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Evening star., 1927-03-31
S. v. HAYDEN DIES.
Retired Lawyer Had Lived in Illi-
nois Since Quitting Practice.

Samuel V. Hayden, member Of the
District bar who retired In 1925, died
yesterday at his home in Pittsfleld
H., according to word received today
from his widow in q telegram to At
torney r. Sidney Johnson. who was
associated with Mr.. Hayden shortly
before he left Washington. The
funeral arrangements are not known.
Mr.. Hayden was born at Pittsfield
and practiced law there before coming
to Washington. where he was asso.
ciated with l.. d. Yarrell, and later.
after MIR. Yarrell's death. he practiced
law alone. Mr.. Hayden was counsel
for Mrs. Florence f. Maybrick, who
had been charged in England with
poisoning her husband. After she
was convicted and detained for sew
eral years, Mr.. Hayden secured her
release. Mrs. Maybrick came 10
America and conducted a lecture tour
nn prison reforms.
Evening star., 1927-03-31
By the Associated Press.

NEW ORLEANS. March 31.--
Comdr. Francesca de Pinedo, Italian
aviator making tour of four conti-
nents, got down to business here to-
day. After being feted by the city for
a day and a half. the airman started
on minute inspection Of every part
OF his plane" in preparation for his
fight westward, which he now thinks
will start tomorrow.
Two OF the most important pieces Of
equipment. which must be in place
before the plane starts again. are the
mosquito gun and the fishing tackle.
The commander insisted that he could
not leave without them. The fishing
tackle, he said. was to provide food
and amusement if they had to come
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De Pinedo and Aide Planned Suicide
HLost in Brazil Jungle; Youth Poser

down for some unscheduled stop, and
the aviator insists that the mosquito
gun saved the lives Of him and his
two companions over Brazil.
De Pinedo is very thankful he did
not have to come down in Brazil. He
told very calmly Of plans he had made
to commit suicide In the event of a
forced landing In the jungles. Capt.
Carlo Del Prete, his assistant pilot,
knew of the danger and would have
gone with him II they had come down,
De Pinedo said, but Vitale Zachetti,
the young mechanic, would have been
problem. He had never been told Of
the danger and they did not know
whether he would have followed them
or would have preferred to have
stayed and died in the jungle.
Evening star., 1927-03-31
MRS. JAMES WAYNE SUES.
Noted Mexican Beauty Seeks Di-
vorce From American Mate.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 81 CP.--
Mrs. Margot Valdez Pea Wayne,
noted Mexican beauty and descendant
Of Don Juan de Dios Piza y Fernan.
dez de Cordova, Mexican secretary Of
war under Emperor Maximilian, has
filed suit for divorce here against
James w. Wayne of San Francisco
and Detroit, charging desertion.
The Waynes were married in Mexi-
CO City December IT, 1924, and sepa.
rated less than a year after their
wedding.
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THOMAS P. LARKlN DIES.
Funeral Services Will Be Held
Saturday Morning.

Thomas p. Larkin, 81 years old, a
route manager for the Washington
Times for % years, died in George
town University Hospital yesterday
after an illness of several months.
He Is survived by his sister-inlaw.
Mrs. Anna Larkin. 106 r street
northeast: two nieces, Mrs. Elizabeth
With and Mrs. Margaret Gooding, and
a nephew, Thomas P. Larkin.
Funeral services will be conducted
in st. Martins Catholic Church Sat
urday morning at 8 o'clock. Inter
ment will be in Holy Rood Cemetery.
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PEACHES BARRED BY 400.
Theater Owners Association Will
Not Feature Her.

PITTSBURGH. March 81 R.-
Frances Peaches" Browning. es-
tranged wife of Edward w. Browning,
New York real estate operator. has
been barred from appearing In any
OF the 400 theaters affiliated with tho
Motion Picture Theater Owners Asso.
ciation OF Western Pennsylvania and
West Virginia.
Representatives Of the organization.
at a meeting here yesterday, reiterated
its policy OF employing no perform
ers ''who have not earned, by hard
work and ability, the right to appear
an a member of ths theatrical nra.
fession.'
Evening star., 1927-03-31
$40 Buys Murder
In Shanghai and
Gun Is Furnished
By the A.socjated Press.

SHANGHAI, March 31.-Ten
dollars Is the price of assassina-
tion in Shanghai. Evidence to this
effect was given in case dealt
with by the provisional court, in
which a Chinese was convicted and
sentenced to life Imprisonment for
the murder of a loyal forewoman
in a British cotton mill.
The prisoner confessed he shot
the woman at the instance of a
prominent member of the general
labor union. who gave him SO
beforehand. He said the gun was
loaned to him by the labor leader.
Evening star., 1927-03-31
Vaiie Arrives in Spain.

