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rble, she pressed small, clenched
fists to her cheeks. 81 can't -
Just can't | must find some 9TH
cr way out" The words ended Ill
tears.
Claire, honeyw An elderly
maids startled face appeared
around an open closet door. She
hurried to the girl and put her
arms about her, every inch OF her
rugged gauntness bristling with
maternal protectiveness.
Tell Hannah all about it now,
child" She smoothed Claire's
rumpled curls as she had done
years before when she was nurse
to the mOtherless little girl. Any
one been pesterin' you" She
poked her cap to a belligerent an
gle. her scanned, weather-beaten
face glaring defiance.
Claire laughed shakily. Draw
ing Hannah's head down, she kiss
ed her. Don't frown so hereby,
old dear. Anyone would think you
were still fighting Apaches out on
your ranch in the early days.
Some scrapper yet, aren't your"
Claire got up and dabbed at her
eyes. :, -.
Hannah nodded. "You said it,
honey. | am when anyone goes
irwin to drop loop over you If
YOU amt willin'. Go on now, tell
me. Is it that Baum fellah again."
eyes" Claire answered slowly.
Hes awfully nice and he loves
me, but"
"But you don't want to marry
him." Hannah finished the SEN
tence for her. well then, you
don't have to-"
but | know Daddy hoped l
would, Hannah. Nick was very
close to him, had even loaned him
lot of money, and we can't pay
it back"
Listen, child" Hannah broke
in. your father was the best
man in the world, bar none, but
Just because he was so darn good
himself, he was a mere babe in
arms when it came to some other
things. Now you've got your own
life to live, and he's gone. It's all
bosh bein' tied up by dead folks
wishes. Nobody oughter try to
run the affairs O. the living from
the grave. How about tryin' to
unearth that blasted jewel your
Uncle Lyman said he hid in the
house in the mountains? Wouldn't
that help, Claire?"
81 was just thinking of that,
Hannah" Claire looked up ca
gerly. "Oh, if l could only find it!
But we've gone over every inch
of the place hundreds of times.
Daddy had about decided it was
Just Uncle Lyman's delirium when
he was dying. You know he spoke
of it again, but couldn't tell US
where it was. But if there really
was a jewel, and l could find it,
everything would be all right. |
could pay Nick and"
"Then your father didn't know
whether he got all your uncle's
Jewels or not?"
We've never been sure. Han
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eve must pay Nick by this time
next month, Daughter"
But, Daddy" she had exclaim-
ed. Surely Nick will"
"You don't understand, child.
Nick has been more than lenient,
] couldn't ask him to extend the
time again. We've got TO find the
money somehow
But how? YEARLY Claire in
ventoried again her chances Of
supplying a large sum Of money
in a limited space of time. Train
ed for nothing but q society life,
lacking money that seemed as far
distant as the snOw-capped noun
AS though in answer to her
tain peaks, what could she do?
problem, the door behind her
opened and a tall young man
came eagerly toward her and took
both her cold hands in his.
Mick II didn't know you
were here. didn't hear you come
in"
Because | came through the
garden. Cut across from the GG-
rage. The maid opened the French
window for me. Are you glad to
see me, Claire?"'
He kissed her fingers as he
spoke, then stood looking down at
her, his flashing dark eyes admir-
ing every line Of her. you're
prettier every time | see you"
The girl freed her hands with
an uneasy little gesture. "Of
course I'm always glad to see you,
Nick" she answered. you've
been awfully good to me. / don't
know how | could have gone thru
everything without you, but"
She Jared back against u small
table, crashing 4 delicate Dresden
figure to the floor. 1t lay shatter-
ed into bits. She gazed down at it
daZedly. 1t was like her own
world-the world that had always
been so beautiful and safe.
Smashed into broken pieces.
but what, Claire?" he per-
sisted. "You know Pm crazy
about you and want you to mar
ry me. Why won't you say you
will? You're the loveliest girl I've
ever known-and the coolest.
Can't you like me little, dear
est?"
Claire looked regretfully at
him. Certainly ne seemed every
thing a girl could desire, as ne
stood there pleading with her.
Handsome, young and ardent.
Yes, she was a fool, yet
81 do like You lot, Nick" Her
voice was sincere. Il like you
but-oh, don't ask me now. l
don't know-I'm-I'm so uncer-
tain about everything. Pm going
up to the mountain house for a
few days. Maybe when | come
back-maybe later, Nick, dear
please"
With a choked sob she turned
and ran out into the hall and up
stairs to her own room. Crumpling
in a heap before her dressing ia
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Hollis UE SHADOWS
by Ida R. Gleason
g 1896 NEA Ssrdes. Inc.

