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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-28
GALES ACCOUNTABLE TO US.
FOR POLICIES, SCOTT ASSERTS
California Attorney in Address Here
Holds Mexican President Should
Prove Faith Not Misplaced.

churches. Thus. the speaker said, the
good natured. humanity Sal
walton Army and other such organiza-
tions" would be prohibited from hold
ing services on the streets of Mexico.
Denies Religious Strife.
Considerable merriment was caused
when, following his assertion that
Catholics and Protestants can live to-
gether in harmony. Mr.. Scott said
my father was q good old Scotch
Presbyterian and my mother was an
Irish Catholic. There hasn't been a
divorce in our family yet. and there
are II OF us. Don't tell me Catholics
and Protestants cant get along to-
getheri'
In closing. Mr.. Scott recalled bat
ties of the World War in which men
from all sections of the country and
of all religions died together for a
common cause. Dramatically, he
asked:
''Oh. men and women of Washington
have those lads died in vain together?
God help us "a q Nation to keep our
hands out of foreign entanglements,
so that we may avoid death in war
again, and may He bless us forever
with religious liberty that our fathers
deemed best for us.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-28
$50, 49, 800 BILL
IN HOUSE NEAR VOTE
Carries Appropriations for State,
Commerce. Justice and La
Dor Departments.

The House nearly completed con.
sideration of the State, Justice, Com
MERGE and Labor Departments APP
Preparation bill yesterday, and prob.
ably will reach a vote today. The
measure carries $50, 459 800 for activ.
tiles of the four departments.
The only serious effort to change
the bill was made by Representative
La Gusrdia, Republican. New York,
who failed to increase the salaries of
district attorneys by adding $100, 900
to the bill.
Appropriations approved unchanged
yesterday included those for Federal
penitentiaries at Atlanta. Leaven.
worth and Mcneil Island. and for the
Federal industrial institution for
women at Anderson. w Va, and the
Chillicothe, Ohio, reformatory.
$3,0l1,775 Appropriation for com.
mercial aircraft also was approved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-28
MARINES HELD
ON COAST FOR CALL
Force Could Leave Any Time
for China or Other Emer-
genCy Duty.

The emergency Marine battalion at
San Diego held for possible service in
China today was increased to
strength of ! 1913 men.
The force. which the Navy says IS
stationed at the California port Tor
Use anywhere needed. has been aug
mented by 500 men withdrawn from
The mail guard. Marines from Mare
Island. and detachment en- route
from Puget sound II Is ready to
move Immediately on receipt or ORDERS,
Mai Gen Leicune commandant OF
the Marine Corps. said. but there has
been no indication that any order has
been issued.
Half of the force from the Puget
Sound yard was sent yesterday to the
concentration point.
A detachment OF 800 Marines now at
Guam. has been ordered to the Philip
pines 80 that they may be near in
case they are needed to protect Ameri-
can lives in China. The transport
Gold Star IS at Guam TO take them to
Cavite
one battalion of Marines was as
sembled at san Diego at the time addi-
tional ships were sent to Nicaragua
for possible service in Central America
or elsewhere.
Five hundred additional Marines will
be withdrawn from the mail guard
next month. and at least half OF that
number will be sent to San Diego.
This withdrawal has been described as
part of a program decided on prior to
recent developments in China.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-28
PLANETS REFUSE
TO ACT IN MOVIES
Moon and Saturn Shy at
Camera Plan to Record
Their OCCuItation.
BY the Associated Press.


