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at Baltimore, has
b e e n awarded a
three-year scholar
ship for piano,
having been ad-
judged the winner
in a national COM
p e tt ii on. The
S c h o / a r S h ip is
known as the Pea
body Alumni award.
Before entering
t h e conservatory
last year to make
advance study of
the piano, Miss
Lippert had train
ing u n d er Kath-
crime Floe ckher
Cullen of Wash-
iy1ofNV1 utI10 10 on
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-05
LIPPERT
WINS MUSIC AWARD
Washingtonian Given Three Year
Scholarship for Piano in
National Contest.

Miss Katherine Lippert, the daughter
OF Mr.. and Mrs. George A. Lippert, Of
81 r street northeast who is a student
in the Peabody Conservatory of Music
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PLAN FOR JOBLESS
Hyattsville Charities Agency Plans
to Increase Efficiency.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

TO Increase Ehc1ency.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
HYATTSVILLE, Md, October A.
Efforts are being made to increase the
efficiency of the employment agency
maintained by the Associated Charities
Of Hyattsville and vicinity The agency
in the past has found work for various
persons, and now has quite a number
on its list.
Mrs. Retta D. Morris, head of the
charities organization, is in charge of
the employment agency. She may be
reached by telephoning Hyattsville 62-R.
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Get a quality suit at a bar
gain price-and a famous In
gersoll Watch, too! Suits in
dressy Fall mixtures, with coat,
vest, two pairs knickers or one
knickers and one long trousers.
Sizes 8 to 16.
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When Gen. Lee Surrendered 65 Years Ag0