nah. You know Uncle had some
wonderful stones. He was an au-
thority on such things and bought
them all over the world on his
various travels. But he was al
ways boasting about his Jewel of
! the Rockies as he called it. He
spoke of it again as he lay dying.
Said it was hidden in the house,
and that we must never let the
place go out of our possession.
But after we looked and looked
without finding anything, we
weren't sure whether it was just
fancy or not. You know Uncle
WIS dreadfully eccentric"
Hannah shrugged. "Plain loco
ed, if you ask me. That he could
put up with that trifling Susie
Spratt for housekeeper proves
enough. Then look what he called
his Outlandish house-the House
of Long Shadows. Nobody but a
crack-wit would ever put such a
brand on that kind of a place.
All carved walnut woodwork to
catch the dust, and those gosh
awful high ceilings! That house
wouldn't be much of loss, if you
did have to let it go. And / don't
envy Eb Spratt and his sister,
Susie, tryin' to take care of it for
you, either"
"But it was the pride of Uncle
Lyman's heart, Hannah. He spent
a small fortune copying the east
ern mansions he'd known. He
thought nothing was too grand to
build in his beloved mountains.
That house and his jewels were
the passions nf his life"
"Yep, the Fosdicks always were
up in the air about some fool
thing. Your Uncle Lyman was
the worst % the mess. but even
your own father was dreamer.
Rest his soul. Lucky for you that
your mother was a real western
woman with her feet on the
ground and her head full of horse
sense. Or you might be goin'
round, too, with your ideas in
the clouds. What you goin' to do
now"
Claire had jumped to her feet
as thouh she had come to a sud-
den decision. "I'm going up to
the House of Long Shadows right
now, and start looking again. If
there's anything hidden there Pm
going to find it. I've got to! Help
me into my riding clothes-there's
a dear"
"But, Claire, it's past 9 o'clock.
You can't go galavantin' up to the
mountains alone at this time O
night. You wouldn't get there for
hours. It's so miles from here"
Nonsense, Hannah. Remember,
Pm going in my car. Not on
horseback. I'll be a heap sight
safer out on the road than here,
wasting precious time. Besides,
the Spratt family is there. They'll
take almost as good care of me
as you would"
Still Hannah shook her head
doubtfully. "Well. if you're set
to go-but this Nick Baum. Does
he know about this-this jewel or
whatever it is, Claire?"
81 don't know" the girl reph-
ed. eve haven't known Nick so
very long, you know, but Daddy
was awfully fond of him, so ne
might have mentioned it."
"Um." Hannah reluctantly held
out Claire's coat. "Pm tellin' you,
/ got a bunch about all this that
| amt likin' any too WELL"
Hannah! Your hunches-you
are worse than an Indian medi-
cine man. Go on to bed and for
get it. I'll send you word tomor-
row that Pm all okay. Probably
Eb Spratt'll be coming down or
can send the man." Claire pulled
on a pair of driving gloves. RE
member you taught me yourself
never to be afraid of anything.
aN
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concealed weapon, on or about tn.
first of December, 1885. All per
sons opposing clemency in thi,
case are requested to notify Hon
Edwin Gill, Commissioner of Pa
roles, Raleigh, North Carolina.
HENRY STEVENS.
This 18th day of June, 1896.
6-1S-Thurs.2tD
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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF HENDERSON.
The undersigned will apply to
the Governor for executive elem
ency in re Walter Stevens, 67,89S,
of the aforesaid County and State,
who was convicted Of carrying a
Evening star., 1936-12-26
ST.LAWRENCE PACT.
RUSHED BY WALSH
New York Power Authority
Head Opens Drive for
Senate Approval.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Frank p. Walsh, intimate Of Presi-
dent Roosevelt, today began q new
fight for Senate ratification Of the St
Lawrence power and seaway treaty.
Walsh. chairman Of the New York
State Power Authority, declared
private power interests were "at-
tempting to sidetrack the st. Law
renee project"
For years there has been a contro-
versy about the st. Lawrence plan.
which calls for cooperation by the
United States and Canada to complete
q deep-water channel from Great
Lakes cities to the Atlantic. The plan
also would open the way for vast
governmental development of electric
power. A treaty covering the project
was rejected by the Senate in 1884.
Walsh said private power interests
were reaching out to form an alliance
with private power interests in Quebec
in order to form an international
private power pool against public
development in the international Sec
ton Of the st. Lawrence"
Walsh's statement accompanied a
brief to be filed today by the New York
rState Power Authority with the Fed
erai Power Commission. This brief
opposed q plea by the Niagara Falls
Power Co. for permission to divert
additional water from the Niagara
River for power production. Walsh
said that granting this request might
delay the st. Lawrence development.
Evening star., 1936-12-26
Slayer
CONTINUED From First Page }