SEVILLE, Spain. March 81 R.--
William N. Vale, member OF Congress
for Colorado, has arrived here from
the United States to study the plans
for The Ibero American exposition.
Evening star., 1927-03-31
PHYSICAL TRAINING
CONVENTION OPENS
Problems Pertinent to Med
ern Methods Considered
by Association.

Five hundreds physical training
specialists connected with private and
public schools in the eastern section
Of this country, gathered at the open
ing business session of the eastern
district of the American Physical Fdu-
cation Association at the Washington
Hotel this morning, began the prac-
tical consideration of problems peril
nent to modern methods of physical
training. The formal sessions will
close tomorrow and a recreatlonal pro
gram has been arranged for Saturday.
The primary object OF the conven-
ton is to acquaint the delegates. with
the latest trend in physical education
that they may the more efficiently
carry on their work OF raising the
physical standards Of the youth of
this country. Emphasis is being
laid on the importance OF physical ed
ucation as an integral part OF the
general educational program and the
necessity of bearing In; mind the ad-
visibility of maintaining a sound
mind within a sound body.
DR.. Charles H. Keene of Buffalo
University, president OF the associa-
ton. opened the preliminary conven-.
ton meeting last night and delivered
an address tracing the .developFnent.
of physical education throughout the
world. DR.. Frank w. Ballou, superln.
tendent Of schools Of the District. j
advocated the establishment Of physi-
cal as well as mental tests for school
children and a careful system of
physical inspection as a basis for the.
correction of physical defects. Dr.
William M. Davidson, superintendent
of schools Of Pittsburgh said that h
physical culture program must In
clude the development Of the head,
hand, heart and health. Music was
furnished by Ford's Old Time Orches.
ira from Dearborn, Mich.
DR.. James H.. McCurdy, director of
physical education, international u.
NJ. c. A. College, Springfield. Mas,
presided at the session this mourning,
which included practical talks BY
Prof. s. G. Staley of the University
of Illinois and DR.. Frederick Rand
Rogers. State supervisor of physical
education Of New York, and James
E. Rogers. director Of the Natiori
Physical Education Service.
Technical Problems Discussed.
Additional practical discussions of
technical problems common to most
physical education leaders win take
up the afternoon session and toner.
row the conferences and addresses
will be divided into programs adapted
to group conferences Of man and
woman teachers. eaao1 10
DIR. William Mather Lewis .prssi,
dent of George Washington Univer-
sity will be the after-dinner speaker
tonight at the annual banquet Of the
association. The program tomorrow
night will take the form OF prac-
teal demonstration In the new Wv
9. A. gymnasium, Seventeenth and,
* streets. .sa d.
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Technical Problems Discussed.

Called a mouse trap garage. II
shelter consisting of a piano-box- -Iiks
covering which lifts up to let the
automobile enter and then shuts
down on II, has been introduces IN
England. sg
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Professional men have the most
overdraftsin proportion to their num-
her. and Armers next, according to
recent 5saNiS.ics.
Evening star., 1927-03-31

Macdonald stated: at Is one Of the
worst cases to come before me.
think have given the. defendant
about everything the law allows"
The Washington times., 1927-07-06
The knowledge Test for
Times Readers

Do you know
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Who wrote "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of CaaverasD?
Where is Costa Rca?
4 What is an autograph?
What is the word Duncan Phyfe applied to?
Mna Is the meaning of the phrase "cavea emptor"?
: Z. In what part of the body is the arynx?
One answer 10 correct. Choose it.
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Abyssinia is in Australia Mongolia ArArc.
~ PeIy IS 9 precious stone demon fruit-bird.
Match correctly: 9 : ~ 4at'e'
IL. Nantes Aus+rol.
Is. Canberra M;sson;
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is. ST. Louis carmsrv
see tomorroWs paper to verify your results.
Answers to yesterdays
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nectcut Paul Green apanes France; TO- GERMANY
lay T. Japan 49, Russia; H. device for inducing artificial
respiration; 16 Pygmaion; 16 South Africa.
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CAPTAIN SALVATION By Frederick william Wallace

