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    China’s Yellow Sea
Spanned by Fliers
in Six-Hour Flight
_ r
America** Air Magellan* Out
of Land During Entire
Trip; Royally Feted
at Shanghai.
Told By I.OWEI.I, THOMAS.
(<'opyr!fht, 1924.)
"When the •Chicago’ encountered
difficulty In getting off the glassy
water of Kagoshima bay, and when
Smith signaled the
rest of us to push
right on to China,
we headed the
’New Orleans’ and
’Boston’ straight
across the open
sea. and for six
solid hours flew
entirely out of
sight of land. This
was our longsst
sea journey up un
til this time,” say*
Erik Nelsen, who
was the only one
of the world fliere
familiar with tile
China coast. As a sailor befora ths
must Erik had spent weeks idling in
these waters over which he now flew
In a few hours.
"With the shores of beautiful
-Japan and ths cons of Kakuralima
rapidly melting into the sky behind
us, I am sure the thoughts of all of
rlis were on what an interesting time
we had passed in the land of th*
mikado, of what a relief Japan had
been after coming down from the
edge of the Arctic of the honors that
had been heaped upon ns. snd of the
brilliant people we had met. It was all
so wonderful that we were in a bit
of a daze.
Conducive lo Thinking.
"But my thoughts, ss we clipped
off mile after mile snd hour after
hour of open sea between Japan and
china, were of the days of long, long
ago. In fact it seemed as though it
must hava been in another life, on
some other planet, that I was a sailor
on a tramp windjammer. My! What a
difference there is between a barque
that takes from one to two years to
sail round the world, and an aerial
cruiser like the 'New Orleane’ ihst
makes the circuit of the globe in less'
than thres weeks' flying tims. In a
little mors than 10 years I not only
had seen this miracle, but had taken
part in It.
"And as we Hew on snd on toward
China, my engine was running so
smoothly that ths ship seemed to be
flying itself, and I dropped into a
reverie, and seemed to see dozens of
giant planes passing ms in the sky
with passengers making week-end
trips between fthanghal and San
Francisco, just as they do between
Fails and latndon now, snd it seemed
to me that the airplane was destined
to be the agency that would bring
the races of ths world Into stjf-h inti
mate contact with each other that
lli»y would no more feel Inclined to
wage wars than the people of Oregon
t»el like fighting the Inhabitants of
Georgia or Florida.
Plsnes Htimtilats Japan.
"If our flight helps to hasten this
era all of us will b# repaid a million
tim»s over for our efforts. Just what
dgnifleanee It will have to our fellow
•o intrymen we do not know. But
one thing we do know, and that Is
(hat it has dons mors to stimulate en
thusism for aviation In Japan than
any other event In the history of that
country.
"The Japanese had made little
progress in the sir. The more con
servative leaders In both army and
navy, juat as in every other country,
nested aviation as something merely
In the experimental stage. But when
iliev saw us land on their island after
having flown all the way across the
Fa rifle and when Ihey realized that
their country was merely on* of 2?
-ountries w* wets lo visit on ou
flight, they seemed to wake up lo the
possibilities of aviation with greater
epeed than they awoke when Com
modore Perry and h!s American fleet
opened the doora of Japan to the
commerce of th# world Just a little
over a. half century ago. They put in
orders for the building of fleets or
airplanes and for the construction of
slrshlps twice the size of the Shenan
doah and ZR 3. of which w# are *n
proud.
Destroyers Guard Path.
"Part of the time while speeding
serosa the Tellow sea T did nothing
but think and let Jack take the
wheel. We often relieved each other
like that. Nor Is there * more Ideal
place In the world to think than in
the cockpit of a plane as you race
scros* th# sky at 70, or 100. or 150
miles an hour. If th* sky 1* clear snd
von are high enough from the earth
not to be Interested in th* affairs of
th* world below, and If your motor I*
singing a melody of power that Is one
lung rythmical harmony to your ears,
you snd your plana seem to merge
ioiu un*. Th* swiitnese of your
flight seams to blow the cobwebs
from your hralii and you can do mure
clear thinking lo two hours than
you ion do in two days In a crowded
cl I y.
