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The Washington times., 1934-03-01

$50 have I. rouge and
all. But you overlooked
the value Of the matches. That's
the difference between a good
detective like myself and a bad
one. You say that Mrs. Phelps
and that guy Cleveland were
hiding in the basement, sitting
down there smoking cigarettes.
You're all wet. They didn't go
near the basement. Ladies and
gentlemen don't do things like
that. Besides if they left Mrs.
Paige at 1880 or IL, how in hell
could they have smoked nearly
a package Of those cigarettes be-
tween that time and the hour
when Paige came home? Maybe
you noticed that there were ex.
actly 10 butts. But only a couple
of matches. Whoever was Smok.
ing knew enough to keep the
blaze down and light one cigar.
cite off another"
II don't suppose you noticed"
interrupted Anderson, that both
Mrs. Phelps and Mr.. Cleveland
use lighterS?"
That's just what I have no.
ticed, old boy" replied Judson
triumphantly. "T:hen why would
they use a match, not only the
kind you find in penny boxes,
but the large ones that are gen.
orally used around kitchens and
furnaces? Answer that for me-"
That's where sex appeal
comes in," he answered. "You
both know Tilly, the Phelps
maid. She's not a bad little
chicken If you stop to look her
over. She's got TT all right
sort of plump but-wen, you are
both men and don't have to
explain. The first time I saw
that dame I noticed nicotine
stains on her fingers. From that
I gathered that she smoked.
zone afternoon-that was yes
terday when I knew the missis
was QUIT struts up to the
house and invited myself in.....
She says at first as how her
miSSiS wasn't to home but she
didn't try to invite me out. All
right / says. III talk to YOU
II ain't Z tlhng all that went
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timore. We never heard Of her

timore. We never heard Of her
again.
The second emergency squad
was larger and more forceful.
They sneaked out. one by one'
hoping to be unobserved. and
for once their screaming sirens
were silent as they swiftly sped
to an address on North Exeter
Street, furnished by Kirk Jud'
son.
A block from our destination,
our cars stopped and the pass
engers dropped off. Detectives
swarmed to the right and the
left, rear and front Of Tins
headquarters.
The house was a small cheap
affair, three-story. On the first
floor was a third-rate speak
easy. The second floor was de-
voted to cheap rooms Tor rent:
It had been arrange q
that Anderson and Carroll
(who was dead-shot) and three
other officers were to advance
boldly UP the central stairway,
knock at Tins door, and break
it in, if necessary. The men
outside-there were IL Of them
were to guard all windows
and exits. orders were to take
stokes alive or dead; alive. II
possible, but dead, If necessary.
We ran up the stairs. two at
a time, and Anderson threw
himself against the door and
gave a tremendous thump. It
was locked and I must admit
that our hearts all began to beat
q little faster.
Anderson and Carroll drove
their powerful shoulders against
the flimSy wood and 1t went in
with a crash. Guns in hand we
dashed in.
There sat the gun-toting Tim
Stokes at. q little table beside
the window. He was smoking
a cigarette and-of all impos'
sible things playing Q
game of solitaire.
did you want me?" he in
quired as politely as though this
were the way he was accustomed
to receiving his callers.
Anderson'S reply was to ad'
vance and snap the bracelets on
his wrists.
You're undeg arrest" he said.
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By K. s. DAIGER

on in that kitchen, but it wasn't
long before Tilly was ready to
tell me anything. While she
was hintin' around about how
suspicious Mrs. Phelps had been
actin of late and how you
couldn't believe everything she
said, I was doing some looking
around myself. First thing I
looked for were matches. I was
kind o. stumped when I saw
nothing but one of those little
penny boxes on the stove.
Back Of me on the window
sill, however, was the top Of a
can partly hidden by the cur"
tain. I pulled it out to put my
cigar ashes in and, by golly,
there were a bunch Of matches
in it, some of them small ones
from the penny box, but there
were others just like the one I
found in the basement Of this
house. There were a lot Of butts
of the same fancy cigarettes,
too.
well, during the converse
ton I told Tilly how pretty her
lips were. You know how that
works into a conversation OF
that kind, eh?
80 suggests as long as the
madam was out that she might
as well show me how pretty she
really could be. No woman can
resist q challenge like that, you
know. SO she poked around In
the table drawer and brought
out one of those red-orange
sticks, just exactly like the stuff
we found on the cigarettes
downstairs"
Captain Andy sat on the bed
what then?" asked Ander-
son, in an almost submissive
voice.
"Plenty," replied Judson. grin
ming with that ugly gloating
expression flooding his face. II
began to hint around about
what her boy friend would think
if he came in finding US like
that. At first she says there
amt no boy friend. and then
she admits that one came once
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DOCTORS ANSWERS
TO Questions
By T. H. Wilson, MD.

