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Evening star., 1936-09-15

stood watching the scene Of hilarity
with cynical smile. As II his quick
ear had heard his own name as 1t
fell from Constantine's lips, he turned
In their direction. The smile became
more animated. He took short cut
among the tables and stood beside
them. Blackwood hailed him with
enthusiasm.
$50 it's you, Riley" said the lawyer,
heartily. I'VE do meet in some out
rageous places, don't we? Have you
been here long?"
"Only a few minutes. We Just
stopped in for coffee, really, after
a rather terrible party. You know
Philip Constantine, don't you2 Oh,
I'm Sorryl Anyway, he's the novelist
Of that name-a household word! And
this is Lulu Fentress. His name
Is really Lawrence, but those of us
who know him are permitted to be
impertinent."
The lawyer and the novelist shook
hands. 1.-The newspapers saddled me
with the nickname" grinned the law
yer. 1--WE never been able to live it
down."
"A delighted client, whom he had
practically snatched from the GAL
lows, called him lulu in open court,
one day." explained Blackwood. "It
was very embarrassing"
will you have a drink" asked
Fentress. He glanced around him
for waiter.
mo, thanks. We's going to run
We've just been through a session
with Dallas the Almighty-a stiff one.
You've seen him in action! Con-
stantine-who has guilty conscience,
I suspect-needed sustenance."
The lawyer laughed. MOT really!"
he said. Dallas himself? The great
Dallas?"
I'm person." said Riley Blackwood
cts an interesting story and therell
be plenty to read about 1t in the
morning. The reporters are with
Dallas now-or they were a little
while ago. I don't know how much
they'll dare to print, but the under
cover facts are that a girl named
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out among the tables like amless
water bugs. The room was filled
with conversation and tobacco smoke.
Near at hand, at a table thick
with girls, sat a young man In full
evening raiment, rapturously applaud
| ing the advertisement. The table
bristled with empty bottles Of ex-
pensive appearance. The young man
was obviously more than a little
matted.
"Rollie Colbath," said Constantine,
and Blackwood nodded.
Heavens gift to the impecunious
chorus GIRL" he said. He entertatns
them In regiments and divisions.
see them everywhere. Wonder where
he gets his money"
"Is it a mystery?"
Probably not. There was Rollo,
senior, believe, who used to roll In
it. But I had an idea that the de-
preston finished him. It's amazing
how well of number Of citizens
have emerged from bankruptcy"
This fellow appears to have plenty,
admitted Constantine.
We'll, what Is it going to be?'
Their own waiter was now bending
over them and calling them by name
"A sliced chicken sandwich and q
pot of coffee. for me" said Blackwood
"You don't want to drink, inagine?'
Constantine didn't. Il want x
drink my coffee and get out Of here,
he said. THAT gang Of Indians from
Janice's party keeps looking over a
us. They're determined to hook us
Isn't that Fentress, the lawyer. ovel
there?"
A tall man with shaggy. overhang-
ing eyebrows had just strolled In
from the neighboring bar and now
Evening star., 1936-09-15

Rita Wingfield has been murdered and
Percy Jones-so help me!-is sus-
pected of knowing something about it."
The lawyer sat up in his chair and
stared. Percy Jones!" he said, as
II the words were an oath. Great
Scottl Then he wasn't joking, after
ALI"
"Joking?" Blackwood ga1ed at him
In lively aStonishment and Con-
stantine's eyes opened in surprise.
He told me an hour ago that he
might need my services" said Fen
tress. THAT he might want me to
defend him on charge of murder.
OF course, thought he was joking"
"An hour ago!" said Blackwood.
where was he?"
I'm a taxi-over on the boulevard.
7 walked over here from my own
rooms at the Pottowatomie Club. As
crossed the boulevard the cab rolled
past me, going south. 1t stopped
inside of 20 feet and came rolling
back on me; had to Jump to get
out of the way. And it was Percy.
ne SLuCk Ills 1l6du OuI Va I1lC WlIluUW
and yelled at me. walked over to
the cab and pretended to bawl him
out, and he grinned and said, I Just
wanted to tell you that may be
needing you before long-when I'm
accused of murder
AN hour ago!' repeated Black
wood. He looked at his watch. THAT
would be about oclock-while Dallas
was putting us over the Jumps"
about an hour after the telephone
call" contributed Constantine. He
looked at Blackwood.
The drama critic Of the Morning
Chronicle was thinking. YES" he
agreed, "about an hour after the
message that called him away. Well
I'll be a Chinaman!"
The criminal lawye. was interested.
'Let me in on this" he protested,
smiling. I've told my story. What's
yours2 After all, he is practically my
client"
That's a fact" said Blackwood.
HE knew it was coming. apparently;
Evening star., 1936-09-15