We had left Kagoshima bay at t:2»
In the morning. A half hour later
we had reached the open aea. Our
fl ght had been across th* water at
the place where th* Yellow snd China
seas merge into one. One hour off
the coast ws passed over the Ford,
which was the first of the string of
destroyers strung all th# way serosa
to Chins to be on hand In css# of en
gine trouble. W* passed nine other
destroyers besides the Ford, snd when
40 miles off the Chin* coast we could
tall that, w# were approaching the
mouth of a great river. Moat of the
way Ih* sea. had been a deep blue.
Then it changed to green and ws
knew that It was much shallower.
But a* w* neared the mainland of
Asia It *11 of * sudden turned *
muddy brown.
YangU* Divides Chin*.
"This Indicated to us that we were
approaching th# delta of one of the
largest rivers In th# world. Ihe
Tangiz* Klsng, a river longer than
th» dlalanc# front Han Francisco lo
Nsw York. Ths Ysngtzs Kiang la
the Mississippi of China and d vldea
the country Into two parte Teqs of
/niftlons of people live nn lie ahoies.
and millions actually live thrlr< entire
Ives nn Its broad expanse In house
■ •cate sumps ns, and junks. Among
♦he cities nn It* bank* are Shanghai,
•hothe size of Philadelphia; Nan
king, nearly a* large a* Boston;
Hehkow, which is aa large as St.
IjOiiIm and New Orleans combined;
ftoochow*. In the delta, about the aize
of Detroit, and a score of other* all
over 100,000 in population.
"A* we flew across the mouth of
the river r.nd drew near Shanghai we
were amazed at the number of
Chinese water craft under us. The*
river seemed jammed with tens of
thousands of junks, sampane, and
steamer*. I had seek nothing llkr
this on my previous visit to China,
long year* before. But we found,
when he came down, that the har
bormaster had held up all traffic In
the river for hours. Just In one
bunch there were over 250 boat.;
loaded with fish, and they did not
represent one hundredth of 1 per cent
of all that vast mass of water craft
The harbormaster didn't know just
how much space we would require, so
he had cleared several miles in or
der that we would he sure not to
repeat the experience of D'Oisy, the
French airman, who only a few days
before had crashed on the outskirts
of Khanghai.
"Our American friends had worried
greatly for fear that in coming down
in tha harbor we would amaah up on
a sampan or Junk. Captain Mister hud
spent sleepless nights thinking about
It. That waa the main subject of
conversation, and every one seemed
much relieved to see us arilve with
out crashing.
Change Motor Kihaust*.
"On nur way across the Yellow* sea
the exhaust pipe on the right hand
side of my engine had gotten so hot
that the ruhhrr had all burned off the
Ignition wires. If we had been obliged
to fly an hour or two longer we
might have had serious trouble and
plunged into the sea. During our
brief stay In Shanghai we had new
exhaust slack*, «hort open ones, put
on ail the planes.
"We had been having trouble with
the long onee cracking, getting
•trained, and burning out the ex
hauat gasket*. I aucceeded In er
ranging with a machine shop In s
Chinese shipyard to work night and
day making the short alack* end from
then on wa had nn more trouble
"Immediately after the reception nn
the boat we rowed hack to our plane*
and went to woik. In doing so w
disappointed people ashore who had
arranged an even more elaborate re
[caption. Wa l-u i afterwards that
tha resarva militia, on horseback and
In full regalia, ware waiting on di eas
parade to receive us. But It was long
after dark when we finished oil:
work. Of course we much disliked
disappointing people, hut 1 am afraid
this occurred In many clllcs.
fireat Reception at Hotel.
“When we finally left the ship
we were taken to the Hotel Astor.
and on entering the lobby, had it not
been for the Chinese attendants snd
the throng* of smartly dressed people
from all over the world, we might
have thought ourselves In a New
York. Paris or Condon hotel After
we had dieased and dined, car*
whiaked na through the street* to
a, charity hall which w* were told
had been postponed In order thnt It
might coincide with out* srrlval. II
was held In tha home of some mcr
chant prince. But It was more of a
palace than a mere house.
