Famous Writer
Quits Film Field
in Blaze of Wrath
Peter B. Kyne Declares Pic
tures Are Not Art, “but
More Like Cannery”—
Code of Ethics Lacking.
Los Angeles, Feb. 18.—Peter B.
Kyne, author of ‘‘Cappy Ricks.” and
other stories, bade good-bye to the
films In a speech before the com
mercial board at Los Angeles, and
wasted no words In telling what he
thinks of the moving picture indus
try.
His words were so bitter that most
of his audience were shocked. He
declared the moving pictures were
not an art. "but more like a cannery.”
He ia glad to get out of it. He will
write no more stories for the camera
and he told them why.
‘ The industry,” he said, “is not the
work of one intelligence, but a com
posite of a number of intelligences
and alleged intelligences.
“When someone said Jo me recent
ly, 'the industry is still in its In
fancy,’ I replied. ‘No. the infants are
still in the industry.'
"I see no future for the motion pic
lure industry until it gets down to
brass tacks and establishes a code of
ethics. I resent the assertion that
authors will not co-operate with the
industry. The industry has not de
veloped an art. It has developed
simply a business that Is dictated sole
ly by the profits to be realized from
lurid titles fastened to all too lurid
tales."
Advertising Unethical.
He charged that hugs profits have
been the result largely of advertising
methods that would he unethical in
any other line of business.
“Every superlative in the dictionary
is used to describe the cheapest kind
of trappy picture,” he declared.
'■Those who control the pictures do
not want good, clean, wholesottle
stories. The pictures being shown are
built on the theory of shocking the
nervous system rather than by ap
pealing to the heart. They have bus
iness men passing on the work of au
thors. We authors have something
the pictures need. But they will not
take our beet w'ork.
“I have had to peddle my stories
from studio to studio. I’ve had to sell
a story first to the office hoy. then
to the stenographer, the editor, the
director, the star, and then to get
it sold, I must finally have It ship
ped back for the decision of the New
York business office before the deal
closed."
Contracts Broken.
Mr. Kyna said the recent disposal
ef six of his stories resulted In five
broken contracts and lawsuits.
"I have never made an engagement
with anyone tn the industry, but what
that engagement waa broken," he
went on. "I have never contracted to
sell a story hut what they have tried
the very next day to buy it for less
than agreed on.
“I went to the opening of the Met
ropolitan theater recently: beard Bull
Montana make a speech, saw Ruth
Roland klse Bid Orauman, the owner
of the thekter, witnessed a general
‘love feast' all around. But I didn't
hear any cries of 'author, author.’
"Yet It is the authors who are
looked to for supplying the funda
mental ground work upon which the
picture Industry is built.”
Mr. Kyne has sympathisers in
some of the producers, including
Douglas Fairbanks, who are making
an earneet effort to "get together and
do away with canned motion pic
tures.”
Portland Youth Killed
When Caught in Gas Engine
Msson City, la., Feb. 18—(Special.)
- Buster,” 9, son of John Carmody,
died at the farm home near Portland
of Injuries received, when he was
■aught in a gasoline engine. He suf
fered two terrific blows on the head
when he was slung around by the
flywheel in which his clothing caught.
The father, who was nearby, had to
release the engine to disentangle his
•on's clothing.
23 Persons Are Killed
i in Insane Asylum Fire
(Continued From Taco One.)
ant had been recovered tonight. In
addition, a few charred bones had
been ■ found.
Among the five bodies which had
been Identified were those of three
world war veterans who had been suf
fering from shell shock. They were
Vincent Delbene, Frank From berg
and James R. Hines, all of New Tork.
The other two Identified were Solo
mon Applebaum and Nathan Cohen,
also of New York. Attempt to iden
tify the others was abandoned. Most
of the bodies were badly charred and
it was believed many of them never
would be positively identified.
The building in which the fire oc
curred—the so-called "main building”
—is an ancient brick and wood struc
ture, shaped like the letter E. It is
three stories high and had accommo
dations for 2,200 patients. There
were about 1,600 in it when the fire
was discovered and of these about
300 were seriously endangered by the
flames. They were the patients In
the west wing.
