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Evening star., 1937-12-05
NY way you figure it, arith-
metic is arithrnn<{c. h,,t

A NY way you figure it, arith-
n metic is arithmetic; but
~ there are many ways of
4 a tackling a problem in the
glorious old are, or science, or what
ever it is that makes schoolboys
made and grown-ups madder when
they cannot get the right answer.
As, for instance, to this problem
simple though it be:
IF sold horse for $3.50 and
gained is per cent profit, how
much did ! gain?"
Il know" said Frank Sullivan,
the demon salesman, "15:per cent"
Right and wrong.
Charles Burns, jewelry salea-
Evening star., 1937-12-05
EXHIBITION HELD OVER
Work of Rockwell Kent on Dis.
play at Gallery Here.

The Rockwell Kent art exhibition
is being held over at the Gallery of
Modern Masters, 1857 Connecticut ave-
nue. NV, it was announced yester-
day.
The gallery will be open today from
2 pm. until s pm. Hours during the
week are from 10 am. to 6 pm, with
evening hours on Wednesday and FRI
day from to $50.
Evening star., 1937-12-05

n n EMORANDUM to Washingto-
M mans who contributed to The
V Star campaign during the
4 4 past summer to operate a
swimming pool for underprivileged
children at the Y. w. c. A. at GA
E street NV
The report Of the summer swimming
pool project submitted recently to The
Star showed that sl66 was left over
from the funds contributed.
At the suggestion of the Council of
Social Agencies, through which the
money was spent, The Star has con-
sented tQ use this surplus to provide
The times-news., 1937-02-18
CONSTITUTION
SIGNING DATE
TO Be HAILED
Summer-Long Celebration
Will Take Place in g.
Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. l8.-
Up)-A summer-long celebra-
tion of the l5Oth anniversary Of
the signing of the constitution is
planned this year in Philadelphia
cradle of the historic document.
The celebration will be climax
ed September II, date of the sign
ING, with the application of a
torch to a perpetual flame to
burn in independence Hall, where
the trainers sat in solemn session
to create the United States Of
America. ,
Mayor S. Davis Wilson, honor
arv chairman Of the committee
making arrangements for a great
pageant, state fair, parades, a
marathon from Valley Forge to
Municipal stadium, a mardi gras,
regatta on the Schuylkill river
and an aviation show, said it was
"unthinkable" that the celebra-
ton should be centercd elsewhere.
Ever guarding the rights Of
Philadelphia in its claim to great
Importance in the development of
the nation, Mayor Wilson insisted
that il be q Philadelphia celebra-
tion and not n state fete.
The mayors insistence brought
n quick rebuke from Judge Edwin
o. Lewis, speaking for the Penn:
sylvania Society Of the Sons OF
the Revolution.
"May we urge" Judge Lewis
said, "that you do all in your pow
er to settle the strike Of Pennsyl-
vania against Philadelphia"
Judge Lewis statement was the
first indication Of the difficulties
which might arise from an exclu-
sively Philadelphia celebration of
the signing. Philadelphia has long
considered itself an independent
community, involved in state al
fairs only when they directly af-
fected the welfare Of Philadel'
phians. -,
Rivalry Of Pennsylvania and its
first city over !"their respective
parts in the celebration would be
unfortunate, inasmuch as the state
really owes it's existence to the
city," Judge Lewis said. you
The times-news., 1937-02-18
Letters To The
Editor
from page .wo)

CONTINUED from page swo)
blaber mouth speakers they can
get to put all the false charges on
the president and his congress to
try to slide into Washington IN
January, 194l, but it will be Just
like it was all through the year
1886. l
You know that everything they
did just disgusted all the intelli-
gent men, Republicans of the
north and west, and they. voted
for Roosevelt. Every speech that
Landon, and particularly Knox,
made, made votes for Roosevelt.
It looks to me like the Republi-
cans ought to be ashamed of their
effort slanging Roosevelt all thru
the last campaign and after all
their false charges Landon got
only z electoral votes, meanwhile
Roosevelt got 522. Now why are
these few cohorts trying to break
down the administration? The ma
jority of the people put them
there. | am passing over to the
administration and have always
respected presidents although we
have had some bad, sorry presi-
dents that put panics and depres.
sion on us. Mckinley and the last
three of 12 years have given us
panics and depression enough to
convince any person to turn 10
the Democratic party as they are
doing now. In the north you know
the worst panic We ever had was
brought on in 1890 when old
Mark Hanna and Mckinley was
in the mansion and Levi L. MOI
ton in the administration.
Mckinley introduced a bill IN
1890 of the highest rotten tariff
we ever had and it caused a pane;
of three years till the Cleveland
administration and on to 1897. II
raised the tariff still higher and
il started the panic to increasing
.on tin 1907. During Theodore
Roosevelt's term they had the
banks locked down till the local
banks could not get a dollar just
like it was from 1881 to 1888.
These three presidents Just took
up the old Mckinley tariff foun:
dation with the Aldrich and
PAYNE bill and one other and when
Hoover got in and signed the
Hawley-Smoot bill, driving lot
of our factories into ruin and
running our foreign trade tilI
thousands Of our banks were lock
ed down.
Now the smart alecs had just
as well shut their mouths abou,
this reorganization for the bil
will pass and besides all this, the
The times-news., 1937-02-18
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The times-news., 1937-02-18

