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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-09
Tailor Goes to Jail for Fifth Time
After Finding Previous Terms Trade Aid

/, several overcoats obtained at trif1ing
cost from inmates who anticipate hav-
ing no immediate need for them. Sale
of these coats at his place of business
on West Washington strset means neat
profits
Mrs. Anna Violin was responsible for
his commitment yesterday, charging
he was 5000 back in alimony payments.
He usually pays little after he goes
to jail, and then gets out" she told
Judge Gemmill.
He'll stay in six months this time
unless hs Pays " fgllA" .sssia ths court.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-09
Happy Song About Girl Friend Changes
To Prisoners Lament When Pistol Drops

friend" Miss Edith Hampel. last night
At IL o'clock Miss Hampel produced
Hanson's overcoat and offered to hold
it for him. AS he was putting 1t on, a
revolver fell from the pocket. struck
the floor and was discharged. The
bullet struck Miss Hampel In the right
knee.
He took her to a hospital and they
took him to the Hyde Park police
station.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-09
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, January 9.-Five times
David N. Violin has been committed
to jail for failure to pay alimony, and
four times he has found it profitable.
The fifth time, started today, remains
to be seen.
Violin, a tailor, has discovered there
is a genuine market for an expert
mender among those who constitute
'alimony row" at the jailhouse. Besides,
Violin knows how to dicker. and sell
dom does he lsaye the .js!l without %
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-09
Mexico to Aid Port Growth.

MEXICO CITY, January 9 CP).-The
government announced today that 40,-
100000 pesos ($20, ,000,000) would be
spent in the next four years at ports on
the Gulf and Pacific Coasts. Work will
be done to improve conditions at
Tampico. Tuxpan. Vera Cruz, Progreso.
Salina Crux and Mazatlan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-09
COUNCIL REPORTED
DISCUSSING BOOTH
American Commander of the
Salvation Army Thought
to Have Control.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated PreSs.
SUNBURY-ON -ON-THAMES, England,
January 9.-The reformist party In
the Salvation Army High Council,
headed by Evangeline Booth, Ameri-
van commander, was understood this
afternoon to have SO members on its
side, as against 10 non-reformists,
headed by Mrs. Bramwell Booth, wife
of the general, and Catherine Booth,
his daughter.
BY the Associated Press.
SUNBURY : ON THAMES, England,
January 9.--After day Of routine or
ganization, the high council or the
Salvation Army today was understood
to have begun discussion Of the fitness
of Gen. Bramwell Booth, leader of the
army, to continue in Office, in view Of
the condition of his health.
1t was understood that this ques-
ton, the chief reason for which the
high council was summoned, was taken
up during this mornings session, but
nothing was divulged officially.
The council adjourned for lunch at
l pm.
When the council opened its session
at 1890 1t was understood that all the
councillors who attended the opening
meeting yesterday were again present.
Evangeline Booth Present.
Comdr Evangeline Booth, head of
kIAn To-, Txz;f
at Sunbury about half an hour before
the council convened
Much speculation was aroused by the
frequent passing of a red car known
to be retained by Catherine Booth, the
generals daughter. Within an hour
this morning it made seven Journeys
between Sunbury Court and the little
villa nearby which has been taken by
the Booth family
Gen. Booth remained at his retreat
in Southwold, but it was believed that
telephone communication was being
maintained with him.
The reform party in the Salvation
Army was believed in some quarters to
have scored an initial triumph in the
election of Commissioner Hay of New
Zealand as president of the high council
meeting.
Commissioner Hay was understood to
favor far-reaching reforms in the gov
ernment of the Army. These changes
in government. with the removal of
Gen. Booth, were the major proposals
put forward by the reform element,
which is headed by Evangeline Booth.
Quick Decision Unlikely.
Little hope was held that the council
would reach a quick decision regarding
the fitness Of Gen. Booth to continue
In command.
An official communique on delibera-
tions yesterday was issued from inter-
national headquarters in London, and
aside from this they were shroudad in
deepest secrecy. All members of the
council have bound themselves to Sc
crecy with Bible oath.
During yesterday the council sent a
message OF love and sympathy to Gen.
Booth,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-09
Blind Woman
Struggles 2 Miles
To Get Aid for Mate
BY the Associated Press.

