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» THE TURNER TRIBUNE VOL. T t IE N E U , O l t E U O N X. HAPPENINGS OF CURRENT WEEK AM ERICAN« CANCEL VISITS TO LONDON 14806767 I ’i n i l W D A Y , MAV 0 STATE NEWS IN BRIEF. Ism ilon, Eng T h e g en eral a trlk e th u s fa r haa put th e ao ra ile d A m eri can acaaon In Kngland hack one m onth In th e opinion of hotel m en. T h e c a n P o rtla n d .—Apple ex p o rts to foreign cellation of A m erican to u rla t reaerva c o u n tries from th e port of P o rtla n d Ilona for May and Juu* I* variously d sriü g th e 1925 26 season fell 43,739 given a t from 6 tu 10 per cent, but boxes sh o rt ol 1.000.000 boxes. Ihu re ae rv atlo u a for Ju ly and A ugust have been sc arcely affected. Salem Andy W lllla of N orth Pow A ir tra ffic from th e co n tin en t has der w as appointed m a ste r of w a te r dis Increased fully 00 per c e n t since th e tric t No. 3, Including Union county strik e s ta rte d One of th e leading a ir and th e N orth Pow der riv er co u n try . tra n s p o rta tio n firm s ha* acco m m o d at W estp o rt. M iss H elen E. l e n d e r , ed paaaenger* of 10 d ifferen t n a tio n a l ab o u t 17, was badly burned on both itie s du rin g th e lust few days. a rm s and legs S atu rd ay night by a T he o p e ra season opened a t Convent boiler explosion Ik a bath house a t garden with M oxart'a "F ig a ro " and E vent* u t Noted I'euplr, G overnm ent* (he hotels Intend to rev iv e opera su p Public Dfllcea Open and S tre e t Cara K erry. Ur. W orrenton W a m n to n t 'g h school per* w hich a re popular fe a tu re s of llegin O p e ratin g ; D am age by ■nd P ariffr N orthw est. and O ther lam don society life h e re F rid a y night won Ihe te b a lin g ; F ig h tin g Sm all. T hing* W orth Know ing. cham pionship of w e ste rn O regon by A L T *N B. PA RER, 7«, d efeatin g G ra n ts P«ss. 2 to 1, on th e DIES IN AUTOM OBILE su b je ct of tree te x t books in O regon W arsaw W arsaw h a s se ttle d down schools. T he A aaoi'tallon of Ju n io r lom gui'i New Y ork.—Alton II. P a rk e r, who of A m orim will m«*l In P o rtlan d , o r., rose from the o b sc u rity of a youth to Its a rcualoniod calm u n d e r Ihe con H ood 111 ver - A m inim um te m p e ra IK'll year. spent on a New York s ta te farm to tro l of M arshal P llsudakl. w ith M IU- tu re slig h tly below freexlng p revailed d a j a s a ctin g presid en t, and a mlnla- Atnl id K rlm , th e H lfflan leader. la b ear Ibe s ta n d a rd of Ibe dem ocratic o ver m id-Colum bia fruit d is tric ts S a t aald to bo p re p arin g to m e .« hi* head p arty a g a in st T heodore Itoosevelt In try , fu nctioning un d er P ro fe sso r Clips urd ay ulght. and a light frost w as re llu rtel, until th e n a tio n a l assem bly q u a rte r* t o Hat Itltf. In the In ta rlo r of th e p re sid en tial r a re of 1B04, died m reta som etim e du rin g th e p re sen t p orted In se v e ra l com m unities. No tli« It Iff c ou n try F ren ch and Hpanlah Monday w hile riding ln an autom obile d am age re su lte d . » w eek to elect a presid en t. through C e n tra l P ark. troop* m enace T am arlt. T he ex p resid en t. M W ojclechow ski, M edford.—T h e M asonic tem p le In T b s ex-chief Judge of th e co u rt of Ilaro ld (Hod) tlra n g a arriv ed In Hol a p p ea ls c o n tra c te d a cold th re e days h a s received a passp o rt and haa been th is city will be en larg ed a t a c o st of lywood S a tu rd ay to add a n o th v r p ro ago and had been u n d e r a physician 's p e rm itte d to re tire to Ihe p re sid en tial $25.000. W ork will begin In Ju n e . T he faaalon. th a t of m otion p ictu re a r t Inn. care H e waa on hla way to his coun su m m er re sid en c e a t S pala. Som e of ch an g es include th e addition of a th ird to hla present fam e a* foot ban player try hom e In Ksopu*. N. Y , w ith his th e m in iste rs of his c ab in et a re still sto ry for a lodge room . T h e second and W heaton, III., lea m an. wife and n u rse when he was strick e n u n d e r guard at W llanow. but the m in sto ry will be used for a clubroom . T h e (¡reek legation In I'arl* an with a hoart a tta c k . !