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deadly accuracy.
Yet IN spite Of al these accessories 10 the
makeup Of . dime novel hero the wild BIN"
myth has been shot fun Of holes by inquisitive
historians For character and courage, Hickok
does mot compare with many ether peace Of
ice4s who reigned IN the Wild COW towns. The
McCAnles fight, upon which his reputation was
originally built, instead Of being q battle where
he fought singie-handed against band Of at
lacking outlaws and killed nine Of them, was q
cold-hlooded killing done by wild Bill and
two companions with three men rs victims who
were probably unazmed and who certainly did
not IRE o shot.
MIR HCKOK realized that for him the
price Of life was eternal vigilance. This
made him excessively wary. At Abilene he had
q difficulty with Phil Coe, q Texas gambler who
ran, in partnership with Ben Thompson, place
called The Bulls Head" Thompson tried to
get John wesley Hardin, the Texas killer, to
Assassinate Hickok, but Hardin told him that he
was only doing his killing, thank you.
Trouble was looked for, and 1t came. Coe and
wild Bill met in front of the Alamo Saloon.
Both fired Coe was mortally wounded The
marshal whirled at the sound of an approach
ing runner. The newcomer had a revolver in
his hand. Hickok killed him. The man was
Jim Williams, his deputy coming as fast as
he could to his assistance
There was some criticism of this proof Of
the shell game mans assertion that the
hand is quicker than the eye. 1t was felt by q
good many that Mr. Hickok might well have
been trifie less efficient, and that he was
too careless Of other mems lives If SO, he was
at least very careful of his own-except on that
last day at Deadwood, August 2, 1876 when he
sat with his back to a door and was murdered
by Jack Mccall.
In March, 1871, John Wesley Hardin started
up the trail with his cousin, Jim Clements
They were in charge of 1900 head of cattle
There was warrant out for the arrest of
Hardin. He was wanted in Texas for murder
Soon after reaching Abilene, Hardin had a
run-in with Marshal Hickok. Notorious killers
were won't, when they met for the first time, to
eye one another like strange cats. So did these
two watch each other while they shook hands
waI1ly and made small talk. Each knew that
the other would not hesitate an instant to shoot
him down If occasion seemed to suggest the
wisdom Of swift action. Hickok showed a
proclamation for Hardins arrest. He explained,
however. that he did not intend to take the
young fellow into custody
The Texan spent most Of hts time in saloons
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chase him; that he can't travel faster than
the telephone will carry an alarm or radi0
will put his description on the air, with tl1d
possibility that In the near future television
may carry his mug" through the ether and
plant it in the minds of thousands of cops.
He may use hs own car to offset the motoss
lied equipment Of the police; but every car haM
q license tag and detective science has reached
the point where it takes special record Of motor
cars owned by professional thieves. If tho
culprits steal motor cars-wen, radio can
shoot their license numbers into the air almost
as fast as man can think. II there are fewex
burglaries than formerly, this situation haa
something to do with it.
Other forces, too, are at work whose effeoA
upon criminal activities is often lost sight O.
They are little things-changes in everydaN
habits, styles, Systems-not usually thought %
rs having an effect upon criminal tendencies.
Charlie the Wire came out Of prison fed
weeks ago after doing 10-year Stretch foe
picking pockets. This had been his means a
easy money livelihood for years. He was expert
on the wire process-the act Of inserting hia
fingers into victims pockets. He worked the
street cars, railroad trains. department stores
and convention halls.
He wondered, when he got out of prison whw
there were not so many pickpOckets aroundS
why the pickpocket squad of the police departs
ment had been reduced from 10 to men.
He wanted to 60 back into the game. Finally
q spare mp turned up. Charley saw that No
was glum, and audibly wondered why
'T was up the main drag" explained the
dip" sadly II hooked a couple of pursea
But, hell! What was In em? Instead of cash
there was nothing but blank bank checks, d
lipstick, pack of Tags and some car fara
There you are-checks. Nobody carries bin
change any more"
What about watches?" asked Charley
Amt they all strapped around wrists, juas
like handbags?"