■'Upon entering we wei e asked to
stand In front of some massive double
doors for s moment. We were stand
Ing there Innocently, when sudden
|y they swung open, sml we nearly
dropped through the floor with flight
Theie we wen* facing a gieat throng
of peotile In evening dree*. Home one
behind 'is gave » gentle above to pie
vent iis from iiinnlng sway. As we
entered through an si de the on hev
tig hurst lorlti, ami lltll* gn I* in
sweet little dresses walked In front
of us strewing roses and singing. 1
felt like a burglar caught with the
goods. We were told later fthat our
expressions when the doors swung
open were very amusing.
Stunning Kvening Low ns.
"We had never seen such a bril
llant affair. The women wore stun
ning evening gowns, dazzling Jewels,
and diamond tiaras. The men were
dressed in the uniforms of a dozen
different nations."
Next day Smith and Arnold arrived
and again the reception committee
the foreign colony, and vast throng*
of Chinese were out on the Yangtze*
Kiang to meet. them. The second
day th« boys worked on the planes
until after dark and when "Lea" and
Leigh resurmed to the hotel they had
on their greasy unlopalls. The native
footmen at the door of the Astor or
dered them around to the tradesmen>
entrance.
In the meantime Smith and Nelson
were busy with naval officers figur
ing out the beat way to 'takeoff
from Shanghai and arranging for
several destroyers to drop down the
const and prepare a special landing
place where they could refuel, because
they knew It was going to be ex
tremely difficult to get out of the
Yangtze Kiang without hitting sam
pans or junks even though thev only
carried a light load of gas and oil.
Krik and .lack had an exceeding!'
narrow escape on the morning of
May 7. when attempting to "takeoff.'
The traffic on the river was so great
that the harbormaster bad not been
able to clear a very wide stretch. The
first time the three planes attempted
to get into the air they couldn't make,
it, nearly collided with f'hlncse craft,
turned and taxied hack, and then
made a second attempt. The Chicago
and Boston succeeded in getting off,
but Krik and dark went sailing up
the Yangtze Kiang at SO miles an
hour, dodging sampans, freighters,
ocean liners and junks. The other
hoys watched them with their heart*
in their mouths fully expecting to sec
the New Orleans have a headon col
lision. hut were Immensely relieved
|to *e« her Just clear the mast of p.
junk.
With,only enough gasoline to carry
them a abort way down the t’hlnu
toast they flew from 7:50 until 1- ’*0
when they descended near a destroyer
in Tcblmkoem bay. This body of
water turned out to be not nearly as
well protected from the open sea »s
It looked on the map Hug** rollers
were coming in, blit the plane* sim
ply had to descend, because they weje
i. early out of fuel. Their takeoff
through the rollers wns another one
of those episode* of the trip when
they didn't know whether they were
!going to make it or not.
Ksperlemes of this klnn were si
most, an every day occurrence with
|them by now. On every flight they
were always facing death, flying In
all sorts of weather, never knowing
Just what the country was going to
be like up ahead, and realizing that
if anything went wrong and If the
motor forced them to land immediate
|ly they were almost certain to crash
Head the next installment of the
thrilling story of the round-the-world
flight In The Omaha Bee tomorrow.
Rank in Minneapoli*
I* Destroyed l»y Fire
Minneapolis. Minn.. I tec. 25.—Fir*'
today destroyed the two-story building
occupied by the Maniuette National
hank and the Martinet tr Tnlat com
p*nv. In the downtown section. The
loss was estimated at fit A, 000, Four
viinils protected 11,0^5,000 in serin t
Mrs and hank records Two Airmen
were Injured.
Too much sugni will pm vent It •
i cm to i m»m fi ccKing quickly j
[ The Daily Cross Word Puzzle
By RICHARD H. TINGLEY.
Horizontal.
1. Greasy subatances.
5. In thia manner.
9. Small boat.
10. To protect a criminal.
12. Pertaining to (suffix).
13. Character of woven fabric.
15. The sun god
17. A auffix meaning footed.
19. Dial ribul iona.
20. To dreas flax.
21. Grand.
23. Rnderha nded.
24. Small trench gun.
25. Denominations.
27. Refuses to support his po
litical psry.