attended the continuance of the contest,
determined to avoid useless sacrifices of
those whose past services have endeared
them to their countrymen.
BY the terms of the agreement officers
and men can return to their homes and
remain until exchanged. You will take
with you the satisfaction that proceeds
from the consciousness of duty faithfully
performed and I earnestly pray that
merciful God will extend to you his
blessing and protection
With an unceaSng admiration of your
conStancy and devotion to your country,
and grateful remembrance of your kind
and generous consideration for myself,
bid you all an affectionate farewell.
R. E. LEE, Genl.
A FTER getting Gen. Lees approval he turned
it over to Mr. Bell, who was a clerk, to
have the necessary copies made, one for each
corps commander Mr. Bell made an extra
copy, which was signed by Gen. Lee along with
the others, and Mr. Bell retained this extra
copy for himself This he brought home with
him.
In the breakup of Gen. Lees headquarters
at Appomattox when the flag which had flown
over it was hauled down, it was cut up, and
his part in the tragic occasion, and to Mr.. Bells
lot fell one of the stars.
On reaching home Mr.. Bell gave his copy Of
"Order No. 9" and the star to his sister, Mrs.
Walter F. Irvine. These she had very carefully
framed so they would be preserved, and they
hung in her house for many years At the time
of her death they passed to her son. Alexander
Bell Irvine, who lives in Washington. In this
case the direct mementoS of so important an
event are preserved as they have never been out
of the possession of this family.
The following poem by Alexander Bell Irvine
was inspired by the star from Gen. Lees flag:
THE STAR OF LEE.
1t is Just small scrap of t0Eite cotton,
Most crudely shaped like a star,
And scum on a bit OF blue bunting,
Which once formed the "StGrs and Bars;
1t is dtngy and yeIIoW and faded
As well as our eyes can see,
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sacrifices, and each family cheriShes the me-
mentoes of its own heroic participants.
1t was my good fortune to have known and
loved one of those who had a very active part
in the finale of the great struggle. AS boy,
too young to take active part in the combat,
ucng only about Is years old, Norman Bell or
Norfolk Va feeling the call to serve Virginia's
cause was attached to Gen. Lees headquar-
tiers staff as a clerk. In his later years he has
many times told me of the tragic scenes of the
surrender, and the writing of the now famous
General Order No. g."
ON April Gen. Grant sent his letter sug-
costing that Gen. Lee surrender and Gen.
Lee, after a council with his officers, asked for
the terms. Gen. Grant replied, giving his
terms as requiring: "An officers to give their
individual paroles not to take up arms against
the United States until properly exchanged;
and each company or regimental commander
to sign like parole for the men of their COM
mands. The arms, artillery and public prop
cry to be stacked and packed and turned over
to the officers appointed to receive them. This
will not embrace the side arms of the officers,
nor their private horses or baggage. This
done, each officer and man will be allowed to
return to his home, not to be disturbed by the
United States authorities so long as they OBJ
serve their paroles and the laws in force where
they may reside"
After receiving Gen. Grants terms, Gen. Lee
gave his secretary, Col. Charles Marshall, the
instructions to draw up the general order,
which Col Marshall wrote as follows:
Hdqrs. Army Northern Va.
April 10th, 1865.
General Order. No. 9:
After four years of arduous service,
marked by unsurpassed courage and
fortitude, the Army of Northern Viz
GINA has been compelled to yield to
overwhelming numbers and resources.
need not tell the brave survivors OF
so many hard-fought battles, who have
remained steadfast to the last, that
have consented to this result from no dis
trust Of them.
But feeling that valOr and devotion
could accomplish nothing that would
compensate for the loss that must have
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led; he lowered behind the deputy, rifle ready
for attack upon the outer unknown. Suddenly
he raised his gun. aiming over MacShane'S
shoulder at an imagined something in the
spruce. An instant panic shot through Mac
Shane. If rifle shot shattered the perturbed
air inside the lean-to and Midnight suddenly
became aware of where he was
"Wait!" shouted MacShane into Sfvertip'S
ear, and the rifle wavered and raised.
MacShane pretended to raise his gun as il
aiming; heSitated, aimed again, and at last
lowered his weapon.
Whatever it was is gone,' he declared He
hauled the door shut. Let's get back to the
stove-Im froze!'
Old Snoop was already covering over the
stove again, but a long moments hesitation
passed before Silvertip followed MacShane into
the lantern-lit room. The deputy knew with
out looking back that Sivertip was standing
puzzled, his eyes trying to pierce the lean-to'S
shadows. The deputy feared that Silvertip
would come and get the lantern, and with it
make a successful search for the unknown,
but when Silvertip followed him into the
cabin at last, shutting the lean-to door behind
him. the miner only stood vaguely with his
back to that door, the rife in his two hands.
"Somethins wrong" said Silvertip slowly.
"Somethin' Queer's goin' on around here :"
You're nervous, Sivertip"
Maybe" said Sivertip maybe I am. Maybe
it makes a man nervous to have two snoopin'
spies come into his dggin's and lie, and lie,
while they know they lie. :. ~
MacShane looked up sharply. What do you
mean by that?" he demanded.
'I don't know what your game is MacShane.
Only that it's q queer one, the like of which
never see. don't know what it is. But I'm
goin' to find out"
MacShane stood up. "All right. I'll lay
down my cards, If you will"
Silvertip stood silent, waiting.
ASK me a question" MacShane suggested.
What do you want here?"
"First," said the deputy, I'm here to find
out what Dad Young has coming from the
Maybe Salt. Dad is an old man; he may never
prospect again. He may or may not know
what he's talking about I'm here to find out"
What did he tell you?"
'There've been rumors," MacShane evaded,
that you sailed the Maybe before you sold
Dad half share"
Lies" said Silvertip.
"All right MacShane knew that but little
time was left. Then what did you do with
the gold you and Dad took out of the Magpie?"
YOU'RE fool" said Slvertip again. You
think shaft brings in greenbacks that man
can cart away and hide? If there gold
in the Maybe, it would mean months of haul
ing ore out or machinery in, one or the other.
What gold was in the Magpie is in there yet.
But there amt any"
Then you did string Dad?'
mo. I bought back his share at the price
he give for it just before he-before he went
down to Underholt. He had the money. on
him"
"One more thing. I've been talking to the
asSayer." MacShane thought Silvertip's face
changed ever so slightly; he dared not pause
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Confined From Sixth Pare

