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Evening star., 1929-11-18
GRANT B. MILLER, ACE MAIL
ROBBERY DETECTIVE, DIES HERE
Man Who Solved $2,0OO,000
Rondout, Ill.,, HoId-up in 1924
SucCumbS After Taking Cold.
D'Autremont Train Bombing
One of Cases in Brilliant Ca
reer of Federal Worker.

Grant B. Miller, chief postal in
Spector. the man who solved the mys-
terry of the famous $4,000, 900 mail rob-
berry at Rondout, ILL.,, in 1924, uncov-
ering the man who then was considered
the ACE" of the Postal Inspection Serv-
Ice as the master mind" of the rob-
berry, was found dead in bed at
O'Clock yesterday afternoon in his room
at the Continental Hotel. Coroner J..
Ramsay hewitt, who viewed the body.
attributed the famous detectives death
TO heart disease. Miller was 55 years
old.
Miller's death ended a brilliant
career that had done much to gain
Tor the Postal Inspection Service the
reputation of one of the foremost 6e-
tective organizations in the world. At
the time of his death he was engaged
IN building up the service and refining
IL 10 even greater efficiency for mail
robbery prevention and detection.
High Spot in Career.
The unravelling of the Rondout mail
robbery, probably the greatest mail rob-
bery In the history of the country. was
the high spot in Miller's career. When
the robbery occurred, Miller was work
ing as assistant to the chief inspector
IN Washington, having won his way to
that post after nearly 20 years of sery-
ice as a postal inspector.
He was Immediately shifted to Chica-
go on the case, along with a good-sized
force OF inspectors. The case, a well
planned one. puzzled the postal author
tiles. 1t appeared, after thorough in
vestigation, that the robbers had in
formation as to the times of departure
and arrival, and the contents of the
mail sacks which could only have come
from inside the Post ONCE Department.
Miller went to work on that angle.
and after prodigious work, pinned the
job on William F. Fahy, who then was
considered the "ace" Of the Postal In
spection Service at Chicago.
25-Year Sentence.
Fahy was convicted of directing the
robbery from within the ranks of the
postal employees and for his work on
this Job received a sentence of IS years
IN Atlanta Federal prison, which he is
now serving
Under Miller's direction. most of the
$4,000 900 taken by the robbers was re-
covered.
Miller stayed on at Chicago, as chief
OF the postal inspectors of that division.
and became known as a nemesis TO
gunmen and mail robbers. During his
service in Chicago, which ended jan
uary /. 1927, the inspectors of the Chi
cago office, working with him, secured
evidence which sentenced a gunner
involved In mail rebberies to a total of
1880 years in penitentiaries. Under
Miller's direction loot amounting to So
500 900 was recovered.
Miller's fame broadened as the re-
suit of his work In bringing to justice
the D'Autremont brothers, notorious
mail bandits, who held up and wrecked
mail train in the Siskiyou Mountains
of Oregon. He played a large part in
tracing two of the brothers, Ray and
Roy, to Stelbenville, Ohio, and the
other brother, Hugh, to the Philippine
Islands. All three of the brothers were
Evening star., 1929-11-18
ADVICE ON FLORIDA
ROADS IN BROADCAST
Counsellor for A. A. A. TO Be Heard
From Jacksonville
Sta fion ..

Frank j. Mueller OF Washington,
member of party of about so traffic
'counsellors of the American Automobile
Association, now touring Florida for
a survey of highway and traffic condi-
tions in that State for the Winter tour
ist season, will be one of the speakers
on the findings of the party over Sta
ton WAX of Jacksonville, Fla, from
8 to $50 o'clock toni ht.
Mr.. Mueller, 1t is announced by the
American Automobile Association here,
will advise Capital motorists of the best
routes and of conditions along these
routes from Washington to Florida.
Evening star., 1929-11-18

