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are your and he said TIL tell you
when l see you Then he told me
70 bring Mary and meet him at the
corner you took her TO at 4 o'clock
sharp. IL I'd been there on time!
But" he gulped down the fact OF
his mothers responsibility for the
tragedy-"but I was-detained."
How did he seem? Frightened?
Hurried? Anything queer about It,
I mean?"
Well" Dirk considered. dis
liking the reversal OF roles in
which he found himself. He was
usually the interrogation himself.
On the other hand. he knew that
q refractory witness does himself
no good. so he answered courteously
enough.
Il got the impression he didn't
want 10 be overheard. perhaps. I
couldn't say there was anything
more than that In his manner.
Nothing very damning in that. I
should say. Quite natural under
less peculiar circumstances than
these. i vas just about TO ask him
for an explanation when he seemed
to-become hurried. suddenly. He
said I can't talk now and added
what sounded like-'the fy's buzz
Ing around,'-and hung up. Sound
ed rather silly. I wonder what he
meant?" He broke on suddenly.
remembering that he was talking
TO a reporter. Some kid stuff,
probably. Very likely meant moth
Ing at ALL"
Bowen masked the interest this
information had for him. "Oh,
very likely. Funny. t~hough-he's
been talking about a fly in there"
He nodded toward the door OF the
hospital room.
The door OF the boys room opened
a crack. and a nurse beckoned.
Mr.. Ruyther? Pleased" Dirk
pushed hurriedly inside. where
there vas the sound OF hushed sob
bing. The nurse closed the door.
shutting herself and Bowen out.
Hes gone." she said. Bowen said.
where's the nearest 'phone?' and
bolted.
IN the weeks that followed Eddie's
= death the one thing happened
that Mary had eve dreamed could
happen. That was that nothing
happened at all. The days went by
as usual and there was no news OF
the sort she wanted TO hear.
The private investigators hired
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-23

Elmer Twitchell says the stock
market Is SO quiet you can hear a
brokerage house fall.
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PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT

II there Is a war between Japan
and China. the Chinese should win
il. Look at all the practice they've
had.
Ohio State University has de-
veloped a vest pocket cracker
that will sustain a man for sew
eral days. Now II some OF US can
only manage to get a vest.
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Quotations

Pride is a weakness in the char
acter; 1t driss up laughter, Won
der, chivalry and energy.
&C. K. Chesterton.
It would be well to postpone the
teaching Of economics to chill
dren in school until such time as
opponents Of the science ian agree.
The Rev. Fl. Wilson
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by Mr.. Jupiter 10 study his wife's
murder-they were the two men
who had been hired to protect her
and had failed so dismally-were
Joined by two OF their confreres.
But the search led nowhere. There
were numerous Lorimors In town,
even a few aluminum-fitted special
jobs" but they we're all In the pos
session OF well-to-do citizens with
the most unassailable regulations.
The a that had dealt the death
blow had vanished OF the face OF
the earth. Probably. they reck-
oned, locked IN a private garage
somewhere. where IL would remain
until the affair should have been
forgotten, whence It would emerge
reprinted. And. unless there was q
tip-off, might go undecided alto
gether. IL II had been a hot" a
(that Is, stolen). II would have been
found deserted. The fact that Il
was privately owned added to the
strength Of the rapidly growing
theory-now that the first flush of
indignation had passed-that Ed
dies death was an accident. and
not, as George Bowen Of the Star,
alone among the metropolitan
news-writers, insisted. caused by a
murder car"
At last even Bowen bowed to the
strength OF opposite opinion, ap-
%parently, for he stopped Gliding the
police department for its imbecility.
and ven stopped writing any more
about the case. None was happier
at his sudden silence than Inspector
James Kane.
MARY had fed her starving hopes
~ on his persistently optimistic
stories. When they stopped. she
felt alone as the champion az a lost
cause. Mr.. Jupiter was %preoccupied.
living withdrawn from all contacts
except his daily consultation with
the private detectives.
Dirk was kindness itself: there
was something so gently protective,
almost ~paternal. IN bis attitude TO-
ward her nowadays that she was
deeply touched by every new
manifestation OF his tenderness.
But he was trying q case IN court
and had no time to give TO a per
sonal investigation. He was loath
to talk about the subject. even. His
whole intention during their brief
hours together seemed 10 be 20
draw her mind away from past
grief. He wanted 10 abandon their
plans for q formal wedding. and be
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The
Once Ooer

