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~ N our way to the museum.
few blocks distant, Scarlet
recounted briefly to the dis
~ trict attorney the details of
his macabre discovery.
Markham listened attentively. Then
he turned to Vance.
"Of course, it may be just an act
of thuggery-some one from the
street
ooh, my auntT Vance sighed and
shook his head lugubriously. Really,
" know, thugs don't enter conspicuous
private houses in broad daylight and
rap persons over the head with statues.
They at least bring their own weapons
and choose mises-en-seene which offer
some degree of safety"
well, anyway" Markham grum-
bled, "I've notified Sergt Heath. He'll
be along presently" tSergt. Ernest
Heath of the Homicide Bureau had
worked with Markham on most of his
important cases. He was an honest,
capable, but uninspired police officer,
who had come to respect Vance highly.
Vance admired the sergeant, and the
two-despite their fundamental differ
ences in outlook and training
GRATED with admirable smoothnesS.)
At the corner of Twentieth street and
Fourth avenue he halted the car. A
uniformed patrolman stood before a
call-box who, on recognizing the dis
trict attorney, came to attention and
saluted.
Hop in the front seat, Officer
Markham ordered. I'VE may need
YOU"
When we reached the museum Mark
ham stationed the officer at the foot
of the steps leading to the double front
door, and we at once assembled to the
vestibule.
/ made a casual mental note Of the
two houses, which Scarlet had al
ready briefly described to us. Each
| had a 25-foot frontage, and was con-
structed of large fiat blocks OF brown
stone. The house on the right had no
entrance-it had obviously been walled
up. Nor were there any windows on
| the areaway level. The house on the
| left, however, had not been altered.
| flight OF stone stairs, with high stone
banisters. led to the first floor. The
basement" as was usual in such
| structures, was a little below the street
| level. The two houses had at one thine
been exactly alike, and now, with the
! alterations and the one entrance, gave
/ the impression of being single eStab-
| hshment.
AS we entered the shallow vestibule-
characteristic of all the old brown
stone mansions along the street,. no
ticed that the heavy oak entrance door,,
which Scarlet had said was ajar ear
lier in the morning, was now closed.
Vance, too, remarked the fact. for he
at once turned to Scarlet and asked:
Did you close the door when you left
T, the house?"
Scarlet looked seriously at the
massive panels, as If trying to recall
his actions
Really, old man, can't remember, -
he answered. IT was devilishly upset.
/ may have shut the door. :"
Vance tried the knob, and the door
opened
well, well. The latch has been set
anyway. Very careless on some ones
| part Is that usual?"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-15
INSTALLNIENT III.

~ N our way to the museum, a
few blocks distant, Scarlet
recounted briefly to the dis
trict attorney the details of
hiS n1apabre discovery
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-15
THE STORY THUS FAR.

It is doubtful If Philo Vance, although
endowed with q fine analytical mind and
a remarkable fair for the subtleties of
human psychology, could have solved the
bizarre murder of BENJAMIN H. Kyle un-
less he had been the first observer on
the scene Carefully he noted the maze
OF topsy-turvy clues, before the arrival
OF the police, after Donald Scarlet had
stumbled upon the body in the private
museum on East Twentieth street, facing
Gramercy Park, maintained by DR.. Min
drum w. C. Bliss, famous Egyptologist.
Scarlet, well-to-do Ensllshmsn,
about 40. who had been a COLLEGE mate
of Vance at oxford, was SO stunned by
his discovery of Kyle's body. the head
terribly battered and q heavy Egyptian
statue lying over it, that he had hurried
to Vance for advice. By phone Vance
reported the crime to his friend, District
Attorney John F. x. Markham.
Scarlet said he knew of no reason why
Kyle, who had backed Bliss Egyptian
expeditions, should have been killed
Bliss had made an appointment at the
museum with Kyle for IL that morning
to submit a financial statement to the
wealthy art patron. The museum was in
one of two brownstone houses, owned by
Kyle. which had been so thrown together
as to make one building. In the other
lived DR.. and Mrs Bliss, Robert Salyeter,
Kyle's nephew, a Harvard graduate. who
was an Egyptologist; Anupu HAM, q Bliss
family retainer; Brush. the butler, and
Dingle. the cook. Mrs. Bliss was half
Egyptian and much younger than. her
husband.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-15
LEHMAN DIVORCE ASKED

