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Evening star., 1927-04-04
Aren't you going to tell me something
OF your plans2"

Aren't you going to tell me something
of your plans?"
Il haven't anything definite. shall
go to the Catharine street coffee house
aud try to cultivate the acquaintance
Of Mr. Matt Lunn. / mean to obtain
certain items Of information from him.
Just how | shall go about obtaining
them depends upon what sort Of man
| find him to be. Wen be on our way
whenever you are through primping"
At last the reporter was ready
Peng Yuen was stolidlY smoking his
pipe as they passed out The almond
shaped eyes narrowed a trifie as the
Phantom shook his hand, and for an
instant he seemed about to say s0me-
thing In another moment he had
changed his mind however, and with
a queer little grunt in his throat he
went back to his green -taSSeled pipe
With n final admonition TO exercise
care and discretion, the Phantom left
Granger outside the shop and walked
rapidly toward Catharine street, He
had 10 reason for doubling the re-
pOtter's sincerity Grauger's moral
stamina might not be all that could
he desired, but. on the whole, the
Phantom was well pleased with the
arrangement 1t had already relieved
him of much worry and enabled him
10 center his thoughts and efforts on
the task before him
He had no difficulty in finding the
coffee house, a crumbling and evil
looking hovel squeezed between a
s0oty factory building and a squalid
tenement, Lights shone dimly through
several windows in the block, which
had a gloomy and somewhat sinister
appearance, and he was looked at
sharply by several wretched creatures
who passed him on the sidewalk. The
window and glass door of the coffee
house were covered with green paper
blinds, but there was a narrow open
ing through which the Phantom could
get glimpse of the interior
Some 2 or Is men were seated at
long tables, drinking coffee and smok-
ing pipes or cigarettes The air was
so heavy with tobacco fumes that the
Phantom could not distinguish their
features clearly, but he got the inn
preston that they were q disreputahle
lot Ie looked in vain for any one
answering the description Granger
had given of Matt Lunn. He walked
away from the window and stood at
the curb, scanning the street in either
| direction AT corner a block away
he saw shadowy figure leaning
against a stack Of boxes outside a
grocery,
Evening star., 1927-04-04

signed "Aunt Mary" This missive
contained the words. I'VE are Just
passing Cape Henry" Capt. Reuben
Foster of the State of Virginia said a
dense fog last Thursday night made
the Cape Henry light indiscernible.
NORFOLK. va, April 3 C4p.-s. B.
Marshall husband OF Mrs. Mary
Bamber Marshall. 81, who disappeared
mysteriously from the steamer State
Of Virginia, arrived here yesterday
from New Haven to take personal
charge of the search for his wife.
Marshall is captain Of the barge
Portsmouth, now at New Haven.
When Mrs. Marshall left here she
was going to New Haven to join her
husband and return on the craft with
him This morning. when the State
Of Virginia docks here, Capt Marshall
and police detectives will board the
steamer and learn what they can
about the missing woman from boat
officers. Capt. Marshall said his wife
Evening star., 1927-04-04
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Evening star., 1927-04-04
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Evening star., 1927-04-04
FAIL TO FIND WOMAN
MISSING FROM SHIP
Husband Of Mrs. S. B. Marshall
Reaches Norfolk to Aid Police
Working on Mystery.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, April 4.--Oficers and
crew of the Old Bay Line steamer
State of Virginia were questioned by
local police yesterday in a futile
effort to turn up some clue as to the
whereabouts Of Mrs. S. E. Marshall
Of Norfolk. Va. Mrs. Marshall mys-
teriously disappeared from the vessel
last Thursday night while en- route
from Norfolk to Baltimore. From
here, a letter indicated. she intended
to visit her husband at New Haven,
Conn. =
A stewart who ushered Mrs. Mar.
shall to her stateroom at Norfolk
told police that the woman appeared
nervous. A second letter, found.
added a bit more mystery to the
case, 1t was addressed to Mrs. Del
bert Whitehurst. Santtarium. Va, and
Evening star., 1927-04-04
COOL WEATHER HAILED
APPLE BLOSSOM BENEFIT
Shenandoah Festival Official Be
lieves Blooming of Trees VIII
Be Held Over Easter Week.
Special Dispatch to The star.

