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Sc of Man Stirred All Paris With One Spectacular Act

had won his confidence from many
glasses of strong drink.
II love the police" he said. 81
love them almost enough to forgive
| them for a little trick they played
on me. For, you see. / played one
| in return on them. For three months
| have led them a fruitless chase.
| But now I have not the heart to keep
| up the joke. So / am here to re-
| trieve their painful failure to cap
| ture the murderer of Nine. Cabrutti
| Il mean Nine. Cartubbi-no, Car
| butti, / am the man who killed
| her,"
There were gasps of establishment,
| ripples of laughter. The little man
| did not seem capable of killing a
| mousse; he seemed a mouse himself,
| which made the joke on the police
all the better. Attendants hurried
| over and hustled him to the ante
room to the accompaniment of the
| buzz of comment and the tittering of
| the guests.
| In the anteroom he was held by
| three policemen, while three others
| fought to keep out the score of re-
| porters who were trying to crowd
| into the room. A captain of police
hurried in and glared at the appar-
| entity drunk little man.
! "How dare you" he Numbered.
And what is your impudent purpose
! III doing this thing
/ The little man blinked at him sol
EMMY. "Why, to help you catch the
murderer of Nine. Cabr--no, Cat
rubbi-no, Carbutti"'
The captain though of the reporters
| clamoring to be let in on the scene.
He thought of the zest with which
| they would dilate on the incident;
of the sauce Of sharp wit they would
cook up for it in the papers; of the
| Jokes that would be made in the
| theatrical reviews. lie whispered to
a colleague:
1.-THE less fuss we make OF this
| business, the less the papers can make
of it.'
| His colleague agreed with n nod.
| The captain whispered instructions TO
a husky gendarme. The latter took
the little man firmly by the shoulder,
marched him out the back way and
| out into the street. Then he drew
| back and his foot caught the little
| man where it sent him sprawling
far out into the street.
This will teach you to play jokes
on the police"' the gendarme growled.
/ The stranger picked himself up just
as the reporters came running out,
| in time to hear the policemans words.
| A taxi was passing, and the stranger
| hailed it and got on the running board.
| Blowing a kiss, he cried:
II am well taught, cher ami, how
to play a joke on the policer'
And before the reporters could get
at him he was whirled off in the taxi
The papers next day made gay
comment on the incident. but
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Page Bergs in Atlantic

