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Evening star., 1935-12-08

he explained over the phone. "How can be
sme?"
"Ask him." said Washington, "the sum of
seven and nine"
Forsyth put the question Twelve" said
MIR. Preswick.
''He says twelve
"He is MIR. Preswick, said Washington.
Forsyth nodded, hung up the receiver. "In
that case, MIR. Preswick," )" he remarked, you
will be interested in this memorandum, which
l found in my mail box just now. A Miss
Lukens wishes me to call her at the Gren-
tham." And he said: "One of the men
in that letter, and since killed, was named
Lukens."
Preswick said gravely: II have been in
touch with Miss Lukens." He hesitated,
added then: "Her business with you concerns
this letter you received. It was her brother
who was killed. She came to us to ask for in
formation about you and it was her inquiry
which made us realize we were not sufficiently
diligent in our examination of your letter.
The address, Evan Mcdonald, Westminster,
London, is one way of communicating with
ILc DillloH NlltdIy AllcluSeIlCe. lie OLlCeIS
who examined your letter did not know this,
and overlooked it."
Forsyth asked quickly: Then the letter
was meant for them?"
Eyes"
"But didn't you make copy?'
"Yes" Preswick added, in an embarrassed
tone. when Miss Lukens came to me, l
remembered your name. sent to our files for
the copy of the letter. it had disappeared
Forsyth stared at him. Disappeared"
He felt a cold finger on his spine "You
know" he said, II am just about the only
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WHAT HAPPENED IN CHAPTER /

TT WAS very strange letter - the letter
which Forsyth received from China. The
- signature was - "Sending (At SeG)."
Other letters, with names and addresses of
persons unknown to Forsyth. were enclosed,
including: George LMkcnS, Wellington, N.SW.;
T. L. Sending, Auckland, NJ; Fl. L. Sending
c/o EU0n Mcdonald, in London. There we're
references to Christmas draft, planes and
zeps, the Push Button Age, and such dis
jointed statements as: The people are about,
but not till night some person of intelli-
gence at random, for one. not too late if
England knows" 1t was all very puzzling.
Forsyth had curious premonition that the
letter was important. He sent it to the Bureau
of Naval Intelligence in Washington. 1t was
returned promptly, by D. B. PreStOtck, who
declared its writer must be insane Forsyth
wrote to several persons named in the letter,
asking for information about the mysterious
Sending who had signed the letter. In the
meantime, his valet disappeared mot until
later did Forsyth suspect he had been muir
dered) and he engaged another, Jose Garcia.
After time Forsyth had answers to the
letters he had sent out. He learned nothing
at all about Sending, but he did learn that at
least three men named in the letter from
China had just died violent deaths.
And now, in deadly earnest, Forsyth seeks
to understand the grim letter from China. He,
too, may be marked for death!
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CHAPTER II

@oRsYTH had begun to be uncom-
Portable in his apartment. He was,
save for his servant Jose Garcia,
- alone there; and Jose's constant and
solcitous attendance, in his own present
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CAPITAL TWINS
FOUND NEAR
EXHAUSTION
Slept on Cold Ground While
1000 Persons Combed
Nearby Maryland

Lost in treacherous swamp lands
near Branchville, Md, since yester-
day, two 8-year-old washington
children - twins-Stumbled ,ex-
hausted into the arms of search
ers shortly before 7 o'clock today.
They. were found by a party Of
Is volunteer firemen, policemen
and citizens, led by Chief Cleve-
land johnson, of the BranchVille
Volunteer Fire Company, walking
out of the dense woods onto the
Washington-Baltimore Boulevard
near the White House Tavern.
Ran To Policeman
Officer Claude Reese, Of the
Prince George county police, sta.
toned in Hyattsville, who had
spent the night in the woods with
the firemen and other searchers,
was first to meet the children.
They came to him with outstretch-
ed arms.
Finding of the youngsters,
John and Margaret Miller, ended
a search started at 4:30 p. m.
yesterday in which nearly 1000
persons, some in airplanes, took
part
They were blue from the cold
and hungry when found. After
being fed sandwiches and, hot
coffee at the Branchville fire
house, they were taken home
and sent to bed
Slept in Woods
John told his parents they had
slept in the woods near the spot
where searchers found them. He
said they had placed his overcoat
on the ground and had placed
his sisters coat over them for
cover.
He added that they had seen
the flares and flashlights Of
searchers only a few yards from
them during the night.
Asked how they became lost,
both explained they had crossed
small stream near the spot
where they were playing, only a
few yards from where their
parents and two older brothers
were picnicking, and could not
get back.
Mother Near Collapse
The distraught parents, Mr..
and Mrs. George F. Miller, of the
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Unafraid, Say Children
. OF Night in Swamp

