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Evening star., 1933-09-09
POLICE TO DOFF- COATS

In an effort to give police respite
from the hot weather, Inspector william
g. Stott, in charge Of the department S
uniforms, this morning directed that
coats be discarded during today's tricks
OF duty He also directed that members
Of the force on duty in police stations
shall not wear suSpenders.
Evening star., 1933-09-09
SKULL FRACTURED
Colored Man Reported Attack ed
With Automobile Axle.

George Parks, colored, 80, Of the 400
block of First street southwest, was
taken to Providence Hospital about 6 80
O'Clock this morning and treated for q
fracture of the skull. He was uncon-
scious. it IVES reported. and his condi.
ton was extremely critical.
It was learned by the police that
Parks was wounded as result Of hav-
ing been dealt q blow on his head with
an automobile axle, the axle being
found not far from the scene of the
attack at Virginia avenue and Second
street southeast.
Police were furnished the name Of
the alleged attacker, and search for
him was instituted.
Evening star., 1933-09-09
LIVE STOCK MARKETING
CODE PROPOSALS MADE
Curtailed Slaughtering of Cattle
and Establishing of Minimum
Prices Considered.
BY the Associated Press.

6y Tic hSSOCldtco EIcSS.
The hearing before the Agricultural
Adjustment Administration on a mar
keting code for the packing industry
yesterday received proposals for the
curtailed slaughtering Of cattle. for
marketing and for establishing mini
mum prices for live stock.
They were presented after Thomas E.
Wilson of Chicago, president of Wilson
& Co.. had contended the proposed
marketing agreement would have the
triple effect Of benefiting the meat in
dustry, the producer and the consumer.
Wilson was representing the Process
ors' Committee Of four Of the Insti-
tute of American Meat Packers. His
testimony as well as the various other
proposals submitted were taken under
advisement by agriculture officials when
the hearing YES ccn-luded l-te II the
eftsFlcc-.. q
Evening star., 1933-09-09
COLORED MAN IS HELD
IN INJURY TO YOUTH
Employees of Hotel Were Reported
Engaged in Bout, Sending
One to Hospital.

Lewis Walters. 16, was received at
Emergency Hospital shortly after 10
o'clock last night and treated for a
severe injury to his head. while Melvin
Janifer. colored, 26. of the 1000 block
of Third street. alleged to have been
responsible for his injury. was detained
by the police for investigation.
Walters and Janifer, employees of
Annapolis Hotel. were reported engaged
in a bout on the fifth floor Of the hotel
last night. according to the latter. and
the youth was injured as a result of
having been pushed into a closet.
1t was reported at the hospital today
that his skull may be fractured.
Evening star., 1933-09-09
AUTOMOBILES COLLIDE
Two Are Injured and One Car
Bursts Into Flames.

9, Miss Esther Cummings. 20s E. Thorn
apple street, Chevy Chase, Md, and
Dudley A. Downing. Glen Echo. Md,
were drivers of automobiles in collision
in front of 3705 Reservoir read about
10:45 last night Frederick D. Shafer,
of Glen Echo and Miss Cummings
were injured. The car driven AS Dowl-
ing. was damaged by fire. Nc.4 Engine
Cox pany extinguishing the blaze.
Evening star., 1933-09-09
Chain Grocery Stores Robbed.

Two chain grocery stores were bur-
gla-ized last night. police were told,
the thieves getting SIS worth of food
other The stores were located at 1888
Eastern avenue northeast, and s22 H
ctrect nortleast.
Evening star., 1933-09-09
Heat Overcomes Policeman.

Motor Cycle Policeman James E:
Bennett was recovering today in
Casualty Hospital from the effects Of
heat prostration suffered yesterday
while on duty at Seventeenth and
Pennsylvania avenue southeast. The
hospital announced that his condition
..Cc.l i-.,p:o.-.
Evening star., 1933-09-09
PARAGUAY SUBMITS
TO ARBITRATION PLAN
Would Suspend Chaco Hostilities
Pending Settlement by A. B.
c. p. Commission.

