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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-19
Thrilling Chase for Fire Bugs BY Uncle Sans FosrRangny

come to the station later and talk it over If ha
stin thought Emmons was innocent after exam
lining the horse and saddle blankets. The fire.
it was furthermore pointed out, was set along
the tran where Erickson had ridden the day
before, Emmons probably intending Erickson to
get the blame.
The ranchman apparently decided EmnlOns
was guilty, declined to go bail for him, and in
default of 81 900 bond Emmons, indicted, spent
six months in jail awaiting trial before he de-
cided to plead guilty. He was given 80 days
more. making seven months sentence and
after serving it left the district In peace after
years OF more or less turbulent happenings
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-19

It was not that she craved . position similar
to that of Luellas, but-well-it had To- be
faced at last, more than anything she could
think Of Marion wanted to prove 10 herself
and to the world that her mind, If not betters
was at least as good as her erudite sisters.
The eye OF Marion was fixed resoluteiy upon
. difneult goal, similar to her sisters.
Marion wanted to be invited to hold the POI
sition Of dean Of women IN one Of the country's
large universities
The opportunity came sooner than she
dreamed.
Within month after her second degree had
been conferred upon her, Marion was called TO
accept the position Of dean Of women In the
place vacated by Miss Luella Studdiford. who
had eIOped suddenly with, . chauffeur In q
neighboring town.
(Copyright 1897
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-19

q customer the performance OF Q set Of his
own tires
To Marion, wiD had repeatedly, throughout
the years of her life with him, contemplated
the hour when she must destroy his house Of
cards by revealing her state OF mind, his death
came as release, and yet at the same time filed
stings of conscience.
Tom had died without knowing Tom had
died believing her 10 be as uncomplex and
happy In their marriage as he had been.
Marion was grateful for that. It made every
thing subsequent come easier.
WHAT actually happened. as her friends put
it, was the return Of the fish to its water.
Two months after Toms death Marion matricu-
lated in the university from which she had mar
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conflicting and he shifted nervously from foot
to foot.
Wang departed and gathered his evidence
Later he called Jose TO his Office, and the gus
pect finally gave q full confession and made
settlement. For years he had been 3 source
of trouble, but the track with the tmned-in
heel was Whist convicted him.
WHITE horse hair caught On tine br0wband
Of . bride and the tracks Of q small bare
footed horse led to the conviction Of an In
cendiarY with q previous criminal record In
California Fire had been spotted ON the Win.
ter cattle range Of the Firebaugh Brothers, adj
Joining q national forest, and from its position
and the time Of its first appearance, Lockout
Chess Rifle concluded correctly that it was the
work Of IN incendiary. Special Investigator I.
F. Brereton and Guard ]. n. Morrison arrived
on the SCENE even before the suppression crew
and after . careful ssarch found the tracks
and followed them up the trail from tn east
on the trail down 10 Where the ire Started,
and back 30 the east.
It was diflcult 10 trace the tracks through
the tail grass FOR much Of the way they had
to depend On the small circles Of broken grass
stems to show where the horse had stepped. An
hour of this sort Of work led them to q. dusty
trail where tracking was easier ana up 70 Q
ranchman's door. The owner, Sam Erickson,
was not at home, but another man, Bud" En-
mons, who was known to have police record,
was He was ordered to catch up his horse and
join the fire fighters Protesting strongly, he
finally yielded, but spent an hour getting
started, time that the forest officers spent in
careful investigation.
They found bride on the fence, and IN
the concha on the browband q long, white horse
hair Next they noticed that Emrpon's saddle
rblanketSa tossed oyer the Sadfs racks gsrs; YET
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-19

and covered with white hairs, proving that
they had recently been used on q white horse.
The same barefooted tracks were found at the
water trough and ON the ground was q hurlap
sack, also covered with white hairs, that had
evidently been used to groom sweating horse.
Questioned discreetly upon his return, EN-
mons said that he had not ridden for several
days that he did mot even know where the old
white horse wass that it had ringbme and
Erickson had turned IT. out as q sort Of pen
sioner. He had no visitors, he said in the
presence Of q StOckman witness and during
Erickson's absence had seen no one and had
not left the ranch. An four then went 10 the
IRE, n guard being told to Keep Emmons busy
and remain In bis hearing all the time. BEeTe-
ton and Morrison then went back 10 the Brick
son ranch
REGnENugG at the water trough. they taak
up the tran oG the hAre6Ootsd hone and
followed tia TRACKS to . wooded pasture. HerO
they found tie animal and nOts1 that In
tEaeks were identical with those NJ the 0ra.
Saddle MARKS had been carefully washed or
beam ridden reeent1y and sweated heaWiRys 10
sulting In sca1ding. There were cinch nara@
to- and little marhcS On is forelegs where rtEu-
let's Of muddy sweat had dried.
Knowing that II would be useless to question
EmmOns further, since his criminal experience
would make him wary, the forest ofnceES made
. search for possible motive. They found
that there had been dispute with the Fire
baughs few days before over EmmOn's failure
to close q certain pasture gate, and correctly
guessed that considering the mans bad reputa-
ton, he had started the fire for revenge.
Erickson was then interviewed upon his return
and before he had chance TO talk to Emmons.
Asked il any one was permitted 70 ride the old
white horse. he replied that they were not. All
circumstances of the case were then spread
before the fancfifnar, ..Btereton telling him 20
Z ArI al osgtssits75 ad ~ ttAA@ sfa -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-19
Dean
OF
Women
BY
!. Fannie
Hurst