BY tHe ASSOCIaLeu PTeSS.
HUGO, Colo, January "a
blind woman. Mrs. George S.
Davis, struggled over bitches
and cross roads for two miles,
feeling her way along a barbed
wire fence, to a neighbor's last
night to get help for her hus-
band, who was dangerously i'll.
She was bleeding from wire
cuts and badly bruised from
many falls and nearly exhausted
when she arrived. The neighbors
accompanied her home to find
that Mr.. Davis had died.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-09

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, January 9.-Listen to
william Hanson singing last night about
IL O'Clock:
rs She My Girl Friend? Vo-dodeo-
do"
And to William Hanson singing this
morning about / o'clock:
IF Had the Wings of an Ain-Jul,
From These Prison Walls Would Fly" "
Hanson went calling on the girl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-09
Bites Off Wife's Nose.

SISSETON, S. OAK, January 9 CP.-
Amos White, Sioux Indian, bit off the
end of his wife's nose, so she would
be less attractive to other Indian men
Today he was sentenced to two years
and eight months in the State Peniten-
tiary. -S~' sss>s-'s e 49, -Ffs&
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-09
CANADA FARMS LURE.
Britons Wanting to Settle in Do
minion Storm Emigration Offices.

minion Storm Emigration Offices.
LIVERPOOL, England, January 8 H)
-Advices from South Wales today said
that emigration Offices of the Canadian
government at Cardiff were besieged by
young men, many of them unemployed
coal miners, anxious to make a new
beginning in the Dominion.
Both the British and Canadian au-
thorities said they expected a heavy
increase in migration of British farm
settlers to Canada in the Spring. Nego-
tiationS were understood to be under
way for the movement of 5000 partially
trained men for farm work il April
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-09
SEE is TRANSFERRED.

Chinese Minister to United States
Named Envoy to London.
LONDON, January 9 LP.-Alfred
SEE, Chinese Minister to Washington,
has been named envoy to London. 1t
was stated today that he would leave
tRs United STATES within few icy weeks weeks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-09
Bomb Blamed as House Burns.

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind, January 8
R).-Fire. following an explosion early
today, destroyed the Summer home
near here of John F. Tyrrell, a Chicago
attorney. officials expressed the belief
that the residence had been bombed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-09
LOS ANGELES OFF CAPES
ON FLIGHT TO MIAMI
Dirigible Sighted Near Suffolk, Va.
Lookout Kept at Hampton Roads
Fails to See Ship.

BY the Associated Press.
The dirigible Los Angeles, en- route
to Miami. Fla, reported to the
Navy Department today that it was
20 miles south of Suffolk, Va, at
o'clock this morning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-09
CHIEF JUSTICE DEPLORES
MATERIALISTIC ATTITUDE
Calls Lust for Wealth and
Organized Crime Men.
ace to Civilization.
BACKS CONSTABULARY
Steady Improvement Seen
in Relations Between
Employer and Employe.

what progress has the United
States made in the ten years since the
Udr?''
WHAT tendencies of the present day
should concern us as good American
us the current trend of ciuaizatton
forpdrd or bdckWdrd?"
These three uital questions pere put
to former President TAFT, now Chief
Justice of the United States Supreme
Court, and are cnsioered BY him in the
tollotpin0 intervtew he gaze to Basil
Manly. Mr.. Manly Serued NTH Chief
Justice TAFT as Joint chairman of the
War Lcbor Board in 1888, and it is
their long friendship Uhich made it
possible for Mr. Manly to get the inter
rie1r.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-09

BY the Associated Press
NORFOLK, Va, January 9.-Indi-
cations this morning at the naval base
here were that the dirigible Los An
geles, which took off from Lakehurst
last night, had passed the Hampton
Roads area well off shore on her flight
to Miami, Fla. She was reported of
Hog Island, about so miles north OF
here, at am.
Cruising presumably at about 4C
miles an hour, the big Navy dirigible
should have showed up here about $3.50
o'clock, but there was no glimpse OF
her in the naval base or Norfolk areas
The conclusion was drawn that she
had followed the coast line outside.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-09
WEATHER.