>eath w as a l is te r of ra ilw a y s haa receiv ed his lib erty. K lam ath F alls.—A te m p o ra ry club nouneea th a t (ien u ral I'araakevopoulcw m ost In stan tan eo u s. Among th e mem tiers of th e ousted house to se rv e m em b ers u n til suffi haa been ap pointed prem ier by (letieral governm ent who a re In the custody of cient m oney can be ra ised to c o n stru ct E delstein Gala L iberty I'angaloa T he new prem ier, who la Pllsudakl a re M Z dxlechow skl. S e n a a p e rm a n en t building, is u n d e r con at pro no 111 In I’arla, will leave In a few Springfield. Ill laadore Kdelatuln, to r Hm uslkl. G eneral Malcxewak! and stru c tio n on th e new R eam es Golf and day* for A thena ex convict, a rre ste d h e re on tw o G enerals R ovadow rt. A nders. Zogor- C ountry club course, th re e m iles east D ropping 1500 feet w hen hi* para charge* of aafe crack lag. waa released akl. K essler and Z uzynskl. of th is city rb u te failed to open. Kred Z elgler, ¡1. Monday on $5000 bond*. T he victo rio u s tro o p s of th e invad K detsteln A lbany. — Ivan M urphy and H enry im a ile d to Instant d e a th In an o rchard will a p p e a r In Spokane. W ash., next ing arm y h ave been buay Sunday re H aw k paid fines of $150 each In th e pairin g th e dam age and re sto rin g a n d |o ln ln g the flying field of th e Put c irc u it court F rid a y w b .n Ju d g e P ercy week, w here a h e arin g on an appeal t e n o n airp o rt on Alum K ork avenue of a life se n te n c e , given him for being sem blance of order, but In o th e r w ays R. K elly Im posed th a t se n ten c e upon W arsaw a p p e a rs to be conducting Its them w hen th e y w ere convicted of In Sun Joan, C a l . Sunday aftern o o n . an hab itu al crim inal, will be held. He a ctiv ities in a norm al way. T he d a m Illegal possession of d e er m eat. T he F or th e flrat tim e a ln re 1919, th e was out on a $30.000 bond In th a t age from Ihe s tre e t fig h tin g wax not Kplacopal church In A m erica I* free city. He left Springfield Im m ediately so heavy a s a t first sup p o sed ; the case waa b rought up on a p p eal from th e Justice court. of debt e g rep t to Its ow n re ae rv e a fte r hla release. m ost d ila p id ated building Is th e w ar fund*, Loul* It F ra n k lin . vice preal- j Sw eet H o m e —All Indications point office, th e re having been fierce ex J u ry In E x tra Session d e n t and tre a a ttre r of th e N ational ch an g es b etw een th e opposing forces, to p ro sp e rity a t 8w eet H om e com Kplacopal council, rep o rte d to th e body S e a ttle. W ash.—A fe d era l gran d Jury both w ithin th is building a n d around m unity. A new saw m ill Is In o p e ra In aeaalon a t Itaclne. \VI* . Friday. w hich convened here T u esd ay w ent IL T he public offices a re open as tion above tow n n o t very fa r from th e F ifteen peraon* w ere killed and into a u e x tra session M onday night usual and s tre e t c a rs h ave begun op U ggett-W U helm m ill. T h e new m ill la o p e rated by M essrs. H o rn e r and m any Injured Sunday w hen a paaaen- a fte r m ore th a n a sco re of prohibi e ra tin g g e r tra in ru n n in g betw een P a rh u c a tion a g en ts, c o ast gu ard officials and T he railw ay* a re re p o rte d to be G leason, w ho p u rch ased th e Um ber and lim lq u llp a n . Mexico. Jum ped the custom s Inspectors from points aa fa r w orking re g u la rly . T he P a ri* W a rsa w belt ow ned by th e O. M cClures. tra c k and fell Into a canyon n e a r lx- d ista n t a s S alt I-ake C ity had been expreaa a rriv e d only a n h our late. I .a G rande.