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The Washington times., 1927-12-20
Manufacturers Son
Held in Chicken Theft

COLUMBIA, Pa. Dec. 20.-Frank
Smedley, &c. son of a prom
inent manufactures. was arrested
by State policemen on a charge Of
stealing chickens. Smedley's father
entered bail of $500 for his sons
appearance at the January term oe
court.
Helen Hall. who is said to l1avo
informed the police, is held as q
material witness. She Is alleged
to. have confessed that she accom-.
panied Smedley and others, whose
names she gave. in an automobilo
on the nights the thefts occurred,
but was never with them wnefI
the actual stealing was done.
Police say they have evidence
she sat in the car with the motor
running while the men worked.
With the arrest of Smedley, it n
believed the mystery surrounding
the theft of almost 500 chickens
in the three months has been
solved.
The Washington times., 1927-12-20
MOtOrman Averts Panic
AS Auto Hits Trolley

PHILADELPHIA. Dec. zO.-Two
children were seriously injured. four
grown persons received minor
injuries and a near-panic In a
trolly car was narrowly. averted
when an automobile crashed into
the trolley at Eleventh and Ellis
worth streets.
The youngsters are David De-
Dimengiido. 2, years old. No. 2410
South Mole St.. internal injuries and
several fractured ribs: Anna Cic-
chino. 10 years old. No. 240s Mole
St.. severe internal injuries. Botn
are In the Howard Hospital.
The Washington times., 1927-12-20
Eddystone Shop Ernploye
In Line to Get 81. .666. GIG

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 2O.--An
inventory Of the estate Of Frank
ID. Stout, Chicago lumber and rail-
road magnate. has placed the condi-
tional share Of the SON, Allison 3.
Stout, who is employed in the EDDY.
ssone plant ct the Westinghouse
Electric Company. at approximately
81, ,666, ,666.66. ..g
Assets OF about $1o,O00,OOO were
listed with the probate court in
Chicago. The widow is to receive
a third Of the estate and the re-
mainder is to be divided between
Allison Stout and his three married
sisters.
The son. who is 26, will not be
eligible for his share. however. nm.
til he is IS, and then only il he
has made good" in the opinion Of
his mother and the president of an
Illinois bank. II he fails to qualify
az 80 he viii have another ten years
of grace
The Washington times., 1927-12-20
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO, Dec. 20.--Live stock
market.
Hogs = Receipts, 10000; market
steady. top, $3.50; bulk, $7.75@8.75:
heavyweight, $S.25@8.S0: medium
weight. $S.15@8.75; lightweight. S7.75
@s.5o; light lights, $7.sO@8.25: pack.
ing sows. $7.35@S; pigs, $7.l5@8:
holdovers, 5000.
Cattle Receipts, 1000: market IS
cents lower. calves. receipts, 5000;
market STEADY; beef steers. good
and choice, $10@11.75; common and
medium, $s@15; yearlings, $S@17.75;
butcher cattle. heifers, $6@12. so:
cows. 5000: bulls, $6@s; calves,
$l1@14; feeder steers. $s@1O.75;
stocker steers, $7.50@10.25: stocker
cows and heifers, $5@S.
Sheep - Receipts, 1900; market
steady; medium and choice lambs,
$l2.5O@1S.50; culls and common,
$1O@11.5O; yearlings, $9@11: com.
mon and choice. ewes, $4@6.75:
feeder lambs, $12.5O@1S.5O.
The Washington times., 1927-12-20
LIVERPOOL COTTON

LIVERPOOL, Dec. 2O.--- Spots
were quiet with prices steady here
today. Sales totaled 5000 bales.
Receipts, $4,000 bales.
Midlands fair was quoted at
1880; strictly good mids, 11.44d;
good mids, Hid: strictly mids,
1O.99d; mids, 10.S9d: strictly low
mids, 1O.79d: low mids, 1O.69d;
strictly good ordinary, 1O.S9d; good
ordinary. 1O.O9d.
Futures opened stsady with Jan.
uary at 10.54d: March. 10.32d: May,
lO.SSd; July. 10.s0d; October. le.02d.
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Famous London Fogs
Losing Evil Effects