to be sure. you've been bringing the samples
down. How come those samples were sand that
you couldn't have got within miles of the
Maggie Shaft?"
well, I was prospectin round" said Hughes.
A terrific anger swayed MacShane. He was
as certain now as any one ever was to
be that Silvertip had swindled Dad Young, or
murdered him, or both. He saw through it
all; the discovery Of real value in shaft that
Silvertip had thought worthless, Silvertip's fax
ing of the samples after the mine had proved
good and his forgery of a bill Of sale after
the death of Dad Young-perhapS by Silver
tips hand-to clear his skirts and make the
mine wholly his. Yet Silvertips alibi was
watertight, as far as MacShane could see
"I can show you Dad Young's receipt" said
Silvertip slowly, "for what I paid him back
And on him you'll find-could "a found-what
I paid him. That makes it my shaft. And
no snoopin' spies"
why" said MacShane, playing his last card,
did you leave Dads body lying at the Maggie
Salt?"
Silvertip appeared to relax. eff he turned
back to the shaft, after he left me here and
headed for town, and if he died up there" he
answered smoothly, then know nothin' about
that"
MacShane saw his only hope in a shot in
the dark and why" he said softly, did
you put Dad out Of the way by means o"
He didn't know, even as he spoke, what
means of murder he was going to accuse Silver
tip of using. He didn't know either, whether
he was going to be able to divert the muZzle
of Sivertip's rifle long enough to draw, or
whether Snoop, in case of accident, would have
CUTS enough to plug Silvertip after the deputy
was dead.
by means O." he hesitated. He didn't
know by what means.
From the lean-to came formless, scuttling
noise, then, SO suddenly and so violently that
MacShane's hair stood on end, the night was
shattered by mad scream. 1t rang out ter
ribly and Enthusiastically, and, though it came
from beyond the lean-to door, it took the OPP
posed men with an almost actual impact
For an instant the three-MacShane, Snoop
and Silvertip-stood motionlesS, frozen like rab-
bits by sheer force of sudden sound.
Then Silvertip Snatched the lantern from
its hook in the upper beams. AS he did so
the lean-to gave out a swift rending noise
and its outer door was heard to crash open, as
if charged by a steer. Sivertip shouldered into
the lean-to with stiff steps breasting the I'M
known. A blast Of singing snow whipped their
faces, and made the lantern culver. By the
light of its wavering glow they could see the
tarpaulined bundle that Old Snoop had brought,
but it was torn open now.
For long moment Silvertip stared Then
the lantern crashed to the floor. In the last
flash of light before the broken lantern died,
MacShane saw the miners rifle swing upon
him like a striking snake. He gripped the rifle
barrel in the dark, and though the smash of
the rifle shot deafened him. and it's flare seemed
to scorch his face, he realized that he was
not hurt. Sivertips great strength wrenched
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-06
Il Shot in the Dark

