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REFINERY fire
IN PITTSBURGH
BREAKS ANEW
Equipment Rolls Off
Embankment While
Being Rushed Out
To Second Blaze

PITTSBURGH. Dec. 26.-(P)-Two
volunteer firemen we're killed and
eight others injured, five seriously,
when their apparatus plunged down
an embankment today while speed
ing to the fire in the plant of the
Carnegie Refining company at Hell
delberg.
Tho fire, which started early
yesterday, was still raging this
morning. Loss was placed $780,
600.
The dead firemen were Adolph
Sonnett, 80. and Joseph de Petro. 45.
The apparatus, a combination
pumper ard hose cart. leaped from
the roadway on a curve and somer-
saulted down into the gully below.
the fire truck was wrecked. A heavy
fog obscured the drivers vision.
The fire started in the filler plant
and was thought TO have been check
ed, but a hidden smoldering spark
last night touched a stray pray of
gasoline causing the flames to break
ut anew.
Flames leaped from all parts Of
the building housing the distilling
and refining departments, threaten
ing five tanks each containing 5000
barrels of wax oil and eight tanks
each of 1000 barrels of kerosene
A series of explosions rocked the
district, imperilling the lives of
firemen and hundreds of residents
who congregated on the hillsides to
watch the fire. The plant is situat-
ed on the site Of the old Etna chemi-
cal works, where a serious explosion
occurred during the World war.
Company officials We unable 10
determine in the absence oil an IN
vestigation what caused the fire.
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NEGRO WAITS TO PLAY
FOR MILLIONAIRE PARTY

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 26.-Fi--
The orchestra OF four little negro
street waits, who make music upon
pots, pans and bottles, has been
called for an eastern premiere at y
Philadelphia millionaire's New Years
party.
The millionaire. who guards his
identity. has designated Flo Field,
New Orleans author. to pilot the
ragged little negroes to Philadelphia,
and today she was busy buying the
small. white-eyed dsrkies their first
overcoats.
They leave tonight. still wearing
the rags familiar TO the banquettes Of
the vieux Csrre. where they eked
out living.
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L0ttie PickfOyd's Party
Py0bed by Police of L. A.

LOS ANGELES. Dec. 26.-tPp-
Investigators from the office of
District Attorney BuroR Fits o.
day sought TO learn the details OF
a party at the Hollywood home Of
Miss Lottie Pickford. sister Of Mary
Pick ford, which ended in a fight in
the early morning hours of Christ
mas day.
A man who identified himself
as Daniel +. Jaeger, retired busi-
ness man" was taken 10 a hospital
with a lacerated hand and weak
from loss Of blood. Jaeger blamed
Jack Daugherty. one-time husband
Of the late Barbara La Marr, for
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his injury, but declined to file
complaint. Daugherty was not there
when police broke up the party but
officers said he had been there
earlier when they delivered a warn
ing that the affair was becoming
"too noisy"
District Attorney Fits interest
in the affair was declared to be
in determining whether the liquor
laws had been violated.
Miss Piekford left her home soon
after Jaeger was taken to the hos
pital. Police said she appeared to
have been struck in the battle but
she declared she was not hurt and
expressed regret over the incident.
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The old, the young. the blind, the
halt and the lame-many bent with
the weight of years and the adver-
stiles of life-most of them, upon
the charity of their fellowmen, were
given a bit of cheer Christmas day
by the workers in Brownsville's
Charity home.
Nine hundred OF them who were
not inmates Of the institution ard
consequently were not admitted 10
the YuIetide tree celebration, Christ
mas eve, attended the institutions
annual dinner to poor and received
n meal that would have befitted the
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-26
Tom Sawyer Sweetheart
Becky, Dies at Age of91

HANNIBAL, No.. Dec. 26.-F1-
Mrs. Laura Frazier, 81, Mark
Twain's boyhood sweetheart and
the Becky Thatcher" of "Huckle-
berry Finn" and tom Sawyer
died last night at the home of a
son. Judge l.. 4. Frazier.
She was one Of the last Of n
small group OF local persons who
attended school with the famous
humorist when he was "a barefoot
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Flames Damage
Harlingen Cafe