6pcEtaA tHAotftA w Ata@ s@At-te
WINCHESTER. Va, April f.
Prospects Of continued cool and even
colder weather this week, with occa-
sional rain, We're hailed as happy
omens today by II. Clay De Grange,
director general Of the Shenandoah
apple blossom festival, who said the
committee on arrangements was
hopeful the weather would continue
moderately cold enough to keep the
10 900 900 trees in commercial or
chards Of the Shenandoah, Cumher-
land and Potomac Valleys from bios
soming until Easter week.
Experts at the local horticultural
field laboratory said there had been
no apple-tree advancement during
the past week, which was for the
most part cool. cloudy and rainy. and
with even colder weather in prospect
the next seven days. they and ex-
perienced growers were inclined TO
the opinion that dates for the two
day festival soon could be fixed for
the week following Easter Sunday
probably the early part of that week
York Imperials form so per cent Of
the trees in the Winchester district
and they are the last 10 blossom.
Laboratory experts said the fun bloom
usually lasted three days. There are
approximately 1000 600 bearing trees
within a radius Of IS miles of Win
chester, situated in the heart of the
three valleys. Comdr. Richard Evelyn
Byrd. jr, u. S. n. the North Pole
flyer, a native of Winchester. prob
ably will be the personal escort of
Mrs Kenneth n. Gilpia OF Clarke
County. Va, and Washington, ID. G.
ia her role rs Queen Shenandoah, IL
was LEANED today A royal COM
mand" is expected to be dispatched TO
Comdr. Byrd, now at Boston, early
this week The list Of 90 princesses-
40 from Virginia and 10 additional
ones from West Virginia and Mary
land--will be complete In day or
two, it was said al the director gen
~v.zase oesnn
Evening star., 1927-04-04
"Granger is on the job" he num-

"Granger is Oh the job" ne num-
bled.
Then he turned quickly just as a
huge, raw-boned man appeared from
the opposite direction and walked into
the coffee house. The Phantom
caught a glimpse of his face as he
opened the door and passed through,
and that glimpse revealed a great,
livid scar over the left eye.
In an instant he knew that the man
was Matt Lunn. thin. audacious
smile hovered about the Phantom's
lips as recognition flashed through
his mind,
For a moment he hesitated casting
a swift glance to the corner where
Granger stood then he crossed the
sidewalk and resoiutely pushed the
door open.
A minute or two later, in a cheap
all-night lunchroom a block down the
street, some one was impatiently jig
ging the hook Of "a telephone,
Continued Tomorrow
Evening star., 1927-04-04
RIvERDALE BLAZE
SWEEPS 3 STORES
Milkman Discovers Fire Causing
Loss of $4,000 in Joseph
Waldman Row.
snecial plsnatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
RTVERDALE. Md. April 4.-Three
business places in the row owned by
Joseph Waldman were damaged by
fire about 3 o'clock this morning, the
total loss being about $4,000.
Discovery was made by Cecil II, Cor
don. milkman. who made a call for
tiremen, which brought companies
from Hyattsvile and Cottage City as
well as Riverdale. The blaze origi-
mated in the rear of the A. & p. store,
which suffered the principal loss to
stock. 1t spread to the dressmal king
of Miss l.. N. Martin on
one side and to the tailor shop of H.
Shapiro on the other side. Insurance
is said to cover the loss on the build
ing and the A. q r. stock
Evening star., 1927-04-04
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Evening star., 1927-04-04
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Evening star., 1927-04-04

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Evening star., 1927-04-04
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-08
BOSTON STOCK MARKET.