28. A lest.
29. A fabric.
22. The choicest part.
36. Space occupied by person or
thing.
37. Kitting.
39. Again.
40. Compound of atoms.
4 1. A variety of moth.
43. To go (Scottish).
44. Personal pronoun.
45. Gift.
47. Transportation line tabbr ).
49. l.eas thoroughly cooked.
50. Mutilates.
52. Pedal digits.
63. Vehicle on runner.-.
Vertical.
1. Musical note.
2. An emmet.
3. Nailed end to end.
4. Males and females collective
ly.
«. Truthfully.
6. Belonging to her.
7. *Sevlceableness.
8. Chemical lymbol for sele
n i it m.
3. To call
11 To apply a special process to.
12. Imitates.
14. Charm’s (poas.).
1 ft. Sums up.
18. Choice of words.
?o. Slow ringing of a bell.
22. Our smallest coin < alibi ).
24. Toward.
2 ft. pa It.
27. Secondary.
2 3. Neat.
30. Lover.
31. Long meter fabbr.).
33. Musical note.
34. Pulls apart.
3 5. Water pitcher.
3 7. Supports.
38. Abounds.
41. Crowing timber.
42. Pertaining to • fish fins; the1
opposite of dorsal.
4 5. For.
4ft. To fasten.
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The solution will apixar tomor
row.
Solution of yesterday’s puzzle will ap
pear at mi enrly date.
Mussolini Asks
Fascist Leaders
For Confidence
Italian Premier Characterizes
“Fairy Tales'’ Attributed to
Him as Absurd; Declares
Himself on Elections.
Bj A*MriH|fd I*reM.
Rome, Dec. 25.—Premier Mussolini
hits made a declaration to the vsri
otis facist deputies regarding reports
in circulation on his recent election
announcement, according to the Mes
saggero.
“You who know me." said Musso
lini, “realize the absurdity of certain
•fairy tales attributed to* me, for
which I am not responsible. It is
not my habit to make compromises
with anyone. I do not need to make
a compromise with Signor Kalandra,
who has not quit the majority. Who
else? With Giolitti? I have spoken
with him once only, when during
the discussion of the present elec
toral law he asked whether I sup
ported a quorum of 50 or 25, and I
replied in favor of 25. I proposed
electoral reform on my own initia
tive. It is not connected with any
aims suggested in more or Iftss ?>ad
faith by niv adversaries. It is part
of a plan of reform which I have in
mind and which I Intend to carry
out from time to time independently
of the dreams of my adversaries.
i house Suitable Moment.
“It was necessary to announce sud
denly what has been called Satur
day s thunderbolt' because of the
secrecy maintained previously, but
that docs not mean that It was not
profoundly considered. I even fore
casted it some time ago. It will be
approved whether the Aventine oppe
sit ion comes in or not, and election
will be carried out under me, though
it was impossible to do that Immedi
ately. I shall choose a suitable mo
ment. taking into account the con
ditions of the country.
I shall also study more closely
the parliamentary majority and ac
quaint myself better with the depu
ties individually. There are fascist!
who think like liberals; there are un
disciplined facisti, and others moved
by personal considerations.
Election Dale Not Filed.
"Elections will he called when T
think l>est; the idea that this will be
at onse is unfounded. Re sure that
fascistom will he victorious in the
new elertlons, but whether before or
After them. I shall continue tran
quilly to carry out my plan. If this
is considered a thunderbolt, there will
he others from time to time. I have
long had under consideration s pre
else plan; I know what I shall do
from today through the whole year
of 1925. The present chamber ha*
still work to do. The press law' wftl
he discussed the beginning of Jan
uary.
“Ft does not interest me what the
Aventine opposition does or does not.
If these deputies do not desire to 1
ballot for the election there are other ,
ways to know the will of the country. !
“The Matteotti trial will take place j
1 have nothing to fear; justice shall ‘
take Its course. I have no need to j
propose amnesty to the king regard- 1
ing the Matteotti rrime. much less
bargain for it. Therefore I have
faith and shall take no notice of the!
false reports circulated by my i
enemies."
