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A—16 THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. D. C. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1930. THE BANDIT The other night a_youthful band addressed me, while he waved a gaf | “You have some coin—so, now, out-| hand it, or I will shoot you through | the hat. Be quick,” he cried, in ac-| e L | cents shaking, “be quick, dig up your & store of mon, because my finger's fairly aching to pull the trigger of this gun.” Attempt to Confiscate Landi I said, “Your conduct's truly cheesey,” G « . while handing him my last bawbee; | on Which Still Was Seized | “of course vou find it pretty easy to |ob an old fat man like me. I have no gun, I have no dagger, have no Is Test. claymore and no dirk, so you can bluff — | around and swagger while getting in your dirty work. But soon you'll meet i Py s B some pilgrim stranger who's prompt | LOS ANGELES, February 14.—An at- | and speedy on the . who is inured | tempt by the Government to confiscate | to scenes of dange: ho likes to eat through a libel action a $100,000 River- | his bandits raw. And when you ask side County ranch upon which a large im to deliver the coin for which he still recently was seized was regarded | toiled like Heck, he will not let an eye- here today by prohibition officials as|lash “quiver, but he will shoot you possibly foreshadowing possible adoption | through the neck. O, youth, I hate of a policy of confiscation against own- | to see you treading the pathway to an ers of land harboring illicit liquor | early grave: cut out your vain and operators, | foolish sledding, quit robbing people, Assistant Attorney fand behave. Discard that foolish gun Harry Balter yesterday led the action in|you ecarry, some harmless voters to Federal Court against the Bruno Ranch, | o'erwhelm, and in some moral wood located between Elsinore and Perris, in | yard tarry, and saw a cord of slippery Riverside County, charging a 1iquor |elm. Do something useful, I implore plant was taken on the property in a|you, by honest labor earn vour dough, rai. several weeks ago. The action|or soon some wrathful gent will floor seeks to confiscate not only the 30-acre | you, and to the near ranch property, but all tools, equipment, | go.” ~ He laughed to motors and accessories attached to the | monition, and rud place. 8 | my sight: he'd strive to bette The still was discovered during raid | dition by robbing people. left January 21. Nick Bruno, alleged owner | Within a week the daily paper d of the place: Joe Verda, George Walker | that young man's doleful do w and Herman Quirin were arested at the | he was holding up a draper, that mer time | chant sent him to the tomb. The draper. Balter said the Government was in- | he was skilled in shooting, and had hi vestigating rumors that the alleged dis- | weapon close to hand, and so that youth tillery was being financed by a Chicago | went callyhooting to find a worse or bootleg gang. He said the present libel | better land. WALT MASON. action is in the nature of a test of (Copsright. 1930.) Whether the Government has the right B st Koo R tn seize property upon whicl quor | g i o prised beyond speech when a planit='are found. strange woman embraced him in front s | of the city hall of Bath, England, Al- mp with| derman Tom Stone helplessly let the y sold in| woman extinguish flames which were consuming his nmhbrella United States morgue you'll vy ad- A Cameroon mint ps double surcharge was recen London for $950. Toilet Needs | s, id OPPOSED BY CITIZENS "Som hcusion was siven over 1o he deplorable conditions of roads lead- |ing in and out of the community. A . P membership campai; d. Benning Association Stands by FEELCE R TP was discusse TWO SHIPS COLLIDE. | s lOtppmitir;n to any change in the Dis-| U. S. Steamer Scrapes British rict organic act, which specifically pro- | i vides that two ‘of the three Commis.| LEhtship Off Kent Cost. sioners of the District be selected from | DEAL, Kent, England, February 14 American _steamer West civilian ranks, was voiced by the Ben-!().