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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-17

THAT the blow that a left-handed
person would have used must have sent
the knife into him upside down, instead
Of the way that it was found?"
How should I be expected to know
about that?"
And that further, this fight was over
letter Brad Masters had received from
your deserted wife In carrying out a
promise to Miss Preston that he had
the evidence to support suspicious that
she had entertained about you. And
it fell, behind a radiator and remained
concealed there, In spite Of your search
for it,"
II don't know anything about IT,"
MOP" Jed Lawrence saw the dis
trict attorney shake finger in slow
emphasis. Every well, Mr.. Luce. We
have a witness who saw you go TO the
pool hall We have the indisputable
evidence that this blow was struck by
a right-handed man. We know that
Miss Preston has suspected you Of being
too oily and smooth to be real. and
that Brad Masters believed he could
show you up as an unworthy man. We
know that Miss Preston asked him to
do it, first, because she wanted to be
sure Of her own dislike, and. secondly,
argument with which to break the
friendship Lawrence here seemed to
have for you. We know that Brad
Masters and Jed Lawrence fought over
this letter, which Is in the sherif's
possession. And it will not be very
hard to prove that you came along as
they were fighting, leaped into the
room as Lawrence was going down,
struck the blow that killed Brad Mas
tiers and left this man to believe he
had done it."
Thornton Luce raised hand to his
dry lips.
You've got 1t to prove"
1--WE will-with the motive Of max
ing a. murderer of a man whom Mary
Preston had told you she loved, and Of
clearing path for yourself-of put
ting out OF the way a person who
held evidence against you"
Prove 1t. them" came the repeated
answer. The district attorney smiled.
That is easier than you think" he
said. you see. Luce, you didn't think
fast enough when you killed Brad
Masters. You struck the blow first with
your own knife. Then you drove Law
rence's blade into the wound to take
the place Of your own. We've just had
an autopsy-it shows that one knife
was withdrawn and another substituted,
making two distinct wounds, one inside
the other. And too" he concluded,
we've examined your knife, which we
found in the ash pit behind your house.
You didn't clean it as well as you
thought-there was still stain or two
OF fresh blood against the hilt"
Thornton Luce strove for a moment
to maintain the look of denial that
had blazed in his eyes throughout the
accusation. But it wayered. And then
he slumped forward in silent confession.
With that, dazed man rosa man
who had called himself q murderer
He turned. his arms outstretched. you
knowed it. didn't you, Mary-that's
why you kept on askin questions when
vas making them skis-making me
tell you things"
The room blurred: vague figures
were moving. Voices whispered; q door
opened. And Jed Lawrence found that
he was on his knees. and that brown
eyes were looking into his own, ewes
OF faith that had seen, even when his
own were blinded
Copyright, 1927
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-17
Too Bad They Must Be Fighting

good friends, and Gomez couldent un-
derstand Escobar showing him this
much courtesy.
From what I could gather from 1t
Escobar wanted him to look we'll at the
funeral. He turned him over to another
General who shot him the next morn
ing. Now 1t had been reported that Go
mez dident die game, and just the day
before Escobar told me this story. why
Gomezs Mother and Sister come to Es-
cobar's house and asked him to please
tell them the real facts of his death.
You know that is one thing you got to
hand to those Mexicans. They do know
how to die, course guess they get lot
Of practice out of 1t. But when they
line EN- up against the wall, the most
they ever ask for Is cigarette. There
is none of these Alabis. and "Oh Honest
I dident do it" thing. They got no ex-
cuSe to offer, they lost, and they die
like man.
Well, he told those two ladies that
the report was not so. that Gomez had
died like real man, and he told me that
they put their arms around him and
cried and thanked him and seemed to
be relieved as much to hear that as
they would to have heard of his escape.
Now he Is in the hills, and he will be
the one to get lined up. Well bet he
didn't finch. And another General
Almasans. He Is the one that Is hunt
ing Escobar. I got awfully we'll &C
quainted with him. In fact I had he
and Escobar to dinner one night and
they took me to a Theater after. He
is dandy fellow kidding and full of
fun.
Then there is a General Lemon, that
was defending JuareZ. (Thats the
Town right across from Ell Paso) He
was the Presidents especial Aide on the
two weeks trip that was with Presi-
dent Gales and Ambassador Morrow all
over the country. He Is a great little
fellow. There was two of them broth
ers, Lemon Grande. and Lemoncito. I
always called EN- big and little Lemon.
He was Polo Player and when / got
back to Mexico City he mounted me
and ! played several times with him.
1t makes you sick to hear Of these
things happening down there. For they
are no different from us. They love
Peace just as much. they love life. and
Leaders get overally ambitious, and
think they are not getting a square
deal from somebody, and there Is just
enough adventure in EN- to take the
chance. But think they are on the
way to good Government. These Revo-
lutions are getting more useless all the
time. This one is Not popular. If it
was 1t could win. hope they get
Strengthened out. for they are awful
nice people. Hospitality Is their mid
die name. If I wasent acting a Fool
here in New York and have to stay I
would be In Mexico In "a hours.
would try to kid EN- out of fighting. So
Viva Mexico.
Copyright, 1890
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-17

