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The Washington times., 1927-12-31

dent of the Seminary and Collegiate
Bible Institute. of Washington. will
deliver the address at New Year
services in the Rockville Baptist
Church tomorrow evening.
The planting of 200 shade trees
along the principal streets of the
neighborhood is an improvement
scheduled for Bethesda in the near
future, so DIR. Benjamin c. Perry,
president of the board OF county
commissioners, has announced.
MIR. and Mrs. Walter T. Davis.
The Washington times., 1927-12-31

work OF digging a second tiSItne |
under the submersible has &Sen
completed, and lines will he siunE
around II. Commander Saunders,
in charge of the diving operations.
wirelessed to Admiral Andrews at
the Boston Navy Yard that the
submarine might be raised by mid.
night tonight. The huge pontoons
are in readiness for lifting opera.
tions.
Ideal For Divers
Commander Saunders said the
weather was ideal for diving and
that every available man had been
sent down. Those rested up were
being sent down again. Meanwhile,
the Bureau Of Navigati ton ordered
that all divers with experience at
depths of 100 feet or more be trans
ferred at once to the Mine Layer
Falcon. flagship of the salcage
fleet. from which the divers are
operating.
While the work of tunneling be-
meath the submarine was being
pushed. Diver Thomas Eadie, who
on the first day of operations at
at the sunken ship saved the life
of his comrade. Diver l.. c.
Michaels, again distinguished him
self by saving the life of his part.
ner below the sea, Diver c. T.
Mattox.
They were working from opposite
sides Of the hull, blowing the tunnel
with high pressure air lines, when
Mattoxs hose became unmanage-
able and, flying from his hands,
caused cave-in of mud. Mattox
was buried. shoulder deep, and flung
into such position that he could not
The Washington times., 1927-12-31
Cruel Indifference"
Of Navy Department
Hit by Kin of S-4 Chief

Appealing for a quick raising of
the Inflated submarine S-4, parents
Of Roy X. Jones, commander of
the craft, declared in a letter re.
ceived here today that Secretary of
the Navy Wilbur had advised them
that the submarine would prob.
ably not be raised before spring"
The letter. written by Mr.. and
Mrs. John NJ. Jones, of Hennessey,
Okla, was addressed to Representa-.
tive McClintic .D) of Oklahoma. a
member of the House Naval Affairs
Committee.
The Navy Department was bit
terly assalied by the parents of
Commander Jones.
I'VE were first advised of the
disaster by the press and did not
until four hours after we had wired
the department hear a word from
them" the Jones' Wrote.
Mrs. Jones and I kept the vigil
for six days. waiting for some word
of encouragement from Washington,
only to be rewarded with a state.
ment from the Secretary that The
S-4 would probably not be raised
before spring"
I'VE both feel that the Navy De-
partment has crucified our dear boy
and his comrades, and the cruel in.
difference which they have shown
toward these poor boys who died in
the service of their country is in
human and without a precedent"
The parents indorsed a demand
by McClintic that the submarine be
raised without delay IF it takes
every ship in the navy to. do it"
McClintic asserted that the letter
showed that it was the first inten.
ton of the Navy Department to de.
lay raising the ship until spring.
The Washington times., 1927-12-31

crowds will be as large as the
prices asked.
Night clubs and hotels Of the
better class are demanding SIS per
person.
Bootleggers alone are considerate.
They are supplying the usual
Broadway run of rum at lower
prices than six months ago. And
in spite of one of the wettest cele-
brations scheduled for Father Knick.
erbocker, there. will be plenty left
tomorrow morning for those who
want at least one drink before
breakfast.
Prohibition officials in raiding
and wrecking the Chez Helen Nor.
gan have not dampened the spirit
of those who will greet the New
Year.
There will be perfect rhythm at
midnight between the popping of
the corks and the blowing off of
the whistles.
The Washington times., 1927-12-31
staff Photos

of Rockville, have announced the
marriage of their daughter, Eliza
beth. 10 William r. Lamton, of
Bethesda. The ceremony was per-
formed at La Plata, Md, last Sep
tember, but did not become known
even to the brides parents until
night or two ago.
DIR. William A. Linthicum and
Miss Sue Somervell, daughter of
Mrs. Anne Parran and the late
Alexander Somervell. of Port Re.
public. Md, were married in Bait
more early in the week in Memorial
Protestant Episcopal Church.
The Washington times., 1927-12-31

s;~ ak through his phones to those
- deck.
The workers above became wor-
ried and notified Eadie, who pulled
Mattox from the mire.
The Washington times., 1927-12-31
ROCKVILLE SALE
NETS $4,000

