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The Washington times., 1930-01-09
LEAP FOLLOWS
FIRE DREAM

KEYsER, w. Va, Jan. o.
Dreaming that her bedroom was
afire and that someone had
called to her to jump. Mrs. Larry
Kennison, ,Mozelle Street, hark.
ened to the phantom warning
and leaped from her bedroom on
the second floor to the ground
below. Except for minor bruises
she was uphurt.
STRYKER DIES At so. ,
WINCHESTER, Va., Jan. al.
Percival Stryker, so, died at his
home here from paralysis. He
suffered several years.
The Washington times., 1930-01-09

Alert Washlngton hOmeeeekers will
welcome the real estate values to be
located through Times Classified ads.
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H070 the Master Spy of Germany, Terror of s

what information to seek, how to report k.
80 well were they trained and paid that all too
many returned safely.
As counter-spy, the Master loved to under
mine the allied intelligence. The al French
men caught and snufTed out just before the
German Spring offensive may have been his
greatest single stroke that won him the valued
German decoration "Ordre pour lie MeTite"
But 400, not II, was the total of his victims.
Two hundred allied agents had stumbled into
the Masters web, which caught them like
barbed wire hidden In high grass. What he
could not find out through his own secret serv-
Ice or from his friends In the Swiss police, he
got from traitor
As the French chief had feared, there was
In the French secret service an agent double"
who had worked first in Switzerland, then in
France. He had sold out to the Master, and
he more than any other had been responsible
for the 81 being tracked down and shot. It
was not long before, thanks to the Americans
this man faced a firing squad in the blue uni
forms of the French Republic he had betrayed.
His name was Leon Sutor.
To mask his work. the Master had taken
every pain, aided by his Swiss police friends.
They told him whom they suspected as allied
agents, and when he gave them ccnfirmatory
evidence they kept him out Of it.
But the hand Of the Master slipped twice.
He did not fathom Zero and in the character
of Michaelsen he permitted himself debauch-
cry that could not but react. There were not
alone the apartments in Bern and IN Zurich.
there was q secluded villa at Arbon, across
Lake Constance from Germany. convenient
spot for the Masters affairs. 1t was guarded
carefully. A swift motor boat was always
ready.
That was the tale the notes from zero's
violin told to the two American secret service
offers in Bern that day in 1918. Not an
incredible tale to them, who knew the laby-
rinth Of intrigue in Switzerland, and could
check by other information the Masters part
in It.
We've got him." said the American chief
This clinches the thing. It's what the French
have longed for. Wen give 1t to them"
eff our American service gets the credit
openly" he explained as the younger man
looked disappointed, 1--WE lose our greatest adj
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who chose 10 be cryptic over their beer. Then
I should hurry, Herr MulleT-befOre you ere
missed
Herr Muller shook his head, frOwning. "Or
perhaps sit right here" He slumpsd back m
his chair.
But at that moment It seemed TO the waiter
that some exceptional reviving notion entered
Herr Mullers head, for he sat upright suddenly
with q pleased chuckle which ripeRed quickly
into . rimbling laugh that set his great stOna-
ach shaking.
''You are right. my friend, must hurry.
The new work cannot be given tonight with
an empty FIRST oboe desk. No, indeed" He
dropped . generous pile Of change beside the
empty stein and struggled out Of his chair.
The waiter bowed and smiled.
"AchI have had some beer todAyl" Herr
Muller was on his feet and found standing
world not altogether like sitting world.
$50, Herr Muller?" The waiter watched the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-09
This Story, Selected From the Short
Fiction of the Past Year, Is Considered
an Outstanding Example Of Modern Story
WrItmg-AnOther Prize Story, Written
by Katharine Brush, VII appear TN
The Stars Magazine Next Sunday.