one visited him during the time he
spent In death row." No one made
IN effort to obtain executive clemency.
Only three prison officials and two
physicians witnessed the execution.
Warden Louis Kunkel, Prison Clerk
Howard Crosby. Deputy Warden
Lorenz Schumul, DR.. Patrick Weeks
and DR.. John Miller said the con-
demned man made no comment.
The execution was the first at the
institution during Christmas.
Singer was sentenced to death for
the murders of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Wesley kaufman and their l2-year-
old daughter, Marjorie. Singer had
been a helper on the Kaufman farm
near Wabash. Bodies Of the Kauf-
mans we're found stuffed beneath a
cow barn at the farm.
Prior to his conviction in Septem-
Der Singer told various stories about
the murders. But when he reached
death row. here, State police said,
he calmly admitted killing Joseph
Bryant. 20. of Detroit, Mich. during
a holdup near Wabash in July. few
weeks before the triple murder, and
implicated kaufman in the Bryant
staying. The State police theorized
that Singer killed the Kaufmans be-
cause he feared they would squeal." !"
Throughout his stay in q death
row. cell Singer was apathetic, prison
guards said. although at one time he
declared Il would not have killed the
Kaufman girl If had 1t to do over"
At no time did he exhibit regret over
the murders Of the other three VIC
tins. the guards explained.
Evening star., 1936-12-26
SEARCHERS PRESS
IDAHO PLANE HUNT
Quick Dash Into Snowy St. Joe
National Forest May Dis.
cover Wrecked Craft.
Hy the Associated Press.

SPOKANE, Wash, December 49,
Weary searchers depended upon .
quick dash to lead them today to the
snow-covered wreckage Of an airplane.
missing since week ago yesterday, in
North Idaho, with two pilots aboard.
In Utah, however, q fresh fall OF
snow during the night added to the
possibility that another vanished air.
liner, carrying seven persons, may not
be found until Spring. The Western
Air Express plane disappeared De.
cember IS.
At daybreak today the Idaho ground
searchers. led by Fred Cunningham Of
Kellogg, Idaho, planned to make .
final dash over 3-foot-deep snow to q
point on Early Greek Ridge. 3 miles
away in st. Joe National Forest.
They will be guided by directions
dropped yesterday from a Washington
National Guard plane piloted by Lieut..
Glare Hartnett, with Lieut.. Dean
EShelman as observer.
| Shortly after noon yesterday two
Guard planes took OF from Felts Field.
Spokane, for the Idaho mountains.
The two Guardsnen feel confident the
snow-covered object which they
glimpsed on Early Greek Ridge. really
q continuation Of Cemetery Ridge, Is
the missing Northern Airlines plane.
1t carried Pilots Joe Livermore Of
Spokane and Arthur Haid Of Seattle.
Radio facilities have been perfected
to permit communication among the
ground and air searchers and Fort
George Wright and Felts Field in
| Spokane.
Evening star., 1936-12-26
China
Continued From First Page.)

tC0nLlnue0 fTOm F1fSt E4Xe.D
airdrome 3 miles outside the city's
walls, the young marshal was not
aboard.
Stopped ut Loyang.
It was understood that Chang had
left the prernier's plane at Loyang.
Honon Province, where they paused
briefly after the flight from Sianfu,
where the young marshal had held the
generalissimo prisoner for two weeks.
"a Domei (Japanese) News
Agency report in Toxic said Chang
was brought to the capital by DR..
Soong In another plane from Lo-
yang two hours after Chiang's
widely heralded arrival.)
There were reports the sudden shift
IN plans had been made through fear
the great anger Of the Chinese people
against the marshal for his rebellion
would cause attempts to assassinate
him.
It had been understood Chang would
be taken before q council Of high gov
eminent officials to explain his capture
OF Chang and his demands for inclu-
sion Of Communists In the government
and war with Japan.
Shortly before the plane bearing the
premier and his wife landed at the
military airdrome, it circled the Ming
Tomb airfield In salute to officials
gathered there, through q misunder-
standing. to welcome him.
Martial law, ordered throughout the
nation shortly after the generalissimo
was made q prisoner. was lifted by
government order today.
Evening star., 1936-12-26
War
Continued From First Page.)