X: Well, maybe we won't have
to rake it up, but that largely de-
pends on you. It's my duty to get
the man who has murdered Boil
tho Blame and, if you'll give me
your assistance, I'll do my best to
keep you out Of this business as
far as I can.
B.: That's very kind--very
kind, indeed. Of course you must
quite understand, Officer, that
there. was 40 foundation for those
charges, none at all, but naturally
| ! should find it most distressing
to have that horrible affair made
public after all these years. ! am
afraid / don't see, though, how
can help you more than | have
done already.
r.: You came below to Your
cabin at 7:05 on the night of
Blane's death and you did not ap.
pear in the lounge until sos.
What were you doing all that
time? ! want the truth now.
b.: | was in my cabin. never
left it / assure you.
n: Can you give me any proof
that was so?
B.: No. | fear that | cannot.
X. wonder if you realize the
seriousness of your situation,
Bishop. Here is this man, Blame,
who knew something which he
might have published to your
detriment. He writes you let
ter from New York containing a
veiled threat that in certain cir
cumstanceS he may give you
away. The moment he comes on
board you go down to your cabin.
If you had started to change
then you had 40 clear minutes in
which to do so, which would bring
you round to 7:45, and then Is
clear minutes before you appeared
in the lounge TO kill that man who
was holding threat over you.
You were the only person on
board who had ever met Blame
before and you had a very strong
motive for wishing him out Of the
way. D'you understand now how
black this case looks against you?
b.: But surely you're not sug-
geSting that-that :.
X: certainly am.
b.: But my dear sir, this is
well, really!
X: It's really a very strong
case against you, unless you can
prove what you were doing be-
tween 7:05 and 500.
b.: Nothing, absolutely nothing,
except changing in my cabin. |
give you my word but, unfortu-
nately, there is no way in which
/ can prove it.
H.: All right, then, but Pm
afraid | shall have to talk to you
again later on.
(To be continued)
Save this installment' as evil
denee to help you solve the crime.
-
Amnesia rarely ,afflicts men in
the lower financial brackets.
The times-news., 1937-02-18

black despatch box this morning,
or you'd realize that, when | was
searching the cabins yesterday .
removed that letter from 1t Blane
wrote you a few days back from
the Adlon-Claridge in New YORK,
In that he spoke of the wonderiui
friendship you had for eaeh other'
b. Oh. er-that. What an ex-
traordinary letter it was, WASH
il? took it to be some kind OF a
Joke. could hardly regard 1t as
anything else, but ! did remember
from my meeting with him in the
past that Blame had very queer
sense of humor-very queer.
r.: Pointless sort OF Joke
wasn't it? -
b.: Quite pointless, but We all
know now that the poor fellow
was half off his head with worry
| imagine he must have been SUI
fering from some strange reac'
tion caused by overstrain when ne
wrote it. Those protestations o.
friendship were so absurd when
you consider that | had only met
the man quite casually.
H.: don't consider anything OF
the kind, Bishop. In 1917 you
knew Blame mighty well.
B.: What-what's that?
n: You heard. You remember
that nasty business in 1917, SC
nasty that we just won't tals
about il. You were in that uT
to the neck and Blame knew it.
For reasons we needn't go into
he decided not to spill the beans
at the time, and so you managed
to get away with it. II you hadn't
you wouldn't be a bishop today,
but Blame hadn't forgotten he had
the goods on you and, when he
contemplated doing some funny
business during his trip on this
yacht, he took the precaution OF
writing you first to tip you off
that if you didn't keep your mouth
shut he meant TO put you through
the hoop. Now, what have you
got 10 say?
b.: | protest sir. / protest. An
Episcopal court exonerated me
completely-on every charge in
that most unsavory matter in
which it was my ili-fortune to be
involved when ! was with the
troops in 1917.
h: An Episcopal court might
have preferred TO give you the
benefit of the doubt rather than
have n prominent churehman in
volved in aspublic scandal,
b.: BE careful, sir. There is,
| warn YOU such a thing as the
law OF libel.
H.: | should worry. You would
not dare to rake that unsavory
scandal up by bringing an action
in a civil court but. unless you're
very careful, it's all going to, come
out now whether you want it to or
no. ...
b.: What d'you mean? You
don't think II :,
The times-news., 1937-02-18

