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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-26

no idea how hard it was for me to
refuse himl"
II know I didn't understand in
the first place." Molly said, feeling
her way, "but I do now. You must
make your own decision-I can't do
it for you.
You'll have to live with the man
you marry, not I. I'd have been
pleased for many, many reasons if
you'd decided for Mr.. Barclay-he
would be SO good to you"
II know"
ut would have been so much
easier for all Of US" Molly sighed.
Ellen began to feel selfish. She
could not know, as Molly herself
scarcely knew, that her mother was
laying deep and subtle trap. When
Ellen went into the bedroom, she
was insure Of herself and her wis
dom.
Myra was in bed with book on
her knees. She looked up and
smiled welcome, but she had de-
termined to let Ellen alone and not
ask questions.
Ellen, however, wanted a conf
dante. She came over to the bed.
removed the book from Myra's
hands and sat down.
Steven Barclay asked me to
marry him." she said abruptly,
so soon, Ellenv'
TOO soon," Ellen answered dark
ly. She added, 81 shouldn't have
said that. really think he rushed
matters because he thought we all
desperately needed lift. Myra. he
was wonderful, wonderful But 1
DON'T want to marry him"
You won't be seeing him any
more then?"
oh, Ill be seeing him.
| MERE was a silence in the
l. dim bedroom where only one
light burned. Pale moonlight fill
tered through an open window, lay
in patches on the SCARED floor and
shone- on the big old-fashioned bed
with one grave-eyed girl against
the pillows and the other at her
feet.
do you think it would be very
wrong to marry man you liked
because you-because you couldn't
marry one you thought you loved?"
Ellen asked suddenly.
""Oh, I don't know, Ellen"
''T'he funny thing is I don't really
know where I am" Ellen went on
in a puzzled way. MY feelings
whirl around like a shutttlecock.
There'd be no problem at all if
/ didn't like Steven. but I do! I
can't decide whether I'm being mer-
cenary and grasping Or"
You're not that. You know
you're not. Don't even imagine
such things!"
But if he didn't have any
money"
That's extremely foolish of you,"
Myra interrupted sharply. I'm not
taking sides in this, but I won't have
you imagining that you're some
! thing you're not.
you're every bit as good as Ste
ven Barclay. What if he does have
money? You're beautiful. You're
sweet and good. You're we'll
born"
'rYou sound like novel of the
1885," Ellen broke in with a rueful
little laugh.
"Just the same, it's true" per-
sisted Myra.
"D'you know, I wasn't sure
whether I was going to say yes or
mo- until I did?" Ellen said, staring
out at the winking electric sign
across the street.
YOU'D know what you were 60
ing to say, wouldn't you, if it had
been Larry Harrowgate?"
Ellen's face turned scarlet.
'He hasn't asked me-" she an
swered, her cheeks continuing to
flame. II haven't a reason in the
world to imagine he will when he's
engaged to another girl"
HAS he-ever said anything that
might suggest he meant to tell you
about that?"
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Williams
By Blosser
Martin

It had tail and resembled some form Of
great ape Of the lower orders To the upper
tier of caves it crawled disappearing into one.
Then Tarzan again took up the trail of Pan
at-lee He followed it down the stone pegs to
the nearest cave, then toward the upper tier.
Startled, he realized that this was the direc-
ton of the strange. monstrous form had taken,
land he uuickened his pace. He had almost
reached the third cave when the echoes of
KoEzulSryf were awakened by shr1li scream
ofS2&xrce
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Night had fallen as Tarzan looked through
the doorway of the cave. In other caves he
heard voices, and smelled the odor of cooking
Luckily, the one where he had been held pris-
oner was. on the very lowest tier scarcely thirty
feet from the base Of the Cliff Gathering
together his weapons swiftly and silently he
dropped down the ladder Of pegs to search for
. point where he could ascend the ridge. and
return 20 tho village Of cm-ats the Kcr~uf-1a.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-26