YELL, all ! know is just what
M I read in the papers. OF
wv course as write this about
all we are reading in the
papers Is about Mexico.
We got Hoover all set now for four
years. After that he will have to hustle
for himself There is an option clause
in his Contract, but we will look him
over carefully before we exercise 1t.
But he is starting out pretty good.
The night he was inaugurated why
Mexico broke out. So this amt going to
be one OF those Let Nature take its
course" Administrations.
And Calvin is Just settled down up
there In Massachusetts,. He has wanted
solitude and 1t looks like he will get It,
Just think of having a breakfast in the
morning and not having to feed some
, Senator.
But the thing want to take my text
from today Is Mexico" Now 1t was just
little over year ago that I was down
! there for weeks. and it looks like every
fellow that met and got well ac-
quainted with down there is now mixed
up in all the headlines on the days
news. Some are on one side and some
on the other.
Now take General Escobar, he Is the
Leader that is operating in the North
East. ! have been his Guest at his home
,, in Mexico City. He is one of their most
popular Generals. He Is the one that
took me to the Bull Fight. He got a
great kick out Of 1t for everytime the
bull was anywhere near the Horse
would bury my head down on my arms
! and look down at the floor I'VE were
sitting in the front row and there was
big concrete ballustrade where our
elbows were resting on) Then he would
tell m. when to look up again. Finally
1t got to be the laugh OF everybody
around there.
My friend President Gales and his
Party were kinder around the circle al
ding me about not looking up. They
had pictures in the Mexico Papers the
next day of American Comedian en-
joying Mexican Bull Fight" and all you
could see was the top of hat buried on
couple of folded arms on the railing.
and General EScobar laughing and
pointing TO me. could stand part of
1t for there Is some very clever things
done in the ring But when it come to
the horses sure couldent 60 that, and
say by the way the most famous fighter
In Spain now is fellow that fights the
Bull from his Horse and don't get his
horse hit at all. He has splendidly
reigned horses, and he gives a great
exhibition. I think he was to be in
| Mexico this winter. Now that is worth
seeing cause that is real work.
But let's get hack to personalities.
when you read this you may be reading
on the front page Of the same paper,
Gross marks spot where Rebel Leader
General Escobar stood when he faced
the firing squad"
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it comes to a knife. Member, three
years ago. when I was cutting timbers
for the Mammoth Mine? 1 got my
wrist jammed" He held forth his right
hand, striving to cup 1t. Don't know
what happened. Only, when I get
my hand in this position 1t won't hold
anything. Must've weakened somethin'
All right other ways"
Then he went back to his whiting
An hour passed in the soft sound OF
steel against wood At last he looked up
Funny, amt it?" he asked, with a
break In his voice. Me sittin' here
Within? You over there on the bunk
watchin' me. Just like I'd never killed
anybody"
How did you do 1t. jedi" Jed
Lawrence flared.
Il thought we wasn't going to talk
II didn't mean that way. jed
him, jedi"
Tt don't know. Mary. Unless
he rose and placed the knife in his
own empty cabbard-"Unless, just as
was goin' down, reached back like
this and grabbed my knife and sent 1t
straight out"
The girl raised herself to her elbow. -
But the sheriff said the wound was
on the other side"
We'll, I don't know, Mary. Maybe
1t was-I don't remember 1t happenin
at all. II it was on the other side. ]
must've brought my arm around, over
my head, and set my knife into him
that way on the down-stroke."
why, jedi"
"Oh, I don't know. Mary" A sud-
den petulance had come into his tone.
"A person don't figure them things. do
they?"
She stared at the ceiling.
II suppose not. Jed. That first skis
finished, isn't it?"
can get enough off them snow shoes.
Leg hurtin' pretty bad?"
Il can stand 1t, jed"
CILENCE again, except for the whin-
- ing Of the wind. At last he looked
up. Mary Preston had asked another
question.
who was it, Jed. that opened the
door when you were fighting?"
81 don't know. Mary. Guess 1t wasn't
anybody II twas, they'll show up to
testify on me-"
II guess so. Jed" She said 1t hope
lessly. then. with sudden rebellion: "Oh,
Jed, II you'd just make some defense"
For what? To drag other folks
into things that don't make no Diff
ference nohow? killed him-ain't
that enough? And you--" He sud-
denly rose and stalked to her side
You're goin' to keep your mouth shut,
you understand? About-about what
you told me this NORM. I amt goin'
to have things said about you. Have
people pointin' you out as the woman
that was-was sweet on fellow that
killed somebody. Nobody knows 1t but
me-and nobody amt goin' TO know 1t.
I've killed a man, Mary! And I amt
goin' to have nobody mixed in 1t but
mel"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-17
Explosion Causes.
THE question as to what puts an =.