bar both foreign regulars or volun-
teer fighters from entering the bloody
Iberian peninsula.
However, one spokesman said today
the situation should not be called
alarming" and added:
I'VE believe there are strong posi-
bilities of a solution"
One newspaper, the Paris Midi, put
the international negotiations in this
light: France and England have
told Germany to chose between butter
and cannon"
Officials believe there was little like
lihood the Reichsfuehrer would give
a definite indication Of his future
policy before Monday.
Meanwhile, the French Ambassador
to London, Charles Corbin, left for
Paris to remain several days.
As something any government can
do within "a hours" to stop departure
of volunteers for Spain, France and
Great Britain have suggested to other
governments the Tightening Of pass
port regulations. q foreign Office atache
said.
Germany, italy and Portugal were
included in the nations 50 addressed,
he added.
REICH MAY GET COLONIES.
Evening star., 1936-12-26
FOR DROWNED COUPLE
Narylanders, Driving Home for
Holidays, Were Forced OF
Road into Mill Pond.

By the Associateo Press.
NEW WINDSOR, Md. December rs.
The bodies of Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert
w. Smelser. young couple who drowned
when their automobile ran into q mill
pond. arrived here yesterday from
Rockingham, N. c., to await burial.
Double funeral services win be held
at q pm. today at the Presbyterian
Church, with Rev. John r. Hays,
pastor. officiating. Burial will be in
mausoleum at Linden Hill, Frederick.
The pallbearers will be six graduates
Of Gilman Country School at Balti-
more. which Smelser attended, and six
friends from New Windsor.
Smelser and his bride Of less than
q year were en- route here to spend the
holidays with his father. Leslie Smell
ser. when the accident occurred. Their
automobile was forced down an en-
bankment at Rockingham. It rolled
into a mill pond and both drowned.
Evening star., 1936-12-26
Philippines Do Well.

Government officials OF the Philip
pine Islands report that great progress
was made there in 1885. Government
finances are reported to be In excel
lent condition. with internal revenue.
provincial, and municipal collections
showing good gains over 1885. Early
figures show that gold production in
the last IL months was valued at $22,-
10000. compared with $4,000. 1000 In
the previous year. Much Of the proiits
from gold mining are going into re-
modelling and new construction, sew
eral new apartment houses and ONCE
buildings being under construction In
Manila. Foreign trade OF the
Philippines u breaking fye.yeat
records. n
Evening star., 1936-12-26
PERMANENTP WAL
BACKED BY |CKES|
New Jobs in Industry Are
2I2 Times Those in
Actual Building.
ny the Associated Press.


Secretary Ickes today had backed
his proposal for q permanent p. w. A.
with q report that the present emer-
eency organization had provided en-
ployment in private industry for two
and one-half times as many men as
1t put to work on the scene Of actual
construction.
In an annual accounting, Ickes
said projects costing $4,071, ,750, 1926
had been allotted Federal funds under
the three public works programs un-
dertaken since his organization was
established.
Billion Dollars for Wages.
"P. w. A. has spent for wages al
most q billion dollars" he asserted.
Materials used in p. w. A. construc-
ton cost billion and half dollars
the majority of which went into the
pockets Of workmen in the mines,
the forests and the factories most
often far removed from the site Of
construction"
The basic principles of all three
programs were the same, Ickes re-
ported.
"The community selected its own
project, put up most of the money
required, and administered the con-
struction with the aid Of Federal
grants and Federal advice under p.
w. A. regulations.
2,792 Projects Approved.
'P. w, A. was responsible for three
quarters of all the schools and two
thirds of all the hospitals built in
the last three years."
In addition to work already under
way or allotted funds. Ickes said
there are 2.792 projects approved by
the examining divisions and eligible
for allotment"
These would involve total out
lay of 1881 l.os7,417. including loans
Of $113.3s3,41s and grants of $375.-
e99,381.
Evening star., 1936-12-26
NORRIS DECISION
REVIEW REQUESTED
Government Asks U. 8. Supreme
Court to Weigh Reversal
of Conviction.
~ the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Government today asked the
Supreme Court to review o Circuit
Court decision reversing the convic-
ton of George w. Norris, former
Broken Bow, Nebr., grocer, convicted
of perjury in connection with his
1880 campaign against Senator George
w. Norris.
The grocer was fined 500 and SEN
fenced to jail for three months after
he testified before a special Senate
Investigating Committee that he had
been paid no money for his effort to
wrest the senatorial nomination from
the veteran legislator of the same
name.
In the Governments petition to the
high court, Solicitor General Stanley
Reed contended the Eighth Circuit
Court erroneously held that the trial
court was In error In refusing to sub
nit to the jury the question whether
the grocer "had fully and fairly re-
tracted and corrected his original
false testimony"
The Circuit Court has remanded the
case for a new trial to determine
whether the grocer purged himself Of
false testimony.
Evening star., 1936-12-26
POWER ALCOHOL
GAINS POPULARITY
Wide Use Predicted in Next
10 YearS-NoW Sold
in Four States.
BY the Associated Press.