%. 8. weather Bureau Forecast.D
Cloudy followed by rain beginning
late tonight or tomorrow; rising tenn
perature: lowest tonight about "a de-
grees. Temperatures: Highest, A, at
noon today; lowest, %, at ii pm. yes
terday. Full report on page 9.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-01
Beautiful Bunches
of Violets, $l.0O

There is nothing like bunch of violets to
add new beauty to a costume-and here you
can find then-artifcial ones, of course-at a
price that every woman can afford to paw.
Each bunch neatly boxed for those who wish
to make gift.
Kann's-Street Floor.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-24

Breathing became agony, my en- durance was leaving me, my head felt as if it were splitting asunder. Just then Polyandria got between our feet. We stumbled over her and crashed to the floor. The man grunted as if Polyandria's claws had got home. He kept his grip on my throat. but lost mine on his. Moreover. he unanswered my body and his in such a way that fell OF my face and he came down astride of me. tried unavailingly to fling him off. Cries for help rose in my throat. but could not voice them: his grip frightened beyond endurance, shadow crept over my brain.
 And then the pressure on my
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nodded. Its just another of the many queernesses we have to explain. Pm glad you happened along. You'd better stay for break fast. If 1t hadn't been for Lucy batting her hand and being kissed in return-'.and you and Mrs Mofit I'd be past caring about breakfasts" !"
 No, thanks" he declined. Its nearly dawn. I want to have a look around the ogden grounds before Deacon and his men mess things up. That was my object in getting there at this ungodly hour. Evidence evaporates. Get on the job early is one of the maxims of my profession. There's another I'm fond of too. Stick to your job until it's finish ed.'" He grinned mirthlessly. There. Peebles! I've taught you how to be a successful detective in two lessons. Write 'em down."
 They helped me into a chair. The window. I saw. had been neatly cut with diamond near the bolt. Mrs. Moffit appeared properly skirted and carrying water, hot and cold, and a dish of warm olive oil
 ''I'll do it." Lucy offered. when l had drunk.
 Miss Lucy" my housekeeper whispered, you are in your mighty"
 'Of course am. Uncle John is in his pyjamas."
 Lucy" interrupted dryly. you might get me my dressing gown"
 She gave me little gay-sad smile and ripped out of the room. Lucy insists Mrs. Moffit is so modest that she bathes herself in the dark.
 called Polyandria. She sprang onto my knees and while Mrs. Mof- fit pursued her miniStrations I turn ed her upside down and examined her claws. On the middle claw of the
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rose of yours, Peebles."
 ''Oh." l said in abashed tones. I'm sorry. I've always been skepti- cal of the value of circuntstantial evidence, too
 But you shouldn't be-" he in- formed me bluntly. Its generally dependable. Unfortunately. circum- stantial evidence is subject to hu- man interpretation. Coincidence is the biggest maggot in the circum- stantial cheese. Make allowances for coincidence and you'll get along nicely with circumstantial evidence. shall still look for a man with a scratch. Peoples" MacNair tore a scrap of plotting paper from my desk pad. absorbed the drop of blood and placed the scrap ill an envelope. which he pocketed.
 When I had dismissed Mrs. Moi fit and Lucy had brought me my dressing gown. I picked up the gold mounted revolver. I elected the cartridges into my palm. It was my intention to extract the powder from them. as I am averse to keeping more than one loaded weapon in the house, but MacNair objected.
 'I wanted a pistol expert to go over the revolver and the cartridges. An expert may he able to give us some hint as to where they came from. Never mind reloading the re- 
 How stupid of mel" cried "1 never thought of getting an expert to look at them"
 AS handed him the revolver and the cartridges one of the latter caught my eye and drew it sharp ly back.
 "Hello!" exclaimed. "This car fridge has been tempered with"
 I dug the bullet out with 8 jack
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throat suddenly ceased and the man was no longer astride my body.
 The French window. crashed to and then. to my astonishment. I heard Luther MacNair's harsh voice:
 Stop, there! Hands up."
 Some one laughed. And then:
 Back ye fool, or I'll drill yer! Git instde!''
 The voice was deep, throaty, com mandinE and I did not recognize it. A shot rang out. Another. The read ing lamp flashed on and I saw Lucy and Mrs. Moffit standing over me. At that moment MacNair burst through the French window. His hat was gone and his face was black with fury and bitter disappointment. Lucy dropped beside me, cry of grief on her lips.
 Get something for his throat!" MacNair snapped.
 Mrs. Moffit fled and MacNair dropped at the other side of me.
 Did you recognize him?'
 I swallowed again while Lucy careased my throat. No" I whis- pered. Did your"
 did not." he cried savagely. Tt was pitch dark in the shrub bery. had been in the Ogden grounds about five minutes when thought heard some one over here calling for help. The man jumped through the window as came up bumped into mo and knocked the torch out of my hand. I pretended had . Eun-and he put a couple of shots through my hat"
 Lucy shuddered and tears from her swimming eyes wet my cheeka
 What did he look like?" Mac Nair demanded impatiently.
 shut my eyes and tried to as- semble my impressions of the man. They were pftifully few. He fought like . tiger. I don't think he was stout" mumbled. "He may have been fairly tall-but I'm not sure. When he shouted at you-he said 'ye' and git His voice struck me as being disguised. Didn't you get any thing"
 hacNair shook his head. He col hded with me before I saw him. His body was scarcely more than .
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right front foot I found what was looking for. Mrs. Moffit handed me a lens and I bent it on the claw. When finally looked up MacNair was watching me ironically. "WeIl?" he queried. I chuckled. There's a drop of blood on one of Polyandria's claws. She got between the rascal's legs and mine and scratched him. You had better look for man with a scratch. MacNair."
