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the birds. They are beginning to
drift in from the South to theil homes
in the North. The famous carpen-
ters, the woodpeckers, make them
selves heard, and the chickadee and
nuthatch begin to practice their love
songs. The dear little horned owl,
about the size Of robin when he isn't
all puffed up, walls his love song
Please listen closely and you will know
1t is not screech. The woodcock, one
of the most fascinating lovers among
the birds, has found himself q FROST
free bog, and is spearing sleepy
headed grubs and drowsy worms.
1t is the birth month of two Of our
beloved Presidents. Washington was
a lover of trees and shrubs. His care
fully kept diary records the planting
and transplanting Of trees, and today
you can find the identical spots men
toned where the holly trees were
planted Lincoln was lover Of the
great silent woods. Here, in times of
need, he went to commune with his
Creator.
It is the only month that has hon.
ored one of Natures children with its
own day. In Alabama Arbor day is
celebrated, and the flower OF the
month is the dainty primrose.
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BY LILLIAN cox ATHEY'

BY LILLIAN cox ATHEY.
TEBRUARY may be . short
- month, but she never has an
idle moment. She Is an efdcient
Il landholder. even though she
works 80 quietly that some think she
Is dull and there is nothing going on,
With vim and vigor she takes over
the work of January, which she fell
heir to, and must either finish 1t up
or help to hasten its completeness.
Then she has few thousand Jops
OF her own to accomplish.
Her name Is q Roman one meaning
to purify. In Rome, March was the
first Of their year, and In February
the people were supposed to purify
their minds and bodies for the COM
ing months. Her duty was to plough
the soil. The earth really means .
ploughing place.
So in the States where the earth
needs to be ploughed according to
Natures plans, there will be freezing
and thawing and more freezing and
thawing. BY the time March rolls
around, her valuable assistant has
done many things to the soil. The soil
Is frozen; in thawing there are cracks
and crevices into which run the melt
ing snow. Shows and showers soak
the great rugs and blankets OF leaves,
they develop an acid which dissolves
the streaks Of lime, and even the
rust to be found in some particles
on boulder and granite.
Father Wind and Godmother Sun
come along and toss the leaves to new
locations, sometimes taking on the
bits of granite rusted away. Thus
are valuable iron and lime added to
the soil to enrich 1t.
The melting SHOWS race madly down
the streams and rivers, using the
sharp-edged wedges Of stone to deepen
and widen the bed. Many stones are
polished and in beautiful shapes.
Here, no doubt, the worker in stone
learned his trade cons ago.
Madam Februarys warm days
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Perfection Plus.
w YALTER MALOWAN. secre-
\A/ tary Of the Regency Club
w in New York City. likes
nothing better than to
create q surprise situation. Hence. in
. recent rubber bridge game. he passed
originally with nine-card suit, hoping
to be doubled later at . reasonably
low contract. Instead, he suddenly
found himself doubling the opponents
with . surprisingly good result.
North, dealer
North-South vulnerable
North-South 80 on score
4 10
vKJ 1917
= J106
4
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WILLIAM F. MCCARTHY
VICTIM OF PNEUMONIA
Funeral Rites for Retired Book
keeper Will Be Held
Tomorrow.

William F. Mccarthy. 70. retired
bookkeeper, died Saturday Of pneu-
monia in a local hospital.
Funeral services will be held at 9
m. tomorrow in st. Martins Catholic
Church, following brief services at his
late residence, 1885 Summit place
northeast. Burial will be in Mount
Olivet Cemetery.
Mr.. Mccarthy was the son Of the
late Eugene Mccarthy and the late
Mrs. Catherine Mccarthy. He was
q nephew OF the late Rev. p. F. Nc
Carthy, former pastor Of Immaculate
Conception Church. He Is survived
by q sister, Miss Mary H. Mccarthy,
supreme deputy Of the Catholic Wom-
ems Benevolent Legion in the District
of Columbia.
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suit. Now II the partner could take
some sort of trick. himself. the slam
would be down one, and Mr.. Malowan
decided to gamble for a plus.
Sure enough. West read the double
and opened the jack OF clubs. Mr..
Malowan trumped and now laid down
the king Of spades and was delighted
to find that it held. He next shifted
to . diamond, and since his partner
held the king, the slam contract was
down two tricks.
