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ing to the iron plate set in the tiling of the hearth floor.
 "A steel-jacket wouldn't melt un- der the heat of log fire, would it?"
 "No, but say, think you've hit on something there. believe the killer tried to melt it down that way. Look at those brass tongs. The ends are smoky and scorched but there was not fingerprint on the handle. Wiped clean, no doubt"
 What about the bullet from Ham, ills gun? Where was that fired, and how? It has the proper shape for having passed through human body and hit a wall at diminished speed. Only one of Hamill's bullets was used"
 Harper pounded on the table. "You've got it, Jack. It was neces- sary to reproduce, at least roughly, the resistance of flesh and bone. Where did Carlin go to fire his test bullets from these guns? To the eel lar-and that's where the killer would do it, too. Come on, let's search down there!"
 Leaving Officer O'Connell to keep an eye on the crime room and it's exhibits, they made their way to the cellar. They turned on all the lights and looked around.
 What did Carlin use for his tests?" Harper asked.
 "He filled up a basket with rags and waste and fired into that. We must look for something that would retard bullet but not offer too much resistance"
 They wandered about, augment ing the electric lights with the beam of their fiashlight, but the unusual neatness and open order of the ce- mented cellar held out little prom ise of success.
 Mrs. Whitmore's efficient rule did not tolerate the hoarding of odds and ends of worn-out articles often accumulated in such places. Harper found his way into a boarded-off section that had once served as the coal-bin, before the advent of the oil heater, but now held only a few empty boxes and a collection of paint cans on shelf. And there, thrust away in the dark est corner, picked out by his fash | light, he found it.
 | (Copyright. 1881, by Walter c. Brotonj Tomorrow, mysterious stranger spies on the detectives.
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stocks and leave them that way. Af- ter that I think our dead mans pockets were rifed, identifying marks torn from his real clothes and ring forced from his finger, prob ably a signet ring. No doubt the murderer took them away with him and by this time they've been put beyond our reach forever"
 But what has this glass to do with it?" Lafferty asked.
 That is our second clue and the first definite proof that another per son was present last night. The dead man had been drinking. I reasoned that if he had had visitor there would have been two glasses in serv- ice. C
 What would the murderer have done with his glass afterward-. why, clean it and put it back in its place. And that's just what was done, only the glass was dried hasti- ly and enough water was left to form a drop in the bottom. There it is still. It is the only evidence of use but enough"
 THEN the next question is
 where is the real bullet?"
 Lafferty looked at the cold and untidy hearth. Were those ashes sifted thoroughlyw
 "Yes. No foreign substances were found there nor in the ash-pit at the bottom of that chute," he said, point
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Settle the War Debts.
(New York Herald Tribune )