WILLIAMS BAY, Wis, January %.
The moon and Saturn, stunning the
inquisitive movie camera, sulked be-
hind the scenes today and evaded an
attempt to make movie stars of them.
For hours a battery of cameras
peered upward before the dawn had
spread too much light. but low hang
ing clouds completely hid the occulta-
ton of the planet by the moon, and
not a crank turned.
The barometer began falling last
night and by 5:57 am. when the moon
was due to begin passing between the
earth and Saturn, even the powerful
telescopes in Yerkes' Observatory were
unable to catch a glimpse Of the &C.
cultation. Conditions were unim-
proved an hour and q quarter later
when scientists had hoped to film
Saturn again showing on the other
side of the lunar mass.
Although the ringed planet was Its
usual billion miles away and the moon
was no nearer than it's customary
240, 600 or so miles, the conditions Of
the occulptation afforded an oppor.
tunity favorable to photography which
comes once In years.
The last such chance came II years
ago, and similar conditions will not
again obtain for many more to come
Armed with cameras equipped with
devices for long-range work. a staff
of Is gathered at the observatory
in the attempt to get a permanent
record of the occurrence.
Prof. f. b. Frost, director Of the
observatory for the University of
Chicago, said that he and his asso.
ciates were much disappointed that
the weather had defeated their efforts
The occultation. which meant that
Saturn was cut off from the earth by
the moons mass, was visible, weather
permitting. in southeast to north.
east belt across the United States, but
just out OF good range for the observa-
tory at Mount Wilson in California.
There will be another in July, Prof.
Frost said, but the observation will
take place in the afternoon and not
be suitable for photography.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-28

who have looked with diSfaVOr on
what they consider too great a show
of military strength by the British
government, do not conceal their
pleasure over a report from Shanghai
Of a movement initiated by the Can
tonese leaders to bring about an
agreement with the northern leaders
for withdrawal of all Chinese troops
from the Shanghai district. BY this
move, it is said. the Chinese hope to
eliminate all excuses for the landing
of foreign forces.
Labor Party Critical.
The Labor party is making big
political issue Of the Chinese situa-
ton. 1t is arranging for demonstra-
tons throughout the country on Feb
ruary 6 in support of a peaceful set
Element and Ito help the Chinese peo-
pie in their demand for national indie
pendence and freedom" The former
Labor premier. Ramsay Macdonald,
will be the chief speaker at a London
demonstration on that day.
The week end will see the embarka
ton of more than 5000 troops. who
are being sent to China, as the govern
ment has reiterated again and again,
to protect British life and property
only if they are endangered by ag-
gressive acts of the Chinese. Add.
tional airplanes. according to the re.
port, are ready for shipment.
Sir Austen Chamberlain. the foreign
secretary, in a speech at Birmingham
tomorrow night, is expected to give
full exposition of Great Britain's Chi
nese policy. with special attention to
the new proposals made to the Can.
tonese at Hankow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-28
APPROVE KELLOGG POLICY.

TOXIC. January % LR.-Premier
WakaIsulSi. Foreign Minister Shide-
hara and other officials today ex-
pressed high approval of Secretary
Kellogg's statement regarding China.
They regard it as an approval of
Japan's policy dealing with the per-
turbed situation.
It is felt in official circles that the
statement will have considerable ef-
feet upon the Chinese, causing the
central Peking government to realize
that before any treaties are signed it
will be necessary to accord protection
to foreign lives and property.
The foreign office stated that Japan
holds the same views as America,
wishing to assist China attain right
full aspirations and not intending to
dispatch further troops. The foreign
Office expressed a belief that no pres
ent serious danger threatens foreign
ers in China.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-28
FORTRESS HOLDS UP
LEAGUES PROPOSAL
Allies to Retain Military Control
of Germany Until Koenigsberg
Is Dismantled.


PARIS. January 2S.-Disma ntlement
of the koen.gsberg fortress, sought
hy he allies. is still holding up nego-
ti4tions for withdrawal Of the inter
siied military control of Germany and
its substitution by League of Nations
inquiries when occa sion warrants
Gen Won PawelsZ. German repre-
sentative. has decided that he needs
new instructions. Allied circles are
hoping that the new German cabinet
viii be completed in time to give Won
Paw elsz the necessary authority, so
an agreement can be reached and APP
proved BY the allied council of am
bassadors by January 81. thus avoid.
iug referring the problem to the
League for settlement.
The last session of the League Coun-
Gil expressed hope that direct negoti
atoms would clear the way for aban-
donment of the interallied military
control of Germany and substitution
of League supervision by February /.
In case direct negotiations failed the
matter was to revert to the League for
adjustment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-28
Move for Peace by London May Alter
situation.