How about stckpins?"
where you BEEN man, that you delE know
nobody wears stickpns any more?"
Couldn't you work the conventions? TIM
towns always fun of them"
Yeah There's plenty of conventions an
right. But the only place there's a crowd at
these conventions Is up in somebody's hotaH
room where somebody's openin' q bottle Nowk
what chanst would q marked gent and perficE
stranger like myself stand Of walking into
somebody's room and hornin' in on party?"
Charley did not resume his old trade Coco
thing he didn't, for had he made try at q
and been caught he would have gone up the
river for life under the habitual criminal act.
Somewhere at some useful occupation, Charley
the Wire Is doing, or trying to do somebody
some good.
As to the telephone and the way 1t aids
crooks there is this observation 10 be mados
It's really surprising how people will answeN
pertinent questions put by strangers over d
telephone And even If it's unlawful to tan
telephone wires, crooks generally believe they're
topped because everybody. they think, breaks
laws just as they do They naturally figure
that in spite Of antirwire tapping Hse@ in~
teTested ears mas, be busy on their Lima.
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ton ever known to the national game, drawing
down an unheard-of salary and having left over
exactly nothing.
''You see." explained Mrs. Ruth, Babe was
50 essy-gotng. People, even so-called friends
begged, borrowed and stole continually from
him. But the crash taught him a lesson. It
was at that time suggested a trust fund; one
that would bring him an income when base
ball days were over--an income he couldn't
alter, no matter what happened.
"Then came his three-year contract at $7O.-
900 a year. Today there is more than $4,000
OF that money IN trust for Babe, drawing
safe per cent interest"
"And now" broke in, ''since he's signed up
with the Yankees again for two more years at
$4,000 a year. suppose you're going to step
out and make q little whoopee?"
She smiled. peculiar, wise little smile.
LISTEN" she said. every red cent of that new
$4,000 two-year contract is going right into
that same trust fund boosting 1t to $500 900.
Babe viii never be dependent ON any one.
There in the bank In New York reposes assur-
Ance Of an everlasting, comfortable living"
II YOU ever sit in box at the ball park with
Mrs. Ruth, don't chatter about auction bridge,
, clothes or over-the-back- fence gossip. You
must know the old ball game and discuss each
play In an understanding manner
You may become elated and allow q few
piercing yells to issue from your lips when
Babe socks 1t over the centerfield bleachers but
don't shed tears when he strikes out. For the
big boys wife knows that the razzing fans had
rather see their idol strike out than any other
player clean up the bases.
Mrs. Ruth travels on the road with her
husky husband during Summer playing season
and she Is with him in Florida during Spring
training.
They attend the movies twice a week Then
there n q matter Of accompanying her husband
on shopping tours. She views all the clothes
the Babe buys before they become his property
chooses the wise things for his feet 2 inches
Of Drawn and clOuting proves.
To reciprOcate and be wise, she has all her
attire-Or IS it apparel?-sent up to the apart
ment On approval, where Babe becomes a ONE
man audience, passing upon the family style
show. .
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Sunshine and Vitamin D.

THE general. hazy idea that sunshine puts
vitamin d into the body is wrong, although,
it is on the right track Rather, 1t is the suns
shine that wakes vitamin d into action through
the effects of the ultraviolet ray. The vitamin
is there, but remains inactive until activated bH
the rays.
The absence of the rays prevents the botlS
from making use of the lime and phosphorus
in the food and, in the case of children brings
about ricketts,, bow legs, pigeon breast, knocb.
knees and similar abnormalitieS -,
In adults while the effect is not SCas$sious, q
brings about the withdrawal of minerals in the
bones, making them porous and brittle
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Mrs. 'eBabe" Ruth at the Plate.