Democratic party will o.
flee again in l94l. All III ,So N o..
and stuffing they can do vii, "4ns
er put a Republican back ;, ''e''
White House on a Re-, ~ he
platform. Now Mr.. Rob;nps-aO'ican
me again say that You aro Ie;
when you give the e nrog tiga
praise for what he has dorS dE'Ds'ce"
Yours respectable "
All you can hear now frnn,
Republicans is tha, Cj.rHa CjH ae
caused the Mckinley papic api'essHt ~,
they know it was on from ,pN.a ,Tasa
near three years before Clcys.IHS'0V
went in on March 4, ls93 'V'aM
The times-news., 1937-02-18
Promise Early
Action On Farm
Tenancy Plans

WASHINGTON, Feb. Is. (UP).
Congressional leaders today prom
ised immediate action on Presi-
dent Roosevelt's recommendations
for legislation to improve the
present intolerable condition OF
100000 farm tenants.
Rep. Marvin Jones ID, Tex),
chairman of the house agricultur-
al committee, called his commit.
tee together to hear Secretary of
Agriculture Henry A. Wallace as
the first witness in support of the
proposal tomorrow.
The $5O0,000,600 Jones.Bank-
head farm tenant bill now before
the senate and house agriculture
committees will be made the ba-
sis for the new legislation, Jones
said. The bill is expected to be
ready for floor debate in two
weeks.
The presidents farm tenancy
committee, headed by Wallace,
recommended that congress make
available "a definite sum each
year for a numbers Of years" for
a land-purchase program, but men,
toned no definite figure. Wallace
said, however, he thought Jones
proposal for q $50,000,000 annual
appropriation for 10 years is "rea-
sonable."
Full effectiveness of the tenancy
program, however, must await
state action on cooperative lcgis-
lation proposed by the committee.
Because some state legislatures
do not meet again until 1889 full
enactment of the program prob
ably will not be possible for two
or three years.
The times-news., 1937-02-18
POLICE SPREAD NET

JENKINToWN. Pa. Fob =,
(UP)-Two brown mice 'y M
out of Chief of Police 'pS4pet
Sweeney's hat today as h. n;.f. m,aat
it up to leave the town hail r%sed "TS'
is too much" the chief cycli;s ins
ed. &c get 'em, men" Rroas'lN' R'a'lN'
sticks, books and paperwS;os, UOI.s'
were called into service Wb..ssG.s.
mice lay dead on the floor (y Cs;., -
Sweeney ordered a police due due
net" Of cheese-baited trans ""s'
complete the cleanup. ' "
The times-news., 1937-02-18

a longish letter?
n: Where is that letter?
H.: ! see no reason why should
answer that question. The docu-
ment is a secret ore and can add
nothing TO your Investigations.
H.: Mr.. Hayashi, you don't seem
10 realize that YOU are under sus-
picion of having committed mur-
der. IL is vital for your own sake
that you should produce any evil
dence that will free you from Sus-
piCiOn.
H.: 1t may be true that | am
under suspicion, but | hope sim
cerely, Detective Officer, that you
will not do anything so foolish as
70 charge me with murder. l have
assured you that that letter exists.
IL could be produced, and if pro-
duced it would clear me of sus-
picion Immediately. 1t would also,
er make rather fool of you,
so | pray you do not force me to
produce il.
X: Aw, these Oriental tricks
won't wash with me. If you'd
been writing q letter during those
20 minutes you'd only be too
pleased to fetch it up. Will you OF
won't you?
H.: / have nothing more to say
to you, sir.
K.:O. X. I've done my best for
you.
DETECTIVE OFFICER NEAME 5
SHORTHAND NOTES OF DE-
TECTIVE OFFICER kETTER-
ING'S SECOND EXAMlNA-
TION OF THE BISHOP OF
BUDE. -,
N: Good morning, Bishop. |
hope you're feeling all right,
again now. That was a rotten
business your throwing q faint on
us yesterday. -.
H.: Thank you, thank you, ! am
better, yes; but my heart, you
know. has been troubling me for
some little time and I'm rather
subject to these sudden attacks.
h: Now, that's real bad, par
ticularly as I've got to ask you
some rather unpleasant questions.
B.: Dear, dear, / cannot think
what they would be about. | have
nothing to hide, nothing at all,
assure you.
X: Well, | hope that is so for
all our sakes, but / want the truth
about your relations with Bolitho
Blame.
B.: A casual acquaintance made
years ago. | barely knew the man,
as | told you yesterday.
n: Now, that won't do. You
evidently haven't looked in your
The times-news., 1937-02-18
CONFIDENTIAL
REPORT .os'pSs sn'Ss s sns snAn.
By Dennis wheatley Q 1881 BY
BEGIN HERE TO-DAY