CLAIMS OF GRAND
DUKE CRITICIZED
Ntv/ York. Deo. 25.—Prince Sergoi
Roman vov*k\\ duke of T/enchten
berg, nephew of the queen of Italy,
cousin of the Hrand Duke and Duch
ess Cyril and of the Into Tsar N’i«*h
olas of Russia, came here today on
the Italian ship Duillo for a two
month visit with Krneato Fabrio of
New York.
Critisizing the ft rand Puke Cyril
for hi* pretentions to the Russian
throne. Prince Romanovskv said hie
cousin s claims were without founds
tion.
“The Orand Duke Cyril wa* on the
side of te Kerensky government,
which opened the doors of Russia to
the bolsheviks.'' he said. "Ha Is has
Ing hi* claim on tradition. Tradition
alone these day* has nothing to do
with government. The man who con
quers nr overthrow* the soviet re
glme should he the one *ppninted tsar
of all the Russia*. And |t will take
unprecedented courage for * man to
put Russia on it* feet again.'*
Simplicity Marks
Christmas Day at
J
National Capital
Cabinet Members Follow Lead
of President and Mrs. Cool
ing*- in Quiet Observance
of Day.
Washington, Deo. 25.—The siin*j
plicity that attends observance of
Christmas in rural Vermont marked
the day at the White House anti in
a measure i>ervadetl the entire life of
the capital.
Whether by design or not, observ
ance of the holiday throughout Wash
ington partook of the quiet and
simple manner of Celebration of
President and Mrs. Coolidge partly
through the inherited custom of
their Vermont forebears and partly
because of the recent vacancy in the
family circle.
Cabinet members remaining in the
city for the holiday observed the fes
tival with members of their families,
and those of high and low degree in
official and private life followed
much the same plan. There were
few of the receptions and parties that
once marked the day in the capital.
President at Desk.
Mr. Coolidge refused to permit the
holiday to interfere entirely with his
routine. He and Mrs. Coolidge, al
though late in retiring last night be
muse of the Christmas carol service
on the north lawn of the White
House and the buffet supper they
served to the singers afterward In
ihe state dining room, arose and had
breakfast at the usual hour.
Nine o'clock saw the president In
his office, but a clear desk greeted
him and so he wandered through the
executive offices seeking among the
desks the overnight accumulation of
mail. Finding this, he sorted it out.
taking with him a few' letters that
appeared most likely to he addressed
to his personal attention, and then
taking a seat beside the policemen's
dewk in the main lobby read the
morning newspaper*.
Stearns Only finest*.
Returning to the executive man
sion he spent an hour with Mrs. t’nol
fdge and John, his son. and the White
House's only Christmas guests, Mr.
and Mrs. Frank W. Stearns of Bos
ton. and then the entire party drove
to the First Congregational church,
for the union Christmas day services,
held under the auspices of the Wash
ington federation of churches. Min
ister* representing the leading
Protestant denominations of the city
participated in these services and a
sermon entitled "The Abiding Joy of
the Shepherds." was preached by thej
Rev. Charles Wood of the Presbyter- |
tan Church of the Covenant.
Again before luncheon Mr. Coolidge
visited his offh e and finding there
Rudolph Forster. White House exe< u
tlve clerk, went over a few matters
with him. Iwite in the afternoon he
went out for « long walk in the
sharp air of a partly cloudy day.
Mr. and Mrs. Stearns were the only
guests at the Christmas dinner- to
night. at which the pla< e of pr» mi
nenre was given to a monstor turkey,
raised on a government reclamation
projec t In Wyoming and sent to the •
White House by the I Jon* club Of
Riverton, Wyo. The government de
partments. which closed Wednesday1
noon, will re-open tomorrow, hut con j
gtess wi’* not reconvene until next j
Monday.
NEW HEARING FOR
ALLEGED GUNMAN
Butte, Mont . Dec. 2R—Federal
Judge Georg* M. Bourquin yesterday
dismissed the jury which heard the
• ate of John Oi.eary. who was tried
on a charge of attempted murder for
emptying two platola on a group of
prohibition agents In a courtroom
where he had api>eared for sentence
following hia conviction for violation
of the prohibition law.