approached. at Is just so have counted OF
the years. Sixty already. and still counting,
with now and then little toot for good luck"
The waiter looked surprised, but merely
glanced down at the endless toll on the little
slip pinioned by the salt cellar, and slid the
stein deity to one side out Of possible danger.
He had been a waiter long time.
Herr Muller felt rather giddy.
No one to blame but himself. Yes.
In him, but he had let it stay there, imprisoned
Regularity came too easy, the perfect
servant he had been. Faithful, de-
pendable-barren, like 50 many OF his kind.
The willing slave Of everything but
the quick IRE Of inspiration. That
was the real difference between composer and
Oboist
He brought his fist down on the table with
q sudden bang.
Mol Still some good years. He
would resign, he would move to the country.
he would get out his books, he wouldn't Q
quiet little voice whispered, even as the resolu-
tons formed, that it could never be. +.
TOO late now too late Herr
Muller, the Oldest member of the band
an excellent oboist, to be sure
He took deep breath, shaking himself into
reality, and shrugged an exaggerated shrug.
All, well If he hadn't been Beethoven. neither
had he been q Meyerbeer nor Membership
that was something. Herr Muller smiled with
unsmiling eyes and reached with trembling
fingers for his timepiece.
'Hinimel" He grabbed the slender black
oboe case from the chair beside him and beck
Oned the waiter, who was soon performing .
miracle Of rapid addition.
I'm i've minutes I should have been late"
ct was almost going to say something, Herr
Muller, but didn't wish to presume. In an these
years have never known you to be late"
SOP" Herr Muller looked up slowly. But
you are mistaken. am just 40 years late, to-
night"
The waiter had light touch with customers
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vantage In this game. Now they all thinl
don't know anything. Let the French Ap
in it-and no rough Atuff. There's enc
here to put him behind bars in Switzerland
years"
The chief rubbed his hands cheerfully.
Guess we've done q little master sp
ourselves" he chuckled.
GO triumphantly the French chief shove
some one higher than any police officer
proof Of the Masters violation Of Swiss |
trality. The Swiss officials were amazed.
man was an important person, q friend
many prominent Swiss. Still Swiss police
to the Bern apartment, where French ag.
had been ON guard against q tip-off.
knock at the door was unanswered They b
it open and stood for q moment aghast q
saw a man Of hideous visage. His face seeY
lopSided, one side swollen, one part q bron
healthy color, the other q deadly white.
lacked an eyebrow. His hair stood up crs
askew--a wigl They had caught the Ma
becoming Won Eineml
Books and papers in the apartment and
Zurich bore out Zero's charges indicated
greater flights of the Masters genius. Al
the first Russian revolution of early 1917,
German secret service had taken Lenin 4.
exile in Switzerland through Germany to n
STA, on his promise when he had seized pol
to dissolve the Russian army which stin ia
the Germans, and make peace with tn
Some men prominent IN allied countries
begged that Lenin and other bolsheviks u
him be assasSinated. But they had gone saf|
in their sealed train," with what result
world knows.
There seemed to the Americans some \
dence that the hand at the throttle of Il
train had been the Masters. Proof Of Il
would be highly valuable as information, 1
propaganda in the highly sensitive Europe|
1918. It might even influence events in Rus
Was there such proof2 This question
Americans asked Zero by devious ways.
I'm the Enclosure of the Lake ConstaI
villa" he replied, ''is an outbuilding coverin(
cesspool In a suit case hanging on q
under the ledge he kept very important pap'
Look there ct once"
That night burly German on guard at
VIVA heard an automobile. He hurried out |
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One Of the Prize St0nI

BILE weekly program. Under the painStal
baton Of the venerable Herr Seyfried fea1
music had been offered the attentive and 81
listeners; . Handel mass, selections
"Orfeo," Strauss tone poem, Brahms I
phOny-and there Sti1l remained ct the bot
Of the program. prelude Pastorale IN e nd
Kurt Feldner (arst presentation)." A
ripple Of anticipation ran about the old n
hall.
The wen informed audience did not need
worthy Herr Seyfried's scholarly program
to tell them that . Arst hearing Of this 4
ern new work, conducted by the composer
self, was doing very well for Freifurt. SKI
and prolonged applause greeted the unsnI
young man who stepped TO the conductors
and bowed stin military bow to the imprd
crowd.
A brisk little rap-rap on the stand
silence.
A the opening notes Of the new opus ]
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flowing tie, and n big-brimmed black hat-"and
ret on ct the next station"
Zero scrambled out, and the train started.
A FEW hours later the American and his
chief brought strange notes from the vio-
lin, notes written upon the thin paper used for
spy reports. Time after time they had won
dered: But who really Is the Master?" Here
at last was the answer.
He was q man Of mark, Of influence and
power in Germany before the war. Born in
Bavaria, IN 1880, he had been educated as an
electrical engineer. Social success had been
added TO professional, for not only had he been
born to excellent position, he was widely cul-
tered, knew seven languages. He was especial
~ charming to women, made many conquests
and had q rather romantic air, enhanced by
skill at amateur theatricals that had taught
him makeup and disguise. War in 1914 found
him a councillor of a large city. AS oficer on
the Western front he won the Iron Cross
Wounded, they told him:
"You can do bigger things In secret service"
His dramatic sense Influenced the decision,
then helped him create and sustain his three
personalities he spread his nets in Switzer-
land. Attached to the commercial STAFF Of the
German legation at Bern, he strove to outwit
the restrictions Of the Swiss government, under
allied pressure, upon trade with blockaded Ger
many. introduced to powerful pro-German
Swiss business men and bankers, having ample
funds, he engineered daring deals
To conceal his smuggling he set up broker
age office, imported to Switzerland 100000
francs worth Of merchandise a month-which
crossed into Germany. AS dummy head Of this
ONCE he installed the sickly Zero, who seemed
an easy tool, and had been broker.
As spy he or others for him conducted q
little school in Bern, where education was
sometimes compulsory Some pupils were Alsa-
tians or Lorrainers from among the interned
Germans whom Capt. Won Einem visited; some
underworld characters, accomplished crooks re-
cruited by Herr Nchaelsen; some Swiss, bribed
blackmailed, threatened by the Master. Some
were loyal, patriotic Germans who did the work
willingly. All were taught how TO get into
France, parts 10 play when they got there,
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suspended between Herr Feldner's appraised
and the poised bows Of the waiting st1
there was great tension in the hall.
came the baton, bows flashed into motionI
the audience settled back respectfully 70
what miracles Of modern harmony might
Arm swinging eonmandingly, watchfUI
on the score and orchestra, the anxious
The Washington times., 1930-10-10
/E7(GH

