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door closing. And, Markham, person
in galoshes going down marble steps
in the dark Is no midsummer zephyr
for silence. In the circumstances Sproot
would have been certain to hear MN
making his escape. Therefore. the ex-
PLANTATION that suggested itself to me
was that he did not make his escape
And the footprints outsider"
"Were made beforehand by some one
walking to the front gate and back
And that brings me to the night OF
Chester's murder. You remember Rexs
tale of hearing a dragging noise IN the
hall and door closing about Is minutes
before the shot was fired. and Adas
confederation of the door shutting part
of the story? The noise, please note.
was heard after it had stopped showing
in fact, after the moon had come
out. Could the noise not easily have
been a person walking in galoshes, or
even taking them off, after having re-
turned from making those separated
tracks to and from the gate? And
might not that closing door have been
the door Of the linen closet where
the galoshes were being temporarily
cached?"
Markham nodded. Eyes, the sounds
Rex and Ada heard might be explained
that way"
"And this mornings business was
even palmer There were footprints
on the balcony steps, made between
o'clock and noon. But neither of the
guards saw any one enter the grounds.
Moreover, Sproot waited few moments
in the dining room after the shot had
been fired in ReX'S room; and II any
one had come down the stairs and
gone out the front door Sproot would
certainly have heard him. It's true
that the murderer might have descend
ed the front stairs as Sproot went up
the servants stairs. But is that likely?
Would he have waited in the upper hall
after killing Rex, knowing that some
one was likely to step out and discover
him? I think not. And anyway, the
guards saw no one leave the estate.
Ergo. l concluded that no one came
down the front stairs after Rex's death.
I assumed again that the footprints
had been made at some earlier hour.
This time, however, the murderer did
not go to the gate and return, for a
guard was there who would have seen
him; and, furthermore, the front steps
and the front walk had been swept SO
our track-maker. after having donned
the galoshes, stepped out of the front
door. walked round the corner OF the
house, mounted the balcony steps, and
re-entered the upper hall by way of
Ada's room"
II see" Markham leaned over and
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Continued from Yesterdays Starr