In Florida there Is a modest roadster. bought
midland, which parks IN the land Of sun
shine, waiting each Winter for its renowned
owner. In New York there Is high-priced
made in the U. 8. A." car bought three years
ago. 1t IL expected that this Manhattan
chariot viii last another two years
II had rather" said Mrs. Ruth, add few
thousand dollars to that trust fund than have
our money tied up in expensive cars strings of
pearls or diamond rings"
7 mike many Of his fellow cavemen, Mr..
George Herman Ruth does not moan over
petty ills like spoiled child. His wife is forced
to detect his physical ailments from some other
source than from agOnizing signs and gloomy
facial contortions.
"And that" she explained, "is a detriment
TO Babe. No matter how bad he feels he adopts
the attitude that he must get out on the ball
field and play it of. He believes he owes 1t to
the public to be out there playing. have seen
him go to bat when most other men would have
been IN bed"
HE doesn't look emaciated or feeble today"
observed we watched him crack hot one
through the pitchers box,
mo-" she said che Is IN better condition
than he has been for q long time. Col Rup-
pert told me that he had never seen Babe look
ing so well. He also remarked that must be
taking excellent care OF him. Well, II the
proper food and regular hours, with nothing to
worry about, helps any, think can take some
credit. Babes eyes are fine and his legs are in
great condition. After all, the legs are the
point where an athlete breaks"
N athlete breaks! Yes, some day Babe will
be through He Is champion, and cham
pions don't last forever.
How long do you think he'll last?" asked.
81 think she said, "he IL good for another
five years Of active ball playing. Then he may
become q major league manager"
Buy a ball club-or an interest IN one?"
suggested.
mo-" she said, 'let the other fellows do the
financing; Babe will run the base ball end of
the business. He will have had az years Of
active playing experience, and believe he has
managing ability"
sa9 y (CODyTisht, l090a toss .-
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has given up his old line because he has
figured out, with an eye on safety, that while
he is ransacking house its tenants may sud-
denly arrive in the family motor car or by
taxi and walk in upon him red-handed. In
the old days, before he went out on a job he
took into account the timetables Of railroads
and timed his marauding visit so as to get
into q house, keep up his haul and get out
before the train or street car brought the
tenants.
He is also aware that q police auto may
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and watch the house without himself being
observed by the suspect.
1t was necessary first to ascertain beyond
doubt that the suspect lived in the lonely house
and then to observe his comings and eoings
and his visitors He had no telephone and
neither received nor sent out mail The sitaa-
ton presented seemingly insurmountable OBJ
stacles to a successful shadow operation. Yet
he was watched, and this is how is was &C.
ccmplished.
A permit to dig up the street in front of
the house was obtained by operatives While
they worked on this job four days with their
picks and shovels they also laid the eye" on
the house. When this work was completed new
ruses had to be employed. Now q bakers
wagon would stop In the street near the house
while its driver, an operative, lighted cigarette
and engaged In what seemed to be Il lengthy,
amorous conversation with a girl at his side
Each day at certain hour he drove into the
street with the girl and engaged in his faxed
tTyst-but always with an eye on the house.
Then mishaps occurred near the house.
taxi broke down while its driver, an operative
waited hours for aid to reach him. Street
sweepers spent uncommonly long periods bright
ening up the street. Real estate agents be-
came frequent visitors to the section with
supposed prospects A crew Of bill posters spent
three days erecting billboard on vacant
lot across from the house. These and other
Of everyday life. The time came when the
suspect emerged from the house and stepped
into taxicab and whisked downtown
But the taxicab driver also was an operative
and in the course Of the drive he was able to
see the man come out Of an Office with a grip
fuil Of counterfeit 500 bills. A few hours
later these fen into the clutches Of the Cow
eminent. together with the members of the
gang.
