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B THE DEAD IN VIRGINIA One of Best Known Episcopal Churchmen in South Ex- pires at Age of 83. By the Associated Pre: NORFOLK, Va. January 18.—The Right Rev. Beverley D. Tucker, bishop of the diocese of Southern Virginia, one of the best known Episcopal church- men in the South, died at a local hos- pital last night at the age of 83 years. Bishop Tucker had been confined to the hospital several weeks as the result of complications developing from a fall last November, when he broke several ribs and suffered other injuries. Bishop Tucker was born in Richmond and received his early education in | Geneva, Switzerland, at which time his father was United States consul at Liverpool. In Civil War. The younger Tucker was 15 vears old at the outbreak of the Civil War. In 1864, he enlisted in the Confederate Army, and served in engagements around Richmond, being with Gen. Lee's army at the Appomattox sur- render. Gen. Lee was a close friend of the family. After the war young Tucker entered the Virginia Theological Seminary, near Alexandria, and was graduated {rom that institution in 1873. He was or- dained an Episcopal minister by Bishop John Johns, and on July 22, 1875, he was married to Anne Maria Washing- ton, the last child to be born at Mount Vernon. Nine sons and four daughters. all of whom are living, were born to the couple. They are Right Rev. Harry St. George Tucker, D. D., Bishop nrDVlrgtma: Rev. Bever Church, Richmond; Rev. Herbert Nash ‘Tucker, rector of St. Paul's Church, Suf- folk; Rev. Francis Bland Tucker, rec- tor of St. John's Church, Georgetown, D. C.; Dr. Augustine W. Tucker, head of St. Luke’s Hospital, Shanghai, Chin: Ellis Tucker, a teacher at the Shang- hai institution; J. Randolph Tucker, a lawyer, of Welch, W. Va.; Richard B. Tucker and Lawrence F. Tucker, in business in Pittsburgh: Mrs. Winthrop Lee, Brookline, Mass.; Mrs. Luke White, Montclair, N. J.; Mrs. Malcolm Griffin, Bedford, and Mrs. Lila Tucker of Nor- k. olk. Upon the death of Bishop Randolph in 1918 Bishop Tucker became Bishop of Southern Virginia, the office he held until his death. Funeral services will be held here Monday afternoon. The body will be sent to Charleston, W. Va., for inter- ment Tuesday. rector of St. Paul DRY BIRTHDAY OBSERVED. Judge Thomas Speaks at Ballston Celebration. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALLSTON, Va., January 18.—Judge Harry R. Thomas was the speaker at the celebration of the tenth anniversary of the signing of the eighteenth‘amend- ment, held at the Mount Olivet Metho- dist Protestant Church last night, un- der the auspices of the Waverly Hills Women's_Christian Temperance Union. His subject was the enforcement of the prohibition laws and he lauded the work of the police of Arlington County, where he declared it was being en- forced. The program included public speaking by seven high school boys in the silver medal contest. Arthur Gore. with “A 4 Bishop Dies ! RIGHT REV. BEVERLEY D. TUCKER, Head of the Episcopal diocese of South- ern Virginia, who passed away yester- day in a Norfolk hospital, where he had been confined for some time following a fall, In which he broke several ribs and was otherwise hurt. VIRGINIANS INSPECT ROAD APPROACHES Highways Leading to Capital From Two States Con- trasted by Officials. BY ARTHUR A. ALLEN, Staff Correspondent of The Sta ALEXANDRIA, Va, January 18.— Two pictures were painted for Virginia's legislative body yesterday afternoon. One was & picture of highways oft- times approaching squalor in their general appearance. The other showed beautiful road- ways. dividing rows of neat residences | or separating unoffensive types of com- | mercial_buildings. The first set forth conditions_exist- ing along the Virginia approaches to the National Capital—the second illus- trated the conditions along roads lead- ing from Maryland into Washington. Comparison of the two scenes con- structed in the minds of the legisiators a problem most of them admit is worthy of serious study. Make Highway Tour, The occasion was an inspection tour of the traffic arteries leading into Washington which some 50 members of the General Assembly and about 40 others, including official families and State capijtol attaches, took as guests of the Alexandria City. Arlington and Fairfax Chambers of Commerce. Adopting the roles of ordinary tourists, the party set out from Alex- andria in chartered busses shortly after noon to view what the automo- bilist would see by traversing the Mary- land and Virginia approaches to the District. Four of the roads leading into the Capital City from Virginia were in- spected and compared with three of those which pass into Washington from Hero” as his subject, was the winner of the contest. Music was offered by Mrs. Herbert Marcey and benediction by Rev. Ira Dinkies, S LEE AIDE TO SPEAK. Only Surviving Member of General Staft to Participate at Exercises. By the Associated Press. FREDERICKSBURG, Va., January 18.