The end of the tilal came after the
Jury had deliberated nearly 2ft hours
and reported that no verdict whs pos
slble. The defense plea nf Insanity
and *'apllt personality” wna differed•
lied hv Judge Bourquin In hia ad
dresa from the bench before the Jury
i etlrffd.
When Oi.eary arose In federal*
court on May 21 to hear his aentence
In the liquor case, he drew his we.ip
ona and fired at random 12 shots,
none of which took serious effect.
O'Leary himself was wounded by the
last shot he fired.
Judge Bourquin set the case for
retrial at the Helena term of court.
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NATIONAL PROGRAMS
Program fur December !l.
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ran 7.JO accordlan « onteai
WSH Atlanta Journal (4-’») Ha
wallan troupe: 10:45 Kadlowl*
WKKI Must on 4 SOI * fc Hlf Brother
nlub. *» 4 '■ i niicirl, 7 15 • hal, 7 J« iuii
, e- « WKA F program.
WOK. Buffalo > 11 • I 7 concert; f SO
dan. e
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7 mn« eit; 7 10 program; * apre.he*.
* midnight i*vue. II 2 30 teo5, or
ganiat
WON. rl»*go TOlune |170» 5 organ
4 *0 din rl : 5 r * a «■ h I r a I > o tea*
WI.H Chicago 1145) * 10 organ 7
5 in entartainar*. muab . faim pjogiam
1 •) mnai' . entertainer*
igo few* (441 1 a * a
4 3*) orrh*itm; ?* Wide Awake flub; I .in
nnialial geography. *» ‘halt
W'HK. Cleveland <?M> 7 t oncer!
XVFA A Dallas Sewa (47*) 5 ’>0 rlanaicgl
nr• heat r*
WO(' Davenport (4M< 7 *0 educational
lecture * mtiatral
A V M' * Dee Moines ( 524 l 7:10 ban)o.
mandolin guitar, vocal
VV WT. Detroit News (513) 4 New* nr
rhe*ira vocal pne*
WRAP Fort W'otth R»ar Telegram
( 4741 7 30 program. 1 10 innmrt
KNX. Holly wood (357) I mualr; 1*)
feature*. I 2 orchestra
IVOR, .lefferaon f*|tv (310 • I address
115 radio convaraatlnn. » SO fiddlin'
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K FT. l og Angeles r 44u* ■ 4k organ 1 "
girla |aa> Irani]. II soprano, 12 \ncal
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nigtrt frnlli
AVt’Pt» Minneapolis H I'aol ilIJi 4
spoils 7 In |ai 1 urc V announ.ed
W'llfl Nr >* r r U ( in) *> I*, spoils
WKAP New Yo'k (4-»'i m -tot tee
7 H s opines* 1 unity buys. | til mualr, *
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W'.IT New Vb i4«M * 0 m.-heatra.
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I 7it talk % tr!f>; * 7 0 nrrhaaita
K(lt» Oakland 11121 • un haaua : 7 70
fid*’ half hnttr
WO A W Omaha (til* * In la Moaa
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The .startling Story Which Marlon
Told Madge.
ITatlon halted as soon as we were
well within the hound* of the Durkee
garden. *
"1 can tell you about it now. Auntie
Madge," she *ald with a dignity that
rebuked my mental censure of her a
few minutes before. "I wouldn't have
let Junior get down on that damp
ground and grt his clothes all muddy
just for a game."
I put my arm around her and drew
her tightly to me. for I saw that with
intuition uncannily like her mother’s
Marlon had guessed my astonishment
at her apparently heedless pr^nk, and
was grieved by my doubt of her.
“Forgive me, sweetheart,” I begged,
for I would no more have pretended
that I had not doubted her, than I
would have offered such a subterfuge
to her dear-eyed mother. "For a sec
ond or two I did think that the woods
had suddenly turned your brain, but
I might have known that you always
have a good reason for everything
you do."
"Oh! Auntie Madge! Not always!”
she protested flushing.
"Hut this lime, I did truly. T was
terribly frightened." she lowered her
voice cautiously so that Junior, a!
ready absorbed in the antics of Mrs.