. LONDON, Dec. 20<The famous
London fogs are losing their Inalig-
nifty. So says Frederick w. Good.
enough, chairman Of. the British
Commercial Gas Association. who
thinks that much of the improve
ment is due to the more general
use OF gas in London households.
Goodenough estimates $200, ,Oe0, 900
is lost annually through avoidable
waste of fuel, damage to property
and transport delay caused by fogs.
The Washington times., 1927-12-20
Bandit Robs Druggist,
FleeS in Stolen AutO

NORRISTowN, Pa, Dec. 2O.-Dr.
Fred j. Peters was held up in his
drug store late at night by a young
unmasked burglar, who robbed him
OF $50 and escaped in, an automo.
bile which had been stolen while
parked in a street a short time be.
fore. The car, belonging to vii.
liam A. Steinbach. later was found
abandoned not far from the scene
Of the robbery.
DR.. Peters was closing the store
for the night when the stranger. ap,
parently under the influence oI
liquor, entered and demanded: "Stick
up your hands," at the same time
going to the cash register, from
which he took the money. DR.
Peters edged his way. to a drawer
and obtained a, revolver, which he
fired twice as the man was isavins
the store. Five shots were returned
by the bandit as, he ran from the
place.
The Washington times., 1927-12-20
Kansas Swedes Happy
When LutfiSh Arrives

SALINA. Kan, Dec. 20.--The Swe
dish people of central Kansas now
realize that the Christmas season is
near at hand as the first consign.
ment Of latfish has arrived. 1t
would not be Christmas it there was
not a good mess of lutfish for din
ner a few days before the Yule day
and a few days afterward.
Lutfish is large fish caught from
Swedish waters. dried and shipped
to Swedish neighborhoods for the
Christmas season. 1t comes in long
strips and is as hard as a board.
Two weeks Of soaking in strong lye
spftens it up and it is then soaked
n, water several days to get the lye
dut. Lutfisla is this year selling for
80 cents 4 pound.
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CHICAGO GRAINS

CHICAGO, Dec. 20. = Grains
opened extremely lower today.
Wheat was down Y to 1Nc. Corn,
2N to SIC, and oats. x to 1hc.
Opening grain quotations today
were as follows: Wheat-December
$1.27 to 1.27h; March. $1.2SN to
1.2s16: May, $1.3O to 1909. Corn
December, s21a to s3c; March, 81
to S7hc; May, soc to Gle. Oats
December, 51Tc: March, "a to 54Ikc;
May, 551z to 55%c.
The Washington times., 1927-12-20
LOCAL PRODUCE