—Maj. Giles B. Cooke, the only sur- viving member of Gen. Robert E. Lee's staff, and_chaplain neral of the Robert E. Foundation, will read a and outline Gen. Lee's ymn, “How Firm & Foundation,” at Strafford Hall, to- morrow, the 123rd anniversary of the birth of the Confederate general. SNOW PLOWS OUT. Arlington Engineer at Work Early | Clearing County Roads. Special Dispateh to The Star. CLARENDON, Va., January 18. — County Engineer C. L. Kinnier had the snow plows out at an early hour this morning scraping snow from the main county roads. They will remain in action as long as necesscry to keep these roads passable for traffic, the eer states. Up to a late hour jay no wrecks, collisions or other mishaps had been reported as a result of the heavy snow fall here. . ROCKVILLE. ‘ROCKVILLE, Md., January 18 (Spe- clal) —At the January meeting of the executive committee of the Montgomery County Social Service League a marked increase in the activities of the organi- zation was reported. = | It was shown that 237 families are now under the care of the league, an increase of 42 within a few weeks, and that during December 61 more families were cared for than during the same month of the preceding year. Christmas xes, it “was reported, ‘were presented to 105 families and $1,256.78 donated or pledged toward the league’s Christmas opportunity fund. The league, it was announced, will conduct its annual campaign from May 1 to May 15, Licenses have been issued here for the marriage of Ralph L. Roop, 21, and Miss Ruth A. Rogers, 18, both of Alexandria, Va.; Granville L. Gibson, 21, of Washington and Miss Florence E. Steele, 20, of Hyattsville, Md., and Guy S. Singletry, 24, of Fairfax, Va. and Miss Elizabeth C. Baxter, 19, of ‘Washinj The fifty-seventh annual convention of the farmers of Montgomery County will be held in the high school audi- torium at Sandy Spring on Saturday, February 8, it has been anaounced. Senator Millard F. Tydings, Dr. Kenneth A. Clark of the University of Maryland, Josiah W. Jones, president of the Montgomery County Farm Bu- reau; Otto W, Anderson, county agri- cultural agent; Miss Lavinia Engle, resident of the Maryland League of &omen Voters, and Charles Hines are lvn)blble speakers. ‘The convention will be conducted by Clarence L. Gilpin, and Robert H. Miller, jr., will be the secretary. Ledoux E. Riggs, Ji D. King, Windsor W. Hodges and Walter M. Magruder have been selected to repre- sent Montgomery County as directors. of ‘the Maryland-Virginia Milk Producers’ Association. § They were named at a meeting held in Rockville, which was largely at- ‘tended and which was addressed by 1. W. Phelps, president of the Maryland | State Associal and John McGill, announced as ition, ‘manager of the Maryland-Virginia ‘Association. Bids for the removal of the buildings on the block immediately to the west the oresent Rockville Court House, all of which block has been purchased Maryland. On the Virginia shore of the Potomac the legislators saw dump heaps with their huge piles of smouldering trash border! two of the roads leadin to the Virginia end of one of which is the Ri ington Highway and the other the road leading to the Government Experi- mental Farm, Arlington National Ceme- tery, the eastern section of Arlington County and Alexandria. Rossiyn Congested. At the Virginia end of Francis Scott | Key Bridge the party found the tiny town of Rosslyn, its narrow streets heavily congested with traffic passing | to and from the industries and business | establishments which: crowd its small| area, Lumber yards and oil and gaso- line storage stations were seen con- tributing greatly to the general con- gestion of the town. The only relief from the otherwide squalid appearance of the Virginia ap- proaches was provided at Chain Bridge, where the Polomac Palisadcs rose high above the Potomac River and the nar- row span linking the Old Dominion with the District, furnishing s beautiful, picturesque setting. From this point the delegation crossed the bridge into Weshington and drove | to the points where the Maryland State line crosses Wisconsin avenue, Sixteenth street and Georgia avenue. At each place the visitors paid many tributes to the good roads and streets, splendid appearing homes, neat business structures and the general appearance of the neighborhood, contrasting strik- ingly with the conditions seen at the Virginia entrances to the Capital. Legislators Impressed. ‘The survey of Washington and en- virons apparently greatly impressed ths members of the General Assembly, which will soon be called upon to vote upon legislation when the National Capital Park and Planning Commission asks Virginia to share financially in carrying out the development of the metropolitan area. Plans for the development of this area | were bared by the commission last night | at a joint meeting with Maryland and | Virginia officials in Washington, at which both Gov. John Garland Pollard and members of the State Assembly at- tended, and at which Gov. Pollard promised