tNeW fOrK Herald lTlDune.)
 President Roosevelt has followed the only course open to him politically in discussing the question of the war debts He has reiterated his earlier stand, that debtors who are in difficulties would be listened to with sympathy by Government. The implication of his remarks is that he adheres to the policy of earlier administrations that the settlements should be determined in accordance with the debtors capacity to pay This in itself implies that very material concessions will have to be made.
 The hopeless entanglement of the war debt uues- ton in internal politics has become more than ever apparent since the passage of the Johnson bill for bidding loans to nations that are in default on their debt payments The question is not so much one of partlsanship as of prejudice The average American IS convinced that most of the European debtors could make substantial payments if they wished to, but that they determined to evade their obliea tons The truth that lies back of this conviction makes 1t all the more hard to induce the members of Congress to to substantial reductions even where they clearly desirable. The result is that the members Of Congress are inclined to follow the easiest course which is to stand pat and point out that in proportion to the reduction of the payments on the war debts there will be permanent increase Tn the tax burden of the country.
 The war debts should be liquidated AS a result of the depression it is hard, if not impossible for some of the debtors to pay the originally promised sums. Why not face this frankly and after takino account of the present capacity of the debtors to pay initiate new negotiations for defnitive set tement? Little is gained by continuing the present uhsatSlactory arrangement whereby the debts can Joe used on both sides of the Atlantic to fon,ant Ill "iho certain amount of face-saving is neces-
 say Tn vew of the intransigeant attitude of creditors ana debtors alike. But it should be possible for
 the respective governments to get together like grown men and face the realities in the situation instead of continuing like children to defy each other and call names
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in the hall It was Lafferty, bearing in his arms a bundle of clothing, topped by a felt hat. Here they are, Steve" he cried eagerly, "every last piece-hanging up in Dufresne's wardrobe closet as neat and orderly as you please. Andrews spotted them right away"
 And I'll bet there's not single thing in any of the pockets" Har- per prophesied.
 The detective had guessed cor rectly. Every pocket was turned out and found to be quite empty. The inner hatband bore no initials and the makers gilt-stamped seal had been worn away until it was unde- cipherable.
 The examination of the clothing further revealed that the labels had been ripped out, as several broken threads mutely testified. Harper, however, did find marking around the false buttonhole on the left coat lapel which indicated that a frater- nal pin or other emblem had been worn there for some time.
 The detective whisked away the handkerchief concealing the liquor glass. I've got my nose down to the right trail at last, Jack. Listen to this-our mysterious visitor was not killed by Hamill. He died by the hand of some person unknown to us. The bullet that killed him lodged in that wall, and stuck there!
 "THE blunt-nosed bullet from
 ! Hamilps gun that was found on the floor simply could not have made that scar in the wood. The real mur- derer removed the original bullet and substituted one from Hamills gun. Hamill was killed by the bull lets from the gun found in the dead mans hand, there's no denying, but that gun was then held by other fin gers"
 "Then there was meeting here between our dead man and another person." Lafferty exclaimed. "He was killed as he sat there at the table. Then Hamill somehow butted into the picture and there was noth. ing for the murderer to do but add another killing to protect himself from arrest"
 Exactly. And the two dead men facing each other probably suggest ed the idea. It would be quite easy Ito wipe the guns clean, press the two victims hands around the
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on love, how many croons are committed in thy name!-tPhiladephia Inquirer
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20 YEARS AGO
From The Empire

JUNE 5, 1914.
 game with Douglas held the pre- vious day with a score of 2 to 0. Walter Ford was the hero of the afternoon pitching a no hit no run | game, repeating the performance of the team the previous Monday. i The U. s. Coast and Geodetic Survey boat Explorer, Capt. R. s. Patton, with crew of AS on board arrived in town from Excursion h. let where it had been for the last six weeks conducting survey work, along the coast. After taking on coal and supplies, it was to leave for Knik Arm, on Cooks Inles, where a survey was to be made.
 Among those leaving on the Princess May for the south were H. T. Tripp, Miss Crystal Snow, MT. and Mrs. M A. Howe, J. J. Mcfarland and Miss Elsie Moore.
 Jean Vanophem, of Brussels, Bel gium, central figure among the owners of the Jualin Mine, was to arrive in Juneau June 18th with a party of nine capitalists and min ing men, according to word re- ceived by Superintendent A. N. Nadeau, who was in Juneau. Mir Nadeau said there were 125 men working at the mine representing pay roll of $25,000 a month. They were driving the big 8,OOO-foot tun- nel at the rate of 450 feet month and more than 800 feet were al- ready driven. It was expected to have the work finished by the next year. After the first of the year crews were to be worked from both ends.
 Weather for the previous 24 hours was cloudy with a maximum temperature of 53 degrees and a minimum of 43.
 Three guessers tied for second prize of the Alaskan Safe naviga- tion contest. The lucky men were A. R. Jones, of Seattle, travelling salesman, J. c. Stanley. local arch itect and F. Terry. The prize was $15 worth of meals to the one guessing closest to the correct time the first steamer of the year reached Dawson from Whitehorse.
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@- c1ze01eze1 af N ROCKING HOUSE
BY WALTER (. BROWN

SYNOPSIS: AppdrentIy ttoo men, one q policemdA aud one q stronger, hdvc killed each other in tae 5redkfost room of Pierre Du- tresne's house. But Sergeant liar per does not belieUe it, aud noac he has eUidence 10 back his "hunch." :" The bullet mark in tue qcdinscot- i.t1, supposedly made by the Do- lconlda's Onn, does not it the 6ui- lct itself.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-06-05

The Middle West and East report experiencing dust storms during the protracted drought. Any way can say that real estate is moving again even if it isn't exactly sign of recovery
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-06-05

Weather for the previous 24 hours was cloudy with a maximum temperature of 53 degrees and a minimum of 43.
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ATTENTION B. P. O. E.