he question as to what puts an ex-
plosive into action when a nearby
explosive lets loose is rapidly becoming
matter Of cold statistics as the result
OF some clever photography work being
accomplished at the Pittsburgh expert
mental station of the United States
Bureau of Mines.
An optical arrangement has been
perfected which uses the increased re-
fractive index of air when compressed
The method. known as the Schlieren
method. is combined in Payman's wave
speed camera to enable a motion pic
ture to be taken Of the wave as it leaves
an explosion.
Valuable data are being obtained BY
the tests. Some show that 1t is the
pressure wave coming in contact with
neighboring explosive which causes
the second explosive to blow up, while
IN other cases the pressure wave which
precedes the heat wave OF the explosion
has 10 effect, but the buring gas which
follows causes the second blast.
The results will be used to secure
more information on the causes of fire.
damp explosions In mines.
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arm.
What happened. jedi" she pleaded
s'Won't you tell me?"
He glanced out to where the noun
tains were beginning to fade in swirline
white.
II don't know" he answered at last
sid stopped in there 10 get sack Of
tobacco-figured on going over thu
range this afternoon, if the snow helo
of the sky looked bad. Got to talking
to Brad about the weather how i
looked like the snow was comm lo
earlier this year. Then-Well, we jus
talked o. various things-and folks
Then somebody's name come up"
Whose name?" demanded Mar,
Preston, with o tense eagerness.
ut don't make no difference. !
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-17
Oil Drill Troubles.

RENTONITE, the supersponge OF the
metal compounds, is one of the
real nuisances of the oil driller's life
This strange material has a tremen-
dous affinity for water and has the
power of absorbing as much as 10
times its weight In water.
When the driller is sinking his bore
through bentonite. the water used ut
the drill head to keep 1t cool immedi-
ately is attracted to the bentonite. which
forms sticky mass. flowing into the
bore and becoming almost sollu after
sufficient water is attracted. II oil be
present. emulsions are formed which
make the problem all the worse. The
sides of the hole often swell and fire.
quently the casing is broken In. but
whether or not the damage reaches this
extent, the oil driller has little use for
bentonite.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-17
Herds Protected.
THE value Of game preserves Is sh,