the commission Virginia's sup- port of the movement. The tour was made to serve a dual purpose, the itinerary being arranged so that the busses passed many of the points of historic interest in Virginia and Washington on_their way to view the Maryland and Virginia boundaries, A brief halt was made at the outset to allow Lieut. Gov. James H. Price and J. Sinclair Brown, speaker in the State Senate, to place a wreath upon the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the Arlington National Cemetery. Arlington House Visited. A stop was also made at Arlington House, where, by special permission, the party was permitted to go through the historic home, which is now under- going extensive repairs. From the lawn, overlooking Wash- ington, guides pointed out the new $4,000,000 bridge connecting the Lincoln Memorial and Lee Boulevard, the route the Mount Vernon Memorial Boulevard will take, the Washington Monument and other places of interest. While in Washington the delegation viewed the Lincoln Memorial, White House, Treasury and Commerce Depart- ment buildings. Prior to the trip the three Chambers of Commerce were hosts at a luncheon in the George Mason Hotel here, while they also gave a dinner for their guests upon the return to this city after which the legislators went to Washington for the Park and Planning Commission’s meeting. Both luncheon and dinner were marked by the exclusion of speech- making. Officials Leave on Cuban Trip. CLARENDON, Va. January 18.— Commonwealth’s Attorney Wiiliam C. Gloth and_County Clerk Willlam H. Duncan will leave tonight for a two- | which Peck also admitted his part in THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, TWO ARE IARED IN TRAIN WRECK Fast Freight Endine Carries Cross-Tie 31 Miles Before Car Is Derailed. 8pecial Dispatch to The Star. HAGERSTOWN, Md., January 18.— Austin Bishop, 24 years old, and Leander Peck, 21, both of near Hancock, are in jail here, charged with .an attempt to wreck a Western Maryland Railroad train last Sunday night west of Hagers- town. Bishop, according to the police, made a full confession, implicating Peck, after placing a cross-tie across the tracks, the police say. One car on a fast freight was derailed when it hit the tle, which had been carried from a point near Coe Hills Stations to Salis- bury, a distance of 31 miles, by the train. At Salisbury the tie dropped into a switch point, causing the derail- ment of one car. The special creosote pigment of the tie made it ride easily along the rail in front of the engine, according to railroad officials. Peck was arrested Thursday on sus- picion and Bishop yesterday. The latter confessed, it is said, but gave no reason for his action. He has been employed as a trackman by the railroad com-. ny. The two will be given a hearing in court here foday on & charge of feloni- ously placing & cross-tie on the track. The train of 94 cars was one of the merchandise trains traveling eastward. ADVISED TO UNITE| Federal Farm Board Member Urges BURNT MATCH THIEF BELIEVED ARRESTED District Police Take Man Thought to Have Operated in Montgomery County. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. SILVER SPRING, Md,, January 18— Activities of the “burnt match bur- glar,” who has terrorized residents of the northern metropolitan district for the past few months and who has caused the police of the northern dis- trict substation here much concern, are believed to be at an end with the apprehensior. of Oscar Kemp, colored, of the 1200 block Sixth street, Wash- ington. Kemp was taken into custody by Dis- trict police, together with Thomas Har. vey, also colored, following the pawn: ing’ of a mass of material with a Seventh street pawnbroker. Kemp was turned over to Sergt. Guy Jones, in charge of the northern district station of the Montgomery County police here, by the District police and is being held for questioning. No charge has as yet been placed against him. Left Burnt Matches. The man who was entering houses in the northern district, adjacent to this place, left as the only clue in each place little piles of burnt matches. He apparently had used matches to find his way about the darkened homes. Many times he apparently dropped them before they were extinguished as they left marks on the floors. He left no fingerprints and, as far as the po- lice could ascertain, no one had ever seen him. The series of robberies started early in November, and during the month of December the offender operated almost nightly. Police patrolled all sections incessantly and worked overtime in many instances in an attempt to cap- ture the individual. Busses in the area Virginians to Form Co-opera- tive Association. w By the Associated Press. DANVILLE, Va., January 18.