| melts, but investigation has recently
shown that this same sea ice Is prob
ably playing a very important role III
| transporting icebergs to the south.
ward of Newfoundland.
lust as the Smithsonian Institution
is undertaking a series of extern
sive experiments with the hope of de-
veloping long-range weather fore
cast. the observer of the ice patrol,
Lieut.. Comdr. Edward II. Smith of the
Coast Guard, is cooperating with the
photographic Office of the Navy to de-
velop an effective ice forecast by
means Of the weather, as it has been
determined that when there is a de-
felt of pressure in the atmosphere near
Iceland very heavy year of ice may
be expected off the Banks, as was the
case in 1912, when 1900 bergS drifted
south into the Atlantic.
But in 1924 there were only II bergs,
which shows an astonishing annual
variation, and when high atmospheric
pressure is noted near Iceland a light
ice season is due off the Banks, as the
consequent wind system and the pres
sure exerts tremendous driving eff
feet on the ice fields rather than on
the bergs themselves. Thus when
there is a large quantity of field ice
there is also a correspondingly large
number of bergs.
Bergs in the late season and in the
warm waters of the Gulf give off q
loud, cracking sound as they rend, that
is not unlike a rifle shot and when a
quantity of ice is detached from q
berg, or "calved," it causes a loud
roar, preceded by sharp reports.
These can be heard for half a mile
or so away, and the presence of sew
eral GROWERS and pices of detached
ice are fairly good hints that the ice
berg is not far away, probably to wind
ward.
There are many reScues on the At
lantic each year, but the majority lack
most of the elements of drama, though
the results are so often of the highest
Importance. This kind of assistance
is the backbone of work in the Coast
Guard, as was described In a recent
press account OF the accident to the
7.000-ton oil tanker, Tuxpanoil.
whose engine broke down in a gale off
Bodie Island, out of Hampton Roads.
The commandant at Norfolk, Va,
dispatched the cutter Manning to
bring her in, and after a running bat
tie with heavy seas and powerful west
winds for two days the cutter returned
with her refractory charge.
Nothing very sensational about
that-but the men on the Manning
knew their job. 1t isn't always so
simple.
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office. The heavy steel door of the
safe was half open, so that the
world apparently might see it's con-
tents, packages that looked like bun
dies of mortgages and title deeds.
Handing him one of these packages,
the man with the brutal face fixed
his glittering eyes on Benet.
Remember he growled.
The menace In those eyes. the
knowledge he had of the gang of
cutthroats working for this drug
ring, the terror they struck into his
timorous soul. made Louis sure he
would never forget.
He delivered the package of "se-
curities" to his friends and said:
II want nothing more to do with
this. I'm very sorry, dear friends.
but l must refuse to so there
again.
pUT the mischief had been done.
~ The police got hold of one of the
poor devils with some Of the drugs
in his possession. which Benet had
brought From this man they forced
a confession that it was Louis who
had brought the narcotics. One
morning, therefore. a detective from
headquarters walked into Louis
hall room and said:
Come along-
Louis was terrified. At police
headquarters they said to him:
Take your choice-prison or tell
US where you got the stun
Louis remembered the man with
the piercing eyes and his sincere
threat. He knew that even If the
police guarded him there would come
a time when the drug ring would get
him. The police. stern though they
were, did not look as threatening as
that man did: and the most they
threatened was prison. Whereas the
other promised death. So between the
two terrors Louis chose the lesser;
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| papers WaXed more sarcastic than
| ever. The half-wit was thrown out OF
detention prison with little gentleness
Several days later there was a ban.
| quet given at one of the famous res.
! taurantS in Paris in honor of a new
| chief of Paris police. Government
| officials, former police chiefs, members
! of the diplomatic corps in glittering
| uniforms. notableS of all kinds were
! there. The press had a table of its
! own with reporters from practically
every big newspaper and some foreign
| correspondents on hand to report the
| occasion.
| AS the speechmaking proceeded
| bouquets of eloquence were bestowed
on the retiring police chief, prophe-
cies of great accomplishments in the
| hunting down of criminals made of
the incoming chief. No one, of
course, mentioned such unpleasant
things as the failure of the retiring
chiefs detective service to run down
the murderer of Nine. Carbutti.
Nor did any recall the hoax
played on the police by the half wit
who had confessed" to the murder.
But between the reporters there
passed knowing Winks whenever an
orator delivered too fiowery praise
of the work of the detective bureau
in the recent past.
The banquet was guarded by q
specially assigned force of police, in
honor of the occasion. There walked
UP to the officer in charge of the
guard a thin, brisk, little man.,
dressed in fashionable dinner garb.
II am from the Journal. l have
| instructions to give to our reporter
at the banquet. But as / am in q
hurry, perhaps you will do it for me.
foil h i'm
Monsieur, I'm not your messenger
Tell it to him yourself"
, The stranger was thus sent into
the banquet hall. Here his brisk
ness changed to leisurely manner.
He was seen strolling from guest to
guest, whispering discreetly, asking
if the service was satisfactory.
Guests nodded, then turned again to
listen to the speakers.
In this way the stranger made his
way to the speakers table, which
was on a slightly raised platform.
Leaning over to the POSTMASTER, he
whispered:
after this speaker gets through,
please let me make an announcement
of great interest to every one here.
1t is a pleasant surprise L have been
delegated to announce by the syndi-
cate of theatrical workers"
The POSTMASTER glanced at the
confident mien of the little man, hes
itated, then nodded. When the
speaker was done, he rose and ad-
dressed the guests.
There Is an announcement of in
terest I will ask the monsieur here
to introduce himself, as he desires
to spring a pleasant surprise"
X X X X -
LIVERY face turned to the slightly
built man who took his place by
the toastmasters side with such
self confidence. But the instant he
began to speak 1t was plain that he
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ed to represent it as laughing, with
head thrown back in merriment. Only
her head was thrown back because
her throat had been cut. A note
pinned to her many-colored bodice car
ried this thought further.
"a good joke, my dear. But isn't
it too bad you can't laugh out loud?"
The murder created a Juror The
police seemed to have a theory as to
who had committed it, for they hunt
ed down every member of the cocaine
ring with redoubled energy. But after
weeks of investigation they had to
admit that they neither had the muir
derer nor any clue TO him.
Then one day there came into police
headquarters 81 queer looking fellow,
who stammeringIy confessed to kill
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EVERY face turned to the slightly
the toastmaster's side with such
self confidence. But the instant he
began to speak 1t was plain that he
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ing Nine. Carbutti. The police. stung
by the comments of the press about
their failure to run down the muir.
derer, naturally felt jubilant and gave
out the news to the press that they
had caught the criminal
But when on investigation it was
discovered that the supposed murderer
was only half-witted fellow who had
been promised a hundred francs to
play this joke on the police, the news
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When found she was still clad in the
rainboW-hued costume of Zaza. that
hectic lover of life, which Nine. Car
butti had played only a little before
she was killed. She must have been
murdered Immediately after she
entered her apartment in the rear of
the theater.
Her body was found in a posture
that suggested a weird thought. Just
| SO would body be placed if one want
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agreed that the police had done well
to make so little of the practical
joke on them.
But a day later every newspaper
in Paris received a mimeographed
copy of the following letter, which had
been forwarded to Monsieur Y, who
was still with the detective service.
1t read:
Dear Monsieur Y:
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Master Man-Hunters
By Joseph Gollomb
THE GRIM JOKER