A DAY WITH THE JAPANESE
FOREIGN MINISTER


FOREIGN MINISTER
Scene-The War Office in Japan.
Minister Ito secretary)- Well,
how about It?
Secretary-About what, xr7
Minister-The weekly note from
the League Of Nations?
Secretary-You got that yester-
day.
Minister-No, that was last weeks
note. 1t was a little late. This
weeks note hasn't been brought to
my attention yet.
Secretary-I'm afraid It hasn't
come then.
Minister-Now don't be ridiculous.
II must be around the office some
place.
Secretary-dooking through pa
pers)-Tm quite sure 1t hasn't ar
rived.
Minister-The weekly note from
the League always arrives. It's been
arriving for months. Have you look
ed in your desk?
Secretary-I've just been through
1t.
Minister-And no ultimatum?
Secretary1Oh, yes; hundreds OF
'em. but not any new ones that
you haven't seen. After all, they're
all the same. Couldn't you just read
one OF the old ones.
Minister-Of Jul / could. II
isn't that the late note would con-
tain anything new; it's merely that
I'm SO accustomed 70 getting a note
each week that I can't get down 70
the regular routine until i set II
out of the way.
Secretary Maybe Geneva has
decided not TO send any more notes
TO Japan.
Minister-Don't be absurd. Really,
there are times when you talk like
4 child. Many things are possible
.I this world, but the failure or
the League TO send a note to Japan
each morning Is not among them
low about Mr.. StimSon? Have We
nd from him this morning2
S1cretary-Not yet.
Minister-What time Is it2
Secretary-It's nearly no0n
Minister-We generally hear from
him before this. He must be slow
ing up. Maybe We ought to cable
him.
Secretary-Cable Mr.. Stimson?
Minister-Yes. If he knew We
hadn't any communication from
him as late as this today he'd do
something about IL at once, I'm
sure.
Secretary-He generally sends
his notes through Geneva. doesn't
he?
Minister-Yes, but Geneva has so
much correspondence to handle
that II gets mixed up now and
then. Id be much better satisfied
II Mr.. Stimson would file his daily
protests direct. Take il up with him,
please.
CThere Is q knock at the door.l
A courier comes in carrying a
large basket OF correspondence.
Minister-What have you there,
my man?
Courier-This mornings notes
from Geneva, washington. London.
Paris. Rome, and points west.
Min.ster-Cwith a sigh OF relief
as he takes the basket and empties
it into a fire place)-Ah-hI Now
we can go ahead with the daily
routine.
PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT
II there Is a war between Japan
and China. the Chinese should win
il. Look at all the practice they've
had.
Ohio State University has de-
veloped a vest pocket cracker
that will sustain a man for sew
eral days. Now II some OF US can
only manage TO get a vest.
IT'S ALL DONE BY MIRRORS
Hi: On all brokers statements
YOU will read these lines: This
statement will help you in making
out your income tax return this
year"
Where do they get a silly idea
like that?
A. z. r.
Elmer Twitchell says the stock
market Is 50 quiet you can hear a
brokerage house fall.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-23

Most Of the laboratories OF the
state departments Of health are now
able to make the examination Of the
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most certain the diagnosis in any
suspected case.
The treatment or undulant fever
The Washington times., 1931-02-06
AFeW Words About
SaniCO Bakery Products

SANICO BAKERY PRODUCTS MUST BE GOOD. Whe
you realize we have an ura.modern plant equipped wit
the finest machinery operated by competent workmer
under the most hygienic conditions and that use onl
the finest quality materials, you will agree with tha
the products coming you from the Sanico Bakery MUS
BE GOOD.
Among the various items baked in Sanico Bak- Hill
cry and offered through the Sanitary and Pggly Hi
Wiggly Sanco Sandwich Bread loaf, Sc; Hill
Sanico Long Boy Bread loaf, Sc; Sanico Rye Bread,
loaf, lie; Sanico Whole Wheat Bread, lie; Sanico Hill
Whole Wheat Raisin Bread, lie; Sanico Vienna Hill
Bread, lie; Sanco Pocketbook Rolls, dozen 15c; Hill
Sanico Pan Rolls, 1Oc; Sanico Pound Cake 3Oc
Sanico Rasn Cake, SOC; SanicO Angel Food Cake, I'LL
Csc; Sanco Jelly Roll, 25c Sanico Cup Cakes, for
1Oc; Sanico Dixie Squares Csc; Sanico Fudge Cake,
SOC; Sanico Cookies, package 1oc; Sanico Cruers'
Evening star., 1931-12-20
JAPAN IS EXPECTED
EXPERIMENTATION
|. LIMIT Of ONE WEEK
Drastic Measures Promised
Unless UItimatum Obeyed
at ChinchoW.
RESTORATION SPURNED
BY CHANG KAI-SHEK
Nanking Minister at Toxic Con-
feIs With New Premier
Before Going Home.

