T IE ( IMAHA SUNDAY . lEE day; Monday probably showm. —*"w S ^^______________________ ■ , irr*T ro vrn aq c it. iim, it - OMAHA SUNDAY MORNING MAY 13 1023 •** ■» mmi ,mr), mo m kmi), hi w»r. 12.11. «k i»» «»*. FIVE CENTS VUL. 52-NCJ. 48. Om«hj P. 0. Undar Aa» ot March 3. I329. UJHnnn, irhVj, l'lrti lo, J Outiida Ida ath »»a (i year)- Ball* aad Suaday. 312. Saaday aaly. 33 Ruhr, Court League U. S. Problems Americans to Be Calletl to Set tle European Tangle ^ hen Bight Time Comes, Observer Says. Issues Closely Related By MARK SI I.I.IVAV Washington, May 12.—Before be ginning a period in which Americas problem in Kurope will be treated from the poitil of view of being on the ground here in Kurope. it may l,o illuminating to clear the ground by outlining these problems as they now stand, from the point of view of America. ^0 -j'lio principal Kuropean problems of tile American government are at ihis moment resolved into three, each more or less distinct from tlie other. I p to tlie beginning of tlie year they were looked upon as one. But with tlie French invasion of the Ruhr that and the associated matter of German reparations became a separate prob lem. By the dissociation of this prob lem the matter of the league of na tions became a separate one. A lit tle later, with Harding's proposal that America should join tlie world court, there arose a third question which, although many democrats want to tie it up to the league of nations, will undoubtedly work out in the final evolution as a third and distinct issue. Considering first, for convenience, and also because the processes of its solution are more immediate, the presence of the French in the Ruhr and the associated problem of Ger man reparations. In this field we may start with an axiom. That axiom is that the fixing of the amount of the German repara tions as a definite sum—instead of the indeterminate sum which the Paris p'-ace conference Ipft it—must be the first step toward economic sta bility in the world. 1'ntil the amount Germany must pay is determined, and until Germany accepts the obligation (ja ’(Turn In Page El«ht. Column Three 1 Tornado Sweeps Tennessee Town Three Injured and Scores Made Homeless—Powder Plant Damaged. XashviHe, Tenn.. May 12.—One m;in may die, two are less seriously injur ed and a score of persona are home less as a result of a tornado which Btruck Edonwold, a small town five miles from here, this afternoon and swept on with full force to the former Qlil Hickory Powder plant, two miles ahead. The tqtal damage is esti mated at $100,000. Greatest damage was t^ne at Old Hickory, formerly the largest powder plant in the world, where 25 sections or powder storage buildings were de stroyed and 5.000.000 pounds of pow der exposed, possibly beyond recovery. At Edonwold six homes two stores, a school bouse and the post office were wrecked, the Eouisvllle and Nashville station was unroofed and barns were blown down. Witnesses said the tornado came with aparently less than a minute's warning and within another moment had passed through the village, do moliatllng buildings and subsequently strikin the government powder plant. The velocity of the wind was said to have been 100 miles an hour. Boy Riding < ioaster Is Injured l»v Automobile 1^ Waller John won, 715 South Thirty ^ first street, was run down and severe ly bruised last night by an auto mobile driven by W. M. Wilson, 2331 South Thlrty-fikst street, as Thirty first, and Jackson streets. Wilson told the police he did not see ihe boy, who was riding nn a coaster Walter was taken to Nicholas Sewn hospital. He later was removed to Ids homo. One Killed. Two Injured Vi lien Motor Cars Collide Stevens Point, Win.. May 12.