By the Associated Press.
ASUNCION, Paraguay, September 9.
The Paraguayan government declared
its willingness today to submit its dis
pute with Bolivia over the Gran Chaco
border area to commission from Ar
gentina, Brazil, Chile and Peru.
The statement was made in reply to
arbitration proposals and added that
Paraguay would suspend hostilitieS In
the Chaco sperdipg se.t->men..
Evening star., 1933-09-09
Probe Box of Human Bones.

The finding of box of human bones
in an alley back of a Defrees street
home was being investigated by police
today. Oficers, however, secuted the
box was probably discarded by some
medical student.
Evening star., 1933-09-09
WILL PLACE INSIGNIA
President Of Patriotic Society to
Odiciate at Amphitheater Rites.

Mrs. Jean B. Thompson of Elgin. H..
national president Of Sons of Union
Veterans Of the Civil War, was sched-
uled to place the insignia of her organ
ization in the amphatheater at Arling-
ten National Cemetery this afternoon.
Mrs. Thompson, who will attend the
sessions Of the advisory board of the
Women's Patriotic Conference On Ma.
tional Defense at the Maynower Hotel.
also was 10 decorate the Tomb of TIE
: ITiE.cU1l Soldier With q wreath.
Evening star., 1933-09-09
THROW KILLS STEER
Chicago. Policeman Qualities for
Rodeo, Stopping Wild Animal.

CHICAGO, September 9 OFF Po-
liceman Peter Hughes ever gets tired
CT being a policeman he might become
a rodeo performer.
Yesterday he grabbed the tail OF a
1,O0O-pound Texas steer that broke
away while being unloaded from a
packing car, and threw it to the ground.
However, when reinforcementS ar.
rived the animal was dead. apparently
from running wild for almost an hour.
Evening star., 1933-09-09

ST. PAUL, September @.-Wil-
liam Ash, "a. a parachute jumper, was
killed when he attempted a 6.000-foot
delayed jump at the Minnesota State
Fair yesterday.
Twenty thousand persons looked on
as Ash jumped from a plane with a
sack of flour under his arm. He opened
the sack and a white trail followed as
he crashed to the ground. Ash had two
parachutes, but witnesses said they did
not open.
Evening star., 1933-09-09
PARACHUTE SAVES PILOT;
JUMPER LEAPS TO DEATH
Reserve Officer Escapes Death for
Second Time-St. Paul Fair
Patrons See Fatal Plunge.

BY the Associated Press.
HONOLULU, September 9.-Lieut Al
bert F. Hastings Of the Air Corps Re-
serve saved his life yesterday for the
second time with a parachute jump
after his plane crashed with another
machine at $500 feet altitude. He was
cut and brNised.
Landing gear of the other plane was
torn OF in the collision, but Staff Sergt.
Morris M. Beach landed without in
jury. The planes collided while flying
In formation with the 18th Pursuit
Group.
Evening star., 1933-10-24

now the moon deck, under the stars.
The brush Of Summer breeze cool with
the sea From below, tourist class, the
muted strum of a guitar, a Spanish
tango with q pulse beat. man and q
girl leaning against the ships rail,
watching the moon-made ruf1e waves
with silver-gilt.
"You were right about it's being close
inside" Sue breathing deep. Il needed
the ar. I've never been pursued by an
irate wife-before. It's rather harrow
ing"
Long silence. So long that Sue sus-
pected jeffrey had forgotten she was
there at all. She moved toward him,
ever so little, to remind him.
Still he stood, immobile, etched
against the night.
jeffrey" from Sue trifle hushed. as
one spoke in dim cathedral. WHAT
was it, this strange thrumming of her
heart-strings? The beauty OF the night?
The moon-maid swinging her silver
sickle? The music stirring, sultry, bold
with passion? She did not know. She
only knew the moon a waif Of witchery,
the music a madness.
Abruptly the guitar player left of his
the girl and began speaking with the
rapidity. the strength Of fixed decision.
There's a question I must ask you,
Sue I'm not drunk. I'm sound men
tally, so far as know. I'm not trying
to be amusing or humorous-I was never
more serious in my life ! shall ask
Evening star., 1933-10-24
BARGAIN IN L0vE&.l 4
B, JA~c D,xoxe ekt>al