Mrs. Jennie v. Lehman. who con-
ducts q beauty parlor at 1917 Adams
Mil road, yesterday asked the District
Supreme Court for an absolute divorce
from Horace Ray Lehman, jr., whose
present whereabouts are said to be
unknown. Shortly after her marriage,
the wife states, her husband beat her
severely once each week up to the time
he left her to go to Maryland with the
correspondent. The marriage took place
June 8, 1918, and there is one child.
Attorney Richard J. Quigley appears
for the wife.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-15
FINNISH EX-PRESlDENT
AND WIFE ESCAPE SEIZURE
Native Officer Interferes When
Auto Is Halted and Inspected
Near Russian Frontier.
Nv the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
HEI SINGFORS. Finland, October IS.
DIR. Kaarlo Julio Stahlberg, former
Finn President, and his wife were saved
today from forced transportation across
the Russian frontier by an officer OF
the National Defense Corps.
The defense corps officer forced the
car which was conveying the two to
halt at Joensu, 100 kilometers from the
frontier, and submit to inspection. The
abductorS escaped.
Neither of the two prisoners was
harmed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-15

every good. Brush. And now,
one more question: Has the front door
bell rIng since MIR. Kyle's arrival?"
mo, sir"
Maybe it rang and Dingle answered
it. That motor hum, don't y
know"
"She would have come up and told
me, sir. She never answers the door in
the morning. She's not In presentable
habilimentS till afternoon"
"Quite Enthusiastically feminine"
Vance murmured. ''That will
be all for the present, Brush. You may
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-15
Actor Of Old DAYS Expires.

NEW YORK. October is (E9.--Frank
A. Howard, an actor who began his
stage career in San Francisco In 1874,
died at the Brunswick Home yesterday.
His first stage appearance was in the
Home Towners" Company in san
Francisco. Surviving are son and
daughter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-15
HELD IN COURT SHOOTING
Oklahoma Widow Charged With
Attempted Murder in Two Cases.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ENID, Okla, October 15.-Mrs. Dolly
Douthitt. eccentric wealthy widow who
September "a fired volley or revolver
shots in a district court room after
losing a civil suit, yesterday was charged
with the attempted murder of H. q.
Wedgwood, United States commissioner.
Wedgwood, acting as an opposing at
torney was wounded. She also is
charged with the attempted murder OF
Roy Elam, another attorney, and A. O.
Sutton, the trial judge. Shots fired at
the latter two men went wild.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-15

go downstairs and wait for our call.
An accident has happened TO Mr.. Kyle,
and we are going TO look into it. You
are to say nothing understand"
His voice had suddenly become stern
and ominous.
(To be continued.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-15

coming to Florida for the Winter ssa~
son for number Of years. The BODY
viii be taken to Boston for burial.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-15
Retired Broker. 81. Dies.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. October Is
(PD.-Samuel r. Phillips, "a. retired
broker of Boston, died at local hos
pital yesterday Mr.. Phillips had beer
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-18

Nearly 100000 persons have
assembled the Eiffel tower in Paris
since its construction.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-18
ACTRESS WATTS
TERM
Miss Edwards Faces Pos
SibIe 3-Year Sentence.

By United Press
NEW YORK, April 1S.-Miss
Olga Edwards, "a, whose romance
with Nathan L. Amster, 60-year-old
f1nancier ended when he had her
arrested on a charge of extortion,
was in Harlem Jail today awaiting
sentence on April Is.
Although the jury which declared
her guilty recommended mercy,
she may be sent to Auburn prison
for three and one-half to seven
years.
When the former chorus girl
heard the verdict her only move
was to hand an umbrella she had
brought to court to q bailiff.
Here" her gesture said plainly,
where I'm going I won't need
this"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-18

cities in Missouri and Texas brought
test tubes, breakers and rctorts into
play in their search for a remedy
for the paralysis that follows in
diligence in the forbidden beverage.
SO far their search has been fruit
less.
More indictments and warrants
are expected against druggists and
speakeasy proprietors who have sold
the poison.
At Topeka a grand jury was pre-
pared to hear testimony of twelve
federal agents. The men had COM
pleted investigation of ginger sales
at Wichita, where at least 200 are
i'll.
At Oklahoma City deputy United
States marshals had been given war
rants for more than thirty drug
gists charged with selling and ship
ping substandard ginger.
A warrant had been issued for DR..
Richard Ray, president of Kansas
City (Mo) wholesale drug firm.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-18
BAR TO CHOOSE
BEST ORATORS
Contest Champions Will Be
Selected at Bedford.

