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Members of the young
woman's family and loyal
friends, crushed into des-
pair by her sufferings and
realization that Miss
Rubens' very life hangs in
the balance, have made
known some of the sad
| details in the hope that
justice and much needed
reform may be achieved.
Doctors Denial
DIR. Citron, personally
and through his attorney
today entered a vigorous
denial that he had violated
the law or had given or
made possible for Miss
Rubens to obtain narcot-
les in violation of the law.
He said he was informed
that some Of the prescrip-
tions under investigation
had been forged. And he
also said he learned Miss
Rubens had been addicted
to drugs before she be-
came his patient.
Nor did he receive the
amount of money given in
State reports as the sum
paid him by the film star,
he declared.
State Protests
The State, through its
board of medical examin-
ers, considers the policy
Of compromising for cash
violations Of the Harrison
narcotic act such a grave
menace to it's narcotic con-
troll program that it caus-
ed formal protests to be
sent to Washington and
new laws introduced in
Sacramento.
The narcotic division of
the Internal Revenue De-
partment says that only
cases Of technical viola
tions" are compromised
for cash.
Here is what the State and
Federal Investigations of the
I case involving Miss ,Rubens
and DIR. Citron reveal, in Off
cial reports:
]. Tubes of morphine, cost
] ing at wholesale so cents each,
were sold to the film actress at
! $50 every few days.
2. This deadly drug, slowly
gripping Miss Rubens in its
relentless tantacles in the guise
of temporary relief, was OBJ
tanned under prescriptions
signed by DR.. Citron.
3. Out Of the 81 prescrip-
tions, now in possession Of
Federal Narcotic Agent Harry
v. Williamson, in charge of
California and Nevada, five
were issued in the name of
relative of the young victim.
The person whose name was
written on the prescription
was not even in Los Angeles
county.
Fictitious Names
Two other prescriptions,
which DR.. Criton is said to
have admitted were for NOR
phine for Miss Rubens, were
written for fictitious persons
at fictitious addresses and for
q former patient Of the doctor,
long ago reported as discharged
from his care.
4. On some days two pre-
scriptions, each for a full tube
Of morphine, were issued. In
one instance, documents in the
= hands of the authorities show,
on September %, 1928, there
appeared on the books of DR..
Criton the charges of $75 and
&25-an average Of $50 a
visit.
5. Cancelled checks, state-
ments sent to the home of
= Miss Rubens, at 1745 North
Wilton Ave, and sheets taken
from DR., Citron's office rec
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Neighbors Complain

Other resident Of the apart
ment house lodged . similar
complaint against Miss Rubens.
She disturbed them at all
hours of the day and night,
they charged, by peeking at
them, entering their rooms un-
announced, turning off the
main switch for the electric
lights and otherwise disturb
ing the peace. She gave up
her apartment and returned
home with her husband and
her mother, Mrs. Theresa Ru.
bens.
With the charges Of disturb
ing the peace still unheard in
court, she created tremendous
excitement on Holly wood
Boulevard on January 25 when
she fled, screaming, from a
physician who was attempting
to remove her to the Rose
meade sanitarium.
She stabbed 81. Barnett,
medical student who was as.
sisting DR.. E. w. Meyer, twice
but not seriously with a paper
knife before a hastily sum
moned ambulance and the
Hollywood police could srFiva
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ALMA RUBENS' CAREER
WRECKED At PEAK BY
USE Of NARCOTICS

as motion picture was spontaneous thing; her
cess instantaneous s8
She born in San Francisco and educated the Sacred
Heart there The stage held irresistible lure for
her and when she left school she had long determined
upon q career behind the footights.
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come one or the th0uSanQS
settled by the department out
Of court.
$67,21O Received
While the examiner does not
believe that all cases thus set
tied for cash involve major
violations, records Of the In
ternal Revenue Department
show that out of 1858 cases
reported during fiscal year Of
1928, 1850 were tried in courts
and 1921 were COMPROMISED"
for cash.
And from the compromises
compromises involving the
Harrison narcotic act-t h e
United States Treasury re-
ceived exactly $67, ,210.95.
Just what the State Of Cal
ifornia and various bodies
earnestly engaged in efforts
to suppress the horrible men,
ace Of drug addiction in the
United States think Of the
policy Of compromises Of Har-
rison narcotic law violations
is shown in remarkable cor
respondence exchanged between
Sacramento and Washington,
and will be presented in de-
tail later.