Installation of officers Wednes- day evening at 8:30 o'clock, or im- mediately following ball game to be played in Douglas. Lunch and beer. M. H. SIDES, -adv. Secretary.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-06-05

Although it's two years until the next National election, already talk of a third party is going the rounds. The third party gag is like the poor always with
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-06-05

employment now seems to be regarded merely as iunoamenta step toward (Philadel- phia Inqurer)
The Washington times., 1934-01-19
VIRGINIA MAY ABANDON PEACE JUSTICES FOR TRIAL JUDGES
Stars INFESTED
In Mduani
Ill Stock

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 10 G.N.S).
Many Hollywood film celebrities
were among the persons that in
vested more than $25O,000 in the
Pacific Shore Oil Company, ac-
cording to testimony today in the
trial Of the Princes David and
Serge Mdivani.
The royal brothers have denied
the States charge that they mis-
appropriated $30,747 from the
treasury of the company which
they ganized and formerly
headed.
Rose Adler, bookkeeper-directo
of the company, in her testimony
revealed that the following celebri-
ties had been purchasers of per.
centages in the oil company:
Edwina Booth, Duncan Renaldo,
Lowell Sherman, Lilyan Tashman.
Edmund Lowe, Mae Murray, for
merly the wife of David Mdivani;
Pat O'Malley, Jack Clark, and
Bert Levy, comedian.
The Washington times., 1934-01-19
PEERY FOUGHT
BY DELEGATE
. ON AUTO TAX
Coleman Proposes Law Cut
ting in Half 70 Cents Per
HundredWeight Levy
BY Times staff Correspondent

RICHMOND, Jan. 10. Dele,
gate I. Newton Coleman, repre-.
senting Dinwiddie county, yes.
terday introduced a bill in di.
rect conflict with the campaign
promises of Gov. George c.
Peery when he proposed legisla,
ton cutting in half the 70 cents
per hundred-weight TAX on auto
mobiles.
This would bring the minimum
registration fee to Sc for an au,
tomobile. Motorcycles and side
cars would be taxed S. and 81,
respectively.
A bill providing that no bank
rupt bank shall make general as.
sessment for the benefit of cred
itors and that no receivers shall
be appointed for any State bank
except upon application to the
State Corporation Commission,
was introduced today by Senator
John j. Wicker, ir., Richmond
City, and Senator William M.
Tuck, Halifax.
The bill also provides that
when receivers are appointed
they mu1t be from the State
banking division of the State
Corporation Commission, and
that receivers salaries shall be
paid from funds of the banking
division.
Another Administration bill in
troduced today was sponsored
by Senator Hill Montague, Rich
mond City, which would, in ef-
feet, place a salary tax on single
persons earning $1,000 annually.
It is call-d lowering exemptions
on income taxes"
The Washington times., 1934-01-19
Many Smaller Activities to Supplement Ball
on January 30; Labor Groups to Stage
Concert at Central High

Every effort is being made by
the local committee on the Birth
day Ball for the President to give
an opportunity within the means
of all Washingtonians to partici-
pate in the drive for endowment
of the Warm Springs (Ga.) Foun-
dation for Infantile Paralysis, it
was stated today by Mrs. John
Allan Dougherty, committee chair
man.
In addition to the elaborate ball
to be held the night Of January
80, the Presidents birthday, at
the Shoreham Hotel, numerous
activities are springing up every
day, with a range of prices from
Is cents up. Mrs. Dougherty seid:'
Eve want to make it possible
for everybody to participate in
the drive for funds. Those who
cannot afford any more can
join the Washington Warm
Springs Foundation Club for rs
cents. And from that price on,
The Washington times., 1934-01-19
Drama Department
Of Club to Meet

Next meeting Of the drama de-
partment of the Takoma Park
Women's Club will be held at the
home Of Mrs. T. W. Marshall, 1000
block Blair Rd., Wednesday at 8
p. m. Mrs. A. H. Parkham and
Mrs. r. T. Cotton will be as
sistant hostesses.
On the program will be as
cussior Of -Four Outstanding
American Women Playwrights,"
by Mrs. M. M. Pollock and Mrs.
William Wallace; a discussion Of
-Four Outstanding American
Actresses" by Mrs. ]. G. Sutton
and Mrs. James S. Fraser; q re-
view of "The Futurist," by Mrs.
Lloyd Biddle, and an impersona-
tion by Mrs. Kenneth Myers.
The Washington times., 1934-01-19
GARNETT AIDE
FORNRAPOST

