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VERYMAN'S
INVESTMENTS
BY GEORGE It. HUGHES.
Railroads.

Before We go any further in our
discussion of the attractiveness of
railroad stocks as investments let us
examine the margin Of safety for pre-
vailing dividend rates. Let us assume
that there is to he some recession
in earnings consequent upon fluctu-
atiOns in general trade and diminished
volume of traffic. In that event can
railroad dividends be maintained? No
investor wants to add railroad stocks
to his holdings if after paying what
seems to be a high price for them
he is going to be forced to accept
lower returns than are now promised.
The only way to throw any light
on this phase Of the matter is to
compare earnings per share with the
amount Of those earnings that are
disbursed to stockholders. Ii we find
that the railroads have been paying
out practically all their surplus in
come in dividends we should be justi-
fed in rejecting railroad stocks as
investment without going any deeper
into the subject. What are the facts%
Take a few typical issues and see
what the statistics show.
In 1926 Atchis0n earned S23.41 a
share on its common stock, out Of
which the stockholders received ST.
This year a quarterly extra of rs
cents has been declared on two sue.
cessiVe dividend dates, SO that if this
policy We're continued the sharehold-
2rs would receive SO annually.
New York Central. according to the
preliminary report. earned $14.52 per
share in 1926, and the stockholders re-
ceived 81. This sum of $IA.52 does
not take into account the New York
Central interest in surplus income of
it's subsidiaries, which would bring the
amount mp on a system basis to over
$50 per share
Norfolk & Western reported earn
ings per share on the common for
1926 Of $25.71. and the stockholders
| IdiVidcnd checks totaled $40 a share.
These are sample illustrations.
| Many others could be given, some OF
them revealing as wide q margin be
| tween earnings and dividends and
some not quite SO wide. but the gen
| eral conclusion is that the charge Of
excessive generosity to their partners
| in business cannot be maintained
/ 0gain@t railroad boards Of directors.
/ 1t follows that concern over the
ability OF the more prosperous roads
to keep up their present dividend
rates is not indicated. barring any now
| unforeseen and improbable collapse in
! business,
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THE WEATHER

District Of Columbia-CIoudy, with
light rain tonight and tomorrow
morning; not much change in tenn
perature.
Maryland and Virginia-Cloudy
with light rain tonight and tomorrow
morning in east portion; not much
change in temperature.
West Nirginia--Partly cloudy to-
night, preceded by rain in east por~
ton; tomorrow fair, rising tempera-
ture in west portion.
Record for Twenty-four Hours.
Thermometer pm, 5S; 8 pm, Sc;
Il midnight, 81; am, 81; 8 am, SO;
II am, IL,
Barometer pm. 29.70; 8 pm,
29,72; II midnight, 29.S2; 4 am, 1880;
s am, 29.S4; IL am. 29.S5,
Highest temperature. 60, occurred at
S pm. yesterday.
Lowest temperature, 81, occurred at
am. today.
Temperature same date last year
Highest, 84; lowest, 45.
Tide Tables.
FURNISHED by United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey)
Today-Low tide, 1:01 am. and 1885
pm; high tide, 6:53 am. and 1928 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, 1;4S am. and
2:27 pm; high tide, 7:45 am. and
SIS pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose 5;13 am, sun sets
Cos pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises 512 am, sun
sets G:59 pm.
Moon rises 4:57 am, sets 6:04 pm.
Automobile lamps to be lighted one
half hour after sunset.
Weather i'm Various Cities.
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COTTON ADVANCES
ON FOREIGN NEWS
Unexpectedly Higher Liver
pool Gables Have BuIliSh
Effect on Market.
Bv the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 30.--The cotton
market opened firm today at an adj.
vance of Z to IL points in response
to Unexpectedly higher Liverpool ca
bles.
The advance met realizing and
Southern selling, but offerings were
absorbed ON very slight setbacks and
fresh buying was reported on reports
of additional oyerdOWs in the Mis-
sissippi Valley section and the unset
tied weather in the South. July con-
tracts sold up to 1886 and December
to 1882, or about 10 to II points net
higher, and the market was within 4
point or two of the best at the end
Of the first hour.
Private cables said the advance in
Liverpool was due to trade calling and
buying based on the Southern rain re
ports and Mississippi Valley floods.
New Orleans Market.
NEW ORLEANS, April so (P).-The
the strength of Liverpool, which ad-
vanced on flood news in the Missis-
! sippi Valley. First trades here shaved
gain Of Z to 10 points and prices
| improved further after the opening on
fears Of unsettled weather in the belt
over the week end. July trading up to
| 1891 and October at 1856. or IA points
above yesterdays close. Later prices
eased off q few points, with traders
showing a disposition 10 hold off and
await developments The weather map
| showed no rains in the belt
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE.