Eggs-Curfent receipts, 4Oc; can
died and graded. 4O042c; white
and brown, No. /. hennery, 42@45c:
stale and bad stock not wanted.
Poultry-Alive: Turkeys. top, 40
@42c: chickens, Plymouth Rocks,
23024c; Reds, 23c; large hens. 20aD
21c; White Leghorn hens, 150l6c;
young keats, 7O075c. Dressed:
Turkeys. 42045c; chickens, 25c;
large fowl, 22@25c; Leehorn fowls.
20c: keats, 9Oc0$1.
Lettuce ~ Supplies moderate; de-
mand moderate; market firm. Cali
fornia crates. Iceberg type, As doz.,
$4.7505.26; few best high as $3.50.
Florida. 1h.bu. hampers, Big Bos-
ton type, considerable ordinary
quality, $1.5O02; few best high as
$3.50. -
calves-Top. 14@1Sc: medium, SO
lie.
Lambs-Top, 1Sc.
Sheep-Fqt. 506c.
Apples = Supplies moderate; de.
mand light: market STEADY. Bar
rels: Few sales, sales direct to re-
tailers, New York, "a inches up,
Kings, ~ inches up, $3.50. Vir-
ginia. 2ls inches up, Staymans best,
$3.50: poorer. $76S. Boxes: Too
| few sales reported to quote. BusheI
baskets: Virginia, 21k inches up,
Jonathans, $1.S5; An inches up,
StayEnans. 2% inches up, $2.50@2.75.
Cahpage supplies. moderate. De-
mand. light; market. dun. New
York. too few sales reported to
quote. South Carolina, few sales,
barrel crates sEci1kbd type, SEQ
2.25; 4 1S-bu. halapers whites, 81,
Celery Suppl ilberaI. Demand
light; market. dun. New York, 20
crates. 81; poorer. low as $3.50.
Lettuce-Supplies. liberal. De.
nand, light; market, easy. Caiifor.
mia. Iceberg type. 4.S dozen, Ss@
$50: Arizona. crates, Iceberg type
As dozen. ,sS.5o0s,75; Florida. . dog
en- crates. Big Boston type, fine
quality and condition, 12.75: ga inch
crates, Big Boston type, good to
ordinary quality ana condition,
81 .5O@2.25. ,
Onions-Supplies, light Demand
tight: market, firm. Michigan, 100
pound sacks. Yellows. u. s. No. /,
$2@2.25.
Potatoes-.Supplies, moderate. De.
Tnand, light; market, dull. Michi-
gan, 150-lb. sacks, Russet RuralS,
U. s. No. 1. $3.25.
Sweet Potatoes-Supplies, mod.
crate. Demand, light: market, dull.
North Carolina, cloth top barrel,
Yellows, $2.2602.5O: Eastern Shore
Maryland, bushel hampers. Yellows.
$1.25.
String Beans-Supplies, moderate.
weaker. Florida, X.bushel hampers,
green. best. $2.5O@2.75: poorer. low
as 81.
mand, light; market. dull Re-
packed, unknown origin, threes,
ripes. wrapped. fancy and choice
count, few sales. $s.76@4. ~
Peppers-Supplies light; demand
light. market dull Florida pepper
crates, fancy. $2@2.25.
Eggplant-Supplies light; demand
light. market dull. Florida, pepper
crates, fancy, $e.2k@2.SO
Carr0ts-Supplies light; demand
light, market dull. California, West
ern lettuce, crates. $S@3.26.
Beets - Supplies light: demand
light. market dull. Texas, Western
lettuce. crates, punched. $3.50. Flor.
ida, pepper crates, loose So
| Spinach-Supplies moderate: de-
mand light, market duh. Virginia,
Norfolk section, bl. baskets Savoy
type, $1.10.
Cauliflower-Supplies light: de,
mand light. market duh California.
crates, $3.50; few high, as $2.7H.
| Lima eans--Supplies light: de.
mand light. market steady. Florida,
4 hi. hammers. Sd
The Washington times., 1927-12-20
AlbinO Otter Trapped
By Canadian WOOdSman

FREDERICTON, N. B.. Dec. 2O.-
An albino otter was caught in a trap
near Little Lake few days ago By
Laughlin Phillips, noted guide,
The animals skin was creamy white
except on the lower portions of its
front feet. So far, as can he learned
Phillips has trapped the first speci.
men OF an albino otter ever taken
in this province.
The Washington times., 1927-12-20
!. BORROWER JAILED

NEW YORK, Dec. 20.-Edward
Sllvy. 30, Of the Bronx, was held in
$4,000 bail in Essex Market court
when Pauline ornstein, a hat trim.
mer. testified that he had borrowed
$500 from her and proposed mar.
rage, although he already had q
The Washington times., 1927-12-20

Go With the Big Firm,
Forbes AdDises
By B. o. FORBES

The yearend usually time of many changes changes in
firms changes among executives changes Of jobs.
One question the writer often asked by young and
others under mddeage whether the prospects better
in a small concern or In large corporation.
The Washington times., 1927-12-20
DIVIDEND NOTICE
VASCOP PRODUCTS Inc.
BRENTWOOD, ND.