A Tragedy
To the anguished relatives
Of Alma Rubens her plight is
an overwhelming tragedy and
not a technical violation" or
a "weak and doubtful case. F"
Behind the cold, legal phrase
ology Of reports, statistics and
explanations Of officials in
volved, there was revealed to
the Examiner in its investiga-
ton an appalling picture OF
physical tortures and mental
distress to the young cinema
star and her loved ones.
The frantic search for more
and more drugs, the wasting
health and blasted hopes,
heroic efforts at rehabilitation
baked by circumstances and
acts now under investigation
one by one these passed in
review as the respondent rela-
tives told how Alma battied
,bravely against the living
death that had her in its
grip.
Battle Is On
That battle is still going on.
"We fear for Alma's life.
She is just a shadow Of her
old self. Ruined, broken down
IA slave to a habit, +" her
sister, Mrs. Hazel Large, told
the Examiner.
DIR. Citron today denied
that he sold morphine to Miss
Rubens, denied that he deliv.
cred the deadly drug to her,
denied that he wrote prescrlp-
tions under fictitious names
and for nonexisting patients,
and said that the Federal Off
GERS investigating the case in.
formed him that q number OF
the prescriptions held BY them
had been forged.
''I did not know Miss Ru-
bens was an addict when l
took her case. / did not sell
her any narcotics. Those pre-
scriptions had been forged,
by whom l do not know"
"HoE do You account then.
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The manner in which she OBJ
tanned her first opportunity is
somewhat obscured by the
years but her friends say it
was more or less by accident.
A chorus. girl in a musical
troupe became suddenly i'll and
Alma was sent on in her place
merely because she happened
to be present at the moment.
Like her motion picture
career, which was to come
later, her stage success was
immediate.
Persuaded by Farnurn
The company came to Los
Angeles, where Alma left after
a brief engagement.
Franklin Farnum, a member
Of the same musical comedy
company, had been lured into
motion pictures and he want
ed Alma to make the change
with him.
The secret of their marriage
had been known but a brief
month when, in August, 1928,
she filed her suit for divorce,
charging cruelty. In tn E
meantime Douglas Fairbanks
had selected her as his lead
ing lady in "Half breed. -
The picture fixed upon her
the attention of theatergoers
everywhere. The few produc-
tions in which she had APP
peared up until that time
merely schooled her for the
big opportunity that so soon
was to present itself.
Stars in "Humoresque"
"The World and His Wife, !"
with Montague Love, proved
that her success opposite Doug
las Fairbanks had not been
an accident and a short time
later she was chosen for the
principal role in "Humor-
esque.
Her performance in "Hu-
moresque" long will be re-
membered as one Of the out
standing portrayals in screen
history.
For the next four years she
remained under contract to
Cosmopolitan productions, fea-
tured with Lew Cody in ''The
Valley of Silent Men, - with
Lionel Barrymore in "Ene-
mics Of Women" and with
Robert Mantell in "Under the
Red Robe
In November. 1923, she was
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Ell Comancho's Campfire Stories

Perhaps you have wondered how an
Indian is able to tell directions without
the aid of a compass or any other sort
Of instrument. He has many ways of
doing this.
In the first place. the Indian knows
that the sun rises In the east every
day, and moves across the sky to set
in the west each evening. At the
middle point In its long arc. which we
call noon, the sun Is directly over his
head and to the south as he faces 1t,
which puts north at his back.
Moreover, he knows that the north
side of any steep hill Is cooler than the
south side, and the snow lies deeper
there than elsewhere during the Winter,
and meltS away later in the Spring.
The north side Of a hill is usually
wetter, also, and for this reason has
more trees on 1t.
The Indian knows that small streams
fioW into larger ones, and the larger
ones usually flow into one great river.
Thus II he lives in the country west
Of the Mississippi River, the large
streams near him almost all flow south
east. and their branches on the north
Sioe now IN general Southerly direc-
ton, while those on the south side are
apt to have a general easterly course.
Then again. the branches of trees
grow more toward the light than away
from 1t. Therefore the north side of a
tree will have the least branches If it
stands in the open. Moss, however,
grows on the shady side of a tree. and
this may be any side, depending on the
trees surroundings and position. There
fore moss is not reliable as direction
indicator
The Indian also knows that the Big
Dipper seems to move around the
North star. which always stays In the
same place, SO when he can see the
dipper he can locate the North star
by lining 1t UP with the two end stars
Of the dipper opposite the handle.
which always point to 1t. no matter
what the position of the dipper Is.