Patients “Violent.”
The 92 patient* Imprisoned in ward
43 on the third floor, where the tiro
took its toll, were described by I3r.
Heyman as "violent," homlcldally in
clined men, any one of whom might
suddenly have turned murderously
upon his rescuers.”
But so coolly did the attendants
work that only in a half dozen cases
at the most were there instances of
struggles against, or attacks on, the
attendants and firemen.
While the rescue work was being
carried forward, the flames burst
through the roof of the building and
lighted up the entire island. Screams
of the terrified patients nearest the
flames roused the entire population
of the "Madmen's Isle” and in a
twinkling every window framed a
maniac's face.
Some laughed and cried out in glee
at the sight of the flames. Others
stared moodily. Others wrenched at
the barred windows and screamed for
rescue.
Panics Threatened
Attendants in buildings far re
moved from the danger zone had al
most 11s strenuous a time in prevent
ing panics as those at the actual
scene of the blaze.
The battle against the flames was
hampered by the near ero weather
and the difficulty in getting appar
atus to the place.
Ward's Island, a dot of land in the
East river, just opposite East One
Hundred and Sixteenth street and
just above Blackwell's Island, has a
fire department of its own. but the
ferry boats on the river are too small
to bear heavy equipment of the Man
hattan force.
The city force, forsaking its en
gines, fire towers, hook and ladder
trucks and hose wagons, went to the
fray with no equfpment but a few
lines of hose which ceuld be trans
ported on the tiny fire boats. Fire
companies which responded to the
fire call had to lay hose lines nearly
a half mile long.
Asked More Protection.
But despite their handicaps the city
ami island forces succeeded in con
fining the fire to the upper two floors
of the jvest wing.
Dr. Heyman declared lie had re
peatedly sought from the state
authorities additional fire protection
for the hospital and that he had called
in vain on the city authoirtles to
station additional equipment there.
The Island's fire department consists
of 10 men and a chief, he said, and
the equipment, aside from hose lines
In the various buildings, was limited
to one ancient, horse drawn engine
and a hose cart, loaned by the city.
The auditorium of the hospital was
destroyed by fire two years ago. while
'■ was crowded with inmates, but no
lives were lost.
Prisoner Confesses Part
in $500,000 Jewel Robbery
j Xew York, Feb. 18.—Matthew Bid
dolph, man of many aliases, arrest
ed at Albany Friday, has confessed
' he participated In tha robbery of J500,
j 000 worth of Jewels from the person
I of Mrs. Irene Schoellkopf of Buffalo
last Xew Year's eve, John D. Cougli
| lln, acting Inspector in command of
1 the detective division, declared.
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Resistance of
Germans Taking
More Active Form
■
——
Situation at Essen Reported as!
Tense—French Forces
Ready for Any
Emergency.
Essen, Feb. 17.—C4*l—The French ]
military authorities In the Ruhr be
lieve that the passive resistance of
the Germans Is at an end and that
the work of obstruction Is entering an
active phase.
They reached this conclusion a» a
result of the bombing of the Kaiser
hof hotel here, the sinking of barges
in the Rhlne-Herne canal and the ac
tivity of the nationalists, communists
and other political parties the last few
days.
The French intelligence service has
been informed to the effect that the
populist party held a large secret
meeting in Essen on Wednesday, the
gathering being addressed by numer
ous speakers who urged active oppo
sition to the French and Belgian
measures. The speakers are said to
have admitted that the policy of
passive resistance inaugurated at the
instigation of the Berlin government,
has failed.
Time for Action.
The center party held a meeting
at Munster Friday night, at which,
according to the French intelligence
agents, it was admitted that paaatve
resistance had been unsuccessful and
that the time for active resistance had
come.
The secret visit to the Ruhr of Herr
Stingl, German minister of posts and
telegraphs, in defiance of the French
orders against the entry of cabinet
members, has had a bracing effect on
the strikers throughout the district,
particularly those under his min
istry.