State champions in the national
oratorical contest on the Constitu-
ton of the United States, under
auspices of the Indiana State Bar
Association, will be chosen at Bed
ford tonight.
Six district winners, who will
compete, are: Miss Jane Howard,
Boonville; Miss Burhl Conner, Co
lumbus; Miss Kathleen Finn, Wi
ley high school, Terre Haute; George
Van Dyke, Union City; Sidney Hy-
man, Emmerson high school, Gary,
and Max Baer, Central high school,
South Bend.
The champion will be announced
by the following judges: John P
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-18
SCREAMS ROUT
MARAUDER; CITY
1 HOMES LOOTED
Burglars Have Busy Night;
Negro ProWIer FIeeS as
Woman YeIIS.

8 "n you scream, I'll shoot you"
was the warning of a Negro who
snoYed . revolver through a par
tally opened window Thursday
midnight to menace Mrs. M. L.
Ent. $500 North Meridian street,
Apartment 6, who was in bed read
ing.
Mrs. Ent screamed and leaped
from the bed. The Negro, making
an attempt to open the window,
which was held by burglar lock,
fled when J. F. Minthorne. of
Apartment 4 answered Mrs. Ent's
cries. Police found a ladder placed
against the window.
A thin knife blade was used by
n burglar to slide back a night '"nk
to gain entrance to the hc Il
Mrs. Melvin Beach, 2124 Broadway,
Apartment 4. Clothing, a travelling
bag and other articles, valued at
a total Of $40, we're taken.
Mrs. Elsie Dassatt, 2430 West
Walnut street, was working in the
kitchen of her home Thursday
night when she heard q noise in
the front part of the house. In
vestigating, she found sneak thief
had taken her purse containing $40.
Other burglaries reported to police
were: Residence of William Gar
land, "a North East street, clothing
valued at $55; residence of Ira
Campbell, 300 Broadway, clothing
valued at S125; residence of Miss
Virginia Roulison, 1902 Edgemont
street, jewelry, cash and articles
valued at a total of $50; residence
Of A. N. AinSprit, 1905 Ruckle street.
articles valued at $50; residence of
Charles Riley, $40 East New York
street, clothing valued at $50.
Police arrested Leon Motion, 20,
$50 East Fifty-third street, and Ar
thur Harrington, 18, of 1903 Broad
way, on charges of petit larceny
after police squad car crew al
Ieges they interrupted the two steal
ing a tire from an automobile owned
by Mack Higginson, 1915 North Hi
MOS street, parked at Thirty-f1fth
and Illinois streets early today.
Nearly 100000 persons have
assembled the Eiffel tower in Paris
since its construction.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-18

Edmonson Of the indianapolis Star.
Albert Stump, indianapolis attorney,
and Professor Paul L. Haworth Of
Butler university.
Awards and cash prizes, to be
presented by James NJ. Ogden, at
torney-general and Indiana Bar
Association president, were fur
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-18

nished by Frank G. Ball, Muncie
manufacturer.
Pupils writing winning essays on
the Constitution include Libia Mar
chetti, Bedford; Virginia Lemon,
Madison; Kathryn Messmer, Mad
ison township high school, Salamo-
MIA; Margaret MaSSoth, Kokomo;
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-18
SCIENCE, LAW
WORK TO HELP
JAKE VICTIMS
More Than 1000 Persons
in Four States Are Par
TALLY ParaIyzed.

BIZ United Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, April ID
Science and law modified today to
aid 1000 or more persons in four
states who are suffering from Jake
ponSoning.
Health authorities say the mala-
dy comes from drinking post-pro-
hibition highballs made of sub
standard Jamaica ginger.
officials in Wichita and Topeka
Kan; Oklahoma City and several
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-18

Slave-trading still fourishes in
the countries bordering on the Red
sea, some 1000 slaves from East
Africa being sold every year IN the
various Arabian markets.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-18

In 1871. Thomas Hardy, shoe
maker, founded in the London Cor
respondence Society, the first work.
ing class political association
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-18
APRIL is, 1880

Max Peterson, Montpelier: Virgil
Juillerat, Washington Center hisn
Scheel, Columbia City.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-06
WOMAN COLLAPSES
IN POTOMAC PARK
Police Unable to Establish
Identity-FeW Clues
Are Found.