NEW YORK, April 30 (IP).-Foreirn
exchanges flrlp. Quotations in cents:
Great Britain. demand, 4859s: cables.
485 " G0day bills on banks. 4S1 1916.
France, demand. 3.915z; cables. 2.91M
Italy, demand, SGT; cables, 5.271a
Demand ~ Belgium, 1890; Ger
many, 23,G91a; Holland, 39.98%; Nor
way. 2J.89; sweden, 26.73h: Denmark
26.G612; Switzerland. 19.23H; Spain,
f7.6215: Greece. SO: Poland 1140:
Czechosloyakia, 2.96; Jugoslavia. L7G;
Austria, 1925; Rumania. .63Is; Argen-
tina. 42.3114 Brazil, 11.S1A; Toxic,
41S7i3: Shanghai, Gt.G2l4; Montreal,
10009%s
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NEW YORK CURB MARKET
Received by Private Wire Direct to The Star Office

went forward indicated that some IA
vorable dividend action was expected.
Another feature was the persistent
demand for Blackstone Valley Gas
& Electric, which carried it to its
best price fer the year for a gain OF
s points to 1856. American LAght d
Traction with stock dividend incen
tive gained points, and Electric
Bond & Share was in demand at III
tervals.
Reports Of favorable first quarter
earnings for Franklin Manufacturing
Co brought q sudden demand for the
preferred and common, but improve
ment was limited.
Pireli Co. of Italy per cent again
featured the bond group, continuing
in demand at its best prices, which
represented a premium of AZ points
above the subscription price.
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UTILITIES MERGED.

DOVER, Del, April 80 GP.-The
Central Iowa Power & Light Go. was
merged and consolidated with the
Iowa Public Service Co, the new or
ganization to be known under the lat
ter name. in paper filed with the State
Department here yesterday.
capitalization of the company con-
sists of CHATS shares without par
value; 5000 shares Of common. 100,-
900 first preferred, and 12,47S second
preferred. j. NJ. Sterns, Fort Dodge,
Iowa. was among those named in the
papers.
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COMMODITY NEWS
WIRED STAR FROM
ENTIRE COUNTRY

CHICAGO. April 20.-Building ma
terial men here expect that their bust
ness will be greatly stimulated by the
demand for materials needed 10 recon
struct the districts devastated by the
present Mississippi flood Cement
plants expect that business Is to pick
up when the flood waters recede and
repairing and rebuilding starts.
NEW ORLEANS.--A shipment Of
5000 live Louisiana frogs in pairs has
been sent to Japan for breeding pur-
poses by the Southern Biological Com
pany.
CLINTON, Mass-The Lancaster
mills here have increased operations
The present rate has not been an
nounced, but a few weeks ago 65 per
cent of the 4,500 looms and 81 per cent
Of 10000 spindles were running. The
mill makes ginghams.
SUPERIOR, Wis.-The Great North
ern Railroad now is handling approx
mately 1000 cars Of iron ore a day,
three times the quantity carried a
year ago. This is due to the early
opening of lakes navigation
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EOpEfGN.
q am. Greenwich time. today }
stations
TEXAS GULF SULPHUR.

