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Evening star., 1928-03-18

in way that has always made M
admire him. I had never given tti
dropped rife q thought, and even II |.
had got 1t don't think I could havt
nred It. But Bill vas member Of hf
high school rifle team and to him guri
were familiar thing.
! As pulled Uncle Ed out of furthSe
danger, like a fash Bill was through
/ the door and had picked up the rife.
| The robber. who had retreated 70 the
| shelter of bench by the tennis cour-,
nred again. Bill. concealing hiniset
behind the edge of the door. leyeled tn.
rifle at the intruder. At that morlep:
/ Uncle Eds voice halted him.
Don't shoot him. Bill" he cried.
AT the time ] could not understand his
motive In restraining Bill. but later 7
realized that Bill was a sensitive, highly
strung boy. and the fact that he had
shot man might have weighed on his
mind for years.
IAN right" said Bill quietly. But
III give him scare" Aiming care
fully he pulled the trigger. We saw a
CHIP ny from the bench behind which
the robber was hiding. He jumped 70
ms Feet and ran for the shelter Of the
thicket below.
Then We turned to Uncle Ed, who
was calmly examining his wounded
arm, and at that moment Aunt Louise
and Beth burst into the room. Alarmed
by the three shots.
IT'S only flesh wound" announced
uncie Ed 70 them. reaSSuringly. But
makes me q non-comhatant for a
while. guess"
Then in the light Of his medical
Snowledge he gave us directions for
Washing and binding the wound, while
BIZ. rire poised. guarded the door and
watched FOR q temperance OF the
You may believe that things now
looked serious,
Boys. we're dealing with murderer
not Just robber." said Uncle IA
NOW that he can't get In the house
before dark. he'll probably try TO Set
away. II he gets down TO the dock ne
cans start the speed boat because !tS
locked. but he might wait there until
Mr. Parsons and Sam come back In the
cruiser and attack them. Sonehsdy
has got 10 take the speed boat. so Tor
help and warn Mr.. Parsons"
For y second he paused. "I can't
drive the boat with this arm" he re-
Sumed. Bill had better stay here and
handle the rifle and We need Jake for
protection in an emergency" He turn
ed to ME. Paul. you've got 10 SO. Won
VIII be riSAtng your life setting the
beat away. but It's the only thing to
do"
To BE Continued Next Sunday.
Evening star., 1928-03-18

Yet regulation fencing practice equip
ment is expensive.
A better way Is TO use the homemade
equipment shown that won't cost any
thing. Get two hardwood sticks So
inches long and tapering from one inch
In thickness at one end TO Il or "a OF
an inch at the other These sticks
should be OF tough elm. hickory or
spruce.
Put a crntch rubber on each small
end tyou can get these for 5 cents each
at the variety store) and upon the other
fasten the wooden guard tgrip) shown
This Is cut from soft pine and prevents
one easily losing hold of. the Sword"
You can ESQ fasten the upper portion
OF smal. funnel on each sword In
front OF TIN wood grip. This will pre-
vent Injury" tn your sword hand.
The object OF fencing, OF course, Is
10 land the tip OF your sword upon your
opponent. This calls for skilled defen-
sivc as we'll as offensive play. You can
get q book on rules of fencing for a
small sum which will help you to know
The important phases Of the pastime.
On the defensive you ward of vital
blow with your own sword: then, before
the opponent has struck again, you can
land your own blow.
During the sport, tally OF points
scored IL kept, Care should be taken To
connne all strokes To the body na an
eye is apt to be injured even with the
rubber over the end Of the sword
~-e~~~~-~~v-~-~s ~~--y.~-------.
Milna, Italy. In constructing n new
Glty nhll and mAnV schools
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Riddles.