Vance slipped his coffee and inhaled
moment on his cigarette.
1.-THE point am trying TO oring out
is this. There is no proof whatever
that Ali these footprints were not made
by some one in the house who first went
out and then returned for the express
purpose of leading the police to believe
that an outsider was guilty. And, ON
the other hand, there Is evidence that
the foot prints actually did originate in
the house: because If an outsider had
made them he would have been at
no pains to confuse the issue OF their
origin. since, in any event, they could
not have been traced back farther than
the street. Theref IRE, ss \ tentative
starting point. assumed snat the
tracks had, in reality. been made by
some one in the house"
your reasoning is consistent as Tar
as it goes" cut in Markham tartly
But 1t is hardly complete enough to
have led you directly 10 the linen closet
this morning."
True. But there we're various con-
tributry factors. For instance, tne
galoshes which Snitkin found in Ches-
ter's clothes closet we're the exact size
of the prints. At first I toyed with
the idea that they were the actual
instruments of our unknownS decep-
ton. But when, after they had been
taken to Headquarters, another set OF
similar tracks appeared-to wit, the
ones found this morning. amended
my theory slightly, and concluded that
Chester had owned two pairs of galoShes
One that had perhaps been discarded
but not thrown away. That was why l
wanted to wait for Captain Jeryms re-
port: I was anxious to learn II the
new tracks we're exactly like the old
ones"
But even So" interrupted Markham.
your theory that the footprints en-
anated from the house strikes me as
being erected on pretty weak scaffolding.
Were there any other indicants?"
st was coming to them" replied
Vance reproachfully. But you Will
rush me so. Pretend that I'm lawyer,
and my summation viii sound positively
breathless."
"Tm more likely to pretend that I'm
presiding judge, and give you sus.
per coll"
"Ah, we'll" Vance sighed and con-
tinued. LET us consider the hypo-
thetical intruder's means of escape after
the shooting Of Julia and Ada. Sproot
came into the upper hall Immediately
after the shot had been fired In Ada's
room; yet he heard nothing-neither
footsteps in the hall nor the front
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morphine tablets, and . Parke-Davis
carton Of four tubes OF strychnine-
"And what about this supply of drugs.
"The fact is, the morphine and the
strychnine have disappeared"
Markham bent forward. his eyes curl
ouslys animated.
when / left my ONCE" Won Blon ex-
blamed: land I made only two brief
calls before went to the Greenes'.
missed the tubes when returned to my
Office"
Markham studied the doctor mo-
"And YOU think it improbable that
the drugs were taken from your case
during either of your other calls?"
"That's just it. At neither place was
the case out of my sight for a moment"
"And at the Greenes'?" Markham's
agitation was growing rapidly.
1T went directly to Mrs. Greene's
room, taking the case with me. I re-
manned there for perhaps half an hour.
When I came out"
you did not leave the room during
that half hour?"
Pardon me, DOCTOR" came Vances
indolent voice; "but the nurse mem
toned that you called to her to bring
Mrs. Greene's bouillon. From where
did you call?"
Won Blon nodded. "Ah, yes. did
speak to Miss Craven stepped to the
door and called up the servants stairs"
quite so. And them"
II waited with Mrs. Greene until the
nurse came Then went across the
hall to Sibella's room"
"And your case?" interjected Marx
ham.
II set it down in the hall, against
the rear railing of the main stairway"
"And you remained in Miss Sibella's
room until Sproot called you?"
THAT is right"
tanned in all approximately three grains
three and one-third, to be exact.
And there are Is tablets OF morphine in
Parke-Davis tube, making six and
one-quarter grains"
"Are those fatal doses. doctor?"
That's difficult question to answer.
sir" Won Blon adopted professional
manner. lone may have a tolerance
for morphine and be capable Of assimi-
lating astonishingly large doses. But
six grains would certainly prove fatal.
Regarding strychnine, toxicology gives
us a very wide range as to lethal dosage,
depending on the condition and age
of the patient. The average fatal dose
for an adult is, should say, two grains.
though death has resulted from admin
istration of one grain, or even less. And
on the other hand, recovery has taken
place after as much as ten grains have
been swallowed. Generally speaking.
however, three and one-third grains
would be sufficient to produce fatal re-
suits"
When Won Blon had gone Markham
gazed at Vance anxiously.
what do you make Of it?" he asked.
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knocked the ashes from his cigcs.
Therefore. you inferred that the ga
loshes were still in the house"
Exactly. But I'll admit / didn't
think of the linen closet at once. First
I tried Chester's room. Then l took
look around Julia's chamber: and was
about to 90 UP to the servants quarters
when recalled Rex's story OF the clos
ing door. ran my eye over all the
second story doors, and stralgntWay
tried the linen closet-which was, after
all. the most likely place for transient
oceulation. And lol there were the
galoshes tucked under an old drugget.
The murderer had probably hidden
them there both times before, pending
an opportunity Of secreting them more
thoroughly"
But where could they have been con-
cealed so that our searches didn't run
across them?"
"As to that, now. couldn't say. They
may have been taken out Of the house
altogether" =,
There was a silence for several
minutes. Then Markham spoke.
THE finding of the galoshes pretty
well proves your theory. Vance. But
do you realize what confrontS us now?
If your reasoning is correct. the guilty
person is some one with whom we've
been talking this morning. It's an ap-
palling thought. I've gone over in my
mind every member of that household.
and I simply can't regard any one of
them as a potential s-murderer."
Sheer moral prejudice, old dear. ="
Vance's voice assumed a note of raillery.
I'm bit cynical myself, and the only
person at the Greene mansion I'd elim1-
nate as a possibility would be Frau
Mannheim. She's not sufficiently imagi-
native to have planned this accumula-
tive massacre But as regards the
others. I could picture any one of 'cm
as being at the bottom of this diabolical
slaughter. It's mistaken idea, don't
v know, to imagine that murder looks
like a murderer. No murderer ever does.
The only people who really look like
lnurderers are quite harmless.
"Enough!" protested Markham. your
lecture on criminal physiognomy can
go over a while. Just now I'm trying
to adjust my mind TO the staggering
differences to be drawn from your find
ing of those galoshes." A sense of hor-
ror seemed to weigh him down. Good
God. Vance! There must be some way
out of this nightmare you've PROFOUND
ed. What member of that household
could possibly have walked in on Rex
Greene and shot him down in broad
daylight"
"Pon my soul. don't know" Vance
himself was deeply affected by the sim
lister aspects of the case. But some
one in that house did it-some one the
others don't suspect"
THAT look on Julias face, and Ches-
ter's amazed expression-that's what
you mean, isn't It? They didn't sus-
pect either. And they were Mortified
at the revelation-when it was too late.
Yes, all those things fit in with your
theory
But there's one thing that doesn't
fit, old man." Vance gazed at the
table perplexedly. Rex died peaceful
ly. apparently unaware Of his murder.
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GNl 1&AttCeNA NFAANA eAA&
the l0-year Army
housing program is
gradually being re-
allied. Great credit
for the progress
thus far made be-
longs to Represent
ative w. Frank
James of Michi-
gan, ranking mem
Der of the House
military committee,
who, at consider
able expense to
himself, has visited
practically e every
post IN the coun-
try, thus gaining
at first hand the
, So :. ~
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Army.

