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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-27

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. December 21.-The
naval dirigible Los Angeles and two
destroyers today were searching the
ocean wastes hetNee Cape Cod and
Sable Island. Nova Scotia, for the am.
phibian plane Dawn. missing since
FRIDAY night with its crew OF three
men and A woman.
The search was handicapped by lack
Of definite information as to the
planes whereabouts since it was re.
ported passing over Cape Cod shortly
after O'Clock Friday night. two
hours after il had taken off from
Roosevelt Field, New York, for llar.
hor Grace, Newfoundland. on the first
lap Of projected flight to Croydon,
ENGLAND.
Sea,ch by the Navy followed an.
nouncement by the Canadian govern
ment wireless station on Sable Island.
operated by the Marconi Co. that on
sunday night an interrupted message
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-27
GALES OIL REFORM
PLAN IS APPROVED
Bill to Amend Regulations
Passed by House of Depu.
ties on First Reading.

By the Associated Press.
MEXICO CITY, December e-.-The
House of Deputies has passed the
first reading Of a bill sent by Presi-
dent Gales amending articles Il and
IL OF the Mexican oil regulations.
The articles will he amended i'm ac-
cordance with the recent Supreme
Court decision in the Mexican Petro.
leum Co. case
TIE amendment. if passed by Con-
gress. would definitely remove the
main objection by oil companies to
the oil law. since II would do away
with confrmatory concessions for so
years in exchange for rights acquired
By oil companies before May ]. 1917.
The utmost importance is attached
10 the Gales proposal. which was sent
TO the Deputies through the depart
ment of interior.
Gales Reviews Case.
In a note 10 the Deputies. President
Gales reviews the Mexican Petroleum
Co. case and the decision Of the SUI
preme Court granting an Injunction
restraining the department OF indus
try, commerce and labor from cancel
ing certain OF the companies drilling
permits. he Says that the main -siew
of the court is that the Mexican
Petroleum 20. could not have applied
for the confirmation Of its previously
acquired rights without the removal
| of the Objectionable restriction. which
! impaired the company's patrimony
| and was imposed by article II OF the
law issued December IS. 1925.
| Gales adds that the Supreme Court
! ruling creates an abnormal situation
/ the executive being unable 10 apply
/ the oil law uniformly. He continues
| that the benefits Of the ruling must
reach all companies and individuals
| even those who have already complied
! with the provisions Of articles II
| and Is.
! As the Supreme Court decision es
i tabiishes the unconstitutinnality Of Ger
/ tain points OF the oil law. Gales pro
poses this amendment;
Article Fourteen-Tbere shall bt
| confirmed without expense by means
| OF concessions the following rights.
''One-Those derived from lands or
which oil exploitation works were
commenced prior TO May ?. 1917.
| ,"Two-Those derived from con
/ tracts made prior 10 May ], 1877. ~
| owners Of the surface or persons
| under contract 10 ihem ioF tHs pun
pose Of oil exploitation.
"Three--To owners of oleoducfs anc
/! refineries at present working under
| concessions or authorize ions ISSUED
| by the department of industry. com
m,erce and labor; and In regard 4
! those concessions or authorize tlons
Time Limit Removed,
Confirmation Of these rights vii
he GRANTED without limitation OF time
! when On behalf OF surface owner
and for The lime mentioned In ron
! tracts reached by surface owners ant
| other pa rites
Article Fifieen--The term OF on
! year IL nxed from the day following
The pItllca tion of these reforms untl
The same day. inclusive. OF he iol
towing yenr In which must he souah
CONTINUED on Page I. Column -
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Ia ALCOHOL DEATHS.
50 Receiving Treatment in New
York Hospitals.

SEW sDHK December ~ ~ ~-
Fourteen deaths fJofn alcoholism siHfs
Friday were reported ny ihs police
today. While Gs persons were receiving
treatment in The aie0hoIie wards of
ihe ely hospitals.
togpitai officials said this number
van not ahtottnsi aud tiai u40st nf
}he caAes were dus ~ diiuhiue ~ ex,
eeshi,e quantities of liquor rather
LAsa wood alcohol.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-27
Envoy TO Return.

DUBLIN. liecamher al tH Fred
etick A sterling. American Minister
Ia iips Irish Free State, viii leave Dub
lin for Washington early IN January
although nn definite date has ieen
fiAed Vet
II viii he HE Ministers first sisl,
h1me since his installation In Dublin
Last July.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-27

t,,,l.mau Train Met by WdTfi.
froMd VI 700.

