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| Never. The documents found on Irma
| Staub seemed to point to the fact that
Meyer was to have commissioned Yer
| nier and GaStrat to blow up factory
| at Lyon.
I decided to go to the place. where
| 7 took one of my colleagues with me
| The latter spoke German perfectly
| had an extraordinary amount of intel
| ligence, and was an expert in handto
| hand lighting.
My colleague and I spent the day
studying the photographs, and that
evening we disguised ourselves so well
that it would have been impossible for
man not previously warned to detect
the substitution.
The meeting was 20 take place ut a
blind tiger. we'll known along the bor-
der where the smucglers congregated.
This joint had the great advantage of
having two doors; one in France. the
other in Switzerland. The border. or
rather. the ina ginary line ran through
the middle of the room inside.
Moreover. the cafe was run by one
Borgone, a ferocious individual, whose
fights with the customs officials weI e
famous, and who had the reputation
of being very pro-German. 1t was
consequently quite risky to go into his
saloon, as there was always chance
that one might be recognized. For
that reason We were armed to the
teeth.
Just to get ourselves established as
the people we We're supposed TO be. we
orga niZed little byplay that we
thought ought to gain us the imme-
date sympathy of the customers In
the Cafe Borgone. Chased by police
men and customs officials and, to all
appearances, panic-stricken, we rush
ed into the place.
AS soon as he saw that we were
standing safely at the bar. which Vas
in Switzerland. although the t"bles
and benches in front of ii were in
France, Borgone asked our pursuers
in a rough tone of voice what they
wanted. They explaine2 to him that
we were deserters, and perhaps Ger
man spies. Then one of the policemen
asked him to put us out, so that thty
could arrest us.
Borgone burst out into mocking
laughter.
"Why. they aren't in France any
more, They're in Switzerland He
turned to us.
"Well, boys, do you want to go back
to France?"
"Not on your life" we cried to-
gether.
There, you see! They seem to
have taken a liking to this country.
II they don't want to go back, I'm
not the one to force them to-"
The policemen went out to make
their report.
Borgone then, after looking us over.
asked:
What did those policemen want?"
"H-.'' l answered, we're desert
ers, and you know ."
What regiment?"
1.-THE colonial artillery"
What section?"
"243."
He took dirty note book out of his
pocket.
"That checks! What can I do for
you?"
I looked slyly around the room, then
I remarked: Haven't you some place
where we can talk without being over
heard?"
He gave me a long look, then he
Evening star., 1927-11-06
Smashing of Plot Against France Is Goal of Two Gle

This is the last Of the ex-
traordinary series of articles by
M. Lucieto, a celebrated ace of
the allied secret service opera
tiveS during the war.
In previous installments he
has described the work of this
service on land and sea, and the
vast orga MIA ton of the German
secret service with which they
had to grapple. Last week he
related how the plan of the Ger
man general staff to make
dash through neutral SwitZer-
land and to strike the French
and Itlaian armies in the rear.
was blocked by himself and an
. English secret service agent,
who, in the course of their in
Nestigation of this ominous de-
Velopment. of which they had
wind, -chanced to see the famous
Irma Staub extract a plan from
an umbrella on a restaurant
table. This was being surrepti-
ti"usly conveyed to her by an
@ ncr German spy, and this
plan. when recovered from her.
revealed to the Swiss authorities
the peril in which they had
stood. The disclosures led to
immediate military measures on
the part of the Swiss to thwart
such an attenOt
Evening star., 1927-11-06
Transplanting Trees.

THE owner of a new home not
blessed with shade trees need not
wait the passing of slow years if he
is willing to expend the not inconsid-
cradle sum necessary to transplant
ready-grown shade trees. However.
the difference between a treeless lot
with a house on it and an embowered
home is really worth considerable
outlay.
To prepare a large tree for removal
a deep trench should be dug around
it from ) to feet from the base and
worked under SO as to enable all the
smaller roots to be cut off without in
jury to the bole. The ends of the
roots should be cut smooth and the
tree carefully undermined with pick,
care being taken to remove the soil
with as little injury as possible to the
young fibers. The tree should then
be drawn over until the tap root can
be cut. Bagging should be used to
wrap the ball of earth and roots,
which can then be loaded on stone
wagon. If the tree is very large, 1t
will probably be necessary to allow the
top to drag, but the tree should not
be materially injured by this.
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Surveying Sea Bottom.