Beautiful ELLEN RoesTTER. q sales
girl In BARCLAYS department. store,
sss' s e. S San T.R her no saTsys =
older sister MYRA. and her Young
a. p!ssPisasa ., she nssss and sags r.
GATE an artist I;rrz zatsT sne pn eSTns ns
debutante She is hear-broken. but con-
tinues % 20 about with him.
employer. becomes deeply interested IN
her Ellen ouaTree with her mother.
refusing 20 break = Date with Larry to
MRS BONDY. 4 store gossip. tells
scandalous stories Of BARCLAYS atten-
tions TO Ellen. The siri determines TO
without Eiier's knowledge. Molly In
vites Barclay to dinner. borrowing money
10 make the apartment more attractive
and to buv expensive food.
Ellen. Is furious. but, when Barclay ar
rives she is compelled TO erect him IN
Barclay gives. Mike a much desired BIZ
Later Ellen and Barclay 20 driving
and he asks her 10 marry him.
NOW co ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER NINETEEN Continued
The girl was pleased and grateful
that he had made her refusal 50
easy.
"Wil you do me one favor?" he
asked.
"I1l be so glad to-"
"Then call me Steven"
Steven" she said obediently
flushing. Steven, Steven - it
sounds odd for me to be saying
that"
1T sounds rather nick to me,
be amended boyishly
They parted as friends. Ellen
would have preferred that they
should see each other no more. but
such a suggestion was impossible,
lust as it was equally impossible to
Tpeak To him Of the gossip at the
fore. The inference would be too
Alain
The one step TO protect her from
this gossip would be so obvious.
A 8 she said good night Ellen de-
L n termined that in the morning
she would resign her position at
the store and seek another. In
this manner she would obviate the
possibility of encountering him each
day.
Another job would carry her out
OF the reach of wagging tongues.
Another job was the solution. She
must leave Barclays.
She was not surprised to find
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-26

but toward morning she had fallen
into heavy slumber.
Nevertheless, the terrific noise
brought her wide-awake at once.
Sure that the building must be on
fire, she reused Myra, told her to
wake Molly and Mike, grabbed her
kimona and ran through the living
room to the door. 1t was barely s
o'clock.
CHE jerked open the door and
- stood in foolish surprise, abb
ruptly conscious of her disheveled
attire. Facing her was John Far
mum, owner Of the building.
What do you mean rousing us at
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At length it led him to the verge of another
cliff where, after moments search, he dis
covered the stone pegs by which Pan-at-lee
had descended. AS he lay upon his belly and
leaned down to examine the pegs, his attention
was riveted by something slowly coming up
ward, apparently by means OF similar pegs
Watching intently. he saw it rising higher and
higher until now he was able to distinguish
its form more clearly.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-26

He came at last to where the river ran so
close to the rocky wall that he was forced to
swim it in search of trail on the opposite
side. Here his keen noStrils detected familiar
scent. At this spot Pan-at-lee had sought the
jungle's safety. Immediately the ape-man's
plans changed. Now he knew the girl was
alive after her leap from the cliff summit.
termined to follow this tran he had picked
Up by accident.
Evening star., 1932-05-22

turn. But 1t wasn't until late In 1929
that rare book dealers and custodianS OF
large collections, particularly those in
libraries Of large Eastern universities
began to miss some of their rareSt and
most priced volumes and were brought
to the realization that systematic looting
Of their collections had been taking place
for some time.
1t was at about this time that New
York book dealer one day was visited by
young man who offered to sell him, at
bargain, a copy of Wyeth's Oregon
Journey" rare volume of Americana,
worth between 5000 and $700. Such
volume had recently been reported miss
ing from the Boston Public Library. The
dealer thought he detected traces of the
Hbrary's identifying stamp, which had
been removed. He communicated his sus-
picions 10 a special investigator of the
New York Public Library, but before the
investigator could appear on the scene
picious. Withdrew the book and disap-
peared
The New York Public Library had not
yet suffered the loss of any of its rare
books, but It's officials agreed that here
was matter of general public concern,
and decided to investigate the traffic in
rare books. It was learned that the
young man who had offered to sell the
suspected volume was one Harold Clarke,
Evening star., 1932-05-22
BY ARTHUR STRAWN

the illegitimate brother of half-dozen
identical volumes sired by counter
feiter who made electro Photographic
copies of the genuine article. Yet an
other may find that the pen which wrote
his highly priced George Washington
letter was never even seen by the Father
of His Country but was pushed instead
by a talented Philadelphia forger. And
another collector, his suspicion now
aroused, may learn on making further
inquiry that the only thing wrong with
his beautifully spaced, neatly written
manuscript of an Oscar Wilde essay is
the fact that Mr.. Wilde almost always
wrote in a cramped, messy style, with
the lines moving uphill instead Of
straight across the paper.
COUNTERFEITING manuscripts and
rare books seems to be a weakness
of the human flesh as ancient as that
of counterfeiting money But every
time 1t is discovered that the legitimate
stream of these articles is being defled
by current of spurious or stolen items,
the little drama of re-examination and
revaluation takes place. And it is taking
place again now, owing to the recently
exposed activities of ring of book
thieves and counterfeiters, who for sew
Evening star., 1932-05-22