Durkee's pet rat, could not hear her
of the cat and drew her a few paces
of the cast and drew her a few pace*
away from him.
“You Tan Tell Me.”
"Now you can tell me about It,"
T said reassuringly. "He cannot
possibly hear you.”
"I told Junior we were hiding from
Indians and Itlrates." she said, "but
we really were hiding from a man
who spoke to u* and frightened me.
he looked at me so qnserly. And he
tried to find us. too."
I felt my throat co/islriot with an
old fear, one which always come*
to me at the hint of anything un
usual near *iv little lad. 1 suppose
ihat until he is a graybeard. I ahaTl
have that tense dread of anything
harming him. born of that awful
lime when (Irace Draper was in
strumental in having him stolen
front me. and save for Hugh fJrant
land would have succeeded In her
purpose of having him killed.
"A man spn'.e to you." 1 repeated
when I could speak. "What sort
of man. what did he say?""
Marlon frowned a bit In a pal
pable effort to visualise the appear
ance of the man who had frightened
her.
"!le~-he was dt eased roughly, like
a tramp, and he hail s Itwaril. ' she
said. "But I don't think. If he wpre
shaved and clean—he was pretty
flirty—he would be a bad-looking
man at all. He was about as tall
as — as—Uncle Dicky—yes — that
would he his size, but he weighs
more than Uncle Dicky, I’m sure."
Despite my vague terror, I could
not help smiling at the pretty earn
estness of the child in her endeavor
to get every detail of the man's ap
pearance exactly right. Then a and
den thought sent the smile from my
lips.
What had Edith Fairfax said about
a tramp having been seen In the
woodland upon the day when Mother
Graham had her mysterious fall
there? I quickly reviewed my tele
phone conversation with her when
she had summoned me to my mother
in-law’s bedside. Yes, she had said
that, and had added the information
that a roughly dressed man had been
making inquiries, which showed tha'
he thought our family still lived next
door to the Durkees.
Suddenly I felt all the sensations
of a fog closing in upon me, and I
spoke to Marion with sudden per
emptoriness.
"Never mind what he looked like, ’
r said. “What did he say—and did
he touch either of you?"
“He couldn't," Marlon replied, an
swering the aecond question first, be
cause he was on one side of the brook
hack there, and we were on the other.
You know, It winds in bark of those
trees."
I nodded, impatiently, and she went
on,
A Stranger's Inquiry.
"He said first; Hello, Kids, do you
lire around here?' and tjjpn he didn't
wait for an answer, but went on:
"Do you know an old lady named
Graham'?"
I slarted. Then there was a con
nection after all, but Marion was
continuing her story, and I concen
trat“d my attention upon her.
"I wouldn't have answered him at
all," Marlon said, "for Mother has
told me never to talk to strangers
and to get away from anybody who
tries to talk to me as fast as I could,
but Junior piped up right away
You bet your boots I know her. Bhe's
my granzie '
“The man gave a little Jump at
that, and started toward us. ‘Oh!
ho, so you're her grandson, are you?'
Then he said s bad word there.
Auntie Madge.' Marion interpolated
w ith a little flush. "He put hi* hand
to his chin and stroked it as if he
were thinking.
" 'Then you must be Richard s boy.
or are you Elizabeth s' ” he asked.
LIQUOR AGENTS
RAID SALOONS
Jersey City, N .7 Dec. 24 — Sixty
federal prohibition enforcement
gents from New York city invaded
New Jersey again ft da> and fol
lowed up yesterday's raids bv visiting
-*> saloon* in Newark, In South Or
ange and in Harrison N J. The
agents h*d warrants issued by
1'nited Stntes Cgmmlasioner Snm
m»rs nf Newark.
They suid they were investigating
flares listed as suspicious by the
Aryi Saloon J^engue of New York.
<’np:. John Dillon and IJeut. Kd
w.ird John Kirk, both nf the Weehaw
k»*n p« lice force, who were indicted
by the Hudson county grand Jur>
yesterday on charges of malfeasance
>n connection with the Weehr.w ken
fimi scandal. furnished $10,009 bond
Ntch today.