BY the Associated Press
While the United States awaits the
reaction of the warning Peking and
Cantonese factions to its peace over
lures. extended to both in the form
of an expressed Willingness 70 neGo-
tiate new treaties with responsible
delegates. interest here has turned Tor
the moment to Great Britain. now de-
scTibed a. pl eparing 10 offer china
generous terms in the hope of bring
ing order out of chaos.
Washington Government officials
are keenly interested in any plan that
might be offered by the British. al
though they regard thia countrEs DO
stion as somewhat differ ent from hat
of England IN regard 10 China be
cause oil the latter's large concession
AIRY interests there.
London news advices picture the
British press and public as in1pa tent
~ awaiting official publication of the
new proposals, which are understood
to provide for the eventual surrender
OF the British concessions. including
extraterritoriality
Willing 10 Negotiate.
The United States also has sSnified
its willingness to open negotiations
lean extraterritorial privileges in
China. in addition to working for i'm
mediate Chinese tariff autonomy. 1t
now awaits proposals for such confer
ences, but it has not been indicated
whether it would take any direct dip
lomatic steps to bring about meet
ing in event the northern and south
ern Chinese factions fail to take adj
vantage of it's friendly offer.
One of the main dlftlculues con-
fronting Great Britain is described
as the fact that there is no single
governing body in China at present
from whom it could expect the ex-
tension and carrying out of certain
guarantees. This point also was
mentioned by Secretary Kellogg in
his Chinese policy statement. He
said the only question facing the
United States was with whom 1t
might deal and that until the safety
of American lives and property was
absolutely assured in the Chinese
civil war and other disorders, Amer
lean naval forces would stand by as
a precautionary step.
Believe Proposals Generous.
No hint has been given in London
as to the guarantees that England
will ask of China. The news dis
patches reflected a general assump-
ton. however, that in drafting its
proposals that country had looked
beyond existing difficulties to some
thing that will provide security and
a satisfactory basis for trading OF
permanent nature.
A report from Shanghai via Lon
don mentioned a movement under
way by Cantonese leaders to erect
a self denying agreement with the
northern forces under Chang Tso-lin
to evacuate all Chinese troops from
the Shanghai district to avert the
possible landing Of foreign troops to
protect their nationals.
Latest advices received in Wash
ington placed the Cantonese forces
about 200 miles south OF Shanghai,
with the northern army's advance
guard at Marking, west of Shanghai.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-28
$50, 900 SIGNED AWAY.
Ex-Congressman, With Others, Ac.

MUsKOGEE, Okla, January %
@.-Exie Fife Tolleson, Eufaula,
Okla, Indian girl. early in 1924
signed away $4,000 of the funds held
in trust for her by the Federal Gov
eminent to obtain $500 in cash and
a divorce from her white husband.
Berlin Jackson, she testified in Fed
eral District Court here today.
T. A. Chandler of Tulsa, former
Congressman, and seven Eufaula,
Okla, attorneys are on trial charged
with conspiring to defeat the Gov
ernment's guardianship of the Indian
girl in making an excessive charge
for the divorce.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-28
Special Dispatch 10 The Star.

kDeclaI Dispatch 90 The Star.
LEESBURG, Va, January 2S.-
Arthur Mason Chichester, 81 years
old. died at Widworthy yesterday. He
was born at Tvon, Loudoun County,
the son OF the late Capt. A. NJ
Chichester and Mary Beverly Chiches-
ter. His widow. Mrs. Ethel Wister
Chichester; son. Arthur Mason
Chichester. 1T.. Of Leesburg; broth.
er and three sisters survive. Funeral
services will be held tomorrow, 3 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-28
Winner Holds Eight Aces

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. January IS LP). -
All eight aces, or ] 900 points, i'm the
hand of John S. Spencer. veteran me.
chanical foreman of n newspaper.
caused his three opponents in a nj.
nochle game to quickly concede de.
feat here Yesterday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-28
HOSPITAL HEAD DIES.
Rev. Or. George Clark Peck of Bal
timore Was 81 Years Old.