NEW YORK. April 30 (E9).-CW-
rent earnings Of Texas Gulf sulphur
are reported to be running at an an
nual rate of Sl2 900. 900 The first
quarters rate Of income was the larg-
est in its history, a gain Of 100000
over a year ago. It's sulphur pile is
believed to contain 2,50000 tons,
which. at the market price Of SIS a
ton, is worth $40, 600, 600.
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HARDY rs OPTIMISTIC.

NEW YORK. April so G4)-Busi-
ness of America Car and Foundry
Go, should be much better in the last
half Of 1927, as the railroads are eX-
pected to be large buyers Of equip
ment, said {. T. Hardy, general
counsel and director, on his de-
parture for Europe The company
plans to expand its business in motor
trucks and busses.
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BUTTER rs LOWER.

CHICAGO. April 30 tP).-Butter,
lower; receipts, 14G7S tubs. Creamery
extras, Al ha42; standards. 4112; extra
frsts. 40iaa41; firsts. 37iaa39; seconds,
34a36. Eggs lower: receipts. 42,536
cases: frsts, 22ha22@t; ordinary firsts,
20a2f; storage packed extras, 25&a26;
storage packed firsts. 25Aa2512.
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POULTRY MARKET WEAK.

CHICAGO, April 80 LP).-Poultry-
Alive, weak; receipts. . cars; fowls
~; broilers, 33aA0; turkeys. 80; roost
ers, 1T; ducks; 30a35; geese. 17a1S.
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EARNINGS DECREASE.

NEW YORK, April 80 OP).-Ameri-
can Coal Co. Of Allegheny County
earned $6.71 a share in 1926, against
$S73 a share in 1925. net profit declin.
ing to $328, SAG from $433 ,256.
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GETS ENGINE ORDERS.

NEW YORK, April 30 [P).--Bald-
win Locomotive Works has orders for
six Mikado engines from the Mononga-
hela Railroad and two from rail.
road in Colombia, South America.
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But Not the Same Hat.
I (Quotea in dollars per muIl2n mar4s

From the American Lumherman.
The small hat will again be in style
this Summer. but, we hasten to in-
form husbands, not the small hat your
wife had last Summer.
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bonds
BOSTON STOCK MARKET.

BY Spe"ial LEASED Wire 80 The star.
BOSTON April 30 Following is a
list Of today's highest lowest and
closing prices for the most active
stocks dealt in here:
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Have You Been Stung Yet?

Some men have to get stung good
and hard before they learn to be eau
tious in making investments. Before
you invest-investigate
Evening star., 1927-04-30
BY WILLIAM F. HEFFERNAN.

NEW YORK, April 30.-The recov-
cry which set in on the Curb EX-
change yesterday continued through
out today's brief session. The oil
group shared with others in the inn
provement and gave indications Of
having been thoroughly hquidated, at
least for the time being.
Prairie Pipe Line, International Pc
troleum and Standard of Indiana were
leaders in the recovery. Cities Service
common. which had broken badly on
the previous day, rallied more than a
point under short covering.
There was every reason to beheYe
that something more than favorable
earnings was back OF the rise in Amer
lean Cellulose common. At 1S2 the
price compared with Fridays final OF
168. The manner i'll which the price
1s-+ ~
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STEEL SCRAP LOWER.

NEW YORK, April 80 LP).-Heavy
melting steel scrap is so cents a ton
lower in the Pittsburgh district, with
sales at $3.50 ton.
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Asking Too Much.

From williams Purple Cow.
storekeeper-I don't like the ring Of
mis- half dollar,
Customer-What do you want for
80 cents--a peal of bells?
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE.
CHICAGO STOCK MARKET.
lNenorted bY ]. ( NJ. Scligman & Co.

By Special Leased Wire to The star
CHICAGO, April Following is
a report of todays sales, high low
and closing quotations, on the Chicago
Stock E,Nchnnrp.
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HUGHES RECHOSEN
LAW SOCIETY HEAD
International Group Re-
Elects EIihu Root as Hon
orary President.