—Gay* lord C. MacNish was killed and two men and two young women students at, the State Normal school here wore i injured when an autoinoiblc driven by MacNish collided with that, of Charles Worth tonight. Bodies Believed to Be Lost Aviators Found San Diego, Cal., May 1 —Two bodies, supposed to be those of Col. Francis Marshall, former chief of cavalry of the army, and Lieut. Charles Webber, aviator, who disap peared whilp flying from San Diego toward Tucson, Ariz., December 7, were found today in the Cuyamaca mountains of this county. As soon as the report reached this city, Maj. Henry Arnold, command ing Rockwell field, from which Web ber took ids last flight, having Colo hel Marshall as a passenger, organ ized a party to visit the scene and try to identify the bodies and the ma chine, in whose wreckage the bodies lay. He expressed little doubt that the bodies were those of Colonel Mar shall and Lieutenant Webber. The machine in which the two dead aviators were found had bpen burned. Nothing was left but the skeletons of the two men. Women Are Ready to Join Roundup for Ak-Sar-Ben Committee Will Consider Of fer of Aid in Making Suc cess of Big Member ship Drive. Omaha business women are eager to become "cowgirls" and join the businessmen "cowboys", in the big roundup for Ak Bar Ben members, Miss Fay Watts, president of the Business Women's association, advis ed J. E. .Davidson, big chief of the membership roundup, last night. "Even though we can't go to the Den and take part In the activities, we know the value of Ak-Sar-Ben,” said Miss Watts. "We stand ready to help the men in the hig roundup and we won't leave the saddle until the r,,009 members are lassoed." Other leaders in the women's or ganization joined with Miss Watts yesterday in the plea to let them “ride in the roundup." Will Consider Offer Charles Gardner, ' Samson” of the Kingdom of Qulvera, who Is an honor ary member of the Business W omen s association, will confer Monday with .Overseer Davidson and other mem tiers of the executive committee and decide whether the women are needed. “We'll do the business,” said Mary Marsden Kinsey, president of the Women's Ad club. “We write about 70 per cent of the advertising that goes into the papers, and if we can do that, we are capable of holding our own in the roundup. We would like to help. The 'cowboys' would have to ride pretty fast if we did." The Ak-Sar-Ben membership totaled more than 3,000 and is on Its way to ward the 4.000 mark. Samson said last night. * (onfident of Success. “We should have the 6.000 before the big den show starts,” said Mr. Davidson. "We will have, because the cowboy* have pledged to remain in the saddle until the 6,000th member is lassoed. The women are anxiously waiting for the decision of the roundup com mittee. "I hope we get a chance to organ ize and get men to join the Ak-Sar Ben," said Miss Belle Ryan of the Altruso club, a women'* organiza tion. “Tell the men to look out for us if we do get started." Editorial Manager of Toledo Blade Dies Toledo May 13.—Nathaniel Curwin Wright, for 15 years editorial man . ager of the Toledo ninde. died of heart disease this morning at his home here, lie was 53 years old. Mr. Wright whs horn August 11. i 186‘J. in Crawford county, Pennsyl* ! vania. Most of his early life was Ispent in Connorsville, Ind. i Mi*. Wright's first position as a re porter was on the Chicago Daily News. Mr. Wright remained with the Dally News from 181*0 to J8H2, serving as re|K>rter, assistant city editor and “ditoijal writer. In 181*3 he entered the service of th»* Associated Press and remained with that organisation ’until 18flU. Mr. Wright served as field cor respondent for the Associated Press , during the Spanish American war He wrote the vivid and famous story of ;the sinking of Admiral Cervera s fie t in .Santiago hay. If you like The Bee, tell your neighbor* about it. Charges of W. C. T. U. Stir Omaha Ministers, Club Women and Others Condemn Judge Wappich for Practices in Police Court. One Body Defends Him Official, professional and ministerial Omaha stood agog yesterday over the ( charges made hy a Women's Christian Temperance union committee against the alleged methods of Municipal Judge W. F. Wappich in central police court. Members of the clergy who were interviewed were firmly opposed to jazzing up justice" with witticisms, either clever or of the "coarse" variety described by the committee. City commissioners were somewhat inclined to take the matter lightly, one of them declaring that Judge Wappich is quite a "kidder." Committee Supported. Women prominent in club circles generally hesitated to commit them-, selves, although several expressed confidence in the veracity of the members of the committee. In the meantime the Women's Christian Temperance union shows no inclination to allow the matter to drop. "The organization is solidly behind the committee and its report," said Ur. Jennie Califas. president