ROCKVILLE. Nd, Dec. 3t.-The
sale by the heirs Of DR.. John l..
Lewis, of Bethesda, to George p.
Sacks, of Bethesda, of two acres of
land and a frame dwelling, for
$4S,OOO is said to represent the top
price so far for Montgomery county
real estate. The two acres of land
were bought by Dr.. Lewis twenty
six years ago for 81 300 and the
erection Of the dwelling represented.
it is said, about $4,000.
Mrs. Pearl r Fowler, Of Takoma
Park. and William P. Felka, Of
Washington, were married in Rock.
Vile Thursday afternoon by tha
Rev. Bertram M. Osgood, Of the
Baptist church.
Licenses have been issued for
the marriage Of DR.. Charles Hamil.
ton Wolohon, 30. and Miss Ger.
trude Mabel Dover. 20. both Of
Takoma Park, Md; Edwin II.
Thomas, %. and Miss Edith Louise
Shiver. Is. both of Ferndale, Nd:
Thomas O'kelley. %, of Durham,
n. C., and Miss Ossie Ann Mercer.
"a, of Warrenton. Va: Ralph w
Bennie, %. and Miss Hazel Esther
Wrenn. Is, both of Washington
and Louis Bishop, 2S. and Miss
Elizabeth Mckinley, 81, both of
Washington.
Announcement has been made
mat the Rev. E. l.. Eaton. presi-
The Washington times., 1927-12-31

Announcement has been made
that the Rev. E. l.. Eaton. presi-
The Washington times., 1927-12-31
Navy Hopes to Raise
81 By Midnight
BY IntrraatIonaI News Service

PROVINCETOWN, Mass Dec. 31.-The S4 may be raised
from the bottom of Provnceown HarbOr today bodies
of ~ recovered from the sunken submarine which
sent to watery when struck by the Coast Guard
destroyer Paulding here December II.
The Washington times., 1927-12-31
Broadway Will Blouu
Lid off Tonight
BY International News Service

NEW YORK, Dec 3-Broadway will blow the lid off 1928
with bang Almost every reservation has been taken at
leading hotels and at night clubs before dusk standing
will be at a premium.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-20
SAVES THREE PERSONS
FROM AUTO IN LAKE

Lights Of Submerged Car Leads to
Scene of Accident
By United Press
NEDERLAND, Colo, July 10. =
Two young couples who plunged rs
feet over an embankment into deep
water in Nederland Lake were alive
today due to the GOODNESS and
bravery of Earl Pedro, 20-year odd
miner of Tungsten
Rounding dangerous curve on
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-20

Tune in on WIZ or some other
Blue chain boardcaster at 6 p. m.
and you will hear the second of the
weekly short story dramatizations,
this time Robert Louis Stevenson's
1.-THE Adventure of the Hanson
Cab"
That will be followed at $3.50 by
the Davis Saxophone Octet, from
the key station only, and at 2 the
network win transmit the Maxwell
hour. Franklin Baur, tenor and Rex
Schepp, banjoist, will augment
Nathaniel Shilkret's Maxwell House
Orchestra. The RCA Radiotrons
conclude the hook-up entertain from
8 to 9.
Gertrude Branigan is organist on
the $3.50 to $3.50 musical of woo,
Davenport.
One of the best organs any Middle
West photoplay house can boast.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-20

the lake road Pedro saw the lights
of a submerged automobile pene-
trate from beneath the water. He
crawled to the edge of the lake to
investigate.
He found Francis Yeager, 10, of
Omaha, Neb, had reached the shore
and tainted. Pedro plunged Into the
water, swan to the car and extri-
Gated Phillip Conrad, 20, also of
Omaha; Anna Anderson, 10, and
Olga Rubin, 10, both of Nederland.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-20
broadcasts at 6 from wRo, wash

broadcasts at 6 from wRC, Wash
ington.
WLW, Cincinnati, has listed 6
number Of good events for this eve
ming. The Hotel Gibson program is
on the air from until $50 and
resumed between GAO and 7. The
rest of the bill includes:
7oo-Bessie Cricher, organist.
7:15-Bruce Wright, tenor.
7:30-CroSley String Quartet.
8:0o-Ray Miller's Castle Farm orchestra.
l0:00-Organ advertisements by Johanna
Crosse.
Comic opera and light classical
selections will be the wireless at
traction at XII, Los Angeles, at 10.
Eva Olivotti, soprano; James Bur-
roughs, tenor, and Louis Klos' Cal
pet Trio will be at the mike"
Fish for WSAI, Cincinnati, at 6:15
and listen to the chimes. Robert
Badgley is the artist.
Arcade Birkenholz, violist, opens
the WEAF program for the stations
of the Red network at 6. Choosing
selections that are rich in harmony,
color and style, "Slavonic Dance"
Lotus Land" and "Asturiana" are
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-20
Fishing The Air
BY LEONARD e. PEARSON
All references are Central Standard Time