BALTIMORE, January % Up.-
The Rev. DIR. George Clark Peck, 81
years old, superintendent Maryland
General Hospital. we'll known Metho.
dist leader and author, died here yes
terday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-28
L. =. WATCHES BRITISH.

ever government is in control Of
Non. d II
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-18

Mrs. Jessup had her boarding house
painted because a lot of the oil men
and lawyers stayed there. And the
Lathrop boy opened the Gusher Cof-
fee Shop right across from the Cot
ton Belt depot.
All around the square signs read
tate" sprouted overnight. They
opened up a new addition out on the
Clayville road. with city lots selling
at 5000 each. where the picnic
grounds used to be.
With the town so prosperous and
everybody In the country driving
new car 1t wasn't hard to barry the
bond issue for paving the square
that had been hanging fire for SO
long. and there was even some talk
of remodeling. the courthouse.
Alec Tatum promised his wife that
lie the well came in she could 30 10
Rochester and have an operation.
Shed been gradually getting deaf for
some time, but 1t was thought the
doctorss could save her IT, the well
came in soon enough. @rff II
An agent for electric stoves came
to Fairview. and every woman in
town promised TO buy one IL the well
came in. The agent worked hard
to sign them up because he realized
the well might turn out gas we'll.
That well just had to come In, with
everybody counting on it that way
The town company was going to
beat outsiders after all-their well
was coming I'm first. And then, in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-18
OTHER"