HELEN TWELVETREES in the fiery
depth and power of her greatest role.
JAMES GLEASON in his funniest.
MARJORIE RAMBEAU in her debut
on the talking screen, playing a part
that sUiu tear your heart ont.
RICARDO coRTEZ as a sinister dude
who's handy with a knife.
PHILLIPS HOLMES as a rugged sailor
hero you'll go mad about.
Directed by
TAY GARNET
Produced by E. B. DERR
The Washington times., 1930-10-10
Woman to Return Cat
To Owner, But Keep
Her Kittens

NEW YORK. Oct. 10.--A court
order that Mrs. Mary Bixton,
10, of the Bronx, return a pet
Angora cat to Al Kravitz, Grip.
pied war veteran, was issued In
Morrisania Court by Magistrate
Richard r. Mckinley, with the
understanding that the order
should not be effective until
the anticipated birth of kit
tens. Mrs. Bixton may keep
the kittens.
This compromise, worked out
by the magistrate, settled a
dispute as to ownership Of the
cat between the woman and
the war veteran, who sum
inoned her to court on a
"ge of withholding his prop
ertu unlawfully.
The Washington times., 1930-10-10
]. s. AIR FORCES
HELD INFERIOR

Charges that inferior airplanes
have been sold to the Government
at exorbitant prices and through
faulty design and construction
have claimed the lives Of mum.
erous airmen in both branches
of the service we're contained in
a letter sent today to Secretary
Of War Patrick j. Hurley.
The Letter was signed by Thomas
L. Hill, president of the American
Society for Promotion Of Aviation
of New York.
Calling attention to the recent
record of Captain Frank Hawks
Of 274 miles an hour in q COM
mercial plane, the letter declares
that there Is not q pursuit plane
in the Army or Navy air service
whose top speed comes within
100 miles per hour OF Captain
Hawks record figure. Hill said:
"This condition emphasizes
rurnors and statements made
public by competent authorities
that the Army and Navy Air
Services have been and at pre-
sent are dominated by a group
Of aircraft and aircraft engine
manufacturers who, through
political preference, have fOs-
tered upon the services aircraft
inferior in construction and
performance TO that prOcurable
from independent sources"
The Washington times., 1930-10-10
FISH-P0LE THIEF
HOOKS SG5

SEATTLE, oct. 10.-More mys
terry was injected into Seattle's
''fishpole burglar" situation when
1t appeared that the miscreant
may have developed q set Of
amphibian characteristics.
At any rate, forsaking dry land
for the first time, he took to the
water, or at least got near Il
when he robbed a houseboat ol
John A. Landes, 1415h East
Northlake Ave., on the shores OF
Lake Union.
Il am not sure whether he
used a. rOwbOat," Landes de
clared in his report to the
police, "but I do know he
reached through the window
with his fishpOle and, fished
from my dresser wallet con.
tanning S65 In cash."
The Washington times., 1930-10-10
TYP|STS' TESTS
RULES SET