M OST people In summing up the
III subject of the Studdiford sisters
i" were inclined to agree that of the
two Marion had the better mind,
- Lucia had simply used hers TO
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-26
SUIT OF MRS. BUTT
BEGINS TOMORROW
Reno AnnuIment Action De-
Iayed-Husband Denies Try
ing to Force Her From Ship.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
RENO, New, January 25.--Action to
annul the recent marriage of Mrs.
Eugenia Bankhead Hoyt Butt to Law
renee Butt, .jr., Nevada University foot
ball star, will not be instituted before
Monday, her attorney announced yes
terday.
Mrs Butt, the daughter Of Representa-
tive william Bankhead of Alabama
abruptly ended her honeymoon with
the gridiron star in Honolulu and re-
turned here yesterday to seek annul-
ment of the marriage, which was per-
formed in Reno, December %, nine
days after she obtained a divorce from
Monitor Hoyt.
She said she left Butt upon learning
that he had not yet obtained final
decree of divorce at Los Angeles from
his first wife,
Hes real nice boy, but he should
have been more careful about acquiring
two wives at the same time" the Sec
ond Mrs. Butt said. I'm, not mad at
him and he won't get into any trouble
!, as far as am concerned, but I must
have my marriage to him annulled."
Mrs. Butt said her husband attempted
to take her off the boat By force when
she left him at Honolulu, and she
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-26
CEIICAGO,S "RESCUERS" DEMAND
CONTROL OF DISBURSEMENTS
City Council, Antagonistic to Mayor, Re-
ceives $2O,OOO,OOO Pledge Without
Enthusiasm.

the funds under the management Of the
unod1cial citizens committee.
It was conceded that SIG, O00, 900 will
not go far toward the liquidation of the
unpaid governmental bills. The amount
will equal approximately a months
payroll. The $20,000,0 O0 Strawn ex-
planned, has been pledged by Chicago's
large corporations in lieu of payment of
1928 taxes, for which the bills have not
yet been distributed.
County board and sanitary district
have already met the committee on
friendly terms, but school board and
city council have been less agreeable
with the Strawn group. Strawn in
sisted the committee would retain the
right to direct economical expenditures.
He expressed some concern over the
differences between Mayor william
Hale Thompson and his city council,
which thrice passed an economy"
budget over the mayors wishes.
The committee proposed that its
money be used to pay hospital and
mothers pension funds, and sanitary,
Police and Fire Department salaries.
The county board has worked out
partial solution Of its problem by issu-
ing tax anticipation warrants in small
denominations in lieu of salaries. These
will be paid next Wednesday to county
employees for months back salary, and
will bear 6 per cent interest collectible
as the first of the 1880 tax moneys flow
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-26
SIR ESME HONOR GUEST,

NEW YORK, January Is (R).-Sir
Esme Howard, retiring British Ambas-
Sador to the United States, and Lady
Isabella Howard we're guests of honor
at a farewell reception given yesterday
by the English-Speaking Union of the
United States at the society's national
headquarters. Nearly a thousanI mem
bers of the union attended.
John w. Davis, president of the union,
and Mrs. Robert Bacon, member of the
national board of directors, received the
guests, among whom we're Sir Harry
Armstrong, British consul general at
New York; Lady Armstrong, Frederic
Hudd, trade commissioner for Canada
in the United States, and Benjamin M.
Day, commissioner of immigration at
the port of New York.
Sir Esme and Lady Isabella will re-
turn to England next month, when the
British Ambassador will retire from the
diplomatic service.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-26
RECEIVER is SOUGHT
FOR FOX WESTERN CHAIN
Investment Company Claims Mis-
management and Overhead De-
prive It of Dividends.
al the Assnciated press