of the union. "The women on the committee are above reproach. The remarks they say Judge Wappich made are perfectly awful, and I don’t consider that a man who would make them is fit to be a judge. "Before making its report the com mittee had legal advice, and its in vestigation will not hive been in vain, for the members know what steps may lie taken. There is a special meeting of the union called for Tuesday nfter noon, at which time the report will be considered, resolutions prejiared and further action planned." Judge Defends Self. Judge Wappich vigorously defended himself against the charges, declaring the women were simply shocked at the police court environment, and that the language Is quite dignified. The judge found supjiort in the Ne braska Progressive club, members of which met Friday night, after the charges hud been made public. A committee made up of Sam Klaver; J. Alprin, O. h. Smernoff ami J. Gar finklc. appointed to Investigate, re ported that Judge Wapplch's method* are above reproach and that tie is the sort of a judge needed iij a police court. The report made by the in f stigut ing committee, charges Judge Wap p!ch with disrespect for national and state laws: undue levity in his com ment on the cases before him: laxity In the discharge of his duties: prnnuncla tior of inaccurate and unwarranted decision*: utterance of coarse, ungen tlemanly and un-American remarks and failure to give careful considera tion of evidence. "Without knowlhg the circum stances first hand I would hesitate to make a statement." said Mrs. H. C. Humney. prominent suffrage and Wo man's club worker. "Of course I know the women on the commutes and I consider them of the highest type, hut. then things sound differently to other people." Investigator lauded "1 scarcely know Judge Wappich. but 1 liave the greatest confidence In the Judgment of Mrs. W T Graham, who is one member of the women * committee with w hom I have worked.’’ (Turn to l'*«e Kmir, Column One.) Omaha Youth Is Voted Most Popular Member of Class at Princeton Princeton, N. J , May 12.— Howard 1K. Gray of Omaha, president of the senior class at Princeton, was voted the "most representative Prlnceton jian," the most popular member of the (lass and the inembet who had done the ntosl for It by Ills fellow seniors. Senior Statistics, published | by the class, announced today. John IT. Martin of Wlnnetku, Til., chairman of the Dally Prlngetonlan arid secretary "f the class, was voted the "liest all around man outside of | athletics," James i; ItaWs, Clarksburg. \V, Vu.. whs declared to he the "hand ; soniest man." and William Taylor, j Norfolk. Vic, the "best dressed." Movement to Acquit Envoy’s Slayer Gaining By Associated Press. Lausanne. May 12.—A strong popular movement In favor of the acquittal of Maurice Conradi, assas sin of the bolshevik envoy Vorovsky, seems to be taking shape throughout Switzerland. Numerous letters charg ing harshness toward the prisoner are being received by the conservative newspapers whose editorials condemn ed Conradi, although admitting ex tenuatlng circumstances. As for Conradi himself, he can scarcely complain of the treatment he Is receiving from the authorities. After his preliminary examination he was taken, unhandcuffed and ac companied by only one detective, through the streets to the jail. On the way he stopped in a bakery and bought buns and cakes for his supper. He seems not in the least downcast, chatting and occasionally laughing. Jewish Welfare Federation Heads Sued for $15,000 Mr*. Dora Simberg Alleges Money Was Taken Prom Home While She as Con fined in Hospital. Mrs. Dora Lena Simberg, 80 year old charity ward. In whose home sev eral thousands of dollars were found while she was a patient in a hospi tal here, filed suit yesterday in dis trict court to recover the money, which she estimated at between $1-1, 00O and $15.1000. Her attorney, John O. Yeiser, sr., named the defendants as Samuel H. Schaefer, Dr. Phillip Sher, Morris Levy, Henry Monsky, Dr. A. Green berg and Mrs. B. A. Simop. All of them are leaders in the Jewish Wel fare federation here. Mr. Monsky, speaking for the de fendants, said $1.087.5.3 was found in the home and the search was in stituted following a request made | by Mrs. Simberg to one of the women charity workers who called on her while she was confined in a hospi tal. Money in Milk Can. "The money was secreted in s 20 gallon milk can and other recepta ble*,'' read the Yeiser petition. ' ' The gold was w rapped in a Signal flag and the rest of the money was In $20 hills, hidden about the house. “She felt safe about leaving the money In tthe house because ghe wag ttie only one who knew abouit it,'* sulil Yeiser. Yeiser said the woman accepted aid from the Jewish Welfare federation following her husband's death because she did not want anyone to know that she had the money. "In March. 