Rules and regulations for the
Greater Washington Typewriting
Contest, to be held In connec-
ton with the sixth annual in
dustrial exposition. were an
nounced today.
There will be three classifica-
tic ms in the contest, novice, junior
and senior, and five contestants
from each Of the three divisions
will meet In thr finals. All
points within a radius Of 90
miles are included In the area
for the contest.
Elimination contests will be
held at the Washington audi
torium on November 3, 4 and
5 for the three divisions. Appli.
cations for entrance should be
filed with, the Washington Cham.
Der Of Commerce not later than
October ~.
, The novice contest is open to
any person who had never used
a typewriter prior to August 1,
1929, and who has been a student
at some school in the area not
less than one month prior to
the last registration date.
For the junior contest, the ap-
icants must have attended
school some time during the
last year and not used a tpye-
writer prior to August /, 1928.
The senior contest Is open to
any person who has never won
an international typewriting con-
test In any classification and
must have been a resident of the
Greater Washington area for at
least q year.
The Washington times., 1930-10-10
IOO-Cdt Orchestra Ousted
By Order of Court

In for collecting cats on an even
larger scale. Unable any longer
to afford the expensive Persians
to which she had been accus-
toned, she invited any alley cat
who so desired to come and take
refuge with her.
No Race Suicide
Children Of the neighborhood
co-operated. They delighted n
catching stray, NANCY animals
and throwing them through the
window down into her basement.
Many romance developed among
her cats and there was no race
suicide.
The landlady and nelEhbors
now and again organized raid.
ing expedition and would carry
off a whole bagful Of first violins
to be thrown into the river
Finally Policema Thomas
Moore, of the health squad, forced
his way nto the basement He
found Miss Martell living In the
midst of expensive, worn out fur
niture, in a room lined with soft
drink advertisements and con-
tanning two dozen antique vases,
a beautiful old clock. rich dra-
peries, and cats everywhere. In
drawers, hiding in corners, bur.
rowing into holes of a mattress
and climbing over the chandelier.
Mrs. Catherine Sharpe owner
of the building, VINO appeared as
complainant against the sym.
phony, asserted number of her
tenants had been driven from the
building by the concerts
The Washington times., 1930-10-10

NEW YORK, Oct 1O.-During
four years. neighbors declared
Miss Grace Van Dusen Martell. Of
West Street, appears to have been
trying to perfect and complete
her symphony OF cats.
Her musical tastes conflicted
with those Of the district, and
neighbors expressed a belief she
was trying to find q cat to dupli.
cate each of the instruments Of
a great orchestra. Her symphony
was declared to number more
than 100.
Before Magistrate MCGEE in
West Side court she denied her
cats were noisy, and said she
took them in as an act Of hu.
manity.
Had High Lineage
One named Susie. she said.
was descended from $4,000 cat
called King Cupid. In her $40
a month basement Miss Martell
exhibited pictures and documents
which showed she had been bred
In a wealthy family. Her mother.
she said, was adopted by Sam
Van Dusen. well-known PATRON
of the last century.
In 1902. while still quite well
off, and the wife of a prosper
Gus bookmaker. Miss Martell said
she acquired her first cat. 1t was
a Persian. She then went into
cat raising as an avocation, and
displayed many an animal that
took prizes in feline shows.
Ten years ago, she said, her
husband left her and she went
The Washington times., 1930-10-10
KilCGnis Hear Talk
On SnLesn1u1lSIaiD

z. M. Johnston, of Syracuse, ad
dressed the Kiwanis Club at the
Washington Hotel yesterday on
creative salesmanship:
Wales Hank, of Norfolk, ex
tended an invitation to Washing.
ton KiWanians to attend the
twelfth annual convention of the
Capital district at Virginia Beach,
October 1925, Bynum E. Hinton
announced that Is members had
registered for this convention.
The Washington times., 1930-10-10
Kellogg and GOurGud
Sailing for Europe

NEW YORK, oct. 10 uNsJ.
Frank d. Kellogg, former Secre-
tary of State and newly-appointed
member Of. the World Court, will
sail for Europe today.
Also sailing today Is Gen. Henri
Gouraud. governor Of Paris. who
attended the American Legion
convention In Boston.
The Washington times., 1930-10-10
13 Arrested, I Dead,
In Spanish Strikes

MADRID. Oct. 10 dNs)
Thirteen men and several women
were arrested at Vitoria today
when police charged a crowd
which attempted to rescue a
striker who was being escorted to
jail.
The Washington times., 1930-10-10
CAR KILLS MAN

CHARLES TOWN, w. Va, Oct.
10.-Wilbur H. lands. son of s.
H. Lands, IS. was killed by an
automobile at Trenton, Georgia,
The Washington times., 1930-10-10

