Evening Star Newspaper, October 1, 1930, Page 28

RAIL PATRONAGE BUYING IS PROBED Charges of Necessary Pur- chase of Inferior Goods to Be Investigated. l By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, October 1.—Whether rail- | I foads have been forced to buy high-'} priced and sometimes unsatisfactory | materials to keep or obtain the patron- | age of Jarge shippers was the question | confronting the Interstate Commerce Commission here yesterday. The laws of the Interstate Commerce Commission prohibit the basing of pur- chases upon shipping, it was explained, and in the event evidence discloses vio- lations of the anti-rebate section of the law, it will be referred to the Fed- violations were committed E. A. Clifford, general purchasing agent of the Chi- cago & Northwestern Railroad. In general, while admitting that shippers and manufacturers who supply Jarge tonnage to the lines were giving reference in supplying the railroad, no legal means were used to insure them contracts for materials, Clifford said. He added that “all things being equal, the ‘friends’ got the business.” 1 “We are sometimes handicapped on | the West Coast by railroads that peddle , contracts to lumber men in exchange for tonnage,” he said, “but our road has never done tha i The present investigation was or- | dered by the com fon on July 22, | 1929. for | MOSLEM WOMEN GO | TO LECTURE UNVEILED First Time They Hear Man Speuk! in Palestine With Faces Showing. JERUSALEM (#).—Moslem women of Palestine for the first time have taken Off their veils while listening to a man lecture. This took place under the aus- pices of the Arab Women's Committee which directs the feminist movement among Arab women in Palestine. Approximately 200 women of the best Arab families, both Moslem and Chris- tian, attended the lecture by Dr. Man- sur Bey Pahmy, Egyptian philosopher, on the role of woman in private and | public lfe. | The lecturer. as a matter of fact, seemed a bit ill at ease with his novel sudience. The Arab W gen’s Committee, formed after the riofs, has shown much energy in pushing emancipation of Arab women and th»ir participation in public life. Moslén and Christian Wwomen are working side by side in the The energetic s« yetary of the move- ment is Mrs. Mateel Moghannam, s Lebanese Christian, who was educated in New York. she and A few years ago Band, also educated in the United States, came to Palestine, devoting Wv:‘m unnl:l:flon o(hthe Arabs. . Moghannam, a lawyer, is secretary to the Arab Executive Committee, —————e CHINA BUYS U. S. WEED FOR TOBACCO FLAVORING Product Is Picked Along Georgia Coast—200,000 Pounds Sold in Year. !AVA':NAM. A Ga. “UP). “deer’s tong\®"” leaves along the Georgia coast is a profitable occupation during th% 2mmex months. S m principally in ina for - yoring American tobacco, deer’s tongue is & wild plaat growing in swampy areas near Savannah. It is not an aduiterant, but rather adds a pleasant flavor to the raw tobacco, taking away some of the sharp cutting tendency. Georgia Negroes who gather the plant each season care little about the her hus- money at the country store, once it is picked, dried and baled. About 200,000 pounds of the dried leaves have been shipped from here this season. It brought from 4 to 5 cents a pound on the local markets. Pieces of ambergis weighing 250 pounds have been found, but the usual | size of a lump of the precious material is_much e The Susquehanna 1430 W Street N.W. 3 Rooms, Kitchen and Bath, $40 ‘Estate Loans (D. C. Property Only) 6% No Commission Charged You can take 12 years to pay off your loans without the expense of renewing. $1.000 for §10 per month, including interest and principal. Larger or smaller loans at proportion- ate rates. Perpetual Building Association Assets Over $23,000,000 Cor. 11th and E N.W. JAMES BERRY, President EDWARD C. BALTZ. 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If this was Nor was I ready to believe that it was | L | urder at iIsh:Tide proaching the garage until we were al- south end, ' which Annersley.was Im-: prisoned, buf e north end, which days had taught me the folly | served as powerhouse and workshop, | proved to be his destination. o Tobin's-egg | enormously interested in the lathe—a | screw-cutting lathe, I thought. T trafled him silently. Suddenly 'a long | “Sometimes "I wonder if | leaned against the wall behind the lathe | attracted his atention and he pounced | things to f an inch thick. One end of it 2 | was fitted into a sort of “head,” slightly intended to enlighten | thicker than the rod itself. In this me, it didn’t. On Friday evening, I “What is it?" T demanded, reaction to them as evidence of guilt.