SANTA BARBARA Calf, ieeen-
bsr gq (A1) --- A4 bratgjy frDHd ~ 700
,.s,sons W8A on hdnd iDday 10 get
= giiolpne Df y iiian i<d"afd itick-
,ngu n1nfssSea rlase' ~ Marian
Iatkef. 8s sbf tfsin pn ~hI"h he IL
i.3u0 fef4lft.d 10 I<ts AGR"i"s si"p,
taH here few u8iHUtee
vaolt distance ttato Santa Bat
s-eDl.nas9 ga Page !. Column ~
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Golden Ciblets
I'm Turkey Start
Prospectors' Rush

RED LODGE. Mont, December
c7.-Discovcry Of gold nuggets in
a turkey prepared for Christmas
dinner by Mrs. A. Pollard has
started prospectoTs on search
for the mother lode.
Eight nuggets. weighing 30
grams. and valued at about So.
ware found in the turkey. The
fowl was raised on the Paul ".
Cartricht ranch. two miles from
Red Lodge. 1t was one of the few
birds sold here by Mr.. Cartright.
About IS birds vHre shipped to
Maine.
Red Lodge IL in the district
where placer miners obtained mil
lions of dollars worth OF dust in
pioneer Western days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-27
New Motors In Building.

Officers declared that n number
~ new Wrigh, motors were In the
building but they could not say
whether the flames had rendered them
useless
The fre seemed 10 sweep across
the ceiling with a terrific roar" Mai
Hurwell explained. 1T was like magic
The men inside the building got ou,
just In time. There were Is men In
The Quarterfnaster section and IN
men In the Air Corps office. but they
did not learn OF the fire until a soldier
on the outside sounded the alarm
The post siren Immediately was
sounded and the City Fire Department
called. They arrived in record tim,
and they deserve great credit for tn.
way in which they cut OFF the spread
Of the fire and eAtinguished, the blaz
Ing wreCkaee.
How the fire started is very mys
teriouS to me. We had heating
plant In the eastern end OF the build
ing. but I do not think the Ere start et
there IT seemed 10 originate In tn,
ceiling and may have been due Il
defective wiring or other causes"
Water Pressure Boosted.
partment the low pressure from the
post fire bYdrants was promptly
boosted 80 that streams uf great force
could - brought into play, The tirc
men raised "A water shield" against
the flames. preventing them from en-
Vrlnplng the entire building. The
eastern half al the warehouse Itself
was badly damaged by the intenS,
heat. and part of the roof sasaed In
officials said that "a large feCunatfur
ton Job would be required Ia put the
Warehouse back into commission.
The Immense pail Of smoke that
arose hundreds of feet In the air rould
b. seen from downtown "tiitn hiild
ingH aud rtt ioiis mntniIsts, VINO nnni
had clutieIed the main streets lead
ms nrtnsS 10 Annrostia al tinrr
threatened In seriously hinder The
progress ot IRE apparatus,
Mai HurWeii declared That tbs
prompt action of the eitN fite he
pnrtmeni had spared the Unite.
States aosei nmeht "a territle iohn
lie atd that II would probably h'
necessary IN ask t"ngiess for al
emergency appropriation 10 cover We
damage already done.
Officers Joined with enlisted men u
the work ~ hghling the flames an'
saivnAing material AViatnrs "n duty
AT The post assisted IN dragging hos'
lines Into ihs building ana IN direct
Ing the force af soldiers thrown arnun'
the Watehunhe.
A hoard of Army officers, appointed
immediately Ia investigate the nre, re
Rniieh Ia The War Department eaii'
| Ibis hfteinaon that The lass "Mnhi'
| lie II iiitle less than 5000 900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-27
RADICAL ECONOMIC
CHANGESFORECAST
Price Decline and Depression
Predicted by Speakers at
Conference Here.