The French say they are ready for
any emergency that may arise from
the changed attitude of the Germans.
As a further measure against out
breaks in Gelsenkirchen, where there
has been spasmodic trouble, the city
was occupied today by French in
fantry. cavalry and armored cars.
Officials Expelled.
Meanwhile the work of eliminating
the trouble makers continues and &3
officials were expelled from the Ruhr
Thursday acd Friday for disregarding
French insrcvetions. The oberbur
gomaeter of Dortmund and hla assist
ant. the chief of the railway atation
there and the district supervisor were
arrested for disobedience.
The obrrguronmaster of Duisburg,
arrested hy the Bflgtans on a similar
charge, was tried by a Belgian court
martial at Aix-lA-Chapell* and sen
tenced to one month in prison and
to pay the trial costs.
The situation here is tense. The
city now is policed hy French troops,
as German security police all went
on strike when their barracks was oc
cupied.
Official Sentenced.
Essen, Feb. j IS. — The Bredency
i
named Klein to a month's Imprison
ment and a fine of 150 franca on the
charge of showing reslstanca to the
occupation authorities
Recorder Guyenz of the Essen Re
tail Dealers association was sen
tenced to two years in Jail and a fine
of 8,000.000 marks. He was charge.)
with distributing public order hy
signing a circular In which merchants
were exhorted in the interest of
feeding the populace, to refrain from
selling to the occupation forces.
Town Reoceupied.
Gelsenkirchen. Feb. 18. — </P) —
Gelsenkirchen was reoceupied by the
French and tjie population was
advised, through public military
proclamations, that it would remain
so Until the fine of 100.000,000 marks
was paid as indemnity for the recent
wounding of French gendarmes In a
! clash with German police.
Martial law conditions prevailed
throughout the city tonight, and the
'situation was pregnant with pos
's.btllties of disorder, especially since
the local police had barricaded them
selves In their barracks to prevent
, being disarmed by the French.
Strong forces of troops began ar
! riving this morning from Reckling
hausen. Bochum and Essen, apparent
| ly as the result of a conference held
here Friday night between Generals
I Degoutte and Fournier.
Homo Looted of Jewels
as Owner Watches Flay
While Mrs. A. L. Howe, 54 4 South
Twenty-fifth avenue, was attending s
theater, burglars broke into her home
and stole Jewelry valued Bt more than
$500, she reported to police.
The prowlers gained entrance to the
house through the front door by using
a. passkey. They ransacked the whole
| house, leaving all the rooms In dis
order, but took nothing but the Jew
elry.
; Mrs. Howe returned to her home
j shortly after 0. She had been «b
i sent less than two hours, she told
police.
Woman Insists Chief
of Detectives Trial
to Sit on Her Lap
"If my husband was here you
! wouldn't try to sit on my lap,"
snapped Mrs. It. R Mills, living at
Thirty-sixth street and Knntenello
boulevard at Chief of Detectives
j Charles Van Deuscn when he moved
| < loser to her on a street car to. make
room on the long seat for another
woman.
"Madame I assure you—"
"Yen you did too. I've been watch
ing you ever since you get on."
The woman made a pass at the
chit f with her handbag. He ducked
with agility.
"T Just wish my husband Was here."
Chief Van Denson handed her his
card.
"Please give my card to your hus
bond." ho said.
The woman seized the nnstehoard.
tore It In two. and threw It on th ■
floor. The next corner was Van
Deuseu's. lie got off.
And unless she rends Th* Omaha
H« e, Mrs. MIIIm probably never will
know the man she tried to flatten
with her handbag wns the chief of
detectives.
Police Hunt for Women
in Remington Murder
Ln* Angeles, Feb. IS.—Search of
three women and a man occupied the
attention of detectives Investigating
the slaying of Karls Remington,
wealthy electrical engineer and for
mer aviator, who was shot to death
In the yard of his home here Thurs- i
day night.