BY the Associated Press
SEATTLE, January 25.-A receiver
for the Pacific Northwest Theaters, Inc,
operators Of Fox moving picture houses
in several Pacific Coast cities, was
sought in Superior Court here today
by the C.. S. Jensen Investment Co., of
Portland, and Mrs. Mary G. Won Her
berg of Seattle The West Coast Thea
tiers, Inc, was named co-defendant.
Theaters in Washington, Greg, and
ings.
The plaintiffs, who claim to hold
$500 shares, or the entire issue of the
Pacific Northwest Theaters, Inc, per
cent cumulative preferred stock. con-
tend they were being deprived of divi-
bends because Of alleged mismanage-
ment, excessive salaries and overhead
assessed against the corporation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-26
BY RODERICK M. GRANT,
Associated Press stan Writer.

CHICAGO. january 25.-A gallery of
100000 citizens, concerned, but I'M
alarmed, stands watching its financial
champions.
The second city of America, with all
of its $4,000, 000.O 900 annual trade, is
empty of pocket.
The curtain was down today on the
municipal fiscal stage, but already the
gallery has seen a mayor spanked by a
recalcitrant city council
1t has seen the mayor turn upon q
State Tax Commission with villif1ca-
ton for its reforms and hold re-
sponsible delayed assessments that have
cut OF Cook County's income these 20
months.
And at last It has seen a champion
rise outside the embattled walls of the
City Hall Square with a plan and the
money to back it.
In the background of the scene are
10000 employees of city, county and
school board, unpaid since January /.
SilaS H. Strawn, head of a self-con-
stituted citizens relief committee, has
come forward, bearing in one hand
$40, 000, 900 pledge and in the other a
string tied to the money. The condi-
tons virtually hold the disbursement of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-26
EVIDENCE STOLEN
|. IN GAMBLING CASE
70 Persons, Including Off
Gals, Indicted in Scranton
Investigation.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SCRANTON, Pa, January Estate,
county and city police today were
searching for several men who are
alleged to have entered hotel room
last night and to nave stolen evidence
that was to have been used by Lacka-
wanna County authorities against some
of the rs persons indicted yesterday in
the so-called slot-machine scandal.
The room was being used by auditors
who have been engaged for three weeks
in checking the bank and stock
brokerage accounts of 80 persons whose
names have been linked with the SLOT
machine investigation.
Arrests Likely Today.
]. julius Levy, special prosecutor,
said that arrests will likely be made
today. The prosecutor believed the
evidence taken could be replaced, but
said that it would mean several more
weeks extra work for the auditors.
Warrants are not to be issued I'M
mediately for the arrest Of the scores
of persons indicted yesterday, it was
SldJSQ at Lie COuIJ AAOuACs AACJ WAA
be afforded a reasonable time to APP
pear before the clerk of the court and
furnish bail.
Former Mayor Involved.
Clarence Balentine, attorney repre-
senting former Mayor e. B. Jermyn,
said that Jermyn would give bail today.
Sheriff Conner Davis, James Arigoni,
former director of public safety: three
borough chiefs of police, and other ON
Gals also were expected to furnish bond
today.
District Attorney John j. Owens said
that If it was possible he would begin
the trials early in February.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-26

into the exchequer some time In 1881.
Whether the city government will
come to terms with Strawn's rescue
forces awaits the pleasure of council
and mayor at scheduled meeting Feb
ruary 4.
Meanwhile the mere citizen, awaits
with mingled interest and dread the
arrival of its two-year -old tax bills,
heralded for some time hence. Com
mon reports have 1t that the tax will
approximate SIS on the 500 valuation,
although this is still in the hands of
the board of review. Reports, too, have
said that $500, 100000 in valuation has
been Topped from downtown real estate
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-26
Royal Couple Marooned in Fog.

F9-King Alexander and Queen Marie,
returning from a shooting expedition
near Belisce, Slavonia. were marooned
yesterday aboard the royal yacht In a
dense fog on the Danube River. They
started on foot for Novistad. but were
picked up while walking along the road
toward the city and brought to their
destination. 49,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-26
PILOT SUES FOR 100000.
Charges Neglect After Accident in
Which He Was Injured.

SAN FRANCISCO, January rs O9-
Pilot Frank H. Barber Thursday charged
Timothy L. Pfueger, San Francisco
architect, and Audrey P. Ames, Maine
millionaire. let him suffer in the ex-
posed cockpit of his airplane after an
accident last January from noon to
early morning of the second day fol-
lowing, while they sat 'in comparative
comfort" in the cabin. He asks $780,
900 damages in q suit filed in Superior
Court. Barber said the only interest
they showed was to throw a blanket
over him. The accident was in Eastern
Nevada.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-26
BUTT NOT TO CONTEST SUIT.
Denies Reno Charge He Tried to Take
Wife FOrcibIy on Ship.

