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MONDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1922. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. their feats are no doubt most enter- FRENGH SHERmcK The, Sheriock, Hotee. iy 'mma | MUTT AND JEFF—Jeff’s Gift Was Like the Pyramids—Old. om0 b7 50 P, Tt : oy oy |:1nlng hut that lslall lrcan uu{hmr — — 18 =6 a0y D ooboiastion, uke A a;:r”f,:"s CITHE® THAT OR JomeTHING JEEE, WHATS) / TM SO GLAD YOU CALLED MY that does not leave its traces he- 3 = & MUST BE DEAD: FIRST” E JATTENTION T (T, Mnrr"lw‘hs :xl-’.‘ux at least heore(lca“); For one IN'HeRe® AwFUL! e Wa o i el el e ng, criminals, as a rule, are no Ko [ ™e very C.millng i " The uheducated B0ARD oF HEALTH TAMERS CLUE AND THAT'S A - man usually commits crimes of pas- . . HATS Sion and brutality; the educated man 3 Wit Be Afrer ust ) CHUNK OF LUMBURGER Tve Y = - BCen SAUING SINCE ocTOBC! raud thods astound the ignorant Lists 8,000,000 Names in |eriminals, and they have come to fear . . me when 1 enter the ¢ s, Th‘e xo: Crime Detection Along |uated, sy ryrcons! oty Bertillon Lines. they by wearing . not to leave finger prints be- but we ha eached the point their finger prints through an be detected. me is really not very mysteri- KNOWS NO MYSTERY = i ous. The curious point to me is that {the erimes which intleresl me most s tlu not interest the public, Every Deed Leaves Its Trace, De e restiaron ress made in lhc detection of crime clares Edmond Bayle of Police Service. 5 . Crimeless Day Far Off. December 25.—A chemist of | g TCiions Ce are not vet in s has hecome the best [cight of a crimeless civilization. Crime TARIS recent Known detec Kdmond {15 % part of human nature. - Much of 4 han: he | it is spontaneous. The fear of detec- eles jo man; he [T and punishment will not prevent modern laboratory in the | red by ulti- to point out that part been to help to mate fa of Alphonse *'GOLD-PIECE CHRISTMAS GIFTS |MAN SLAIN BUYING PISTOL ARE POPULAR AGAIN THIS YEAR Coroner's Jury Exonerates Eis ’ Chum From All Blame. | ATLANTA, Ga., December 25.—Ollie <[ Shiny mold pieces again came hl!fl\‘lrn value ax weight in gold So. if|J. Hembree, twenty-six vears old, was 2 today as Christmas gifts, | You received a shiny gold picce for |, e £ lhlur o%n o ;: 2 (Hraun s, tinas, dont use It for & poeke lllhlennlll.flhoL nd instantly killed o f when thoumue _ piece, unless you expect it to Tose | while in the act R | somewhat lesser number of twentysome'of its value. dollar #old es gladdened the —_— | Charlie C. White, twenty-three vears | | hearts of recipients. | old, who was exonerated from all For with the inereased amount of | U. S. CONSULATE BURNS. | blaime by a coroners jury. le, with restrictions upnnf T ¢ Hembree was examining the pistol | on removed and with the | Half Block of Business Houses in ‘fl":“m\l\ i the act of Tmeynnfiml:\: o h S 4 I 2 €l a 8| ped | e o Juarez Also Destroyed. | from ihe ¢ b, explod- | ng the eq i ng to evi- - EL PASO, Tex.. December 25.—Fire | dence adduced at ths hearing. case, that s Almerey bureau the ciat gives unmm[ “An, the | voung A postseript to the il in fave tion _to th or their | works rat in \lv\llm\h‘tl sums, the Christ n public turned again this vear|starting in a restaurant in the busi- | ol o ail SR hining vellow gold, the gift of the | ness sectlon of Juarez, just across the | ; | border, today destroyed the American | 4 proof. H ning to eliminate eye- | proof in crime. We prefer| - ses distort tho bers nged num- ) Deper. wnd | consulate oftices and