"After depreciation, interest and Federal income tax.
Here is an investment combining O dominating
leadership in its field through able, enterprslng
progressive management with (2) established earning
power, (3) the momentum of steadily increasing
volume and profits with the growth of the great
metropolitan centers they serve, (D the nationwide
diversification experienced investors rightly seeR
New Britain herald., 1930-02-22
Photo by Johnson & Peterson

10 the Sloprr home, Their eldest daughter, Carlotta is home from Storrs Agricultural college, while Miss Barbara Vale of Wcllcsl"y. Mass. and Arthur Hall of Yale uni- ycrsity are 10 be guests at the Slop- CT home.
 Miss Faye Kattrnbury came home from New York city last wcc,.- end 10 be with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William II. Hattcnbury of shuttle Meadow avenue.
 Governor John II. TrumbuI, Mr.. Trumbulh and their family jnclud- ing their daughter, Jean and inc young John CoclIdGos of New Hav- en and John Hills of Northampton are all to be the weekend guests of Colonel Budd at his country homo which is located at Windsor. Mass, north of Northampton.
 Erwin Slopcr, son of Mr. and Mrs Andrew J. SIopor of Grove Hill is spending the weekend in Pro l. Gcnce R. l., with George Lnd,r. son Of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas l.ind.r of Lincoln road. George is q student at the Moses Brown school and at J recent athletic meet held in Bos- ton, Mass. won 2nd place in the high hurdles.
New Britain herald., 1930-02-22

Miss Eottina Baldwin, only daugh- fer Of the Ernest BaldWina Of bow oy road is home from the Lincoln school in Providence k. l.. for the holiday weekend.
 AIr. and Mrs. Edward Scchrcst oi Wellesley Hills. Mass. spent last weekend in town with Mrs. Sc chIcN's p9rc.,ts. Mr. and Mrs. Ccorge \. Caldwell of Harrison street.
 Charles \, Frank. Jr. and ]. l.. Sinclair of NeN York city and Clif- ford Marshall of sharon, Pa. for mcr fellow classmates at Yale unI- vcraity are spending the week end in New Britain with Richard House. son Of Mrs, A. W. House of Adams street.
 Mrs Paul Malay and her two young daughters, Virginia and Jean who have been visiting with he William B-ntlcy family on Rus sell street sin@r carly February, re- turned today to their home in Mount Vernon, x. Y.
 Mr. and Mrs. John Coolidge oj N,w Haven spent last week send j!l Boston. Mass, with Mr. and Ms. Frank H. StcarnS. who are NeIN
New Britain herald., 1930-02-22
Social TcHuities Tbout Sown
Social Affairs for Local Society Folks Increase-Many Home Parties-BeauX Arts Ball High Light of March--Dinner Dance at Shuttle Meadow
 Tonight-Other Events of Note.
Other Events of Note.

CPRING is the wing, wntIy blasts and biting winds J thing of the past and late February finds social events in town the clesccndo. This week, which has been crowded with countless gaccs, given suspicious start when
 Mrs Herbert Pcase threw open her home on Vine street for charity bridge Society, generous responded to the and representative aScmbage of ash0nabcS crowded her spacious home the afternoon and again in the evening of Tuesday the 18th
 DEBATES bold in all their glory. will live again for a night
 the 8th Of March when the BeauN Arts Ball takes place out at the Shuttle Meadow club pageant pTOtran9 the from l6OO to l6OO depicting many undeISeaS fantasies will be the piece de resistance of the event. Miss Marjorie
 Hart has for days been deyong all her spare time and that IS hard to spare to whipping the pageant into shape To Miss Jenny Osen Miss Helen Lcmau and Mrs Duncan Shaw has fallen the task of cstUnng the 15 persons taking part the tabeauN, while other members of the Art League responsible for converting the club ballroom into pirates rendezvous cooru and picturesque enough for the brilliant costumes in which the guest will deck themselves. Though this not required the committee earnestly hopes the majority of the on-ooheGs will come in costume.
 CPEAkNG of &llajrS tho Washingtons birthday dinner O dance out al the shuttle Meadow club tonight should be one of the smart %s of the month. Eddy Wittsten is UAn@ and that a"n" loJId D. daWne card. But-deSpte auInG 9ddncc notices club members have responded with only
 small degree oi their u-Ua enthusiasm and nothing short
 miracle can bTnI forth the big crowds that almost always attend affairs at the club house. Less than hundred reservations have nou made Socially however, the party is ccIlan to pe gay amt brilliant. The ]5lNilo JohnSons have lNcn labr and are having no host party, entertaining healI jo at lheT home Maple I'M before the dining hour at the club. Mr. and Airs. Alfred Corja are also listed for reservations and they tJ will entertain guest, a1 their home before going ou. to din. and dance.