Determined that compliance to
NRA regulations III Washington
shall be administered by an assis-
tant district attorney, iour of
Washington's most prominent
civic leaders tomorrow will attempt
to gain approval Of the plan from
MIRA Administrator Hugh s. John
son, through whom all permanent
local Blue Eagle officials must be
appointed.
A. the same time, the, sponsors
OF the unusual scheme must OBJ
tain the appreciation Of District
Attorney Leslie c. Garnett, who
has the power of naming his as
siStantS.
Neither the NRA compliance d.
rector for the District nor the
assistant district attorneys have
as yet been selected, and the four
civic leaders wish to have one
of the assistant district attorneys
named to handle both positions.
Major Raymond J. Walter, exec
utive officer of the NRA Com
pliance Board for the District
and head of the local NRA infor-
nation bureau, is being recon-
mended for the proposed post.
The Washington times., 1934-01-19

there are dozens of activities
joining in the movement"
Announcement was made today
that the Knights of Columbus
will hold a dinner on the Presi
dents birthday, the proceeds
from which will go to the foun-
dation.
Organized labor in the District
led by the Washington Central
Labor Union, will honor the
President with a Presidents Day
grand concert. to be held in the
Central High School auditorium
John R. Colpoys, editor Of the
Trade Unionist, is chairman OF
the concert committee.
Other activities for that night
include ball sponsored by the
All States Officers Society at the
Raleigh Hotel, an entertainment
program at the Government
Printing Office, a midnight show
at the Fox Theater, and numer-
GUS others,
The Washington times., 1934-01-19
ARMY AND NAVY
AIDES To TALK

Assistant secretaries of the
Army and Navy Departments will
be among the speakers to address
the ninth Women's Patriotic Con-
ference on National Defense,
when the organization meets here
on January "a, Is and 26, with
SO similar local groups through
out the country represented
among the delegates.
All phases of the defenses of
the United States, particularly
with reference to their usefulness
in time of war, will be discussed
by the conference. Among the
other speakers will be Senator
David A. Reed of Pennsylvania; :;
Admiral w. H. Standley, chief of
naval operations, and Lieut.. Col.
Ulysses S. Grant, Sd.
The Washington times., 1934-01-19
Bonuses to Hog Men
Ranqe Up to $1,000

LURAY, Va, Jan. 19.-Some
hog raisers in Page county will re-
ceive as high as $1,000 each as a
result of the hog and corn crop
reduction program, County Agent
G. H. Clark said today. The to-
tai distributed may be more than
the $4,000 received by wheat
growers. Meetings have been
held all over the county the past
week in the interest of the move
ment, and contracts will be signed
this week.
The largest producer in the
county is believed to be Sola
Sours, Of Rileyville, who owns
hundreds of wild hogs that roam
the Blue Ridge Mountains on the
border of the Shenandoah Park.
Last year he killed one weighing
1850 pounds,
The Washington times., 1934-01-19
VIRGINIA To SLIP
BACK, WARNS
POLLARD
Ex-Governor, Here in New
Post, Raps Proposed Auto
License Tax Reduction