The winds are also of assistance to
the Indian. He knows that Summer
breeZes are warm, and mostly from the
south and southwest, while the strong
Winter winds blow cold from the north
and northwest. Thus you see that the
Indian has many different ways of
keeping track Of his directions. He can
travel anywhere in the wilderness
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ton, her tail Switch, sinuouSly from
side to side with sinister grace. The
look In her eyes haunts me yet. They
were as big as saucers, SaucerS Of mol
ten gold, flecked with spots Of jade.
They fixed us with stare of such bale
full intensity my blood turned to Ice.
For long moment my heart stopped
beating, then began to leap with such
violent rapidity as to echo in my ears
like the beating of drum.
shoot. Do you want to get us all
killed." Stub stuck his face into mine.
There was foam on his lips.
fired at the lioness, in accordance
with the accepted practice. Female
first-lion afterward" had been drilled
into me until it was a by-word. And,
under the circumstances, felt no en-
barraSsment in the fact that missed
her or, what was worse, merely in
flicted slight flesh wound in the
chest. Stub uttered howl Of despair.
y X u
THEN she charged. darting up the hill
- toward us like streak of yellow
lightning. My son opened fire. On
she came for Is yards with incredible
swiftness. Then the grade proved too
much for her Wind, and suddenly
swerving, she bounded into a small
clump of bushes 200 yards away on our
right. Immediately a yelping pack Of
small dogs belonging to Stub surround
ed her. Half a minute later we were
there.
She crouched in the middle of the
bush, defending herself with feline deft-
ness from the assaults of the dogs.
Again and again they charged. only to
retreat in confusion when she lunged
GnnrN CHI f.yr1
and made two rapid feintS at us, hiss
Ing the while like house cat cornered
by O terrier. I pushed my rifle into
her face, and fired. The bullet entered
her eye. Without sound she COL
lapsed. AS this occurred, the distance
between us was just nine feet.
We turned instantly for shot at the
others-but, during the confusion, they
had disappeared. No sooner had the
male seen his consort join in the UNI
equal battle than he slipped unostenta-
tiously away. followed by the two cubs
Our lion hunt was over.
That night we sat on a platform in
the top of an acacia tree. The moon
was full again. Far away on the sky
line, the great snow cap Of Kilimaniaro
fioated in the heavsn like a silverv
island. About us. the world was flood
ed with a soft white effulgence. The
air was balmy and charged with cool
caresses. Suddenly, the night became
vocal. Death stalked abroad. The
World of Beasts became vibrant: gal
vanized into pulsating life. Hour after
hour, five hundred yards from our
acacia, four lions kept the pallid night
alive with their reverberations.
I feel like thief" I whispered to
Flint. I'm taking something away
from this country never brought into
it-Romance."
well, help yourself freely" he
whispered back We'll never miss It,"
(Mr. Streeter did miss Africa, and
later he returned to it. His gorgeously
amusing adventures in the Sudan will
be resumed next week.-ED)
(Copyright, 1922
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MUMMY OF KING RAMESES

And one Of their mighty kings, Rameses
II. died more than 1900 years ago.
Rameses reigned over Egypt from
1900 to 1880 B. c. and was buried, like
all Egyptian royalty, in stone chambers
that were thought to be hidden from
all through all eternity. But before he
was buried he was carefully embalmed:
that Is, his body was prepared so that
1t would never decay, and it was then
wrapped in mummy clothes and placed
In the gorgeous mummy case. For over
3,100 years did Rameses lie silently in
his tomb and then, in 1881, he was
discovered near the city Of Thebes and
carried into the museum at Cairo.
There he lies today and there you can
see him much as he appeared when he
was King of Egypt so many years ago.
King Rameses was the Pharaoh
who oppressed the Hebrews during
biblical times, and he was the father
of Ill sons and SO daughters. One
of his sons was Menephthat, the
Pharaoh under whom the Exodus took
place.
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Last week I told you about shooting,
and described various methods of get
ting the constant practice that you
need in this Important department of
basket ball. Later you can combine
shooting with the passing drill that
described several weeks ago, and thus
kill two birds with one stone"
Still another excellent way of getting
practice is to play the center and for
wards against the two guards. Line up
the players as shown in the diagram.