By Special Leased Wire to The Star
BOSTON, July 8.-F'ollowing is
list Of today's highest, lowest and clos
ing prices for the most active stocks
dealt in here:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-08
|MPASSE IS NOTED
ON CURB EXCHANGE
Recent Leaders Undecided.
American Rayon Strong.
Curtiss Aero Up.

Special Dispatch to Tho Star.
NEW YORK, July S.-Issues which
earlier in the week had been more or
less prominent on the side of advanc-
ing prices moved with a good deal of
INDIGESTION today. 1t could not have
been said that the market displayed
any pronounced weakness, whereas.
on the other hand, the element favor
ing further Improvement was inclined
to stand aside and let the market take
its natural course.
Price changes in the public utility
group We're confined to narrow limits,
but the action of the leading stocks
indicated that the public was more
disposed toward this group than most
others. Electric Bond & Share was
readily taken fractionally above yes
terday'S final price. Associated Gas
& Electric was bought above the 40
level following publication of the con-
solidated statement for the year end
ed May 81, which showed a balance
after taxes. depreciations and charges
Of $4,725,161. This compared with
$3,151 Ola in the previous IL months.
American Rayon Products, at
new high for the year above II, was
responding to the optimistic refer
ences concerning incoming business
of the rayOn companies CurtisS Aero
was slightly higher, although so far
as earnings were concerned there
was nothing immediate upon which to
base operations on the long side.
Westinghouse Air Brake new went
forward into new high ground in SYM
pathy with strength in the old shares
on the Stock Exchange.
Mavis Corporation, which had been
freely sold at new low prices earlier
in the week. felt the effect Of short
covering and rallied.
The buying kept on in Gobel COM
mon, carrying it to a new top for
1927. American Road Machinery shot
forward more than points to a new
high.
Stutz Motor furnished the feature
in point Of activity in it's group and
was a point higher at intervals. The
oils did little, but several Of the indie
pendents continued to receive good
support.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-08

The average tired business man
wears his treads smooth on a golf
course.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-08
Commodity News

LOWELL, Mass, July 8.-The Low
ell division of the Pepperell Manufac-
turing Co. is operating at "a per cent
of capacity on a poundage basis.
About Is per cent of the active ma
chinery is engaged on blankets and
the remainder on fancy fabrics. The
plants will introduce new dyed
cloth suitable for house dresses.
NEW ORLEANS, July s.-Of 234
hardwood lumber mills in operation in
the flood districts 103 had both mills
and yards inundated Practically all
of these will be shut down until Sep
TENDER, with an average loss of work
Of Is days About 100000 acres of
timber lands were flooded.
ATLANTA, July 8.-The hot, dry
weather is playing havoc with the to-
bacco fields, where gathering and cur.
ing is in progress.
CHICAGO, July S.-The attempt on
the part Of packers to convince the
public through advertising that
smoked meats are a good buy at this
time of the year is said to be produc-
ing results. Business in ham and
bacon, as result, is improved. Beef
trade is fair and that in lamb cuts
irregular.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-08
SERVICE SELLING
MANY AUTOS NOW
One of Most Potent Sales Ac-
CeleratorS - Schools for
Training Established.
BY j. C. ROYLE.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, July 8.-Automobile
manufacturers in the last few months
have doubled their products. They
not only are selling automobiles, they
are selling service. Competition is
keener than ever before in the indus
try. Every sales point is being EN-
phasized. Some companies have cut
prices and not attained sales impetus.
Others have provided eye appeal
through attractive paint combina.
tons. Still others have expanded
lines and models. But so far one of
the most potent sales accelerators has
been service.
Performance is regarded as an abso-
lutte essential. But cars have to be
properly serviced to deliver efficiency
Of performance and manufacturers
have decided that any money or trou-
BILE spent to this end is well spent.
The importance of q. well equipped,
well manned service organization.
manufacturers say, cannot be over
estimated.
Below SaturatiOn Point.
There are well over 22,000,000 auto
mobiles now in active operation in the
United States. 1t is now established
tllctl tIilo Still WCl DclON
the saturation point. The number Of
cars being operated has increased
steadily since the horseless carriage
first was invented. The servicing of
these cars presents one of the largest
fields of opportunity open to young
men today and this business has years
of growth ahead of it before it can
catch up with car production.
With these facts in view, motor
car manufacturers are sponsoring
courses of intensive training through
schools which they themselves have
established at various strategic
points. The full time course arranged
by one of the largest producers ex-
tends over a period of three months.
In the last six months it has had
students enrolled from every State
in the Union and from 20 foreign
countries. Men have been sent
from all sections by dealers, and on
their return have trained subordi-
mates and evolved thoroughly eff
cient service organizations in their
home towns. Most of the men
trained in the manufacturers schools
have been those with previous ga
rage and shop experience, and as a
result of their training they have
become key men in their local organi-
cations.
The chief school is operated on a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-08