dear jeffrey" 1t was dear of him to
believe in her completely, without ques-
tion. He knew her, Sue, so little and
the woman had been definite enough
to be convincing. Yet she saw in his
eyes, looking deep into her own, that
no suspicion lurked there.
Thanks, jeff" Her lips would trem-
BILE. Il think you'd better find Matty.
She knows. We shared a room while
we were in Paris and were together
constantly
In few minutes Jeffrey was back
with Mathllda, briStling In his wake.
That fool woman!" Mathilda rum
bled like volcano about to erupt AL
ways stirring up trouble. I've never
known her like. She's been running
the boss ragged for years Don't see
how he puts up with it,
But, Matty, what has that to do
with me?" Sue, bewildered. I'm sure
I've never done anything to offend
her"
There's something she wants. that's
sure, and she's picked you out to help
her get It, I know the way she works.
More than one of her snarls I've helped
untangle. Well soon know what her
game is this time. She's not one to
http IL ScCTet-
This is one game she's going to
lose" said Jeffrey. I'll depend on you,
Mathilda to keep her from annoying
Sue when I'm not around"
Count me as taking over the job" )"
Mathilda rumbled. "and enjoying It,"
If Sue can manage the ankle. I'd
like to have the two of you dine with
me in the grill this evening Couple of
fellows on board-old friends-I think
ycu'n find interesting. Thought I might
ask Delphine Crayston to round out the
table She seems a sort Of lone wolf"
Sue will manage" Mathilda decided
for the two of them. Why not include
the professor and his wife? They're
regular people, and it will teach the
CragSton a lesson. She won't be able
to eat bite, thinking what she's
missed"
Excellent" Jeffrey chuckled. I'll
find them at once"
Dinner in the grill was gay. In
formal Festive
Jeffrey's couple Of fellows" were
Bill Emmett, claSsmate in Yale, and
Tod Young. who played polo on a rival
team. Rollicking young men, bearing
unmlstakably the same social stamp as
Jeffrey Delphine Cragston, in sleek
ice-blue satin and dangling diamante
earrings which became her darkness,
showed more animation than one, see
ing her Slumping over the bar, would
believe she Possessed.
The matters fit to be strapped into
strait jacket" she conflded to Ma
thilda. She imagines this party was
re'ned purposely to let her down"
Sue, in soft gray chiffon (bargain
from one of the better department store
basements) put aside her class an
tagonism for the moment in favor of
pure pleasure Buying the gray chiffon
had necessitated her cutting her lunch
con allowance in two. She was glad
now she had sacrificed appetite to
vanity.
Bill Emmett and Tod Young were
globe-trotters. The talked of places
that to Sue were but names, alluring
dreamlands on another planet. as
familiarly as they did of New York. of
Evening star., 1933-10-24
INSTALLMENT VII.