stead of the oil stratum, or what
ever you call it, they struck salt
water.
Nobody could understand why
there should be salt water so far
from the ocean, but there it was.
Ruined the well.
The big company didn't hurry any
with it's operations. People said they
were deliberately slowing up so the
price of leases would drop. They
knew the field was there. and they
wanted all of it. They were big
they had other wells all over the
United States. and even in Mexico.
They could afford to take their time.
Maybe they won't bring in another
we'll till the price of oil goes higher.
A Nd meanwhile Fairview sits
- GREATNESS. waiting, all dressed up
waiting while the options quick
traders have taken on land expire:
waiting while the taxes for the new
roads come due, and several prominent
citizens begin to worry about their
notes at the Guaranty Bank. Taut
nerves sMmpaeNery time one of those
dynamite blasts goes off. They're 60
ing to- blow al big whistle when they
do bring In the well. If they don't
bring it in
It's going to take lot of cotton and
tomato growing to repair the damage
to Fairview's hopes.
Towns like Fairview have struck oil.
They have grown into cities like Beau
mont, which was built by OIL Other
cities, like Wichita Falls and Texar-
kama and Shreveport, have been trans
formed by oil, and some towns have
grown into cities overnight by the
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special vigilance. Men watch the rail-
| way stations. Descriptions and. If pos
sible, photographs are circulated to
every police officer in the country. A
net is drawn around the Kingdom,
and If the quarry eludes the hounds
| at his heels he is driven to point at
which, so to speak, he is ambushed by
those who have waited on events,
From different avenues of investi
CATION information came Dougal had
served for many years in the army,
and shortly after his discharge had
been convicted and sentenced for for
gerry. After his release he had lived
by his wits, and there had been many
colorful episodes with women. He had
attempted to buy the Moat Farm with
Miss Hollands money in his own name,
but she had insisted on the ownership
being vested in her. Since her disap-
pearance the greater part of her money
had been withdrawn from the bank,
and by forged signatures DougaI had
turned her securities and other prop
erty into cash.
Following the direct scent detectives
discovered that on his fight from Moat
Farm Dougal had been accompanied
by girl. They picked up the trail
again at Liverpool Street Station,
where the girl had left a couple of
trunks from which the name Holland
had been partly erased. A watch was
set on these trunks. but they were
never claimed. 1t may be said that
the girl had no further part in this
story. AS for Dougal, no one knew
whittier he had gone.
Scott accepted the situation with
unperturbed philosophy. 1t had been
obvious to him and his associates that
Dougal must have bank account of
his own. There was little trouble
in locating it at the Birkbeck Bank.
At about the time of his flight Dougal
had withdrawn most of his money in
Bank of England notes. The unsmil'
ing Scott gave a sigh of satisfaction
when he reported this circumstance
to his chief.
II have got the numbers of most of
those notes." he explained. Sooner
or later he will have to change some
of them. Then -" He paused sig
nificantly.
There was one little irregularity
that none of the detectives thought
IL worth while TO worry about. Lee
gally they could not connect these
notes directly with the forgeries. They
were Douglas property-in law. They
mad not the falnrest shadow OF right
to direct the Bank of England to stop
them. Yet that is just what they did.
Every successful detective must at
times step outside the limits of strict
legality.
SO they waited. One Wednesday
afternoon a tall. well dressed man
entered the Bank of England and
asked for change for some flo notes.
At the request of the cashier he in.
dorsed one of them, Sidney Domville,
Upper Terrace, Bournemouth."
The cashier made a signal imper-.
ceptible to the stranger on whom he
was attending. A man who had been
inconspicuously merged among
group of the banks clients stepped
/ forward and glanced at the Endorsed
note. Then he took swift, rigid scru-
tiny of the stranger. Detective In
spector Harry Fox of the City OF
London detective force had q good
memory for descriptions.
This is not your name ne said,
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A rumor spread that MISS Holland
was a prisoner in the place and Supt.
Pryke, local officer. called and put
the matter bluntly to Dougal. The
other laughed and invited the super.
| intendent to look around. 1t was just
village gossip, he said. There had
been some trouble about a servant.
Miss Holland had determined to go
away, and he had driven her to the
station with her belongings and had
not seen or heard from her since.
Pryke had looked around. put few
more questions and gone away fully
convinced that the thing was mares
nest. 81 shook hands with him as a
| friend. i believed what be told me-
absolutely Since then Marden had
discovered that Miss Holland or some
one using her name. was still operat-
ing her London bank account.
Scott twitched at his chin. You
suspect murder" he demanded.
you've put your finger on it,"
agreed Marden.. But we've no evil
dence-not shred"
tIf she is dead the checks on her
bank are forgeries?"
Exactly" Marden put two fingers
in his waistcoat pocket. Il have
started working on that line. A year
or two back the bank questioned her
signature. They received letter in
reply, i'm which she said that she had
hurt her wrist. All Cancelled checks
have gone back to Moat Farm except
one. / have that here" He displayed
check for f2S ISIS. "We must find
some one who can swear that Is a
, forgery" :,
THAT will be the first move,
agreed the Scotland Yard man. Now
tell me what sort of place is Moat
FARM"
1t was a depressing. old. quaint
and compare lively small house that
Marden pictured. 1t stood in its own
grounds far from any other habita'
ton, some hundreds of yards from
tiny lane The house was encircled
by moat several feet deep.
I'VE shall find the body of Miss
Holland there" declared Scott. UNI
emotionaliy. First. however. we
must put Dougal where he will be
safe and where he cannot interfere
with u.s."
Observe that at this conference no
one doubted that murder had taken
place. These detectives knew the
guilty man. They were only con-
cerned to find a body and to show
that he was guilty. Douglas ears
must have burned as they talked
AS IL he na0 received SOiIlS tcicpititS
warning that day he disappeared from
| Moat Farm.
y X v
DAVID SCOTT made his opening
- moves with the placid and dis
passionate concentration of man
| playing a quiet game of chess. He
| East around until he found nephew OF
the missing woman. her nearest rela-
! tive, who was living in London sub
| urb. This man had not heard OF his
| aunt for many years and he knew
nothing of ,Dougal. Unhesitatingly he
declared the check that was shown
| him to be forgery.
Here was a start. A warrant for
Douglas arrest for forgery was OBJ
| tanned and the hue and cry was
/ raised. The fugitive had two days
| start.
Many precautions which are auto
matte are taken by Scotland Yard in
cases OF this kind. It's resident de-
tectives at every port are. stirred to
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Don't suppose he'd ever had more n
a hundred dollars altogether in his life
met him on the square one day-all
dressed up, new suit, new hat, new
shoes-and asked him how he felt.
"'Well' he said. I'm feelin' pretty
good right now. Lots of people got
to be friends of mine now that never
noticed me before!"
But the ending of the story wasn't
so happy. Martin lost practically all
the money trading in leases with a
crowd of his new friends" He
bought companionship-at a high
price.
How about travel? Well, that de-
ponds on what you mean by travelling.
Ore man out in west Texas made
$50 900, and when a friend advised him
to cut loose and see the world he said
that might be a good idea. He went
to Fort Worth.
Women buy diamonds clothes,
of course. That prophet who prom.
ised ''the oil of JOY for mourning"
promised also 1.-The garment of praise
for the spirit of heaviness": and much
oil prosperity is advertised by glad
garments. In Wichita Falls the girl
who walked up the street wearing a
brand-new beaded georgette evening
gown, carrying a dashboard in one
hand and a tub in the other, occa-