Under the direction of Maj. Gen. B.
Frank Cheatham, quartermaSter general
of the Army, assisted by Brig. Gen. VIII
liam H. Horton, assistant to the quar-
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Following strikes In iron ore mines
and sugar mills of Sweden, extra sniits
are being employed TO catch UP In pro-
duction.
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Navy.

Due TO the small graduating class at
the Naval Academy this year-l7l-
compared 10 the 579 members OF the
Naval Academy class Of 1927. it was
NECESSARY for the Navy Department TO
make a reduction in the number TO be
assigned TO the staff corps. Last year
IS midssaipmen were commissioned Sec
ond leutenants In the Marine Corps,
while this year Secretary Wilbur as
signed but IS members Of the 1928 class
10 the Marine Corps. Seven ensigns
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The Greene Murder Case
A Philo Vance Story

Copyright Scibners sons ltN
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Continued in Tomorrow's Starr
Evening star., 1928-03-03

for the ills Of the heating plant. Moth
Ing could be more erroneous. When a
heating system has failed to give salts
factory service with the feul for which
1t was designed there IS something in
hcrently wrong with the plant and it
Is the business of the home owner to
find out and correct 1t. The installa-
tiOn OF an oil burner will not do it.
An oil burner Is the means by which
heat energy Is developed. The boiler
Is the means by which that energy Is
absorbed. The piping system is the
means by which that energy is distri-
buted and the radiators are the means
for transmitting the heat developed in
the boiler to the air of the room.
Install domestic burner capable of
operating at the highest possible effi-
cheney In boiler suited to coal burn
Ing, but uns,lited to oil burning, and
Immediately the efficiency of the COM
bined unit Is lowered. Connect the boil
er to a system of piping improperly
sized, graded and installed and again
the advantages of excellent burner
operation are lost. Efficiency of burner
operation is one thing Heating plant
efficiency Is something quite different
Long flue travel in the boiler is cs-
sential to efficient burner boiler opera
Evening star., 1928-03-03
MEMORIAL BRIDGE
HELD BUILDING AID
Maj. Brown Says Arlington
County viii Prosper When
Structure Is Completed.

Arlington County. adjacent to the new
Arlington Memorial Bridge. will build
up almost Sohdly. and all of northern
Virginia will experience a greatly ac-
celerated growth in population and de-
velopmcnt within a few years of the
completion of the new bridge Maj
Carey Brown of the National Capital
Park and Planning Commission told the
members of the Alexandria, Arlington
Fairfax Real Estate Board at the dinner
held at the Washington Golf and
Country Club this week
The speaker stressed the need of zon-
ing and a co-ordirated plan for Greater
WaShington's Virginia area, and stated
that it was doubtful that any one could
fully visualize the far-reaching improve
ments which will be brought about by
the new bridge and other developments
TO follow.
City Planning Experts Views.
Charles w. Eliot. Sd, city planning
expert Of the National Capital Park and
Planning Commission. declared that
proper handling Of the problem now
before nearby Virginia will bring back
TO the taxpayers in enhanced land
values and security against the en-
croachments Of nuiSances a thousand
times the entire cost Of 2oning and
planning for future development.
Maj. f. w. Gushing of the Arlington
County Zoning Commission said all OF
the machinery necessary to effective
operation Of the comission now Is ready,
but that it would be necessary for the
supervisors of the county to furnish
funds He agreed with Maj Brown and
Mr. Eliot that the first step should be to
call in an expert city planner.
Financing Favored.
B. NJ Hedrick. member of the board
Of supervisors of Arlington County.
stated that his board was favorable to
adequate financing of the coming COM
MISSIONS operations but that no action
has been taken pending the working out
Of definite suggestions and costs
Others who spoke on the matter were
c. H. Powell and H. v. Leigh. members
of the board Of supervisors of Fairfax
County; w. S. Hoge. jr.. Ashton c.
Jones. r. r. Buckley and r. l.. Kane,
president of the real estate board.
Evening star., 1928-03-03
CLUB HOTEL PLANS
! FILED BY BUILDERS
New Structure to Cost S8O.,
600 Win Be Erected on
Fourteenth Street.