—A. H. B arnhlsel. p re si mlciullpan it la re p o rte d th a t nearly called before It d urlug th e day. D is T h ere h a s been no change in th e m an d e n t of th e N o rth w e st R eal E sta te tric t A tto rn ey K eveile *atd th a t th e ag em ent of th e P olish bank. e v ery coach on th e tra in waa demol- asso ciatio n , and T. W. Z im m erm an, In q u isito rs would likely tak e ID days A public fu n eral of m any of th e vic se c re ta ry of th e sam e o rganisation, lalied partly. m ore lo fin ish th e ir work. tim s of th e w arfare, w hich w as to have w ere h e re F rid a y confe rin g w ith th e Owing to continued lllneaa. Ignace been held Sunday, was postponed for local re a lty board In re fe re n c e to the J a n I'aderew akl, Pollah planlat. ha* Bomb D am ages C hurch w hat a re d escrib ed a s "te c h n ic a l" re a program for th e n o rth w e st convention b een o rdered by hi* p hyatrlana to can San F ra n c is c o .- St. P e te r's and St. sons to be held here Ju ly 22, 23 a n d 24. cel hi* rem ain in g e ngagem ent* thl* acaaon, according to a n a nnouncem ent P a u l's C atholic church, an Im posing C anon B each.—A c a rrie r pigeon flew by tle o rg e Knglea, hi* m anager. He edifice In th e n o rth sectio n of th e In th e window of th e n a ta to rlu m here city, waa slig h tly dam aged e arly S un waa atrlck en w ith a aevere cold tw o Sunday aftern o o n , a p p a re n tly e x h a u s t day by explosion of a bom b placed In week* ago. tam don The .st em berp of the ed. On one of Its legs th e pigeon wore th e m ain veallbule. No one w as In Flrat aid and life aavlng Inatruction jured. T he explosion occu rred at 3 general s trik e a re dying down, and a tin band, w hich rev ealed th e num will lie re p ea te d at II d iffere n t plnee* A. M . and person* living In th e v icin w ith th e exception of th e m iners, who b ers 1637-VSC25 W hen th e bird is In th e c o untry d u rin g th e a m n m er aa ity saw a m an run dow n the s tre e t im a re likely to rem ain out u n til a s a tis th o ro u g h ly re ste d It will be released p a rt of the natio n al w a ter aafety cam factory a g re e m e n t is reach ed , th e c o u n and allow ed to continue its Journey. m ed iately after. paign of th e A m ericau lied C ross, It try Is ra p id ly resu m in g norm al con S a le m —D uring th e 40 m o n th s th a t waa announced S a tu rd ay . Place* and ditions, a n d th e people a n d the gov Ford Sees S trik e T rick G overnor P ierce h a s been chief ex date* for the couraea Include Seualde, Sudbury. M ass. T h e people of th e e rn m e n t a re beginning to count the ecu tiv e of th a t s ta te he h a s handled O r , Ju n e 20-2S. U nited S ta te s a re too In tellig e n t to cost. w ith som e form of clem ency a to ta l A m am m oth atraw h a t. aald to be No fin al e stim a te is y e t possible becom e Involved In a g e n era l strik e, of 283 county Jail cases. T h is inform a- alxe 207 V waa preaented to S in clair such as th a t now tying up In d u stry In but th e g e n era l Im pression in go v ern tlo a w as contained In a len g th y s ta te Ixiwl*. au th o r, F rid ay by I,. J. Ityer, G roat B ritain, H en ry F ord said M<to m en tal c irc le s Is th a t '.he loss will be m ent lsued h e re S atu rd ay by W. A. K anaaa City. Mo., Jew eler. T he hut day T h e m a n u fa c tu re r said the B rit less (bun th e cost of th e coal strik e In I M i d i , p riv ate se c re ta ry to G overnor had to bo tu rn ed on edge to he puahed ish g en eral a trlk e had been ''p u l o v e r" 1921. w hich Is g en era lly th o u g h t to P ierce. th ro u g h th e doorw ay. Aaked If he on B ritish labor. Mr. Ford refu sed have been In th e neighborhood of 200 H ood R iver.