By order of the Board of Direc.
tors. the third annual cash div.
idend Of eight (8D per cent on
the preferred stock Of VascO
Products. incorporated. has been
declared. payable ON January
lst. 1928. to stockholders of rec
ord December 18th. 1927.
c. J. Mains. President.
James L. Feeney, Sec-Treas.
The Washington times., 1927-12-20
Xmas Spirit in Bank

But there Is more than the advis.
ability of saving for Christmas to be
gathered from a visit to a bank.
There Is inspiration In getting &C.
Guainted with the depository of
funds, in, possibly. meeting a help.
fun official who will explain the gen.
eral system Of saving and the other
functions Of these institutions Of
service.
1t would not be at all a bad idea
to take the whole family in to see
the Christmas decorations and the
Christmas activities. 1t Is good
Psychology. 1t may influence some
to join Christmas savings club. 1t
may result in a thought for the fu.
ture and the starting OF a regular
savings account. Nowhere is the
Christmas spirit more dominant than
in a bank.
In accordance with a custom Of
several years standing Hartman
4 Co., members of the New York
Stock Exchange with a branch
office in Washington directed by a
member Of the firm. George B.
Chapman. have presented all EN-.
ployes Of the organization with a
Christmas bonus equal to II per
cent OF the last years salary. This
Is one OF the largest Christmas
bonuses yet reported by any finan-
cial or brokerage institution and
Is in keeping with the splendid
the firm.
Vice President George o. vass
OF the Riggs National Bank has
been elected a director in the XII.
wants Club.
John NJ. De Marco was elected
assistant cashier of the Seventh
street Savings Bank by the board
OF directors, at its meeting. De-
cember Is. to fill the vacancy in
That position.
De Marco has been an employe
OF the bank for q number of years.
AT meeting of the board of
directors of the Liberty National
Bank held December 16, the fol-
lowing resolution was passed: THAT
q dividend Of $3.50 per share out Of
the earnings of the bank for the
SIX months ending December 81,
1877. be declared payable Decem-
ber 81, 1927. to stockholders of
record at the close of business
December %. 1927-books not to be
closed"
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-02-18