Sometimes specially arranged shadow Jobs
go awry. One Of our greatest American de-
tectiyes could not trust his men to follow n
group Of rich men involved In a graft cleanup
70 he undertook the job himself. All he wanted
TO know was what men went into a certain
lawyers Office at q certain hour at night The
once was located In a business district where
q man lurking about would be spotted in
stantly. The great detective put on old clothes
fluffy set of false whiskers and carried a cane
in one hand and a bunch of pencils in another
He took up his station directly in front of the
entrance to the building in which the meeting
was to be held. His makeup pretty good;
ne looked like panhandler. He saw the men
go In, but he also wanted to see who come
out While he waited rain fell. There was no
shelter into which he could slide The rain
beat down on his fake whiskers and loosened
just as the suspects came piling out OF the
building the beard dropped to the sidewalk
and his famous and feared face was revealed
Perhaps 1t is sufficiently clear now how heads
are used In place Of the time tails" and
how heads make 1t possible TO use tails" under
difhcult circumstances They say that the
phone and motor car have put the tail" out
Of business. Crime commissioners, struggling
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The Vanishing Shadozo-Nez0 Mays of Catching the Wey Criminal

to nnd unit cause for the present increase In
crime, blame the telephone which makes COM
nunication between crooks much easier and
secret, and the motor car, which makes bandit
attack and getaway more certain Perhaps
they debut let me briefly point out some of
the checks and balances at work to make things
harder for the crooks.
THERE ID, for instance, . former burglar
whose skin was considerable In his palmy
days. he could Etin turn . deft trick, but he
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trial with Hardin. He got himself appointed
deputy sheriff and followed Bideno south. The
Mexican was going fast, but the posse caught
up with him at Bluff Greek. In duel
Hardin killed him.
He returned to Abilene, apparently under the
impression that the Bideno matter had wiped
out the indiscretion in the saloon. The cow
men seemed to be of that opinion. They raised
a purse of 81, 600 for him.
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and gambling houses. While in Abilene, he did
his share to make it wilder A drunken man in
a saloon expressed indiscreet views about Texas
and its inhabitants. John Wesley interrupted
''Two Texans present" Guns flashed. Hardin
walked out Of the place across the PROSTATE
body Of his foe
He left Abilene, but heard IN a day or two
that q Mexican named Bideno had killed a
cOwman, Billy Coran, who had come up the
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ANSWER TO YESTERDAYS PUZZLE
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-18
MOVIES AND MOVIE PEOPLE
BY MoLLIE MERRICK.

HOLLYWOOD, Calf, December ID
(N.AN.A.).- When the smoke of 1880
has rolled away it probably will be set
down in the annals of Hollywood as the
year of the comeback"
OF course, a lot of other things have
happened. The death of the single, y
Tor instance; and the passing of Jack
Gilbert from the hearts of $4,000, 900
ladies who seem to have turned a cold
shoulder on this representative of the
stern sex in favor of gentlemen made
Of still sterner stuff.
But the conebackers have been
plenty. Marjorie Rambeau, for one,
and Clara Kimball Young (if your
memory goes back that far for an
other. Hobart Bosworth has had fine
fling this year in talkieS; and Marie
DreSSler's amazing comeback which has
put her right in the limelight of a
character star. That grand comedienne
with the wet chiffon voice, ZaSu Pitts,
came back so strong in 1880 that
scarcely a top-notch film made but
carried her in a character comedy role.
She was too busy for interviews, SO said
rather little about it all. She just had
b hustle OF one set and onto another.
Then there's Mae Murray, sitting
about the Embassy Club with come
back look in her eye. If she makes the
grace, u Will certainty De VlCUOTy.
Her figure doesn't need any comeback;
it's as good q silhouette as any to be
found in the village.
think Lila Lees comeback to movie
favor dates from this year. She began
strong back in January, 1880, and
worked so hard, poor child, that now
she's staging comeback to health.
That is one Of the comebacks that a
working life in Hollywood always makes
necessary sooner or later. Producers
have trick of all wanting the same
stars at the same time, and the money
to be earned is q strong temptation to
0verdo.
Then Lew Cody came back this year
quite triumphantly. His presence in
Gloria Swanson's picture was the high
light Of q somewhat noisy evening at
entertainment.