THE value OF game preserves Is shown
by the experience of the rangers at
Glacier National Park. In recent years.
poaching. once the main problem Of the
rangers, has almost disappeared. The
hunters now realize the value Of the
preserves for the propagation Of Wild
life and flnd that protection Of the herds
within the park increases the quantity
Of game that later finds its way out into
unprotected land where the hunter
holds sway.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-17

Now he is an awfully nice fellow, we'll
educated, speaks English. Very fine
He told me the whole story
of how he had captured the Leader OF
that Revolution. (For one was just
being finished when was there.)
That's the one where Serano and Gomez
were the leaders and were shot. Gomez
was the last one. He had been hiding
In the hills for weeks and Escobar was
the Government General that caught
him. He captured him one night on q
trail as he was coming down to a house
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-17

to try to get something to eat. He had
lived in the hills and was about half
starved and weak Escobar took him to
his tent and had him battle and put on
some of his clothes and clean up. Go
mez couldent understand why he dident
take him out and shoot him then. Gas
he naturally thought he would be shot
on arrest). He and Escobar had gone
through Mexico Military School to-
gether, (their West Point,) and had
both been Generals In the Army for
years, but had meier been particularly
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-17
BY WILL ROGERS.

w YELL, all I know is Just what
NA/ read in the papers. OF
wv course as 7 write this about
all we are reading in the
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-01-30
SHERIFF MAKES GOOD THREAT
TOWlPE OUT NOTORIOUS GANG
Ferry Man Willing
to End Business If
Stanton Has Bridge

w. v. jacobson Of Stanton, Mercer
county. Is trying to work himself out
Of q Job.
Jacobson operates the ferry across
the Missouri river ct Stanton but that
doesn't keep him from being the
chairman OF the committee Of Stanton
citizens which is seeking q bridge
across the river ct that point.
II they get the bridge the ferry will
pass into history and jacobson knows
It. But he offers an explanation. He
says he wants to see his town prosper
and that he will have two years Of
good business while the bridge Is be-
Ing built. He hopes to make enough
during that period to enable him to
bid the ferry business farewell with
. light heart.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-01-30
STORY OF SURVIVAL
in SUICIDE PACT IS
CAUSE OF SCRUTINY
Perfume Salesman Says He
Leaped in Icy River With
Woman but Saved Himself

Harrisburg. Pa, Jan. 30.-(P)eA
perfume salesman's story Of his
survival of suicide pact in which a
woman was drowned was under
scrutiny today.
As floating ice and low tempera-
lures hampered efforts to retrieve
the body Of Miss Verna Klink, so,
from the Susquehanna river, the
police contemplated making formal
charge Of murder against Harry Bow
man, 80.
Bowman said that by agreement he
and Miss Klink had jumped into the
river, that the woman was drowned,
but that the Icy water had brought
him to his senses and he had climbed
to safety.
The salesman was arrested with
Miss Ethel Miller, 80. She was ac-
cused Of carrying concealed weapons.
He admitted having obtained ST.
OBS from Miss Klink.
Bowman, who Is married, claimed
Miss Klink gave him the money.
Police said they believed that he
robbed her. When arrested with
Bowman, Miss Miller had $500 in the
lining Of her, coat and authorities de-
clared that jewelry purchased for her
by Bowman accounted for an addi-
tional $50. Bowman had $3.50 in his
possession when arrested.
Bowman maintained that he was
assisting Miss Kltnk In the purchase
Of Z store. He declared that her
dependency over the failure to COM
plete the purchase Of the business
was the reason for her suicide.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-01-30
Visits Poverty-Stricken Homes
of Miners Studying Fam.
ine-Like Conditions
EXCHANGES SLAPs ON BACK
Listens cravely to HOUSEWIFE {
Wash-Day Story and to An
others Tale About Pig