—James C. Stone, Federal Farm Board member, in & public meeting especially for to- bacco growers here yesterday afternoon, urged Virginia tobacco farmers to im- mediately form a tobacco co-operative marketing association. His address was preceded by closed sessions this morning. when he pri- vately conferred with a committee of tobacco growers. _Resolutions were adopted requesting Senators Claude A. Swanson and Carter Glass of Virginia to co-operate with North and South Carolina Senators in placing “the plight of tobacco growers before President Hoover, with a view to organizing & co-operative marketing body. Organization of a co-operative mar- keting association, Mr. Stone said, was necessary, for, “if farmers do not take steps in” the near future to organize a marketing association, there will be little chance of them securing aid in marketing their 1930 crop,” if they de- sire such aid. Tobacco growers' progress is directly dependent upon either increase in their buying power, or concentration of sell- ing power in some central organization, he_asserted. Referring to the discontinuance of the Co-operative Tobacco Marketing Association of Kentucky, of which he was head, Mr. Stone said, its abandon- ment was caused by “opposition to the movement on the part of large tobacco- buying interests.” . “Conditions now,” he said, “are dif- ferent and since legislation has been passed by Congress and the President and all members of his cabinet are in favor of the movement, now is the proper time for farmers to make moves for the organization of co-operatives.” NORMAN S. BOWLES HELD IN BALTIMORE Arrested on Bench Warrant Charg- ing Contempt of Court, and Issued Last November. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE; January .18.—Norman S. Bowles, former Washington attorney, for whom a bench warrant was issued by Judge William C. Coleman in the latter part of November, charging him with contempt of court, was arrested here yesterday by Deputy Marshals George Wille and John Freeman. The contempt charges grew out of his representing himself, it was alleged, s a member of the bar in good stand- ing and acting as counsel for defend- ants in Volstead violations during that month. In the early part of December Bowles was_arrested in Washington, but was | later released in $1500 bail after a | nearing before the United States com- | missioner in the Capital. The ques- tion of jurisdiction was said to have et oy, e w eld for trial - eral Court here. i SCHOOL CONSOLIDATION IS URGED AT MARLBORO| Federal Expert and Supt. Orem Point Out Advantages of Mergers. By & Btaff Correspondent of The Btar. UPPER MARLBORO, January 18— The advantages of school consolidation with special reference to the need for further consolidation in the district surrounding Marlboro were outlined by several speakers at a meeting of the Parent-Teacher Association of the Marl- boro School in the Parish Hall Thurs. da’anlxht, imon Covert, specialist in education of the Department nfru!l;:el Interior, talked on the consolidation roblem generally, while County Super- ntendent of Schools Nicholas Orem dealt with the specific conditions under which consolidation must be worked out in Prince Georges County. Musical numbers were rendered by the school orchestra, under the direc- tion of Miss Maude Gibbons, and by a portion of the school’s harmonica band, led by Miss Mabel Barnes, y COMMUNITY DANCE. Lyon Park Organization to Give First Event Tonight Bpecial Dispatch to The 8 LYON PARK, Va., January 18.—' first entertainment l!nlur!.ryunderm auspices of the newly-organized Lyon Park Community Center, will be a benefit dance to be held in the com- ‘munity house tonight. Mrs. C. K. Lew)s is !enenl chairman of arrange- ments and & number of special are promised as a surprise, Licensed to Wed at Marlhoro, By s Btaff Correspondent of The Sta: UPPER MARLBORO, Md. Jan: 18.—Marriage licerises have bee sued here 0 the fallowing: ars| ranklin Smith, 30, Wash- ington, and Thelma Mary Hyatt, zhl, ‘DArt of the site for the new court Bouis ad al soon io, be erected. Wil e recelved by the county commiss! w fi-’ January 28, when the tract contraets are expected to be awarded. ;zeekw\:!a w(ouu(. E&ur;lng in :‘me lor. opening of the January term of the O Court. They will be the ts of and Mrs. Harry L. Palmer, former residents of Clarendon. Adamstown, Md.; -Percy Hatswell, 40, Emma Matilda ‘Lyles, 39, both of wi 3 T g o e McMahon, 1307 Madison Wash. ingtoms were closely watched for suspects, and strangers in the area was closely track- ed until their business in the section was made known. So regular did the robberies take place, that in many instances people told the police that they were afraid to leave their homes unguarded. The burglar nearly always went into homes when the occupants were away, but in several instances he operated in the early morning hours, when the residents were asleep. Takes Small Articles. Money -and small articles, _easily pawned, were taken, and the offender always scorned searchlights in favor of his burnt matches. In a number of places flashlights were untouched. In one place which the burglar entered, he found & number of Christmas presents wrapped and he opened all of them. Although the District police obtained a great mass of