HARL1NGEN. Dec. 2s.-Fhe. be-
lieved to have been started by rats
gnawing on matches, resulted in an
approximate damage of sl0O to the
interior of Heads Waffle Shop on
First street, early Wednesday Morn
ing.
A night watchman, who discovered
the blaze about 4 a. m, put in the
alarm and the fire was extinguished
by the use Of chemicals.
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Radio Licenses
Become Scarce

WASHINGTON. Dec. 26.-(Pl-The
radio commission has hung out the
standing room only" sign.
DR.. J. n. Delinger, chief engineer
Of the commission, said today that
applications for radio licenses con-
tinue to so flood the commission that
il had been decided to give notice
that the demand for channels far
exceeds the supply. He said that
"Some prospective users Of radio
are bound TO be disappointed. for it
is not sufficiently realized that the
number Of radio channels is sharply
limited
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". Y. LIQUOR RAID

NEW YORK. Dec. 26.-tPl-Police
today seized liquor they valued az
100000. IL was the first large
seizure of the kind since the new
police commissioner, Grover Whalen,
announced last week nc would CO.
operate with federal officials in en-
forcing prohibition a. a means Of re-
ducing crime. The liquor was taken
as il was being unloaded from
truck backed up to the delivery en-
trance of a Bronx apartment house.
Eight men were arrested.
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cd boy who roamed through the
hills about Hannibal.
Mrs. Frazier was the daughter Of
Elijah and Sophia Hawkins, uho
were among the earliest residents
of this city. She lived in this To-
cality nearly all her ife. having
come here at an early are from
Kentucky. Her husband, DR..
James w. Frazier, died many years
aEo. Judge Farnibal, president of
the Hanniba Trust company, In Ter
ony surviving child.
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CLEVELAND FIREMAN KrLLED

CLEVELAND. Dec. 25.-CFD-.grc-
man Arthur Stansbury wa killed to-
day when a hook and ladder truck
skidded into trolley pole, pinning
Stansbury against the role and
crushing him to death.
The fire truck was on its way to
an cast side home where Joseph
Robinson, IL, was probably fatally
burned when a five gallon can of
naphtha exploded.
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LAW CROITP To MEET

SAN ANGELO, Dec. 26.-(Pl-
legislative committee members OF
the State Sheep and Goat Raisers'
association will meet in Austin prior
to the beginning Of the legislature.
January z. to determine what bills
will be presented. James Cornell,
attorney, said today. One Of the
measures under consideration, Cor
nell said, would provide for stricter
regulations in the transportation of
live stock.
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Tri-Motored Ship
Lands at Local
City Flying Field

A tri-motored Ford airplane ar
rived at the municipal airport here at
. .. NJ. Tuesday bearing a party OF
six from Morris, MINI. The last
flight was from San Antonio.
J. NJ. Kenyon. president Of the Ken
yon Air Transport Co, Of Morris, and
owner Of the ship, his wife and
daughter. we're in the plane along
with r. s. Riggs, pilot. 9. Peterson
and ]. II. O'Brian. passengers.
The party will remain several days
in Brownsville and while here the
ship will be used to take parties on
pleasure rides.
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WEATHER

For Brownsville and the Valley:
Mostly cloudy, unsettled, and cooler
tonight and Thursday. probably with
occasional rains. Light 70 moderate
northerly winds on the west coast
For East Texas: Cloudy and unset
tied tonight; probably rain In
southeast portion: somewhat colder
in northwest portion; Thursday
probably fair; somewhat colder in
north portion. Light to moderate
easterly winds on the coast, becom-
ing northerly by Thursday.
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RIVER FORECAST

There will be no material change
in the river during the next few
days.
Flood Present 24-Hr- 24-Hr.
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TIDE TABLE

TIDE TABLE
High and low tide az Point Isabel
tomorrow. under normal meteorologi-
cal conditions:
High ..... 1851 q. m; $40 ?. m.
Low ....... 9:35 a. m; iQSalnp. M
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MISCELLANEOUS DATA
Sunset today .--..----.-...r--. oi4d
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-08

