven.
Now we haven't any too much time.
SO I thought we'd best divide the
list in three parts and each start
out and get the signatures"
For what?' Eunice wanted to
know.
sFor this petition which ne has
g.. =
the Village Improvement Board
Thursday night. We ask for an in
junction restraining her from open.
ing her tearoom. II she gets start.
ed, we may not be able TO stop her.
Under the new coming law. establish.
ed enterprises cannot be discontin-
ued. And he warned me, girls" she
added. unaware of how exceedingly
unglrlish 81 and AZ and 46 could look
| in the pitiless light of Spring sun.
shine. that we must work quietly
/ She must not suspect anything. The
| fact that the Bliss estate actually
/ controls ten votes leaves us close
margin"
They pounced upon their respec'
I tive lists. Up and down the drive
/ they toiled, arguing and explaining.
Some, they found, like themselves
q were rabldiy against tsarooHlH' otHeis
/ SO utterly apathetic that il was hard
/ 10 get their signatures. And one or
+ two. who had personal grudges
against the self-appointed committee
would NOT sign, just through sheer
/ malice.
/ One thing was tacitly agreed upon
I for once. the Mesdames Philandei
/ Munro Findley and W. Herbert War
rington did not ask their respective
/ husbands To assist them in their civic
efforts. For Philander, from the very
+ first day that the pretty Mrs. Bliss has
| doomed upon the horizon, had been hei
adrnirer And W. Herbert hadn
missed chance to be gallant.
/ The three women were nothing i
not thorough Thursday noon fount
them with every possible signature
/ Judge Slocum telephoned Mrs. Philan
der.
We're a bit shorthanded In the OF
fee today, so / ana sending clert
over for your papers. Chap namet
Fred Lewis He's bright chap. bu
he's deaf and speaks with difficulty
So don't waste your breath on him.
he added with the dry sarcasm Of at
old friend. "Just give him the papers
He can read lips ana he'll know whs'
! you say
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Signs of Spring Are Then Discovered
With the Gay Young Set Again in Action

credentials from Judge Slocum. ills
affiiction prevented him from hearing
what the three ladies said during the
next Is very bad minutes. Their
frenzied telephoning To the Judge 8
office did not throw light upon the
mystery.
II was past o'clock. The board
met at s. Three hours would not
possibly give them time to duplicate
their documents and get duplicate sig
natures.
Mrs. Warrington fiounced home
ward, and Eunice found herself out
side her sisters boudoir door shouting
polite imprecations.
4 The long Spring shadows lay across
the grass as sPhilander sauntered into
the house after a mildly exciting day
in the city. Very trig, bit vain OF q
new cravat he had purchased, despite
an inner fear that he wouldn't be
allowed to wear it often, he beamed
upon his strangely silent woman folk
as they sat nervously knitting in the
drawing room.
Herb Warrington and came out
on the same train with young Bliss,
he began 's'Pon my soul, 1t does
me good to see how this fine air is
restoring that boys health lie tells
me he gained good two pounds this
week They're as busy as bees, that
young pair. They open their~--er--
new project Saturday
Profound silence.
"I---er-bought tickets for the first
affair."" he added shyly. Thought
we'd stroll over for an hour or So
just to encourage them. To wish
them we'll. Most enterprising young
persons. I call them. To plunge in
with almost no resources and little
strength To
His outraged wife rose.
Il shall not stroll over there Sat
urday, or any other day." she inform.
ed him. II wish that had never
strolled over there at all 1t was your
fault that did, In the first place,
and 1t was your
porch, a gay young voice, vibrant
with haif.suppressed emotion, called:
May / come in just for q moment
--on business"
Babs herself, fresh from her bath,
clothed In O silver lace frock, q rem
nant OF once gorgeous trousseau,
walked through the open French win.
dow and put a. sheaf OF papers on
the massive old table.