jewelry, fountain pens, clothes and other articles, only a little of it has yet been identified. All of the victims have been asked to go to police headquarters in the District and ex- amine it. Kemp admits that he pawned a watch identified as having been taken on December 16 from the home of R.N. Kidwell, in Woodside, the police say. However, he told the police that he had pawned it for Harvey. Harvey is being held by the District police for robberies alleged to have been committed there by him. ROUND HILL SCHOOL T0 GET AUDITORIUM County Board Asks for Plans for Structure—Census to Be Taken. Special Dispatch to The Star. PURCELLVILLE, Va., January 18— The county school board held its monthly meeting at the superintend- ent's office here with all members present. The follewing resignations were accepted: Lincoln, high school subjects, Miss Carol Baker; Sunny Ridge, Miss Mabel Botkins. Appoint- ments were made as follows: Lincol high school subjects, Miss Izola Aker: Sunny -Ridge, Miss Clara Wood, Ster- ling; Sterling, primary, Mrs. Anna Fer- guson. It was resolved by the board that school census enumerators be appoint- ed on February 11 and that the com- pensation shall be 6 cents per child and a traveling allowance of 4 cents per child in addition; that principals of all schools of three or more teachers s colored teachers at the regular meet- ing in June. The board will request the State school architect to prepare plans for an auditorium at Round Hill, and the chairman of the meeting was request- ed to collect data on the salaries of superintendents in Virginia. A committee from the Purcellville Community League appeared before the board and requested that an auditorium be bullt at Purcellville School, and a committee requested that the Tanker- fleld School be closed in 1930-31 and the children conveyed to Lovettsville. TWO YOUTHS ARE KILLED, ONE HURT IN AUTO CRASH Sligo, N. C., Accident May Prove Fatal to Third Vietim. By the Associated Press. NORFOLK, Va., Jarmuary 18.—Clifton Lynch, 18, of Fentress, Norfolk County, and Alfred Golden, 20, of Morehead City, N. C., were killed, and Arnold Swain, a third youth, of Barco, N. C., was seriously injured in an automobile accident at Sligo, Currituck County, C., last night. Special Dispatch to The Star. CLARENDON, Va. January 18. — Ashton C. Jones was elected presi- dent of the Arlington Hall Association, holding company for I. O. O. F. Hall here, at a meeting of the organization last night. Herbert H. Porter was elected vice president and George H. McCrillis, secretary-treasurer. Messrs, Jones, Porter, McCrillis, Huff- man and Melnick were named to the executive committee. ‘The following were elected to the board of directors: Harry K. Green, C. J. lves, E. Lester Bennett, C. P. Heins, Walter B. Huffman, J. W. Myers, Norbert Melnick, C. E. Powers, W. S. Shanholz, E. W. Newman, Thomas S. O'Halloran and Mrs, Clara S. Nevin. The assets of the assoclation are placed at $45,000 by a report of the treasurer. Rose Bros. Chartered. RICHMOND, Va., January 18 (Spe- clal).—A certificate of authority has been issued by the State Corporation Commission to Rose Bros. Co., a Dis- trict of Columbia Corporation, with principal office in Virginia at Alexan- dria, and William R. Rose of 124 Mount Vernon avenue, Arlington County, agent in charge of business, to engage.in a general roofing and wmrdmofln: busi- ness. Maximum capital is $10,000. Clarence R. Ahalt of Wi s attorney for the company. DG, The Romantic Prince| SATURDAY, JA NUARY 18, 1930. By Rafael Sabatini Copyright, 1939, by North Amesiean Newspaper Alliance and Metropolitan Newspaper Servies. SYNOPSIS, Count Anthony of Egmont leaves the court of the Duke of Burgundy after finding that his flancee, Lady Cath- arine, does not love him. In doing 30 | he arouses the duke’s anger. During his wanderings he saves the life of Philip Danvelt, a young merchant, who takes him to the home of Claessens, a | rich burgher. Johanna, Claessens’ daughter, is Philip’s flancee. She and Anthony are immediately attracted to each other. The death of Philip’s father calls_him home just as Anthony leaves for England. THIRD INSTALLMENT. FORTNIGHT later _ Phili Danvelt returned from Middel- burg, and he was not quite the same man who had last gone thither. His accession to a fortune far greater than he had sus- pected had wrought a change in him. He seemed more aggressive than hereto- fore; he was more ponderous of speech and of manner. Although in black, he was dressed with a richness’beyond & merchant’s station, and he wore his finery none too well. Immediately he broached the subject of marriage to Claessens. “It's my belief,” he announced pon- derously, “that a man should settle early. “Ay, 8y,” said Claessens dryly. “You'll have had enough of travel.” Philip did not consider the interrup- tion amf: 3 “I need a wife, and I've a fine house up there in Middelburg awaiting a mis- tress. If you're willing, then, good Master Claessens . . He spread his hands, deeming it