that of the Chicago Theater, will
be heard from 5 to over WMAQ,
Chicago.
Opening with cycle of old En-
elish melodies and concluding with
1.-THE Lost Chord" the concert
quartet from the Utica Conservatory
of Music will broadcast at from
WGY, Schenectady.
The mid-week concert by the
Goldman Band, broadcast by
WNYG, goes on the ether at $50.
Olice Marshall, sporano, will be
SoloiSt.
Fans who are fond of symphonies
should never miss WGHP, Detroit,
between z and 8. The Detroit Sym
phony orchestra radiocasts at that
time.
The Hotel Mayfiower orchestra
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-20

Fish for WSAI, Cincinnati, at 6:15
and listen to the chimes. Robert
Badgley is the artist.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-20

One of the best organs any Middle
West photoplay house can boast.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-20

among the numbers he will play.
The remainder of the chain
schedule is:
615-"My Ten Funniest Anecdotes" by
orion Tewson.
6:30-Organ masters recital. featuring
Maurice Garabrant.
7:00-Ipana Troubadours. playing Broad
ways Best Steppers.
7:30-GoodriCh Silvertown orchestra ana
Silver Masked Tenor.
8:30-Jack Albin's orchestra (WEAF and
WRC). -,
9:00-Cass Hagan's Central Park Hotel
orchestra (WEAF and WRC).
The Bankers Life Little Sym
phony plays at WHO, Des Mones,
from $50 to 1880.
A jubilant hour at KYW, Chicago,
is the Congress Carnival, which
really lasts from 9:32 to 1885.
The thirty minute organ program
by Ernest r. Hunt at $50 is fol-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-20
ROBBED; HANGS SELF
Body of Gary Man Found in Vacant
Building.

By United Press
GARY, Ind, July 20.-While
showing two real estate dealers
through his vacant store building,
George Stanevich discovered the
body of Nick Schann, SIS, a former
tenant, who had hanged himself to
a rafter. Schann had brooded over
theft of $400 in savings from a
trunk several weeks ago.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-20

The inhabitants of cold countries
make the darkest bread, those of
the tropics the whitest. Cornstalks
are an ingredient in bread in Mex
leo and Central America; dried fish
is used in Iceland; potatoes in Ire
land and tree bark in Russia.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-20

The best numbers at WCCO. Min
neapolis-St. Paul, begin at $3.50 with
Albrechts Band, followed By the
10 o'clock dance program and the
organ recital at 11:30
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-20
HOOSIER DEVISES FAST
AIRPLANE LAUNCHING
C. Francis Jenkins Recently In
vented Braking System.
Gisz HYEgYsssrlcEm NE

BIZ Times Special
WASHINGTON, July 20.-Inven-
ton of a device enabling airplanes
to take off from 100-foot runway
was announced by G. Francis Jen-
kins, formerly of Richmond, Ind.
Recently jenkins perfected a
braking system for planes and as
serts with this and the launching
device partial solution of ne prob
lem of costly airports will be ef-
fected. The runway is thirty-two
feet high at the highest point.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-20
JULY 20, 1927
BY Blosser
By Small
By Taylor
SKETCHES BY BESSEY
SYNOPSIS By BRAUCHER

lowed by Emerson Gill's Bamboo
Garden orchestra at wHAM, cleve-
i iss.ssSs.
Evening star., 1927-12-01

frightened any more now. are you.
Polly? "A mystery explained loses its
terror, doesn't it?9 And. besides, the
main thing was to know that your
mother was all right"
my mother"
He thought he heard her catch her
breath in a quick, sudden half sob.
Its : all right, Polly" he said,
hastily. Don't think of that part Of
it any more. Everything's all right
Yes: know" Her voice was very
low. 'It's-aH right. I-good-night
guardy"
She had opened the door,
III see you to your ROOM" he said.
No. she answered; I'm not
frightened any more. Good-good-
night, guardy."
Goodnight. Polly" he said.
The door closed
Capt. Francis Newcombe stood in
| tne darkness. And for a moment he
old not move--but the mask was gone
now, and the laughter that came low
from his lips was a mirthless sound.
ana the working face was black with
fury. And then he turned, and with a
bound was back in the bedroom, and.
| snatchlng at his clothes, began to
| dress
There was still an hour to daybreak.
Continued in Tomorrow's Star.)
Evening star., 1927-12-01