Here are tiye more riddles for you
rive isn't very many, but couple of
these are pretty hard. and they'll keep
you busy.
J. What three things aTe doing most
10 help man get up ip The world?
z, Wihb are two apples alikef
7. What turns without moving?
4. When does man rob his Wlfe7
B. Why IL H. dangerous 10 90 out IN
the Epfing2
Answers,
/. The alarm clock, The elevator and
The sAeDrladdef. \. When they are
pared 3, Miik II turns sour. 4 When
ile hGpks her dress b Heealls@ the
grass has blades, the flowers lisa pihtils,
ard the buIlrusiea out.
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ale are; Horixontal~-1. Patrick: q. saint;
10. re; II, pot: Is. be: Ii. impS; i6
ogle; Ia. nee; 10, rap: 70, Ra, II, ar;
-. Hal: IS, end: %. also; ~. anew: ~,
rd.: 20. q, A, r.. 81. ST, 81. dries. s4
Ireland. Vertical. as; 3. taps. 4, Rio.
3. into; 8, G. r.: Z. Erin: 0. deep: IL,
emerald: Is. Blarney: Is. peals; II,
green: ~. harp; -, swim: 20. ogre: -,
area: so. all: 81. DR.: 50, Sn
:, Erin, rode. idea aud near,
Eyes, yore, Erin and send
!. HARP ~~~ hare pare ~~- pore .--
pope-pIpE.
1. The words In the picture puzzle
are shamrock. Killarney. colleen and
Belfast
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THE PUZZLE COLUMN.

l3. Name OF famous Irish stone.
IS. Rings
II. tSt patrick's day color.
%. Musical instrument ON the Irish
flag.
"a To move in the water.
26. An evil thing.
81. Extent.
80. To be sick.
%. Physician (abb).
80. Chemical symbol for tin
,
And now we want you to guess two
different word squares, which have the
same Irish word occurring in both Of
them. The first word in the first square
is another name for Ireland. the second
word Is travelled. the third is q thought
and the fourth is close to. In the Sec
und square the first word is organs Of
sight, the second is time past. the third
Is Ireland and the fourth Is to dispatch.
s.
There are st. Patrick's day words In
this word chain, too.
Change HARP TO PIPE in i've
moves.
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CHAPTER XIX.
Patricia's Pink Frock.

Patricia's failure in the basket ball
game had sent her spirits to the depths
of depression She felt her inSignifi-
canoe complete. AS is the way with
youth. events which seem trivial to ma
turity assume an immediate importance
.eut OF all proportion to their true value,
So il was that wherever Patricia en-
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INSTALLMENT TIT

Well. that was the first time I'd ever
been shot at, and was scared. Maybe
l should be ashamed to say 1t, but /
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Here Is a puzzle for ali true Irish
men, as well as for all true puzzle fans.
II Is made In the form of the traditional
st. Patrick's day hat. and 1t Is simply
loaded with good Irish words.
Evening star., 1928-03-18

The definitions are:
Horizontal.
/. Name Of Ircland's patron saint
g. Title attached to man named II
No. /.
10. In regard to.
IL. A cooking vessel.
l3. Exist.
u. Mischievous spirits.
10. To give side glance.
10. Before marriage.
10. TO hit.
20. The sun god.
81. Exclamation of embarrassment.
%. Boys nickname.
%. Finish.
IS. Too
81. AfreBh.
"a. Thorougfare (abb.).
30 A patriotic organization tabb),
81, Canine exclamation.
80. Loses moisture.
%. Land of st, Patrick.
Vertical.
q Like.
g. Strikes lightly.
a. A South American city tabb.).
b. In.
q, Central time (abb,).
7. Ireland
o. Profound.
IL. A green gem.
Evening star., 1928-03-18

Fencing is one OF the most hcaithful
OF exercises. 1t not only brings into
play about every important muscle but
II quickens the eye and intellect as well
Evening star., 1928-03-18

Hard on Father.
lr.~-rop, what Is an ancessort
Sr.-~Well. I'm one.
Jr'-.fes. ! know. but why do people
hrag about theme
Evening star., 1928-03-18