unnecessary to complete the sentence. Good Master Claessons felt that he was being used with patronage, and was between amusement and resentment. “It's not my willingness you must ascertain; but Johanna's” was his answer, calculated to give pause to the young man. It had, however, no such shortly, assure “Oh, that!” Airily he dismissed the possibility of Johanna's having any but one opinion in the matter. “I'll speak to Johanna in the morning.” In the morning when Philip asked her to fix a day for their wedding, she rose and confronted him -frankly, calm save for & gleam of distress in those clear eyes. “Philip, I have a friendship for you; even affection. But it is not the kind of affection that should exist between husband and wife if they are to be happy.” He laughed . through his perturbation. “But all that will follow. It always does. ‘Trust me, Johanna. I under- stand these things; life and the rest. I love you, Johanna,” he sald again, and now at last became a lover in ear- nest and began humbly and with some warmth to woo that which unopposed he would phlegmatically have appropri- ated. It moved her, distressed her, shook her resolve a little, but did not suffice to beat it down. When she had made this clear, he collapsed in dismayed amazement. “Then all that our parents planned is to come to naught! Gently she stroked his head, as he sat hunched in his chair. “I am sorry, Phillip.” So touched was she by his distress that, out of charity, to allay it, had he pressed the matter then, she might have ylelded. erh't‘;‘"nt”;:{ fl'):nfl it in her heart to wisl aster, Eg- e o "aososd et S B> reveal her to herself. Philip bore his lament to her father. Gravely Claessens heard him, and thought in his hell:‘x';:lci Wh;l'\l!llh.“: happened was very o¥ ip’ w\rl and might yet ah-ge him into such a man as Johanna should ultimately be content to _marry. “Youve ruffied her, my lad. That's all,” Claessens comforted him. “You are too downright and blunt. Women need to be coaxed.” Philip snorted im- patiently. “Oh! A good Wwoman's worth coaxing. Take my word: for it. I am twice your age. And a maid will often say no to a man at first, and be glad enough to say yes in the end. Johanna is not a girl to be constrained, nor am I the man to constrain her. But I'll advise her—cautiously. She'll have you in the end. But give her time.” His defection mitigated by such hope as he could gather from what her father had sald, Phillip went back to Middleburg. In the first days of June, Master Danvelt recelved from his prospective father-in-law this letter: “Dear Phillp: Master Egmont has just returned from England, and lodged here at the Zeelanderhof. If we looked to see him ever again, at least we did not look to see him so0 soon, and I must suppose the cause of this early return to be that he did not find England to his taste, although I perceive that other reasons may exist.” There was a good deal to be read be- tween the lines. Claessens stressed the fact that Master Egmont's return so soon had not been expected, hinted that the reason for it was to be sought elsewhere than in the vaguely apparent reasons he mentioned, and almost suc- ceeded in suggesting that the gentle- man's presence was not welcome. Master Claessens certainly intended to convey all this and more to Phillip; but he could not bring himself to use more precise expressions or to disclose the source of his disquietude. This had begun in the very moment of Master Egmont's arrival. The burgher and his daughter had just dined and they were still at table when they heard his voice in the courtyard. At the sound of that voice, Johanna's breathing had stood suddenly arrested, her face had gone white, and her hand had fled instinctively to repress the tumult of her breast. Her watchful father observed these signs. Nevertheless his welcome of the traveler was cordial. Master Egmont bidden to table. He was pale and Wlllle careworn; but his dark eyes Zlowed as they met Johanna's; his lips laughed readily, and soon there was a return of that radiance that men re- marked in him. He had landed, he informed them, an hour ago, and he was lodged at the Zeelanderhof, in the market place. Father and daughter protested egainst this in different keys. But the count was firm. Enough already had he bur- dened their hospitality. He remained, however, all day with them, entertain- ing them with descriptions of England. There chanced to be a second guest at Master Claessens’ table that night— a Franciscan brother, one of those itin- erant friars who wandered through the land. Rarely did one of these brethren pass through Flushing without seeking bed and board in the hospitable house of Claessens and in exchange for these comforts retailing to the merchant and his household the current events in the world. ‘Tonight this little brother of 8t. Francis had a greater than usual store laughed very self- | of gossip for them. He was last from Bruges, he told them, whete the duke had now estab- lished his court, and he began