sentenced to life terms in Oregon
prisons for their part in the hold-up
and consequent deaths.
Entered as Clerk.
Miller entered the postal service as q
railway mail clerk In March, 1899, rum
ming between New York and Chicago
and later between Chicago and Wheel
ing. W. Va In 1907 he was appointed
a postal inspector and assigned to the
st. Louis office. While in st. Louis he
gained an enviable reputation as de-
tective and figured in many important
cases.
In 1921 he was transferred to the
Cincinnati Office, and later was assigned
to the Office of the chief inspector here
as his assistant. On September 10. 1922
by special request, of the Postmaster
General, he took charge of the Cleva-
land post office as postmaster in the
interim between the retirement of a
postmaster and the appointment of a
new one. He served in Cleveland until
February 2, 1928. On March l. 1928
he similarly took over the Chicago post
Office and served as postmaster there
until April 8.
He came TO washington as chief OF
the postal inspection service on Janu-
ary 1. 1927, and served continuously in
tNaG pOSltlOn until MS 0eaGh.
Appointment of his successor will lle
made by Postmaster General Waller
Folger Brown.
Cold Starts Illness.
Miller had been complaining of moi
feeling well ever since he attended the
funeral of the late Senator Theodore
Burton. He contracted a cold at the
funeral and was very i'll for several
days. He seemed well on the road to
recovery and told his associates Sat-
urday that he planned to return to his
duties today. 1t is believed that his
recent illness so weakened him tina;
his strength was not equal to. the strain
of his exertions IN preparing to return
to his desk.
He was born in Chicago Junction,
Ohio, in May, 1874.
His wife died in Washington in De-
cember last year. Upon notification OF
his death, his brother, G.. Earl Miller
of Willard, Ohio, came to Washington
today to take the body back to Willard
for burial.
Funeral services were being held this
afternoon at $50 O'Clock at Hysong S
funeral home.
Evening star., 1929-11-18
TRIAL or MOFFATT
DELAYED BY ILLNESS
Sickness of Justice Hitz Causes In
definite Postponement of Brok-
er's Case.

Illness of Justice William Hitz today
forced the indefinite poStponement OF
the trial of william Lee Moffatt, local
investment broker, whose arrest by Po-
liceman Robert j. Allen on charge
of false pretenSes led to the recent hear
ing before the police trial board OF in
Subordination charges against Allen and
his subsequent dismissal from the force
Allen and Capt. Robert e. Doyle OF the
eighth precinct, were brought to trial on
charges of insubordination which grew
out OF correspondence between them and
Maj. Henry q. Pratt, superintendent OF
police. after Allen had announced his
intention OF investigating the District
attorneys Office for its alleged procras-
tination in prosecuting Moffatt. Capt.
Doyle was acquitted Of the charge.
Evening star., 1929-11-18
Licensed to Wed at Marlboro.

UPPER MARLBORO, Md, November
l8 Especially Marriage licenses have
been issued here to the following:
George Everett Moore, rs, and Mary
Ada Chaney, Is, both of Upper Marl-
lyoro, Md.
Frank Burke, 81, Seat Pleasant, Md.
and Florence M. Pearson, IS, Mary
land Park, Md.
Leslie Paul Burnett, 10, Greater Cap
itol Heights, Md, and Margaret Abbott,
IA, Capitol Heights, Md.
Evening star., 1929-11-18
POLICE INSPECTOR ILL.
Sergt. Callahan Stricken With Ap
pendicitis Attack.

Stricken with an attack of acute ap-
pendicitis early this morning, Sergt.
Harvey G. Callahan, police night in
spector. was taken to Emergency Hospj-
tai, where an operation was to be per-
formed today by DR.. w. B. Marberry,
police surgeon.
Callahan became i'll last night and
went off duty. At his home his condi-
tion became rapidly worse and about
S o'clock this morning his wife tele-
phoned DIR. Marberry. who ordered him
to the hospital.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-07-05
Epicurean Porkers Are
Favored at Beltsville

The hogs reputation as a gourmand
is so general that he is rarely credited
with any refinement of appetite. Even
farmers were surprised a few years
ago TO find that these greedy ami
mails" would select the proper feeds
for a balanced ration if served the
cafeteria way.
Some hogs, however, II now ap-
pears, are capable of even finer gas
tronomie discrimination, according 10
]. III. Zeller, swine specialist of the
United States Department of Agri-
culture.
Two Shoats at the departments ex
pertinent farm at Beltsville, Nd, he
says, have apparently found the inside
of the corn kernel a great delicacy.
Unlike most of their kind. they do not
eat the whole kernel, but like SPUR
rels spend hours at a time cracking
the grain. deftly extracting the meaty
inside. and ejeeting the kernel shells
in neat piles about the lot.
Kernel cracking, however. is not a
common accomplishment of the pork
er, Mr.. Zeller says. and he doubts the
possibility of teaching the trick TO the
common herd even if it were found a
desirable trait TO develop.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-07-05
Making Bees Move on Is
Not Accomplished Soon