.Milna, Italy. In constructing a new
city hall and many schools
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-02-23
1927 Called EngIand's
Most Peaceful Year

LONDON, England, Feb. 23.-
There was less industrial waf III
England last year than In any year
on record.
This fact ii divulged by the Min
istry of Labor Gazette. which de-
clares that there Were 113,TO0 work
people involved III disputes during
the year and I, ITS 900 working days
lost.
In the whole period OF 10 years, for
which statistics are available, /"
states the Gazette.
There was q recovery In employ.
ment in theN iron mining, pig-iron
manufacture. textile bleaching and
dyeing. general engineering, and
automobile industries.
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CHICAGO LIVESTOCK

Hogs Receipts, GO 900; market 10c
lower: top, 1910: bulk, $7.5O@s.0O;
heavyweight, $7.35@7.80; medium
weight, &7.65@s.05; light weight,
, $7.4OW8.10; light lights. $6.75@8.1O;
packing sows, $6.5O@7.1O: pigs,
, $6.2507.25: holdovers. 10000.
CattIe-Receipts, 5000; market
steady; calves. receipts, 5000; mar
ket steady; beef steers. good and
choice, $15616.50; common and me-
6iun, $9@14.50; yearlings, $9@16;
butcher cattle. heifers, $7@13: cows.
S6.75@11; bulls, $6.5O@10.50; calves,
13.50@16.5O; feeder steers, 500
1880; stocker steers. $9@12; stocker
cows and heifers, $609.5O.
Sheep-Receipts. 10000; market
STEADY; medium and choice lambs;
&15@16; cuIls and common, 1920
1880; yearlings, 12.50@14.50; COM
} mon and choice ewes. $4.50@9.50;
feeder lambs, $14015.4O,
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Elk Cars Gold Watch
Lost From Collection

MOSCOW. Feb. 2sS The diamond
and pearl-studded gold watch Of Car
Alexander III. father Of the muir:
dered Gar Nikolas II. has been
stolen from 4 state commission shop
where many precious Jewels OF the
former nobility were on sale. The
watch was valued at $4,000 for its
gold and Jewels alone. 1t was car.
ried BY Alexander when assassinated
In Leningrad IS years ago by two
sbembs hurled at his carriage. A
dent on the outer easing marks the
spot where one of the pieces Of
shrapnel hit the timepiece.
Thieves gained entrance to the
shop by saving the bars Of q rear
window. They took nothing OF his.
torical value except the watch. Pc.
lice incline to the belief that the
robbery was engineered by those who
did not like to see Czarist possessions
pass into the hands Of anybody haW.
ing the price.
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rate GU
DEFERRED
~ International News services

nv INTERNATIONAL NGW8 GcENAEU
LONDON, Feb. 23.-The recent
rise in the New York rate OF dis
count broke all hopes OF q reduc-
ton OF the British bank rate for
some time to come.
The immediate effect in London
OF the rise In New York was a fall
in the sterling dollar exchange from
81. 81 5-16 to 34.S67s
1t is now regarded as probable
that any movements here win be
deferred to April, when the chan.
cellor OK the excheQuer, Winston
Churchill. Ii expected to make an
announcement that the treasury
and Bank of England note issues
are to be amaIgamated.
Preparatory to this announce
ment the Bank Of England hopes
to obtain some gold to supplement
its reserves and the governor will
not endanger this prospect by MAX
ing money cheaper in London.
In the interests Of industry,
which needs the cheaper money, Ii
Is to be regretted that hopes In
this respect are once more to be
disappointed, but the trend of
events in America are unmistakable
and cannot be ignored.
The rise In the Federal Reserve
rate will. Of course. entail d re-
vision of rates in London iii order
to retain the American balances at
present employed here, but, so far,
the market has not adjusted itself
to the new conditions.
An immediate tightening up OF
money and discount rates IL looked
for, while the treasury will prob
ably have to pay more for its usual
weekly accommodation on govern
ment bills.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-02-23
Chinese
MIGRATE