the words in his ears. There fol-
lowed a great swing through
space. stars, flames and sparks of
fire danced madly around. Then
came a sudden jerk which made
him feel as il torn asunder, and
he found himself plunging head.
long into a Iimitless lake Of blood,
viscid, fetid, squirming and seeth-
ing with unnameable creatures
with dreadful eyeless faces.
He came to normal conscious.
ness again to find himself lying
on the cabin floor and the glow
Of the lamp dissipated something
OF the horror that possessed him.
Rolling his tongue in his mouth,
his eyes roved apprehensive1y
around, taking in the furnishings
Of the apartment.
The creaking OF the vessels
timbers as she rolled to the swell
aided in bringing him back to
realities. Coming slowly and pain.
fully to his feet, he reeled drunk
emily to chair and slumped into
it. covering his face with his
shaking hands.
As the minutes passed, control
of his faculties gradually returned
and he reached hesitatingly for
the bottle on the table.
Something's Jared me" The
croaking ejaculation synchronized
with the tinkling of the bottle
neck against the lip OF the glass
His hand was quivering like
man with the ague, and the
twitchings of his nerves found a
sounding response in the chatter
ing clink. He poured out a
drink, splitting much Of 1t over the,
cloth, and when he raised the
glass to his lips it played a shiv-
ering tattoo against his teeth.
my rudy nerves are gone!
He seemed unable to get the liquor
down. His tongue and lips had
feeling as though they were rigid,
unable to function to the prompt
ings Of the brain. Three times he
essayed to drink, and three times
he failed to swallow the draught.
Then he set the glass back on the
table with a hand that shook
For hours he sat, huddled in
the chair, wide-eyed, awake. ears
ana eyes alert, all his nerves on
edge. The least sound set him
peering apprehensively at the
doors. Shaken to the very core
OF his being, Arson Campbell had
met something vaster and more
powerful than himself, and he
knew fear.
A torrential rain was falling,
drumming tumultously on the
decks, sluicing noisily through the
scuppers. 1t was a tropical down
pour, a veritable deluge, but
warm enough to entice certain
members Of the Aphrodite's crew
to strip and stand naked under
the dripping skies. A full moon
rode somewhere in the heavens.
yelled by inky clouds, and the
night was pitchy dark. Mr..
French had the watch.
(To BE Continued Tomorrow
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) fish net abloom with the scarlet
geraniums would come soaring
her mind with q terrible anguish,
she would nevertheless feel again
the rapture of his hand pressing
hers, his young lips brushing so
tenderly and sweetly on her wet
lashes.
She now said, with her lips near
his, Michael--Michael, dearest
." and she had no conscious.
ness Of the floor or of effort in the
dance. She was borne along in the
winging, uplifting buoyance of
their spirits. She and Michael
seemed flying joyously through
rainbows Of color and song.
She laughed openly, not mean.
ing to be cruel, when Ollie Horne,
her partner in the sixth dance,
confessed that he was ''sEnitten"
and asked her flatteringly to "cut
some Of those barbs and let's you
and I take ride in my machine"
And when finally the last dance
was over and she was buttoning
the substantial brown coat about
the glowing jade satin, she closed
her eyes moment and would have
been content to let all eternity
pause in the sweet, inspiring fer
vor of her emotion.
After this they went to the col.
lego functions. For days before a
ball Roen went about on tiptoe
with excited anticipation. She
wondered how she would wear her
hair--if she might spend dollar
for string Of pearls If she should
bind a piece of green velvet,
Grecian-like, across her forehead.
And the ride home at midnight
with the lights of the city dancing
on a hundred hills!
She wore the green dress and
felt regal in it until one night she
overheard a girl who was JEALOUS
of Rooms charm say: Here she
comes in the everlasting greenr'
She ripped the beloved garment
to pieces, had it dyed black and re-
made in a daring directoire style.
She looked rather startling with
her full, supple grace, her bur-
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Aid me now "r' The
cry came again, soaring into his
perception like red.hot iron. The
ship rolled slightly and brilliant
shaft OF the tropical moonlight cut
into the gloom like giant sword
blade. flashing between him and
the woman he coveted. In the
quick stab of the pallid glare, her
face shone ethereal, sanity in its
aspect, hopeful, assured. Then
came the velvety blackness again,
strangling. portentous.
"Arise. o Lord. disappoint him,
cast him down; deliver my soul
from the wicked. by thy sword
. 70
The invocation formed itself in
his Imagination, unvoiced, con-
jured at the moment in his mind
by the opening of an obscure cell
in his, brain. AS he comprehended
its import. the. dark was riven
by the darling flash of the moon.
beam-a sword 4stab of white fire
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ping cavern, trampling ruthlessly
over the soft, squelching bodies OF
the creatures that scurried in his
path, oblivious Of their venemous
hissings, concerned only in escape
from the terror that pursued. The
breath came from his lungs in Sob
bling gulps, his tongue Glove to the
roof of his mouth, and his heart
was pounding, pounding
"Ah" The ejaculation burst in
Q hoarse gasp from his throat as
the defile blaZed with light and
the searching sword came lpnging
in his direction. He felt the point
driving through his ribs, soaring
his vitals in fiery agony. Speared
and writhing, he was drawn forth,
the horrid reptiles of the crew.
ices coiling about him and grasped
in his hands.
'"Thou shalt drink of
the wine of the wrath of God"
A mighty voice seemed to thunder
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Nol0 Go on With ne Storp