(copyright. 1877
The Four Aces will be pleased to answer
letters from readers. if a stamped t3-cenn.
self addressed envelope is enclosed with
each Communication. II you desire the
pocket outline Of the Four Aces system
Of contract bridge send with your request
: STAMPED (3.cenn. self.addresssd: large
West Forty-second street. New York City.
and you will receive an outline without any
charge. The next article in this series will
appear Wednesday.
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move along over there, and Just when
he thinks he has me I'll fool him"
Peter hoped over to the old house
and sat on the doorstep. He didn't
even glance at the doorway. II he had
he might. he just might. have won.
dered how it happened that that en-
trance was open as If it had been used
lately. He was too intent on watching
RAddy Fox.
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bark that night. From tree to tree
Peter hoped in the moonlight. hop
ing to find one unprotected. He
forgot to be watchful. He forgot that
on such a night certain hungry hunt
ers were likely to be abroad. He for
got everything but that he was hum
cry and dreadfully disappointed.
So it was that Reddy Fox had en-
tered the Old Orchard and was half
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way across between Peter and the Old
Stonewall before Peter discovered him.
1t was just by chance that Peter hap
pened to glance that way. His heart
gave a leap Of sudden fright. for he
knew that Reddy saw him. Then Peter
remembered that old house Of Johnny
Chuck's ard he felt better. 1t was
only a short way from where he then
was, and he would have plenty Of
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time to reach 1t before Reddy could
catch him.
Reddy came trotting toward him,
and there was grin Of satisfaction
on Reddy's sharp face. Peter could see
1t In the moonlight.
He thinks he's got me this time"
thought Peter. He has forgotten that
old house Of Johnny Chuck's, or else
he thinks I don't know about IL. I'll
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ErER RABBIT wasn't at home
- in the dear Old Briar Patch.
He should have been, but he
4 wasn't. Despite all that timid
little Mrs. Peter could say to keep him
home. Peter had insisted that there
was no danger in visiting the Old Or
chard and had gone.
i've been cooped up here in the
Old Briar Patch as long as can stand
It," he had said. Il want to get away
from here long enough to stretch my
legs and for . little change. Besides,
there isn't much left to eat here"
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Peter waited until Reddy was al
most near enough to spring. All the
time Peter was chuckling. This was
going to be good joke on Reddy. At
the last instant Peter turned and
dived into that hole. He was still
chuckling. How surprised Peter would
have been had he known that outside
Reddy FOX was also chuckling.
(Copyright, 1879
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Winning Contract
Perfection Plus.
BY THE FOUR ACES.

Ms 3ysia M , s, se sosi5e has
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'"There is enough. such as it is, and
here you are safter than anywhere else
and you know it, protested little Mrs.
Peter.
mo, don't know it," Peter snapped
an enemy. Over on the far side Of
the Old Orchard some young fruit
trees had been set out. Perhaps Peter
had had those young trees in mind
when he left home. Anyway, he made
straight for them. The bark on them
would be tender and l. welcome
rather Grossly. There are bramble-
tangles up in the Old Pasture that
are Just as safe, and the Old Stone
wall along one side Of the Old Or
chard has some Of the safest places I
know Of. I've never been caught over
there yet, and I'm not afraid I will
be-
It was . lovely cold Winter night.
Mistress Moon was shining her bright
est. It was almost as light IS by day.
You see. everything was covered with
snow, and that helped to make 1t
lighter Peter safely reached the Old
Orchard. He neither saw nor heard
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% A fake cue-bid. South has made
up his mind to bid q slam. but would
just as soon stop . spade lead anyway.
f2) Continuing to bid his nine-card
suit.
90 Mr.. Malowan's first thought was
to bid six spades and take the sure
small sacrifice. But suddenly he had
an inspiration. His partner, 4 fine
player, undoubtedly would have q long
club suit. Reading Mr.. Malowan's
double as . demand not to lead spades,
the partner would figure out the
double a 4 club void and lead that
Evening star., 1937-02-01
BY THORNTON W. BURGESS.

Trouble lies ahead Il. ereet
Careless and UNEASY. feet;
Old Mother Nature.
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Natures Children
February.