The state Of Virginia will be
back in the mud again.
Former Gov. John Garland Pol
lard, who relinquiShed the reins
as chief executive Of Virginia
Wednesday, made this prediction
as he assumed his duties as
chairman Of the Board Of Vet
erans' Appeals here today. But
Mr.. Pollard qualified his state
ment by saying:
eff the radicals In the general
assembly insist upon reducing
automobile license taxes, the
roads in Virginia within a few
years will be in terrible cOndi-
tiOn. The whole State indeed
will be back in the mud again."
Mr.. Pollard said he would favor
reducing automobile license taxes
of light cars but would increase
those of heavier cars. This, he
said, would serve as an equalizer
and would not reduce State rev.
enues necessary to maintain the
road system.
Rests on New Job
Mr.. Pollard within "a hours
jumped from the governors chair
at Richmond into his present
post. He was succeeded by Gov.
George Campbell Peery. Asked
why he did not take a long rest
he said:
"Any job other than the one
left behind is a rest"
Then, with twinkle in his
grey eyes, he added:
'"YOu know, it feels good to
be relieved of a lot Of arduOus
duties. And Mrs. Pollard and
myself are mighty pleased to be
in Washington. Two Of my
children are here, you know,
and then, too, I can be with my
grandchildren"
"Out of Politics"
Mr.. Pollard said he did not ex-
pect to reenter politics, but added
that Virginia newspaper in an
editorial had suggested that his
wife run for governor four years
hence. He said:
Mrs. Pollard had beel ex-
ecutive secretary for four gov
ernOrS Of Virginia when 1 mar
ried her. I guess she knows
more about running the job
than / do. But she would
never accept it, even II the
people wanted her. And those
people down there call her
the governor of governors
And I told my successor that
the meaneSt trick I could do to
him was by marrying Mrs. Pol
lard"
Matrimony, he said, is splendid.
He spoke Of minor incidents when
he was on his honeymoon last
summer and admitted he was
nearly 20 years older than his
wife. And, with another little
twinkle of his eyes, he said:
''The first thing you know,
they'll be telling me to dye my
hair"
The Washington times., 1934-01-19

A Dill giving a S' OE~S"N
the company right OF way already
had been introduced in Congress.
Immediately upon perfecting an
organization, committee called
upon the late Senator Gallinger,
then chairman of the Senate Com.
mittee on the District of Colum.
bia. who decided M Stret was not
the one for a double-track car
line.
Street Repaved
The next achievement of the
new association was obtaining an
appropriation to repave and equip
with an up-to-date lighting sys.
tenn Seventh Street, New York Ave-
nue. to Florida Avenue. At that
time the street was paved with
old, wornout Belgian blocks which
made traffic most difficult, to the
disgust of business houses in the
entire area and to the chagrin Of
vehicular traffic compelled to use
the thoroughfare.
Under the l, tdership of Joseph
A. Berberich, as grand mar:hal, q
parade and mardi gras fete cele-
brated completion of the improve.
ments.
The association supported bill
ir Congress sponsored by Miss
Margaret w lson, daughter OF the
late President, providing for the
opening of public school buildings
(Cc ntinued on Page 10, Col. -
The Washington times., 1934-01-19
COUNTY PROBES
. z ROBBER|ES

Prince Georges county police
were investigating two robberies
today.
Thieves early yesterday broke
into Spires Drug Store and Gin
CELLS Bowling Alley, both in Col
1ege Park.
Entrance to both establishments
was made by Jimmying rear
doors.
At the drug store the robbers
r1fled the cash drawer, which was
empty, and then carried off goods
valued at about $50. Cigarettes
and candy valued at IS were
stolen from the bowling alley.
The Washington times., 1934-01-19
3 PLANS To AID
SCHOOLS TOLD
BY Times staff Correspondent

by IImeS starr Correspondents
RICHMOND, Va, Jan. 10.
Delegate Ashton Dovell, House
floor leader, has told the House
Appropriations Committee it has
three alternatives in granting
Gov. George C. Peery's request
for an additional $1,OOO,O0O for
schools.
They are: To adopt the COVER
nor's plan of new taxation, ex-
pected to yield $1,161 900: cut
$1,00C,00 from the miscellaneous
items Of the budget; or divert
that amount of road funds.
This last would be accom-,
plished by adopting an act that
would cut Is per cent from the
special fund appropriations which
include highway money, and then
pass another law turning that
money over to the schools.
The Washington times., 1934-01-19
Negroes to Observe
Roosevelt Birthday

Colored citizens of the District
are completing plans for the eel
ebration of the birthday of Presi-
dent Roosevelt on January 80.
M. Grant Lucas, former presi.
dent of the Mu-So-Lir Club and
principal of the Wormley School.
has been named chairman of the
committee on arrangements. w. H.
c. Brown, former president Of the
Industrial Saving Bank has been
named treasurer of the committee.
The Washington times., 1934-01-19
Future Farmers
Will Give Dinner

Future Farmers of Americas
annual father-and-son dim e r,
recently postponed because Of the
diphtheria epidemic at PooleSville,
will be held in the Poolesville High
School, Tuesday, January %, at z
p. m.
Merrick Wilson, teacher Of agri-
culture at the Poolesville school
and Albert A. Ady, assistant
county agent for Montgomery
county, will speak.