and he almost hired you to defend
him. Better take it up, Fentress-Pd
rather work with you than with the
police" His sudden smile was one
Of complete happiness. IT wouldn't
have missed this for Cornell in Uncle
Toms Cabin Listen to me, Lulu,
while unfold the strange tale Of the
blue kitten, the red-headed siren and
the Hindu magician!"
The voluptuous houris were vanish
ing in q burst Of sound and fury: the
calciums were dimmed. The orchestra
glided gently into the opening phrases
Of a waltz. From the tables came
crowding the diners and the drunkards
to take their places on the floor.
"And that" said the narrator, after
quarter Of an hour, "is the story as
far as it has gone. What do you think
Of 1t as beginning?"
For moment the lawyer was silent.
IT think that Dallas will make 1t very
warm for Percy Jones'" he confessed
at last. and drummed his fingers
softly on the tablecloth.
LIllIlk 50, tOO, odlu kt4cy oldCA-
wood. He added: I'D like to find
him before Dallas does"
ITO warn him against the police?"
The lawyer smiled.
well, no." said Blackwood, grim
ming. II really don't care what hap
pens to him, suppose. The plays
the thing-the problem and its solu-
ton. Oh, I have conscience, too!
should not like to see an innocent
person suffer-even radio announcer.
And I don't think the beggar had a
thing to do with it."
"If he's innocent, why does he run
away?" asked Philip Constantine.
I'VE don't know that he is running
away. We don't know what he's do
ing-except that its probably some
thing foolish"
The lawyer shook his head. HE
isn't running away" he said. "His
attitude, when he spoke to me from
the cab, seemed jaunty enough. I
should guess that he isn't taking the
situation very seriously. If he is really
alarmed he'll come to see me in the
Evening star., 1936-09-15

morning." He asked q question Of his
own: Did he know this Wingneld
woman?"
IT should imagine 20. considering
the circumstances"
Then on what do you base your
theory Of innocence?"
at isn't exactly . theory" said
Blackwood. TITS simply that the al
Tentative seems to me too obvious.
Forgive me II I seem to lecture! But
let us examine the problem presented
by the matches. There are as many
possible explanations Of their presence
IN Rita Wingfield's apartment as there
are people in Chicago. The principal
alternatives, however, are less numer-
GUS. They may have been left there
by the murderer, when the murder was
committed, and that murderer may
have been Percy Jones. That Is the
obvious explanation, and I should
imagine a hot favorite with Dallas.
They may have been left there by the
murderer, when the murder was COM
nitted, and that murderer may have
been somebody wishing to incrimi-
nate Percy Jones. 1t is an explana-
ton worth considering. They may
have been left there by Percy Jones,
himself, on some perfectly innocent
occasion weeks ago. In that case,
Miss Wingfield Just happened to have
them around her when she was mur-
dered. Bad luck for Percy and good
luck for the murderer And they may
have been left there, quite innocently,
by any number Of other persons,
known to Percy, on almost any num-
ber Of other occasions"
''The variations Of this latter sit
uation," continued the amateur, in
his best manner, "are probably inf
mite. For all of which reasons, and
others, it seems to me that the
matches in themselves are relatively
unimportant. They are really signifl-
cant only in connection with Percy's
fantastic story, but In that connection
they may be significant as hell. If
the story was a lie, he may very well
be guilty Of the murder. If he told the
Evening star., 1936-09-15

Synopsis Of preceding instsllments:
Percy Jones. famous, Chicago radio
announcer is expected shortly aIier
midnight at party being given by
the lovely widowed Janice Hume.
Riley Blackwood, drama critic OF tne
Morning Cronicie with detective
story mind. is bored. but chat with
Philip Constantine: novelist; deiass
l2:45. A scratch on his race. Percy ex-
plains, was made by q blue PERSIAN
kitten. His story Is that q pretty
redhead kidnapped him at the mike:
iateness is due to, her forgetting she
kitten and they had to drive back.
She footed her horn and 1t was brought
out OF an old-fashioned house in
TSey Uss drove % to the weldon Hotel, which
abe entered, and he took q taxi to
the party. 1t is evident his story
isn't entirely believed. Just then the
radio blares: Car 146 investigate
murder or suicide at 1140 Lake Shore
Drive" That is Janice's address also.
Riley goes to investigate, He finds
shot Through the the. heart oIosrsmsS Dstsetiys
match folder beside her. Riley identi-
fes the monogram as that Of Percy
Jones. Dallas goes to the Hume apart
ment, but finds Percy has left after
q phone call. Dallas questions every
body including Mrs. Morris. Miss
not to let his dislike Of Percy direct
his suspicious to Jones. Riley and
Constantine go to night club.
Evening star., 1936-09-15

truth, and 1t can be shown that he
did, then he may have an alibi that
1t will be difficult to shake. think
now that he told the truth. The story
Evening star., 1936-09-15
INSTALLNIENT v.