by speak- ing of the great preparations there for the duke's wedding to the sister of the King of England, shortly to be cel brated. Very subtly he created the im- ression that this was a union that ded {ll for the land. An alliance with England, such as this marriage consolidated, could not be other than an alliance against France, an alliance aiming at the furtherance of ths Duke of B;A.Tmm insatiable ambition. This unfl war, and-if the duke made war with Burgundian lances, he made it is | suggest for him the cloister. Gently she stroked his head, so he sat hunched in his chair. “T a; =2 m sorry, Philip.” ation upon the Netherlands, already burdened to excess, and this at a time when their normal trade would be dis- located and their normal prosperty stemmed. Listening to him, Count Anthony rec- ognized him for a Frenchman by his accent, and suddenly asked himself was he one of the agents of the King of France sent thus to sow discontent through the duke’s dominions and fo- ment among_ these subject people the spirit of revolt? Returning, however, to the prepara- tions for the wedding, Friar Stephen told them how the looms were being driven at high speed in the manufac- ture of tapestries and other fabrics; how painters and artificers of every kind were hard at work upon decora- tions and embellishments that should be worthy of Burgundian splendor and Burgundian opulence. He spoke fluently in well chosen words that painted vivid pictures, yet 80 craftily that when most he seemed to admire and laud the Duke of Bur- gundy, the more effectively did he damn him in Flemish eyes. For the ultimate impression he created was one of 8 monstrous prodigality, of & reckless scattering of gold exacted for these empty splendors from those who had earned it by the sweat of their brows, the skill of their hands and the labori- ous cunning of their invention. And then, because it served his pur- pose—which to one listener at least grew plainer with every word he ut- tered—he passed abruptly from Anthony of Burgundy to another Anthony no less famous at the Burgundian court— Count Anthony of Guelders. He spoke of him with a sudden overclouding of his benign countenance. “But what's here to sadden you?” wondered Claessens, alluding to the lugubrious tone in which the friar ex- tolled the virtues of this prince of the house of Guelders. “Alas!” sighed Brother Stephen. “He is gone, the one good influence in that prodigal court. Gone no man knows whither; vanished in a night. He quit- ted the court when it was at Brussels. There have been rumors of him, here and there, but the duke has failed to trace him, and it is thought that he has gone abroad. It is most sad. The duke, they say, is more morose and :\;{lloln than ever as a result of the T hy did he go?” inquired Johanna. “Ah, that!” The friar fetched a sigh. “His highness would have had him marry where he did not love. He was formally betrothed to the duke's sister-in-law, the Lady Catharine of Bourbon. Yet for all her beauty my Lord Antbony would have none of her. He was very difficult, very exacting and fastidious where ladies are concerned, and though many there are who were known to sigh for him, it is boldly as- serted that he was never known to sigh for any. He is of an austerity such as finds no place in courts. The ribald make jests of it: unseemly jests, and The duke would have forced him into this mar- — e J. HOWARD HOLT DEAD, NOTED CRIMINAL LAWYER ‘Worker for Prison Reform and Pro- hibitionist Succumbs to Operation. Special Dispatch to The Sta MOUNDSVILLE, W. Va., January 18. —J. Howard Holt, one of Marshall County's most prominent criminal law- yers, died at Ohlo Valley General Hos- pital early yesterday, aged 60. He un- derwent an’operation several days ago. He was a constant worker for prison reform, being an advocate of reform rather than severe punishment in prison methods. He was the author of several books on the subject, and his de- fense of accused criminals won him State-wide fame. time he formed an orchestra, known as the White Rose Orchestra, composed entirely of his children, whom he taught and with whom he toured the country as Chautauqua entertainers. and on several occasions entered the ticket. He was prominently identified | with Sunday school work in Mounds- | ville, and fraternally was affiliated with | the Moundsville Lodge of Elks. His wife, one son and three daughters survive, BANK RE-ELECTS HEADS. | People’s National of Leesburg Re- | tains Its Officers at Meeting. Special Dispatch to The Star. LEESBURG, Va., January 18.