TOKYO. Feb. rs. Ths greatest
migration Of peoples in the history
Of modern times Is now taking place
in China. The migrants. chiefly
from Shantung provinces but some
from Chihi. Holman ana other prov.
ince3 OF China. are pouring into
Manchuria in literally endless drovea.
Their coming into Manchuria con.
atitutes both q promise and q prob
lem.
1t II estimated that during 1927.
more than 5000 Chinese irmnni-
grants CAM into Manchuria- Dur.
ing 1928. unless all signs fail, at
least 1000, 900 will come into Man.
churia from the Chinese provinces
in the south. This, at least, - the
estimate Of Chinese, Japanese and
Russian officials engaged In hand.
ling the incoming hordes.
There are several reasons for
this tremendous migration.
Snantung Province, at the Wash
ington Conference, was restored to-
Chinese sovereignty so that the
Chinese population there might live
happily under their own flag and
own rulers. Ever since then, the
Chinese have been leaving the dis.
frict az rapidly a. they can set
away.
Increases of banditry BY robber
bands. almost constant warfare be-
tween rival tuchuna. intolerable
taxation burdens and general APP
preston Of the peasants has made
life In Shantung so miserable and
uncertain that all who can get away
do so. Similar conditions prevail
to greater or less extent, in ada
cent providences. Consequently the
hope OF almost every peasant il to
be able to leave and seek d happier
life and greater prosperity else
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Britain to Nurse Gift
OF S5OO,OOO for 100 Years

LONDON, Feb. 23.-In a hundred
years from now the British govern
ment will receive $65,00O,00O as a
gift to relieve the British taxpayer
in his payment of the National
Debt, which includes the war debts.
In fact the treasury has already
received $4,000 OF this amount. It.
was presented to the government
by an EnglishTnan who prefers to
remain anonymous. He gave the
sum with the stipulation that 1t be
invested at compound interest for
a century, at which time it must
be used to help pay the National
Debt.
This sum Invested at per cent
compound interest, will amount in
100 years to $4,000 900. The
identity of the giver is stated to
he known only to four people, IN
GLIDING the Prime Minister and Mr..
Churchill. Chancellor Of the lex.
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Three Are Killed In
Grade-CrOssing Crash

oUAKERTOWN, Pa, Feb. ZS.-
A woman and two men were killed
instantly here early today Wnen
their auto was struck by soutn-
bound Reading Railway express
train. The wife of one OF the VIC
tins escaped by jumping from the
car a few second before the crash.
The group was en- route to work
when their machine stalled on
Waits Crossing here in the pain
of the oncoming 6:48 q. m. Betnie-
hem Philadelphia express. The VIC
Tins were badly mangled and the
car hurled 200 feet and left a mass
of twisted wreckage by the impact.
The dead: Andrew Andres, Do,
grocery clerk; his wife, Amelia, 49,
a cigar maker, and Oscar, 81, also
a cigar maker
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Jeanne Eagles Hurt
In TaXicab Collision

CHICAGO, Feb. "a Jeanne
Eagles, starring in "Her Cardboard
Lover" was being treated today
for cuts and bruises suffered when
the taxicab in which she was rid
Ing to the theater last night coll
lided with another cab.
Pausing only to cover her cuts
with adhesive tape and grease
paint, Miss Eagles went on for her
performance. Anthony BushelI her
leading man also in the cab was
uninjured.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-02-23
Detroit Gambler Held
In Chorus Girls Death

DETROIT, Feb. ga warrant
} charging Edward Ryan. gambler,
with the murder of Mrs. Mary
Billy Lowry, former chorus girl
and dancer. was recommended to-
day by Assistant Prosecutor John
D. Watts.
Mrs. Lowry was shot and her
body thrown into a ditch.
The Ryan murder warrant was
recommended on information that
Ryan was not down river attempt
ing to hijack a load of liquor at
the time or the murder, as he
, claims. A dancer. who police claim
saw him In cabaret with Mrs.
? Lowry not long before her murder,
Is sought.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-02-23
Temperance Union Quits
Anti-SaIOOn Leaguers