Err thought softened. Very
- much sobered, even a little
pale, she now powdered her nose.
Incredible that Michael would give
this wanton hurt. 1t must be
tradition at college dances for the
escort to take only the first and
the last. She would return to
the floor.
Il she learned that of his own
wish he had done this. She
began to tremble, and, reaching
the threshold, paused because
her hands were shaking.
The door was open a little.
Through the crack she saw a
dark form moving impatiently.
She pushed the door and went
quietly swiftly. without looking
up, toward him.
Well, what in the worldv' said
ne, selling her arm and pushing
her hurriedly before him. we've
missed half the dance-three-
quarters of it," He, took her
gloved hand, swept his arm about
her waist.
did we have this dance to.
gether, MitchaeI?'
At the quiet tone he glanced
suddenly in her race-found it
very white and the sweet, ardent
mouth he so loved, now trembling
pitifully. He was instantly
touched and in a flash read her
heart. 'Roeny-Roeny-why you
darling. You thought I meant
that? You went away to hide?"
A Surprise
Should I have known that you
were IS, Michael?"
Yes, and that I'm X and q
and x and every other initial
when it's on your program"
Her eyes closed-for an instant
the lights were dimmed. He bent
down and kissed her wet lashes.
He said huskily: Dear Asthore!'
Roen never forgot the thrill Of
this moment. Long afterwards
when the picture Of the immense
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which turned his blood to water,
his muscles to flabby flesh.
The feeling Of oppression grew
suddenly stronger, and he found
himself choking, gasping for
breath, every nerve in his body
twitching as the darting spear Of
light made searching stabs into
the pail. It appeared to be seek.
ing him out-piercing the OBJ
security to transfix him on its
thrusting point.
He watched it fearfully, shrink.
ing as 1t came nearer with each
succeeding stroke, and an appaIl-
ing sense Of helplessness over.
came him.
Then something seemed to snap
inside Of him, his head reeled dig
lilly. and crouching, fearful as
though expecting an imminent i'm
placement, he CROPPED frantically
for the door-knob and rushed from
the room in a wild, laundering,
loOsA-liDned terror
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nHE prayer, pleading, piteous in
= its intensity. appeared to come
In sudden burst from her throat.
Nervous startled by the cry, An.
son recoiled, his head striking the
lamp and knocking the light out.
The room was instantly plunged
into black darkness, save for the
ghostly glow Of the moonshine
screened by the curtain across the
portfolio. Somewhat daZed by vic.
lent contact with the heavy brass
bowl of the fixture, he stood up,
muttering an oath, rubbing his in
jured head.
Following the appeal, it seemed
to his excited imagination that the
air of the apartment grew sud.
denly cold, as, though a door had
been opened, 1t became so quiet
that he could almost hear the
pulsing of his heart, and the sob
hing invocation of the woman re-
sounded again and again in the
vaults of his consciousness.
The darkness felt oppressive, as
though it were palpable, and a SEN
sation of something uncanny,
something menacing. took posses.
sion of his being. The silence was
deadly, and he began to find a
curious difficulty in breathing.
what the devil-!'' The ex-
preston came from him in a de-
fiant croak and he backed up
against the door, thrusting the
darkness away from him with wild
lunges Of his hands. The pounding
in his ears increased as though
something was hammering on the
anvil of his brain.
20 Thou. my God. nv Father
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Stumbling into his quarters, he
lurched painting to the settee and
cast himself face-down upon it.
His features were dead-white and
moist with clammy sweat: every
muscle and nerve in his body
was weak and quivering.
AS he lay, crouching into the
cushions, his brain felt as IL it
was awhirl in his skull. He be-
came dizzy and sick, then of a
sudden the whirling ceased, and
he fancied himself, cornered and
groveling, in a vast cleft Of rock,
black, wet, icy-cold. Shiny things
crawled about in the gloom
things that bled hideously as
they writhed their way into crew
ices and holes-and he was crawl
ing and creeping with them, fear
full, striving to escape the thrust
ings of that giant blade.
Over the boulders he scrambled.
dragging himself into the inner
most recesses of that sombre drip
The Washington times., 1927-07-06
The Hollywood Girl : By Beatrice Burton