The three women, according to the
police, are known to be intimate
friends of the dead man. and It is
expected they will be able to shed .
considerable light upon his past move- I
tnents. Remington spent a portion of
Thursday with one of the women, the
officers stated.
The man is said to have been a !
close friend of Mrs. Virginia Reming
ton, the widow. He has not appeared
at his place of business since late
Thursday aftesnoon and so far the
police have been unable to locate him.
The names of those sought were
withheld by the police.
Regulation Main
Question in Grain
Futures Act Suit
— •
Government Takes Same Posi
tion in Board of Trade Case
as in Action Against
Stockyards Law.
Washington, Feb. IS.—In a bnef
filed in the supreme eourt, the
government declared the fundamental
question Involved in the case brought
by the Chicago Board of Trade to
have the grain futures act declared
unconstitutional was whether con
gress or that grain exchange should
regulate interstate and foreign com
merce and the postal laws so as to
control the great "current of com
merce" following between the mar
kets of the world's wheat supply,
corn and other cereals.
The government stated that Its
position in the present grain future
case would be the same as that pre
sented when the packers and stock
yards act was under attack. In that
case the supreme court. In sustain
ing that law, held, the government
declared, that "commission merchants
and traders, engaged In purchases
and sales, identically as in the instant
case, constituted a part of the current
of commerce which was subject to
regulation." t
Congress, in enacting the grain fu
tures act, the government asserted,
followed the packers and stockyards
act. The decision of the court in
the first future trading act was
quoted at length in the brief by the
government, which emphasized that
part of It in which the court, through
Chief Justice Taft, stated that con
gress did not have hte exercise
its power under th» commerce clause
of the constitution in mind when it
enaeted the first future trading law
and therefore had not introduced into
the first act, the limitations which
would have appeared in it had it ex
ercised power under that clause. It
was within the authority of congress,
under the first future trading’dec!*!
ion, the government contended, to de
termine from evidence before It to
what extent future trading in grain
was an obstruction to interstate com
merce.
The case is down for argument next
week and probably xil be reached
Tuesday or Wednesday.
T. P. A. to Hold
Soiree at Auditorium to Mark
Opening of Two-Day Con
vention Here.
Nebraska division of the Traveling
Mena Protective association is plan
i ning a grand soiree in the City audl
toritirn for the night of April JO, the
opening day of their two-day ronven
tlon to t«c held in Omaha this year.
It has been decided to make the
night one of carnival, with gaudy
paper caps, noisy toy* and confetti.
The national officers, state officers
and all salesmen In Omaha trade dls
trlcta are invited to attend
Poet A to He Host.
Post A, consisting of the Omaha
section of the Nebraska division, are
to act as hosts.
Each member will he sent tickets
| of admission for himself and as many
i friend* a* he wishes to bring
The early part of the evening will
he taken up with a musical enter
lalnmens. followed hy dancing and
I games, for which prises have t>een
offered.
Executive Committee.
Hert lioel heads the executive com
mittee. with Stanley Brown as vice
chairman. Other members of the
body aie James If. Ktlne. finance;
Georg* K. Itegerow, publlc|t\ ; O L
Wohlford. program* Osrnr Errii on,
hotels; John R. Tiapler, ladles’ enter
talnment and GeiWge W. Iamg. en
tertainment. Charles E. Hopper, gen
eral secretary of the Nebraska di
! vision, la secretary of the executive
committee
; Alexander Howat Released
From Kansas County Jail
Pittsburgh, Kan , Teh IS.—AWan
der Howat, depoaed president of the
1 Kansas miners’ union, was released
i from ths Crawford county Jail
and returned to hl» horns In nits
liurg. following the Issuance of an
order of discharge hy Judge H P.
Wooly of the district court Howat
had been In the Jail since Wednesday
night, when he gave himself up vol
untarily.
Phil M. Callery, Howat's legal coun
sel. presented an application to Judge
Wooly, asking that a IS.ntlo bond not
to call elrtkes. as required hy former
Judge K. J. Curran, he. discharged on
I lie grounds that Howat la no longer
a member official of the miners’union.