—T h e A pple G ro w ers a s bad a n y anappy com eback th e a u th o r m illion pounds. to go fu rth e r into p a rtic u la rs. aald ho "g u essed not." W inston C hurchill, c h an c ello r of th e sociation w hich alone in th is d istric t exchequer, Ip his recen t budget s ta te b a n d ie s c ario ta of stra w b e rrie s, has T he toll of an exploalon F rid a y nf- H onor Paid “ Uncle Jo e ” recom m ended th e follow ing w age scale ternoon a t the C lgare m ine n e a r C her W ashington. D. C. H onor w as paid m ent. announced th a t in th e event of okee, aouth of P lttaliurg, K an . waa In- F rid ay to "U ncle Jo e " U annou on hla such a lab o r m ovem ent It would be for h a rv e st help th is y e a r: Picking. 10 c e n ts a bollock, w ith a bonus of 3 crcaaed to th re e w hen th e liodlea of n in e tie th a n n iv e rsa ry by th e house, n e ce ssa ry to re v ise his budget propos c e n ts for all who rem ain thro u g h o u t als. and th is sub ject Is now u n d e r con lla lllo Jam laon and C ro ck ett Jantlaon. w here he serv ed a s a m em b er n e arly brother*, w ere b rought out of th e half a c e n tu ry and aa a sp e a k e r for sid e ratio n by th e trea su ry . T h ere is ih e seaso n w ith a gro w er; packing. 18 ahaft Jam ea Jam laon, th e fu lh er, waa e ig h t yeura. S p e a k er L o n g w a rth aald little doubt th a t som e a d d itio n al ta x c en ts a c rate, w ith a 4-cent bonus. killed In th e w reckage a t the aurface. he d eserv ed th e title of "A m erica's ation will be r a th e r In th e line of re R oseburg. — T he g e n era l m erc h an a d ju s tm e n t of. e x istin g ta x e s th a n im dise sto re conducted by Roy Agee, and Dr. W ilhelm M arx haa a ccep ted th e g rand old man.'* position of new one«. the W. K. G odsey garag e a t W ilbur chancellorahlp p referred to him by w ere d estroyed by fire S a tu rd a y night. B enjam in Odall Dead P re a h le n t Von llln d e n b u rg . Ho will A. W. G ilchrist Dead T he fire o rig in ated in th e sto re , and N ew burgh, N. Y.—B enjam in B ark er re ta in th e I .ill h er c ab in et and ha* In New York.—A lbert W. G ilchrist, e x w as not discovered until b oth build form ed the p reald en t th a t hla policy, Odell, ex-governor of N ew York, died eapeclally In foreign affair*, will be a t hla hom e Sunday a fte r an Illness of g o vernor of Florida, died at th e hos ings w ere ah la se . T h ree autom obiles th e annul aa th a t of th e I.u th e r govern sev eral m onths. He w as 72 y ears old. pital for ru p tu re d a n d crip p led h e re w ere burned In th e garage, w hile the nient. III* aim will bo to co-operate Mr. Odell w as g o v ern o r of Now York Sunday. He had been a p a tie n t In stock and fix tu re s of both places of front 19o t to 190G and w as a pow erful th a t In stitu tio n sin ce la s t N ovem ber. ^ b u sin e ss w as burned. to the utm oat w ith th e aoclallata. fa cto r In th e rep u b lica n p a rty for 40 He had u ndergone se v e re o p eratio n s K la m a th Falls. — P o p u latio n of Dully p aaaenger aorvlce o v e r th e years. for an a ffectio n of th e thigh. He waa K lam nth F a lls Is 11.140. T h is e sti I,oa Aligeloa S alt I.ake C ity airw ay 68 y e ars old. R o b ert W. G ibbs, a half- m ate Is th e re su lt of a long and labor- will ho Inau g u rated May 23, H a rris T rail C oins A u tb o rlisd b ro th er, w as w ith him. Mr. G ilch rist ! lous check by th e postoffice depart- M lla n a u e, p reald en t of th e W eatern W ashington, I). C.*—T he se n a te M on was a d e sc en d a n t of th e fam ilies of , m en t of th is city. K lam ath F a lls ' pop A ir expreaa announced In L o* Angelea day passed a house bill to a u th o rise G eorge W ashington and Ja m e s M adi ulation, according to th e postoffice Sunday. T h e paaaen g er tra ffic will th e colnnge of 60-cent pieces In com son, figures, h a s doubled In th e la s t th re e lie handled by th e com pnny'a plane* m em oration of th o se w ho tra v e rse d years. Population of th e city In 1920. o p e ratin g u n d e r c o n tra ct w ith th e gov th e Old O regon trail. Exra M eeker, C hild Saved From Cow acco rd in g to official census, w as 4801; e m n ie n t for c a rry in g a ir m all betw een fam ous tra il lilaser, w as a s p e c ta to r O regon C ity, O r.