—The ning Citizens' Association, meeting Saginaw struck the South Goodwin lightship at midnight, scraped along Civilian Requirements of District Heads. Tuesday night at the Benning School. In discussing the appointments of | its length and then drifted away. Commissioners ~ here the association| The lightship was damaged above the went on record as unalterably water line, but it was not kmown if the Jones bill, which liberalizes the steamer was damaged. A motor residential requirements of a Commis- ' boat which was at the lightship at the sioner, time later was unable to locate the The association nominated John S. West Saginaw. =MISS CURTIS DAILY SUGGESTION CHOCOLATE PUDDING A Dessert for Tonight 1 cup bread crumbs, 1 pint milk, 1 egg, 14 cup sugar, pinch salt, 115 teaspoonfuls cocoa. L= Heat milk and cocoa. Pour over crumbs. %-44/ 6(“-{*“; Flavor with vanilla. Bake in hot oven. Serve = oz = hot with topping of MISS CURTIS’ MARSH- ) " MALLOW CREME. Sold by all good grocers, "SNOWFIAKE 10 and 20 cents a can. MARSHMALLOY EMMA E CURTIS N For the Hair 50c Size $1.00 Danderine Hair Tonic, 60c Phillip’s 25¢ D. & R. Cold Cream 35c Odorono 60c Pompeian Massage Cream . 17¢ 23c For the Baby 65c S. M. A. Baby Food $1.50 Eskay’s Food . . Mellin’s Food, large 90c Nestle’s Food Dextri Maltose, 1 Ib. Dextri Maltose, 5 Ibs. 65¢c Dryco $2.50 Dryco, 3 Ibs. Robinson’s Barley, ; Ib. . Cod Liver Oil— Puretest—8 oz. ... .... «...50¢c Cod Liver Oil— Puretest—16 oz. ..... 59c - $1.19 -.$2.39 9, v Bayer's Puretest . : 25¢ 25¢ Johnson’s Baby Powder . 14¢ 25¢ Lacco Castile Soap, 3 for 50¢ Merck’s Milk Sugar, 1 1b.. .. .39¢ $1.00 Ovaltine .. 72¢ Puretest Zinc Stearate .25¢ ‘ 2lc | $1.15 Pacifiers, Nipples, Nursing Bottles, etc. Merck’s Zinc Stearate $1.20 Lactogen o Antiseptics 50c Size S0c Zonite ... ooz $1.00 Zonite ... - $1.00 Lysol . $1.25 Glyco-Thymoline . . 50c C. & N. Disinfectant ...36¢ ..66¢ 66¢ 81c .. 49¢ Cream Milk of Magnesia Tablets Glycerin Suppositories 12’s 15¢ California Syrup of Ingram’s Shaving 60c Mulsified Cocoanut Oil. 37¢ 50c Newbro’s Herpicide. . . .. 42¢ 75c Stacomb .. 75¢ Glover’s Mange Medicine, 49¢ 50c Palmolive Shampoo ... 28¢ $1.50 Goldman’s Hair Restorer $1.09 34c 50c Hennafoam Shampoo $1.40 Pinaud’s Eau de Quinine . ..99c¢ $1.00 Westphal's Auxiliator. . 71¢ Laxatives 25ciGuBcatets . . ... i o' Bl 35c Castoria ..23c 60c Sal Hepatica ..36¢ Alophen Pills (100’s) .. .... . 49¢ 25c Beecham’s Pills .. ... .....17¢ 30c Phenolax 19¢ Aspirin 60c Caldwell’s Syrup of Pepsin ..39¢ 25c¢ Carter’s Little Liver 15¢ 60c Milnesia Wafers .. ..... 54¢ 85c Jad Salts ..51c¢ 29¢ 60c Size 35c Pluto Water, qt. ... ... Figs For the Teeth onze 50c Ipana Tooth Paste . 28¢c 27c 34c 31c .28¢ 21c 24c 50c Kolynos Tooth Paste 50c Forhan’s, for the Gums 50c Pepsodent Tooth Paste 30c Pebeco Tooth Paste 30c Lyon’s Tooth Powder 30c Calox Tooth Powder . . K v The Avenue oft! The Season’s Greatest Sale! O language we can add will make the tremendous sav- ings any more important than they are—and we tell you that they are the most important reductions we have offered in many seasons! E cannot recall the time when we have offered such savings on Suits from our own stocks and from our finest makers. And we know, from actual comparison, that an incomparable opportunity is presented by this 3314% cut on Overcoats (of which we in- clude every one that we have, even rich plain Blues and Grays) ! $22.50—%25 PREPSTER SUITS AND PREPSTER OVERCOATS! SALE! IT has never been our privilege to price our better grades of Prepster Overcoats and We can assure you that the saving is one to The smart fabrics and models of this season are included . . . with plenty For lads of 13 to 18. Saks—Second Floor 2-Trouser Suits at a price so low. remember! of the Tane, Grays and Browns, X% Phone Orders Will Be Taken Tonight ( Friday), from 7 to 9 P.M., in Order to Accommodate Patrons Who Cannot Visit the Store Saturday. Call District 3050 WITHOUT EXCEPTION, POSITIVELY ‘ALL SAKS OVERCOATS! AND HUNDREDS OF THE FINEST 2-TROUSER SUITS! 23.33 '26.67 *'30.00 '33.33 1> $35.00 Saks Overcoats and $35.00 Two- Trouser Suits; now drastically cut %3 ... $40.00 Saks Overcoats and $40.00 Two- Trouser Suits; now drastically cut 53 . . . $45.00 Saks Overcoats and $45.00 Two- Trouser Suits; now drastically cut 13 . . « $50.00 Saks Overcoats and One- and Two- Trouser Suits; now drastically cut %3 . . . Saks—Third Floor x SALE OF FAMOUS “REIS” $1.50 AND $2 UNION SUITS 05 OU’D never know it from the amazing 95¢ price, but these are the identical “Reis” Union Suits that you see nationally advertised at $1.50 and $2.00! Not only that, but you will find them in our own stock this Summer at $1.50 and $2.00! A“LUCKY BREAK” of the kind that comes just once in a long time brought us the chance to get 1,200 of these superlatively tailored, first quality garments at a concession . . . and we are giving you the saving. Handkerchief Cloth Satin-Stripe Broadcloth Colored Striped Woven Madras Satin_Striped Woven Madras Very Fine Imported English Broadcloth Athletic Style—Closed Crotch V-neck and Round-neck Web-back and Hinge-back Sizes 36 to 46 Saks—First Floor