The discharge was granted hy
Wooly.
M. R. Murphy Improve*.
Condition of Michael It. Murphy,
geneial manager of (he Cudahy Pack
ing' company, who la confined to Ht.
Catherine lioapllal, waa icpoitcd laat
night to he favorable by attendant*.
Workers Getting
Head Start on
Bnilding Drive
Brownell Hall Campaign for
$250,000 to Be Launched
in Earnest Febru
ary 26.
Several solicitors In the Brownell
Hall $230,000 building fund campaign,
which will start a week from Mon
day, have asked for their card* no
that they can begin canvassing this
week, and others have already been
out lining up their prospects.
Arthur C. Smith, chairman of the
board of M. E. Smith & Co., and C.
W. Russell, vice president of M. E.
Smith & Co., said Saturday they had
called on several men in the whole
sale district relative to subscriptions.
Robert Trimble, chairman of one of
the men’s divisions, has called for
some of the cards In his district.
Names Captains.
Mrs. E. A. Pegau, head of the
women’s division, Saturday named
22 captains, composing her central
committee, each of these 22 h.ia agreed
to get 10 assistants, each one of whom
will ask for 10 subscriptions of $20,
the subscriptions to be paid In foul ,
equal Installments, six months apart, i
Mrs. Pegau'a 22 captains are:
M«»dame* George A. Robert*, Wllilem I
Hill Clark, Frederick Bueholr, Conrad
Young, Alvin Johneon, Arthur Crittenden *
Smith, A W. Gordon, Walter W. Head, i
Philip Potter. Robert Reeaoner. Hateteed
Dorey, Frederick Daugherty, 8 8. Oak
ford, C. M Wilhelm, W. tf. Jon»*. K V.
Shayler. W. K. Rhoedee, II. S Weller, H
R Bowen. Carl Paulson and Ralph Pe
ters, Walter Robert*.
Men’s Committee to Meet.
The men's executive committee will
meet Monday night at the home of
Barton Millard to make final plans j
for the campaign and to assign dls- '
trlcts to workers.
All the men and women workers 1
will meet Friday night at 5:S9 for
dinner In the Brandela grill room.
Walter J. Perry, 65,
Dies at Millard Home
Walter J. Perry. 65, of Perry * Co.,
commission men, 424 South Eleventh
street, died nt his home west of Slil
lard, Neb, where he had retired two
years ago. He was affectionately
known among the men who had come
to know him during 30 years of active
business on the Livestock exchange
as "Jack."
Funeral services will bo held Mon
day afternoon at 1. The local Elks
will be in charge of the ceremonies.
Burial will be in "Elks' Rest" section
at Forest Lawn cemetery.
Mr. Perry is survived by his widow,
one son, Bert, and two daughters.
Mrs. Howard Barnard of Millard and
Mrs. William Mirkel of Omaha.
The Grand Babylon Hotel
By ARNOLD BENNETT.
(Continued From Saturday.)
RYNOPM*.
\t the Grand Habrlnn hotel. Iandon,
hetiilM Felix Babylon, proprietor. the
reigning power* are: JuJea, head wraher; ;
MIm Npeneer. bureau rlerk, and the re
nowned rhef, Ko<-eo. Annoyed at the fail
ure of »luleo to aupply a dinner of »trak
and Hho—to aatlafy a whim of hla
daughter. Helen, or "Neila/* aa ahe ia
railed. Themtore Karkaole. New York mil
lionaire. buy* the hotel, retain* Korea at
an Increased aalary', and reorder* ateak
and Baa*. Felly Babylon fella Raekaole
that he will probably regret hi* purrhaee.
for the hotel, being the haunt of royalty
and ariaPwracy, attract* alao plotter* and
niUchlef maker*. Returning to the table,
Racktolc find* a place aet for Reginald
lilmmoek, acquaintance of Nellaa and
Kngllwh companion of Prince Aribrrt of
Foaen, youthful uncle of the reigning
Grand Duke Kugen. In a mirror Kack
aole aeea ^uleo wink at Dlmmock. From
Dim mock they learn that l*rlnc« Kugen ia
to arrive neit day on bualnea* concerning
hla marriage aettlement. late that night
Rnckwde aee* Julea atmlthtly enter a
room, reappear, and remove a white rib
Uin from the door handle. He la alarnied
to see that the room la No. III. Nellaa
room. He threaten* Julea with a revolver,
and on being taken to 111. Hnd* ll oc
cupied by Dlmmock. who tell* nm» he
, longed room* with Vella becooae a *u»ne
had tern thrown through the window.