CUE was trembling so she feared
she might burst into tears or
SWoon or do something equally
- futile
why had that woman. Mrs.
Hume, accosted her when she was with
Jeffrey? Why not when she was alone
or with Mathilda? What must Jeffrey
think of her. being badgered by an
angry wife. being accused of taking an
other woman's husband? Why hadn't
she spoken up, denied hotly the ugly
charges?
Coward! Her feeble denials must
have seemed like an admission Of guilt.
Sun deck, please" Jeffrey requested.
The elevator slowed, came to stop.
They had arrived. SO soon. She must
cease trembling walk out calmly, eX-
cuse herself and find Mathilda
Thanks lot" Sue, trying to keep
her voice steady. said I'm dreadfully
sorry it happened"
Silence Was Jeffrey waiting for an
explanation, for a denial? She couldn't.
Not now. She was too shaken. She
had given Jeffrey his chance to escape.
Why didn't he go?
I'm seeing you to your deck chair" ="
he said, slipping his hand under her
tlUUW dSdul, Ii lAiciS
I'll find her for you
Its not necessary. I can get to my
chair easily"
I'D rather you didn't try And don't
let what that woman said bother you.
Above all. don't go to her or allow her
to come to you"
"She may accost me again publicly" 3"
Sue trembled again. That hard woman
had not finished Her kind dare any
thing to achieve a purpose.
IF she does I'll take means to have
her stopped"
When Jeffrey was this way, jaw out
thrust and white along the edge, he
lost all his boyishness. He was old, al
most and grim.
you're wondering if what she said
is true?" She looked up from the chair
where she had been settled.
Il know it isn't true.
De-good Jeffrey. Sue. flushing be-
cause her inner self had almost said
Evening star., 1933-10-24
.ong Island, Of California and the

Long Island. Of California and the
Carolinas.
'Me for the Basque Coast next time
over. I'm fed up on the Riviera" This
from Bill Emmett.
wish I'd gone on to China. Swell
war. Maybe they'd let me crash it"
This from Tod Young.
I'm for Bali" Delphine cut in.
Hear it's divinely dizzy"
Sue thinking! Another world. An
other language. She had been no place
She had done nothing As long as she
could remember she had longed acutely
poignantly. to 60 places, to do things
The trip to Paris, even though a work.
ing trip. was to satisfy that hunger. 1t
had failed utterly. 1t had made her
wretchedly conscious of how much of
life she was missing, how helpless she
was to pluck figs from the tree of life
For her there was only thistles; there
would always be thistles. Alarm clocks.
Time clocks. Ticking typewriters. Die
tation.
Jeffrey, sensing Sues quiet, was
quick to change the conversation. How
about fourSome at deck tennis in
the morning? Sue could sit on the side
lines and referee.
glass of wine toward the professor and
proposed q toast to Yale that Sue saw
the tall angular woman who had ac-
costed her at the elevator take seat
at nearby table directly in line of
vision Mrs. Henry Hume was there
to be seen and she made sure nothing
intervened between her and her pur-
pose.
Sue pretending not to notice Turn
ing slightly in her chair in response to
a question from Bill Emmett. Becom-
ing suddenly voluable where before she
had been monosyllabic. No use She
could not escape that cold stare, the
deriSion on those thin lips.
Mathilda caught her upward glance
of panic and followed it. Now Mathilda
was saying something in low voice
to Jeffrey at her right.
Coffee and liqueurs in the lounge"
Jeffrey announced. There's to be
music"
They rose and drifted toward the
lounge.
I've spoiled your party" Sue, dim
eyed again. What had come over her?
She was regular weeping willow.
"Hows that?" Jeffrey affected in
nocence Did those fellows bore you?
I'll have their hide If they failed to
turn out their best"
The woman-Mrs. Hume. You saw
her, JEFF. She was going to make a
scene. I'm sure she's following us
What will your friends think-oh. I
should never have GOMEZ"
STEADY, Sue" His hand was firm
under her elbow You're not allow
ing harridan like her to frighten you
And never mind about the guests. I'll
take care of them and of Mrs
Mrs."
Hume"
MRS. Hume, too. III take care OF
Evening star., 1933-10-24
SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING INSTALL
MENTS.