by ]. II. WlISon, ND.
SteGGliSt
0. When I get
bloGted aWtk gas, h0ve
indigestion, feel ner1'-
0iES. !sLeebIess. isn't
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DOC WRIGHT

(cOneinued from, Local PGss)
to make one faint with the
beauty Of it-if she could take
Kevin's hand and walk with
him now into dim poetic twi-
light-never a backward glance.
Her hot young pulse raced
with the picture.
She wrote in her diary:
I'm going to work and study.
I'm going to become brilliant
exciting. So that he will love
me, Lord, how can I keep him,
with all the millions of beauti-
ful' girls in the world? # I
were older. I'd stow away on
the ship. When it was far out
ct sea and the moon all golden
on the waters, I'd come and
stand before him. Then his
arms would go about me. What
o dream!
"How right Janina is! Love
Is the only value in the world.
And he Is all want-au I'm
ever going to want. II only,
only I can have him!"
They were all down at the
pier to see Kevin off. They
talked excitedly. They blinked
and dabbed at their eyes.
Now the whistle was blowing.
All visitors must leave.
Pippin watched him as he
stood bareheaded. a flash about
him and the wind blowing his
black hair to curlS. Some col
lege girls, who looked very feS-
tive and as if Kevin belonged
to them. made Pippin slightly
indignant. When the whistle
continued blowing, Kevin bade
them goodhy. They kissed
him, which Pippin thought just
@ little startling. They went
down the gangplank, looking
backward and waving.
Peppin Waves Kevin GOOdby
They're taking up all his
time" Pippin thought, with q
sense of outrage. why, look
ct Mary's eyes. they're full Of
tears"
The next moment Mary was
in Kevin'S arms. When he let
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$50 I see," answered Tim, not
without a certain humor.
"Frisk him, boys. and search
the room," ordered the Inspec.
tor.
But Tim had evidently been
prepared for just such a visit.
All the implements Of his trade.
down to the last jimmy. had
been removed, and the deadli-
est weapon which we could un-
earth was a rusty razor-blade.
What you got on me now,
Cap?" he asked, with the SNUG
ness of a man who is confident
that the police have nothing.
"Oh, just a little murder"
"Murder!"
The Paige murder - know
what I mean?"
Tim turned deadly white and
caught his breath in a dreadful
gasp.
(TO Be COntinued)
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The Washington times., 1934-03-01

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about thirty days and see if it does
not help. Also eat plenty of fresh
vegetables and drink milk.
The Washington times., 1934-03-01

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Evening star., 1934-01-12
Political Economy.

Political economy is the science Of
preparing estimates and convincing
everybody that it would be cheaper and
generally more desirable to erect q
trash-burning plant than to haul the
trash to the friendly shores Of Virginia
and burn it there; Of obtaining the
necessary appropriations from Congress
and, after learned debate as to the
location and appearance Of desirable
trash-burning plants. Of having one
built at considerable cost 10 the tax
payers: of presenting Congress with
the estimated cost Of running the trash
plant after Its completion, and Of dis
covering that these costs must be met
in dollars and cents: of abandoning the
operation of the trash disposal plant
because it costs money to
operate, and Of returning to the an
cient and honorable method Of hauling
trash to a dump and burning 1t there;
of discovering in the end that it
costs more TO continue such ancient
and honorable operations than it would
to run the trash-burning plant, which,
standing idle and unused. is subject to
depreciation. The more advanced
studies in political economy will doubt
less concern the number Of men that
could be given work in tearing down
the trash plant and in building 1t again.
Evening star., 1934-01-12