this Anne crept into the circle o.
lampli2ht, nodding an avid agree
ment. Stokes coming forward
caught his foot In the edge Of tlf
bear rug. stumbled and broke into
a stream of curses Miss Pinkncy
who thought oaths anywhere repre-
hensible and on Gull island prof
anation, 2rimly babe him lift his
feet. He glsred at her, more curses
imminent, and Flora groaned
clutching the arms of her chair and
rolling her eyes upward.
For Gods sake. don't mind any
thing anybody says" implored Mrs.
Cornell. This is "a murder case,
not a social Junction.
They Gained down and presently,
with no more ideas to exchange,
grew silent, listening for the re-
turning launch. The significance of
what they awaited grew with the
minutes till the coming of the
launch seemed an event of fearful
import upon which their fates
hung.
The entrance of Williams shook
them from their terrors. If his face
told them nothing, his manner was
kindly gruff-they must be tired,
best thing for them to go to bed.
AS they rose and trailed Imply to
the doors he beckoned Shine to re-
main. He would want him later,
had a job for him, so he'd better
go now and get some sleep.
Williams went back to the IL
brary. where Bassett still slept. lie
looked at his watch-a quarter TO
Eine. He couldn't understand it
what could Rawson have got hold
of on the mainland when it was as
plain as printing Mrs. Stokes was
The guilty party? He started and
moved 70 the window; the throb-
bling beat of an engine came
through the silence, a low spark OF
light was advancing from the OPP
posite shore.
When he heard the boat grinding
against the wharf he walked Bas-I
sett.
"Rawson's coming. And it's near
~ nine"
Rawson came in by the window,
his eyes blinking i'll the rooms
brightness. He tried to look stern
but satisfaction shOne in his eyes
and lit his long Iantern-iawed face.
He was like the bearer of good It'd
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rather disturbed Lorna"
my name is Emerson. Julian
Emerson"
Lorna's heart beat a little more
quickly.
oh A relative?"
To this he nodded his head. He
moved to the door and held it open.
"You are going out?" he queried.
And without saying anything, Lor-
ma walked through and made her
way to the lift. Julian Emerson fol-
lowed her, but he went down the
stairs. and the girl saw him go with
that same curious sense of uneasi.
ness. There was something in his
manner, something in his unexpect-
ed visit. which suddenly cast d very
heavy shadow over the brilliant sun
shine OF the day
In the palm court, Lorna was way.
horid looking woman, always very
extensively gowned and arrayed.
Her son was one of the young mel
who allowed the world to see hal
he admired Miss Mallingate very
much indeed
Lorna gave no encouragement to
Sir Charles Blyth, and in fact she
rather avoided his mother and his
two sisters.
"Ah' Here IRE at last! Every
body has beel. Inquiring for you
Charles has been IN despair. He has
gone to sit with your mother. If he
can't be with the rose. he wants to
be near her"
She kissed Lorna several times.
leaving little patches of lip salve on
the girls cheeks, which she imme-
diately proceeded to brush off. you
look so sweet" she said. What a
lovely gown Paris, Of course? And
what a beautiful little string OF
pearls. Shall we go and Join your
mother?"
Lorna always felt overpowered
when Lady Blyth bounced upon her
in this fashion.
If she could have yielded TO her
own inclination. she would have pre-
ferred to have gone off by herself.
and to have sat apart until she had
conquered this curious uneasiness
and cast way the shadow which
so pronounced But Lady Blyth
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not assumed. his mind WAS
bled by any fears about Joe. Tha
something had turned up which
rectlon was 80 encouraging ;
thought that. by contrast to his sen
stations for the last twenty-foul
hours, he fell almost cheerful.
In fhe relaxation Of the strait
he vas conscious OF fatigue for the
first time. He threw himself or
the sofa and In q moment had sunk
into the deep deathlike sleep Of ex-
haustion. Williams, sitting near
the telephone. also nodded, his biz
body sagged together in the chair
his chin embedded In his chest.
The group In the living room
viewed by The uniformed spec
tator. might have been The usual
evening gathering of an informal
Gull island house parts They
made a deceptively quiet picture,
pleasant, agreeable looking people
resting in reposeful attituJs after
a day in the open air. Stokes was
the sole member of the company
whose inner unrest broke out in
movement. He paced back and
forth before the fireplace, quick
long strides over the bear rug to
the hall door and back again. Once
or twice the edge of the rug caught
his toe and he kicked it out of his
way with Il violent angry jerk of
his foot.
When the minutes licked away
and no one came to overlook or
overhear, a cautious trickle of talk
began to flow. Question and an
Swer crossed, low-toned, interrupt
ed by warning looks at the hall
door. Where had Rawson gone,
what could he be after? That the
question lay uppermost in all their
minds was shown by the quick re-
Spouse to the first. murmured ten
%tative, the comprehension of SEN
fences left unfinished with only the
query in the eyes to point their
meaning.
Rawson must have got hold Of
some information. gone afield on a
new clue. Then followed specula-
lions, surmises, suggestions-wild,