- Mrs. M ary R gar in 1910, 2768. and in 1900, 447. th e tw o polnta. front th e se n a te gallery. of Hock C reek risked h e r life to save P en d leto n .— P ro p o sals to e sta b lish a T o aeek fu rth e r light on th e ro u te h e r gran d ch ild from being gored by a E m peror H it by S tro k s liy which prim itive m an found hla way savage cow. Sho th rew h e rse lf upon g ra in Inspection sta tio n a t th is city T o k y o .- K inperor Y oshlhlto of Ja th e little girl and w as badly bruised w as m ade h e re y e ste rd a y and It w as to th e A m erlcnn c o n tin e n t. Dr. Ale* llrd lc k a . anthro p o lo g lat of th e N a tio n pan su ffered s slight stro k e of c ere but waa rescued by m en w orking n e a r announced th a t on W ed n esd ay a m ee t It by. T he c h ild 's sh rie k s in flight a t ing w ould be held a t th e P en d leto n al m useum , left W ashington, D. C„ bral a n ae m ia T u esd ay m orning. Sunday for A laska to m ak e th e flrat waa not believed aerloua, how ever. tra c te d th e g ra n d m o th er, who rushed C om m ercial a sso c iatio n 's room s w hen d irec t su rv ey of Its kind o ver u n d e r to th e spot a s th e to t w as throw n to g rainm en. w h e at fa rm e rs and m illers would discu ss th e plan w ith C. T. V ancouver. W h e th e r husband* a re th e ground. tak en . T he b u re au of ethn o lo g y of Spence, s ta te m a rk e tin g a g en t. and C. th e S m ithsonian In stitu tio n la financ e n title d to w ages from th e ir wives will Blow D ealt E volution W. W rlght, ch ie f g raln Inspector. be argued In th e su p e rio r c o u rt of ing (he expedition. H ouston, T ex as.—A fin al blow w as : C lark e county. In a n sw e r to his w ife's L atin Long “ Dead." su it for divorce, H e n ry H alsten F ri d ealt evolution a t th e S o u th e rn Bap C aru an a to Be O uatad. L atin ceased to be a spoken lan M exico C ity.—T he M exican go v ern day dem anded th a t If she la to be tis t convention hero S atu rd ay . A re so lu tio n w as a dopted asking all guage In 680 A. D„ bnt rem a in e d the m ent lie.;; o rd ered th e d e p o rta tio n of g ra n te d a divorce, he he given e ith e r Itlg h t Kev. G eorge J. C a ru an a , papal R4000 ra sh o r th e a cc ru ed sum of $50 In stitu tio n s and b o ard s and m issio n ' org an of g e n era l llte ra tn ro u n til the re p re a e n la liv e In Mexico, an A m eri a m onth since he m a rrie d h e r In 1920. s r y re p re se n ta tiv e * to give a ssu ra n c e e a rly p a rt of th e S e v e n te en th century. can cltlxnn, on th e ground th a t he had H e also w a n ts back th« $350 cash to Ihe convention th a t th e y accepted T he last g re at philosopher who w rote Im properly e n te re d M exico by conceal w hich he say s he sa n k In th e m a r th e conventlon'a previous declaratio n e n tire ly In ta itln w as L etb n lts (1646- on evolution as a s ta te m e n t of faith. I 1718). riage v enture. ing hla Id en tity and m ission. Bits of Best News Items From Everywhere. National Assembly Will Meet This Week. PUTIN CONCISE FORM WARSAW AGAIN CALM England Returning to Normal After Strike 20, NO. 1»26. as. BLACK QANQ By CYRIL NcNEILE SAPPER Copyrfqkf bv QCOKQC f t CORAN COL V » « Xante« room we p referred fa th e ir company, ropes In in ch a ghastly crowd of bores, we lay low and sold nothing. doc’t yon know." “From unofficial Inquiries I had “I feel sure. C aptain Drummond, "N ever fa rth e r from It In my life, lla -e rto n ," said the other. "1 adm it carried out we cam e to the conclusion th a t you’re sn adm irable Judge.” Sir It seems a bit over the