forms, Another view Is that the up
rising" Is the work Of royalists. Sup
porting this version is the tale that
the Due de Guise, principal pretender
to the throne, has been in secret con-
ference this week at his Belgian exile
with his henchmen in France and that
the royalists are disposed to capitalize
the grave situation" for the benefit
Of their long-suppressed aspirations.
Evidence is plentiful that the "af-
faire Bayonne" has stirred the Partisan
populace to the depths. but allowance
must be made for the French tempera-
ment, for the national fondness for
"affaires," before there Is any jumping
to the conclusion that another French
revolution" is just around the corner.
The De Lesseps Panama Canal "af-
faire" plunged France into paroxysms
not unlike those now shaking the
boulevards. and on the verge Of the
World War 1t was the "affaire' Call
laux' which had the nation on tenter-
hooks. The "affaire Dreyfus" Is still
fresh in memory. The "affaire Bay
onne" will probably not subside until
it has served some definitely political
purpose of elements craving to seize
power on the Quai d'Orsay. but a Paris
cabinet crisis Is a far cry from
French revolution"
Evening star., 1934-01-12
Gust a Routine Hop."

Aviation history was made yesterday
when six American naval planes carry
ing thirty men slid through the waters
of Pearl Harbor, near Honolulu, at the
end of q nonstop flight from San
Francisco, a distance of 2,403 miles, in
a little over twenty-six hours. It was
the longest overseas massed flight ever
accomplished. 1t demonstrated the
possibility Of air fleet transport be-
tween the mainland and. the island
outpost of the United States. 1t proved
the capacity of well-designed and we'll
handled planes for sea fleet movements
over long distances and in short time.
Yet it was rated by those who par
ticipated in it as lust another all
night hop" With the wonted lack Of
emotion of the service. the air seamen
who worked the planes across the
Pacific waters to Hawaii stepped ashore
to meet the vociferous welcome await
ing them with something of indiffer-
ence to the perils of the sea. and the
fog they had just overcome.
However routine" this flight may
be from the standpoint Of the naval
administration. being just q transfer Of
Evening star., 1934-01-12
Paw Cuts Not the Only
Loss the Clerks Suffer
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
was pleased TO see your editoriaf IN
a recent issue regarding the pay GUS
of Government employees. I had been
wondering why no one made mention
of the fact that the Is per cent cut
in salary was only a part OF the loss
of a very great number. That may De
the extent Of the cut of some OF the
higher paid workers who are on fixed
salaries, but not of a multitude less
able to stand 1t.
It is too bad that it amounts to
rs per cent loss to some in the mill
tary establishments. But to many q
civilian employe, who has spent years
in preparation, at his own and not
Government expense, the loss from pro-
motion freezes" plus Is per cent cut,
plus furlough, amounts to a 40 per
cent cut.
Some things may be 40 per cent
cheaper, but are rents. milk bills, doc
tors fees, insurance premiums. ETC.. 40
per cent cheaper than in 1928? 1t
seems a shame when men in respon-
sible positions cannot keep their grow
ing families in decency in washington.
When sacrifice Is necessary. few
complain. But injustice makes for dis
astrous in its results.
Justice to all men is the only sure
foundation. It Is about time we start
putting 1t IN practice.
MRS. MARY E. HAINES.
Evening star., 1934-01-12
Voices Demand for
Non beverage" Cafes
tn the Editor of The Star,