Henry Hume. Sue santry's New York en-
ployer. goes to Paris on business and takes
her along to help Mathilda Fetherstone. his
secretary. In the brilliant French capital
two months, Sue and Matty see nothing of
it, having to grind away at their typewriters,
and when they board the boat train for
Havre and New York Sue is in q rebellious
mood When a porter informs them they
are in the compartment booked for the ex-.
courteously offers to share it with them as
mood stifl rufied curtly refuses. That eve
ming on the liner Toulon. Sue falls asleep
in her deck chair and when she awakes the
ship is being tossed in a heavy rainstorm.
AS she dashes for shelter the ship pitches
and she is going over the rail when the
young man of the boat train grasps her
jeffrey Randall has saved her life. Sue is
dlstrustful of this young son OF wealth.
the deck. Mrs. S. Van Pelt Gragston asks
Sue to introduce her cocktail-drinking
daughter to Jeffrey Alone with Sue Del
phine Cragston tells her she is interested in
only one man. a Boston Tech boy who is
now running New jersey garage but has
perfected a promising motor invention.
While Sue is with Jeffrey. Mrs. Hume. wife
of her employer. confronts her and accuses
her of having been with her husband in
Paris. She insists that Sue see her in her
cabin to determine what adjustments" can
be made.
Evening star., 1933-10-24

you not to answer the question at once.
at least not tonight. You may decide
not to answer it at all. In that case
well-I don't know"
Sues mind a triphammer driving
thoughts like white-hot rivets into the
steel armor of her will. This stranger,
Jeffrey Randall, had the knightly COM
plex He had wanted to help her be-
cause in so doing he helped himself to
vicarious joy. Like the lord of the
manor who having more gold than he
can manage, amuses himself by throw
ing coins to the peasantry. In return
he'd want to peer into her life. to know
about the trip to Paris, about Henry
Hume. Shed shut him out of that.
I'm waiting" she said.
Sue" Jeffrey came nearer, but ne
dfid not touch her or even close his
hand over hers where it gripped the
rails, Sue, will you marry me?"
CTo be continuedD
Evening star., 1933-10-24

her as she's never been cared for.
She'll wish she was in the ocean in
stead of on it."
I've got to see her. I must know
what 1t is she has against me. It's
ridiculous to be running away"
That's the spirit. No retreats. And
no assists. Just stand firm. One
more false move on her part and she II
be where she can't annoy any one ex-
cept keeper"
Perhaps II I talked with her"
mo perhaps. Not even a possibility.
Here we are. Now if you'll all gather
round and name your potions," Jeffrey
was motioning his party to their seats
in the far corner of the lounge, well
make out list of what we'd like to
hear the orchestra play, and send it
over to them with a bit of inspiration "
The tall, gaunt woman, Sue saw, had
as though looking for some one. She
reached their corner. Was she going to
stop, to accuse, to harrangue, to de-
nounce? More slowly now, with a lift
of her shoulders. Sues heart caught
in drift of ice toward her breast, her
face stiff beneath a burning mask. Be
fore all these people, the lounge crowded
another step-thank heaven! The
woman was passing on. Sue had never
emerged from an icy bath into steam
ROOM but she was certain, now, she
knew the feeling.
X X y
Evening star., 1933-10-24
ALEXANDER MORGAN DEAD

NEW YORK, october "a lPy-Alex-
ander c. Morgan, retired New York
Stock Exchange member and former
head of the brokerage firm which bore
his name, died yesterday at his home
after brief illness He was "a years
old.
Morgan. the son of Francis and
Antoinette Converse Morgan, was a
second cousin of the late j. P. Morgan
He was born at Sandusky, Ohio, July
1QdQ
Evening star., 1933-10-24
MEXICO STANDS PAT
Not to Seek Soviet Recognition in
Near Future.