formulated days ago, to account for
having withheld that Information.
Seize this opportunity to tell her that
Mrs. Wickes was not her mother? No!
Impossible! He had meant to use all
this to his advantage, and in his own
good time It was too late now. He
was left holding the bag! II he ad-
mitted that Mrs Wickes was dead, he
admitted that there was some one on
this island whose mysterious presence,
whose mysterious knowledge. must
cause furore, search, with possible
results that at any hazard he dared
not risk. Polly would tell Locke
Dora-everybody. 1t was impossible!
But against this. sooner or later, Polly
must know of Mrs. Wickes death,
and-Bah! Was he to become child,
the old cunning gone? He would keep
her for while from England-travel
-anything-and, months on, the word
dead. and found in the old hag's eff
fects would be Polly's papers. The
one ssfe play, the only play. was not
alone to reassure the girl now. but to
keep her mouth shut. Above all to
keep her mouth shut! But--how?
How? Yes. He had 1t now! His
soul began to laugh in unholy glee.
His voice was grave. earnest, tender,
sympathetic.
''He couldn't have known. Polly"
he said. THAT is at once evident on
the face of it. How could any one
on this little out.of-the-way island
possibly know a thing like that when
I, who am the only one who could
know. and who have just come direct
from England. know it to be untrue.
Don't you see. Polly?"
He had drawn her head against his
shoulder. stroking back the hair from
her forehead. She raised it now
quickly.
''Yes, guardy!" she said eagerly.
IL see; and I'm SO glad | came to
you at once But--but it is SO strange,
and-and it still frightens me terribly.
don't understand. IL can't under
stand. Why should any one ring the
telephone in my room at this hour. and
and tell me thing like that IL it
were not true?"
"Or even if 1t were true--at such
an our, or in such a manner" he in
jected quietly. Tell me exactly what
happened. Polly"
II think I've told you everything
she said ~ don't think there was
anything else. When l answered the
phone, the voice asked if / were Polly
Evening star., 1927-12-01
must have been one of us who is con.

must have been one of us who is con-
nected with the household in order to
have access to telephone. 1t is
unthinkable, absurd, isn't 1t? On the
other hand, the hour, the irresponsible
words. their crazy mode of express
sion, as you yourself said. the motive
/ less declaration of n palpab BILE untruth,
all stamp it as the work of one who is
i not accountable for his actions--of one
who is literally insane. And then the
| fact that you recognized the voice as
| the one we heard two nights ago i
additional proof if such were needed.
| which it very obviously is not. You
| remember that we had seen Mr.. Mar
lin in his dressing gown disappear un-
der the veranda a few minutes BEFORE
we heard the calls and cries and wild
| insane laughter My first thought then
was that it was Mr.. Marlin, and / was
afraid that either harm had. or might.
come to him. sent you at once back
! to the house. and I ran into the woods
to look for him. l did not find him !:
and. therefore, as there was always
! the possibility then that | had been
mistaken. / felt that / should not
alarm any of you here. and particu-
| larly Miss Marlin. by suggesting that
! Mr.. Martins condition was decidedly
worse than even it was supposed to be.
Is it quite plain. Polly? do not think
we have very far to look for the one
who telephoned you tonight
He could just see her in the dark
ness. a little white, shadowy form, as
| she stood slightly away from him now.
One of her hands was pressed in an
agitated way to her face and eyes: the
other still held tightly to the throat of
her dressing gown.
'Oh, yes. it's plain, guardy." she
whispered, miserably. "Its-it's too
plain. Poor. poor. Mr.. Marlin! What
are we to do? 1t would hurt Dora ter
| ribly if she knew her father had done
| this. IL can't tell her."
! "Of course, you can't" said capt.
Francis Nowcombe gravely. Your po-
sition is even more delicate than mine
was the other night. l do not see that
you can do anything-except to say
nothing about it to any one for the
| present.,
! yes" she agreed numbly.
| She began to move toward the door.
It's not likely to happen again.
/ said Capt Francis Newcombe reassur-
| ingly; land. anyway, you can make
sure il won't by just leaving the re-
ceiver off the hook Do that, Polly.
And then, solicitously: But you're not
Evening star., 1927-12-01