Reason with her" said Douglas,
And at lunch time Louise brought a
frog to the table and enjoyed watching
1t skid on the slippery mahogany,
Louise" said Douglas, soberly, don't
YOU love me at ALP"
She burst into tears. and flung her.
self at him: but. an hour later, she was
vigorously hurting mud balls at the
gardener.
Miss Maillard inflicted the heaviest
punishment within her jurisdiction; she
shut Louise into the nursery. with a
long. contrite imposition to be copied
10 times. Louise. however, accomplish
ed 1t on toy typewriter--an original
and four caroons-climbed down by the
ivy. and was shortly arrested In the
stables. where she was tickling the
horses with a broomstraw, in order to
see them plunge
\ X "
THIS was the afternoon that Miss
Maillard wrote out her resignation.
She took 1t to dinner with her, for
there were no guests, Louise was in dis
grace and so she dined with Douglas
alone.
Ordinarily, when they were alone,
Douglas talked to her with scant re-
serve. and buoyantly, but tonight ne
sat communicative and distracted: in
deed, when they went out on the ioggia
for coffee he had hardly uttered syi-
liable. Miss Maillard surveyed him Gu
riously.
Il beg your pardon. Mr.. Douglas, but
is anything wrong?"
He started. wrong"
Il mean, you're $3.50" She fun
bled for the word.
"Grouchy?"
"Oh, no! But--repressed."
Most failures are grouches," said
Douglas, brusQuely.
That may be true enough. But you
aren't a failure. are you?"
"One of the worlds champions" He
got up. and began to pace the loggia
restlessly. My word, do you suppose
I call this He swept a semi-circle
with his arm-"anything worth the
powder to blow 1t up?"
He stopped and glared down at her.
Maybe you wouldn't believe 1t, but
once had a brain" He resumed his
pacing. When the war started was
a freshman In college I couldn't sit
still and be a spectator. So / went
overseas Well. didn't come back for
five years. and then my grandfather
was dead, and I'd inherited the whole
works. / was %. Could ! so back to
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TT was a remarkable advertisement.
Under the caption, Help wanted,
nurses, governeSseS. ETC." 1t occu-
MED such an uncommonly large
area that, obviously, the advertiser
must either be rich or desperate, or
both.
Jane Maillard had answered 1t, not
20 much because 1t promised wealth, as
because it appealed to her Imagination
and to her sympathy. Behold her, then
sitting In sort Of parlor- mausoleum
in the East Sixties, ready for an inter-
view by appointment.
II was a drawing room that 40 years
earlier might have been described as
elegant" but now it looked like the
corner of an expensive auction sale.
Yet Miss Maillard, regarding the fragile
gilt. the heavy brocade, the huge paint
ingS. told herself 1t was exactly what
she had anticipated 1t was the proper
setting for a dignified, old-fashioned,
middle -aged gentleman: the precise type
of gentleman who would naturally have
put himself into this particular guam
dary. The longer she gazed at his FUR
niture, the sorrier she became for him,
She re-viSualized the advertisement:
Bachelor, having legally adopted
French war-orphan. girl. now 9, is
seriously concerned by details of educa-
ton and home-training. therefore seeks
soverness to take entire charge. Quail
ncations include college degree, nursing
experience. social position, perfect
health. and extremely fluent French.
Must also be strict disciplinarian. Salary
no object. If suitable incumbent can be
secured.
Miss Maillard smiled family, The
poor. hewildered old dear. Her fancy
drew a sketch of him: tall, white haired.
kindly. with the incest manners in the
world. Too elderly to fight. he had.
nevertheless, felt his obligation to
France and paid it: he had volunteered
whole heartedly as q foster parent.
But, in his patriotic enthusiasm, he
had forgotten that babies grow up, and
that yesterdays cooling infant is tomor-
rows conundrum Must also be strict
discipIinarian, The poor, perplexeo
old thing.
A. this juncture. the stiffness of the
house was split by childish yell,
Immediately followed by sounds of bat
tie. Overhead q male voice said,
"Ouch!" and then there came a series
Of short. piercing squalls Of rage that
gradually lessened in the distance until
q door banged and cut them off.
Miss Maiilard was still sitting erect
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Way of the Deserter.

