Steamer Stolen
by “Red” Pirates
Story of Senator Schroeder Car
ries One Back to Days of
Spanish Main.
BOLSHEVIK CREW MUTINIED
vessel arrived In Murmnn»k on May
1, where Knuefken, one of the sailor»,
declared It mus confiscated In the
name of the soviet government of
Ruaxlu."
TOLD o F k ' c .
L.
IN HEAVEN
Put Officer» In Iron» and Ballad to i “Vole» From Tomb" Parsuad«« French
Widow to Place 500 Francs on
Husband's Grave.
Murmansk, Than, Tiring of Soviet
Ulf», Stol» V»»aal Again and Ra-
Purls.—Because of her readiness to
believe that even In heaven the cost
turned to Cuxhaven.
of living had become a serious prob
Washington. -The theory that Bol- lem a certain faithful French widow
shevlxt buccaneer», agent» or wympa- came neur being defrauded the other
Iblaer» were rea(>onalblo for the dl»ap- day. Since the death of her iiunband
penranco of more than twenty mer this woman had made it a rule to
chant vt»aela off the Virginia und Car make a dully visit to his grave In the
olina coast» during the lunt »lx month» Pere Lnehalxe Cemetery. But one day
received a decided lm(M-tu» when otb- while placing flowers on the mound
cl nix Inveatlgatlng the caae came Into she was startled by heurlng n voice.
“Up here," the voice called out, “It
possession of a detailed official ac
count of the seizure of the Cuxhaven Is the same ns upon the earth—every
lulling steamer, Hvnaior Schroeder. by body want» money. On every hand
a mutinous crew, who conflscated the are people asking for tips. Dear
veaael in the name of the »ovlet gov friend, can you let me have 500
francs?"
ernment.
After the captain and other officer»
Having no money wltl her the
hud been overpowered and locked up, woman after struggling to overcome
the ringleader of the mutineer», one her fear promised to bring some us
Knuefken, aided by two Bolahevlet soon us possible und the voice replied
agent» who hud been amuggh-d aboard gratefully: “Thank you."
ua »towuwuy», ran the »lilp Into the
The woman went home and told a
neighbor of her remarkable exjierlence.
port of MurmaiiHk,
The neighbor thought a while and then
Buccanaar Get» Five Year».
Here Knuefken left the »hip and advised the widow to do what the
•ventually made his wuy back to Ham voice had requested, but the neighbor
burg, where he wuh convicted of mu also went to the authorities and let
tiny mid »hip »teullng and sentenced them In on the secret.
Gathering together the necessary
to five year» In the penitentiary.
Meanwhile, member» of the crew who 5<MJ francs the widow piously plac«»<l
had remained with the Senator Schroe the money on the grave In a purse and
der, tired of life with the aovlet and went away. When »he was out of
plotted to »teal the »hip und return sight a young man stepfs-d out from
behind a nearby tombstone and took
to Cuxhaven.
Getting ]>ertnfMlon to go out on a up the purse. But the next thing he
flatting trip they overpowered their knew a policeman had him by the
new officer» and took the Senator collar.
It turned out that the young man
Schroeder back to Cuxhaven, where
wa« a nephew of the widow, but at
they were arrested and tried.
Th!» fnntxxtlc though nppurently In- the trial that followed she forgave him
dlMputnble re(M>rt of mutiny and piracy and withdrew the charges when the
guve a new lease of life to the liellef young man's wife with a baby In her
flrxt expressed by Secretary of Com arms api>en!ed to the widow for mercy.
merce Hoover, that the unusual loss
of »hip» during the last year must
be axcribed to the action» of Bolshevist
crew»
Official Report of Mutiny.
“The Cuxhaven tlxhlng uteumer
Senator Schrm-der,” »aid the official re
port in part," left the fishing harbor
In Cuxhaven on April 21, 1021, on a
voyage to Iceland. On board were
the captain, two officer», two engineer»,
five »al I or», two stokers, mid a cook,
Her Spanish Grandfather and
mid alao one pa»aenger.
“Three atowawnyx hud l»een smug-
American Uncles Searching
gled aboard without the knowledge of
for Helen Owen.
the maxter.
"When the xhlp wax fairly out to
sen the captain was decoyed Into the
sailor»' quarter» mid overpower«»! by
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the three aallora and the »townways
and locked up.
“The passenger, the flrxt officer, and Daughter of Roo»»velt Rough Rider
the first engineer were then llkewtxe
and "The Roee of Cuba" Escaped
Imprisoned In the xnlior»' quarters and
From Reetraint In Chicago
the rest of the crew were forced by
and Cannot Now Be Found.
threat» to continue running the ship.