odds, but every th a t th is m ysterious Black Gang w as Jo h n tu rn ed to Sir B ryan Johnstone word I’ve told you Is gospel. To re a reality, and that, fu rth er. It w as In and held out hla hand. "W ell, I n u s t Good-morning. Johnstone— turn 1 » Ibe discoveries. M clver found tim ately connected with these disap be off. th at Ihe bouse w as the h e ad q u arters pearance*. But w i also cam e to the and yon’ve thoroughly roused my of a vast crim inal organization. T here conclusion th a t the Ideals and objects curiosity. I’d very m uch like to know were schem es of Ibe most fantastic of th is gang w ere In every' way desir who the gentlem an Is whom we’ve descriptions cut and dried In every de able. Such a thing, of course, could been discussing. And In the m ean tail. Some of them w ere stu p id : some not be adm itted officially: the ahduc tim e I’ll look through these papers and « e re not. I have them all here. T his tlon of anyone Is s crim inal offense let yon know my decision tn due one”—be glanced through some papers Bnt we cam e to th e conclusion th a t course." H e b a ttle d out o f th e office, and on hi* desk—"concern« Ibe blowing of the Black G ang w as undoubtedly an a large gap In one of the retaining extrem ely pow erful and ubly led or Hugh ta n k Into a c h air with a sigh of w alls of iUe big reserv o ir a* Staines. ganization whose object was simply relief. “T h e old hoy's clothes seem foil of Thl* one concerns a perfectly-lhought- and aolely to light the lted elem ent out plot on your life w hen you go to In E ngland. T he m eans they adopted body th is morning, Tum -tum ," he re B eaucham p ball next week. You were were undoubtedly Illegal—but th e re m arked a s th e door dosed. "Indiges to be found dead In y our railw ay c a r sults w ere excellent. W henever a man tion—or don't the elastic-sided hoots appeared preaching Bolshevlam. a fte r flt?" riage." "Do yon know w hat we have been "W hatY ’ roared Sir John, springing a few days he sim ply disappeared. In short. * reign of te n o r w as sstabUabe<i discussing, H ugh?” said th e other to hi* feet. am ongst th e terro rists. And tt w as quietly. “ II would very likely huve failed." "N ot an earthly, old man. Waa It aald Sir B ryan calm ly, "but they would to put th a t right I have no doubt th at have tried again. T hey don't like you the Reverend Theodosius Lungmoor th a t new one about the girl In th* tro c a r's shop?" or your views ut a ll—these gentlemen. arrived In this country." Sir B ryan thooghtfolly Ut a n o th er "W e’ve been discussing th e leader But those a re the least Im portant. of the B lack Gong.” said S ir Bryan, From lim e Im mem orial wild, fanatical cigarette. "T o re tu rn to th e Island. M clver w ith bis eyes fixed on the man spraw l youths have done sim ilar th in g s: the dunger w as fa r g re a te r and m ore sub w ent there, end a fte r some little diffi ing tn th e c h air opposite. N ot by the tw itch o f a muscle did tie. And perhaps the most dangerous culty located If. out of th e tw enty or activity of all w as w hat 1 have spoken th irty to which the description m ight D rum m ond’s face c h a n g e : he seem ed about a lready—M uybrick ball was the apply. Hu found It fa r from uninhab engrossed tn the task o f selecting a h ead q u a rte rs of these poisonous pro- ited. Just a s th at le tte r says, lie found cigarette. "You’ve been In Deauville, haven’t M a rin a Sunday schools B ut in addi It occupied by some flftv or six ty rabid tion lo th at th ere waa forgery going a n arcl > ts — th e gentlem en who had so you, H ugh—the la st few days?” "Q uite right, old man. All among on th ere on a big sc a le : money la m ysteriously dlou ppea red—w ho were necessary for their activities. T here presided over by tw enty large dem o th e fairies." "Yon don’t know th a t a burglary has « e re also long lists of th e