Margeret and John Miller, g.
year-old twins. spent the night in
the woods near Beltsville, Md,
last night because they had been
trained not to hitch-like-and
they were not afraid because they
said their prayers.
Propped up in bed at their
home, II Milmarson Pl. N. w.,
they told how. they spent last
night while a thousand men and
women beat the brush of the
swampy area around BeltSville in
search Of the two.
Knelt and Prayed
They weren't afraid Of the big
bad wolves, nor did they worry
much about the fact that they
were lost until the shadows
started to fall. Margaret said:
"When it got dark We knelt
down in the woods and prayed"
John added:
Margaret cried q little bit be-
cause she was IOneSOme-but
she didn't cry much"
Hunted for Police
The children revealed that after
tramping around the woods in the
dark they finally made their way
to the Baltimore Pike, searching
for policeman because they had
been trained to find a man in
uniform if you are ever lost"
Dozens of automobiles sped by,
but the youngsters made no at
tempt to stop one because they
also had been trained never to
accept rides from strangers. John
said:
"After it got dark we only
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looked for q place to rest. We
came to a tourist camp, but
the sign said IS cents a night
and we had no money. We
went back into the woods and
we found o little clearing where
there were q lot Of pine needles
and 1 took off my coat and
made y bed for us. We put
Margaret's coat on top of us.
TOO COLD TO SLEEP
1--WE tried to sleep, but it was
awfully cold. Then we got up
and walked some more. We
were hungry, too"
The children apparently suf
fered no i'll effects. They were
wrapped in flannels and had beer
given warm drinks to counteract
any effects of the cold. They
Continued on Page 2, Col. y
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BROKE, WALKER.
TELLS COURT

LONDON, Feb. Is G.N.SJ.
Dapper and debonair as usual, but
declaring himself "broke," former
Mayor James J. Walker. of New
York, appeared in chancery
court today on a summons cased
upon two American judgments
totaling $7,445.
Questioned by the court,
Jimmy" said he had no means
and therefore was unable to make
any offer toward settling the
judgments, but he told Interna-
tional News Service they should
never have been sworn against
him.
During the examination, Justice
Luxmoore asked Mr.. Walker con-
corning a recent trip to Spain
with his second wife, Betty Comp
ton. Mr.. Walker said:
"She bought the tickets and
paid the expenses"
One of the suits, he said, con-
cerned expensive clothing pur-
chased by the first Mrs. Walker
in New York without my know
ledge" The second was based
upon a hotel bill, he said, but
declared the exact amount is in
dispute.
The suits here were based upon
default judgments obtained by
New York creditors. The first
was for $2,245 by Sommers, Inc,
and the second for $4,000 by the
so East Sixty-fourth Street Cor
poration, owners of the Mayfair
Hotel in New York city.
Justice Luxmoore adjourned
hearing until March 18. stating
the creditors could determine
whether to take bankruptcy pro-
ceedingS.
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Canadian Killed
By Fall in Tomb

LONDON. Ontario, Feb. Is
G.N.S).-Trapped in the marble
mausoleum of the late Col. John
w. Little. exdmayor of London, the
body of Archie Jackson, "a, was
found in the vault today, the skull
crushed.
Police believe he was killed by
an 18-foot fall from the door Of
the mausoleum to the floor of the
burial crypt. He had been missing
since yesterday. Admitting the
possibility of murder. police tenta-
lively accepted the theory that he
died accidentally when he stepped
on an insecure floor slab and it
plunged him into the pit below.
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Religious RiOting
PrObed by Mexico

MEXICO CITY, Feb. Is G.N.SO.
The war department today con-
Quoted an investigation into re-
ports several Catholics had been
killed by bandits in the village of
Sultepec, in the State of Mexico,
while returning from religious
services.
Lacking definite information of
the reported attack, the war de-
partment said it doubted the in
cident, if true, had a religious
basis. It was pointed out kill
ings are frequent in that part of
Mexico as a result of ancient
feudS,
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Outlaw Hamilton
Kidnaps 3 in Flight

MCKINNEY, Texas, Feb. Is
GN.S0.-Raym ond Hamilton,
notorious southwestern gunman
and professional bank robber,
kidnapped three Collin county
farm youths today and sped away
in an automobile. Hamilton,
who escaped in a whitening
machine gun fire last night after
a battle with police, spent the
night at the home of Bill Mays.
a farmer living near Celina.
Hamilton and a companion
were both wounded, but appar-
emily not seriously.
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Rogers
Says:

SANTA MONICA, Cal, Feb.
25.-WelI, they had the big
horse race out here Saturday,
for the most money any race
ever paid, and an Irish horse
won it.
He was seven years old. He
had been a SteeplechaSe horse
and he was Saturday, he
jumped over 20 American
horses.
There was eight hundred
thousand dollars bet at that
track on the eight races. The
stores of Los Angeles put on
a dollar sale, and they played
to more money than the races
did, and Iowa had q picnic
the same day out here and
they had more people than
the races and the dollar sale
combined.
With all these going on in
one town, wouldn't worry too
much about the country going
BOlshevik.
Copyright, 1888. by Mcknight
SyndicatO)
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Mexican Dam Plan
Is Seen AS Threat
international News Service


Construction of dams by Mexico
will cause an acute water short
age on the lower Rio Grande
River, Representative West CD
of Texas told the House Flood
Control Committee today.
He appeared in support Of his
bill which appropriates rs million
dollars for building three treaty
dams on the river. The measure
would empower the Secretary of
State to negotiate with the Mexi-
can government regarding the
location of the three dams.
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WILL FACE
. NEW TRIAL

FREDERICKSBURG, Va, Feb.
25.-Edward c. Bell, Fredericks.
burg furniture executive and
church deacon, who was com
mitted to an insane asylum last
December after a trial on charges
Of poisoning his wife. today was
found sane by four doctors.
That means he must stand
trial again on the accusation that
for almost a year prior to his
arrest he was placing poison in
the food of his invalid wife,
I -Madge.
Four physicians at the South.
western State Hospital for the
Insane, at Marion, Va, today de.
clared that Bell was of sound
mind. The next step now is up
to the prosecution.
Bell was saved from prison in
his first trial when the jury re-
ported it was unable to agree
upon a verdict. The foreman, A.
L. Dodd, declared the jurors had
not been in doubt concerning
Bells guilt, but that they were
divided on the question of his
sanity.
Judge Frederick w. Coleman
then hurled a bombshell into the
case by ordering Bell committed
to an asylum until his mental
status was aScertained.
Mrs. Bells nurses had testified
they saw Bell tampering with
medicines prescribed for his wife.
Mrs. Bell herself said she believed
her husband should go to prison.
Mrs. Mary Ella McMullin, at
tractive Richmond woman, on
the witness stand testified she
had received gifts and financial
assistance from the churchman.
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POLICE COURT
FACED BY
SHAKEUP
Indictments Seen As Result
of Alleged Irregularities
Developed at Probe

Drastic revision Of Police Court
procedure and personnel with
possible indictments of a number
Of court aides appeared a. GER
tainty today in the wake Of a
four-month investigation by the
Department of Justice.
1t was learned authoritatively
by The Times that numerous
irregularities have been exposed
by the Department of Justice,
with prisoners allegedly being re-
leased without paying their pen
alties, court employees working
hand-in.glove with bondsmen,
records missing and cases being
quashed in mysterious fashion.
Shakeup Indicated
The impending court Shakeup
and indictments were revealed to-
day with the admission that the
four police court judges, Gus A..
Schuldt, Ralph Given, Isaac R.
Hit and John P. Mcmahon, had
been quizzed by Department Of
Justice agents.
Clerks and bailiffs Of the four
courts likewise were interrogated
by the Federal operatives, as were
District Attorney Leslie C. Gar.
nett and a number Of bondsmen.
Persons in authority today ad-
mitted that questioning of judges
and court attaches revealed:
That innumerable cases have
been found where court records
show a prisoner to have been
fined or sentenced to jail, yet
the District Jail records show
the accused has not been COM
mitted there and court records
fail to show the fine paid.
That Police Court employees,
cooperating with professional
bondsmen, have sent to the Dis
trict Attorneys office, with
recommendations for a, nolle
PROSE-, papers against fugitiveS
for whom the bondsmen had
furnished bail.
Papers Missing
That cases involving keepers
of disorderly houses have been
delayed mysteriously for as long
as a year, with the accused in
many cases escaping penalty.
That papers in scores. of cases
are missing, without a single
bit of official record being
available on persons who have
appeared as defendants in the
courts.
The investigation, which was
started last october. covers the
period only from 1882 to date,
previous conditions being set
aside for the time because of
the statute of limitations.
It was brought out in the probe
that approximately $1,000 persons
are brought into Police Court a
year, yet the total in fines is
about 100000.
Continuing their investigation,
Department of Justice men today
were digging into the files of the
District Jail, precinct stations,
the corporation counsel's office
and court records to attempt to
find out the disposition of scores
of cases
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DuBOis Love
GriiefBdred
In Notes
By r. X. REYNOLDS