ONE may see from time TO time bull
- letins and posters displayed in pos,
offices end other public places announc-
ing In large type that = reward OF So
end-so is offered by the Government for
the apprehension OF So-and-So, who has
deserted from the United states ARM,
and accompanying the notice ore two
pictures of tns man In question. show
ing his full face and profile, toS sth1s
with complete and accurate dcScrip-
ton OF his personal appearance.
When one considers that such proc.
iamation Il sent broadcast throughout
the country 10 every village rosl otacE
consta bic. police station. sheriff and
United states marshal, II IS evident shas
the tleserter has but a very slender
chance Of escaping detection. In aI0l-
ton TO the ordinary MARKS Of recognl-
tion. the soldier carries with him ths
inevitable manneriSms OF the ssivicc,
eSpccially that peculiar stride which
6haSacteriEeS the profession he has 9ol-
lowed
vully Tour-ilithS OF the men who de-
sert from our Army ere of foreign birth.
This does not imply that the vast ma
,ority Of our enlisted men are natural-
igeSi citizens. but simply that a gIest
MANY Of that class are professional
army GsserterS and have had rec
orSs hsalnd them in Europe, After as-
segtinS from a foreign army they come
here, and. being unable 10 secure wcrS.
ioinesl our forces. But the old disSatiS-
faction with the soldering litc aSe'n
became too strong TO be resisted, and ,
the result Il another deSertion, and the
almost certain result term. m the
guard house Or IN the national prison,
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By Hol,Uorthy Hall
Complications Produced in Solving Problem