He .Oas only an ;rofens;ve actor IN small
boulevard theater, get through sheer good
nature and 1ove of life he came to be hunted
murderer Then he ended 1t aN-and incidentally
squared accounts rD;th the bobce-;n one huge,
tragic joke. The one success of his life was his
death!
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Copyright. 1927
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-14
CHILL WINDS HIT
WOMEN GOLFERS
Qualifying Rounds at Chevy
Chase Course Incomplete
at | O'Clock Today.

With a chill wind blowing rain
across the Chevy Chase Club course,
women golfers plodded through the
qualifying round today in the annual
tournament for the District of Column
bia championship.
Up to l o'clock more than half the
scores had not been turned in, due
to the soggy course.
Miss Dorothy White, Washington
Golf Club star in the tournament, who
won the title in 1928, seemed the least
affected by the unfavorable conditions
and went out with AZ. She made the
return trip in As for a low 90. Miss
Winifred Faunce, newcomer in COM
petitive play, made the rounds in So.
Mrs. B. r. Tilley of Indian Springs
made the rounds in 100.
Results so far: Dorothy White, 80;
Winifred F'aunce, 9S; Mrs. B. r. Tilley,
100 Mrs. Fl. A. Knox, Congressional.
10; Mrs W. S. Corby. Congressional,
10; Mrs. E. T. Cunningham, 1l6; Mrs,
Frank Tomlinson, Columbia. 120; Mrs.
J. l.. Fieser Washington, 124 Mrs.
Newman Little. Columbia, 1875: Mrs.
H. r. Hird, Manor Club. 1870; Mrs.
Paul Sanborn. Congressional, 1888; Mrs.
c. A. Slater, 1928; Mrs. A. W. Brown.
161
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-14
SECRET FLOGGINCS
STIR TWO STATES
Authorities Aroused in Texas
and Georgia-12 Men and
Women Attacked.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MARSHALL, Tex. June 14.-Disap-
pearance Of two of five persons fog
by five masked men and arrest of
Federal authorities to center their
investigation on reports that the at
tack involved peonage.
w. A. Straps and j. r. Richardson,
their wives and Mrs. Hester Lee
Mills, half-sister of Straps. were the
victims. They told officers that five
masked men entered the Richardson
home Wednesday night and beat the
couple while their two sons. aged IA
and IS, were covered with pistols.
Richardson said the men used a four
ply rope with knots in it.
After taking Richardson's shotgun
and ammunition, the f1oggers went to
the home of Straps and knocked him
down with a pistol. Mrs. Straps,
daughter of Mrs. RICHARDSON. and
Mrs. Mills were severely beaten.
d. Osborne, an employe Of Cain
Anderson. former landlord of the fam
lily was arrested on charges of aggra-
waited assault and violation of the
State anti-mask law. He was re-
leased on bond. Richardson said he
and his wife were ordered to leave
the country. while Straps told him
he was instructed to take over the
Richardson farm. Straps and his wife
disappeared from their farm Saturday
night.
Randolph Bryant, Federal district
attorney at Sherman, has promised
to cooperate with State authorities,
while Adjt. Gen. r. L. Robertson or.
dered two Texas rangers assigned to
the case at the suggestion of Gov.
Dan Moody.
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GEORGIA WARRANTS ISSUED.