The forwards then try to score through
the guards with the least possible num-
Der of passes. This will give the guards
good practice In defensive work, as well
as offering drill in passing and shoot
ing to the forwards.
The five-man defense Is pretty gen.
orally used now in basket ball, but no
matter what defense system you employ,
it is important that every man on the
team be able to guard well.
In guarding, play low on your man
in a sort of crouch. In this position
you deceive the man as to your height
and your ability to intercept his pass
or shot, and from the crouch you can
spring up quickly to stop whatever
movement he makes.
It is important to keep your hands
off the man you are guarding unless
you want to have many personal fouls
called on you. Your arms should be
extended and your eyes should be on
both the man and the ball no matter
where It is on the floor.
Your position should be just one step
away from the man you are guarding.
Any less may cause foul to be called
upon you, and that one step is vital
in order that you may be able to beat
your man to the basket If he breaks
away. Remember that he Is facing
the basket while you must turn, and
that one-step lead will enable you to
swing around and not be left behind.
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"PIGGY"
The Story of Nickname That Decided Basket Ball Title
BY w. Boyce Morgan.

Sorry, Eddie" he said, IT didn't
mean to get your goat"
Sorry hit you" replied Eddie,
turning away. I lost my head for a
| minute"
He was very quiet as he dressed in
| the locker room after practice, and he
left early. After he had gone, Rags
told us the story
Rags and die had known each
other since they were small boys and
had attended the same grammar
| years old, a new girl moved into the
house across the street. Eddie tmme-
diately became the victim Of terrible
case of puppy love. and the bunch Of
boys with whom he played tainted
him merctlessly.
Then the new girl had party
To Eddie, this was the greatest event
of his young life. In his desire to
charm his young hostess. he borrowed
some of his elder brothers vsseline to
make his stubborn black hair stay
down. and not being experienced In
such matters, he got very large over
dose.
With the squad gathered around him
what happened.
Eddie was about the last to arrive
at the party" he said. I'VE were all
sitting around, as shy as could be.
waiting for something to happen. And
maybe he wasn't riot when he came
in! He had scrubbed his face until 1t
positively shone, and that hairl It
was simply thick with grease.
We'll, you can imagine what that
bunch Of roughnecks did. One of
them, welcoming a chance for some
excitement, chortled, oh. look at Eddie
Lansford. He's got pig grease on his
hair! The rest Of US at once took 1t
up. and a laughing chorus of boys,
its best to make life miserable for him.
He stood it for few minutes, but
then he lost his temper. Suddenly, he
few at the boy who had started the
kidding, and in the wink of an eye
that lovely party became a free-for-all
tight. Eddie got pretty badly mussed
up but he did lot of damage him.
self. and finally he was sent home in
disgrace without any ice cream and
cake"
"It must have been rich" comment
ed one Of the grinning members of
the squad.
Rags continued. From that day on
Eddie got Piggy as a nickname on
every possible occasion. But he soon
stopped it. BY the end Of the term he
had licked every kid in our grade at
school who had the courage to say that
word to him, and as he grew older and
bigger, even the fellows In the higher
grades didhE dare to mention that
party and Eddies hair.
II hadn't thought of all that for
years, and I'll never be able to tell
YOU what. made me call him Piggy
this afternoon. But" finished Rags.
feeling his nose gingerly, II wish I
hadn't"
This b going to be good" somebody
Gus with Eddie"
Maybe So" I said, "but for one,
I'm not going to say anything until he
gets over his desire for murder when
he hears that word tsseaa.sr
"Oh, he'll get over 1t, Bill, replied
Frank. He'll have to, nowl"
Ito Be Continued Next Sunday
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INSTALLMENT I.

Would you believe that too much
vaseline on a small boys hair could be
a vital factor in deciding a district bas-
ket ball championship? Well, it was,
and even now experience a distinct
sfudder whenever I see a head that
has been overzealously creased.
To say that Peglar High had Won
derful basket ball team that year would
be stretching the truth. It would be
more accurate to say that we had Ed
die Lansford. I've seen a lot of good
forwards before and since, but I've
never seen one who could shoot like
Eddie. Simply because there was no
stopping him, We had passed the
feat. and since that had been inflicted
by team outside the State, 1t didn't
count In the district championship rat
ing.