wiped out more | than a half block of business houses For Infants and Children before it was brought under control. | iy Use For Over 30 Years continuous for the coin of the Broduienoty ank counterfiet money, C! e Ire B ifts. Although cage th \.llnllll(‘kl“(ls and el rx d’ll“rr-nrlu‘\"«‘ o thoukh | e Toss i3 estimated at more than | Al at is picked up on a crim- = 5 | inal trail. | SOVIET CLOSES BANKS. trons ) enlendor Ania $150,000. "“" 8,000,000 Namen Linted. | B the Atsoclated Press, Bomiops Vi is A bt 2 Dr. Rayle's study is lined with [ VLADJVOSTOK, December 25.—All|the country which is slowly accumu- ENGINEER IS KILLED. ting a larger Hu[)pl\ of gold than books on ords of his work. 1In the re his bureau thero aro T less than §.000.000 n tnvolved in crimes, “The detection nee and eatdlow rect|foreign and Russian banks were or. ne v other nation in the world should n turning to gold coins for Christmas. But gold coins !dered closed here by the soviet g ‘esterday when the air brakes locomotive became frozen and the train was wrecked after running For Defective wild for more than a mile near Tol- | land, Colo., near the top of the Con- Eyeslxl':ts.“ o5 * Claflm()ptcalco- City Club Bldg. | over the administration and surrounding territory the Primoria. R, Colo, December 25.—Roy engineer of a Denver andi e railroaa frelght train, was , for when a to a certain it will no ie govern- but only at tinental Divide, according to officia of the road here. rom Primoria and sent to- | 1 Moscow. a ment at its Cl fS Splendid : (] ® i Suites of Furniture ; They are Suites of which only one or two of a kind remain—and, therefore, in store par- ul S lance, are¢ “unwants”—and must be moved to make room for more complete lots. But they are very excellent values—very attractive designs—and we’ve made very considerable reductions. d an O’coats ! A Special Lot of 75 0°COATS Four-Piece Bedroom Suite ety ot Combination Walnut—consisting of Dresser, Full Size Vanity “ et Four-Piece Bedroom Suite | I I il Il Il i Combination Mahogany or Walnut Suite, as you prefer—Dresser, i t 1 - Chifforctte: Full Size Venity Case and Double. ~ © Case, Chifforobe and Double Bed, with bow- Bed, with bow foot. Of most consistent work- foot ‘end. s manship in every detail. $ 50 Reduced from $225to........... Reduced from $275to........... == I $165 Seven-piece Ivory Bedroom 51 3 5 00 ‘ $200 Four-piece Combination Ma- $1 49.50 Suite hozg‘;‘ls)"s [;edroom Sult:”-b”“t s 5 $275 Four-piece Ivory ‘Bedroom $21750 n-piece Combination Ma- 1 “ , hogany Bedroom Suite... - .. 337 SUSa0 Fight.piees. Combination e ToGo § .20 $300 Seven-piece Combination Ma- 52 1 7-50 hogany or Walnut Bedroom Suite with $2 3 500 At hogany Bedroom Suite............... -~ Twin Beds....... S e S st s g SUITS O’COATS| sow $25 now $28 727 222, 2% 0 7% ) : now $3O now . iH Davenport Bed Suite Dinin Sui . | Sl ining Room Suite . | \ I Mahogany-finish_Suite, of design as shown in illustration, f ‘ & y/au Ik ey j \ il consu!mhg lof long Davenport Bed, Armchair and Arm Rocker, { Handsome Combination Mahogany—of ten pieces—splen- nOW noW § :r‘;ge“opf :;::x;:lves:';tpscsa;?;l bé;l:l: ;:x:{:c‘lm\;;trhfl‘a:;’::ellené did example of superior cabinet work. Buffet, Serving Table I s, an | B So"eauipped with 3 durable spring a0 L = | I | I I | i I and a comfortable cott tt! Pil- 3 | S s B 00 i S el e g duced from $315 t : aced l Reducéd from 0. vveen ] Reduced from $385 Foiai it o | | | I i 7 MEYER’SS Besess HHOUSe & Herrmann B 1331 F'Street If Seventh and Seventh and y 1l “Furniture of Merit” I