 Not bad" he said curtly. "Anoth- CT demonstration of my contention that one should get on the job early. A few minutes later you wouldn't have found it." He peered through he lens. ",rhe scratch will be on an exposed part of the mans body" he went on. ''or his garments would have cieansed the claw as the cat drew it back"
 "An excellent point!" I remarked. is again simplified; we look for a man with scratch on an exposed part of his body"
 Hardly as simple as that" Mac Nair drawled.
 What do you mean?" exclaimed. struck by his tone.
 T mean if we were to find man with a scratch on. say, his wrist. it wouldn't necessarily follow that he'd killed Andrew Ogden"
 At this, MacNair pulled up his right sleeve and revealed a rcd welt two inches long on the under side of his wrist
 What do you say to that?" he chuckled.
 Good Lord!" I exclaimed. How did you get it? Coming through the window just now. You must trim that briar
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 many, tnst . prayer hoek 1poGQ 10 years aso ea ths hatf3e1 | Epteds, France, during ths N6a struggle. ! < Y. sS5Hssss SHsssH Captain Wsltev ', R6e4 X ts the oftice of tie chief fse< tAe lkI corps while rummaginS aMlme NY war relics, recently ptckt4 - -; prayer book which ho hal fos and forgotten. He noted thS ohA CTS nasae wss ea sths Aya II, al sent t to Meyer in DeFtmdA1.
 And Meyer has thanked CsU1ata Reed effusively.. He said tho beoA was Christmas present from H. sister. s
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ing-room door. quietly extracted one of them.
 Creeping to the door of the den, } l peered inside. The man was softly opening and shutting the drawers of my desk and pouring the light beam down into each in turn. This puzzled me for I had expected to see him rifling the cabinet. But when he came to the left-hand bottom drawer and strengthened up with something in his hand. almost shouted out the conclusion that poured through my mind.
 z Ns"The Peterson revolver!" The words gold bullets" suddenly re- sounded in my brain. Good God! Is he--could he be Andrews mur- derer?"
 A faint sound at my feet drew my eyes down, but felt rather than saw Polyandria at my ankles. Stoop- ing. reach for her. but she eluded me and made for the partly open door. Her soft body collided with 1t and the opening widened. A hinge ereaked loudly.
 The light went out and the night huddled me into it's velvet cloak.
 4 I was in the room. Silence still. Breathing deeply. raised myself sntomy feet. crouched against the wa1l stood upright, waited. The next minute was the most nerve- shatterfng of my life. Facing a fir ing squad would be something like this A nice situation for a man in his s9th year!
 My eyes by this were more &C., eustomed to the darkness and I saw vaguely against the ebony back ground lighter oblons which I knew to be the window. The oblonx darkened as if a man had passed in front of it. I started incautiously forward and stumbled over . rug. betraying my posfti-.,. quickly re- covering myself. l sensed a leveled pistol in the mans hand.
 Leaping forward. I brought the brassie over my shoulder in a sweeping arc. I struck blindly but landed a vicious blow on his should CT. Evidently the blow numbed his arm for the pistol dropped. unex- ploded.
 z
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Synopsis: Moved by Lucy's elo- Qaeat paea aaa intrigsed by the mys-. tery surrounding. Andrew Ogden's murder, Luther MacNair. famous re- tired detsctiye, agrees to investigate the case. Lucy insists that her fiance, Jerry Ogden. did not murder his father, MacNair. cynical man. kunter ef diabeltcal cleverness. pcorns her theories and considers the convincing circutnstantial case aasinst Jerry. Two wordst"gold bullets"-shtIted by Andrew Ogden . few hours before his death, two Ssesf unexplained visitors in the
New Britain herald., 1929-05-24
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Letting go of the brassie flung myself at the fellow. He could use only one arm at first. but he was beyond me in strength and l don't believe ever encountered such ferocity in q human being before. He put into the struggle . fury. . malignancy, diabolical cunning of which was incapable. And this, mark you, with his one hand. Now he brought the other into play and I knew that he was going to be too much for me. His fingers were like talons-they seemed to be crack ing the sinews of my throat.
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knife and looked for the powder There was none. Instead. saw what was evidently . wad of paper and l poked at it with a pin. It came out reluctantly. "A message. Uncle John!" Lucy cried ecstatically.
 When I had got the scrap of pa- per spread out on the desk 1t look ed as if Lucy was right. It was dirty and brittle and had been torn off the top edge Of newspaper very old newspaper-and there was scarcely legible writing in in- delible pencil on it. A date line was partly decipherable and. to my as- tonishment. I made out:
 TORRIDITY :. Monday, July |. 1896.
 "Torridity." I gasped.
 Eighteen ninety-six." MacNair muttered.
 The writing. Uncle John-read it," Lucy whispered.
 And with the aid of the lens I did so
 .. done for, Alex. Dillon got me. skunk. but I. "a bull let. him, somewhere. Good-b ...old scout. You did. best for me. I've. a bad devil.
 JERRY" "Jerry." Lucy echoed. Copyright, 1929, Wm. Morrow Col message out of the past-what does 1t mean?-a clew in Ogden's murder? Another thrilling episode tomorrow.
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shadow to me. It's damnable." he fumed, sprihging to his feet. He may have had something to do with that affair at Ogden's!"
 'I believe he had"
 "What!"
 ''He was after the Peterson re- volver."
 How do you know"
 I explained.
 Good God. what a chance we've lost! It may have been Ogden's mur- derer. How did he know the re- volver was here? What did he want with it?"
 I shook my head feebly. T didn't tell any one had it. Hyde may have" And then: Gold bullets per haps"
 MacNair looked at me, his dark eyes brilliant with expression. Gold bullets,'" he echoed.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-24