Of course, everybody had to admit
that our team was strong on defense,
but as far as scoring went, Eddie rans-
ford was practically our only weapon.
Don Jones, the other forward, would
drop one in occasionally: Frank Eag-
gerty. captain and my mate at guard,
was fairly accurate II he got close to
the basket; and now and then was
lucky enough to cage long one my
self. But in every game we had played
that year, Eddie had scored more than
half of our total points.
The best part Of 1t was that. al
though he couldn't help knowing he
was good, Eddie was never objection
able about it, and he was the best
liked fellow on the team. And while
Rags Mcbride might have been a little
jealous of Eddie. who beat him out Of
a forward position, nobody ever thought
he really meant any harm when. one
afternoon in practice, he called Eddie
piggy"
I'll never forget that day. The
scrubs were giving us a stiff workout
and, as usual, their whole team was
trying to stop Eddie. He had Just
taken the ball away from Rags In
the middle of the floor, and turned for
a quick flip toward the basket. At that
moment Riggs yelled right in his face,
Miss it, Piggy!"
For a second, none of us realized
what was happening. Eddie had start
ed his shot, and the ball went clear over
the blackboard on to the running track
above. Then, with cry Of rage, Eddie
was all over Rags. failing him with
both fists. Frank Haggerty and man
aged to pull them apart, with Rags
nose squirting blood and Eddie Wild
eyed and white-lipped.
Coach Johns came running up,
"Eddie!" he cried. What in sam hill
Is wrong with your"
Eddie said nothing. He stood, i'm
prisoned by Franks arms. and glared
at Rags, while his breath came through
his lips in little Misses.
whats the matter with your" the
coach insisted. grasping him by the
shoulder. TELL mel"
"He-he called me Piggy. Eddie
managed to gulp. Then he seemed 70
recover his senses. He brushed the Jet
black hair out of his eyes and aung
his head. I'm sorry, Coach" he said
hunbly
BY this. time the whole squad had
gathered around and somebody was
slapping cold water on the back of
Rags neck to stop the flow OF blood
from his nose. Rags managed a grin.
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Dear Mrs. Pucket," schoolteacher
wrote to the mother of pupil. will
liam was absent this morning. VIII
you please tell me what kept him out
Of school?"
Dear Ma am" was the reply. willie
is keeping time for his father. Last
mite he cum home with an exampel
about how long would 1t take a man
walking three miles an hour to walk
ga times around a field four miles
square. And as Willie amt no man,
we had to send his pap
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Secret of Silk Was
Long Kept in China

Although silkworms are now cul-
tivated in many parts Of the world in
order to obtain the lovely product which
they make, at one time the secret of pro-
ducing this cloth was known only in
China, where 1t was jealousy guarded.
Raising silkwormS was a great indus
try In China as many as 2,600 years be-
fore the Christian era. Try as they
might, other nations were unable to
learn the secret of making the fine cloth
But, according to the story. faithless
Chinese princess finally betrayed her
country by carrying with her to India
some Of the eggs Of the silk-moth and
the seeds OF the mulberry tree upon
which 1t fed, concealed in her headdress.
From India the secret gradually spread
to the west. althoug 1t did not reach
Europe until the sixth century.
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you put through them and the bottom
or the box. Washers should be placed
against the wood to prevent the head or
nut from drawing down into 1t.
Cut out a long slim pole for the
tongue from tough, hard wood and bolt
this to the bottom also. half way be-
tween the sides. Bore q hole through
the front end large enough to take an
iron or hardwood rod and drive this to
a tight fit to form the handle. A small
brad driven from the top down through
this at the center will keep 1t from
working out Of place.
You will find that load Of two or
three hundred pounds can be easily
pulled along on ice or hard snow with
fI1iR slnd
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Riddle Fans.

Perhaps you've heard some Of these
riddles and have forgotten the answers.
Therefore they test your memory as
well as the quickness of your wits.
/. When man engages n o scrau
with a telephone operator what usually
happens?
2. Why don't hens lay at night?
3. What is the best way to take out
wrinkles?
4. What is O put-up job?
5. What can you fill barrel with
and make 1t lighter?
Answers.
!. The man Is greatly outnumbered.
2. Because they are ROSTERS then. 8.
Walk in the fresh air and they will 60
out with you. 4. Wallpaper. S. Holes.