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OPINION OF the Colonial council an lnVeS-
tigatiOn is needed the matter can be re-
ferred to the Board and the Government
would be only too glad to give whatever
assistance it might deem necessary. For
the foregoing reason the Government
does not look with favor upon this bill.
End Member for Christiansted Country
District OGckSON) remarked: Mr.. Chair
man. do | understand that the Govern
mGnt is opposing legislation introduced
Tor the welfare of this island?
Despatching Secretary (FOUWeJD: Mr..
Chairman, it is not yet known that this
bill. if passed. is going to be for the wei
fare of this island.
End Member for Christiansted Country
District Jocks0n): Why is it the Govern
ment is afraid of an investigation into the
school system of this island?
Despatching Secretary (FoUWeJD MIR.
Chairman, there is already a Board thai
can take care Of the complaints, ii com
plants are made.
End Member for Christiansted Country
District (JGcksOn): Mr.. Chairman, the
Government has never seen this Board
function. This Council must have a say in
the life of this community.
Despatching Secretary (F0rWpJO: Mr..
Chairman, the attitude of the Govern
ment towards this bill is already stated.
1t is entirely up with the Council whether
or not it desires to pass it.
End Member for Christiansted Country
District (JackSOD) Mr.. Chairman, this Is
a modified view OF the Ie3patchIng Sc
cretary's statement.
End Member for Frederiksted Town
(BrOW): Mr.. Charm an this bill is not yet
before the Council.
The Chairman: The discussion Is open
ed.
LIST Member for Cbristiansted Country
District (AIeGander) remarked: Nh.
Chairman, / am not prepared to speak or
thIs bill today. | just want to. make a few
remarks. For sometime now there is
something always propping up either in
st. thomas or IN St. CrOiX, in the Depart
ment OF Education and rumCrs ale gong
the ROUNDS by teachers, ex-teachers en-
ployees OF the Department and persons
not employed in the Department, SO you
see there is reason for an Investigations.
! would suggest to the Government that II
take the matter up with some university
in the States, asking that a commission be
sent dow n here to make a thorough lnveS.
ugatiOn into the school system and re-
polttheir findings and make recCmmenda.
tiUns. This was done in Porto Rico some
years ago, and cannot see why it can't
be done here also.
End Member tor Christiansted Country
District (JGCkSOn) remarked: Mr.. Chair
, 1928-01-20
Colonial Council Bill No. IL
Seventh Council. First Session
~I927-1928
DRAFT OF AN ORDINANCE
Providing for the appointment of0
fdct.fndGNg committee to inquire
into the W0rkjng of the Public
School System of st. CrOGG aNd for
other purposes.
other purposes.

other purposes.
Be 1t enacted by the Colonial
Council for the municipality of st.
CrOjT IN session assembled:
Sec. l. That a Committee of Five
Members of the Colonial Council herein
after called the Committee, be and is
hereby appointed to inquire into the
working of the School System in the is
land of St Croix.
Sec. 2. The Committee shall be en-
powered 10 send for persons and papers
and to conduct hearings in places to be
designated by them. Provided, however,
that no testimony given at such hear
iugs shall be made public before the said
Committee shall have reported their find
ings to the Council. And Provided fur
Their, that 20 person not specifically call
ed upon to testify before the Committee,
shall be denied hearing upon request.
Sec. 3. That the Committee shall re-
port their findings to the Colonial Council
within three months after the coming in
force OF this ordinance.
January 3, 1928.
d. HAMILTON JACKSON.
End Member for C~hrlstiansted
Country District.
End Member for Christiansted Country
District Jack SOM in introducing the or
dinance said: Mr.. Chairman and Gentle
men Of the Council, Colonial Council Bill
No. IL has for its purpose the appoint
ment CT the committee to revise the exist
ing law governing the school system in
this island, it DID not carry with it the
authority to make an investigation into
the system. Colonial Council Bill No. IS
has for Its purpose the elections of a
Fact finding committee to inquire into
the school system and to report within
three months to the Council. Now, there
have been several complaints brought to
me about the working Of the school sys
TEN. about the schools on the whole;
those complaints are SO numerous and so
varied that they need careful invest ga
ton, and in order &c deter mine the mis-
chief wrought, if any. this bill is intro
duced, The bill also provides that the
committee can call in any person 1t may
desire to call and any other person who
may desire to appear before the commit
tee may dO'so and state whatever facts
that might be considered helpful
Despatching Secretary FCGWeW re-
marked: Mr.. Chairman. the St. Croix
CODE provides Tor an Educational Board
of Review, therefore it must be assumed
that this Board was created for the pur-
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THE EVENING STORY