began all over again. He cropping his way
through a game inr which his only card was
the puzzlement of Snvertip over his report of
Dads impossiby continued survival. In Silver
tips mind, and there only. was the informa-
ton MacShanc had to get at.
"She's right worried over old Dads state of
health" he said. Hes sick man all right"
Seem feverish2" Silvertip suggested.
might have been"
"Fever," Silvertip said vaguely, sometimes
puts fellers to reme:iberin' things that amt
happened"
Yeah, that's so. Anyway, all of us fellers
was glad to hear that Molly won't be left pen
niless, if old Dad makes a die Of it."
We'll, come to that" said Slvertip, eau
ti0usy now, Il guess she amt goin' to be out
in the cold, at that, leaStways not entire
Once more MacShane stirred inwardly.
Something was coming to the surface again.
ME and him" said Silvertip, me and
him struck a-what was that?"
Jaw. a varmint nosing." With great effort
MacShane held his voice casual. You struck
"Snoop," demanded Silvertip, you hear
somethin?"
1t was the first time Snoop had been noticed
He viSibly inflated We'll sir, I reckon I did"
you're crazy, Snoop,' said MacShane
Il guess / know Wnen near nOUeTln, Mac
Shane"
MacShane's eyes bored into Snoop with such
force that the old fool quailed. Too late, he
rallied brazenly to undo the harm he had done.
II reckon" said the inspired Snoop, that
noise was my bear comm to life. He was only
shot in two-three places, and maybe lynn OUT
side in the refreshin' snow"
Again from the lean-to came that long half
human groan, but this time it broke at the
nnd inf ohc 0ih nf
words, half understood. The whisky that Mid
night Zachary contained was wearing off. Sill
vertip leaped to his feet and Snatched up his
rifle His big voice doomed: "SomethinS wrong
around here! Somethins all fired wrong! There
was peculiar ugly ring in the big me er's
voice. He was charging toward the lean-to
door. MacShane shot up like a released spring
and passed him in the second stride. When he
had passed Silvertip and not before, his gun
leaped into his hand. The cowboy deputy
burst through the lean-to and hurled open the
outer door beyond Somehow, anyhow, Silver
tips attention must be distracted from the
black shadows within the lean-to
THROUGH the other door as MacSllane flung
it open came a whirl of snow, a deluge
of cold and the increased howl of the Storm
Behind in the cabin ITSELF the lantern wavered
and dimmed, cowed by the strength of the
blast, and the door at the front ratified as if
some one were trying to crash in. Half
Crouched, gun in fictitious readiness MacShane
pointed the outer emptiness with every muscle
He looked like a setter who knows exactly
where the game is at last.
AS MacShane had hoped, Silvertip was mis-
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the rifle from the deputys grasp and Mac
Shane dropped to the floor. MacShane'S six.
shooter was out now. In the moment Of silence
he deliberately turned his weapon to the roof,
and fired twice
Old Snoop, alone in the faint glow of the
stove, and buttressed behind such protection
as the hot iron Afforded heard the lantern fall
and saw its light go out. In the dark, the
shock of sound exaggerated by the close walls,
Snoop heard a muddle of shotS-perhaps three
or four. He wasn't interested in counting them
accurately, just then.
After a long pause he heard two more re-
ports this time outside in the storm, and, nuffed
in the snow and wind, he thought he could
distinguish the diminishing rush of galloping
hoofs. Then silence for a long time, while
Snoop shivered and wished he was far away.
At last a step sounded in the dark cabin.
Snoop slumped behind the stove and closed
his eyes.
MACSHANE, regarding Molly Young across
the stew that she has set before him. was
thinking she had stood very well the news OF
her fathers death Because Of certain inves-
LEGATIONS, following the definite escape Of Sl-
ertip Hughes, MacShane had not returned to
Underholt at once, and. of course, the news
had preceded him.
els it true" she asked him levelly, that Sill
ertip Hughes-kiled my father?"
"I guess we're not going to know" MacShane
answered. "He could have he broke of.
There was no use tormenting Molly with an
account Of the divers means Of murder taeA
Silvertip might have employed. Hughes is
in Old Mexico by now. We have Midnight
Zachary to thank for that-though it isn't likely
that Midnight himself knows just how 10
turned the trick. Silvertip's runoht was prettB
luck for us all. 1t looks like an admission q
1sNt In 1Awn r,yaBI H. -
than as it is. The way it is now, it's youI
mine, Molly; and the gold is there all right.
How much don't know yet, enough to make
you rich, I guess"
They looked at each other solemnly for q
moment.
There were things" said MacShane, 'that
I aimed to speak to you about before this come
up. Now that you're rich, guess they aren't
suitable any more"
He showed back his untouched stew "IN
be SEEM you some time, guess. just want
to say, If ever you need me, send for me. This
is one hombre you can count on any old time,
and no obligation either"
"Why-where are you going?"
"Well" he told her vaguely, "I think I'll be
moving on, for little while, guess. :. :"
Molly let him get as far as the door. Larry
MacShane!"
He went back.
ST don't know" she told him, "if thereH
ever be time that I need you around any
more than do right now" -
He stared blanky.
"Oh, get out" she exploded Unexpectedly cd
on away! I don't care if I never see you
agaip!" ma r., .s..a. ..,. -..
mo" he said; "rve changed my mind. I'M
not going any place, not any place at all.''
Copyright, 1902 J.. ID
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URING the coming week, on
April 10, will be observed the
sxty-ifth anniversary Of one Of
the most momentous occasions in
- American history, for on April
10, 1865, Gen Robert E. Lee surrendered 70
Gen. U. S. Grant at Appomattox, Va, and
brought TO a close the greatest tragedy of Amer
lean history Out of that tragedy was born
new national life in the unity Of the United
States of America, which has grown until today
It is a recognized giant among nations.
OF that struggle there have been countless
"reminiscences. and to all who were reared in
the South there have come down countless
stories of the experiences, tales of valor and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-02
Dangerous Business
ment official