hasten the tree buds swelling. In
sheltered places you will find tiny
green ferns sticking their fuzzy heads
above their soegy blankets Of leaves
and twigs.
It Is a grand month to watch for
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the island he took French leaye-walked
out of the detention camp. Obviously
the woman had the transfer made for
this specific purpose-to shorten the
Adams sentence. Secret Service men
had another job ahead of them.
Out of prison, Adams grew more eau
tious, but he stepped around with the
society matron-in select circles
He assembled q new counterfelting
outfit, with which he produced very
deceptive tend dollar Federal Reserve
note So clever was this workmanship
and so different from previous Adams
craftsmanship Secret Service agents
were thrown completely of the trail for
a while.
In the new Adams venture no two
notes were exactly alike. That is, each
one had a separate serial number, un-
usual in counterfeiting. Also each note
had other improvements over the old
Adams craftsmanship Careful scrutiny
at the Treasury and the Bureau Of En-
craving and Printing finally branded
the source of supply. Adams was the
artist When his handiwork was again
established the Secret Service doubled
back ON his trail They broke the case
by arresting in Chicago one Of Adams
numerous women passers caught with
a pocketbook full of the new notes
she confessed the origin Of the counter
felt bills
AS soon as the girl in Chicago was
sent to prison Secret Service operatives
caught others IN their net-by watching
the personal columns in the newspapers.
Adams would not write. telephone or
telegraph He always inserted an .ad'
when he wanted 10 contact the girls.
The Secret Service started putting in
some ads" of their own ana beat
Adams at his own game
At this time Adams travelled through
the Mid Western States with a newly
found female passer of spurious notes.
She had done a GOOD Job of organizing
the women folk. supplying them with
counterfeit-but they we're fast falling
into the hands OF the Secret Service.
The Treasury men had Adams and his
women right worried SO worried In
fact. that Adams left himself wide open
and walked into a trap laid for him IN
Chicago
The day before he was TO appear for
sentence Adams was taken from the
Federal Detention Camp BY Deputy
United States Marshals for final m
teryieW with Secret Service agents in
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the Federal Building. Chicago. They
wanted to have heart-to-heart talk
with him and did. When they finished
they turned him back again to the Gus
tody Of the deputy marshals. While the
marshals were returning Adams to the
jail in patrol wagon an automobile
crashed into the vehicle and Adams
made his escape.
There were some battling circum-
Secret Service men are still anxious to
solve Adams was handcuffed when he
left the Federal Building Later they
learned deputy marshal had permitted
one of Adams sweethearts to accom-
pany him back to the jailhouse She
managed to uncouple his handouts
with a hairpin-a Woman's master key.
Sc it was the ingenuity of girl as well
as an automobile accident that let
Adams loose again.
Adams worked his way to the West
Coast and back to the crest of his pro-
fesson In Portland. Ore. he met
travelling salesman who felt the urge TO
make some easy money, Adams pro-
vided this man. Sam Paris. with the
necessary whereWithal, a series Of coan-
terfeit notes.
Loaded with the supply Of Adams
money. the salesman registered that
night in a fashionable hotel His nerve
began to fail him. so he ripped open a
pillow, secreted his notes with the
feathers and sewed up the seam.
Next morning the ctlambermaid felt
the crinkling bills as she made up the
bed. she ripped the pillow open AND
extracted eighty-nine new twenty-doilar
Federal Reserve notes.
Immediately the maid disappeared.
She left the JOB with what she thought
him to resign his position Together
they went to San Francisco. These
notes were genuine looking. because the
experit need ticket salesman in the rail-
road Office took them for fare
strangely enough, the girl could not be
prosecuted for theft, but after gay
time IN Frisco town the man and the
maid were picked up for passing the
Adams counterfeit notes She told
where she got them Hotel registers
divulged the course of the travelling
salesman, Sam Paris. Secret Service
agents found him IN ST. Joe, Mo, With
q flock OF the same species in his pos
session. He was sentenced to the peri-
tentiary
AS soon as Adams found out Paris was
behind the bars. the counterfeiter got
acquainted with Mrs Paris fnveigled
into the business. she became one Of the
outstanding women eounterfeiters IN the
country. She organized troupes of Young
girls IN many Of the larger cities and
instructed them in the art Of passing
fake money. They disposed Of many
notes under her guidance until one OF
these girls was arrested in Detroit and
that was the break that really led 70 the
last arrest Of Adams.