"After a voyage of ten day» the
Chicago.—Somewhere In these Unit
ed States Is u seventeen-yeur-oid miss,
u Spanish-American child of romance
und adventure, for whom u lurge for
Duchess Wins Rain “Bet”
tune is waiting.
of Half Million Francs
Back in Spain an aristocratic old
Castilian grandfather la fretting «way
Paris.—A» n consequence of
bis lust years longing for her, and here ;
rain Lloyd'» of London lo»t their
In America three wealthy uncles are
latest “weather gamble.” They
seeking her to tell her that u fourth
will be called upon to pay the
uncle has died and left her a great es
|
Duchess Decazea, organiser of
tate.
the great charity Pavlowa fete
Helen Owen, the missing heiress, is
bagatelle, at the I’olo club, half
the daughter of the late Warren D. I
a million franc».
Owen, u Roosevelt Rough Rider, who
The terms of the Insurance
won the daughter of Don Esteban Gar-
stated that all expenses would
clo in Cuba in the Spanish-American |
be paid by Lloyd's If the observ
war. Rough Rider Owen fought a duel
ers stationed on the top of Eiffel
for the hand of Señorita Garclo with ;
tower noted more than two milli
her proud old father, It Is stated by
meters .of ruin after eleven
Clyde Owen of Pittsburgh, who Is here
o'clock In the morning.
seeking the girl, and brought her to ।
At six o'clock fit night the
the United States.
rainfall win officially reported at
Unci« Leaves Her a Fortune.
three and a half millimeters.
Since then both have died and the
girl lias disappeared, after seventeen
Boy in Pennsylvania Is
Older Than Great-Aunt
Bellefonte, Pa. — George W.
Wen ver enjoy» the dlHtlnctlon of
having n grcnt-grandcblld who 1»
older limn hl» youngest daugb-
ter, and Mr. Weaver blmself 1»
only sixty-eight year» old. lie
H um been married twice and 1»
the father of IS children, 13 of
whom uro living. Ill» oldest
granddaughter married Edward
A»key. Their eldest »on 1» thir
teen and older than Mr. Weav-
•er'» youngest du ugh ter by his
second marriage, who 1» great-
aunt to the lad, who was born
before her.
WANT POPPY GROWING ENDED
Fo»s of Opium Aak That China Stop
th» Cultivation of th»
Plant
Washington.—Support for recom
mendations In the report of the com
mission on the opium traffic of th»
U-ague of Nation» has been urged
In conference» here with government
officials and others by Mrs. Hamilton
Wright, one of the experts attached
to the commission. Mrs. Wright as
sisted In the preparation of the re
port submitted to the league council.
Many messages have been sent to
Geneva by American organizations
urging favorable action on the recom
mendation as the only means of pre
venting the revival of the opium traf
fic.
While the report Itself has not yet
been made public, It I» understood
that 1t Include» two principal recom
mendations :
1. The council Is requested to seek
permission from the central govern
ment of China for consul» of league
member» to address themselves In
that country directly to the leader» of
the Chinese military forces, urging
them to give up the cultivation of the
poppy.
2. The council Is requested to ap
point n special commission of Inquiry
to visit personally the provinces In
China where the poppy I» grown to
ascertain the extent of the cultiva
tion and the methods of marketing the
prohibited drug.
Fortune Awaits
Missing Maiden
WAS TOO FONO OF NIGHT LIFE
Admiral Sims at London’s Cenotaph
Riotous Immigrants Detained at Boston
year» of as romantic a life as her par
ents lived before her. The father died
in April, 1020, at New Bedford, Mass.,
and since then the girl’s uncle, Edward
Owen, has died ut Boston, leaving his
estate to the young woman.
Assisting the Pittsburgh relative in
the hunt are Perry Owen of New York
and William Owen of Oak Park, Ill., all
wealthy.
"After my brother Warren brought
his bride, who was known as 'The Rose
of Cuba,' back to the States they lived
in St. Louis," said Clyde Owen. "Helen
was born there. Her mother died a
year later of tuberculosis, and Warren
and the child wondered over most of
the world for many years. Her grand
father In Spain sent agents to this
country looking for her.
“Then, when she was fifteen, they
settled down In Oak Park, where War-
ren was a painting contractor. She
kept his house and hud her freedom,
and, inheriting the temperament of her
parents, was too fond of that freedom
to keep out of mischief. She was fond
of cabarets, dances and the movies. So
1 learned she came before the juvenile
authorities here.
"The girl's father moved east and
died, and she returned to Chicago to
be sent to the Home for the Friendless
because of her wild escapades. She
was given to the care of a Mrs. Cond-
ley, 4510 Drave avenue. She escaped
through a window one night and has
never been heard of since.
"My brother, Edward Owen of Bos
ton, lias died, leaving his estate to her.
Wherever she is, we want her to know
that we will protect her from the agents
of her grandfather in Spain and that a
great house, surrounded by six acres
of beautiful estate, and many thou
sands of dollars are awaiting her.”