Rackaole apologise*.
PART THREE
CHAPTER 11
(Continued!
The next morning Racksoie learned
that Mis* Spencer, considered Indis
pensable heretofore, had left the hotel
with all her ljelonging* Then he
summoned Jules.
"You are aware, Jules he began,
"that Mr. Babylon lias transferred ail
his Interests In this hotel to me?
"1 have been Informed to that ef
feet »lr.".
"You speak very food English for
a foreigner. Jules "
"For a foreigner, sir! T am an
Englishman, a Hertfordshire man
'born and bred Perhaps myname Isas
misled you, mr I am only called Jules
because the head waiter of any really
high class hotel must have either a
French or an Italian name "
"How long has the hotel enjoyed
th« advantage of your services' ’
"A little over 30 years ”
"That Is a long time to be In one
place. Don’t you think It s time you
got out of the rut” You are still
young, and might make a reputation
for yourself in another and wider
sphere " Racksnl* looked at the man
steadily, and hi* glance was as stead
! ily returned.
"You aren't satisfied with me. sir?”
'To he frank, Jules. I think—i
think you—er—wink too much. And
I think that tt is regrettable when a
head waiter falls Into ths habit of
’aktng white ribbons from the han
dles of bedroom doors at 3 In the
morning/’
Jules suited slightly. "I see how
it Is. sir. You wish me to go. and
one pretext if I may use the term.
Is ss good as another I will go. Mr.
Karksole. In fart. I had already
thought of giving notice. And 1 will
leave the hotel In 15 minutes.”
"Good-day. then. You have my best
wishes and my admiration, so long as
you keep out of my hotel." Itacksole
got up.
Good day. sir. And ’hark you ”
Half an hour later Rackaole found
that Miss Hpencer* chair In the hu
lean was occpled tty a stately and Im
perlous girl, dressed becomingly In
black. "Heavens! Nella!" he cried
"What are you doing here?”
I am taking Miss Spencer s place.
1 want to hc-li* you with your hotel,
tlad. I fancy 1 shall make an excel
lent hotel clerk. I have arranged
with a Mla« Selina Smith, one of the
typewriters In the office, to put me
up to all th« tips and tricks, and I
shall do very well.’
"Hut look here, Helen Racksole,
We shall have the hol^ of Iamdon
talking ntiout thla thing—ths gieate*'
of all American heiresses a hotel
t lerk’ Get out of this, on the In
, slant.”
"Hera t am. here I stay." said
Nella. and deliberately laughed at her
pa rent.
Just then the face of a fair-haired
man of Blmut 30 years appeared at
the bureau window He was very
well dressed, very aristocratic in his
pose, and he seemed rather angry. He
looked fixedly at Nella. and started
back "Ach"' li» exclaimed "You"’
"Y'es, your highness, it Is Indeed 1.
father, tills is Mis Serene Highness
Prince Arlbei t of Posen - one of our
most esteemed customers,”
"Y'ou know my name, frauleln?”
i h* newcomer murmured In German
■'Certainly, prince." N»lla replied
sweetly, "You were plain Count
Sieenbock last spring it. Psrite—doubt
ices traveling Incognito—
' Silence,” lie entreated
"Is your highness traveling quite
alone?” sb« asked.
"By a series of accidents I am .”
he said. "My nquerry was to have
met me at fharing Croaa. hut he
f.illedeil to do so—I cannot Imagine
why."