THE last floor show appeared to
be drawing to close. In an
elevated shell an orchestra Of
u six pieces was performing
miracles of syncopation and on the
floor a dozen agile houris were march
ing and countermarching in a rain
of colored lights. At intervals along
the line Of march the young women
paused to kick and wiggle. evoking
rounds of applause that were out of
all proportion to the difficulty OF the
feat. Busy walters darted in and
Evening star., 1936-05-11

ACROSS.
/. Genus of lilies.
5. Leather thong.
10. Conserves of fruit
IA. First baseman for Boston Red Sox.
IS. Palm cockatoo.
16. TWo-toed sloth.
II. Dillseed.
18 Song birds.
10. Roster.
20. ApoState.
%. Pertaining to one of the Malay
Polynesian languages.
"a. A knob.
IS Taunt.
26 Pitcher for Philadelphia Athletics.
29. Tame.
80, Fertile spots.
81. A kind of twin song" for two
voices.
IS. Part of verb to be.
So. Glided
81 Captures by force.
38. Begged; colloq.
80. The first woman.
90 Catcher for Boston Bees.
IL. Climbing plant.
~. Tennis terms.
A. Catcher for Cleveland Indians.
IS. Greek god of love.
IS. Friar.
a. Shortstop for Philadelphia Ath-
letics.
80. An artificial voice.
81. Sound of reflection.
SIS. Apparent.
81 Shower.
So. To the sheltered side.
So. A proportion.
so. Pertaining to an era.
Evening star., 1936-05-11

81. Peruse
81. The sea.
63. Shortstop for st. Louis Browns.
DOWN.
l. At a distance.
2. Solitary.
3. Cattle.
4. Exaggerated.
S. Vegetable connections.
6. Exchange.
7. Unusual.
8. Noah's boat.
9. Amusements.
10. shortstop for Chicago Cubs.
II. Wild OK of Celebes.
IL. Public walk.
13. Genus of sea birds.
81. Departs
%. Adams second son.
rs. Pitcher for New York Yankees.
26. Popular flowers.
27. Divide into two equal parts.
%. Species of willow
29. Manager of Chicago White Sox
80. Mahometan type of divorce by re-
lection.
81. Goddess Of peace.
80. Evergreen tree.
"a. Yawns.
81. A Cuban trogon.
80. Young small pike
40. Italian coins.
fl. Piece of glass.
43. Rejected
A. Catcher for Washington Senators.
46. Feminine name.
AZ. Period of time.
48. Ironwood Of Pegu.
49. S. American ostrich.
so. Festival.
81. The taliera.
So. Crown; poet.
So. Solely.
5e. Hindu goddess personifying speech.
Evening star., 1936-05-11
Quill Pen Maker Busy.

Believed to be the only quill pen
manufacturer in the world. s. Gray
Barton of London is seeing the return
of prosperity. He Is sending thousands
Of pens to lawyers and sentimentalists
in all parts of the world. Cinema stars
are getting them for period rooms. The
quilts are from geese, turkeys and
swans. Barton made q peacock quill
for nobleman who was about to be
married and wanted to sign the mar
riage register in harmony with pea
cocks on his estate.
Evening star., 1936-05-11

Remove spell the
will spell what makes possible milk.
Answer % LETTER.OUT.
The Washington times., 1936-07-03
Metal Market

NEW YORK, July Q.N.s)-Cop-
per buying abroad today was in good
volume, with price equivalent to go
cents a round elf. European base ports.
This compared with 9.15 cents yesterday.
Domestic copper markets were mod
erately active with price unchanged at
$50 cents a pound. Total sales on
Wednesday were 1.190,0 900 pounds COM
pared with 2.48OOOO pounds on Tues
day.
Domestic lead markets were fairly ac-
tive with prices firm and unchanged at
4.6O cents a pound New York and 4,4S
pound East St. Louis.
Zinc buying was reported in moderate
volume with prime western zinc un-
changed at 4.s5 cents pound East ST..
Louis.
The tin market today was a quiet at
fair with tin quoted at 40h cents 4
pound.
Antimony declined Il Of a cent today
with price now quoted at II cents 4
pound
The Washington times., 1936-07-03
Y.E.B00KERC0.
10 OYEARS0LD