Clarence M. Young, assistant secretary of COM
merce for aeronautcs, in a speech at Philadelphia
the other day. said that the lack Of uniformity in
state laws regulating aviation was impeachment to
the industry He cited examples in which planes and
pilots considered unsafe and refused licenses by the
federal government, were given state licenses and
permitted to fly.
This is murderous practice. The aviation in
dustry itself at last started sincere and sweep
ing campaign to make flying safer, and the least the
forty-eight states can do is to help. Not only the
safety of flying but the general progress of aero
nautics is being held back by states which nave
either poor laws or no laws at all.
solution might be for all states to pass aero
nautical laws uniform with the federal regulations If
the state Constitution does not permit adoption of the
federal air traffic rules by reference then rules identi
cal with the federal regulations could be drawn up,
authority to enforce them included, and passed as
state law.
The commerce department has found it desirable
and economical to ave inspection and licensing in
the hands of the feoeral government and enforcement
in the hands of local officials.
The airplane is vehicle that too swiftly
to permit of confusion and dangerous pickering over
conflicting state laws.
merce department, there can be distinction be-
tween its interstate ntrastae character. There
can be but one standard of airworthinesS, only a
limited range of plotting ability and variation in
rules 1t would seem obvious that state laws should
provide requirements identical with those of the fed
eral law"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-02

4 S the year begins to shuttle off,
IA we invariably go into the list
making season. We have had the
fifty-nine rulers of America, and
soon we shall have the vote on the
most valuable player in the Amer1-
can League and after that the ALI
America football team.
Not to mention the choice OF
Professor William Lyon Phelps as
to the fifty books he would carry
with him to desert island.
And yet in all these calculations I
always find certain very famous
names omitted. The true favorites
of the populace escape their right
full consideration.
For instance, nobody has said
that he would take Will Rogers
with him to a desert island, and
Floyd Gibbons has not yet been
nominated among the rulers OF
America.
Yet to my mind these are obvious
and proper choices. If l re-
member correctly I was myself the
original twill Rogers for Presi-
dent" man. 1 was for him In the
Democratic convention out in San
Francisco way back in 1920.
viii got half a vote then, but by
1924 I'd done lot of missionary
work, and in the Madison Square
convention he got two votes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-02
Buffalo Is Worried

lust now Buffalo is worrying over
- what may happen because Of the
new well and canal with which
Canada has circled Niagara Falls,
and which will divert through traffic
from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario
some twenty miles west of the city
Buffalo also is worried over what
may happen If the state Of New
York turns over its barge canal sys-
tenn to the federal government and
If the federal government decides
to abandon the old Erie route and
construct a ship canal from Oswego
to Albany.
AS to the well and the canal, or
any other waterway designed for
diversion Of through traffic, 1t hard
ly. seems probable that Buffalo has
much cause for alarm.
Through freight never made or
broke a city.
What counts is the freight that
comes in as raw material to be
milled, manufactured, or made over,
and the freight that goes out in fin
ished form and with greatly in
creased value.
Galveston became the second port
in this country without ever passing
the $4,000 population mark, because
1t handled only through freight and
was unable to make its excellent
port facilities the basis Of manufac-
turing development.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-02
The Size of Stars
THE work which Nicholson al

THE work which Nicholson and
Il Petit are doing throws con-
siderable light upon the size of stars
as well as upon their temperatures.
IF the temperature of a star is
known and the total amount of
energy radiated from it can be OBJ
tanned, its diameter can be calcu-
lated" they point out.
IF the distance to the star is
known, the total radiation from it
can be obtained from that falling
on the mirror of the telescope,
which is the amount measured.
1.-THE angular diameterS of some
of the largest stars have been
measured directly with the stellar
interferometer.
1.-THE values obtained from heat
measures, while in most cases some
what larger than those obtained
with the interferometer, are of the
same order of size.
"They tell us, for example, that
the star Sirius, although much
hotter and closer to us, is so small
that the total heat from it is about
equal to that from the big star
Betelgeuse, which is more than
thirty times as far away.
1.-THE diameter of Sirius is one
and a half times the diameter of
the sun, while the diameter of
Betelgeuse is more than two
hundred times that of the SUM-"