And Marie Provost, who has been i'll
for long time now, came back before
this year rolled to close. Rene Adoree
did the same thing-a much thinner
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and more thoughtful Adoree, but time
and the enjoyment of good health will
plumpen her bit to the dimpled allure
she once had.
One could go on forever. They came
back this year, most Of the ones who
had been dropped through one thing or
another-sickness, bad luck, talkie DIFF
flculties, and so on.
There's usually some fire where
there's a lot of smoke. There's quite q
lot Of talk about Moss Hart not hav-
ing any afiliation with a Hollywood
studio In fact, the lad bashfully re-
marked that he hoped he'd get to see
the inside of one. Yet a publicity story
of his arrival came to me quite strange
ly-through the Offices Of United Art
lists studio.
heard a lot when Catherine Cornell
was here of how that lady would never,
never cease to Snub the idea of making
a movie. A te5t was out of the ques-
ton. Darling Of the stage she intended
to remain. And, said every one, she
has lots and lots Of money. So there's
no temptation. OF course, believe
even John D. could be tempted by a
good movie offer, so was not surprised
when i heard that the lady nao been
given a test by Sergei Eisenstein, the
Russian director, who never directed
here, after all. The Eisenstein, it seems,
wasn't as impressed by the art of Miss
Cornell to the extent some Of our best
critics have been. In fact, he thought
her just another actress, so far as can
find out. Her makeup was so thick
that no camera effects could be OBJ
tanned, according to my informant.
And when this very heavy makeup was
removed, the Cornell face, au naturel,
didn't go well enough to keep up the
movie idea Of romance.
Well, that's another little movie tale
gone to glory. My credulity went so far
as to swallow the idea of the Cornell's
attitude to movies quite thoroughly.
And that leaves Charles Augustus Lind
bergh about the only one who has fatty
refused the lure Of the cameras. Per-
haps even he will break down some day
or has, in secret!
(Copyright, 1880, by North American News
paper Alliance.)
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-02-24
MANY FLIGHTS
 OUTLINED FOR
 GRAF ZEPPELIN
5 C h e dule Is Announced Starting In March and
 Ending in August

FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Feb. 24.-- The Graf Zeppelin is being over hauled for spring and summer flights.
 Tn March the Zeppelin will go on a Mediterranean cruise; in April, 10 hours trips to the Alps and Austria; in May to South Ameri- can cities and in July and August, three day excursions to North Cape, Spitzbergen,
 pr. Eckener denied that he was contemplating a German American transportation company in compe- tition with the International zep- pelin Transport Company headed by Charles E. Mitchell
 we don't dream of doing such disloyal thing. Mitchell knows just what we are doing. In March we may see our American friends and continue negotiations for 9 regular transatlantic service,' said Dr. Eckener.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-02-24
PLANE DROPS.
 5 MEN KILLED

MIAMI, Florida, Feb. 24-Three persons were killed Sunday as an airplane fell into Biscayne Bay, near the Venetian Causeway, while being taken aloft on an experi- mental trip.
 The dead are Thomas B. Ward, pilot; M. H. Carlson, passenger, and F. J. Somer, Chief Engineer, of the Miami Aircraft Company.
 The bodies were all recovered.
 The plane was a flying boat owned by the Miami Aircraft Com fpany and was built recently.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-02-24
JOHN WALKER DIES
 HERE ON SATURDAY

John c. Walker, 59, died at II AS pm. last Saturday in the St. Ann's hospital after an illness which con- fined him to the hospital since February 2. Death was caused by old age.
 Born in Michigan, Walker came to Alaska in the rush of 1898 and has made his home in the Terri tory ever since. For several years he was with the Alaska Gastineau Gold Mining Company and about two years ago moved to Douglas where he has since resided.
 He is survived by a brother, Dr. J. J. Walker of Detroit. No ar will be made for the funeral until advices have been re- ceived from him. The remains are at the Charles w. Carter mortuary.