Ogden home and the golden slugs in the famous revolver once owned by the picturesque gambler. Alex Peter con, cast new shadows over the grip ping mystery. John Peebles, Lucy's uncle, who discovered Ogden's body. awakens to find prowler in his den.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-24
Foot Torture Ends In Three Minute,
New Discovery Ends Sorsasss
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Chapter .

THE STRUGGLE IN THE DARK
 It was an awkward situation, you will admit. The rascal was aftetr my pistols and the revolver I keep for protective purposes was in my desk.
 My eyes flew around the shadowy hall in search of a weapon. Lucy had left her golf clubs by the din-
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Chapter 10 \ DROP OF BLOOD

Where is the revolver?" Mac Nair demanded.
 T think I am lying on it." said. A metallic object was pressing into the small of my back. Here it is. The rascal had it leveled on me when I hit him with the golf club. He dropped it and used his own gun on you"
 MacNair looked the pistol over. "Queer. he should have known you had it."
New Britain herald., 1929-05-24

The tropical year contains 3tS mean solar days, $ hours. 4s minutes and 46 seconds.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-06
City >lickcrs Help to Fay Taxes Of small Communities

What the rcCreatioual industry means 10 some sections of New England is Illustrated by facts un- covered in recent tax reports, The Cape Cod town of Mashpcc. it is dis closed, derives most of it's revenues from non residents. The annual town reports show that of real $G55,2@o is owned by non-residcnts. or a total of g. .GoJ paid in taxes on personal and real estate non- residents paid $29,S4at9.
 One third of all the taxes in two towns in the New Hampshire lake region are .,ai'l by summer resi- dents, In three towns in the same section of the state. non residents Day %7> l-2, 50 and 60 per cent of tn" taxes. respectively.
 Between 1908 and 1928 the as- Scssed valuation of the town Of Bethlehem, x. IT.. devoted largely to accommodation of summer vis- tors increased 21V per cc..t.
 A report from Rhode Island states that residential and recreational towns there have the. highest per capita valuation in the state. led by the town of Narragansett. The average per capita valuation for such towns is stated to be approxi- mately three times as great as the average for the state as a whole.