1921, she accidentally scalded herself and was taken to a hospital," the petition stated. "While In the hospital her home was entered and the money confiscated." Helped 15 Years. "Mrs. Bimberg and her husband were supported by the Jewish Wel fare federation for from 1*1 to 15 years." said Mr Monskv. "The Jewish Welfare federation, during the greater portion of this period, upon the fraud ulent misrepresentations made by Mr. Slmberg, prior to his death, and Mrs. Simberg. that they wer^j penniless. (Turn to Tiler Two, Column Two.) Author of “Poison Pen” Letters Is Mystery New York. May 12.—District At torney Itanton admitted today that he did not know the Identity of the au thor of obscene "poison pen letters which have been sent through the mails trt a*" socially prominent per sons here and In other eastern cities. "We do not know yet who wrote tl)n letters nr who mailed them," he ■aid after a conference with Nathan liurkan. counsel for Clcnrgr Maxwell, leader In social and musical spheres, i Ir,dieted by the grand jury charged with sending the letters Mr. Maxwell. It was said In a ca ble dispatch lo the New York World, will sail from Ilinden next Thursday rather than face possibility of extra ditlott proceedings. I Lincoln Woman Named Head of Stale History Teacher* Lincoln. May 12.—Uuni H. Pfeif fer, associate profoeaor of European | history nt the 1'nlveralty <>f Nebraska j wns elactod president of th»* Stale Hi* i tory Taachers* aaHorlatlon ft* the clou ilnK eenalon here today. Prof. J. L. Taylor «>f Donne college Prate, will elected vice preMldenf. and Margaret Duvl* of the Lincoln High | Hchool, secretary treasurer. Uncle Sam: “I Expect You to Conquer the Beast Next December.” Mrs. Armstrong Loses Custody of m Her Daughter, 4 Francis Armstrong Wins Suit to Modify Divorce Decree — Fudge Day Scores Tactics in Case. Maxine, S. was taken from her nether. Mrs. Hi a n Armstrong, and placed in custody of her father. Fran cis Armstrong, by decision of Dis trict Judge Day yesterday after final testimony In the father's suit to modi fy the degree obtained by the mother February 1. lt>:2. The case has been bitterly fought. Two weeks ago testimony whs given that I.. R. Johnson of the Fnion Pa cific freight office, and Charles Kin delar of Kopac Brothers company have been paying attentions to Mrs. Armstrong slme the divorce. Mrs. Clara Chase, cousin of Mrs Armstrong, testified yesterday that Mrs. Armstrong told her Kindelar had sent a tricycle to Maxine. Kindelar had denied this. "In all my career on the bench,” said Judge day, "I have never heard so much perjured testimony or listen ed to so many coached witnesses as in this case. The mother. In my opin ion. Is not a proper person to have the little girl." Provision was made In the doelsion for Mrs. Armstrong to *<»e Maxine the first and second Saturdays and the second and fourth Sundays each month. The Armstrongs wore married in Paplltlon October 15, 1917. Judge W.okeley nwareil Mrs. Armstrong an absolute decree with custody of the girl and Sr 5 month alimony. Arm strong filed a motion asking for re ductloTv of alimony and custody of the child He charg's Mrs, Armstrong with giving false testimony. The Weather T op 24 hours >nt. ;;7; mf«n, *41; no mini* l. m. T«*»i%! **t > g(g pinr. I tnuarv 1. 1*4 lirlittlt | Humidity. IVrrrntuge. 7 n m . fir,, noon. &?. 7 p in.. HP Hourly Ti'iii|M'rntur<‘<«. b i» m lpm . . {*2 fi * in !7 3 p m H 7 H ft! II 1 1 p. m . Hu m. 41 4 p. Hi. f»? H in. 4 4 ■« p m . S4 Ifi « in, 41 fi p. in .IT IIm m .... 14 1 7 p in . 17 II noiin .'.i. . . .>0 J l WHERE TO FIND TV>c Big Feature* in THE SUNDAY BEE P%BT ONK. Paf I — Mark Sullivan* W eekij Political He t lew. Page I—.‘The If ou«e of PerU.'