HONOLULU. January IS (P.-wil-
fred Lawson Butt, jr., apprised here
last night that Mrs Eugenia Bankhead
Hoyt Butt had filed an action against
him in Reno for annulment of their
marriage, said "it's o. K.., He added
that he would not contest the suit.
He denied his wife's repeated asser-
ton that he had tried to take her
forcibly off the steamer when she left
him here to return to the mainland
He asserted he had bought her q ticket
and left her on the steamer.
II like Hawaii and will spend my
time here surf riding until get work, !"
he said. Butt said the divorce decree
which would free him from former
wife was effective January 10. He said
he understood that he could marry
before January 10 If he took the step
somewhere other than in California.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-26
BRITISH CHANCELLOR
DISLIKES POLITICS
Snowden Tells Journalists He Pre-
fers to Return to News
paper Work.
81 the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
LONDON, January 25.-Philip Snow
den, Great Britain's iron" chancellor
of the exchequer. doesn't like politics.
He would prefer to be a newspaper man,
as he used to be.
That, anyway, is what he told the
National Union of Journalists at its an
nual dinner here.
Politics certainty is fascinating" he
said. 1T is exciting at times, but there
are two sides of politics, and there is a
dark side, about which I am not going
20 speak.
II should feel I was taking a great
responsibility If advised any man to
embark on a political career"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-26
MEXICAN SILVER TAX
PROTESTED BY CHAMBER
Chihuahua Mining Body Refers to
obregon Promise, Claiming
Serious Situation.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
MEXICO CITY, January 25.-Re-
moval Of the government tax on
production of silver is asked in a pc
tition to President Portes Gil by the
Chihuahua State Mining Chamber,
which says such aid is necessary to
help the mines in that region out of a
difficult situation caused by the drop in
the price of bar silver.
The chamber refers to decree issued
by the late President Obregon providing
for temporary removal of the tax when
the market price of silver falls below
so cents gold.
The price has gone down to 43 cents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-26
Hospital.school to Alaska Burns.

NEW YORK. January rs (R.-St.
Marks Episcopal Hospital and School
at .Nenana, Alaska, completed and oc-
cupied less than year ago, was burned
to the ground Thursday with loss OF
$4,000. Thirty-four Alaskan children
and five American women. missionaries
and teachers, were living in. the build
ing. Consent of the territorial author
tiles to permit them to be housed in a
vacant Government building in Nenana
will be sought --,-,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-26
Pope Names Archbishop,

Special Dispatch. to The Star.
ROME, Italy, January 25.-Pope Plus
XXI has named Mgr. Francis j. l.. Beck
man, Bishop of Lincoln, Nebr., Arch
bishop of Dubuque, Iowa This post
was vacant for some time.
(Copyright lQ30l
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-26

Giving the alibi that he was at the
movies with his sweetheart seeing 1.-THE
Perfect Alibi," James A. Wright, az, was
recently acquitted at Old Ball. London,
of a charge Of shopbreaking.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-26

commented; 1T was thrilling for the
moment" g&& &1@
She plans 70 60 to Paris after the
candidacy Of her father for Senator,
she said:
I'VE Bankheads have politics In Ala
bama sewed up and If father has de-
cided 10 run for the Senate, it is a
mere matter Of counting the votes"
BUTT NOT TO CONTEST SUIT.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-26
OMAN Ordered to Rest
BH United Press

BU United Press
GREENCASTLE, Ind, Feb. 90
DR.. G. Bromley Oman, president
of De PAW university, has been
ordered by his physician to take a
three weeks rest. All speaking
engagements have been Cancelled,
and DR.. OMAN spends only short
time each day in his office.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-26
ORDER BADGE ISSUE
Use Authorized by Board of
Public Works.

Department badges for special
members of city department we're
authorized today by the board Of
public safety.
Walter O. Lewis, board secretary,
presented the resolution to the
board, following receipt Of numer-
Gus requests for police badges. The
present board revoked courtesy pO-
lice badges, which formerly were is
sued to city employees in various de-
partments, after reports of misuse"
reached the boards office,
But the new resolution provides
that the person receiving the badge
on recommendation of the depart
ment head shall pay the cost there
of. The courtesy badges formerly
were donated" to the favored Off
Gals.
why do they want them? We
don't have any trouble in making
ourselves known >" Frank E. Daley,
board member said.