Newcastle, Eng. Jan. 30.-R-His
heart heavy by the grim reality OF
poverty stricken homes in the min
Ing regions, the Prince Of Wales to-
day continued his tour Of the coal
fields going to the Northumberland
district which Is reputed to contain
some Of the blackest spots In the
country.
1T makes one l,eartsick to see and
hear Of such conditions" said the
prince.
The first call this morning was at
the Wallsend training center where
men in the gnawing despair Of the
mining villages are trying to become
efficient at some other trade.
Going to another village consisting
Of "a cottages. each containing one
room and an attic, the prince accom-
panied miner to his home. stoop-
Ing to enter, he learned that nine
persons, six Of them adults. lived
there. It was then that he spoke Of
being heartsick at such conditions.
Visits Widower's Home
From there, the future king visited
A4UGt4 00CVa41Ale y W4OOWCA Al WA4OoC
family Of eight only q lad Of IS is
working. The prince met the boy
who was just returning from . mine.
his broken shoes, revealing his mud
covered feet.
Cant you get better shoes than
those?" asked the prince.
I'VE haven't been able to buy
clothes for years" replied the youth.
The Daily Express said today that
the prince was risking his health in
his tour since he was suffering from
heavy cold and confessed to q
friend who aroused him In the early
morning that he "felt like DEATH"
Chaps Prince ON Back
At Pelton Lane Robert Smith, q
superannuated miner OF 81, smacked
the prince on the back and said,
How are you, old mani"
The prince readily replied, "I'm
all right. How are you. my boy?"
And he returned the smack.
A Mrs. Capp ct Newfield gravely
entered into the details Of the weekly
wash day and showed the heir to the
throne various intimate garments she
had been washing and ironing. An
other woman dilated on the virtues
Of her pig.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-01-30
STARVATION FACING
NORTHWEST CATTLE
DUE TO SNOWFALL
Six Inches Of Snow in Slope
Country Threatens to Par
aIyze Rural Traffic
MORE COLD IS PREDICTED
Lumber Mills, Logging Camps
Shut Down on the Pacific
Coast as Storms Rage

Yesterdays cold weather In Bis.
marck today was supplemented by
six-inch snowfall and rising tempera-
ture this forenoon. while reports Of
cold and snow In the northwest caus-
Ing shortages In water, fuel, and cat
tie fodder continued to flow in.
The heavy snowfall at noon threat
ened to paralyze traffic In the Bis
marck district. A 12-mile north gale
was piling drifts high on the state
roads.
North Dakota was generally warm
er today with the exception Of Grand
Forks and Devils Lake, which report
ed % and II below respectively.
Temperature in Bismarck at Z q.
m. was S below and below at noon.
Other state temperatures were:
Jamestown 10 below; Fargo 8 below:
Minot IL below, and Williston be-
low. It was showing at Jamestown
and Minot, clear at Fargo and Grand
Forks, and cloudy at Devils Lake.
Cold Expected Tonight
North Dakota will be partly cloudy
tonight and Thursday, with q colder
snap expected tonight.
In Minnesota, Albert Lea, st. Cloud
and Fergus Falls had forenoon read
ings Of zero, while Bemidji, the cold
est point in the state yesterday with
SO below, Jared better today with 26
below.
Cold and snow, which continued to
hold the Pacific northwest today,
have caused shortages in water, fuel
and cattle fodder in widely separated
areas OF the northwest.
Residents Of Rossland City. In CEN
tral British Columbia, hacked their
way to adjacent creeks for their wa
ter supply when the reservoir and
mains froze. A water delivery system
was being instituted for use until
warmer weather thaws out the sys-
!. tenn. -. .Ty..r.,
Shutting down of score OF lumber
mills and logging camps In Gray's
Harbor, western washington, has
caused q crisis in hundreds Of homes
that cannot find fuel. Nearly 5000
men have been thrown out Of work In
the county.
Cattle Are Starving
Cowboys on two ranges in upper
Snake and Salmon river countries Of
Idaho got ready to start today on q
three day trek to the lowlands with
cattle which are facing starvation.
Deep SHOWS have covered the grazing
lands Of 800 cattle on the ranches and
winter feed supplies disappeared
rapidly. The cowboys will drive all the
available horses ahead Of the herd
to break trail through the drifts.
Clear cold weather ruled early to-
day in southwest Washington, which
felt the brunt Of yesterdays SHOWS.
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