tramp. They went away for seven
months, Ephraim came back with
smart clothes, sfnooth-Shaven face
and an assurance that he had his three
squares" for the remainder of his
natural life.
Adela had grown pretty She was OBJ
viously very much in love. She seemed
10 live in some remote dream wherein
Robin Hood, Francois Villon and a
confused mass of rogue heroes played
parts, She strummed trite old songs on
her old square piano. She took her hlls-
band TO church {where he Swore before
The minister and fell instantly from
such grace as that worthy had to Of
fer) she took him 10 the country club,
where he showed an alarming clever
ness at poker, and became almost pop
ular with a set that Adela considered
fast
She tried, and with a certain meas
ure Of success, to interest him In lit
erature. He had mind. which showed
in the fascinating account Of his own
adventures as a hobo, He spared her
nothing He had seen the inside of va
riouS jails and knew the niceties of a
hold-up, Adela, seeing him as something
not altogether real, continued to wor~
ship and to feed her strange idol
But Ephrain watched the long high
way that stretched for miles outside
his windows He longed to get away
and be ragged again He was heartily
sick Of responsibility, Adela. indeed re-
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gartied his profanities as picturesque.
But the township did not. And, With
out giving any reason, he was excluded
from the poker games at the country
club. He felt that he had sold his free
dom for what might be called an I'M
prisonment for life--de luxe.
One night ne determined to quit
Adela had retired--her expression
Ephraim fingered In the library, smok-
ing and watching the lights of passing
motors.
Then there came sound of fum-
bled bolts He knew the sound Some
one was trying to break in. He stood
still. Would it be some of his ex-palsi
Then he thought of the guileless sleep
ing woman upstairs. Curionsly he die
not want her injured.
The window OF the living room was
lifted, He moved forward. Got there
first, eh?" he heard. 1t was Lou Null
Inns. a killer But E'phraim knew how
10 get a gun. He managed to throw
Lou, the typical weakling of crime. anc
instinctively bound him with the very
rope he had intended to carry along
when he ran away
Then he dragged him, unconscious
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-05
FRENCH MOB SEEKS
TO TAKE 'BLUEBEARD'
Law Barring Guillotine for Alleged
Slayer of Fiancees Seen as Cause
for Attempted Lynching.
~ the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MARsEII.LE. France, July s.---police
closely guarded Frances latest alleged
Bluebeard today after a Marseille mob
had been beaten back when they made
z ueterminsC attempt to lynch him on
his arrival from Aleiers.
Jerome Prat alias Pierre Rev.
charged with the strangling to death Of
three women ard the disappearance of
Is others. was indifferent as police clubs
beat tattoo on the heads Of the mob.
The action of the mob was attrib-
uted 10 published reports that Pratt
might escape the guillotine, since the
French law DEGREES that no one over
60 can be executed Since the Law also
prevents sending him 10 Devils Island.
Pratt. II convicted. probably would spend
the remaining years of his life In q jail
cell in France.
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breathe it
- and die

brush or broom can't reach. For clean
ing, spray basins, bathtubs, thing. Leaves
aspotless, glistening surface when wiped.
You'll like the clean, refreshing odor OF
Dethol.
a guaranteed insecticide. A. guaran.
tee that, like Dethol itself, Is certain.
Either you are completely satisfied with
Dethol results or the dealer will refund
the purchase price. Buy Dettol today.
Dethol Mig. CO., Inc, Richmond, Va.
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outside the house. on to the highway.
TO telephone for the police was not
In him. He had protected Adela. And
he knew pretty well that blow on the
head would make the miserable Lou
forget who had dealt 1t.
He turned back to the house.
Adela had lived alone too long to
be coward She was In the living room
and saw there had been struggle.
Are you hurt, my darling?" was ell
she said
Mechanically he rnumbled negative
She led him upstairs, but he felt still
the call Of the highway. The man had
conquered when it came to protecting
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Civilization.
nEt.A rENroN ",