Warnings OF radical changes that
nomic world were sounded today hv
speakers before the meeting of the
American Economic Assoc ciatoin. one
of the Council Of Learned Societies
which began a four-day session to-
day at the Washington Hotel.
The Il constituent bodies In the
council will meet here during this
week.
4 gradual price decline was fore
seen. with the possibility Of long
period of depression within 10 years,
| "Goid League" Urged.
Among the radical y steps urged
nere the establishment Of gold
league ~ nations to I've conducted
like the United States Federal Re
serve system, urged by Lionel y,
F.die Of the University OF Chicago.
aud the building up ot department.
store chains comparable in siEe 10
the General Motors Co and the
United states Steel Corporation. fore
seen hv Edward \, fiiene, Roston
department store owner.
luhn H. Andrews secretary of the
American Association for Labor Leg .
lShtion. at the opening session OF
that organization declared that ton-
ereSS in the District at Columbia has
a broader duly than projecting Gov"
ernment employees. "it is responsible
for legislation To promote the Wei
fare of workers in private employ"
mentS as Welt" he insisted, TWO
measures whica Congress ~ ca sleti
anon to pass promptly are accident
,omnensntton and vocational rehaotlt-
tatlnp for private employees In the
District
4 complete survey" of the entirs
Federal civilian force and a "laSs'nca
ton nuhlishcd as an aid In selecting
employees best fitted IL their jobs was
urged hv George T. Wales, commis'
xinnSr Of the civil Service Commission,
''rhe United states ciNtl Service
Commission he said, ",s called ur",
annually Ia MI approximately *o,oon
vacancies In the Federal eiVit service,
caused mainly hv death. resignation.
removal. promotion and retirement.
This, ts the recruiting task Of the cont
mission. II IN ohvious thar class specs
cations are of the utmost Importance
in recruiting work,
Nn Taxpayers Concerned,
II IA Also ohN NtouS. Commissioner
Wales continued. that the selection ot
Frd, raj ciNll employees IN the dlTect
concern ut eVrfN TAXPAYER. ntst, he
cause IL tnsts such a tremendous Suni
tn pay the great ARMY ot federal en-.
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i. S.-FRENCH PACT
HELD AID TO PEACE
Signing of Treaty Would Have
Profound Effect on
Other Nations.
RY DAVID LAWRENCE.

Senator Borah's hint that other
nations might make trFtlties with
France outlawing war, thus making
IL easier for the United States to
work out n cimilar agreement. really
means that the United states Is TAX
ing very seriously the French sug-
gestions originally made by Foreign
Minister BRAND and now the subject
Of converse tlons between the French
Amba ssador here and Secretary kel-
logg.
The United States is going ahead
with the negotiations and there ~
no disposition 10 await action by
other powers but rather there is hope
that the publication OF the draft
treaty when completed viii have
a world wide effect.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-27
$5OD,0DO BLAZE
BURNS WAREHOUSE
At BOILING FIELD
rs Men in Long Building
Barely Escape as Fire
Sweeps Down on Them.
LOW WATER PRESSURE
HAMPERS FIREMEN
Thousands of Dollars Worth of
Plane Wings and Other Parts
Are Destroyed.

Fire. causing damage estimated at
$500. 900 swept the Air Corps and
Quartermaste warehouse at Boiling
Field. today, but was rapidly eXtin.
guished by the District Fire Depart
ment with a saving of some $4,000. 900
worth airplane equipment. While
the origin of the fire was not definitely
aScertained, il was varously attrib.
uted to an overheated hot water heat
ing system and to defective electric
wiring.
Low water pressure. due TO some
misunderstandi or mishap in the
operation of post water supply sys-
tenn, seriously hampered early efforts
of military authorities 10 check the
flames. Mai. H. s. Burwell, coms
manding officer at Boiling Field. i'm.
mediately launched an investigation
into the cause and the exact amount
Of damage TWENTY-FIVE men in the
long sheet-iron building barely escaped
being trapped by the quick spread of
the cont'agration. They did not
know OF the fire until some one on the
outside gave them the alarm.
The goods destroyed were mostly
qnartermaster equipment including
clothing for the personnel of ESQ men.
many thousa nds OF dollars worth Of
airplane wings. motors. tail surfaces
and other valuable parts.
Praises u. E. Firemen.
Mai. Burwell paid high tribute to
the prompt and efficient service given
by tho District Fire Department.
which he said saved us a cool s..
900. 900" Halt a dozen compa nies
turned out in response to two alarms
with Fire Chief George Watson in
personal command. Great crowds at
tracted by the dense clouds of black
smoke were kept back with great
by police reserves under the
personal direction of Mai Edwin b.
Hesse.
The fire. originating apparently
over the ceiling at the east end of
the warehouse. spread with "A roar
of a mufiied explosion as the highly in.
fammabie dope" covered airfoils fell
into the path nf the flames. The east.
ern half OF the building. housing the
Quartermastar supplies. was soon
converted into raging inferno,
oxygen tanks were taken rapidly
from the flaming building to n place
OF safety by well.organized crews OF
enlisted men. All the records of the
Air Corps supply offices were sal.
vaeed.
Several OF the soldiers made valiant
efforts 10 brave the fire and smoke
and retrieve other records and equip
ment. but were beaten back by the
soaring tongues OF fire. Fire Marshal
Seib was advised that much of the
posts most valuable technical sup.
plies were In the building and that "A
preliminary investigation showed that
considerable damage had been done To
this equipment. IT WAS estimated
that about e5 sets of airplane wings
and parts. stored in the middle section
of the warehouse, were totally de.
stroyed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-27
Bryan Treaties.