Wickes. and kept or repeating my
name over and over again in a nor.
rible, crazy, sing-songy way, and then
/ heard q sound as though door had
been blown open by the wind, and /
could hear the waves pounding. and
then the door was evidently slammed
shut again, and the voice said what
II have told you about wearing
black for my mother. And then l
couldn't hear anything more. and |
couldn't get any answer, though /
called again and again into the phone.
Oh, guardy. can't understand! L
I'm sure it was the same voice as
that other night. What does 1t mean?
Guardy. what should we do? Who
could it be?"
A door blown open by the wind! The
pound of the waves! Where was there
a telephone that would measure up to
those requirements? Not in the house,
Captain Francis Newcombe smiled
grimly i'm the darkness. The private
installation was restricted to the house
and it's immediate surroundings.
Therefore the boathouse! The boat
house had phone connection. And
there was still an hour or more to
daybreak! But first to shut Polly's
mouth
Polly. he said gravely. measuring
his words 'I haven't the slightest
doubt that it was the same voice
we heard in the woods; in fact, I'm
quite sure of it. And I'm equally sure
now that | know who it is
She drew back from him in quick.
startled way.
But. guardy. you said it was only
someone cat.calling to-"
"Yes: / know" he interrupted seri-
ously. But / did not tell you what
1 was really suspicious of all along.
With what I had to 30 on then, it did
not seem that had any right to do so.
It's quite different matter. now, how
ever. after what's happened tonight. "
"Yes?" she prompted anxiously.
There can be only two possible ex-
plantations he said. "Tither some
one is playing cruel hoax; or it is the
work of an unhinged mind, an ir-
rational act. a phase of insanity
that"
"Guardy" She cried out sharply.
You mean-"
Yes" he said steadily; Il do.
Polly. And there can really be no
question about it at all. Can you
imagine any one doing such a thing
merely from a perverted sense of
! humor?-any one of us here?-for 1t
Evening star., 1927-12-01

out. 'T-I-please turn off the
light" :.
"Of courser he said quietly-and 1t
was dark in the room again.
He had caught a glimpse of little
| figure crouching just inside the door
a little figure with white, strained face,
with great, wondrous masses of hair
tumbling about her shoulders, with
hands that clasped some filmy drapery
tightly across her bosom. and small.
dainty feet that were bare OF covering.
And as he moved toward her now
across the room, another mood took
precedence over the savagery he had
Just been nursing-a mood nc hOlier.
1t might be queer, this visit of hers,
but that glimpse of her. alluring. init.
mate, of moment gone, had set his
blood afire again-and far more vic.
lently than 1t had on that first oc-
casion when he had seen her here on
the island two nights ago.
1t brought again to the fore the
question that. through cursed night.
mare of happenings, had almost since
that time lain dormant. Was he going
to let Locke have her--or was he going
to keep her for himself? How far had
she gone with Locke? They had been
lot together. Well, that mattered
little--if he wanted her for himself he
would make the way to get her. Locke
and hell combined to the contrary!
The woman-against her potential
value as somebody else's wife! Damn
it, that was the wonder # her-that
she could even hold her own when
weighed on such scales. There were
lots of women.
He had reached her now, and
kx, t.a hn,- Ear nd tnly nx1
1t in his own What Is it. Polly?''
he asked gently. whats the mat
ter?'
"It's--it's mother" she whispered
brokenly. "The telephone in my room
rang few minutes ago, and some
one-a man-and. oh, guardy, I'm
sure it was the same voice that we
heard when we were in the woods
the night before last--asked me why
I didn't wear black for my mother.
lit couldn't mean anything else
but-but that mother Is dead Oh,
suardy guardy! How could he know,
guardy? How could he know"
Captain Francis Newcombe made no
movement, save to place his arm
Ground the thinly clad shoulders, and
draw the little figure closer to him.
1t was dark here, she could not have
seen his face anyway. but it was com
posed, calm, tranquil. Perhaps the
lips Strengthened a little at the corners
nothing more. But the brain of the
man was working at lightning speed
Here was disaster. ruin. exposure il
he made the slightest slip. Again, eh?
This was the fourth time this devil
| from the pit had shown his hand. The
| reckoning would be adequate! But how
was he to answer Polly? Quick. She
must not notice any hesitation. Tell
! her that Mrs. Wickes was dead? He
dhad a ready explanation on his tongue
Evening star., 1927-12-01

Dead, Her mother dead, 1t couldn't
be true She began tn gropc around
her. The chair-her dressing gown.
Her hands felt the garment. She
snatched it up, flung it around her,
and stumbled to the door and along
the hall to Captain Francis New.
combes room And here she Knocked
mechanically. but. without listening
for response. opening the door. and,
stumbling still in blind way. crossed
the threshold.
"Guardy Guardy! Oh, guardy!'
she sobhed out.
Captain Francis Newcombe was not
asleep Quite apart from the fact that
he mad only got to bed but very
short while before. the cards that
night had gone too badly against him,
and there was a savage sense OF fury