SHANGHAI, December 20 Sun
day. tP,.-Chinese press dispatches
from T1entsin and Peiping today
said Chinese officials believed Japa-
nese attack on Chinchow might be
expected within "A hours, aimed at
driving all Chinese troops out of
Manchuria,
Large bodies of Japanese troops
were moving westward along the
Peiping -Mukden Railway, the dis
patches said.
BY the Associated Press.
A japanese ultimatum demanding
that China evacuate Chinclow, Man.
churia, within a week was predicted II
Toxic yesterday.
The Chinese command will be warnec
that drastic measures will be taken un
less the ultimatum is obeyed, it wa.
authoritatively said
The Chinese Minister at Toxic con.
ferred for an hour with the new Japa
nese premier preparatory to returning
to Marking. 1t was the first direcI
ofnclal contact in two months. Tht
Minister'S secretary denied he had beer
recalled to Marking and said he woulc
return to Toxic in two weeks
New clashes between japanese troop.
and Chinese bandits were reported from
Mukden, where the japanese command
speeded preparations for drive agains,
IN the Hsinmintun region
In Paris Kenkichi YoShiZaWa, Japan!
new foreign minister, wished China
good luck in attaining unihcation anc
solidarity, explaining such an even.
tuality would exert only a beneficial
effect on Japan"
Leaders OF the Canton faction ir
China, who forced Marshal Chang Kai.
Shek from the presidency last Monday
were tf.e authority for a report thai
Chang would be reelected next week tc
head the government. But Chang, i,
was learned, refused to return to the
position and it was believed a figure
head would be selected
Evening star., 1931-12-20
ROOSEVELT, BUSY,
CANT MEET RASK0B
Friends Fail to Bring Demo-
cratic Leaders Together
at Luncheon.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, December 19-Mutual
friends of Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt,
potential Democratic presidential candi-
date, and John J. Raskob, Democratic
national chairman, disclosed tonight
they had failed to bring the two to-
gether at a luncheon to be held here
next Tuesday.
The Governor. newspapers said, had
declined to attend on the ground OF
urgent official business in Albany
The luncheon. admittedly fostered
by Mr.. Raskob. was to have been for
the purpose of discussing prohibition
ahead of the National Committee meet
ing in Washington January 9, to take
action on that subject.
Roosevelt supporters have been try
ing for weeks, the newspapers said
to have the Raskob wet" resolution
Convention left free to act as it may
choose. This would leave the way
open for Mr. Roosevelt to suggest a
prohibition plank should he desire.
Mr. Raskob and former Gov. Alfred
E. Smith. among other leaders, will
take to the Washington meeting the
answers to a national QUESTIONABLE re-
Gently sent to 10000 contributors to
the 1923 presidential campaign. Mr..
Raskob said recently about one-third
had replied.
1t was said their replies, although
not all tabulated, indicated a decided
drift in favor of repeal or revision
of the eighteenth amendment and laws
enacted for its enforcement, in even
the South and West, heretofore reck-
oned dry"
Evening star., 1931-12-20
G[ASSF ORD ACTS
TO END ROBBER|ES
Orders Extra Duty Schedule
for PoIice-Woman's
Pocketbook Snatched.

Aroused by the sudden increase in
robberies. Gen. Pelham D. Glasstord
superintendent of police. yesterday put
the force on an emergency extra duty
schedule in an effort to combat the
activities Of crooks.
Meanwhile, three colored men, whose
descriptions tailed in each case, staged
a series of hold-ups throughout the
night, with taxicab drivers their VIC
tins.
Gen. Glassford's order followed a con
ference with his executive staff, al
which the crime situation was dis
cussed and plans made for coping
with it. The conference was attended
by Inspectors E. W. Brown, l.. I. H
Edwards, James Beckett, o. T Davis
T. r. Bean and Albert ]. Headley.
Details Of the plans were not re-
vealed, except that members Of the
force will be required to work overtime
until conditions return to normal. BY
assigning policemen to extra hours of
duty, Gen. Glassford will have a large
force available at all times, particu-
larly during the periods when robberies
ana holo-ups are more frequent.
Keeps in Close Touch.
Gen. Glassford is keeping in close
touch with the crime situation through
conferences with his executive staff
He also makes periodic studies of a
so-called crime map, which shows the
sections Of the city in which most rob-
berries and hold-ups occur, and the time
of the day and night when they are
more frequent
The telephone company keeps a
chart showing the periods when traffic
is at peak and provides additional
operators to handle the situation" said
Gen. Glassford That is exactly what
we are doing in the Police Depart
ment with respect to the crime situa-
ton
We study the crime map and deter
mine the periods when robberies and
hold-ups occur most frequently and put
on extra men to meet this situation.
Overtime Necessary.
II don't like to ORDER the men to
work overtime They have had a lot
of extra duty recently, but it must be
done in emergencies"
Among the police reports yesterday
was an attack on Mrs. Nellie Sulli-
Continued on Page 4, Column So
Evening star., 1931-12-20
u. S. MARSHAL HELD
ON LIQUOR CHARGE
Clarence M. Kearney Posts $1,000
Following Arrest in Auto
Crash.