in the United States were represented
at the meeting. 1t was proposed that
the code Of ethics, to be formulated
later by committees. be made effective
by Incorporating 1t in standard sales
contract.
B. B. Gossett Of Charlotte, chairman
of the advisory committee, declared
that he considered the PRONUNCIATION
Of the idea to adopt the code as 1.-The
most constructive step ever under
taken by the carded yarn industries"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-08

plan which enables the student to
earn his way as he goes. While
undergoing training the student
spends part of his time in the shops
of the manufacturing company, earn
ing as much as the usual trained
worker. The instruction and work.
ing periods are alternated in four
week periods. extending over a year.
The course shows the assembling
methods under factory conditions.
providing full knowledge of car con-
struction.
Increase Of 5000, 900.
The Importance of this work Is
clearly evident in view of the latest
figures of the Department of Com
merce, which show there were 81
650.267 motor vehicles in operation
January /, 1927 throughout the world
Production has been crowding close
on the 1900 900 mark for the first six
months Of the year in this country and
Canada. and while some cars have
been retired from service it is sure
that today there are nearly 100000
rolling the roads This is an increase
of over 100000 in the last IL months
In foreign countries registrations
have doubled in the last four years.
Europe has 3,164,7 cars, while Aus
tralia. New Zealand, Africa and Spain
are buying and using more automo-
biles. There is an automobile to every
D persons in this country and / to
every 66 in the world according to
the Department Of Commerce. And 95
per cent Of them have been made In
the United States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-08
NEW GROUP FORMED.

NEW YORK, July s R.-To de.
rive fullest benefits of group man.
agement stockholders active in the
management of Associated Gas &
Electric system have organized new
group in the form of a voluntary as
ISOLATION. called the New England
Gas & Electric Association. Formed
under Massachusetts laws, it has ac-
quired stocks of the Cambridge Elec-
trio Light Co.. Cambridge Gas Light
Co. and the Worcester Gas Light Co.
Total revenues of these properties ap-
proXimate $4,000
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-08
NEW YORK CURB MARKET
Received by Private Wire Direct to The Star Onacs

Following is the list of bonds ana
stocks traded in on the New York
Curb Market today:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-08
PLAN CODE OF ETHICS.
Cotton Men Move to Curb Specu1a-
ton in Staple.

CHARLOTTE. N. c., July 8 @.-
CURLING speculation among men in the
cotton business by means of a code Of
ethics was approved almost unani-
mously here yesterday at a conference
Of representatives of the carded yarn
group of the Cotton Textile Institute,
George A. Sloan, secretary, made it
known last night in a statement.
More than so per cent of the spindles
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-08
LAND TRACT IS SOLD.

NEW YORK. July 8 R.-The
Union Trust Co. has sold a tract of
land in Pittsburgh to the Pennsylva.
mia Railroad for s2.S50,000 The rail-
road exercised an option obtained in
1902 from Henry Clay Frick in connec-
ton with lease on the property used
for yards.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-08
SALES GAIN HEAVY.