* a Thrilling Story of Ixnr and Mv» tery. b> I mil* Trary. Page 4—hlltorlal. PART TWO. Page* I, t and 3—Iwtent New* of • he World of Sport*. Page* f and 3— \ ui.-mobile Section. Page 4—An IlliiMt rated Story shoeing Progr**** on the >ev» State Capi tol lliiilding at I.lncofn. Page 4—Tlie Omaha Ilea Informa tion Hurra u. Page-* «—Kev. 1-eorge Miller. Oninlia l*a«tor Tell* of the Wonder* of the l’to«lun Play W hirh He Wltne**ed at Oberajnmergau. Page* M. 9, 10 and II—< landfled Ad*. PAKT TIIKEF. X Page* I, !, 1 and 4—Society. Page shopping With Pollj. Page 0—- A movement*. Page* 7, H and !»—Movie Section. Page P— Ne*« of the Mu*lr World. Page P—Travel and K«*«rt* Page ICS—Helen and Warren. P \KT PK K. Four Page* of th«* Mo*>t Popular 4 rniir* l*\KT FIV F. Magazine Section Page I—Authentic Story of llova a \ oting Mevlruu <*lrl Tried t« W in Charlie Chaplin \wa> From Poll* Negri and \tternpted to < onimlt sulrlde W hen She Failed. Page i—"S*nif Talk of \ leitinder,*’ one of the M-**t Thrilling Short siurS-w From the Pen of A. S. M. llutrhln*on. Author of the Famou* Novel. “If Winter Come*.** rn*«* a—notini 1 mi i.ihi* i« nnow How U> Aii'U) tielting Married * Then K**nay." I* AHT s|\ Koto*rat ure Section. I'agr t—A rase of lntere*tinf Ne hr**kia Scene*. Plage* t and 3—Mlocellaneou* Pic ture#. live Taken in Haiti Held on $2!>0 Komi Each by INcw Rub' On » complaint of disorderliness Detectives English and Ryun raided a house at 2240 North Thirteenth street Iasi night. Ida Payne was charged with keeping a common and ill-go verked house. Two other women and two man were arrested as in lander a ruling of Police Commie I’ndtr a ruling of Police t'onimis sloner Hutlei* they were hehl for r* lease on 1250 hond. The commission er made the ruling applicable to all persona arrested on similar charges Deputy Finds Bi«; Quantity of Hootch in W oman’s Home Agnes Brazda Fails to Recog nize Tliestmp in Serving Beer—Modern Plant Confiscated. Three hundred and seventy five quarts of beer and one gallon of wine were seized last night by Ole Thes trup, deputy sheriff In a raid at the home of Agnes Brazda. 5107 South Twenty-first street. This is one of the biggest hauls in Omaha's history. A shed in which a still was found was kepi at an even temperature by an electric stove A large vat was connected with an icing system for cooling beer. Thestrup first went to the base ment of the Brazda home, where a "saloon," with bar and booths, was located He was waited on by Miss Brazda. who served him a glass of beer. ■'Well. Acne*." he smiled, "I guess you don't know who 1 am.” She then recognized ihe deputy sheriff. Miss Brazdiv offered to lead Thes truii to all the evidence if he would promise Jtiot to "tear up everything." Miss Brnzda was taken to the South Omaha jail A charge of illegal pos session will be placed against her Monday, the deputy said -»■ Fifty others who were in the place were not arrested Thestrup reoog tilled seme o ft hem -qs !>eing Creighton university students. Turks at Peace Parley V-k Police Protection Hr l’rc**. IetuMiint' May 12—The authorities of the canton of Vaud. of which this I city i* the capital, are taking meas ure* to suppress any demonstrations by the extremists in rfmsequenco of i the assassination of the soviet envoy Vorovsky. A proclan alien has l>*s n issue*! in i terdictlng all mass meetings. in the street or public squares and for* 1 biding any processions organized with political significance Rumors of possible attempts on the lives of the Turkish delegates by d;s ! contented Armenians rut Greeks t*' ,d.i> caused tbe Angora representatives to request additional pnllco protection. Johnson Is Stopped in 11th Round Former Champion of \X orld Defeats Young Iowan After Desperate Battle—Youth on Floor at Bell. Omahan Defeats Reisch KKSfLTS Of FIGHTS. Jess W illard knockrd out Floyd Johnson in lltli round. I^iuis Firpo knocked out Jack MeAuliffe II, third round. Jack Krnault won from Frrd Fulton, fourth round. Harry Drake won derision over Joe McCann, end fourth round. Tiny Jim Herman knocked out \l Keieli, sixth round. By DAMON KIM ON. By t nlversal Service. Yankee Stadium, New York, May 12.