TOCCOA. Ga, June IA R.-With
warrants issued charging them with
participating in the flogging of Mrs.
Ansley Bowers, 38, and her son. Floyd.
Is. early Sunday, the arrest of Elmer
Clark, a railroad conductor, and
Charles Thomas. railroad employe,
was expected by authorities today.
w. J. AGREE. principal Of the Easton-
vile High School. near here. and T..
r. Lowry, foreman of furniture fac
tory. were arrested last night on SINH
lar charges and released on bonds.
The warrants for the arrest Of the
four men were issued yesterday, Floyd
Bowers swearing that he recognized
them as four of the IL men who took
him and his mother from their home
near the public square shortly before
daybreak Sunday. Both AGREE and
Lowry declared they knew nothing of
the affair.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-14
SILVER SPRING MAN
INJURED BY AUTO
Frederick Block, SIS, Taken
to Hospital by Driver.
Other Accidents.

Serious injuries about the chest
were Sustained by Frederick Block, SIS
years old, of Silver Spring, Nd, last
night when he stepped from behind
a parked car on Georgia avenue. near
the District line into the path of an
automobile operated by f. A. Spicer,
1905 Alaska avenue, which knocked
him down
He was taken to Walter Reed Hos
Dital by Spicer. where physicians had
been unable today to determine the
exact extent of his injuries because
of internal complications.
Colored Man Struck.
James E. Foster. colored, 35 years
old, was knocked down and severely
injured about the body by an automo-
Die operated by Samuel Somoman. 81
years old, of 551 Phelps terrace, at
Fourteenth and X streets yesterday
afternoon. Foster was taken to Emer-
Sency Hospital for treatment. where
his condition today was pronounced
satisfactory TO physicians.
Two street cars of the Capital Trac.
ton Co. ccllided at Seventeenth street
and Pennsylvania avenue at $50
o'clock this morning, tieing up traffic
for about 20 minutes. No injuries were
reported to the police or to the com.
pany at noon.
Only Few on Cars.
Only a few passengers were on the
cars at the time. according to officials
of the company. One of the cars was
eastbound from Potomac Park ind
the other was making the turn at
Seventeenth street on the west and
sound-bound track. The collision
knocked one of the trucks of the cars
from the rails causing the delay while
it was being replaced. The wesGbound
car, it was said, had discharged the
greater part of its passengers before
reaching the point of collision.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-14
ADMIRAL OSTERHAUS
BURIED AT ARLINGTON
Funeral Services Conducted in st.
Johns Episcopal Church for Re-
tired Naval officer.

Funeral services for Rear Admiral
Hugo Osterhaus, L. S. N, retired,
who died in Castle Point. N. Y. Sat
urday. were conducted in st. Johns
Episcopal Church. Sixteenth and II
streets. today at IL o'clock. Rev.
Robert Johnston, rector officia ted.
Interment. with full military honors,
was In Arlington Cemetery.
Honorary pallbearers We're Ad-
miral Edward W. Eberle, u. $. N:
Rear Admiral Charles j. Badger. u.
). N, retired Rear Admiral Joseph
N. Hemphill, u. s. ~. retired: Rear
Admiral Hugh Rodman, u. S. N, re
tired; Rear Admiral w. $. Benson, II.
5. N. retired; Rear Admiral Henry
Wiley, U. s. N. Capt. F. K Hill, L.
5. N. retired. Rear Admiral Utah
Harris, u s n. retired
Admiral Osterhaus, who was born
June Is. 1851, had a notable career in
the United States Navy. He was
commandments chief of the Atlantic
fleet in 1911 and. although retired in
1913, was recalled to active duty
during the World War serving in
the Bureau of Operations as chief of
naval districts. He was graduated
from the Naval Academy in the class
Of 1870 and was promoted to ensign
the following year.
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MRS. S. LIVINGSTON, 81,
is CLAIMED BY DEATH
Funeral Services Will Be Conduct
ed Thursday, With Interment
in Adath Israel.

Mrs. Mary Livingston, 81 years old
wife of Samuel Livingston. resident
of this city for the past 40 years and
a member of many organizations here,
died at her residence in the Argonne
Apartments today. She had been in
failing health for several years.
Mis-. Livingston was a member of
the Washington Council of Jewish
Women; the Areme Chapter. Order of
the Eastern Star; the Sisterhood of
the Temple and the Maccabees.
She is survived by her husband. a
son. Benjamin Livingston, and seven
daughters. Miss Jennie Livingston,
Miss Bertha Livingston, Miss Adele
Livingston. Mrs. Essye Livingston
Sundlun. Mrs. Cecilia Livingston
Schlosberg. Mrs. Rosalie Livingston
SCHNEIDER, all of Washington, and Mrs.
Rena Livingston Cohen of Indianap-
oils, Ind.
Funeral services will be conducted
at the home Thursday morning at IL
O'Clock. Rabbi Abram Simon of the
Washington Hebrew Congregation
and Rabbi Louis j. Schwefel of Adath
Israel Congregation will officiate. In
terment will be in the Adath Israel
Cemetery.
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YADEN SEES NEED
OF GREATER FUNDS
Citizens Told Federal Aid
Must Be IncreaSed-Hyde
Gives Talk.