NEW YORK, July Up).-Sales of
Piggy Wiggly Western States Co. for
the first half of 1927 were almost
double those of the same period last
year, $500, 696, against $3.50, 72O, an
increase of 82.6 per cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-08
TREASURY CERTIFICATES.

tReported by ]. & W. seligman & co..
R1te-Maturity. Bid Offer
~ Sect Sect T. 1897 1884, 1SS 9 1Ss 1o SS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-08
EXTRA IS DECLARED.

NEW YORK, July CP.-The Har-
riman National Bank declared an extra
dividend of per cent and the regular
semi-annual dividend of per cent,
both payable July g.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-06-27

ELTINGE THEATRE

Bebe Daniels is featured at the
Eltinge for today and Tuesday in
"Senorita' and for the first time
since "Wild, Wild Susan" is seen in
the role of boy; in the role of a
dashing, staggering, swashbucking
caballero of South America.
Here is Bebe who opens up new
and interesting vistas; Bebe who
rides, who shoots, who fences and
who does breath taking stunts with
the ease of Fairbanks and the nOn-
chalance Of a Tom Mix.
But Bebe does not lose femininity
despite her mustache. She is still
the fascinating Bebe. The mustache
is but part of the disguise that she
assumes when she visits her fathers
ancestral home in South America to
learn that her grandfather had al
ways conceived her to be boy, and
that for him to learn otherwise at
that late date would just about break
his proud old heart. And so Senorita
Francesca becomes SenO" Francisco
with brief lapses into the feminine
role when her grandfather isn't
looking.
'.Senorita" is a joyous, romantic
comedy-drama in which Bebe Daniels
is seen in one of the best roles Of
her screen career. It is refresh ingly
human and vital. The story is one
of the finest she has ever had.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-06-27
Two Local Young Men
Have Narrow Escape
When Auto Tips Over

Con Johnson and H.. Coleman. Bis
marck young men, probably owe
their lives today to the fact that the
touring car in which they were driv-
ing on the Bismarck Mandan highway
early Sunday evening was without a
top.
As Johnson. who was driving.
started to pass bus ahead of MIN
there was car coming from the op-
pOsite direction. Coleman. johnson
says, apparently decided he could not
get ahead Of the bus in time to avoid
striking the other cur and grabbed
the emergency brake, throwing it on
full force. This locked the rear
wheels and skidded the car across
the pavement where it struck the
side Of a concrete culvert and tipped
bottomside up. As the cur tipped
both men were thrown clear of the
machine, landing in the ditch, one on
either side of the culvert.
Neither Of the men were injured.
beyond a few minor bruises and
scratches, and they were soon at
work getting their car back on its
wheels SO that it could be moved off
the roadway. Had the car been with
a top so that the men could not have
been thrown out as it turned over, it
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-06-27
CAPITOL THEATRE

"My Official Wife," the Warner
Bros. picture, which opens at the
Capitol Theatre tonight for run
of two days, is screen version Of
the stage melodrama by Charles
Hlaney, which had sensational
success all over the world in the
and Austria in the davs when Cars
and Emperors rode the storm Of
swirling intrigue with elaborate
elegance. Founded upon the story
by Archibald Clavering Guntcr, who
had in a high degree the almost lost
art of creating thrills, it seems as
wildly alive today according to all
reports, as when it first was pro-
duced. The screen version. by
Graham Baker, was directed by
Paul Stein, the Viennese, who was
imported by Warner Bros, as Sec
ond Lubitsch. "My Official Wife"
Is his first American production.
Irene Rich and Conway Tearle
are featured in the leading roles,
Miss Rich appears as a Russian
Countess who goes out in masauer-
ade as peasant and is captured by
six young noblemen. who hold her
for a night in an inn, where they
cast lots for her. Mr.. Tearle plays
the Grand Dukes son. who wins her
in lottery. The swft-moving story
tells of the Countess's revenge.
The supporting cast includes
Stuart Holmes, John MILAN, Gustav
Won Seyffertitz, Emil Chautard and
Jane Winton.