—Youth, take off your hat and bow low and respectfully to age. The thing that wasn't in the vard*. the thing that couldn't be, dccurred. Jees Willard, whose 43 years are supposed to make him the pugilistic personification of old Father Time himself, this afternoon emerged from liRsheenville with a rush and utterly wrecked a house of ancient tradition. Including the one that "they don't come back.” A little bit g-ray and looking as ma ture as a retired farmer, the former champion of the world stopped Floyd Johnson, the 23-year-old Iowa boy, after 11 rounds of desperate fighting, in the feature bout of the greatest boxing show for charity in the his tory of the country. It was the show at the Yankee's new stadium for the benefit of the free milk fund of the mayor’s com mittee of women and attended by t>n - 000 people. Round after round the great crowd rat watching In amazement the re turn ef the man the world of sport -aid could not come back a« he fought Johnson fnto submission. - Johnson Forced to Quit. Round after round they watched, fairly astounded, the courageous ex hibition of the young fellow from the middle-west as he piled bead on and mauling into the gigantic form of the Kansan, taking terrific punishment. In the 11th Willard knocked his youthful opponent over with terrific lightning uppercuts. Johnson being on the floor when the bell rang dos ing the round. Then, as Johnson sat on his stool in his comer dazed, his seconds working over him derperate (Turn to I'scr Two. ti.lamn Three > Man Held as Suspect m N. Y. Bomb Plot New Y-»rk. May ll.—The Wall street bomb explosion was recalled again tonight when police arrested Noah l.erner. 2J. an electrician, on a charge of homicide in connection with the disaster which killed more than SO persons on September !£, 1*20. l.erner is charged wi-h having hired the siren that carried the ex plosives to Wall street, the police an nounced. • The Information that brought his nrr-st was said to have 1 een given to the district attorney by Mr and Mrs Thomas Doyle f Baton Rouge. Pa. l.erner was a resident or the Rus ts-* colony In Hues.a. lo which tile Doyles and their two children were sent from New York, It w as said, and they were reported to have told the district attorney that he boast-d open lj of Ida part in the Wall stree* j tragedy. Tort Worth Block Burns; Three Firemen Injured i-Vrt Worth. Tex. Max- 12 - Kir* am! IVlice Commissioner John Alder man and two firemen were injured tonight when flames wilted What III)' Itutler Koiniil. Marie, the parlor maid, tossed her head Indignantly. She jerked a thumb toward the stairs and the upper re glens of the house generally "A nice lot!” she cried. "Not one of 'em gone home. This joint ain't s fit place for a decent girl. I’ll heat it at the etid of the month." The butler looke dpuzzlcd He was, as all butlers should be. tall, portly, bald headed and English. It Is almost gi impossible to imagine an American ~ butler. He glanced up the stalls, as though expecting the comparative gloom of the hallway landing to yield some sort of confirmation or denial of the girl's statement. “Buie?" he Inquir'd ‘DC course, I'm sun " Indeed, Me rk wan vehemently so "Didn't 1 1'ttk In when 1 kem down.' ijituU (trunk, all of 'em. And, oh, the smell!' Rika ptissin* a corner saloon In Se v- j epth avenue on a Saturday night be fore prohibition." "Well, well," said the butler. "I'll just go an' see what the trouble In " "Hotter ring up the fire station, an’ get ’ern to lend you a hose." snorted the parlor maid. The man turned on the stub's. ap parently wishing to say something. Hut. lie repressed the words, whatever they might have been. Repression was a habit lie had cultivated of late \ear». lie walked on, treading with the remarkable lightness of step often | found In big, heavy men. I The house was a Fifth avenue man ' sion, but not typically ho. since its architecture was simple ,,nd pleasing. It stood on the south corner of n r roas t< wn street not far abov e the •u*t" •utigme iu Central puiV its rooms were arranged in the shape of an "I,," whereof the longer part fared the street and the shorter the1 avenue. In the Inner Motion were the staircase, elevator and a series of bathrooms, linen closets and store cupboards. A gallery gave access to the main rooms on the first floor, and, the butler made for the spacious draw ing room, whb h hsd three windows I icing W'est and two north. All of, these opened on to a balcony, protect id by a wrought iron railing The Poor was situat' d near the south wall The first whiff of thi' air from the Interior more than justlHed the par lor maid’s disagreeable recollection of the week end odors of certain parts of Seventh avenue, although her sar i astir comment bod. to a some ex lent, prepared the butler for the ex tinordinary *»«jne that met Ida eyes -veta drawn, uni clusters Of electric light* shone through a nllght h»»/.