EROM an airplane or a balloon, shall
low places in the ocean and rocks
rising near to the surface can be seen
more clearly than from the shore or
from shipboard For this reason ma
val engineers have suggested that
captive balloons or airplanes would be
most useful accessories to ships used
in surveying the ocean. With such
aircraft dangerous waters having shall
low areas and bottoms intersected
with narrow and tortuous channels
could be rapidly charted by eye obser-
vations and by the aid of photographs
taken from the air. OF course. sound
ings would still be necessary TO ascer.
tain the exact depth OF water, hut
these would be greatly facilitated by
thro,Ich the aid Of afrcraft
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for portion north of the city and at
Odd Fellows Hall, Navy Yard, for por-
tion beyond the Eastern Branch. w.
B. Webb, superintendent"
Let me remind you of some of the
stage coach lines. From The Star of
June IL, 1868: General stage office.-
The following stages run from the
Kimmel House daily to Leonardtown,
st. Marys County, via Surrattsville,
II. B.. Beantown, Hughesville. Char
lotte Hall and Chaptico. Also tri.
weekly line to Port Tobacco leaves the
kimmel House every Tuesday. Thurs
day and Saturday at 1870 am. via Pis-
Getaway and Duffield to Port Tobacco.
\ r Kimmell. agent
1.-THE proprietor of this. line of
stages, J. C. Thompson, has removed
from Charlotte Hall to Z b, where
he means to keep q first.clasS hotel.
gentlemen and ladies travelling on this
line can be accommodated in good
style"
The Rambler gets the impression
| that the horses and cows of Wash
| ington were more restless in the Civil
| War period than now. They seem to
have wandered around more. The
| following advertisement was in The
| Star, June II, 1868:
Sth instant, one large, red horse,
| marked with large Co on left side
He carries his head very high. Also
| ore small black horse with a small c.
ION left shoulder. Ten dollars will be
, paid il returned to the Meridian Hill
| House."
| I feel sure that this large red horse,
! absent without leave, was an officer
| horse. That habit of carrying his
head very high" is a sign that he
wore shoulder straps. He probably
walked very stiff. but that defect Is
not set down in the advertisement.
The Rambler does not know why he
was condemned. Perhaps he was
only captain-horse and on the picket
| line one night he neighed sighting
remark at major-horse. Or. he may
have kicked colonel-horse: / have
| no facts about the small black horse.
He was probably nothing but a. civil.
ian-horse who got into the Army u
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As he said this, the officer took out