4 INFORM a community that large
circulation and you start minor
panic. With apprehension banks
and business houses begin to re-
examine the money in their vaults and
drawers to discover how much worthless
paper they have. Storekeepers worriedly
examine every bill of the questioned de-
nominations rendered for merchandise,
and the customer promptly returns the
compliment by suspicously cycling the
money he receives in change.
similar disturbance is created in the
vast army of rare-book and autograph
collectors when they learn that the mar
ket is flooded with fraudulent examples
of rare volumes and manuscripts or with
genuine volumes that have been stolen
from various large collections and ibrar-
les. Immediately dealers, librarians and
private collectors begin to re-examine
their stock Most of them will discover
that their treasured possessions are
bona f1de and genuine. But some others
may not be so fortunate.
One may discover that first-edition
volume of Poe, which he considered him.
self lucky to acquire at any price, rather
painfully answers the description of
similar volume reported missing from
the Harvard College Library. Another
may discover that his very rare Kelly's
Settlement of Oregon" for which he
was only too glad to pay $700, really is
Evening star., 1932-05-22

eral years have been pilfering rare vol
umes from large collections, removing
the Identification marks and redistrib-
uting the books again through legitimate
channels.
At the same time, the leader of the
ring, not satisfied with the several hun
dred thousand dollars worth Of volumes
obtained in this fashion, enlarged his
activities by making plausible copies OF
rare items which his agents couldn't
steal for him, and unloading these on
eager and innocent victims. This gen.
tleman, New York book dealer, has
thus earned himself a definite niche in
all future annals of book collecting; but
in the immediate present he is occupying
a more limited niche in the prison on
Welfare Island, where his uisdirected
talents have won him three-year vaca-
tion at the public expense. And now coll
lectorS, dealers and librarians are grimly
perusing their shelves, while detectives
and special investigators are studying
numerous clues in the hope of breaking
up similar gangs
Since time immemorial, all book coll
lections, public and private, have suffered
losses, either from absent minded bor-
rowers who forget to return, or from
borrowers who neither forget nor re-
Evening star., 1932-05-22
The Rare Book Racket

Ioum Has Not Escaped the Hand the RaerH Has
Flooded With Stolen and ContH Books and Forged Manurpt-A Golden
Reapd Bok Rings Expense of Collectors
The Washington times., 1932-12-03
TRIAL
GOES To JURY

NEW YORK, Dec. 3 G.N.S)
The Federal lottery trial of Con-
rad H. Mann, Kansas City busi-
ness man and former head of the
Eagles, and his three codefendantS
was placed in the hands of the
jury today.
Mann's codefendantS are Frank
E. Herring, editor of the Eagles
magazine: Bernard C. MCGUIRE,
professional promoter, and Ray
mond Walsh, an assistant to Nc
Guire.
The indictments charge con-
Spiracy and the shipping of lot
terry tickets in interstate COM
merce in connection with charity
frolic of the Fraternal Order Of
Eagles.
The maximum penalty would be
a $4,000 fine and three years in
the penitentiary.
During the trial the Govern
ment showed that $1,750,000 was
taken in by Mann and MCGUIRE
through the sale of tickets to the
frolic and that each of these two
defendants made a personal
profit of $230,O00.
The Washington times., 1932-12-03
\. !. MAY LEAD
REPEAL VOTE

ALBANY, N. Y, Dec. 3 G.N.SO.
The home State of President-elect
Franklin D. Roosevelt may have
the opportunity of being the first
to ratify a Congressional resolu-
ton repeating the Eighteenth
Amendment.
This opportunity may come at
the special session of the legiSla-
ture called for next Friday by
Acting Gov. Herbert H. Lehman
to repeal mandatory New York
city salary laws.
Calling attention to the fact
that Congress is likely to put
through a repeal resolution at its
lame duck session, Senator Will
liam T. Byrne, Albany county
Democrat, announced today he is
ready to introduce a ratification
measure at the special session if
Congress acts before the State
law makers adjourn. He said:
'Tt would be necessary, of
course, for Governor Roosevelt
to send us a special message
opening the way for intrOduc-
ton of such a resolution at the
special session. However, if
Congress puts the question UP
to the States before we adjourn,
1 think it would be a splendid
thing for the home State of
the next President to be the
first to ratify. And we have
the votes to do it,"
The Washington times., 1932-12-03
Patrol Bullets
In Rum Chase
Fire Ship
J AT. TRENTON