ATCHISON, Kans.. December 90
Two men of letters in the science OF
chemistry, both familiar with farm
woes, predicted today that power al
cohol within 10 years will become an
economic force in American agri.
culture.
Back Of this statement by DR.. Leo
M. Christensen and DR.. Harry Miller
was three months Of commercial pro-
duction on a research basis OF anhy-
drous (water free) alcohol. made from
wide variety Of farm-grown raw
materials.
Alcohol Gasoline Now Being Sold.
Laboratory experiments over a Pc
riod Of years convinced them that
anhydrous alcohol could be blended
up to 20 per cent with gasoline and
used successfully as a fuel for high
compression combustion engines. It
Is being sold today from service sta
tions in four States-Nebraska. Kan
sas, South Dakota and Iowa. The
price is the same as for regular gaso-
line.
DIR. Christensen and DR.. Miller
came less than a year ago to Atchison,
near the center of the vast grain-pro-
ducing belt Sponsored by the Chem
ical Foundation, they rebuilt an alco-
hol plant, finishing the work late In
September. They had hoped for q
good grain harvest, but the drought
intervened.
With corn prices going higher it
could not be used proftably as q raw
material, as DR.. Christensen had
hoped. Some corn was purchased,
however, and converted to determine
the price that could be paid for 1t.
This was set at somewhere between
so and rs cents q bushel. DR.. Chrs-
tensen said, depending upon the mar
ket for by-products-mill feed and
solid carbon dioxide (dry ice).
Many Combinations Tried.
Other raw materials were sought
for conversion. Carloads of Gull
sweet potatoes, molasses, rice, grain
sorghums, rye, oats and barley
went into the plant. Wheat, Irish
potatoes and Jerusalem artichokes
are yet to be tried.
Some OF the raw materials have
been tried in combinations. One Of
the best, DR.. Christensen said, was
grain sorghum, oats and barley.
Evening star., 1936-12-26
Atones for Misdeed.

NORFOLK, Nebr. P).-A Norfolk
woman chose the Christmas season
to atone for a misdeed Of is years
standing.
Pete Xanthis said he received 20
cents from the woman in payment
for a dish Of ice cream she ate at
his confectionery Is years ago and
didn't pay for. With the money was
q letter asking his forgiveness.
Evening star., 1936-12-26
LITERARY FRATERNITY
TO MEET AT RICHMOND
1y the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
RICHMOND. December 26.-Mem-
bers Of the Sigma Upsilon Literary
Fraternity, which has chapters at
colleges and universities, will hold
their national meeting here Tuesday
and Wednesday.
DR.. william 8. Knickerbocker, Of
the University Of the South. at Sc
vance, Tenn, Il president Of the fra
ternity. 1
Vice presidents of the organization
are DR.. Virgil Jones. of the University
Of Arkansas: DR.. e. J. Erwin. of
Davidson College, and DR.. L. c. VIM
berly, Of the University of Nebraska.
DR.. John M. Thurber, Of Buffalo State
Teachers Collage. Is secretary-treas-
praA n
Evening star., 1936-12-26

they hadn't heard of them. Did the
foreman know? No.
To make q long story short, the
foreman went to higher and higher
sources until finally the building
company itself was queried. And
from that very efficient base came the
terse notation: mo penguins included
in original order. Extra, If supplied. "
q + \
CHAIRS.
THERE are great many ways Of
= getting q seat If . seeker really
puts his mind to the task.
One Of these methods was witnessed
recently In one Of the towns more
crowded night spots Of q Saturday
night when all the fellows and their
girls decide to step out. A hitter
upper" stalked out on the dance
floor and looked about for a chair to
pull up to q table where crowd OF
friends were sitting making Q big
evening Of it, but he didn't seem to
be having any luck locating one.
Suddenly he sidled over to q table
and peering way under it, said to .
Misunderstanding little man sitting
there: Pardon me, but isn't that
your wallet down there under the seat
against the wal?"
As the unconscious fellow inno-
Gently crawled under the table to look
for his fortune, the wise guy picked
up the chair and walked over to his
pals and sat down.