The investment banking firm of
Y. E. Booker & Company has just
celebrated the tenth anniversary
of it's organization.
Y. E. Booker, head of the firm,
IS widely known outside of Wash
ington and has been a leader in
the investment banking business
here for many years. He is presi-
dent of the Washington Stock EX-
change and a member of the
board of governors of the Invest
ment Bankers of America.
Partners of the firm are: Y. E.
Booker, Harry w. Finney, and
George Hewitt Myers, special part
ner.
The Washington times., 1936-07-03
Naval Stores

NEW YORK, July G.N.s).-Pe
troleum firm; crude Pennsylvania anc
Ohio $2.12@2.45; Buckeye, $2.o2; Corn
ing. S1.42; Lima, $1.25.
Turpentine, strong, 4O% q 41c.
Rosin. strong; common, $50.
The Washington times., 1936-07-03

Ans.-That is very hard one to answer in
any definite way, but it can be said fairly
that without such gifts we would be having
a different sort or quality of recovery. No
one can possibly know whether the degree or
quantity of activity would have been larger
or smaller at this time if sounder policies had
been adopted, But we can be sure that any
recovery would have been on a more secure
base, and therefore would have been Q) more
likely to last longer, and (2) less likely to be
followed by a severe decline.
We have had series of artificially stimu-
lated spnrts in business The first one in 1893
The Washington times., 1936-07-03

anticipation of initiation Others have been attempt
beat the NRA gun, and Government spending spree
These have affected chiefly the goods such ec
tric appliances and automobiles
In my opinion however, unemployment has been prolonged
the normal levels delayed by the New Deal
And find that future has been heavily mort
gagged by debt that just industry emerges
from depression it has to be soaked with taxes
would say that at least so per of recovery isl
synthetic and based dangerous burden of debt But as
Supreme Court decisions gave and hopes of defeat
ing the Roosevelt administration sound and
natural recovery has been added.
The Washington times., 1936-07-03
~ AT"T| The Masses Of People Remain
III Il NH OFooled by Concealed Taxes
IA - - On Much of What They Buy
BY LEWIS HANEY

Professor of Economics New York University
NEW YORK, July SD Kansan asks isn't the
present degree of recovery due principally to the gifts Of
borrowed money made by the Administrations,
The Washington times., 1936-07-03
2. When borrowing has to stop, v
be required to keep up the pace?"

=
to keep up the of Government spending the
is Eyes" But if waste is stopped and economic
principles observed taxation need be drastic Even
however bound be heavy account of the
Roosevelt debt that they will continue to be drawback to
business recovery.
The will either be further repudiated-about
three billion dollars of have already been repudated by
"devauaon" leave paying taxes like European
peoples already stagger under.
ryng about the Constitution does the bread and butter
question not first?"
Ans.-Boh Because the Constitution protects the right
of the individual and keep his bread and butter
"The people, may know that the Constitution
worries them but their present demorazng dependence
ployment result of Government waste and moneytnker
ing which have from violating the Constitution.
4. "Are the worrying about heavy taxation?"
Ans-Not yeti In the first place, they remain fooled by
the concealed taxes almost everything they buyexciSe
corporation They forget that
have pay the taxes piled the manufacturers of
consumer goods.
In the second place. reardng industry business
pans and investment This makes unemployment So when
he masses worry about jobs they really worrying about
the taxes that prevent employers from offering jobs
You can't hurt employers without hurting employees.
The Post Office has always been branch of the party
machine; so why the fuss about Farley?"
AnsWhle the Post Office has long been put under the
party this has not always been and has prob
ably been quite abused Can you imagine such 60
ng under Washington Jefferson?) The thing
too, because the Roosevelt crowd-the professors
Madam Perkins, and a-were supposed to be politically
pure So great blow to the merit system Civil Service
however, should make "fuss" any time.
Farley is probably the first Postmaster General who has
thought that the people of prairie State inferior that
their governors cannot make good Presidents.
The Washington times., 1936-07-03
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-28
Young Swain Lands in Jail
on Fiancee's Complaint
and Is She Mad.