Her black hair was coiffed sleekly
against her adorable head; the short
bang looked as though it were painted
against her white forehead. Her blue
eyes danced with excitement,
<At first / was just furious" she
began, in her sweet, throaty contralto,
ito think that anybody would start
out deliberately 10 bash folks who
didn't mean any harm Luis came
out TO bring me the music for Satur-
day night, so ] could choose what we
wanted He got lost, | suppose, be.
cause the number on the gates isn't
very piain--and ii wasn't till just a
little while ago that he turned UP
with all this stuff''-sbe gestured
toward the sheaf OF papers" jammed
in with his saxophone scores. He
saws you made him take them
Two crimson-faeed women stared at
her.
but, my dear" Philander was
dazed. why bring them here2'
Thought II was more sporting to
fight fair Only, of course, read
them. And ! warn you right now.
you can put put your old petitions in
but / know we've enough votes to
throw rnonkey-Wrench into your
machinery, Aild--and--I IN going
down to that board meeting and
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THE City of Calicut. on the Malabar
coast, which, with surat, was an
ancient cotton mart, gave its name
to the variety Of fabric known as
calico" Some qualities Of this were
so fine, it is said, that one could
hardly feel them in the hand. and
the thread, when spun, was. scarcely
discernible. Dacca. once a most inn
portant city lying northeast Of Cal
cutta, sent out from its looms in the
early centuries those wonderful It's
sues of fine muslins made from sta.
pie too short to be woven by any
machinery.
Even after the advent of the British
in India there is recorded an instance
of a piece of muslin 20 yards long and
ia yards wide Weighing only ID ounces.
With the rudest implements the Hindu
women spun those almost impalpable
threads. and wove fabrics that for
f1neness of quality have never been
successfully initiated elsewhere. With
! the decay Of the native Hindu courts,
| the chief customers, the demand
ceased and the manufacture was for
the most part stopped. Dacca today
is little more than q ruin. But the
art survives TO a certain extent.
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In a quarter.second) and bending over
her is a lover, evidently husband, -
in fact, he must be, because there is
little wee child romping in the grass
at their feet.
And the lover? Don't you see it?
That means, then. that you never go
to the movies. Why, the lover Is the
friend OF the family, the one who was
in the graveyard. He fell in love with
her, time passed. they had this child
there you are. And all in a quarter OF
second.
But perhaps still more wonderful
are the complete changes of character
mostly very favorable, that are packed
into the quarter second. A tad man
turns into a good one, a depraved
villain into a gentle soul. a she-hyena
into a chastened t'oman,
The other day, for example, in a
moving picture l saw a yillain--a leaJ
villain. He was rich and he grouI'd
down the poor He terrorized a little
town with the brute power of money.
When that power failed he hired ban
dts to murder people because they
were too virtuous to help him,
Then fate interviewed. A dam broke.
The Colorado River rolled right over
the villain and drowned him. Forty
thousand cubic feet OF water fell on
Him Then they picked him out, plas-
tered with mud six inches deep. That
apparently was q pretty serious situa-
ton.
But no. The fatal quarter second
got in it's work. The title maker
speaks:
AND so THIS HARD HEART AT
LAST SOFTEME--
Presumably with the mud. At any
rate, there he is, sitting on sofa,
NOT drowned--tilat was an error
with the heroine beside him and the
mud all wiped off, and he is saying:
IL SEE TT NOW. I HAVE BEEN
A. BAD MAN"
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standard Oil Co. has established con-
siderable business at Marking and
distributes it's product over wide
territory from this point. Other
American interests, including the
British American Tobacco Co,
American steamship interests and a
number of important exporting con-
Germs, have establishments in Nam
king. Taken altogether. the foreign
population of Marking Is close to 1000
people,
Consul Davis has always been q
hard worker. The task of super
vising relations of Americans to the
Chinese, in addition to the regular
consular routine of business con-
nected with commercial enterprises,
has constituted task often too heavy
for his slight physique. One of the
outstanding bits OF special service
which Consul Davis has performed
was in connection with the release of
40 prisoners captured by bandits who
attacked the Tientsin Express at
Lun Chun in Anhni Province on a
night In May. Ms2S.
1T developed that the bandits had
been at one time part Of the local
n1iIitary establishment, but that they
had been dismissed for some reason
or 4her and tMat. as body. they