Clyde Owen, who told this story, Is
an official of the Pressed Steel Car
company, Pittsburgh.
The much-sought girl has changed
her name from Owen to Gordon, ac
cording to the information available.
FINDS
A
LABELED
TURTLE
Kentucky Farmer Pick« Up One Upon
Which His Neighbor Carved.
Initials Years Ago.
Lenoxburg, Ky.—Forty-four years
ago J. T. McClanahan, who nt that
time owned a farm near here, carved
his name on the shell of a small hind
turtle that he had caught. He then
liberated the turtle.
A few days ago Peter Sheppard,
who now owns the adjoining farm,
caught a turtle, and upon examining
it closely learned that It was the same
turtle on which McClanahan had
carved his Initials forty-four years ago.
Recently he found another turtle on
which Sheppard’s father carved his
unme, Joint Sheppard, twenty-eight
years ago.
The shells of the turtles had been
Admiral 81ms, whose recent remarks tn London about the Sinn Felners worn almost smooth, but It still was
and advocates of free Ireland, have raised a storm of criticism, is here shown eaiy to discern the carving of the
names.
placing a wreath on the Cenotaph In London.
Twelve hundred Italian and Portuguese immigrants wtio arrived at Boston the other day on the Canopic, were
transferred to Deer Island for detention until congress do-ided whether they should be admitted to the country.
They anil their friends objected, and there were near riot» with the port officials and police. The illustration shows
some of the immigrants being transferred from the Canopic to a boat for the Island.
Panhandler Is
Nipped by
Victim
•------------------ —
Champion of Park Row, New
York, Whither the Best Flock,
Is Forced to Yield.
HE HAD A STORY THAT WON
New Londoner, His Pocket Picked,
Wanted Only Dollar to Get to Rich
Relative» In Perth Amboy,
and Got It.
I
the victim, one of the night workers
who knew better than to believe ev
erything he hears up and down Park
Row, looked down on Broadway and
confided to a friend that he was waft- j
Ing for a man from New London, a :
well-dressed lad with the gift of gab
who had had his pocket picked while
spending a day In woolly New York.
“Sa-a-ay,” said the friend, “this
New London bird wasn’t on his way
to Perth Amboy to get some jack from'
a wealthy uncle, was he?"
The victim, then just beginning to !
surmise the worst, nodded. For the
next three days he continued to hear i
the stories of other victims who “fell" !
for the story of the stolen roll and the '
high family ties and Perth Amboy and
everything.
In the stories of ordinary panhan
dlers' “suckers" there would be noth
ing further to remark. In this one,
however, there was a sequel.
It was four o’clock on a Sunday
morning and the victim mentioned In
Part 1 and another night working pal
were sitting in one of the most luxuri
ous armchairs that could be found In
several years' inspection. They had
Just completed a general free-for-all
discussion of the ability of various
panhandlers when the door was thrust
violently open by two men. The new-;
comers proceeded to the counter; one ,
invited the other to order anything
he wanted.
“Have a couple of ham-and sand-1
wlches, Mr. Doeley,” ne urged. ;
“They’ll do you good and you'll need
them to hold you over until you reach
New London.”
That Well-Remembered Voice.
“Perth Amboy,” the other corrected,
“New London later on."
The victim turned slowly. He
wasn't mistaken. He couldn’t forget
that face nor the thlck-rlmmed spec
tacles perched on the—now that he j
noticed it—rather pre-Volsteadlan
nose. His inclination was to do some
thing that would measure up to the
statute that covers felonies, but wait
ed until Doeley and his latest “sucker”
were well on their way to the end of
the meal. Then he walked over, bis
pal bringing up a strong rear.
"Hello Doeley,” he said In greeting.
"How about that buck?”
“You’ve certainly got the advantage
of me,” Doeley answered In a voice
that had its root in the Social Reg
ister. "You certainly have. I guess
I’ve got a standard face.”
“No you haven't,” the ham-and eater
was told. “As a matter of fact you
have a rather successful face.”
Doeley stood on his dignity until a
bit of paper upon which he had writ
ten bls name and an address and tele
phone number In New London were
produced. Then his eyes popped out
at least three-quarters of an Inch.
Finds Tooth of Fish
That Was Big as Steamer
Los Angeles, Cal.—A tooth of
some prehistoric fish, so large as
to Indicate Its owner’s size was
nearly that of an ocean liner, has
been found among other fossils
in the lime pits at Terrance,
near here.
About one-tlilrd of the tooth Is
missing. The portion found
weighs nearly two pounds. Is five
Inches long, four Inches across
the base and almost two inches
thick.
Many bones of prehistoric ani
mals are dally being taken from
the pits.
Either one of them would have served
New York.—There recently landed
to hold a hat or a coat.
right out In the middle of Park row
“Sure enough,” he laughed. “You’re
a well-dressed, smooth-talking person
the fellow who was kind enough to let
who. In a few short weeks, has done
me have a dollar the other night."