Clarence NJ. Kearney. United States
deputy marshal. was arrested on
charges of possession and transporta-
ton of liquor last night after his au-
tomobile had been in a collision in
front of the twelfth precinct police sta
tion.
Kearney was released under $1,000
cash bail.
A car driven by Kearney is said to
have collided with one operated by
Julian T. Miller, 38ll Twenty-ninth
street northeast. Kearney was cut and
bruised. but refused to go to a hos
pital. Miller escaped injury.
Hearing the crash, Policeman EN-
NETT Sullivan, on duty in the station,
ran into the street and. according to
his report, found two pints of whisky
in Kearney's machine
Evening star., 1931-12-20
WILL CALL MENCkEN
INLYNCHING INQUEST
Foreman of Jury Probing Death of
Mob Victim to Summon Bal
tlmore Critic.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SALISBURY, Md, December 49,
W. Arthur Kennerly, foreman OF the
coroner's jury investigating the lynch
ing two weeks ago of Mack Williams.
colored slayer, said today he would
summon H. L. Mencken and members
of the editorial stats of the Baltimore
Sun and Evening Sun, to testify at the
inquest.
Kennerly. former mayor of Sails
bury, announced his intention of call
ing the newspaper writer's after a con-
ference with States ATTORNEY Levin C.
Bailey who, with Attorney General W.
Preston Lane, jr. have been investigat-
ing the lynching. No date for the in
quest has been set.
Kennerly reached his decision, he
said, because of articles directed at the
Eastern Shore of Maryland by Mencken,
critic, caustic commentator and pub
Usher of the American Mercury, in
which 1t was declared the mob leaders
we're known but no action taken against
them.
Mencken's article appeared in the
Evening Sun, of which he is an asso-
ciate editor.
Evening star., 1931-12-20
GLASSFORD GIVES DETECTIVE
DAY OFF FOR ILLEGAL PARKING
Traffic Regulations Apply to ALI Alike, Says Chief,
Surprised to Find Brodie in Role of Offender.

IT was on my way home Friday
night" said Maj. Glassford, and saw
a car double parked in violation Of the
regulations. stopped to investigate and
found the machine locked. Then I went
to the patrol box and called No.
precinct and ordered that the car be
toWed away and impounded. But be-
fore the tow wagon arrived man came
out of nearby house. And I was sur
prised when I recognized Detective
Brodie.
THE alibi offered by Brodie was that
he was on official business-investigat-
ing theft of some sort. But I told
him that was no excuse for violating
the traffic regulations, and as a penalty
for his act directed him to take Sat-
urday Off"
Brodie's car, which belongs to the
Police Department, was not impounded.
Evening star., 1931-12-20
DUMPED CARGO TRAPS
ALLEGED RUM RUNNERS
$4,000 Worth of Wines and Whis-
ky Thrown in Sea to Free
Grounded Craft.

BY the Associated Press.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., December
ia liquor cargo dumped into the
sea in an effort to float their grounded
craft trapped three alleged rum runners
today near Little Egg Harbor Inlet.
The ship, Greyf1sh II, struck a sand
bar at low tide. The crew tossed $50 =
900 worth of assorted wines and whisky
into the sea, but when the tide rose
the craft still was hemmed in and
could not get away.
Federal agents boarded it, arrested
George Mohlberg, John A. Jahelka and
William Harvey Gale, each of whom
grand jury.
Evening star., 1931-12-20

Maj. Pelham D. Glassford, superin-
tendent of police, contends that men,
bers of his force have no more right to
violate traffic regulations than a private
citizen, and for that reason Detective
Sergt. H. E. Brodie had day off yes
terday he didn't ask for or didn't want.
Ard it pains the detective to think the
day is to be counted against his annual
leave.
Brodie's forced layoff was due to the
manner nj which he parked his car, and
also to the fact that Maj. Glassford
came along at the most unpropitious
time. At any rate, here's the story as
unfolded by the police superintendent
himself:
Evening star., 1931-12-20
SKULL MAY REVEAL SHOOTING
OF CAPITAL MAN IN ARIZONA
Bones Found in Superstition Mountains Is Held That of
Aged White Man" by Washington Savant.