To the Editor Of The Star:
Among the opportunities for new
businesses which are always presenting
themselves to live wires" even In do
press on" times, is one which grows
out of the repeal Of the eighteenth
amendment.
Just as the prohibition laws gave
birth to a special class of restaurant
which sold liquor behind the scenes
and served bootleg behind the curtains
upstairs. catering to people who want
to be different" ct cetera, 50 there IS
now room for a class of restaurant
which is bone dry" selling neither
beer nor gin in any form. This sort OF
restaurant would cater to forty millions
or more in this country who have an
inborn adherence of any OF these
drinks which steal mems money, their
wits and their good names-people to
whom the smell of alcoholic drinks Is a
stencil and a poison.
This would not be a new thing IN
restaurants, but merely the natural re-
turn Of similar businesses which -four
ished before prohibition days. Many
people are unwilling to be seen enter
ing a place which advertises beer for
sale, for fear that others whose re-
spect we crave-boys and girls, for in
stance-win think we are going inside
to line our stomachs with that which
we would advise them never to touch.
At present I know only three restau-
rants in Washington where beer is not
sold. Curiously, these are members OF
a Nationwide chain of popular restau-
rants. Personally / make it point to
patronize these places, and often drive
clear across town to one of them when
I can spare the time to avoid eating
in a place serving beer.
The -ecent action of the various citi-
zens' associations of the District would
lead one to believe that my sentiment
is shared by enough other people to
make it a paying proposition to res.
taurant to advertise mo beer sold
here" RICHARD l.. FELDMAN.
Evening star., 1934-01-12
Getting the Facts.

The success of the administration IN
framing a liquor control measure Tor
the District of Columbia-whatever 1t
may finally turn out to be-that will,
in the words of the Democratic plat
form actually promote temperance
will be awaited with interest. How
best to promote temperance is matter
Of hopelessly conflicting opinion,
But If there is to be sincere effort
under new forms of liquor control to
encourage temperance. one of the first
essentials is a knowledge of facts re-
lating to the conditions to be created
under such measures. 1t has been diff
cult to obtain such facts that have not
been gathered for propaganda purposes.
This difficulty should be overcome.
Here in Washington, at the begin
ming of a new deal In liquor tratflc
control, provision should be made for
Official and impartial observance and
report of the effects If there is an in
crease in the number of welfare cases,
alcoholism, traffic accidents, reportable
drunkenness, etc, which fairly could be
considered directly attributable to the
greater availability of intoxicants, under
the new methods of liquor control, or
if there is relief from certain conditions
attributed to prohibition, the facts
should be determined and regularly
made available, and the duty of such
Investigations and reports should be as
signed to some official agency. Such
an assignment could be appropriately
included in the District control measure.
The Danish government recently
created the post of temperance coun-
selor, who works in association with
the department of home affairs in
studying conditions relating to Sobriety
and in organizing educational work in
and Norway both accompany their
control of the liquor problem by con-
slant investigation of results, and there
Is official cooperation in Sweden, and
10 some extent in Norway, WITH local
temperance boards, or committees, ap-
pointed by communal authorities for
work in the interest of temperance and
social welfare.
It has often been said that ali the
NQuor-control measures now being en-
acted are largely experimental. If that
is the case, the effort should be made
10 conduct these experiments as scien-
tifically as possible, and to note and
record the unimpeachable facts Of their
failure or success as they progress.
Evening star., 1934-01-12
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Comparisons.
This vanity's curious thing.
As rivalries awaken
Some new comparisons We bring
While pride remains unshaken.
Since this depression rose to fame
We smile at one another
As each, as he makes out his claim,
Is worse broke than his brother.
We do not boast Of power or wealth.
We like red ink conniptions.
Each merrily improves his health
With radio prescriptions.
When times have changed, as times
must do,
We know a future pleasant
Will happier seem when we review
What we endure at present.
Evening star., 1934-01-12
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES Z. TRACEWELL.