Representatives of two larger
bodies having a city scope ad :
dressed the ianier Heights Citizens
Association last night, meeting ut
the Henry ID Cooke School James
q Yadeu, president of the Fedora
ton ct citizens Associations. spoke
on "Organized citizenship in the Dis :
tr;ct of Columbia" and Dorsey w.
Hyde, ir. secretary of the Washing !,
ton Chamber of Commerce, discussed
practical problems affecting the plan
ming of the development of Wash 4.
ington
The outstanding problem facing the
District today. Mr. Yaden said. is
the study and equitable arrangement
of fiscal relationships between the
Federal and District Governments
Since Washington is the National
Capital. the representative city of 4S
states, the Federal Government
should bear its share of the expenses
incident To the Identification of the
city he declared
Sees Need for Larger Finds.
Detailing civic needs. Mr.. Yaden
pointed out that larger appropria-
iions will he necessary dur'Tg the
next Two years than have been
granted during the past three years
in order 10 complete the tive-year
building program. Street paving in
the District, he said is falling be-
hind the number of new streets at
a rate of four miles a year
Mr.. Yaden expressed the opinion
that Washington is free from graft
a3i bs Abe best governed city in
the United h~ates, although he said
that there is still room for improve
~ raf S1if
He opposed the assurance of bonds
at the present time. reminding his
auditors that, 1t took $50.000,O00 to re-
pay Sl5.000,000 loan the last time
bonds We're issued here.
Mr. Hyde narrated in detail the
various steps in the planning of
Washington from the day of L'Enfant
to The present time and pointed out
that in planning ii city. the future
direction of the growth of the popu-
lation must be taken into considera
ton as well as the lessons learned
through past experience in city plan
ming.
Says L'Eniant Paid Wen.
He took issue with statement in
recent article in the Saturday
Evening Post. attributed to Kenneth
Roberts, which stated that L'Enfant
ulQ MS work mere WltnOut cOHnpen-
sation Mr. Hyde said that the fam
Gus planner received $4,000. very
good compensation for that period
After telling of the status. work
and composition of the National
Capital Park and Planning Commits
sion he pointed out that the ability
of a city to pay for improvements is
dependent upon the amount of sur
plus profit i'm the community. In
this connection. he told of plans for
the Industrial development of Wash
ington. insuring a diversification of
jobs SO that those receiving voca
tional training here will not have to
go to another city to obtain suit
able work.
Mr. Hyde agreed heartily with the
belief expressed by Col Linbergh
that arports should he created in
this country. and said that Washing
ton should be the site of great air
port. the center of commercial avia
ton in the Nation,
-
Repair of buildings damaged by the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-14

That there are more professional
musicians than lawyers or clergymen
in this country is shown by a report
recently given out by a music house.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-14

'What is my
used car worth
in trade?
OCCASIONALLY you hear car owner say:
"Pm going to buy such and such car because
the dealer has offered me the best deal on my
used car"
But without understanding the economics of trade
in transactions you cannot be that the largest
allowance offered means the best deal for you.
These are basic facts:
YOUR used car has only one fundamental basis
i of value; ie, what the dealer who accepts it in
trade get for it in the used car market
YOUR used car has seemingly different values
n because competitive dealers are bidding to sell
a
= THE largest allowance offered $ not necessarily
- the best deal for you. Sometimes it is; some.
times it is
n AN excessive allowance may that you
! paying excessive price for the new car in COM
parson with its real value.
judge the merits of the
~ parison with its price, including all delivery
and finance charges. Then weigh any difference in
allowance offered your used car.
Remember that when you trade-n your used car
you are after all making purchase not SALE You
simply applying your present car as credit
toward the purchase price of
GE N E RAJ
MOTORS
Fl car for every purse and purpose"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-14

Repair of buildings damaged by the
earthquake in Chile in April is pro-
Ceeding rapidly.