The indictment of Captain Dillon
find Lieutenant Kirk brought to 1J
i he total of Weehaw ken poI let* men
under indictment in connection with
harges of siding turn runners They
wei* charged with responsibjftv fir
disappearance of a truck load of
liquor from in front of the Wechn*
k»*n police station on the night <>r
November ?t»
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G. W. SPRINGER DIES
AT PARENTS’ HOME
Ge.uge K Springer, 24 s -n of Mr.
nnd M"* fl 1 Springer, dl*d Wednes
day evening at the residence. $5W»
Wirt street.
Reside* his parent* he is survived
by two sisters. Mrs. <\ H. Trfvesv
and Mr Harry Graven an.* two
brothers, Paul and Claude. *.ll of
Omaha.
Funeral service* win he held Sat
urday afternoon at 2 front the home
of his Mater. Triveay, 631€ Maple,
street. Burial will he in Mount Hope j
cemetery.
Man Abducts, Then
Kills Young Wife
Who Divorced Him
Marriage Onec Annulled l>y
Bride’s Mother Leads Even
tually to Two Deaths and
Shooting of Two Others.
Randolph. N. Y., Dec. 25.—Twi
elopement*, a divorce and an abduc
lion, In all of which the name al>l
figured, were disclosed today In con
nection with a domestic tragedy here
yesterday. Peter McLarney, 2.5,
killed his young wife, shot her mother
and brother, then killed himself.
Mrs. Grace Anderson, mother In
law of the slayer, and her son, John,
are expected to recover from bullet
wounds Inflicted by McLarney, while
he had them locked In a bathroom
after he had taken the life of his
wife, Dorothy Anderson McLarney, 22.
McLarney and the girl were sweet
hearts five years ago. In September,
1920, they eloped to Jamestown, mar
ried and kept it a secret. The girl
wife went to Dana Hall, a Massa
chusetts school, to prepare for Welles
ley college, and her husband remained
In Randolph.
Romance Fades In Year.
Bui the secret leaked out, Mr*. An
derson had the marriage annulled be
cause her daughter was under age.
By the Christmas school holidays,
however, the girl was of age. so sire
and McLaraney again eloped to
Jamestown and again were married
hv the same clergyman who per
formed the first ceremony.
Within a year the romance faded.
They separated, their baby boy was
placed In the care of Its maternal
grandmother. When a divorce was
granted Mr*. McLarney last fall she
entered Pratt Institute as a student.
McLarney found her in New York
several weeks ago. He urged her to
remarry him. When she refused, sc
cording to authorities, he forcibly
removed her to a hotel In New Jersey,
kept her there all night and left her
the next day, a prisoner In the hotel.
He was charged with Mann act viola
tion for that episode, and was out on
$2,000 ball pending the action of s
federal grand Jury st New York.
Shoots Mother-in-Law.
The former Mrs. McLarney came
from New York to spend Christmas
wirh her mother. While the young
woman was calling at the home of
Mrs William Atchison, McLarney en
tered and shot his former wife to
death. Then he went to the home
of his mother In law and shot her and
her son. after inching himself In the
bathroom with them.
Deputy Sheriff Bragg -ippeared and
ordered McLarney to surrender. A
shot through the bathroom door was
the answer. It started a duel, which
ended when Bragg crushed the door
and found McLarney dead with a bul
let through the head, a pistol in one
hand and a stiletto In the other. The
coroner filed a certificate of suicide.
The authorities' Investigation devel
oped that McLarney used narcotics
ind recently had an operation for ap
pendicitis
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Boy. 10. Awarded Two
Medals for Painti ’T
New York Dec 25.—Two gold
medals hare been awarded Duncan
Campbell. 39-year-old school boy of
Brook'.'n for his painting of a life
like tiger on a five-foot canvas, sub
mitted in a contest among S,0"0
school children. The judges said h»
wh* one of the most remarkable
i hildren found in IS \ears of con
t eats
I attentionI
January Delinquent E
First Day B
Due? are payable on nr before December 31. If you 3g|
have not paid send it today. Do not take a chancel H
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