which the skull belonged, has not re-
turned. He was accompanied by w. A.
Barley, cattleman and friend of Ruth,
from whose ranch the aged man, for
mer Washington Government clerk
made his last trek into the Superstition
Mountains.
Classification of the skull as that of
a white man strengthens a b-lief Of in
vest'gators that Ruth was slain, al
though the skull had not definitely
been identified
The prospector's son, DR.. Vincent
Ruth, was understood here to have Of
fered his services in Washington for
such Identification If the skull was
found to be that of white man. It
contained hole apparently caused by
bullet.
The legend Of the Superstition Range
is that those who seek the lost Dutch
man Mine shall die.
Evening star., 1931-12-20
Defeat of Reforms
In Special Election
Irks "Alfalfa Bill''
Governors FriendsWatcll
Effects on Presidential
Boom Plans.
BY the Associated Press.

by the associated Press
OKLAHOMA CITY, December 10
Oklahomans who just little more than
a year ago poured into polling places in
an unprecedented fashion and elected
Alfalfa Bill Murray Governor, de-
ctded at yesterdays special election not
to accept his ideas Of economic reform.
The most popular Of four measures he
submitted to the voters, an income tax
revision bill, was tagging behind by
around 10000 votes tonight, with few
precincts missing in the unofficial count.
I'm disappointed in the rural vote
and IN all the vote" the Governor said.
But I believe the income bill has a
chance yet"
What is the use of reading those
fgures?" he asked newspaper men who
advised him of latest returns, they are
inaccurate"
Nevertheless. Murray, who had pre-
dicted a l25000 majority for the four
measures, was not too optimistic as to
the outcome
Murray's program of four initiative
Continued on Page 2, Column 81
Evening star., 1931-12-20
Delegation Will Have Only
Moral Influence to Per.
suade Europe.
HOOVER AND STIMSON
CONCERNED FOR SUCCESS
Naval Strength Fixed to 1887 by
Treaties-Army Reduced to
Limit.
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

With the World Conference on Dis
| armament at Geneva less than seven
weeks away, American policy there has
| been formulated in broad outline. 1t is
possible for this writer to describe II
| In general terms-terms which are de-
signed to remove the impression held
by wide sections of the American peo-
| pie that Uncle Sam has only to say
the world at Geneva to turn the
worlds spears into pruning hooks.
President Hoover and Secretary
Stimson are deeply concerned for the
conferences success. The delegation
which will speak for them and the
United States at Geneva will be in
structed to utilize this country's great
power to the utmost But the admins
tration is anxious to have 1t under
stood both here and abroad that. in
the final analysis, Americas power is
only the power of moral influence.
Our delegation at Geneva. unlike our
spokesman at the Washington or Lon
don Armament Conferences, will have
no fleets for bargaining purposes. The
position Of the United States, as to
Geneva, is that naval strength is def
nitely fixed up to 1887 by existing
limitation treaties, and that the Amer
lean Army of l39,957 men and 1900
officers is already reduced to the low
est possible limits debatable by this
country. The United States establish
ment of land forces comes within the
military category which includes
CzechoSloVakia, with l38,78 men and
l0,22l officers, and Germany which is
supposed to be disarmed. with an army
Of 100000 men and 4500 officers.
American Policy Summary.
The American policy at Geneva can
be summarized in the following fashion
and under the respective captions in
dicated:
Naval armaments: BY the Washing
ton five-poWer agreement of 1922, the
United States holds capital ships and
aircraft carriers to be limited under
conditions calling fer no change, unless
agreement might be projected and
reached for abolition of battleships, as
favored by some powers. BY the Lon
don three-poWer agreement Of 1890 the
United States considers that limitation
is imposed upon all ether types of war;
ships up to December 81 1886. The
Washington Government does not eX-
clude the possibility of reopening of
naval armaments at Geneva But, in
recollection of the vast difficulties ex-
perienced in arriving even at existing
limitation agreements, it is not thought
probable at this time that any serious
efforts for revising or expanding them
will be made
Military rmaments-Because of the
numerical slenderness of the United
States Army compared to the land
forces of other countries, America can
not be anything but a moderately in
terested bystander at Geneva when pro-
posals for reduction of armies are dis
cussed. President Hoover once OBJ
served that the United States main
tains far more policemen than SOL
diers" The soldiers we keep on an
effective basis within the continental
United States and in our outlying pos
sessions. including the Panama Canal
Continued en- Page 2, Column 81