Bees often take up their abode where
there are not wanted, as in cavity in
wall. A good way TO get them out is
to put a bee escape" over the en-
trance to the cavity, so the bees can
get out but not in.
A cone of wire cloth about s inche.
high with a hole at the apex just large
enough for one bee to pass through
will serve as an escape. A regular hive
should be placed beside the entrance
for the return of the escaped bees. The
queen remains in the old cavity and
goes on laying eggs, but as the colony
is quickly reduced in size the quantity
of brood decreases. The younger bees
leave the cavity and join the bees in
the hive. A new queen should be given
to the bees in the hive as soon as pos
sible.
After about four weeks, remove the
bee escape and make as large a hole
as possible at the entrance of the cav
ity. The bees viii go in for the honey
and carry ii to the hive. For this meth
cd TO work successfully, it is necessary
that the bees have only one exit from
the cavity.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-07-05
Effort of the Artist
Not Always Understood

The artist who recently told how,
when painting a landscape at the foot
of the Pentlands, he was asked by the
occupants Of cottage nearby not to
paint the cottage windows till clean
curtains were put up, now tells Of an
other incident which occurred to him
He was painting landscape when a
man appeared on the scene and looked
over his shoulder in the annoying man.
ner of passers-by who silently criticize
or maybe admire-the incomplete
picture. The man produced pair of
horn-rimmed spectacles, through which
his eyes ogled at the canvas. Then
he removed the -headlamps" 70 OBJ
serve in a marked American accent !:
You'll excuse me for saying so, but
Tn curious TO know jest what makes
you fellers paint these things, when
there are so many TO be bought up
easy. and cheap. Family
Herald.
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Average of Three Pounds in
Size Brings Best Price.

New York state markets often pay
two TO three dollars a ton premium
for cabbage that is solid and weighs
about three pounds to a head since
that is the size most convenient to
the housewife, says f. o. Underwood
of the State College of Agriculture at
Ithaca, n. Y. To meet this demand
the intermediate type of Danish Ball
head is the best variety to grow.
To obtain medium-sized heads, the
plants must be close together, says
Mr.. Underwood. who points out that
heavy yields are possible even with
heads of this size. Plants may be set
IS by 36 inches apart in the field, re-
curing about 10000 plants to an acre.
and on good land they may be set
Il or 10 inches apart in the row.
Close planting requires better land,
more plant food, and plenty of mois-
ture. A supply of moisture may be
favored by applying manure TO the
land year before tie cabbage is
grown. by using cover crops. and by
fall blowing
The intermediate type of Danish
Ballhead is best, for il produces heads
that are round. that are slightly fat
tened on top, and that taper slightly
at the base. Also the heads are solid.
the leaves are well closed over, and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-07-05
Change in French Feeling

Frenehmen are abandoning the old
sugar bowl, the loose brick on the
hearth and the wooden sock for saw
ings banks, figures published by
L'Omciel, the Congressional Record
of France. indicate. On deposit in
the savings banks of France December
81 was 1851 ,664,2e3 francs, which
is almost S1,0OO.OO0,OO0. representing
an increase over 1927 of 1856. 4O6 $50
francs. The number of accounts was
9,251, 791, of which 60S.SSS were new
ones. These statistics are regarded
as interesting in view of the belief
entertained universally that the
wealth of France could not be re-
vealed statistically because most of il
was boarded and hidden from the eye
Of the government calculators.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-07-05
Cutting Canada Thistle
In August Most Favored

Dates suggested for the best date
70 cut Canada thistle vary. A Han
sen. botanist at Purdue experimental
station, has inquired into the matter
with no definite results so far.
This date seems TO vary somewhat
according 10 the almanac one happens
to consult. but seems TO center some
where around August IL That the al
manac signs do not always work is
Indicated by the experience of one
frate farmer who tried the method
and concluded that he evidently cut
while the sign was on the twins. since
he now has two thistles where he had
but one before
Why 50 many farmers have sue
eeeded IN practically destroying Can
ada thistle by single cutting is a
mystery II may be related TO the
fact thai when thisfIes mature the
stems becnme LoIlow and cutting al
that stage followed By rain may fill
the hollows and cauSe roffing- This
rather unusual condition has been oh
served number of times
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-07-05
Sunlight Is Harmful