|ting my resolution to keep quiet. “Mon dieu, you do not know?” His next move made me forget my |tell me the answer. THE EVENING there. 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Allan,” she |ter of the settlement, and from either | dust and dirt and_scraps of metal be- |said gentl Fligue said no more. and we passed | neath the lathe. I watched him, half| with tea My mind | inclined to doubt his sanity. After some | minutes of meticulous groping he got up. “Will you observe that, M. quaire?” he inquired triumphantly. | In the palm of his grimy hand lay|dear?” EN PIECE Buy Your “Lane” Cedar Chest Now! Attrgctively built to add beauty to any room, as well as to serve for protection of Al sizes and in natural One pictured, $19.75 STAR, WASHINGTON, a fragment of spiraled steel shaving, similar to the oh he found one in|of Celi Grainger's pocket, but an inch or so|kno longer. It told me nothing, except that Grainger had been machining some ob- ject on_his iathe, and I admitted as She nodded, 's—the “Yes? much. Flique chuckled and twirled his|oh, Allan, she said dreadful things! mustache. “Grainger, you think?” He dropped the shavings into an envelope. “Well, we shall see. My friend, they are liv- ing tissue, those shavings and that steel rod, and you do not perceive it is so.” He shook his pink head sorrowfully. “But you have not the inward eye.” “e’l;hey really tell you something?” I| asked. “They tell me everything, monsieur. 1t was done by & clever one, that trick, and it is well that Anatole Flique is here” He twirled his mustache again. | “Tonight we shall open the heart of | our big mystery. But there are many do yet, and perhaps made- moselle is waiting for monsieur— | He paused and shrugged. | ‘aroline in the pergola. She wanted to know what was the matter. “I have just left Flique,” I explained, ning to wonder if the Lord forgot to Flique sees Caroline put her fingers on my lips. | “Something has happened pleaded, after a moment. crazy with grief. She couldn’t be other- wise. 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Dbleached ribs of & variety of small | craft embedded in the white sand had “So am 1" Her eyes filled |side of it extended a score or so of “Can't we get away for a | frame and adobe houses, most of them little while—up the hill—where the sun | fallen in like mushrooms withered in the shines——" He voice broke and I took | hot sun. her _hands. Chimneys were gone; Tapestry Rug Free ‘With Each Suite s |y o x.\! =N E={]l} ) S shivering. “That dress little georgette, you “I gave it back to her. She ripped it to shreds—stamped on jt—kicked ft— |line said, ‘That man “Celia is| hatred is everywhere. If it hadn't been - ‘Tonight, The | doors stood agape, their approaches smothered | again, | by sand_or choked by ice-plant. A tiny | church had lost its steeple. ToeTs D. C, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1,. 1930. The disintegration of the place pressed and B\:. This was n down the steep s looked but neither of us was inclined “It would spoil everything" shuddering. * Ca for Grainger—" She paused and I nodded. Annersley —if it were he—had done society a definite service. If it had not been for Grainger, I should have been inclined to congratulate him. But Grainger I was sorry for Celia. There is nothing like sheer terror for turning & man into some- made all the difference. thing else. Caroline must have read my thought. “You are sure it was Annersley?” she asked thoughtfully. “Aren’t you?” I countered. “Yes, I suppose so.” Her tone was still doubtful. “I had silly sort of an idea—" she paused, frowning. “What 1s 1t?” I pressed. I thought she was going to tell me, but she shook her head instead. “No, it's just & crazy notion that oc- curred to me. I wouldn't be fair to tell | you. Too much has been said about— about people who couldn’t have done it. It must have been Annersley. 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