A ND a girl can fake" q good
"A many things. including her
complexion. But she cannot fake"
a kiss. 1t either says II love.
you," or it says nothing at all.
Isn't that true?
BY and by. they were alone In.
Mrs. Mangan's living room, and
Gus was gone and Mrs. Mangan
had gone upstairs to cry just
enough to relieve her feelings.
You came just in time, didn't
you?" Bobbie asked, her arms
around Andy's neck and her
brown eyes locked in his gray
ones. In another three min
utes I'd been on my way to
gel license and you'd never
found me. And I'd have mar
ried Gus
But you couldn't have cared
for him." said Andy.
KNOW ulQn't nOW--Dut i
didn't know it tor a long time, I"
Bobbie's voice was low and
thoughtful. you see, Andy, I
must have been In love with YOU
all this time. without knowing It.
It's SO hard for girl to know
her own mind, sometimes, and
so easy for her to make mistakes.
I always thought I wanted to be
a movie queen until / tried 1t.
/ hate it now. hate the thought
of going back to Magnifica to
finish that picture for Roy
Schultz
Shall you have to?"
ooh. yes" Bobbie nodded her
head solemnly. 1T costs a for
tune TO make a picture. And now
that that ones started, I'll have
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the middle and curved in two
little horns over his forehead.
Roen leased him about those
curls. He grinned and blushed,
but nothing could induce him TO
change the style. He was secretly
convinced that Irma Eaves, the
girl who was his partner in the
debate, found him handsome, and
he was certain that Irma ad-
mired the gay swing of his heavy
brown hair.
He Graduates
He was a tall. chuckling lad,
infallibly gay. as he had been
when Roen so joyously received
him as a gift from Bobby-dad.
His freckles had vanished to an
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) I'm here. hanging around wait.
ing for you"
ooh. no, it won't" Bobbie
laughed. ''And then I can go
back home with you to the place
where I belong. At least Mrs.
Mangan tells me that the place
where / belong is in a house. TAX
ing care OF it."
rs that what she says?" asked
Andy. and then he added that IL
she said that she certainly knew
her groceries"
"IIl tell you something else, =
he murmured, holding his best
and only girl close and closer to
him. "She called me UP long
distance the other night and told
me you were going to marry
this MacGloom or MacCrumb or
whatever his name is.
His names MacCloud, and you
know it!' answered Robbie, and
now I'll tell you something. I
don't believe I ever would have
married him this afternoon.
was getting cold feet all day
Andy laughed, and his gray
eyes twinkled.
II don't believe you would,
either--aIld that's why I came"
His voice grew husky, and then
grew very matter-of-fact.
Well. where shall we spend
the honeymoon" he asked, sud
denly business like. IF we have
only three days we'd better be
thinking about that"
II know a little place-a little
nat down here on Cahuenga
Street" began Bobbie. and all
once the thought of Monica's tow
dry flat was like a thought OF
paradise. itself, to her-or all we
know, in our poor human way.
OF paradisei
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nished eyes. She took Michaers
breath away.
She had grown dearer to him-so
very dear that each month it grew
harder waiting for their Fridays;
that he longed so to see her. it was
an everlasting gnawing ache in his
mind. And he ended, yearning:
Thank God, Roeny. wen soon
have done with itp'
She treasured as priceless jewels
things like this that Michael said.
She tucked them away on the
strings Of her heart, and often as
she lay awake at night she felt
them there, glowing and warm.
In spite Of all that had been
said-all the fears and doubts Of
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others-he cared, and more than
ever.
And now at last the tremendous,
sacred hour of Michael's gradua.
ton was come. How long distant
it seemed. that summer on the
river. Now in nagician's trice
it was upon them.
Roen asked James Burton for a
day off. Early in the morning she
and Jackie were up.
Any one would think 1t was
Jackie who was to strut proudly
across the platform and receive
his degree. It took him an hour
to scrub and shower: another hour
to get his clothes ready and comb
his hair. He wore this parted in
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all prevailing tan. And he'd make
the second football team, but. be-
ing very much younger than the
other boys in his class, he was
too light for the regulars: I'm
going to make it yet, Ron!
Think so?" he would add doubt
fully.
And Roen proud as a mother
looking on him as the very son
of her spirit-would sweep her
arm huggingly about his should
ers and give him any answer that
he wanted.
He came to her now and rubbed
his hand unhappiIy over his chin:
Say, Ron, don't you think I