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more negatives and paper cut the size
of currency. Also ink. erasers and other
necessary articles used in counterfeiting
The evidence was so complete 1t
landed the old master in LeavenWorth.
On Mag 30. 1886, Adams was sent to
the penitentiary for ten years. The
woman with him, Lucy Stone, got two
years IN the Federal Reformatory for
Women at Alderson, w Va.
In all his glamorous career Adams
never passed counterfeit note He
left that detail for others-on per-
eentage basis AS result about fifty
OF his passers preceded Adams behind
the bars
When Adams originally established
himself as first-class counterfeiter and
had the Secret Service agents on his
trail his fair for making phony money
proved him equal to some OF the old
masters
BY their notes ve shall know them
is the way the Secret Service para
phrases an old Biblical saying.
So they knew when Adams work got
going well and some of his passers
confessed. that he was their man.
At the time OF his first encounter
with the law Adams was IN New York
City He employed girls from the
eabarets, mattresses, telephone operators
any one dissatisfied with job. any
one looking for d little easy money
He had few society girls. too. in the
racket
Adams first came to light as a coun-
terfeiter in 1896 He began as the
maker OF twenty dollar gold notes and
twenty dollar Federal Reserve notes
These showed up around New York
City-the base of operations. Adams
then had a partner-Alois Neidermaier
who taught his pupil many tricks OF
the trade Secret Service agents bore
down on Neidermaier in Cleveland that
year and put him out of the picture.
Then the hunt centered on Adams
He was cornered first IN April. 1881
With him at the time of arrest was q
woman socially prominent so high in
high society that Secret Service agents
guard her name very carefully
Despite tins woman social connec-
ttons Adams was sentenced and COM
mitted TO Atlanta; but the woman did
have political influence. 50 she had him
transferred from the Southland TO Fort
Wadsworth, on Staten Island.
So near New York. Adams felt at
home again. After ais third month on
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CounterTei+er
Uses Guarded
Adverfis emenfs
TO Communica ate
With "Passers
BY JOHN JAY DAILY


PERSONAL--Lucy Mae. Meet me to-
night. o'clock same place Sidney.
DTCHARD ADAMS. expert counter
feiter, inserted advertisements i'm
he personal columns of metropolitan
newspapers That was how he con-
tacted his passers persons who put in
circulation the pretty ten and twenty
dollar bills that Adams made.
These passers were usually women
Only occasionally did Adams deal with
men. and then married men only. There
was q method in this After Secret
Service agents knocked off the male of
the species Adams enlisted the services
of their wives He had way with
women
Organized on a gigantic scale, the
Richard Adams menage-it was run like
family affair-operated all over the
United States Women from all walks
OF life were in on the game. even
society matron.
IN certain circles they called Adams
Slippery Dick because he evaded the
law so successfully He escaped three
times from Federal penitentiaries and
made several spectacular dashes for
liberty Just after arrest Though he
Travelled under plenty Of aliases his real
name was Richard Adams
With Lucy Stone. ace woman accom-
plice. Adams arrived In Wauwatosa.
Wis. one fine September day IN 1895
and prepared TO set up Housekeeping.
That IN the Slippery Dick vernacular,
meant to unload the plant. get out
all the paraphernaIia-p plates, presses.
inks, paper-and go to work. house
keeping
While he busted himself with the task
al hand. setting up the plant Adams
always had an automatic pistol at hand.
II soothed him His hands were steady
as he put the final touches 10 the array
OF paper, cut TO the exact size Of S A.
currency Lucy was by his side They
had taken over a rooming house for
headauarters
Adams aised his head as he heard
footsteps on a creaky stairway
See Who's there, Lucy he said
The expert counterfeiter was visibly
ifritated He grabbed for his gun
Lucy opened the door that led to the
hallway Two Secret Service men en-
tered the room.