fantastic, probable. 1t might have
been nothing, Shine thought, simply
Il trip TO the county seat on bust
ness connected with the case. At
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There was Il slight pause. Raw.
o broke II. clearing his throat and
rising from his chair:
That's enough for the time be.
ing, Mr.. Stokes. You can 90
now, If we want you We'll call on
you later!"
without a word Stokes turned
and left the room. When the door
had closed on him Bassett said:
Hes out of his mind-Joe
Tracy-when he knows he wasn't
here"
Williams gave q bearish sbrug:
"Oh, pshaw, what's the matter
with hlm's easy to size up. Break
ing down, losing his nerve. Wheth-
er he knows his wife did it or not
he sees everything points there and
he's just laying hold OF anything
to mark time. They go like that
I've seen 'em before"
RawsOn,. who had been standing
with his hands deep in his pockets
and his eyes fixed on the floor,
moved to the chair:
Let's hear about this boy, Mr..
Baseball this anger and hate
business he's been buzzing round"
He sat down and lit a cigar.
Through the smoke he watched
Bassett with a narrowed glance as
the director unfolded the story of
Joe, the quarrel and SYPHILIS
ton.
When it was over Rawson
IynnoIrDl fhn o@h From Is~ 1fxor
meditatively looking at the crumb-
ling gray heap:
Are you under the impression,
Mr.. Bassett, that her story was
true-that the boy had been spy
ing on herr"
81 don't know. Of course. she
was in q high-keyed emotional state
that might engender unjust suspi-
cions. On the other hand, you
couldn't trust his word, and there
was big money offered"
"And when you returned to New
York you would have found out?''
Eyes, | told him that
And he would have realized
that it would go hard with him,
where you were concerned, and
with the rest Of the profession"
Eyes, he'd know. She was very
popular and there was a general
sympathy for her"
Williams stretched and rose from
his chair.
swell. it's all right to gather up
everything, but it doesn't get us
any further. If the boys been
here. seeing what he was and how
he felt, there might be something
in it. But as he got out before
the shooting it leaves us just where
we were before. What do you
ihink about going up and looking
over that top story-routine bust
ness we ought to get through"
mot now" Rawson moved TO the
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in2s who would have worn the high
smile of triumph il a smile were
fitting.
WELL" said Williams, where
the devil have you been?"
Down the coast. twenty-five
miles. on roads that would have
put anything but a fiivver out Of
commission"
You got something's"
II did-this time. We're on the
right track now if I'm not much
mistaken"
Williams gave an i%ncredulous
grunt. He did not believe in new
material and in advance placed
himself in stubborn opposition:
what did you go down the
coast for?"
ITO find a man called Gabriel
Harvey
Bassett, about to sit down,
stopped in surprise:
Gabriel Harvey? That's our
launchman."
Exactly. And | had a devil of
time TO find him. Down Ia a
place called White Beach. hidden
away with friends in a shack with
out a telephone"
But why"
IN tell you. l went over there
to look into Joe Tracy's move
ments. | couldn't find any one
who'd seen him come ashore and
that the man Gabriel who
took him over, had gone to this
place, White Beach, for deep-sea
fishing. Not being able to get hold
of him | went to the station TO see :
If | could gather up anything. And
did. The baggage man told me
Gabriel had been there before he
left for White Beach, leaving a
suitcase and fishing rod to be held
till Tracy called for them. They're
here now. saw them"
(To BE CoNTINUED.)
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would not give ner up, so they
walked together across the road to
the lawns. and Charles Blyth. seeing
them coming, got up and went to
meet them.
AS he reached the girl, he took her
hand and kissed it.
With a sigh OF relief the girl
slipped into a chair beside her
mother.
Now, as she sat beside her mother
and slipped her arm through hers
Lorna felt soothed and waited back
into her happy mood. After awhile
Mrs. Emerson got up and as they
stroIled along arm in arm The
mother said to Lorna:
II have ordered luncheon to DC
served upstairs. darling. Henri
doesn't care about being in the res
taurant for every meal. and it is
really pleasanter in our W room
Much pleasanter." said Lorna
She drew a sharp breath of reliet
She was beginning to be a little an
noyed by Charles Blyth. and his al
tentions really got on her nerves.
As they went up in the lift, her
mother just touched her gently Oh
the shoulder:
us anything the matter, darlinsY
she asked. "You seem a little de
pressed"
"In tell you about 1t upstairs
mother" the girl answered.
And when they were alone In the
big sitting room, she spoke about
Gerald Craven. Mrs. Emerson
opened her arms and took the girl
to her heart.
Darling" she said, "or course
I've seer It coming-so has Henry
And we like Gerald so much. hope
you haven't sent him away. Lorna?%
The girl chung to her mother. and
as she did so, she whispered:
II hope so too, but I'm not sure! Z
/ am afraid | hurt Gerald. mother
dear. But honestly ! wasn't pre-
pared wasn't ure.
You see, I've never thought about
him in that way I've never
thought about any mar in that
way she said simply.
NEXT CHAPTER; Henry Ener-
son ranfshes uysteriously.