While the subject In under negoiia-
ton no statement can be made by
the Department Of State, but the In
forma ton IN ava liable that the pro-
posed treaty represents an advance
on what has been attempted before
In peace and arbitration treaiies.
The so-calied Bryan treaties. which
are in effect between The United
States and - other nations provide
Il cooling-off period of nine months.
which each nation agrees To await
before resorting to hostilities. Dur
ing that period the causes or the
dispute are investigated by an inter
national commission and an effort
made to conciiiate the parties,
The League of Nations covenant
has the same principle in II. but this
does not bind the non member states.
like the United States.
InaSmuch az France has always en-.
joytd the friendlieSt relations with the
United states, the negotiation of u
tween these two countries Is consider
ed appropriate.
The executive branch Of the Amcrt'
can Government. however. has always
been willing To so much further than
the American Senate President Taft
negotiated with France and o'het
countries treaties that would have re-
onred the submission to arbitration Of
all disputes. including those oi ma
tional honor. but The Senate would not
ratify them. This. however, was t'f'
fore the World War. and there may
he a different spirit in the Senate
when the treaty With France Is pre-
neutel nv itself
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-27

II ftIF N~Nt't 7tfta7E ITsf-t-
Los ANGELES, December 81
Less than two hours after his AT.
rival in Los Angeles William +.
Hickman. confessed kidnarer and
slayer Of Marian Parker. WAS
brought into court today for ar
raignment. Judge Carlos Hardy of
the Superior Court. presiding. con-
tinued the case until pm, Thurs
DAY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-27

Once a treaty oi this Kind ts ratified
The chances ot getting tasiiirati"n
with other countries nre immeasut'
ably improved The significant thing
IL that the Washington Government iS
moving forward with plans for peace
treaties and with peace advocate
like Senator Rotah OF Idaho as chair
man of the foreign relations commit
tee of the Senate. there Ia increased
hone OF anti.war treaties once neSo
tiated viii he ratified.
,ropNrght tna1,f
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-27
.\n Taxpayers Concerned,

II ia Also ohN Ntous Commissioner
Wales continued that the selection of
Frdt raj ciNll employees ~ the direct
concern ot every TAXPAYER. ntSt, be
cause IL casts such a tremendous Sun
Ia nav the great army of tederal EN-
t'nnIinnel ON Page 1 Nolnmn 81
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-27

The Stars carrier system covers
every city block and the regular edi-
ton is delivered to Washington homes
as fast as the papers are printed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-27
WEATHER.

10, $ Weather Bureau Forccastl
Fair, not so cold tonight: minimum
temperature tonight about 80 degrees;
tomorrow increasing cloudiness with
rising temperature, Temperatures:
Highest, IS. at noon today; lowest, "a,
at am. Fun report on page 2.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-27

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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-09-23
CHAPTER VIII

"Wilkins!" repeated Ashton. "What
sort of farce is this?"
"If it turns out to be farce" said
the doctor, sit will be of your making.
If l were clothed in your authority
and know only what I know at this
moment, would go to that telephone
and call in some trusty man to watch
him; and if my guess survives the
test to which I am about to put it, l
should, within the next half hour, or
der his arrest"
He turned away too quickly to see
the shrug of tolerant contempt which
was all the answer Ashton vouchsafed
to this suggestion. He unscrewed the
megaphone which had been attached
to the instrument to which Wilkins
had been harnessed, and attached to
it pair of ear tubes to listen through,
a glass tube which looked like a Their
mometer and another tube which ter
minated in glass bulb, half full of
red liquid. He put the listening tubes
to his ears and started the machine.
"Give Ashton cigar, and don't let
him talk" was his injunction to me.
For nearly quarter of an hour
after that there was silence in the
room; but at last he stopped the cylin-
der which was revolving in the in
strument, took the tubes from his ears
and laid them on the table. Then he
turned to us.
81 was right, Ashton" he said. 81
know you want an explanation, and
I'm going to give it; but if wilkins is
to be at large during the time it will
take me to tell the story, want the
responsibility to be upon you, and not
upon me. If were in your place, 1
should order his arrest"
(TO BE CONTlNUED.)
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-09-23