ROMFORD, England, Feb. Is
GN.SD.-Two pitiful letters, re-
vealing the inconsolable grief Of
two beautiful American girls over
the death of two British fliers,
were ready today at the inquest
into the double suicide of Jane
and Elizabeth Du Bois, daughters
of the United States ConSul-G Gen.
eral at Naples, Italy, Coert Du
Bois.
Clasped tightly together, the
girls leaped to their death form
a chartered airplane over Up
minister, Essex, on Thursday.
After hearing the letters and
other evidence a coroner's jury
returned verdict Of suicide
while of unsound mind"
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BIG STICK
IS THREAT To
RELIEF FOES
President Is Reported Ready
to Force Rebels Into Line
to Compel Passage
BY EARL GOODWIN

There is a rumor among mem.
bers of the Presidents official
family that he is coming back to
wave "the big stick" next Thurs
day, with the intention of ham
mering into line the recalcitrant
lawmakers who spoiled the Ad-
ministration's work-relief bill last
week with the McCarran prevail
ing wage amendment.
Although there has been no Of
ficial comment at the White
House, on the ground that the
Chief Executive will not permit
statements concerning pending
legislation, there is evidence that
the Administration does not con.
slider the fight lost or the bill
dead.
Meantime friendly Senators are
pointing out that the much dis
cussed $50-a-month wage is by no
means the figure to be paid out
flatly to all who leave the relief
rolls and go to work on the huge
1000 million dollar program of
works.
$50 Is Average
Their explanation is that the $50
figure is an avergae arrived at by
massing. the entire set Of possible
wages ana dividing It a1f by the
number of possible workers. If
this is correct, it would seem that
the pay rolls would range from
$50 dollars a month for, certain
types of unskilled work in certain
localities all the way up to the reg
ular wages of skilled mechanics.
It is claimed. that this fact was
explained by the President to
groups of Senators who consulted
him on the subjest several weeks
ago: and that while it was gen.
orally understood at the time, the
details appear to have been lost
in the Senate debate.
Political aftermathS of the &C.
currances in the Senate last week
include the story that the Admin.
Stration forces were prepared to
see the McCarran amendment
carry by three votes instead of the
one single vote which defeated the
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Chill LDREN SAVED after NIGHT IN SWI
LOST TWINS I'm WOODS SAFE AT HONE AGAIN.


WE TRIED to sleep,
but it was awfully cold,"
John Miller, 8, told his
mother and father follow
ing the rescue of himself
and his twin sister, Marga-
ret, from the swampy
woods near Branchville,
Nd, where they passed the
night. 1--WE knelt down
and said our prayers when
d arkness fell" he .ex-
planned. The children are
back in their Washington
home, fed and rested.
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NEW PUZZLE CHAMP

NEW YORK, Feb. Is QN.SO.
There was new puzzle champion
today. He is Rufus T. Strohm,
of Scranton, Pa. He took top
honors in puZzle-solving contests
at the convention of the National
PuZzlers League here.
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Blast
Kills 5 on Liner

PARIS, Feb. Is G.N.S0.-Five
members Of the crew Of the
French Line steamer Gouverneur
General Jonnart were killed in
an explosion while unloading fire
works at Tunis today, the ministry
of mercantile marine announced.
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FLEET HOME AGAIN

SAN PEDRO, Cal, Feb. IS
N.SO.-Following two weeks of
sea maneuvers and visit to San
Francisco, "a battle and scouting
force units of the United States
fleet today had returned to their
bases in the San Pedro-San Diego
area,
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The WASHINGTON TINES
guarantees Home Delivery Serv.
ice every evening. Should YOU
fail to receive yours, call District
1000 promptly any time before
7:15 p. m: and your copy will be
dispatched by special messenger.
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WASHINGTON FORECAST

Cloudy, fOllOwsd by rain to-
night and Tuesday; slightly
warmsr tonight; colder Tuesday.
MEAN TEMPERATURES
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weather Details on Page III
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-08
INDIAN SISTERS
 SAVED FROM FIRE