Put EN- up Adams!" one OF the
agents ordered
They had the drop on him. took him
without the firing Of a shot
That was the end OF the merriest
chase tracking down eounterseiter
Secret Service agents had followed IN q
number OF years
No newcomer in the scope Of Secret
Service operations Adams had the
Treasury men baffled for years They
had their hands on MIN several times
but he never remained long IN custody
Always something happened 10 give him
freedom
This time the Secret Service had
Adams dead to rights When searched
he had in his possession Sl575 in good
money He attempted TO pribe one oI
the agents. offered $500 Tor release
Promised 10 deliver $500 the next day
The offer was spurned
Agents learned that Adams mad !
travelling counterfeit plant carried II
several suitcases and kit bags They
discovered many copper plates. fifty oi
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.FRE|GHTER SINKS
AFTER COLLISION
% officers and Men Taken
OFF Ship by Liner-900
Passengers Unhurt.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, August l2.-The Radio
Marine Corp. of America reported to-
day the Danish freighter Maine sank
at 949 am. tE. D. t. after the YES
sci had been abandoned following a
collision with the Canadian Pacific
steamer Duches of Athol, which wxs
standing by.
The Atholl previously had messaged
the Radio Marine Corp. at Chatham
Mass, she had taken % officers and
men of the freighter and later took
the Maine in tow in a fog banked sea
1870 miles east-southeast of Boston.
The vessels collided early today in
fog and rain. The liner had about
900 passengers aboard. none of whom
was injured. A passenger aboard the
Atholl reported the Maine had 40
foot hole in its side about 400 feet
back of port bow.
The Duchess OF Atholl left New
York Tuesday on cruise to Quebec
and Montreal and was due in Halifax
this afternoon.
Owners Of the sunken freighter
were listed as Diet Forenede Dampskibs
Selskab. Copenhagen. Lloyds register
OF shipping lists the Duchess of Atholl
as a 582foot, 20,199-ton twin-screw
vessel, owned by Canadian Pacific
Steamships, Ltd.
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aim for the Pacific Coast and will
not be non stop.
Levaneffsky and five members of
his crew took off at 6:l3 pm. 10:la
am, E. S. t., with stops scheduled
at Fairbanks, Alaska; Edmonton, Al
berta, and-possibly-Chicago.
The four motor plane-vastly diff
ferent from the wide winged, single
motored craft of the flyers prede-
cessors-rose from Schelvoko Airfield
outside Moscow, with crowd Of Of
ficial spectators cheering it of.
Plans for the flight were kept secret
until just before the takeof1.
Levaneffsky said he would not try
for any speed record, indicating that
the flight was intended as an expert
ment for regular airline service over
the Polar route
The time of his arrival in New
York, the flyer said, would depend
on the speed of refueling at Fairbanks
and Edmonton.
He estimated that he would reach
Fairbanks in about 80 hours (about
pm, E. S. T., tomorrow.)
Il intend flying in the sub-strato-
sphere" Levaneffsky said, much
higher than Chekaloff and Gromo1. "
(Mikhail Gromoff and Valeria Chek-
aloff were pilots of the earlier Mos
cow-to-America flights.)
Levaneffsky, an American trained
pilot. attempted = previous transpolar
hight IN August, 1885. He was forced
back, however. because of . broken oil
feed line when he was far out over the
Arctic Ocean.
The first Soviet nonstop NORTH
polar flight to America ended June q
at Vancouver. Wash, about 5000 mile,
from Moscow The second ended ir
pasture near San Jacinto, Calf. Il
set a new nonstop world flight record
Of 6,262 miles.
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Edith Wharton, Novelist, Dies
Of Stroke at French Chateau
Famous Writer viii Be
Buried at Versailles
Tomorrow.

By the Associated Press.
SAINT BRICE SOUS BOTS. France
August l2.-Edith Wharton, the noted
American novelist, died yesterday at
her chateau near here, it was learned
today.
The author of Ethan Frome" and
many other stories was IS years old
Death occurred at pm. yesterday
following an apopletic stroke which
she suffered early in the morning.
She never regained consciousness
following the stroke
Miss Wharton will be buried in the
Protestant cemetery at Versailles to-
morrow
She had lived in France for nearly
g. years and had written many books
about this country.
Shortly before her death. Miss
Wharton finished book of short stor-
les for October publication, and was
working on 4 new novel when she
died
Mrs. Max Farrand, wife of the noted
historian, = niece, is the only known
relative.