BEGIN hEkE lobAi
investigating the murder OF
Bolitho Blame, British finaneier'
aboard Carlton Roeksavase
yacht, Detective Officer kettering
runs into q mare OF conflicting
elews.
A. the investigation progresses,
kettering learns from Reginald
Joeelyn that Roeksavage possessed
the best motive for the crime
financial gain Moreover. he learn
ed that Roeksavage was able to
dress for dinner in four minutes
. feat eoneeivably enabling him to
commit a murder and return to
the ,hip's lounge without creating
suspieion. Only Nicholas Stodars'
Blame. secretary, has a complete
alibi.
Confronted with Joeelyn's rev.
elation. Rocksavage counters that
Joeelyn, too, had a good motive
money Furthermore, that Japa-
ne,e agent Inosuke Hayashi,
stood to lose a million dollars had
Blame lived and concluded a mer-
ger with Roeksavage, thereby kill
ing the soap monopoly deal Hay
ashi sought. AT the same time
Lady Welter becomes deeper in
volved when unable to prove her
whereabouts at the time OF the
crime.
H.yashi, auestioned again by
Kettering, admits his interest IN
the soap monopoly but denies muir
dering Blame. Contending that he
was in his cabin when the crime
occurred, he offered the steward
a. proof Of this.
Now co ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER Xxx
SHORTHAND NOTES OF De-
TECTIVE OFFICER KETTER-
ING'S SECOND EXAMINA-
TION OF Mr.. iNOSUkE HAY
ASH, CONTINUED.
n: You rang for the steward?
Why?
H.: To bring me some writing
paper. When | asked for it be-
fore there was none, as the chief
steward had only just returned
from Miami and he had the key OF
the store where il was locked up.
That was why | wrote first on a
postcard. The steward came back
with the writing paper about five
minutes after | asked him for it.
n: Were you changed then?
H.: No. had not then changed.
| was still in lounge suit at five
to eight. The steward can prove
that. How, then, could change
my clothes and murder a man in
the short space of 20 minutes
when, in that time, also wrote
The times-news., 1937-02-18
WOMEN PATIENTS sAvrn

POUGHkEEPSlE. ~ Y r.
l8.-(UP)-Fifteen hundred w s'
men patients of the Hudson p;Ss. w
State hospital for the insane W. Wv,
led to safety as the south Nv. s.
Of the four-story building was % y
stroyed by fire. W.
The times-news., 1937-02-18

This serial story is the
complete file Of a crime:
with clews and items OF
evidence as received by
police. The erin.S was a
murder. Can you solve Il?
The times-news., 1937-02-18
PHONE COMPANY INDICTED

BALTIMORE, Md, Fed: 10
(UP)-A grand jury has indicted
the Chesapeake and Potomac Tel:
ephone company, on charges OF
making books" on horse races
because it installed six unlisted
telephones ain the home and es-
tablishment" of William thinner
man, who had been found guilty
Of bookmaking.
The times-news., 1937-02-18

There were not as many takers
in this country as now when pro-
vision was made by the forefath-
ers for free speech.
The times-news., 1937-02-18

may be able to bring about a
merging of forces to obviate ri
valry and unpleasantness."
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-12-16
Highlands Club
Has Attractive
christmas Party