CAPE MAY, M J" Dec. 3
GN.SO.-Set afire by tracer bull
let's from a pursuing coast guard
patrol boat, an alleged rum-run-
ming craft, identified as the Ethel
Appomatox, burned to the waters
edge in Delaware Bay early today.
Six cases of whiskey were sal
vaged by coast guards. The crew
of the burned boat escaped.
The cargo, coast guard officials
said, apparently was destined for
the Philadelphia holiday trade.
The Washington times., 1932-12-03
DEPT.
lOANS39O
MEN To
POLICE
Traffic Court to Suspend for a
Week to Free Force on the
Arrival of Hunger Army

Approximately 800 firemen'
will be transferred to police
duty during the stay of the ap-
preaching hunger marchers in
Washington, it was revealed
teday by Major Ernest W.
Brown, superintendent of po-
lice.
Major Brown said he had been
considering this move for some
time and that today he made the
recommendation to the District
Commissioners during his regular
bi-weekly conference at the Dis
trict Building. He said
Gas you know, the Capitol
has asked for a detail of men,
as has the White House, and
this reduces our patrol force.
Fully realizing our duty to give
to the citizens every protection
possible, / felt our personnel is
not sufficient.
MOVE Is APPROVED
Hence, this morning I made
to the Commissioners the rec
OmmendatiOn that all District
firemen not on active duty be
assigned Immediately to police
duty. The suggestion was at
once approved by the Commits
SiOners and by the acting chief
of the Fire Department.
"The firemen will have their
days off cancelled, the same as
ours, and we will have avail
able approximately 800 addi-
tiOnal men on two shifts Of
duty"
Major Brown explained the use
of firemen on police duty is pro-
vided for by act of Congress and
said the firemen will be sworn in
as special officers.
Traffic Cases Delayed
Asked how they would be armed,
he said:
"They will be given batonS
and badges and such other
equipment as we find neces.
sary."
At the same time, the police
chief ordered that all preliminary
hearings in traffic accidents be
set for the week of December IL,
and that policemen issuing tickets
instruct motorists to appear in
court during that week. This, he
explained, is to prevent tying up
of policemen in court and thus
taking them from street duty dur.
ing the coming week.
Shelter for 900
William Reynolds and Herbert
Benjamin, local leaders of the
hunger march, today conferred
with Major Brown for approx
mately an hour and a half.
The chief topic of discussion
was housing facilities.
Benjamin is understood to have
Continued on Page 2, Col. y
The Washington times., 1932-12-03
WIN
BLACK TOM
DISPUTE
Spy Letters Faxed, Roberts
Holds in Handing Down
Blast Decision

The Mixed Claims Commits
sion of the United States and
Germany today ruled finally
against the United States in
the Black Tom and Kingsland
wartime munitions explosions,
involving $4O,O00,O0O in dam
ages claimed by American in
tereSts.
The decision was handed down
by Justice Owen j. Roberts. of
the United States Supreme Court.
sitting as umpire in the case.
after the American and German
commissioners had certified that
they were in disagreement.
In regard to the Black Tom
explosion, Roberts discussed at
some length the coded Frederick
Hermann message, written in
lemon juice across the pages of
a fiction magazine published in
January, 1917.
Main Reliance Fails
This message, which the. United
States claimed was written by
Hermann, a German agent in
Mexico City, shortly after the two
explosions. was the main reliance
of the American authorities in
their effort to establish German
liability for the disasters. Justice
Roberts said:
"The evidence other than
the expert evidence raises such
great doubt regarding the au-
thenticity of the message that
I would be unwilling to decide
it on evidence other than ex-
pert evidence. The expert evi-
dence is not sufficient to re-
move the doubt and suspicion
that clusters around the dOcu-
ment."
Roberts announced that in
view of the insufficiency of the
new evidence to prove that Ger
man sabotage agents wrecked the
two munitions plants, it would
rot be necessary to pass upon
the much mooted question" Of
the commissioners Jurisdiction
to reopen the case.
Prior to discovery of the Woz-
MAX letters and the Hermann
message the commission handed
down a decision that German
liability had not been established.
Thinks Letters Fraudulent
In handing down his decision,
Roberts declared:
'Tn the KinssIand matter I
have not been able to satisfy
myself that the fire was Of in
cendiary origin. While the evi-
dence leads me to believe that
the fire was not due to appara-
tus for cleaning the shells, 1
am not able to conclude that it
was an 'ncendiary fire caused
by WOZniak (the workman at
whose bench in the KingsIand
plant the fire started. The
United States claims that he
was a German agent).
"I have definitely concluded
the WOzniak letters were fraud
uIently prepared and not au-
thentic."
The Washington times., 1932-12-03
B.E,F,PLANN|NG
NEW MARCH