“Yes,” said the victim, “and you
a creditable Job in making that thor
were going to stop in with It on your
oughfare live up to its other name—
way back to New London.”
Panhandlers' Range.
The first time
“Right And I haven’t got started
he was sighted by the only victim to
back yet. Had some business to at
whom lie Is known to have repaid a
tend to—shipping board stuff—owe me
“touch" he was sprinting west in
a lot of money—you understand.”
Chambers street. A few hundred feet
The victim nodded. “I understand,”
away, he was noticed searching wild
he agreed.
ly through his pockets and register
A Fast and Agiie Talker.
ing simultaneously Impatience, embar
“And I’ve mislaid your address.
rassment and chagrin.
Can’t find It anywhere. Left it in one
“What do you think about that?”
of my other suits, I guess.”
he appealed to the victim as he rushed
Again the victim nodded. He un
and halted.
“Some pocket-picking
derstood. “But you can slip It to me
cuss has grabbed my roll 1”
now,” he suggested. “You must have
“You might have lost it,” the victim
been down to see your—was it your
suggested.
The well-dressed man was relieved [
uncle?"
Doeley was breathing jerkily by that
—vastly relieved.
“Glad you men-1
time, but he was able to explain that
tloned that,” he observed, blocking the
he had let his wallet tumble out of his
other’s progress east. “Gives me the ,
pocket while riding across the Brook
creeps to think some guy had his
hand in my pocket. At that I’m care
lyn bridge.
less—very careless. If I had less mon
"Yes, he was riding across the
bridge," his “sucker" interposed. "And
ey I might be more careful.”
At that the victim, not knowing he
I've promised to let him have enough
was about to be bled and thinking
to get to Perth Amboy.”
himself slightly outclassed financially,
In the ten minutes that followed the
started on his way, only to be re
first victim Informed the new stranger
that Doeley had already lost his pock
called by the stranger.
etbook or had his pockets picked nine
Tale That Brings Coin.
times at least within ten days.
"Are you from New Jersey?” asked
“I don’t care,” said the new one.
the man. "I ask,” he went on hur
“I’ve promised to give him $2 and as
riedly at the other's negative shake
a matter of principle I’m going to keep
of the head, “because I'm well known
the promise. I’m going to hand him
over there. Well-to-do family and all
two dollar bills right now and beat It
that sort of thing—uncle way up In
back to Paterson, and if you want to
Democratic politics over In Jersey
hit him over the dome with a mustard
City—another one down at Perth Am
pot or something and take one of
boy. My name's Doeley, and if you
them, it’s no concern of mine.”
had known anyone over in Jersey I
Doeley got the two dollars and sur
was going to ask you to lend me a
rendered
one to the victim who had
dollar until I could get some money.”
found him out.
The victim's hand slid toward bl»
“Take it,” he said, “and we’ll be
pocket. “I haven’t—* he began.
good friends.”
“That's all right, old man," said
As the successful victim and his pal
Doeley—that Isn't quite his right
walked out of the restaurant, the pal
name, by the way—“don’t let my trou
turned.
bles worry you. As a matter of fact
“You certainly went to a million dol
I won’t need a whole dollar. I only
lars’ worth of trouble for one berry,
need one way fare to Perth Amboy.
old top,” he observed. “Any one'd
I ll be coming right back through New
think you borrowed it to—”
York to go to my own home in New
"Lay off," said the victim. “I did."
London, and—”
Something in the victim’s expres
sion told him that he had named a
locality that was familiar. “You
know people in New London?" he
asked.
"A few."
“Do you know— Y’ he began, men
tioning the name of a friend of the
victim.
And upon being told the
name was familiar, he ran through a
list of New Londoners that was ah
most a complete directory of one
part of the town. “Isn’t it fortunate
that I've met a fellow who knows
people I know,” Doeley continued af
fably, and he laid his hand on the
victim’s shoulder.
He proceeded to
enumerate the eccentricities of one of
the victim's New London friends and
raking bls memory ngain, spoke of the
trick automobile another used to own.
Doeley Land« Hi« Dollar.
The connection was made and Doe
ley played for his dollar. Eventually
he got it.
"I'll be through New York in exact
ly three hours,” he called over his
shoulder as he sped toward the West
side ferries. “I'll look you up and
we can go to supper together before
I run for the Federal Express. You
nil-night workers are a bunch of good
Senator Frank B. Willis of Ohio (center) has been showing the sights of
old scouts. S'long.”
ft wasn’t until eleven o’clock that the national capital to his four uncles, all brothers of his father. The young,
night, an hour after Doeley said he est Is over eighty years old. They were photographed after calling on th«
would appear on deck with a roll that 1'resldeuL
Senator Willis and His Four Uncles