Plans for the construction Of a clul
hotel TO be located at 1925 Fourteenth
street. near the center of the Columbia
Heights business section. and costing ap-
proXimately $4,000, were filed with the
building inspector this week by Dewey
& Co, Inc, owners of the property.
The projected building, which is de-
signed as mans OWN" hotel and club
somewhat similar in plan to the Racquet
Club on Sixteenth street has been
leased by the owners 10 the QueenSberry
Club of Washington for a period of 10
years. 1t is announced by James Dewey,
president Of the corporation owning the
property. and who is resident agent of
the club.
The upper four floors of the building
are TO be devoted 10 a gymnasium and
hotel rooms and card rooms and lounge.
for the use OF members Of the Queens
berry Club and their guests. but other
features OF the building are to be for
public use.
On the first floor there will be lobby
coffee shop and kitchen and on a mez2a-
nine floor will be a "bandboX room" to
be used for dinner. tea parties and
dances. which will be for public use
In the basement Will be 4 barber shop
and swimming pool about IS feet
long and half as wide, as we'll as dress
ing rooms On the second floor will be
dining room. which also will be public.
The Queensberry Club. with a limited
membership OF 500. now has about l30
members on its rolls Mr.. Dewey said.
who now are making use Of the Beaver
Dam Club
The old building on the site recently
vas torn down and the construction Of
the new building. designed by George
T. Santnlyers. is expected 10 be started
In the near future. The building has
frontage on Fourteenth street OF about
is feet.
Evening star., 1928-03-03
WASHINGTON D C., SATURDAY, MARCH 1929

Of students attending the weekly lec-
lures, which were given by prominent
and active members of the real estate
and allied professions of Washington
1t Is expected the course will be con-
tinucd next Fall and Winter by the
board, MS usual. and on u larger scale
than heretofore.
In the class were numbers OF pros
pcCtivc purchasers of homes and invcs-
tors in business properties. as well as
those contemplating entering the real
estate business.
The local Real Estate Board was one
Of the first to sponsor Il real estate
course. Many cities over the country
now have such courses. some of which
2rc given in the regular curriculum in
large universities.
The sales managers division of the
Real Estate Board. composed of sales
managers Of the Offices of local real
tors. will meet in the blue room OF the
Hamilton Hotel next Tuesday at 1890
o'clock. j, A. McKceyer will preside,
There will be n discussion of Il number
of sales problems.
Plans for the third annual banquet
of the Real Estate Board, to be held
at the Willard Hotel March 81. now
Evening star., 1928-03-03
Original New York
Value Swcllcd By
Wise Development

Irwin Cobb's statement about Man.
haitian being IAN island that cost $24"
has drawn an editorial comment in
Magazine of Business to the effect that
Mr. Cobb's bill of sale was presumably
dated 1926. Had that $24 been allowed
to ride at per cent interest, COM
pounded annually. it would today
amount to n paltry S3,09l ,8ll6 it is
yetortcd,
We have done much better as Ma
ton because the money was put into
metropolitan real estate and the re-
turns rcinveSted in broad real estate
and commercial development program
stretching West to the Pacific and South
to the gulf
The assessed value of the land and
buildings on Manhattan Island today is
officially given as $7.785. .l10.325.
Evening star., 1928-03-03

ton. Low boilers Of the vertical type
which permit the hot gases TO pass
quickly to the chimney are not properly
suited to oil burning. BY increasing a
4-section boiler to 6-section heater
plant efficiency has been increased
from 61 to 73 per cent. Expressed in
dollars, this means a reduction Of $40
per year for home using 1922 worth
of oil during the heating season. and
represents a saving OF over Is per cent
in the fuel bill.
Before purchasing an oil burner, the
home owner should be sure the heating
plant is correct, that the boiler Is suit
ed to the burner and that in place Of
grief and regret economy and COM
fort are obtained.
fCopyright 1893. Ara Marcus Daniels)
Evening star., 1928-03-03

Winston Salem. N. c., 10 be the home
Of the r. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co, 1t
was announced here today.
The building. TO be 800 feet high, hav-
ing "a stories. will be the highest of1ce
building on the Atlantic seaboard south
Of Philadelphia, the builders say. It
will represent an investment Of about
$2,500.000. Shreve & Lamb Of New
York are the architects. Construction
is TO be started within a few days.
Evening star., 1928-03-03
" REALTY COURSE
ENDS WITH TESTS
Certificates of Graduation to
Be Given Graduates of
School Here.