AS he said this, the officer took out
a large map.
You see this map? It shows the
hydro-electric system that the French
have built in the Alps and in South
eastern France--in short, a map Of
all the factories i'll France that are
producing materials for carrying on
the war. They are so far from the
front. and have been so carefully
guarded. that they have been imprcg-
nable. This group Of factories consti-
tutes the only arsenal in France.
From it guns and munitions consist
emily halt our most carefully pre-
pared offensives.
THAT must stop. Just as we have
destroyed the industrial centers in the
north and the east Of France, so we
must also destroy them in the Alps
and the southeast of France! Such,
gentlemen. is the mission that am
going to intrust to you"
Looking us straight in the eye. he
asked:
do you accept it?"
] pretended to think for q moment,
and seemed to consult with my COM
rade, then answered:
"Why not? Granted the technical
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pregnability Of Washington he would
have been charged with disloyalty.
! seem to catch the note that Union
lists with money and real estate were
not easy. / believe there was a slack.
ing in building and in real estate
sales, and that such sales were at low
prices. The Unionists had had news
Of Union victories that were Union
defeats.
recall that in April. 1863. the news
given to the North was that Hooker.
then on the north side OF the Kappa
hammock. had Lee in his power. lie
wonld turn Lees left west OF Banks
Ford, and would attack his rear as he,
Lee. retreated from his position south
Of the Rappahannock toward Rich
mond. Gen. Stoneman. with 5000
Union Cavalry. was TO cross the Rap
paha mock west Of the Orange and
Alexandria Railroad, destroy the Con.
federate Cavalry, and plant himself
across the line of Lees retreat. II
was all fiXed--on paper. Dispatches
to the North showed how the plan
would work---and all that. On May l
| the Battle of Charlottesville began.
and dispatches to the North told OF
Union success. During May 2 dis.
| patches to the North told that Hook.
er was driving Lee south. It is my
belief that, even on May 3, the wires
| to the North were reporting a Union
victory. Then the wires began to tell
| that, although Lee had been driven
| from his position with mighty losses
OF men and material, the Army OF
the Potomac, with numerous casual
ties, was withdrawing to the north
side OF the Rappahannock for strate
glc reasons. The North came tc
know that Chancellorsville. like Fred
ericksburg and the second Mana ssas
| had been a bloody defeat for the
Army Of the Potomac.
LONE month after Chancellorsville
Lee began his march north. Or
June 3 much of his force was arount
Culpeper. There followed good fight
ing at Brandy Station Winchester
and Martinsburg. June Is Rodes' di
vision crossed the Potomac at vii
Transport. jenkins cavalry brigade
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"THE JOB l AM GOING TO IN.
TRUST TO YOU HAS COT TO
BE ACCOMPLISHED, WHAT
EVER THE COST. THIS IS A
QUESTION OF LIFE OR DEATH
FOR GERMANY"
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BY CHARLES LUCIETO.

w YIIEN I examined the docu-
NJ ments that Schmidt gave
NV Irma Staub / found out
about another band Just be-
inc orera Dizad ItS direptn nr
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TmnA Which War
Dark Trail @dstHou eofP kdP Rev t ii he
aDepeS Struggle Voice Sh
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w VAR news took more space
than other news in The
s NV Star in the Summer of 1863.
The Confederate invasion
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Taking About Him

The greatest difficulty which he
faces right now is the fact that peo-
pie are talking about him in every
way except that of a statesman and
party leader.
They are talking about him as a
Catholic, as New York politician
as one who might be influenced by
Wall Street, as one who has little
first hand knowledge Of western
problems, but not as one who thinks
in terms of national problems and
national policy.
Democratic voters are going to
demand more discussion of the DO
litical and economic questions in
which they are interested. And they
are going to listen to the man that
offers it.
The Democratic party has a
splendid chance to do itself and
the country some real service.
The background of that chance
is such an era Of scandal, blunder-
Ing and ineff1ciency as this nation
never passed through.
One only has to think of Ware,
Frank L. Smith, the Fall-Doheny
case, the Indiana situation and the
notorious rottenness of dry enforce
ment to realize how bad the situa-
ton is from a domestic standpoint,
while Nicaragua, the French atti-
tude and the collapsed naval pow
WOW are but a few of the many in
cidents which reveal the mistaken
trend of our foreign policy.
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BY WALTER d. HICKMAN