TITS too low." he commented. to the
world at large.
What did he expect In reply,
He didn't know that he expected any
thing, but when dead silence greeted his
remark. he felt rather upset. 1t wasn't
playing the game.
He pitied such "stuffy" persons, who
could not be natural who could not
reply even. Il guess that's So" or some
thing. but at the same time he felt
resentful
Should pity of this type make one
resentful and, II so, of what?
~
He believed he had it: his democracy
was assailed
That was it. His own personal ideas
of human conduct we're treated with
the contempt Of obvious silence.
How dare you speak to US. we don't
know you'll" such was the voice of that
silence.
The more democratic a man were, In
his personal relationships with man
kind at large. the surer he would be to
resent that outraged dignity. so falsely
applied toward him who meant only
good will.
The stuffed shirts" behind him began
talking about something else, as If no
decent intent had ever broken in upon
their thoughts.
And he in front wondered idly what
they would have said, If he had added
sort of. handle to his gratituous-and
unwanted--bit OF opinion.
+ Il Il
Such a rebuff always made one of his
temperament feel as II thereafter he
would keep as tight q mouth as such
"stuffy" persons.
But he never did!
There was something IN his mental
makeup which prevented him from be-
ing untrue to himself.
He did not want to join the ranks
Of those whom the cities had spoiled.
How many Of them there were, to
be sure!
They were spoiled" in the sense Of
what, or how much, but q change had
been wrought In them, and certainly
not for the better.
Any one has many chances a day to
test this out for himself.
Stand in front Of a radio store, for
instance.
Inspect the new sets, just put on the
market since Christmas
Some modernistic, some standard,
some very charming small sets.
Wait until half a dozen men gather,
as they always do, like old fashioned
flies around molasseS.
Nice set. that" one says. to the air.
FIVE gentlemen say nothing.
They are not used to being spoken
to without proper Introduction
Maybe they are afraid one Is trying
to sell em something.
4
The sixth gentleman. who comes from
a land where all men say hello" smiles
In reply. if nothing more
Right nice looking set," he may say,
and probably does.
That, Of course, is all that is neces-
sary
One has not been rebuffed for Moth
ing, one Is not made to feel THAI per-
haps it would be better, after ali, to
be less democratic in action.
No. it is a great world, after all, de-
spite the well-bred sneers of the So
phisticates. One will not permit-posi-
lively will not permit-any number Of
"stuffy" persons to deprive one of some
thing good
Hello! Even If we don't know you,
how are you?
Evening star., 1934-01-12

Evening Press believes that "the conf
dence with which he rests his case
should inspire the faith of the entire
Nation" Considering the nature of the
address, the Charlotte Observer rates
the President as the most accomplished
public speaker this country has ever
known"
THE Nation needs stimulation of its
hopes and faith, continuing platform
OF courageous enthusiasm from which
to work." according to the Hartford
Times, which concludes that "the mes
sage meets the deep needs of the hour
In magnificent fashion" The Roanoke
World-News calls it "one of the most
eHective State papers Congress has ever
received"
The President is absolutely right"
says the Providence Bulletin, when he
says that there are few who want to re-
turn with recovery to the old ways
which led us into the tragic valley of
the past four years. On the other hand
the number is extremely large who fear
lnat oVeremphaSis upon reform. which
under the new deal is still experimental.
Will endanger recovery. The President
VINO Is practical idealist, must appre-
ciate the truth pointed out to him re-
Gently by John Maynard Keynes-that
l.
ate reform will impede immediate re-
coVery, which is what the country wants
nrst OF all The Atlanta Journal is
convinced that "a loyal people will con-
tinue to follow as he fights their bat
ties"
Recording cordial response of Con-
gress and people," the Chicago Tribune
adds its estimate: when the President
reminds us that civilization must not
stand still, that our task is to perfect
10 Improve, to alter when necessary. but
In all cases to go forward, he touches
the essential character of the American
people, and however the task of resto-
ration may be worked out to accom-
plishment it Is the American character
and the American ideal of progress
through freedom and good will that will
prevail" The Akron Beacon Journal
believes that upon the whole the coun-
try liked the message and will view it
as rational and sincere statement of
the administrators intent to revive a
prosperity which will diffuse a larger
share OF its benefits to every class of the
citizenship and avoid the manifest greed
and excesses Of the past" The Younes-
town Vindicator states as to policies in
volved: He looks forward to a country
rid Of many of the evils Of the past. but
there is no sign that he intends to 20
farther" The Jersey City Journal calls
upon the Republican minority to per-
form its proper functions by getting
free discussion Of momentous matters"
The Pasadena Star News concludes:
"The American people hail Mr.. Roose-
velt as deliverer. He has inspired
hope and confidence in degree seldom
witnessed in any country"