HARTFORD. Conn. Feb. 23.-The
Anti-Saloop League in Connecticut
and the Connecticut Temperance
Union have divorced themselves.
With the announcement of the d.
vorce the union has issued a plea
to Connecticut. voters to keep the
nation dry" contending that issue
is coming before the public in the
election of November.
OF the divorce K. Stanley Wells,
the unions president, says the sep
aration was due to the fact that
union members will be likely in a
short time to find themselves out
of sympathy with and be obliged to
retire from the Anti-Saloon League -
The merger lasted a year, the union
supplying funds to the league.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-02-23
CIemenceau Is Against
Ban on War Pictures

PARIS, Feb. 23.-CIemenceau,
Frances "war premier" does not
believe in prohibiting films that
deal with actual war time facts
Discussing the action OF the Brit
ish Board of Censors in banning
"Dawn" because it portrayed the
execution OF the English nurse,
Edith Cavell, M. Clemenceau toio
International News Service TO-DAY
81 see no reason why any linn
dealing with the actual facts OF
the war should be banned. If the
film based on reality and facts can
strain friendly relations then the
relations are not based on sin.
ceritV,'
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Outlaw Bands Are
Busy in Nicaragua

MAEAGUA, Nicaragua, Feb. %
Small bands of outlaws have begun
tn operate in the Matagalpa district
causing uneasiness among the
foreign owners of coffee plantations,
according to word from that place
today.
United States Marines attacked
end dispersed a band of outlaws
that had raided the village of
Trinidad. There were no casualties
on either side, so far as could be
learned. The fight took place fiji
TEEN miles from Matagalpa.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-02-23
Catholics and Protestants
Organize New Church

BALTIMORE, Feb. 23.--With a
membership OF 100, representing
former members Of six Protestant
denominations and of the Catholic
church, the Kenwood Presbyterian
Church has been organized here
with definite aims toward eventual
Christian unity" according to the
pastor, the Rev. Oma Grier Davis.
Let it be understood" Mr.. Davis
announced in bulletin, that we
made no bid whatever for anyone
to leave any church to join Ken
wood. We have no patience with
the proseIyting spirit and practice.
We make no claim of general
superiority in UNCONVENTIONAL stand.
ards"
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INSURANCE Gain
REPORTED.
BY RICHARD HATTON