brother from Brazil, and when
caught on a little party by your
wife, well, just pose as your twin
brother and make violent love to
your own wife. The idea is smart
and any hubby is smart who looks
more like his. twin brother than
himself. But Lew Cody as Adam
Trevelyan is able to make his wife
believe that he is Allan Trevelyan,
but one gets the idea at the close
of the picture that the wife is not
such a dumbbel as she lets on, and
she has a very good reason to tell
her husband that he is getting by
with murder, but to kiss her again
just the same.
Cody has mighty good time
playing the two roles. Some of
the scenes, most of them, are either
high comedy or mighty smart farce.
And you will agreee with ME when I
tell you that Cody is mighty clever,
either i'll comedy or farce.
Aileen Pringle does wonderfully
well as the wife who passes through
the experience of quarreling and
loving her own husband and then
staging a real sheik affair with her
husbands twin brother. But the
key to the situation is that the wife
thought that husband was fooling
her and giving excuses that twin
brother was in town.
The finale of "Banjomania," the
stage presentation which features
Charlie Davis, will be the talk OF
the town this week. Here the en-
semble idea is beautifully and Won
derfully worked out. So effective
it is that the finals received ire
mendous ovation when 1 saw it.
1t has the services of Charlie
Davis and his orchestra, banjo quin-
tet and number of girls placed in
a striking and effective background.
The artists appearing in The re-
vue are the Thompson Sisters, Nor
gan and Stone. Margaret Ball,
White and Manning, and others.
The bill includes a news reel,
"Along the Coast" and Maurice at
the organ.
At the Indiana.
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- ~%ANN~
She has a good chance to display
her personality as well as her figure.
Hula is supposed to be one of those
Tom boy girls, who just grew up in
Hawaii She is not native, but the
daughter of father, who is mighty
lose in his old and fat age. Hula
is rearedsas little roughneck by
an elderly ranchman. Clara as Hula
stays primitive and sweet until Give
Brook, cast as an engineer of
irrigation. arrives on the scene.
Hula decides that he is her man
and just because he has a wife in
the States is no reason for Hula to
give up the chase. Most of the story
is concerned to what extremes Hula
goes to force the wife to give up the
engineer in the favor of Hula.
Hula" is not another ut" by a
long shot. 1t often drags and the
whole affair comes under the head
of just another movie. Clara has
a bunch of cute tricks and she
seems to use all of 'em in this one.
She is a clever little dancer, and
when she does the wiggle dance of
the island-well, she uses several
hundred of said wiggles. Hula" is
sort of Zeigfeld edition of Ha-
waiian play. This movie seeks to
glorify the striking looks of Clara
Bow.
I am not old-fashioned along GER
tain lines, but rather feel that
there are enough single men in the
world, as well in movie stories to be
distributed among unmarried wom-
en- instead of unmarried girls going
on chase for the married ones.
Give Brook, to my way of think
ing, is totally miscast. He looks
liked he is bored with the part be-
cause deep down in his heart he
knows that all interest centers on
Clara.
Hula" is made to please the box
Office and as such it wins its point
1t is Clara Bow picture and that
is all that is necessary for those
who like Clara.
The bill includes Smiths Pony"
a news reel, Emil Seidel and his
orchestra; Cliff Williams, soloist, and
Ray Winnings. organist.
AT the Apollo all week.
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BY HARRY ATWOOD
President. Constitution Anniversary

Association
The trainers of the Constitution
worked out a finely adjusted sys-
tenn of checks and balances, so that,
while each of the three great de-
partments Of government-the legis-
lative, the executive and the judicial
should be supreme in its own
sphere, restraints would be present,
in order that no single department
could abuse its powers without auto
matically bringing into operation
forces which would effectually pre-.
vent it from overstepping its proper
bounds.
There were also included in the
Constitution well balanced re-
straints, upon the States and upon
the United States.
Each house of Congress serves
as a restraint upon the other be-
cause an act of Congress must be
passed in both houses before 1t
becomes effective.
One of the noteworthy provi-
sions In the matter OF legislative
restraints is as follows:
Every order, resolution, or vote
to which the concurrence of the
Senate and House Of Representa-
tiva@ may be necessary Except on
question Of sdjournment) shall
DO presented to the President of the
United States; and before the same
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Thnnb-NaiI
Sketches

Nancy had never been strong,
even before her father died, and
the support of the family of five
came to rest on her frail shoulders,
but with the increased financial
difficulties, she began to work
overtime, to lose weight, and to
drag from duty to duty. The time
came when her neglected young
body failed her, and when an OPP
Grafton doomed as an immediate
necessity. She was sent to the
hospital in agony, torn between her
own misfortune and the fact that
now there would be no means for,
the mother and the small brothers
and sisters she must leave behind.
But there was a means! A means
that opened up a whole new life for
Der and her dependents. The en-
ployer of the girl telephoned the
news of the restitution to the
Family Welfare Society and a.
worker was dispatched at once to-
help them. She provided their
rent and their food until the girl
was well again. Then she found
a job for the girl with more pay
so that she need not work over
time. She explained the family
budget which she had been main
tanning, and showed Nancy how to
keep within it on her salary.
They are all well and happy now.
1t was possible for the Family
Welfare Society to do this great
service to Nancy's family because Of
YOUR COMMUNITY FUND.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-19
GETTING A NEW ANGLE
ON 'MADAME POMPADOUR"