Mr. Dlmmock." questioned Rack
sole
"Y'es. Dlmmock I rtf) rot remem
ber that ho ever missed an appoint
msnt before "
.lust then a servant called Rack
solo away and the prince accepted
Nella'a Invitation to take tea with
her 111 her father's private drawing
room. While they were •hatting the
door of the room was unceremonious
ly opened. "Go right In.” said a
voice, sharply. It was Theodore
Racksole's.
Two men entcied. beating a prone
form on a stretcher, and Racksolo
followed them. Nella sprang up
Itacksole stared to see his daughter.
I didn't know you were In here Nsll
Here." to the two men. "oilt ngUn."
"Why!” exclaimed Nclln, gating
fearfully at the form on the stretcher,
"it’s Mr. Dltnmock.”
"It Is," he father acquiesced "He's
dead," he added, laconically "I'd have
broken It to you more gently had I
known. Your pardon, prince.” There
was a pause.
"Dlntmock dead!" Prince Arlbert
whispered, under his breath, and be
kneeled down by the side of the
stretcher. "What does this mean?"
The poor fellow was just walking
across the quadrangle towards the :
portico when he fell down. It must
be? heart disease I've sent for a
doctor, and for the police."
"Oblige me by taking the poor fel- .
low to my apartments," said the
prince.
A quarter of an hour later Prince
Arlbert, Theodore Racksole. a doctor,
and an Inspector of police w ere in the
prince's reception room. They had
just come from an ante-chamber, in '
which jay the mortal remains or i
Reginald Dlmroock.”
"It la not heart disease," said the j
doctor.
"Then what 1* it?" asked the ]
prince.
"I may be aide to answer that ques
tion after the post-mortem," said the
doctor. "I certainly can t answer it
now. The symptoms are unusual to
a degree "
The Inspector of police began to,
write in a note book
CHAPTER III—THE PRINCE.
At the Grand Babylon a great ball
was given that night In the Gold
room, a huge saloon attached to the
hotel, though scarcely part of it, and
certainly less exclusive than the hotel j
itself. Theodore Itacksole knew noth- j
Ing of the affair, except that It wa*
an entertainment offered by a Mr.
and Mrs. Sampson Iyevi to their]
friends Who Mr and Mrs. Sampson
Eevl were ho <lld not know, nor:
could any one tell him anything about
them except that Mr. Hnmpeon Levi
waa a prominent member of that part
of the stock exchange familiarly
called the Kaffir circus, and that his
wife was a stout lady with many
diamonds, and tnat they were very
rich and very hospitable.
The Gold room was built for a ball
room. A balcony ran round It. and
from this tantage men and maidens
and chaperons who could not or
would not dano* might §ur\ey th»
scene. What no one knew was that
higher up than the balcony there was
a little barred window in the end wall
from which the hotel authorities
might keep a watchful eye. not only
on the dancers, but on the ocaupatits
of the balcony nself. Strange mat
ters and unexpected faces had been
deserted from the little window and
more than one European detective
had kept vigil there with the most
eminently satisfactory results
At 11 o'clock Theodore Racksole
f >und himself gating idly through the
little burred window. Nella was with
him. Together they had been wan
derine about the corridors of the ho
tel. still strange to them both, and It
" is quite by accident that they had
: lighted upon the small room. Except
for the light of the chandelier of the
hall room the little cubicle was In
darkness. Presently Raokeole re
marked: "Perhaps you haven't grasp
ed the fact. Nella. that were in the
middle of a rather queer business ."
i on mean about poor Mr. Dim
mock?”
Partly Dimmock and portly other
things First of all, th.it Miss Spencer 1
m\stertouely disappears Then there)
was the stone thrown tnto your bed
! room. Then I caught that rascal. i
Jules conspiring with Dimmock at 3
o clock in th« morning. Then your l
precious Prince Aribert arrive* with-1
out any suite—which I believe is a I
.most perulinr and wicked thing for
i a pt inre to do—and moreover I t.mi
my daughter on very Intimate terms
with the said prince Then young
Dimmock goes and die* and there is
to be an inquest: then Prince Ktigen i
and Ills siilli , Who were expected here
for dinner, fail to turn up at all—" i
Prince Eug«n has not come?”