Charles Evans Hughes, former Sec
retary Of State, was reelected presi-
dent Of the American Society of Inter
national Law at the final business ses-
sion of the twenty-first annual meet
ing held at the Willard Hotel today.
E1ihu Root, at the same time, was re-
elected honorary president.
President Hughes viii he the toast
master tonight at the annual dinner
TO be held at the Willard at 7:30
o'clock when Vincent Massey, Min
lister of Canada Frederic K. Coudert
Of the New York bar and former Sen
ator Irvine l.. Lenro0t, will be the
guests of honor.
Davis Il Elected.
Eleven honorary vice presidents
We're reelected, as follows: Charles
Henry Butler, Frederic r. Coudert,
Jacob M. Dickinson, Charles Noble
Gregory, Frank r. Kellogg. Robert
Lansing. John Bassett Moore, George
Sutherland, William II. Taft, George
Grafton Wilson and Theodore S.
Woolsey. Two new honorary vice
presidents were elected to fill as many
vacancies caused through deaths.
They follow; John w. Davis and Will
liam ". Morrow.
other officers reelected follow:
Vice presidents, Chandler p. Ander-
son, David Jayne Hill and James
Brown Scott recording secretary,
George A, Finch; corresponding secre-
tary William G. Dennis, and treasu-
rer, Lester IT. Woolsey.
Edwin y. Parker viii continue to
serve as chairman Of the executive
council, while the following were
chosen to compose the board which
will serve until 1880: Phillip M.
Brown Of New Jersey, Edwin y. Dick
inson Of Michigan, Il. &. Eliot Of Mis-
souri,, w. O. Hart of louisiana w.
/. Hull of PENNSYLVANIA. TT. r Kings
bury Of New York. Chester 7. Long Of
Kansas, Z. r. White of Pennsylvania.
Revision of Treaties.
Members of the executive council
who will serve until 1923 are: Hollis
r. Bailey, Harry A. Garfield, Frank
+. Hinclyley. Charles Cheney Hyde,
Fred X. Nielsen, Mr. Parker. Pitman
b Potter and w. W. Willoughbv
Those who will serve until 1929 fol-
low: Edwin M. Borchard, Charles G..
F'enWick. James w. Garner. Arthur
Is, Kuhn Jesse S Reeves. Ellery c..
Stowell. Richard W. F'lournoy and
Frederic p. AicKenuey.
After hearing q paper by Frank T..
Hinckley of the California bar on
THE Termination Of UNEQUAL Trca-
ties and discussion by Albert H. Put
ney of American University, Raymond
l, Buell. of Harvard University and
Charles Hodges of New York Univer.
sity. President Hughes. as presiding
officer at the session last night, warned
that the revision of treaties should not
turn solely on technical legal points.
He said it was his opinion that ma
tons should always treat sympathet-
ically with requests for treaty re-
visions, not standing on some technical
point Of international law
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yellow gold is coming into It's own
again as setting for le#elry.
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Bid. Offer.
% s1-32 100
50 27-32 30 2g-32
100 1872 100 1892
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Mortgage Money Loaned
AT Low Interest Rates
Eeornmic Conditions
Tyler & Rutherford
Loan CorFespondeut MutunI Benefit Life
ms Go.
1920 K Street Main AIS

Money to Loan
Secured by first deed og trust on real estate
PreValuuE interest and commission
Joseph I. Weller ei5 a2e "ssh- ash / T9q;' rs
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TREASURY CERTIFICATES.

lRepcrtei by ] & w seligman & Col
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FEDERAL LAND BANK BONDS.

tQuoted by Alex Brown Sons. closinrl
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INDUSTRIALS.