«* of tobacco sinok« .Mostly lying on the fiooi throe being nprawled awkwardly r»« mps a long d ung room table -were j;i young men. nil In evening drew*, nil appar ently sodden with alcohol, and quite Insensible. Neither the parlor mold'* glfcnpse of thlN disreputable gathering nor her scornful description of It prevented the hufler from being surprised and slightly alarmed. Never before had the member* of the q^ngiilnrly named Ac« i lub Indulged in Hindi an orgy. He knew at once that somethlfig out of the common bad happened. Ueing a liuilvr, hi* Hist thought flew to the quality of llfpiior the reveler* had Irn hlbetl. blit, unless some uncanny chance had Intervened that question • otdd not mdse, as cver> bottle on the tablt cam* tram one of the beet atockod ccdlur* in New York and bore i prewar label. S et itiepo \v< 11 drt'HPi d young*trr* eeenied to be hel|de**ly IntnxiCAted. Their ntertorou* breathing and aban* tinned attitude* gave that evidence of that apparent fnrt. Then the but !•» Miirrcd. nut willingly. It in true, but rather with tin* air of an expert leHtlng *<11110 *u*pect«*d compound. “That'll neither rhntnpalgn. nor i whltiky. nor brandy, nor any liquor! that I know or," ho muttered; 'I wonder what it ‘can b«'V Naturally be nought a more whole nome ntnionphore and a letter light, there being few thing* On earth *o thoroughly ghaatly a* an all might de* bam h llluinhiatnd by electricity at nig gling agHlnut the hopm* of a sum* mpf morning* mm, even them' i found but «h ■ a*lon*l ohltlkadn dark Mur blind*. bu be rgth*i * hurried nr roan t hr room in the nearest wm (low overlooking Central park, try ing, n« he went, to ascertain with sidelong glance whether or not An- ‘ tlmny van Cortland, his employer, was as utterly hors de combat as (he U’ guests. S'es, so far ns hr could judge, van Cortland s plight was In no wise less discreditable Ilian that of any of hta friends. Indeed the host "Was stretched on his back on the hearth rug,-in front of a die* place which stood between the two, northerly windows So tho butter raised thy blind and opened the window both above and below*, lie had closed the door when he entered the room. Hence, there was not a pronounced draught, but the Inrush of sir was nevertheless wholesome and effective. He went to the second, or rentei window but has brought up with a distinct shock. In a largo glass howl, nearly tilled j with water, and standing on a high | lun narrow round table, was a plump goldfish floating on its hack—quite dead The butler uttered a moat Un hntler like expression. This litt creature had I teen Ida pet for many month* Mechanically hla hand went to a Ixicket to the loose Jacket he wore at that hour of the day He hrxmght forth a paper hag of ant egg* with which lie was wont to feed Ins liny friend which should now he darting in meteoric flight up and down and around the Kisln In anticipation of a speedy meal Hut nexer again would those Oital hues flash from the ;i: di scent laxly It xxaalxmg motionless upside down on the surface of the water You l»ov xxre thing ' said the t»: "You poor, ha unless, xxte thing' lifting tt with a tenderness he knew to he of no avail, >10 tried to restore vitality hv the warmth of his linger* The least wriggle would have brought hope. But the tish wn* dead without anv manner of doubt, had prwlvably been dead suede hour*. He put It back In the water Some drops fell on the paper hag. and a shewn of ant egg* streamed onto the carpet vga.n the butler muttered an oath. He glanced angrily at the IS prostrate men. and was tempted to arouse the n to no gentle mean* But his habit of self restraint came to his aid He placed the package on the table and ra *ed that Mjrd a* Well. He w a a bo if ..pm w -,dow . > v>' , out of -he tail of hts rye as it were, hr noticed a peculiar *-i p. ■ men on his emficy** s face, Ha described it afterwards a» "la w%ay 4 Tara te I'aa* K>« M. 4>taata Par.)