"He has not. and t'ncle Aribert is
jin a deuce of n stew about him and
! telegraphing nil over Europe Alto
gether. tilings are working up pretty
lively.”
"Do von really think, dad. there
was anything between Jnlcs and pom
Mr Dimmock"”
Think' I know-' I tell you T saw
ilia: scantp gh» Dimmock a wink last
' night at diner that might have meant
—well:”
"took here, fathei ' Nella whisper!
od suddenly, and pointed to the hal
' nny immediately below them.
Who's that? Isn't It Jules'"'
To know
how good a cigarette
really can be made/
you must try a—/
LUCKY
STRIKE
STIGARETTE/
"Gemini! T.y the beard of the
prophet. It i»!"
"Perhaps Mr. Jules Is a guest of
Mrs. Bampson I>evi.”
"Guest or no guest, he goes out of
this hotel, even If I have to throw
him out myself.”
Theodore Racksole disappeared
without another word, and N'ella fol
lowed him. Hut when the millionaire
arrived on the balcony floor he could
see nothing of Jules, neither there
nor in the ball room Itself. He
searched everywhere in vain, and
then returned to his original post of
observation, that he might survey
the place anew from that vantage
ground. To his surprise he found a
man In the dark little room, watch
ing the scene of the ball as Intently
as he himself had been doing a few
minutes before. Hearing footsteps,
the man turned with a start It was
Jules. "Good evening, Mr. Raoksole."
he said calmly. "I must apologize for
belng here."
"Force of habit, I suppose, said
Theodore Raoksole dryly.
"Just so, sir."
"I fancied I had forbidden you to
reenter this hotel?"
"I thought your order applied only
to my professional capacity. I am
here tonight as the guest of Mr. and
Mrs Snmpaon Levi."
Rut I don’t allow anybody up here.
; my friend.”
"For being up here I have already
! apologized."
"Then, having apologized, you had
better depart; that is my disinterested
advioe to you."
"Good night sir."
Before midnight struck Theodore
j Racksole had ascertained that the in
, vitation list of Mr. and Mrs. Sampson
' I*evl, though a somewhat lengthy
one. contained no reference to any
such person as Jules.
At 10 o clock the next morning
Racksole was informed that the In
spector of police desired to see him.
The Inspected had coin*, he said, to
snpe-iintend the removal of the body
of Reginald Dlmmock to tiie place of
inquest. Racksole told him to go and
perform his duties.
In a few minute* a message came
from the inspector requesting Mr.
Racksole to be good enough to come
to him on the first floor Racksole
went. In the anteroom, where the
body of Reginald Dimmock had orig
inally been pieced, were the inspector
and Prince Aribert ar.d two police
men. "Well?" said Racksole. Then
he aaw- a coffin laid a- ross two r hair*
He approaphed It. "It a empty." h»
observed.
• Ju»t so," said the inspector. "The
body of the deceased has disappeared
And his Serene Highness Prior* Ar,
bert informs m* that though he ha*
occupied a room immediately oppo
site. on the other side of the corridor,
he can throw no light on th* affair
It appeared Impossible to Theodore
Racksole that so cumbersome an
article as a corpse could be removed
out of his hotel, with no trace, no
hint, no clue as to the rime or the
manner of the performance of the
deed He personally examined the
nightwatchman. the chambermaids,
and all other persons who by chant e
might or ought to know something of
the affair: but without avail. He also
had several Interviews with Prince
Aribert of Posen, but though the
prince was suavity itself It seemed to
Racksole that he was keeping some
thing back Racksole, with chara*
terlstic Insight, decided that the death
of Reginald Rimmoek was only s
minor event, which had occurred a*
it were.cm the fringe of som* far
more profound mystery. And there
fore, he decided to wa.r, with his
eyes very wide open, until sum* thing
else happened that would threw
light on the businer*
(Continued in The Morning Reel
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