Following is a list Of bonds and
stocks traded in on the New York
Curb Market today
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Rate--Maturity.
3 ss June Is. 1927
3 5 Sept. Is. 1927
4 II 5 Dee. Is. 1927 d.
The Washington times., 1927-08-03
Quits Costello Post AS
Protest III Memorial Row

] Past Comdr. Charles 2. Kohen Is
no longer member Of the Vincent
B. Costello Post, American Legion.
following his resignation last night
as q protest against the posts oppo.
sition to the form Of the proposed
war memorial in Potomac Park.
At the meeting Thomas Mason,
jr., was installed as commander.
Other installations were: Major Il.
r. Atkins, senior vice commander;
Kin Carroll, second vice commander,
and Harry J. Photis, third vice com
mander. Commander Mason ap-
pointed John III. O'ConneIl as finance
officer, Martin Goehrl as adjutant
and Edward F.. McCabe as assistant
adiHfant,
The Washington times., 1927-08-03
.. Fred Imirie Named
AS Building Inspector

appointment Of ]. Fred Imirie, Of
Alta Vista. as building inspector 0
the Maryland Washington metro
polltan district Of Montgomery
county, Is announced
Mr.. Imirie viii n in charge Of In
spection In the Bethesda ana
Wheaton Districts part OF the
Rockville district. and sections Of
Potomac olney and Colesville dis
tricts.
The government Of CzechoslovalZia
plans to create national nitrogen
industry to meet the entire demand
of that country for that fertilizer.
Compressed carbon dioxide snow
has been found TO work successfully
in railroad refrigerator cars, saving
much of the space required for lie.
The Washington times., 1927-08-03
Phelps Tire Stores Sued
For S1O.288 Firm Bill

Suit for S10.2ss has been filed
against william r. Phelps. trading
as the Phelps Tire stores. 1875
Fourteenth ST. n. w. 1895 Ninth
ST.. 500 Eleventh ST. s. r.. and
S11s N ST. n. W.. By the Lindsey
Nicholson Corporation In the Dis.
trict Supreme Court,
The corporation alleges the sum
due on tires and tubes. which have
been sold and not paid for. The
plaintiff also seeks TO recover Sc 500
worth Of stock which the tire stores
have on hand and not paid Tor.
The Washington times., 1927-08-03
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The Washington times., 1927-08-03

Babe Ruth AII-America Tear. Con.
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The Washington times., 1927-08-03
Capitol Heights Ask
Lower Speed Limit

The Maryland authorities have
been asked to reduce the speed
limit Of motor vehicles passing
through Capitol Heights on Central
Avenue from 40 to 70 miles an
hour. ii . resolution passed ~ the
Capitol Heights Citizens Association.
The resolution states school chill.
dren are endangered under present
speed regulations.
Al World Series ticket free for win
ners 0f the Babe Ruth contest start.
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tsynopsis of Preceding Installments.)


The Gray Phantom. hero of many near
criminal adventures, is wanted by the police
for the brutal murder of
Syivanus Gage recluse tobacco dealer, VINO
mad whispered the name OF this beloved
rogue" when
Oficer Pinto had fonna him dr'.,g. In
Helen Hardwick. the Gray Phantom goes
TO New York himself to seek OF. the real
eplprit. Visiting the scene, of the crime he
discovers a secret tunnel leading from the
tobacco shop to the laboratory Of
DIR. Bimble, eccentric criminal psychologist,
Investigating it's. mechanism. the Phantom
der of the Gage housekeeper. but sees only
the hand of the murderer. A.,
mistaken arrest of
Tommy Granger, reporter on the sphere.
Who SO closely resembles the Cray rhanson n
acteristic holiness the Phantom kidnaps the
reporter, hides him at the house of
Peng Yuen, an old Chinese whom ne hau
once befriended and changes clothes with
Kim. emerging from Chinatown as Tommy
Granger. That night. through trough -, roos,ves a
The Duke, an old enemy whom he had
Knowing that he is outwardly Granger. the
Phantom realizes that the reporter is a mem
her of the Dukes gang. Returning 10 me
. cover the body of the murdered Householder
in an old storeroom. Again he outwits the
Pinto handcuffed to the Dukes messenger.
while he brazenly goes to the , Snhsfe o'hce
ished. and suspecting foil play from, the
Dukes gang the .Phantor, ywringS frorl
ing Meantime he revisits DR.. Bimbles lab
oratorv. notices that number OF skeletons
are missing from his collection-and is sud
denly framed by
Lieut.. Culligore of the police.
1coptinrad from Yesterdays Starr
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Fingsrprints.