—The People’s National Bank at Leesburg held its annual meeting this week, when the following officers were re-elected: Robert R. Walker, chairman of the board; president, Bruce McIntosh: vice president, §. R. Fred; vice president, O. 1. Thomas; cashier, Josephus Carr, assistant cashier, A. 8. Jenkins; assist- ant cashler, James L. McIntosh: assistant cashier, Howard E. Cole; trust officer, T. F. Osburn; assistant trust officer, E. N. Bradfield;: W. G. Fletcher, chairman of board of Upperville branch; C. K. Miley, assistant cashier and man- ager of Upperville branch. . The directors are M. D. Arnold, Cecil Connor, W. D. Fletcher, W. 8. Francis, W. H. Fragier, 8. R. Fred, Thomas B. Glascock, R. N. Harper, J. M. Hatcher, W. 8. Jenkins, Bruce McIntosh, F. T. Ross, W. O. Russell, J. F. Ryan, F. E. Saunders, O. I. Thomas, R. R. Walker, J. D. Whitmore and L. W. Wortman. none the lessfgwith rlqui:bh gold. It would mean aYerushing burden of tax- Forelgn foot. in many dmorm"f i In addition to his success as an at- | | torney he was a gifted violinist. At one || Mr. Holt was an ardent prohibitionist, || congressional race on the prohibition || riage. To avoid it and because sick- ened in other ways—as so austere a man might well be—of courtly life, he disappeared.” “Why, that says more for him than all your eulogies, good brother,” Jo- hanna commented. And then Claessens, knowing what passed in his daughter’s mind, attempt- ed to divert the argument. “But his flight hardly savors of high courage, such as one would look for in the man you have described.” Count Anthony, who hitherto had sat a silent listener in the background and a little in shadow, laughed softly. “You laugh, sir! Why?” “Because, Master Claessens, you do not know Duke Charles of Burgundy, his indomitable will and his remorseless powers of persuasion.” “You speak with feeling almost, Mas- ter Egmont,” sald the burgher. “Oh, based on common knowledge,” was the count's disarming answer. But it did not disarm the friar. “Egmont!” he had echoed when that name was pronounced, and had con- tinued to stare at the elegant figure sitting just beyond the edge of the light. Almost at a glance he identified that tawny head and lofty brow with the de- scriptions he had heard of the missing prince of the House of Guelders. A moment later he had made a decision that was to have momentous conse- quences for Count Anthony. Toward noon of that next day, at about the same time that Master Claes- sens’ letter was being delivered to Philip Danvelt, Brother Stephen came, dusty and famished, into the gray courtyard of the Gravenhof of Middleburg, the seat of the ducal Governor of Zealand, and craved audience with that august personage. PARENT-TEACHERS CONDEMN SCHooL Call Rockville Primary Build- ing “Worst in County”—New Structure Asked. Speclal Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., January 18.—That Rockville's present primary public school bullding “is considered and admitted to be the worst of its kind in the county and a disgrace to the county seat,” was a representation contained in a resolu- tion adopted at the monthly meeting of the Rockville Parent-Teacher Asso- clation. The resolution, which was offered by Leonard L. Nicholson, jr., chairman of the board of trustees of the Rockville High School, and passed without a dis- senting vote, placed the association on record as favoring the establishment of a kindergarten in Rockville and urged that a building be constructsd large enough to take care of the kindergarten and the first six rooms of the element- ary grades, four of which are now in the high school building. Could Convert Other Building. “The present high school bullding could then be used as & junior-senior high school,” the resolution pointed out, and added that “because of the yearly increase in the enrollment of the school, which amounted to 50 pupils this year, the occupancy of these four rooms now held by elementary children is needed by the high school depart- ment.” During the discussion precipitated by introduction of the resolution, it was pointed out that the site of the present county jall, already owned by the county, would be a splendid location for the proposed new primary building and will be available a few months hence, or when the handsome new court house and jail is completed. The question will, it is understood, be given further attention at the February meeting of the association, when, it is thought, & committee will be named to g;.aem. the resolution to the county rd of education and urge early ac- tion. Many in Attendance. The meeting_was conducted by the president, F. Bache Abert, and was largely attended. The usual business was transacted, members of the science club of the Rockville High School pre- sented a playlet under the direction of Miss Edna Hauke of the school faculty, and the banner for the best attendance at the meeting of parents of pupils of the school was awarded to the room in charge of Miss Alma Barker. The next meeting, it was decided, will be in charge of the hospitality commit- tee, of which Miss Barker is chairman, and an enjoyable evening was predicted. Miss Barker will be assisted in arrang- ing for the meeting by Mrs. Dar Bowman and Mrs. Thomas Barnsley. “HOUSEWARMING SALE”" Made Draperi apety Fabrics, A genuine and timely 20% All Kinds \| WM: BALLANTYNE & SONS (To be continued.) Burton Awnings Are il be ready. C. M. 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