1t must be terrible job to clean
up the bad ladies of history and
fiction and make 'em decent"
enough to parade, them again on
the screen.
That was my feeling after seeing
Dorothy GiSh in Madame Pompa-
dour," who was one of the priced
kept beauties of Louis XIV, Il hope 1
have blamed the right Louis of
France.
The Dorothy Gish conception of
Madame Pompadour has gone
through the present day intolerance
spirit of making Madame not too
bad and not too good because the
censors are still feared in certain
spots.
Madame Pompadour was trained
to be naughty, according to the film
version. She started out as a
trained fiirt by an ambitious
mother, and daughter landed food
and bed in the palace of the king.
just certain phases of the goings
on between the king and Madame
are reflected in this puritanized
version of Pompadour.
What little action the screen YER
sion has is concerned with the eff
forts of Pompadour to keep in the
good graces of the king while she is
having real heart affair with a
good-looking artist chap and an
enemy Of the crown, played by An
tonic Moreno.
The story lacks climax, and
when it is all over we see the King
still in the grasp and power of the
scheming and deceitful Pompadc1r
Nine. Pompadour" is costum,,
picture and Dorothy Gish never
seems to get away from the handi-
cap of the costumes and the funny
headgear of another period.
think that those who put no.
torious characters of history and
fiction on the screen that they
should give us the real article or
not do it at all This version of
Pompadour reminds me of radio
bedtime story.
The bill includes Bobby Vernon
comedy. the University Trio and Joe
Alexander at the organ.
At the Ohio all week.
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Fades Out of Picture

The Democratic party has an I'M
happy faculty of turning somer-
saults, scrapping programs, getting
cold feet and repudiating its own
administration.
1t went back on Cleveland in 1896
and adopted Bryan. Eight years
later 1t sidetracked Bryan and tried
Parker. After another whirl with
Bryan, it drew Wilson almost by
accident in 1912.
After two years of Wilson after
conducting this country through the
greatest mobilization of men and
material in its history, after estab-
fishing the Federal Reserve system
and after lifting the United States
into the strongest position it ever
occupied, the Democratic party
faded completely out of the picture,
and it did so largely because it
lacked the vitality to go through
with the program and remain loyal
to its leaders.
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Constitution Restraints P01ceys 0fAH

shall take effect shall be approved
by him. or being disapproved by
him.. shall be repassed by two thirds
of the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives, according to the rules
ard limitations prescribed in the
case of a bill.
This is popularity called the presi-
dents veto power.
Congress Is further restrained by
the power of the judiciary to review
legislation and pass upon the con-
stitutionality of the laws enacted.
The power of the judiciary is re-
strained by the following provision:
The judges, both of the supreme
and inferior courts. shall hold their
offices during good behavior.
The president is restrained in
making treaties and appointments
as follows:
He shall have power, by and with
the advice and consent of the Sem
ate, to make treaties, provided two
thirds of the senators present con-
cur; and he shall nominate and by
and with the advice and consent of
the Senate shall appoint ambassa-
doris, other public ministers and con-
suls, judges of the supreme court,
and all other officers of the United
States whose appointments are not
herein otherwise provided for. and
which shall be established by law.
A notable example of the exer-
else Of the restraining power of the
Senate was its refusal to ratify the
treaty submitted by President Will
son on his return from Versailles.
A recent illustration was the re-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-19
Definite Program Needed

1t is of no use to cry over spilled
milk. except as it may prevent more
from being spilled
The Democratic party is in a DO
sition to resume the place it has
occupied SO many times in the ma
tons history and that it should
occupy for the sake of the ma
TONS good.
1t cannot do all this, however.
unless it changes its toctics, unless it
stops regarding iself as a mere in
strument of opposition, unless it
ceases to choose its leaders on tire
basis of sectionalism and prejudice.
McAdoo's withdrawal paves the
way for Governor Smith to raise the
level of his candidacy beyond that
OF religious quarrel and formulate
platform which will give the demo-
cratic party not only something TO
work for, but the public a right
to have confidence in it.
To that extent, and to that extent
alone, McAdoo's withdrawal makes
his road easier.