Sunlight-nature's eure-all for many
ailments-is bad medicine for milk
Mix kept in the outdoor icebox' or
on the window sill sometimes devel-
ops an off flavor that has been des-
cribed as a cardboard taste" having
an odor like drying linseed oil. Such
q defect may be due TO any of several
causes, but one of the most common
causes is ordinary light. The light
apparently acts as a cataclyst in the
oxidation of the milk fat.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-07-05
Score One for the Mosquito

Great Britain has a Mosquito Con
troll institute which maintains a lab
oratory on Hayling island for the
study of mosquito problems and the
director claims TO have discovered, in
the course Of MS investigations. that
the bite of the mosquito is cure for
paralysis. The insect was used as a
means of conveying the malaria germ
TO the paralysis patient and according
to the reports the fever was invariably
lessened and in several cases COM
plete cure was effected.
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Agricultural Notes

Alfalfa is a superior feed for live
stock.
Good seed of standard varieties is
always in demand. 1t pays TO pro-
duee it.
II is commonly recommended there
should be one acre of alfalfa for ev-
cry dairy COW.
Half Of the failures in getting wind
break trees to grow and thrive can be
laid directly TO faulty preparation of
the soil.
High-producing cows need grain
even when on good pasture. Early
pasture grass is high in protein. 50
grain mixtures should not contain
more than 10 per cent protein for
best results
Rape should be grown on the more
fertile and moist land. An acre or
two of such land Is equal in the pro-
duction of rape TO four or five acres
Of ordinary hill land
Limestone can be spread ar any
season. providing the soil is either dry
or frozen and the crop on the land
does not prohibit getting into the field
with a lime spreader
A farm inventory and credit state
ment will tell where you stand in the
farming business. and may help you
get the loan you need to expand that
business.
Dalea does not have a higl, value
as a Iegume crop for soil improve
ment II is an addressing legume
but stops growing about midsummer
and makes a seed crop.
The soy bean is an ideal hay croT
for the renter who moves onto a farm.
in the spring and finds no hay lane
in fact il is as roughage calcn cnol
that the soy bean has its hi.be.
EalCe.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-07-05
FIND HOUSEWIFE FAVORS SMALL
HEADS OF CABBAGE FOR COOKING

the foliage is vigorous. The length
Of stem is, in itself, of little impor-
lance, but the taIl-stem types do not
yield so heavily and the leaves do not
close over so well on top. The fiatter
types are larger, are not so solid. do
not keep so well, and are sometimes
said to be too much like domestic
cabbage.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-07-05
June Brides

Governor Green said of a wedding
breakfast in Lansing:
"A realistic, yes, even a pessirnis-
tic view of marriage seems to pre-
vail nowadays. and so TO be in the
movement l would say to our June
brides:
Remember, as the years pass and
your burdens grow ever heavier-re-
member that wives were made 10 suf
fer and husbands TO be suffered"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-07-05
Riviera May Be FlowerIess

Aftermath results of the heavy
frosts along the Riviera may cause
that popular resort TO be without
flowers next winter. Many gardens
were destroyed, and trees were killed.
The mimosa bushes in the garden of
Miss Tennyson Jesse, the popular nov
elist, at Beauvallon, were so badly in
jured that they will not bloom again
for three years Many other gardens
were similarly affected.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-07-05
Insure Against Dixoree

Insurance against the risk of di-
vorce is a novel innovation made By
q Partisan company. Husbands and
wives may take out joint policy COW
ering both against a change of affec-
ton. the amount paid in the event of
a decree varying with the amount
Of the premium paid.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-07-05
the other day because wore a fur
coatI
He Was Only Sparrin1

Judge-A few minutes ago you
swore that you were only sparring
with the plaintiff and that was what
injured him Now we have, proved
that you struck him over the head
with blunt instrument Why did
you lie?
Prisoner was telling the exact
truth. your honor: it was a piece of
soar / hit him with.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-07-05
l attooing SWine
Is Useful Practice

offers wide field for the use of tattoo
marks.
A copy of the circular may be OBJ
tanned by writing TO the United States
Department of Agriculture. Washing
ton, ID. c.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-07-05
Proceeding With Caution
A Confession

Angelina-Fm afraid I'm not very
good cook. but III try ever so hard
after we're married.
Edwin-Better try now. before
we're married Try it or your folks
and let me know how il comes out.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-07-05
Has Found way