A della FENToN was the richest
~ woman in the township. She
II was also the most unpopular.
4 Not that she was arrogant; she
was just what the Vickersvil-
lians called queer" She did not sub
scribe to local charities. She was not
interested in the public library. Fur
Their, she was elderly and never had
been good-looking
Ephraiin Pickford was the town
ScapegTace. He had enlisted in the Navy
end managed 10 get into some Scrape
that involved dismissal Then he had
turned tramp, hoped rattlers," he
called 1T. and there was a story Of how
on a Sunday morning he had awaken
ed with pile Of f1recrackers he had
bought to celebrate the Fourth and
had fired them of on the iron roof Of
the station shed from his perch on top
Of a freight car,
Vickersville children connected the
rnorose- looking dark man with Jesse
James and Dick Turpin. To Adela Fem
ton he meant romance, something Of
that richer, more colorful life she had
missed.
Adela Fenton took to asking Pick
ford To dinner He came to see he was
a pampered guest, Rumor had II that
good blood flowed in his veins. Any
way, on another Fourth of July Adela
Fenton married Ephratm Pickford. the
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bought by Americans and given into the
keeping Of the French Society Of Elec-
triciafls.
Sosthenes Behn, president Of the Inter-
national Telephone Co., and his brother.
Herna1ld, we're the donors who made
possible the establishment OF the home
ais permanent memorial to the man
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-05

You can't miss flies when you spray
Dethol. They can't get away from the
deadly n1isf--can't outhy it or hide from
It, They breathe it~-then die. And it's
so easy. a few quick shots from the
handy Dethoi sprayer and the air is
misty. Wait few moments. Then
sweep out the dead flies
Quick. Sure. Safe. Kills mosquitoes,
reaches. ants, moths, bedbugs and fleas
in the same easy way. Penetrates where
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whose name Is used as unit Of meas
uref1eY1t In electricity.
In keeping with the spirit Of this
event, there was celebrated siinultarle-
olisly the inauguration Of electric service
In this mountain village, near Lyon,
one of the few places III France that
still relied on candles and kerosene.
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BUY AMPERE HOME.

Americans Purchase Electrical
Wizards Residence as Memorial.
PoLEYMIEUx, France Np).--The old
home of Andre Marie Ampere, one of
Frances electrical wizards, has been
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Eeis are said 10 migrate twice a year
% the open sea and back again 10
inland waters. The seward mierations
take place at night between October
and January.
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the woman, The tramp still urged him
TO escape into unknown adventure.
THE END.
tcopyright. 1921
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-05

abs AMERICAN OIL COMPANY
Affiliated with the Pan America Petroleum . Tsaaspof, Ca
Gs~ersi ohss; Baltimore, Nd.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-06
DUCO BOOSTS
INDIANA SALES
Is PER CENT
Distributors Report Large
Increase Compared to
Last Year.

During the past nine months the
Duco Corporation of Indiana, Inc,
State distributors for Du Points
Duco, used for refinishing automo-
bileS, trucks and furniture, noted a
25 per cent increase in business over
the same period last year, it was
announced today.
The corporation carries COM
plete line of products necessary for
ref1niShing by the Du Pont process,
and has established throughout the
State a network of authorized Duco
refinishers. trained by both Du Pont
and Duco Corporation experts.
1t keeps constantly in touch with
all refnishers. instructing and as
sisting them where possible. and
keeping them up to date at all tines.
The company's headquarters, 425
N. Capitol Ave. practically in the
heart of the city, is splendidly To-
Gated to serve the public both of In
dianapolis and the entire State.
In addition to Du Points Duco, the
company also carries a complete line
of Du Points paints, varnishes and
enamelS for household use. Informal
ton readily is furnished at the store
to housewives wishing to refinish
articles at their homes.
Officers of the company include A.
S. Beckett. president. and L. j. Knoll.
secretary. ~
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-06
RAILROAD MEMS
INVESTING FIRM
LEADS WORLD
City Savings Association,
Started in 1887, Has
10000 Members.