The Y. NJ. c. A. class in real estate,
conducted under auspices OF the Wash
ington Real Estate Board. held cxami-
nations for certilicatons of graduation
in the course Monday evening at the
closing session OF the class for this
year.
This class this year was more popular
than in former years, larger numbers
Evening star., 1928-03-03

are being completed by the committee
in charge, Of which Clarence F. Dono-
hoe is chairman. Other committee
members are A. II. Lawson, Ben r.
Webster. Lloyd r. Gaines. Fred A.
Smith. L. l.. Phillips, L. Fl. Brodie. JOS
cph A. Petty and william r. Ellis.
Evening star., 1928-03-03
SALES ACTIVITY SHOWS
INCREASE FOR MONTH
January Index of ITS for City Is
12 Points Higher Than
December Mark.

Real estate market activity for jan
uary was measured by an index figure
Of IFS. according to the compilation
made monthly by the National Asso-
ciation OF Real Estate Boards. The
compilation is made from official fig
ures of transfers and conveyances re-
corded in Al typical cities. The Jan
uary figure was u points higher than
the index for December. 1t is 5 points
lower than the index for January OF
1927.
In the associations compilation, the
average number of transfers and con-
veyances recorded during the corre-
spending month Of the years 1916-l923
IN the Al cities is taken as the base
(l00l.
The index record for the past IL
months is as follows:
Evening star., 1928-03-03
Heads Douglass Co. Sales.

Ernest w Farley. who has been active
In real estate business here for num-
Der Of years. has been appointed sales
manager Of the firm of J. E. Douglass
Co, II was announced today. Mr.. Far
ley until recently was with the firm of
Boss & Phelps. where he had been for
eight years
Evening star., 1928-03-03
HOME HEATING ADVICE
ny ARA MARCUS DANIELS.
Consulting and Advisory Engineer.
Boiler Must Permit Oil Burning

'OIer WUSt Ferm1t O1I Kurn1ng.
Domestic oil heating has made Won
dcrful strides in the past two years.
Sales methods, however, are changing
fast The manufacturers have come to
realize that no burner Is sold until It's
sale embOdies a consideration of the
heating plant. The public has bought
burners as they might have purchased
new refrigerator or piece of furni-
turc--and too frequently disappoint-
mcnt has been their lot
Often, the installation OF an oil
burner has been painted as a panacea
Evening star., 1928-03-03
GETS TOBACCO BID.

James Baird e. Co. Will Build New
Reynolds Offices.
James Baird g. Co., builders, Of this
city. has been awarded the contract for
construction of the office building at
Evening star., 1928-03-03

More than 100000 gallons Of con.
oenseo milk are received into Great
Britain from America and the Continent
each year.
Evening star., 1928-03-03
1925 TRACY PLACE
EXCLUSIVE Kalorama

EXCLUSIVE Kalorama
Heights boasts no finer
home than this distinctive
town house, occupying one Of
the last remaining sites IN
this noted section. Those
seeking the ultimate in archi-
,ec,ural correctness. faulsless
construction and the enviable
environment that character
ICES the acknowledged center
OF social and official Wash.
inc.on. will not miss the op-
porsunity TO inspect one OF
the Capitals most desirable
in-town residential proper
ties. There are eleven rooms.
t,ve baths. solariurn. first aoor
lavatory. hacstone terrace,
and buil,-in garage for two
cars.
Evening star., 1928-03-03

d Drips cur Massachusetts
.irerue 70 24;h Street.. siyss
squares norsi 70 Tracy Place.
Evening star., 1928-03-03

IN the fashionable Upper
10Th St. residential sec.
ton we are offering the
soundest value now available
in a moderate priced new
home of the better class.
All-hriek construction. with
slate roof. Eight spacious
rooms: house-wid.h concrete
front porch; two well-aproint-
ed baths; panelcd walls;
beautiful parquet floors; open
fireplace; huilt-in bookcases:
large kitchen with l,noleum
floor and equipment that goes
with a $4,000 home; outside
pantry; huilt-in garage. A
real yard. You will not deny
that these homes are greatly
nnderpriced at