Her face buried in the grass border
ing the flower bed of the rose garden
near Highway Bridge, an unidentified
white woman about As years old. ana
we'll dressed, was found lying uncon-
scious in Potomac Park shortly after
noon today.
Meanwhile, police are endeavoring to
establish her identity. She is confined
to Emergency Hospital
A tiny white handkerchief bearing
the initial "N' or wv" and a car token
were the only articles found on the
womans person. The woman was found
by Policemen Irving Weatherhead,
A. L. Swortzel and c. A. Strobel of the
fourth precinct. following the receipt
OF an anonymous telephone call at the
precinct.
Hospital authorities stated that the
woman apparently had been suffering
from deep mental depression and had
suffered relapse while walking in the
park. Patrolman Weatherhead told his
precinct commander he had seen the
woman walking in the garden about 80
minutes before.
The woman was clad in blue dress,
brown coat, trimmed with fur collar
and cuffs; cream-colored stockings, a
black hat and tan shoes. A ring, bear
ing the inscription "Statesville, N. c."
was found on her left hand.
Physicians and nurses attending the
woman said that upon her arrival at
the hospital she partially regained con-
seriousness and when they addressed her
in an effort to obtain her name, her
responses were incoherent.
Detective Sergt. L. M. Wilson has
taken charge of the case and will en-
deavor to locate friends or relatives Of
the woman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-06
MILITARY REGIME
ORDERED AT PRISON
Colorado Situation Complicated by
Governors Demand for Die
tator's Resignation.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CANON CITY, Colo, February g.
A military regime will be instituted at
the State penitentiary here Immediately
under the dictatorship of Patrick j.
Hammock, former adjutant general of
the Colorado National Guard. Charles
j. Moynihan, chairman of the State
board of corrections, announced today
This step was being taken in an effort
to quell intermittent disorders at the
institution, Moynihan said.
The board of corrections voted
UNANIMOUSLY to install Hammock as spe-
cial deputy warden under Warden
Francis E. Crawford.
Moynihan said the existing admin
iStration of the prison would not be
disturbed but that Col. Hammock would
be given a free hand in restoring order
and in attempting to prevent recur-
renceS of riots and fires such as have
occurred in the last few months.
A convict mutiny at the prison last
October claimed Is lives. Lately sew
eral incendiary fires have been started
in the prison, the last having occurred
Saturday.
Col. Hammock is a man of wide ex-
perience in military affairs, having been
commanding officer of the 157th In
fantry in the World War. After the
armiStice he was in charge of embarka-
ton activities at Bordeaux.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-06

Directions given into q telephone at
Pittsburgh, Pa. made q car in New
York go forward or back or stop In a
test by engineers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-06
FABRICS

Whether it be an antique Tapestry
for the wall of fine living room,
a rich Damask or a Brocatelle to
cover a favorite sofa or a Chintz or
Linen for some simpler purpose,
the extensive stock of our Fabric
Division provides opportunities for
proper selection. Fabrics too, show
February Reductions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-06

rescue crews reported their search was
in vain.
All during the afternoon the river
was shrouded in mist. Snow fell steadily
and searchers said it would have been
easy for a person on shore to mistake
a log. or even a dirty patch on the
ice, for a human being.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-06
SOROPT0MIST SPEAKER
URGES PREPAREDNESS
Willing to Hear Pacifists When
They Are Ready to Abolish
Police, Ex-Governor Saws.

advocating national defense in an ad-
o[eSS 70 the Soroptomist Club at the La
EayeIIe Hotel yesterday, Former Gov.
w. l.. Harding of Iowa declared every
one must be willing to sacrifice himself
and his money to uphold principIes of
the Constitution before the country will
be safe from foes within and without
When the pacifist is ready to abol-
lsh the police force and take the lock
on MS garage and his home. then 1
VIII listen to his argument against ma
tlonal defense," Harding declared
Voca! selections were included in the
entertainment. Miss Mary Catherine
Lewis, president, presided.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-06
Nine. Gluck Loses Tax Suit.

NEW YORK. February (P.-Mme.
Alma Gluck Zimbalist, prima donna
and wife of the violinist, yesterday lost
a suit to recover $6,700 paid as excess
profits tax on royalties of more than
$4,000 received from the Victor Talk
ing Machine Co. for 1917.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-06
RESERVATIONS ARE DEMANDED.

DENVER, February (P.-Gov. Will
liam H. Adams today telegraphed Frank
S. Hoag of Pueblo. Charles A Moynihan
of MontroSe and Mrs. Helen L. Grenfell
of Denver, comprising the State board
of corrections, demanding that they re-
sign at once.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-06
PLAN DEMONSTRATION.
World Fellowship Congress Asks
All Creeds to Participate.