- Earnings Of i0l leading insurance
companies which have reported for
) 1927 total $ss,O1s, 500 compared with
$2s, 1851. 900 for 1925, an increase of
$a3, 057,6O0 or 10 per cent, accord
ing to compilation of Gilbert Elliott
and Company, bank and insurance
stock specialists. This total repre-
sents q new high earnings record
for companies in this field.
1.-THE year 1927 seems to have
marked the. turning point in the
matter or profitable underwriting, :"
according to John #. Barry, mem
} Der Of Gilbert Elliott and Company.
For seven years prior the COM
bined business of 100 insurance COM
panies shows a substantial loss in
underwriting in each year.
Interest and Dividend
Conservatism is the keynote Of
insurance company management to-
day. Few companies pay out more
than q small percentage Of their
earnings in dividends, and in most
cases the income from investments
Interest and dividends alone-is
greatly in excess of dividend require
ments, and the profits from the sale
OF investments, plus the underwent
ing profits, il any, go to swell the
surplus and reserves. In this way
book value is constantly increasing,
and earnings are put to profitable
use on behalf of stockh olders. There
are few OF the good companies
which have not tucked away earn
ings against a. rainy day. Reserves
have been set up against deprecla-
) ton in investments, and the re-
serves for unpaid losses have no
doubt been wisely padded This is
all TO the good, and explains the
notable financial strength Of the In.
surance business In this country to-
day.
pany profits In 1927 was only due
in small measure to stock market
activities, despite popular belief to
the contrary. Most OF the we'll
managed companies carry their in
vestments well below market
value.
I Most Prosperous Year
According to the annual state
ment issued by the New York Life
Insurance Company. 1927 was the
most prosperous year in the com
pany's history.
New Insurance paid for amounted
to s925 100000, an increase of ST..
900 900 over the 1926 record: and
The tskaI insurance in force was
more Tan 3s.2s5. OOO, 900 on Deem
Der 81. the total number of policies
fin force being 2.ss1, 1S6.
Payments to poIicy-holders and
beneficiaries aggregated more than
S1Ss 900 900. More than $50, 500 900
Of. that amount was paid to living
policy holders. including dividends Of
$50 .O0O, 900. while the payments to
heneficiaries under death claims ex-
coeded 81, 5OO,O0O.
Since the company commenced
business in 1845, the grand total OF
payments made to policy holders
and beneficiaries has exceeded
81, so 900, 900.
The financial summary for 1927
shows assets OF 81 ,401, O76. 821 81,
liabilities OF 81 ,285 ,S49 .009.22 and a
surplus or general contingency fund
of $115,227. 812.30.
The company's total income dur
fin 1927 amounted to $325,475, 914.64,
while the disbursements were $780,
III, 773.27, showing an addition to
assets during the year amounting
to $l25, 334.141.37.
Eastman. Dillon G Co. announce
that McElroy Moss has become asso-
ciated with their washington office.
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81, 100000 Damage
In Broadway Blaze

NEW YORK, Feb. 2S-Forty
years after he nearly lost his life
at the same site, Fire Chief John
Kenton today directed firemen fight
ing a blaze at SAT Broadway which
caused $1,000,000 damage to a six
story building.
A ten story wholesale house next
door was also heavily damaged.
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CLEARING HOUSE REPORT

NEW YORK. Feb. 23.-Clearing
house statement: Exchanges, ST.
50s 900. 900; balances. 1855. 900, 900;
Federal Reserve Banks credit bal.
ance, &114,0 900. 900.
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Rukeyser Discusses
Tight Money
BY MERRYLE STANLEY RUKEYsER

NEW YORK, Feb. 23.Now that the fruits OF the. new
tighter money policy of the Federal Reserve system have
become dscernibe in the stock market it be well to
emphasize the probable business Of the higher
redScOunt rates
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Safe 81 Bonds
with D. c. Taxes
Refunded

EIRST National Bonds. LEGAL
u for National Banks pay so
interest; provide FOR payment of
the Federal income Tar up 70
az; and for refund Of The Dis
trict of Columbia tax Of S mills.
Behind each $1,000 bond ore
frstmortgages onreal estateyai-
ned at more thans 900. Behind
each bond; aiaosia CHE fsill -
sponsibiIity cf The First Ma
tionaI Company of Baltimore;
Md with capital and surplus of
$2,344,o43.9aj and tokal se.
sources Of 81, 1871.
AL fop Cireufs
The Washington times., 1928-01-26

as a theme for a thesis. 1t was
written last November 5.
Letters have poured into the of
flee of Detective Joseph V. DAILY
who from the start has chung TO
the suicide theory One of them
from a medium at Newburg, n.
Y, said that the girls body would
be found "either burned in the
cellar at the college or the cellar
of a house"
Miss Smiths strange disappear
ance served to recall the vanishing
of Dorothy Arnold. That case, which
stirred the entire world, never has
been solved although clues were
run down in every hemisphere.
Dorothy Arnold was the daughter
of a wealthy importer. She. left
her home shortly before noon on
December. II, 1910. She was %
years old. She walked to Brentano' S
book store and was seen later in
the day on Fifth Avenue. Since
that time no tangible clue has been
found to her Whereabouts. .s