her. He put his hand on her shoulder,
as If unconsciously pleading fer sup
port. Miss Maitland sat motionless.
"For the love of mud he said. don't
YOU auir--any more than I'm going to
until We get to the very last ditch
Let's give her a fair show"
II haven't any intention of quitting,
said Miss Maillard, stoutly. II was
just asking question, that's all. AND
you answered It,"
On her way upstairs. she tore the
resignation into fragments And. after
glance at Louise, who was sleeping
peacefully. she went to her own room
and sat long at the open window. she
wondered what fantasy had mace nsr
destroy that paper Usually she wasn't
q vacillating person. and only this
afternoon she had assured herself that
she was squandering her time. Then,
Why remain, even If Douglas urged her?
1t was neither logical nor efficient.
But. emitting all logic and all en-
cheney. Miss Maillard was strangely
exalted. At the same time so ashamed
of herself that In the darkness her
cheeks burned and she tried to shut
the truth out of her consciousness. For
abruptly, on.the loggia, she had realized
what wrench 1t would be to separate
herself from Alan Douglas. 1t had
come to her as a revelation, just before
he put his hand on her shoulder, and 1t
had multiplied a hundredfold just
afterward. She had known then. that
even as an upper servant In his house
hold. she couldn't bear to be separated
from him. And he had pleaded with
her to stay.
Che switched on the light, and IN
spected herself In the glass. An upper
servant? She had Bryn Mawr degree,
and the Medaille de la Reconnaissance
from France: she had few friends in
high places and her father had been .
professor and gentleman. And, all
at once. she found that she was telling
herself that she isn't wholly unattrac-
tive. The colcr flooded back to her
cheeks, and she switched off the cleo
tricity In great haste, and went to bed
In the dark.
THERE was subtle change In their
relationship. To be sure, Douglas
had seldom treated her impersonally,
but after their talk on the loggia. he
grew confidential He explained, in a
general way, why women didn't inter
est him. and he implied, moreover, tnat
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frankness is one Of the soonest virtues
TO flourish.
Miss Maiilard forgot that she was not
vet employed. Tnvoluntarily she stood
IN and began to speak, and. when she
had spoken for perhaps 80 seconds,
Louise. step by step. skunk backward
through the door. and was heard howl
Ing dismally iii the hallway
"whew." said Douglas, feebly Well,
that was certainly the cats pajamasl
Could YOU do 1t again?"
Miss Maillard laughed, magisterially
She was still indignant. Il think So"
What makes you think you could
put 1t over when so many other people
died on the vine?"
why, she's simply spoiled, Mr..
Douglas. that's all, But l like her eyes
and her mouth and her chin; she's got
lot of character If she's brought up
properly you'll be proud of her. All she
needs is control. and~-T should say
that there is another important thing
I should gueSs-one or two thorough
suankincs, when she acts like that.
and"
He made sudden gesture No; the
governeSs is the boss, with that one
exception"
DO you mean--you prefer to punish
her yourself?"
We'll. not so you could notice i'll"
He scowled ferociously. You see, /
went across in IA, and. incidentally.
saw something of Berry -au-Bac, where
she happens to come from. And she
was baby there. when the war began,
so we've got to make a lot of allow
ances for her Nobody's got right TO
pound her, except her mother~-and she
hasn't got one. So you'll have to work
out something else"
There was a silence, ''Well?"
With that exception. are you willing
to take hold9"
Yes"
Starting when?"
Whenever you like"
Tomorrow morning."
Yes"
Fine. It's settled then. I'll have
Louise brought down again, and We'll
have some tea You might begin by
jumping on her for her table manners.
They're fierce"
It wasn't until late that night that
Miss Maillard awoke to novel circum-
stance She was definitely engaged.
but neither she nor her employer had
ever thought to mention the salary.
Within a very brief period she
realized that he was the queer
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marriage was the final refuge OF a
weak minded citizen.
He never said this In so many words,
but she gathered 1t from certain re-
marks he made about the clanking OF
the shackles Even so, she stopped
thinking of him as the Queerest man she
had ever known. and re-appraised MN
as the most sincere and the most sensl
tive, His contradictory qualities merely
doubled his strength.
But 1t disturbed her to reflect that
he was dissatisfied with his existence,
She could see nothing to prevent him
from returning to Cambridge, even at
90. She thought that he was being un-
necessarily heroic about it--that, re-
gardless of Louise, 1t could be very
simply arranged. Douglas, however.
didn't review the subject, the next
person who spoke OF It TO her was
Claude Eastman.
Allan ever say anythin'. these days
about goin' back to college again."
why, yes-why?"
still say he wouldn't take the child
with him?"
why, should certainly think not
from the way he talked"
The stationer chuckled but gave no
reason for it, and Miss Maillard had
no cause to be inQuiSitive.
Now one of her outstanding cnarac.
teristics was that she was jealous OF
what she loved, but In fashion pc"
culiar TO herself. She wasn't In the
least jealous of those who danced with
him, fiirted at him; instead, she was
jealous only OF those who ministered to
his creature comforts. and occupied his
mind.
Miss Maillard, the housekeepers
having a mt: she says you've been ind
ing fault with her. Anything In it9"
Miss Maillard blushed, ''Why~~r1o. !
didn't find fault with her. / just went
I'D and put some OF your things In
criticism. I'm sorry"
OH" said Douglas. Il wondered
who Strengthened everything out, UP
there. Well-we'll Just let 1t drop.
She's touchy. anyway"
And later. Miss Maillard do you
know what 1t Is that Hughes Is beefing
about? He seems to think he's being
interfered with. I don't know what
the big idea Is. Do you?"
The big idea was that, having care
fully catalogued his tastes. she was
trying to persuade Hughes to arrange
the menus accordingly,
II was that she wanted 10 DC neccs"
sary to him.
n
A ND then. at last. Douglas asked a
- favor of her. Miss Mailiard, ]
| want you to do something for me. !
want you TO come over to the Hunt
Club for tea tomorrow and bring
Louise" He seemed embarrassed You
see, I'm awfully fond Of the club, and
all that, but there are some people
over there thatm~well, to put II bluntly
I'm having hard work to duck. And
IL strikes me that, II we three get. IN
corner and give an imitation OF .
family party, why--do you see what
! mean?"
she saw only too clearly But she
went to tea, and Louise. after making
faces at the next table. attempted 10
, stand on her head on the clubhouse
lawn Thrice, during the afternoon
PEG sent TO ask Douglas To Join them,
an thrice Douglas sent back his re"
greta, And once 1t was to Edith Ed"
| wardes who returned him A paftien-
larly crooked smile In acknowledge"
ment.