"Oh, no; likely not, sir. She looks
a little pale, but l fancy that Is no
more than because the room is some
what close"
SIS lit" asked the doctor.
swell, it struck me so, sir. And /
think, II you'll allow me, 1t might be
we'll to have that vehtilator cleaned.
1t is really very foul, sir. If you like,
I'll speak to them in the Office and
have them send up man tomorrow to
do it."
He nodded, when he spoke Of the
ventilator. to a grated opening in the
wall, and my eyes followed him. l
didn't see anything wrong with 1t
myself, but the mans eyes were evil
IDENTIFY more practiced than mine.
The doctor feed him also. and lib
orally, and the next moment the head
waiter and the chambermaid were out
in the corridor and the door was
closed behind them.
At the sound Of that closing door,
Ashton exploded, not with impatient
anger, as half expected he would, but
with pure amusement. He laughed
loud and long, and without the slight
est effort to suppress his mirth. Doc
tor McAlister paid no attention, but
let him enjoy his laugh undisturbed.
SWELL" said the district attorney
when he had got his breath, I'm really
very much obliged. After hearing so
much about these psychological exam
nations, it's interesting to have been
present at one"
The doctor nodded rather grimly.
Its not half as interesting as it will
be in about five minutes" he said.
He was busy with the instruments
on the table as he spoke. do you
care to wait and see the results?" he
added.
Come" said Ashton; "you don't
really believe, do you, that you have
found out anything, by some subtle,
scientific process of yours, about that
grip
II know all about the girl already"
said my chief. "But come, were you
really taken in by the trick?
"What trick?''
''Did you think, all the while, that 1t
was the girl was examining?"
A great light suddenly burst upon
me, but Ashton was not so quick. His
face went perfectly blank.
'Did I think it was the girl you
were examining! What else could you
have been doing? Who else was there
to examiner"
"Wilkins!" said the doctor with a
blow of his fist upon the table. evil
Eins! And, by thunder, l believe i
have got him."
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on very large scale? And the queer
thing about it was, that it showed
neither latitude nor longitude. There
was nothing about it to indicate what
part of the world it represented. /
brought it away with me this morn
ing. I'll show it to you presently If
you care to look at it. It's there on
the table in that big manila envelope"
Il beg your pardon, sir"-it was Will
kins who spoke-"I wonder if you
could spare me now, sir. I'm supposed
to be in the dining room at this hour"
The capacity of a trained servitor
like wilkins for eliminating himself,
Transforming himself into mere piece
of furniture, is something extraordi-
nary. He had sat through the whole
examination with countenance of the
same wooden imperturbability that he
always wore on duty in the dining
room.
The doctor unfastened the long flex-
ible wires by which he was harnessed
to the instrument.
HOpS we maven hOpl yOu IOO
long, Wilkins" he said. 1T was very
good of you to come"
mot at all, sir. Don't mention it,
sir. Sorry have to leave now"
"Well," said the doctor slowly, 81
think we're about through, anyway.
Jane here has been ill, and we mustn't
keep her too long. 1 don't think of
anything else want to question you
about, Jane. Thank you very much
for helping u.s."
He removed the little telephone that
hung before the girls lips, and slipped
a dollar bill into her hand as he
spoke. Then he turned to Wilkins,
who had risen, still in his harness, and
was scrutinizing, with amused curl
osity, the portentously named instru-
ment to which he had been attached.
The doctor, with a smile, was I'M
strapping the small recording instru-
ments that were attached to his chest
and wrists. "We're very much
Obliged" he said. "You've really
helped us materially. His tone was
low and confidential, not intended for
the girls ears. II don't think she's
any the worse for her examination,
Wilkins" he concluded.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-09-23

fashions. The latest within of the
mode is to contrast light cloth, prefer
ably the new pale browns and toast
shades, or beige, with an enrichment
of dark fur, as defined by the model in
the picture.
This handsome coat also declares
that shawl collars are Gin" again.
Multitudes of the newer coats bear
testimony to it's return to favor. Even
fur coats are shawl-collared this sea-
son.
There is also much emphasis placed
on side fastenings, sin proof Of which
the coat illustrated bears witness. An
other new wrinkle" in the matter of
styling is the intricate manipulation
of underarr1 seamwork and tucks,