CONTINUED from Yesterdays starr
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T@HE detectives face was dull and
unimpassioned as a caricature
carved out of wood. He stood
pointing the pistol with list.
less air, and his eyes were
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EIGHT Men PERISH
AS SHIP FOUNDERS
French Schooner Louis Pasteur Is
Wrecked on Reefs During Gale
in English Channel.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS, April Eight men, com
prising the entire crew of the three
masted French schooner Louis Pas
teur. persisted in the wreck of their
vessel, which was dashed on the reefs
of Cape La Hague during gale
raging today in the English Channel
and along the Atlantic Coast
All available tugs and life-saving
craft answered signals of vessels in
distress. The fishing industry has
been suspended for some days, and
harbors were filled today with storm
bound craft.
Even huge liners, like the Olympic
and La Savoie. were tossed about like
corks in the high seas on their
voyages across the Atlantic. These
two liners suffered no damage, how
ever, except breakage of crockery.
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MCCLINTOCK ESTATE SET.

Continued in Tomorrow's Star. }
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-HE detectives face was dull and
unimpassioned as a caricature
carved out of wood. He stood
i pointing the pistol with a list
less air and his eyes were
heavy and sluggish, as If he were not
fully awake. He lowered the weapon
almost as soon as he saw the Phan-
TOMS face, but did not put it out OF
sight
.Oh, it's YOU, Granger" He spoke
in a drawI. and there might have been
the faintest trace of disappointment In
his tones. II thought it might be
some one else
THE Gray Phantom, for instance?'
'tWell. maybe. There's no reason,
though, why the Phantom should be
proving around here, is there?'
apparently not" The Phantom ad
yanced leisurely and looked sharply at
the speakers stolid face. The ques.
ton had been spoken in a tone family
suggestive of an underlying meaning.
sit seems both of us are taking ad-
vantage of the absence of DR.. Bimble
and Jerome to do a little investigat-
ing on the quiet"
Culligore yawned ostentatiously.
THE doc ought to have new locks put
on his doors. It's too easy for people
4 10 get In.
ssHe is a simple and unsuspecting
soul. But tell me, lieutenant, how 1t
happens that the Phantom's trail leads
into Dr. Bimble's basement"
docs it?''
We'll, ] don't suppose you would
be here unless it did. Your object in
coming here wasn't to interview the
skeletons upstairs, was it?''
CulIigore laughed softly. 81 might
put the same question to YOU
Then we're on an even footing.
And, since we don't seem to get any
where we might as we'll drop the sub
ject of our mutual presence here. Each
of us can take it for granted that the
other has a tip which he wants to keep
to himself. Seen anything of the Gray
Phantom lately?'
Not exactly
whats the idea of the exactly?
You either have seen him or you
haven't seen him. Which is it?"
Neither the one nor the, other"
said Culligore mysteriously. With a
man like the Phantom you can never
he sure. Even when you think you
see him, he isn't always there. Say.
that was a queer case you tipped me
off on this morning.
lit was. Simple enough, though, SO
far as the murder of the housekeeper
is concerned. Apparently there's not
the slightest doubt that the Phantom
did it,
Think SOP
The two words. spoken in low and
casual tones, caused the Phantom to
raise his brows. Don't your
Culligore tilted his head to one side
and squinted vacantly into space.
Things aren't always what they
SEEM" he drawlingly observed. 1--WE
been seesawing up and down ever
since was turned loose on this case.
One hour ] feel dead sure the Phan-
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yesterday after an alteration with a
policeman.
The alteration arose when the po-
liceman requested the general to re-
frain from delivering a speech at the
Bismarck Monument, near the Reichs-
tag. to former officers observing the
Hath anniversary of the birth of Bis
marck.
The policeman pointed out that the
law forbade demonstrations within a
mile of the Reichstag. The general
desisted from his attempted speech,