The Railroad Mems Building and
Savings Association, 81 Virginia
Ave, with assets of more than $53, =
100000, is the largest organization
of its kind in the world.
The association was founded Aug.
II. 1887, when fifteen incorporators,
all railroad men. of which w. T..
Cannon, president, is the only sur
vivor, to provide a safe and salts
factory place for railroad men to
invest their money.
1t survived the money panic OF
1893, when more than 200 banks
of the State failed. and of 1907,
when bank loans we're stopped al
most altogether.
Assets of the company at the end
of the first year we're approximately
$4,000. Assets June 80, 1928, were
$50 .9O9 900.
The association now has 10000
shareholders, of which $4,000 are
depositors and $4,000 borrowing
shareholders.
Shareholders deposit money at 6
per cent interest with the associa-
ton by taking out shares on which.
deposits are applied. Withdrawals
are made without penalties. Loans
are made to borrowing sharehold-
ers on real estate first mortgages
for building homes.
Officers of the company are w
T. Cannon, president; E. j. Jacoby
vice president and attorney, F. s.
Cannon, vice president; Miss Har-
ried Cannon. treasurer; James <.
Pierce, secretary; Stewart A. Green,
assistant secretary, and A. F. Brom-
ley. auditor.
The company offices we're re-
moved in 1888 to the Union Sta
ton from the Office of V. T. Ma
lott. where Cannon was private
secretary to Malott and purchasing
agent for the indianapolis Rail
way Company In 1917 offices were
removed to the present 100000
building on Virginia Ave, at whici.
time Cannon resigned connections
with the Indianapolis Railway
Company.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-06
BIG INCREASES IN
REALTY SALES IN
CITY REGISTERED

crease of so per cent over last year. &C
cording to Robert Allison.
Among the homes sold by the Allison
company for the Grinslade Construction
Company were two on Bellefoutaine St.
one. 1929 Belefontaine. bought by F. N.
Knauer for $3.50. and another. 1925
Bellefontalne. purchased by F. N. Thomas
for 81. 400: a bungalow. 4735 Hinsley Awe.
sold to william Meador for $500. and a
residence. 1870 Grant Ave. bought by
Frank Duvall for $4,000.
The Allison company sold TO Paul Grouse
a contract to build a home on Seven
teenth St. for $3.50. Representing c. o.
Grinslade. it sold to william Johnson a
residence. 1854 Appegate St. for $3.50
A lot on Sherman Dr.. valued at $1,000.
was sold by Albert wurster to Angelic
Pizza and home. 2725 Allen Ave. was
bought by Emma Roechel from the Yoke
Realty Company. The price was $3.50.
The Holloway Building Company. through
the Allison organization. sold to Earl
Davis residence. 6225 Park Ave. for
$3.50.
Hunter Closes Deals
Brokerage deals closed recently by the
W. r. Hunter Company totaled s45,8OO,
according to Glenn l.. Holsapple, sales
manager.
Among them was the sale TO J. l.. Ross
by the Commercial Credit Company OF
1ve-room bungalow. PISS N. Drexel Ave.
A building contract was sold by D. W.
Talmadge. builder. to J. L. Robinson for
a residence. Twenty-Second st. and Airing
ton Ave, and a frame cottage and store
room, 1854 N. Pennsylvania St. was sold
TO J. D. Armstrong by Mrs. Edith Ber-
nauer.
In an exchange negotiated by the Hunt
err company. D. l.. Adams traded prop
erty. SOB Vine St. for a residence. 1925
Reisner ST. Allen Allspauch accepted
residence. 2i4-i6 s. Oriental St. for an
other home. 2127 N. Keystone Ave. bought
by John A. Kendall. Allspauch bought
from Mrs. Grace Irwin a residence. 1923
". Twenty Ninth ST.
C. walnscott bought from Vernon Hud-
son property. 1880 ". Thirtieth St. where
he will erect plumbing shop and store
room.
Contracts Are Reported
Three building contracts we're reported
by the J. F. Cantwell Company. on of
the largest was for construction OF an
apartment building 1920 f. Michigan ST.,
for DR.. Dale Lentz. A residence. 4734
Hinesley Ave. IS being built for Margaret
f. Wilcox. and another home is seing
erected for Margaret E. Allen on the
Allsonyille Rd.
The Csntwell company also sold to the
Tau Kappa Tau Fraternity a new. brick
veneer. English type residence on Berkeley
Rd. near the Butler university campus.
A f1Ye-room residence. 1907 N. Haw-
thorne Lane. was sold By Joseph E..
Whelden to Leo Becker by George T.
Whelden realtor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-06
GENERAL CONTRACTORS
DO LARGE BUSINESS
Arthur Baynham Heads Active Or
ganization Here.

One of the most complete general
contracting organizations in this
section of the country is headed by
Arthur Baynham, 500 Chamber Of
Commerce Bldg.
Practically all operations that so
into construction of a building, ex-
cepting plumbing and heating, and
tile bathrooms, are done by the
organization without letting sub
contracts Operations are carried
on directly with the organizations
own employees.
In addition to contracting work
the organization does its own de-
signing and engineering, serves as
architect and even arrangeS
finances for construction of apart
ment buildings hotels and other
large structures. ranging from two
to twenty stores.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-06
SWING BIG PROJECTS
Allied Company Gets War
Memorial Contract.