Colon, Panama, May S.-UP). Two Indian sisters saved from sacrifice by fire explained in a mat ter, of fact way today that they had been possessed of witches. The girls, Mimispu, IS, and Mimipipe, 13, arrived here as wards of the government, and probably will be educated at public expense. They seemed not ito understand the hor- TOT which caused the Panama gov- ernment, when it learned they were to be burned alive, to dispatch a police patrol by speed boat to their rescue, 70 miles out in the Cari- bbean from the Panama canal on Iguana Island, inhabited by the San Bias Indians.
 Witches visited them for seven days, the girls said soberly. The witches made them sing. and the singing angered their tribespeople. An effort was made to drown one sister as she prayed to a native idol for relief from headache. There was a barley. they said, and after the tribal doctor failed to cure the headache, it was thought necessary to burn both girls to rid them of evil spirits.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-08
PARENTAL FIGHT IN M'HENRY CASE

New Bedford, Mass, May B. (UP).-A parental fight over guar dianship of Alyce Jane McHenry, Omaha's upside-down stomach girl, 1oomed today afer District Attor- ney William c. Crossley, counsel for Paul McHenry of Iowa Falls, Ia., the child's father, had an- nounced he might file a cross pe- tition.
 More than a month ago, Alyce's mother, Mrs Leuella McHenry, filed guardianship petition in Taunton probate court. The moth er's demand for an immediate hearing was frustrated yesterday by Probate Judge Mayhew F. Hitch who ruled that the father was entitled to his day in court and announced that trial date would be assigned within a. week. Cross ley revealed he had received let ters from McHenry saying he had not yet learned from Mrs Mo- Henry why she sought guardian ship of the child.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-08
COLT STRIKE IS FAR FROM PEACE

Hartford, Conn, May S.-CUP) Intervention by President Roose- welt in the Colt Patent Fire Arms strike had been requested today as result of failure of company of ficials and union representatives to agree on a basis of settlement. The strike, involving more than 1000 workers and called eight weeks ago when the concern was accused of refusing to recognize the shop council as the Employers Exlusive Bargaining Agency, reached an impasse last night when proposal of the strikers, calling for recognition of the council and 25 per cent increase in wages was denied.
 The telegram sent the president by the council, stated: fIt only seems fair that you grant us a conference so that we may prove that the Colts Patent Fire ArmS Manufacturing Co has and is viO- lating collective bargaining under the law. This request should be granted in view of the fact that this company has exclusive con- tracts with our government"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-08
|REV BATCHELDER
 GETS NEW OFFICE
Former Local Clergyman Named Assistant at New
 Haven Church

New Haven, May S-The war dens of St Paul's Episcopal church have announced the appointment of Rev Robert c. Batchelder, Jr., Ferguson, Mo, to succeed Rev Donald J. Campbell as assistant to Rev Arthur F. McKenny, rector of the church. Rev Campbell will leave New Haven, June to go to the Church of the Redeemer, Pro- vidence, R. I.
 Rev Batchelder received his B. D. degree from the Episcopal Theological c hool, Cambridge, Mass. For four years he assisted Rev Dr John N. Lewis at St Johns s Church, Waterbury. He comes to New Haven from Ferguson, Mo-, a suburb of St Louis, where he has served for two years as rector.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-08
Alleged Hi-Jacking Issues Figured in Local Civil Action
CIVIC PLAYERS
 TO GIVE FARCE
''The Man Who Married a Dumb Wife" Opens
 Here May 2l

With most of the players drawn from casts of previous productions, the company for the Civic theater presentation of "The Man Who Married a Dumb Wife" represents some of the best talent in the or ganization.
 From the cast of Goodbye Again, last seasons comedy hit, Edwin c. Pyle and Dorothea Doug las Fusonie have been selected to play the leading roles in the Ana tole France farce that will close the season with four performances beginning May 21.
 J. Francis Roland who gave a good account of himself last sea- son in "Both Your Houses," will be seen in one of the important characterizations. Another player, Harold Hole, who scored in last seasons revival of Wilde's "A Woman of No Importance" and who has directed two productions for the Second Congregational church this season, will appear in the France fun-fest.
 The cast will also include Carl Johnson who appeared last season in "The Ghost Train; Daniel Mar shall, who turned in one of the best performances of the courrent season as the ne'er-do-w son in "Icebound"; Raymond Bates, whose playing of the sergeant in "The Perfect Alibi" for the theater, and of the part of Judas in. the Cath olic Actors Guild production of And There Was Darkness" made him we'll known in local theatri- calls. Lois Wilson will make her debut before Civic theater audi ences as Alison in "The Man Who Married a Dumb Wife.