MEXICO, D. F., October "a [P-
Mexico is not taking any action toward
resuming diplomatic relations with
Soviet Russia and does not contemplate
doing so in the immediate future, it
was stated yesterday by Acting Foreign
Minister Enrique Jimenez DomingueZ.
Jimenez made the statement in re-
plying to a question as to whether
prospective recognition Of Russia by
the United States would affect Mexico's
attitude toward the Soviet.
Mexico broke relations with Russia
several years ago after Soviet repre-
SentativeS here were charged with
propaganda activities.
Evening star., 1933-10-24

A shadowy corner of the sun deck.
Evening star., 1933-07-28
HA[TS
c. c. c. DESERT|0N
125 in Joint Movement Quit
California Camp, but Are
Induced to Return.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SACRAMENTO, Calf. July 28.-Re-
minders that the sidewalks of New
York are long, long way OF was
the persuader used by Army officers
today in an attempt to halt the first
large group desertion from Civilian
Conservation Corps camp In California.
Rides back to camp were offered
stragglers from the defiant band OF
125, most Of them from New York
City. who deserted the Bear River
camp In the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
News Of the desertion yesterday was
telephoned here to Maj. r.. E.. Nc
area. He left with a truck to pick up
deserters who might have decided
camp wasn't so bad after all.
Oficers reported leaders Of the group
had threatened violence in intimidat-
ing the others and forcing them to
walkout. Some 240 men were sta
toned at the camp.
Reports were received here that some
of the leaders claimed they were vir-
tua!ly forced by New York police to
Join the Reforestation Army under
threats Of arrest.
The deserters declared they planned
to walk to Sacramento. None had ar
rived here, or even at jackson, so
miles from the camp.
military regulations are In ef-
feet at the camp. The members OF
the C. C. c. are free to leave II they
so desire, but If they leave without
ofiicial sanction, the Government will
not transport them back to their
homes.
Evening star., 1933-07-28

seven months, and this is the third
flood I've had. MY cellar has been
flooded even when the others In the
neighborhood have stayed dry. The
first food, about two months ago. took
me by surprise and my two trunks,
which contained papers and other val
liable personal effects, were practically
ruined. A set OF china, which I had
In q case In the cellar, hoated right
out into the back yard"
Mrs. Mae Clipper. wife OF Hamilton
e. Clipper, 438 Ingraham street.
We've been here less than two years.
but in that time we've been flooded
four times. Tuesday nights flood was
terrible, but the one last Labor day
was the worst Of all. The water was
waist high In the cellar then. and our
recreation room was ruined. We had
a piano, q bookcase and some other
furniture In it, and the District fixed
them for US, but they'll never be the
same. We've gotten SO we're afraid to
20 away, even for q short vacation. for
fear there'n be q flood while were
gone. The water. of course, is bad
enough, but it always leaves an inch
or more Of mud and slime, and this
doesn't smell any too good"
New $500 Car Ruined.
c. P. Sewers, 40 Ingraham street.
"wednesday nights rain didn't do any
harm-a steady rain never does, 1t
Evening star., 1933-07-28
Cellars Flooded, Home Owners
Protest InactiOn on Relief
Grow Indignant in Appealing for Aid Measures
Declaring Water Ruins Valuables
and Endangers Health.

think it's terrible to have to pay taxes
for something like this: but, what's even
worse, we have to put on the hose to
clean out the scum after the floods ard
then we get a. big water bill. I'd sell
my house right now. even If had to
sacrifice It,"
Rhett T. Johnson, 701 Hamilton
street-"My place Is flooded on an aver
age Of once q year. Once the water
poured into the cellar so fast, I couldn't
get my washing machine and sewing
machine out, and both were badly
damaged. I'm afraid to 60 away on my
vacation-the place is liable to be
washed away while I'm gone"
Sewer Force Kept Busy.
Sewer Department employees were busy
yesterday cleaning out the sewers in
the Fifth and Ingraham section, after
having spent the previous day at work
In the vicinity Of Thirteenth and Della
field streets and Seventh and Hamilton
streets.
In response to frequent demands from
residents Of the affected areas, the Com
missioners recently included in a list
Of projects to be included In the public
works program an item OF $4,000 fol
laying a relief sewer. Senator King
chairman Of the Senate District Com
mittee, said he has received several COM
plants from flooded property owners.