William Philips, "a, got his much
needed "Shuteye" this morning but
it landed him, in blue pajamas, be-
fore Municipal Judge Pro Tenn. Clyde
Carter and netted him SIS and costs
for resisting police who transpianted
him from an apartment-housa
Land-of- Nod to a Jail cell.
According to court testimony, the
only place Phillips could find for
his slumber was the apartment of q
young woman to whom, he says, lie
is engaged.
He slipped into bed, blue pajamas
and all. and was awakened when
his girl friend" returned with her
roommate. They protested, told
him to get out. He only rolled his
head deeper into the pillows and
ignored them entirely. Police were
called.
Sergt. Martin Fahey and squad
answered the call to 1913 N. Easiest.
A battle-royal ensued with police
finally inducing Phillips to slip
trousers over pajamas and ride to
police headquarters.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-28

American Legion, the Disabled
Veterans and the Veterans of For
eign Wars said after a White House
visit that they would do all in their
power to persuade the veterans not
to cash their bonds except for
some permanently useful purpose.
Asked to Hold Bonds
A statement issued after the
White House conference said the
President and the commanders
were fully agreed that every eff
fort should be made by the vet
Grams, by their organizations and by
all who have their welfare at heart
to prevent the frittering away of
cash obtained from the bonds.
Permanent advantages as opposed
to wholly temporary pleasure
should be the criterion"
Veterans who can afford to were
appealed to to hold these non
transferable bonds" The bonds,
which will draw per cent interest,
are 'the safest imaginable invest
ment; they are true thrift bonds, u
the statement said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-28

modern times, along streets massed
crushingly with silent crowds of his
subjects, to Paddington Railway
Station and burial among his an
ceStors in vault of st. Georges
Chapel, in gray-walled Windsor
Castle.
The flashing Of brilliant uniforms
of kings, queens, mobiles and SOL
diers; the roar of saluting guns, the
deep-toned tolling of bells, the sill
yer notes of chimes, the slow fu-
nereal strains of massed bands, the
wild, wailing laments of bagpipes,
the slow, measured tread of soldiers
on the sanded streets-all these
combined to make the procession a
spectacle that was overwhelming
emotionally to many who saw it.
Soldiers of many regiments, sail
ors, marines, air force men, field
marshals, court officers marched
ahead of the gun carriage on which
the Kings coffin was drawn by
sailors of the naval school in which
he spent his boyhood.
King Edward VIII, his brothers
the Dukes of York, Gloucester and
Kent; the Kings of Belgium, Bull
garia, Denmark, Norway and Ru-
mania; the President of France
conspicuous in black civilian clothes
crown princesses, statesmen, no.
bles, dignitaries of many nations
sent to honor the dead King walked
in the rain and sun behind the gun
carriage.
Queen Mary, the widow, long
yelled, bowling occasionally in silent
thanks for the crowds silence;
Princess Mary, Queen Maud of
Norway, his surviving sister, and
other royal women rode next in
state carriages.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-28
FLAND|N, EDEN
DISCUSS NAzI
REARMAMENT
Conference Held in London
on Eve of Funeral for
George. V.
BvUpited Press

By United Press
PARIS. Jan. 2S.-Foreign Minister
Pierre Etienne Flandin, in London
for King Georges funeral, has dis
cussed alleged German rearmament
in the demilitarized Rhineland zone
with British Foreign Minister An
thony Eden. it was announced Of
ficially today.
Flandin also was expected to con-
fer with British Prime Minister
Stanley Baldwin. 1t was understood
that he would discuss the moribund
naval conference, as well.
His conference with Capt. Eden,
representative of Frances World
War ally, on the eve of such a SOL
emn occasion as King Georges flu
neral, showed increasing grave con-
Germ in France over reports of Ger
man rearmament in the Rhineland
zone. demilitarized by the Versailles
Treaty. The question may become
the cause of political tension within
a short time.
Complaint to League Hinted
Andre rancois-Poncet, French
ambassador to Germany, has in
formed the Nazi government that
violation of the Versailles Treaty
restrictions would be cause for for
NAL complaint to the League of Ma
lions, it was learned
The French government has re-
ceived definite indications that the
third anniversary of the Nazi &C
cession to power Thursday will be
made the occasion for a military
display within the zone, whether
with or without official cogniZance.
These indications were the basis
OF Glandins conversations with
Capt. Eden last night and of Pom
Gets representations.
Many Frenchmen Anxious
Many highly placed Frenchmen
awaited the Thursday anniversary
with unconcealed anxiety, fearing
that Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler
might choose the occasion to an
nounce Nazi Haunting of the one
section of the Versailles Treaty
that has not been Haunted before.
The newspaper Excelsior charged
that the Nazi government had es-
tablished "Hindenburg line" of
airports through the zone that
could be used as the taking-off
place for air raids on France. These
ports are close together, have
underground rooms where officers
and men and planes would be safe
from bombing attacks, and each is
equipped with 100 military planes,
Excelsior said.