Building material for several of
the largest building projects in the
city is being furnished by the Allied
Coal and Material Company, IA w.
Ohio St.
The company, organized thirty
five years ago by A. E. Bradshaw,
who is still president, deals in lum-
Der, coal, builders hardware, face
brick. fire brick, paint, cement, roof
ing and other building supplies.
These materials are sold, for the
most part to contractors.
Among the larger building prof.
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ects for which the company is fur
nishing building materials are: In
diana World War Memorial Shrine,
all building material; new Scottish
Rite Temple and new Shortridge
High School, all building material
including face brick; L. S. Ayres'
new store addition, part Of the ma
terial.
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COMMUNITY CHEST
INVITES AGENCIES
Asks 80 Approved Charitable
Organizations to Be-
come Members.

/ Official invitations Ia the 30 chart
table and philanthropic agencies of this
+ city which have been approved by the
/ Endorsement committee on welfare or
ganisationS to become members Of the
/ proposed Washington Community
Chest have been issued during the past
I week. il was announced last night
The invitations together with men,
berShip application forms and copies of
the tentative bylaws of the organiza
ton. have been mailed to the various
organizations by Clarence A. Aspin-
wall secretary OF the organization com
mittee, from the temporary office at
II40 Fifteenth street
The various organizations have been
requested to make applications for
membership before the organiza ton
meeting called for September IA. which
is to be attended by two delegates from
each member organization on the board
Of trustees Of the Community Chest.
Each member society is to choose one
member from its board Of directors
and one from its working staff
The final form Of the bylaws is TO
be voted on AT the September meeting
As now drawn. the bylaws provide that
agencies, in order to become eligible
70 membership in the Community
Chest must be incorporated and have
responsible directors. Their accounts
must be audited annually and they
must be registered In the social service
exchange If giving relief or doing case
work
Management Of the Community Chest
IS 10 be vested in a board of trustees
Of not less than 30 members. to be
elected for the first year by the in
corporators. The work will be carried
on through four standing committees
an executive committee. budget COM
mittee. a campaign committee and a
committee on educational publicity.
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With Coupon Only
ST Aielba Powder, 47c
Street Floor

S5c Window Screens. SOC
Galvanized. extension Screens. In
n8y3T inch size.
81 Card Tables. Sl..S0
Folding Tables. strongly made
with metal corners, Composition
ton
$3.50 Round Hat Boxes, $3.50
Large and medium sizes. Gre
tonne lined with shirred pocket
Good clasps, lock and kew.
Sl.S0 Bar Harbor Cushions
CSC
Well filled with new Gotten.
Large seat and back rest. Floral
cretonne covering.
81 Window Shades. ACC
Seconds 0f genuine oil opaque, IN
light and dark colors.
Third Floor
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Ekonomy Kol,'nn

Ekonomy kol,'n'n
Zoe Unbleached Cotton
lSc yd.
&c inches. extra heavy quality for
sheets, pillowcases and mattress
covers.
Turkish Towels. 17c
Seconds of Csc and 35c Towels. in
various sizes. Plain and fancy bor-
ders.
81 Bath Mats. 79c
Slight seconds. in weave only.
Fancy patterns in assorted colors.
81 Dimity Bedspreads, SLID
Krinkled white. fun size spreads.
Just 100 in the lot
2Sc Tea Towels. lac
Ready made absorbent quality,
finished with loops White and
fancies.
ST so Mattress Covers. Csc
Double and twin size. Unbleached
cotton, clean and sanitary.
Street Floor
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Just in time for dainty un-
derwear and chiidren's under
garments. A splendid, soft.
finish weave in i6-inch width.
Street Floor
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Full-fashloned, perfect and slightly ir-
regular hosiery with picot or plain top.
square or pointed heels. The smartest
shades Tor Fall are shown
Street Fi0or-Kings Palace
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Rolling Pin 400 Years Old.

ROYAL. Nebr tSpeciaD Mrs. Henry
Furnald hasa rolling pin 400 years old
II was made by Jacob Pruchart, German
wheelWright. who made SIX of them for
his three daughters and three daughters
in-law. The one owned by Mrs, Furnald
has been handed down to the youngest
daughter in the family from one genera
ton to another. Gathering Briscoe. wife
Of one OF the members of Lord Balti-
mores colony that settled MARYLAND in
l634. BROUGHT il TO America.