Highlands the Highlands Wo-
mans club held their annual Christ
mas party at the Highland club
house Wednesday afternoon. The
hall was beautifully decorated with
the Yuletide spirit, with two beau
tifully lighted Christmas trees. In
one end of the room a table was
loaded with daintily-tied packages
as an exchange of Christmas gifts
was one Of the main features of the
afternoon In the other end Of the
room, a lace-covered table, with
silver tea service, was presided at by
Mrs N. E. Robbins, president of the
Yakima Valley District Federation
of Woman's Clubs and Mrs. N. L
Foraker, president Of the Highland
Woman's Club. Mrs. Robbins gave
a very interesting talk on "Clut
work" and readings were given by
Mrs. Fred Giles, Mrs. Tony Maye,
and Mrs. Clarence Sonderman
About sixty guests were present
Hostesses for the day were Mrs
Buntz, Mrs. Brand, Mrs. Copen.
haven. Mrs. Woodruff, Mrs. Berths
Simsen, Mrs. Art Simsen, Mrs. B
Mclean and Mrs. Earl Reymore.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-12-16

The Highland grange met last
Thursday evening at the Highland
clubhouse. Plans were discussed for
Pomona grange, which viii be held
here Friday, January IA; also for a
banquet which is being planned to
honor the builders of the Highland
clubhouse. This banquet is set for
January LIST. The next regular meet
ing will be December 23rd at which
time the Valley grange will be
guests at Christmas party. All
Highland grange ladies are asked to
bring at least one dozen sandwiches
or cake. All the children are in
vited to be present during the lee
ture hour, at which time they will
be presented with popcorn balls.
Mr.. Towne of Alliance, Nebraska
is visiting at the home of his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Neva Watkins.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. G.. Stimson of
Richland were callers at the w. S.
Green home Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Watkins and
daughter Faye and Mrs. Ellsworth
Campbell have gone to Custer, Ne
braska to see Mr.. Watkins, father
of Joe, and Mrs. Campbell, who is
seriously i'll of cancer.
The Christmas spirit prevailed
Tuesday at the home of Mrs. Ber-
tina Simsen, when members of the
Highland Needle Club met for their
annual Christmas party. The tables
and room decorations carried out
the holiday motif. Fifteen ladies
were present and an exchange of
gifts was the main feature of the
afternoon. A most enjoyable time
was had by all present.
Mr.. M. G. Clark and Mrs. G.. II.
Meyer were named as a committee
by the Highlands Woman's Club to
get in touch with any or all needy
families Of the Highlands so food
and clothing may be assured them.
Any one knowing or hearing of any
such family in need please get in
touch with one of the committee or
call Mrs. Meyer phone 1894 also II
any one has food or clothing to give
to this cause it would be greatly
appreciated.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-12-16

Forrest Gragg of Yakima spent
Monday with his family on the
South Highlands. @z.-..-.
The Highland Bridge club met last
Thursday, December 8 at the home
Of Mrs. Gladys Kelso for a dessert
luncheon. High score was won by
Mrs. N. L. Foraker, next high by
Mrs. Wallace Preston and the trav-
cling prize by Mrs. Bertha Simsen
The date of the next meeting is
Thursday, December 30 at the home
OF Mrs. N. L. Foraker.
p. E. o. chapter met Tuesday eve
ming at the home of Miss Dorothy
Arnold. The program was devoted
to paper on Hobbies" which was
prepared by Mrs. Jay Perry, who
was unable to be present and read
by Mrs. E. c. Tweet. The next meet
ing will be Christmas party at the
home Of Mrs. Charles Powell on
Tuesday, December %.
Mrs. Mary Cronkite left Saturday
for Sunnyside to attend the wedding
Of her granddaughter, Miss Dora
this Schlosser. The wedding took
place Sunday noon at the Christian
church parsonage. Mrs. Cronkite
viii leave this weekend for Port
land to visit at the home of hel
daughter, Mrs. E. M. Anderson
where she expects to visit for the
next two months before returning
to Kennewick.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Mcdowell, the
Misses Eva Elefson, Gertrude Mich
CLAUS, Jean Mitchell, Lena Mains
Betty Howard and Virgil Hopkins
John, Ed and Bernie Neuman and
Floyd Hutchins are in Walla Walla
this evening where they are attend
ing the concert of the Kryl Sym
phony orchestra of Chicago. Follow
ing the performance this group will
attend an informal gathering at the
home Of Miss Virgil Hopkins.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. r. Ayers are
leaving Sunday for an extended Wis
it tribe southern states. They plan
to spend Christmas with their ne
phew DR.. Leslie Ward and family
in Buckeye, Arizona and from there
they will continue their journey to
Texas where they will visit other
relatives. They will visit Mr.. Ayers
father, who is close to 80 years of
age at Chilliclothe, Texas. The
Ayers sheep ranch on the Grosscup
ranch near Richland will be in
charge of Drew Hodges and those
on the home ranch at Hover by F.
Knaub.