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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 ><ndirur p tu , May 12.
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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**n<! Slrphrn bsiwk'i
Mirth Provoking T*le. There'* •
Irtish in Eirr) IJne.
Pnge 4—Happy land, for the Kiddie*.
|\»gc &—l.eitrr* From X.ittle Folk* of
Hnppy land
Pose «—I uiktiion Funny.
P«fe 1—The True story of the Her
oine of. Tw,. |»i%orce«* Mho*#* F1r*»t
Vfti*h:ind Killed lllmself After she
Kan Away With Another Woman*
H unhand.
I'Mge N—O. O. McIntyre, in Humor -
Oil* A eln. Tell* of the Thrill* He
Hud AA h**n He Saw III* AA ife Kid
Ins nn Elephant in a I Iren* I'amde.
lose II—A he Martin AA rile* on “Topic*
o* th* l>ay."
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 <jut an
1 enru-e block in the buainass district,
tile main buildings of which werw
I occupied by the Hubert garage Tbs
! loss is estimated at flSP.flOO to $200.
1001'. )
The nort hw est resident*! section of
] the city for a time was threatened
(because of the strong wind. Tie
| fire started on the sec-on# flow of the
garage.
llonvicted of Murder.
i 'imago. May 12— trthur Ke«tei
wag found guilty by a Jury tonight of
' the death of Mrs Kate M. Troetell and
l s |-.ii.sli:nent was fixed at dc.ith.
THE HOUSE OF PERIL —A Thrilling Story of Love and Mystery— By Louis Tracy
CHAPTER I >
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.)