SAN FRANCISCO, February 6 CP).-
The ecclesiastical division of the World
Fellowship Congress here yesterday an
nounced the organization is sending a
plea to thousands of church leaders
throughout the United States asking
them to join in tremendous demon
stration" of interracial, interdenomina-
tional and international concord. Plans
call for observation in all communities.
The ecclesiastical division, headed by
Archbishop Edward j. Hanna, Rabbi
Rudolph H. Coffee and Bishop Edward
L. Parsons, includes equal representa-
ton from the Catholic, Jewish and
Protestant clergy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-06
PLANES FAIL TO FIND
BOYS REPORTED ADRIFT
BY the Associated Press.

by the hSSOClhpeQ RreSS.
BUFFALO, N. Y, February g.
Excitement caused throughout the
Niagara frontier yesterday afternoon by
a report that two youths had been seen
on an ice foe being borne down the
Niagara River toward the falls sub
sided as airplane and Coast Guard
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-06

borrowed a fraternity brothers revolver
and came to Detroit yesterday to raise
money to complete his college course.
Gaylor held up shoe store proprie-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-06

tor. He got So, ran and jumped into
a taxi. A policeman on foot chased
him through the heavy traf1ic and
overlook him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-06
FAILS AS BANDIT.

DETROIT, February R.-Leon
Gaylor, 23-year-old senior at Michigan
State Teachers College, at Ypsilanti,
The Washington times., 1930-10-31
D. 70. TO PLANT
CHERRY TREES

Planting Of approximately 400
trees and q large quantity Of
shrubbery win be begun In various
sections Of the District during the
coming month, according to all
announcement made yesterday by
Capt. z. N. Chrisholm. assistant
director Of public buildings and
public parks.
The soil is being prepared for
the planting Of the trees and
shrubs In various parts of the city.
It is expected that this part OF
the work will have been completed
by the middle Of November and
it is hoped that the sap will have
settled enough by that time "
begin planting.
Among the trees ordered are
200 Japanese cherry trees, to be
planted in East Potomac Park
along the Potomac River and
the Georgetown Canal. Planting
Of q number of weeping willows
in Potomac Park is also planned
A double row OF "A English
elms will be planted beside the
reflecting pool in front Of the
Lincoln Memorial. while 40 pop
lar trees will be set around the
edges Of the Brookland recreation
center.
Other trees will be planted al
various points throughout the
city.
More than Is varieties Of trees
are included in the order, while
an equally wide range has beer
used in selections of shrubs.
The Washington times., 1930-10-31
Hoover, gr, Visits
Parents En- Route

Greatly improved in health,
Herbert Hoover, jr., visited his
parents at the White House yes,
terday preparatory to his de-
parture tonight for Asheville,
N. c., where he will continue to
convalesce from a minor tuber-
cular infection.
He left the Presidential camp on
the Rapidan, in the Virginia
mountains, late Wednesday and
the camp was closed for the
winter. Capt. Joel T. Boone,
White House physician, said
young Hoover is making splendid
progress.
The Washington times., 1930-10-31
WOmen's s Clubs Back
CLnSSeS for Aliens

Insisting that the "pre-School
kindergarten Of Webster School is
doing invaluable service to the
citizenry Of America" the Fedora
ton Of Women's Clubs Of the Dis
trict Of Columbia has sent q pro-
test against the proposed aban'
donment Of the teaching OF alIclls
to the Ditrict Board Of Education.
The federation also included an
appeal to the committee in Con-
gress having charge Of school mat
tiers ito retain and support the
Webster School in all its depart
ments." Both adults and cnil-
dren attend classes.
The Washington times., 1930-10-31
GIRLS CLAIM DRUGGING

BRAWLEY, Calf, Oct. 81
IuNS0-Police today were inveS-
tigating the story Of Hazel Wood
and Vivian Netherland, 16-year-old
Selma, Calf, high school girls,
who said they had been drugged
and kidnapped by a middle-aged
man. They were found here in a
rooming house after Statewide
search had been launched for
them
The Washington times., 1930-10-31
ROBBERS ENTER BAKERY

August Panzer yesterday told
police that robbers forced en-
trance into his bakery in the TOO
block F st. N. E., and fled empty.
handed after ransacking the
place.
The Washington times., 1930-10-31

Dressy coats of trico Observation-Disclosures
iously trimmed with caracul, 1narmink,
and long, silky haired black furs! Black,
brown, green and wine. Sizes Il to 20
and 38 to a..
INEXPENSIVE sHoP-sECoND FLOOR