Mrs Nayber-Your lodger isn't
very talkative. is he?
Mrs Nextdoor-I should say not. !
have 70 open all his letters to find OF
anything akSG... him.-Pathfnder
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Progress

'How did your boy Josh get along
ar college?'
Fine" answered Farmer Corntos-
sci. "He knows more than the per-
fessors; only he can't convince EN-"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-07-05
ASour.
Stomach

In the same time it takes a dose Of
soda TO bring a little temporary relief
of gas and sour stomach, Phillips
Milk of Magnesia has acidity complete
ly checked, and the digestive organs
all tranquilized Once you have tried
this form of relief you will cease to
worry about your diet and experience
a new freedom In eating.
This pleasant preparation is just as
good for children, too. Use il when
ever coated tongue or fetid breath
signals need Of a sweetener. Physi-
clans viii tell you that every spoon
full of Phillips Milk Of MagDesia neu-
traliZes many times its volume in acid.
Get the genuine, the name Phillips 10
important. limitations do not act the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-07-05
No Goods for China

The Chinese province Of Human has
tested coeducation and decided that
il does not work. An order issued by
the provincial commissioner requires
all schools TO abandon teaching girls
and boys together.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-07-05
Wei, That. Different

is the manager inT'
yes. but he's taking dictationg"
Taking dictationE'
~Yes-over the telephone"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-07-05
All Ia Vanity

rs your husband vainEv asked the
caller.
No" sighed the wife, but his ef-
forts to make money certainly are"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-07-05

Few men have the courage or In
dependence of mind to get rid Of the
junk they have accumulated.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-07-05

good business man regards we'll
borrowed money as an asset. He isn't
afraid of if as a debt.
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Marking Makes It Easy to
Identify Animals After
Being Slaughtered.

prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture-l
Tattooing hogs is practical means
of marking them so they can be identi-
fed after slaughter, according TO the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture, and the practice is useful in
numerous ways. 1t is particularly
valuable in identifying the ownership
of hogs in mixed shipments and in
tracing any disease TO the farm or
other place of origin.
Miscellaneous Circular SIN, the
Tattoo Method of Marking Hogs and
Its Use, recently issued in a revised
form by the United States Department
of Agriculture, describes the tattooing
instrument. tells how to.use it, and dis
cusses its numerous possible applica-
tons. The tattoo method of marking
hogs is simple. inexpensive, and easily
used. A tattoo mark properly applied
is as permanent as the skin itself.
Particularly Useful.
In the field of cooperative market
ing, where a number of farmers ship
their hogs in one lot, the tattoo mark
is particularly useful because of its
conclusive evidence of the hogs origin
Such information is highly desirable
as a basis for payment when diseased
conditions appear at the time of
slaughter.
From the standpoint of live stock
health officials such Identification of
diseased hogs is useful also. Hogs
found 10 be tuberculous can be traced
TO their source, and other animals
on the farm may be tested, leading
TO the eradication of the disease. The
manner in which the tattooing of hogs
led to the discovery of tuberculosis
in a poultry flock is of practical in
terest In the course of inyestigational
work shipment of tattooed hogs
to central marketing point proved TO
be infected with tuberculosis. An in
spector visited the farm and applied
the combination test TO the remainder
Of the hogs on the farm. with the
result that practically 100 per cent
reacted to the avian test. The inspec-
tor also found the chicken flock to
be badly infected.
Tracing of Disease.
On the inspectors Recommendation,
the owner sold his entire flock of
chickens, restocking with day-old
chicks the following spring. Later. 81
hogs from this farm were shipped to
market and again identified by the
tattoo mark. A report on % of these
animals showed that not one had been
found infected; the remainder were
not slaughtered under federal inspec-
ton and report on them could NOT
be obtained. 1t was reasonably ap-
parent that the tracing of the disease,
slaughter Of infected flock, cleaning.
disinfection, and a restocking with
healthy chicks had removed the source
Of infection.
The tattoo should also be of aid in
studying results of feeding tests, in
identifying carcasses in contests of
various kinds. such as the familiar
ton-litter competitions, and in similar
activities where facts concerning the
size and quality of carcasses are de-
sired. In fact, any experimental work
involving studies of dressed carcasses
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-07-05

from the friends you love the most,
do what you may.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-07-05

In the whole field Of had behavior
remember that a criminal can some
times be reformed. a fool. never.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-07-05

When a man gets too lazy to enjoy
his vacation he obtains bis salary
under false pretense.