CHICAGO, Dec. 3 GN.S0 War
veterans were gathering here to-
day for a new bonus army march
to Washington.
Under the direction of George
Anthony, of Chicago, bonus groups
throughout the country were or
dered to move to the National
Capital to petition the lame
duck" session of Congress for full
payment of the bonus.
Only hundred men were ready
to board Chicago and Eastern Illi-
nois freight trains here for the
journey, but Anthony claimed
1000 men would be on hand when
the time came to leave.
The Washington times., 1932-12-03
OUT Of PRISON,
WOMAN SLAIN

MARION, Ind, Dec. 3 G.N.SO .
Mrs. Oda Lippens, 38, who was
released about six months ago
from the Federal Prison for
Women at Anderson, w. Va,
where she was serving a sentence
for using the mails to defraud
in connection with a matrimonial
agency, was shot and killed at
her home here today.
Her mother, Mrs. Anna Nc
Claim, so, also was shot and
probably fatally wounded.
The shooting. according to
police, was done by Ray Bobo,
40, the first husband of Mrs.
Lippens, who escaped.
The Washington times., 1932-12-03
REICH PONDERS
.. ARMS PLEDGE

BERLIN, Dec. 3 G.N.S0.-The
new German cabinet, headed by
Gen. Kurt Won Schleicher, today
debated whether it would accept
the verbal pledge, given by Col.
Franz Won Papen to the world
powers. that the Reich would not
increase it's army budget for five
years.
The cabinet took this action
even before its formal appoint
ment, scheduled for late this
afternoon.
The Washington times., 1932-12-03
Odds Against Georgetown
In Final Game Today

ball today, while Army, forced
to be at its best early in the
season, finds itself struggling to
be at top form.
A waning season finds George
town striving today to win over
Carnegie Tech. This game will
be played in Griffith Stadium.
The Hoyas are underdogS once
again, but many there are who
feel that in this game George
town will flash its best play of
the year. Although Georgetown
is on the short end of the wager
ing, many expect the Hilltoppers
to win. 1t would seem, however,
that Tech has too many guns
for the Hoyas.
Western Maryland enters the
State championship contest in
Baltimore favored to defeat Mary
land.
The Washington times., 1932-12-03
BY HARRY COSTELLO

Three games interest Washing
ton grid fans today. The three
are Army-Navy, Georgetown Car
negie Tech, and Maryland-West-
ern Maryland.
The Army-Navy game, which
some three weeks ago appeared
to be a walk-away for West
Point, today looms as a close bat.
tie. Mr.. Average Football Fan
has found it difficult to escape
the comparative score fallacy
and points to two scores. Notre
Dame II, Army 0; Notre Dame
81, Army O.
These scores. however, mean
nothing. What does matter is
the fact that Navy's team has
improved slowly and constantly
over a period of weeks and is
at maximum capacity for foot
The Washington times., 1932-12-03
WddslUOrth Thought
White House Timber

Former Senator James w.
Wadsworth, of New York, today
was suggested by Representative
Schafer (RO of Wisconsin as a
Republican candidate for PreSi-
dent in 1886. WadSworth staged
a political comeback" by winning
a seat in the House from the
Thirty.nine New York district,
The Washington times., 1932-12-03
Pennsylvania Asks
8 Millions of r. F. G..

Application for a new relief
loan of $8,OOO,OOO for the State
of Pennsylvania was made to the
Reconstruction Finance Corpora
ton today by Eric H. Biddle, as
Sistant to w. B. Rodgers, director
of the State Employment Relief
Board. He said that this amount
would be necessary to take care
of $3.50 families throughout the
State during December and Jan
uarY.
The Washington times., 1932-12-03
TrOtzky, Wife Begin
Return to Turkeu

ESBJERG, Denmark, Dec. 8
G.N.SO.-Accompanied by his wife
and secretaries and the Soviet Sc
cret police, who have never left
his side, Leon Trotzky, exiled Boil
shevik leader, sailed today for
Dunkirk, France, en- route to Tur-
key aboard the line BernStorff.
Trotzky boarded the ship at mid
night, and remained in his cabin
until the steamer sailed at p. m.