ir agents In bilized soldier* com m anded by an ex- different p a rts of th e country, and de sergeant-m ajor of the G uards. T he tak en place a t your bouse In Lon tailed Instructions for fom enting In- . a n a r r h| »ts, he gath don “A burglary 1” Drum m ond sat up dust rial unrest. But you b a re It all ered, were running a sta te on commu there—you can read It ul your leisure nist lines, as Interpreted by th e ex- w ith t Jerk. “Why th e deuce hasn ’t And the In terp re ta Denny told me?" for yourself. P a rtic u larly l commend sergeant-m ajor. “A very sm all one.” said Sir Bryan, lo your notice, the series o f pam phlets tion moved even M clver to te a rs of on Ireland, and the m ethods suggested laughter. It appeared th a t once every “com m itted by myself, und p erhaps he I took—your type (or prom oting discord betw een Eng th ree hours they w ere all draw n up In doesn't know. land and F rance, and E ngland and a row. and th e sergeant-m ajor, w ith w riter." a voice like a bull, would bellow ; F o r a few m om ents H ugh D rum America." " ‘Should th e ruling classes have mond sta red a t him In silen ce; then Sir B ryan lit a cigarette. l ls Ups began to tw itch. “T o re tu rn to the personal side of II. money T "I see." he **M a t length. "T m eant “ Then th ey answ ered tn unison— M clver, engrossed In his search, paid to have th a t defective ■*' repaired." very little a ttention to the row of ‘No.’ “ Yon took me In, old boy,” contin “ ’Should anyone have money V m umm ies in the hall. They certainly ued Sir Bryan, “u tte rly and absolute seemed e x traordinarily safe, and one Again they answ ered ’No.’ “ ‘Should everyone w ork for the ly. If tt had n 't been for one of the cun hardly blniue him. But the fact men a t M ayhrick hall turn in g king’s rem ains th a t, ut some period during common good for loveT ‘Yes.’ “ W hereat he would ro a r; ‘W ell. !n evidence, I don't believe I should have the m orning, th e Italian , who. If you rem em ber, w as padlocked In a bed th is ’ere G land th ere a in 't no ruling found ont now.” "W ell, w hat a re you going to do room upstairs, escaped. How I can't classes, and th ere a in 't no money, and tell y o u : be m ust have had a key In th e re 's dam ' little love, so go and about It?" asked D rum m ond a fte r a Ids pocket. They found th e padlock , p lant m ore potatoes; you lop-eared pause. “ N othing. I w as discussing the open, and th e room em pty. And going sons of Beelzebub.’ dow nstairs they found th e chairs re "A t which point the p a rad e broke np m a tte r w ith Sir John th is m orning, and we both agreed th a t you e ith e r cently occupied by th e clergy man and In disorder.” deserved penal serv itu d e or a se a t In Miss Ja n e t em pty also. M oreover from Sir John w as shaking helplessly. th at m oment no trac e o f any of them "T h is Is a Jest, Johnstone. You’re the cabinet. And since neith er course comm ends Itself to us, we have de lias been found. It Is a s If the earth Joking." had opened and sw allow ed them. "I'm not," answ ered the other. “B ut rided to do nothing. T here are rea Which brings us to th e packet en I think you’ll adm it th a t the m an who sons, which you will appreciate, closed w ith the le tte r from th e leader s ta rte d ihe whole show—the lea d er of ag ain st any publicity a t the m oment. of the Black Gang." the Black G ang—Is a hum orist, to put But, Hugh, the B lack Gang m ast lie crossed to a safe and took ont It mildly, who cannot well be spared.” “C arried, nem. con., Tum -tum . It the little cham ois lea th e r bag of d ia “My d ear fellow, th e cabinet ts the monds. only place fo r him. If only he'd ex shall au tom atically dissolve today. “ Nice stones." he rem arked quietly port tw o or th re e of my colleagues to Now, one for you. Why did you let “ W orth lite rally a king's ransom . T he th is Island and let ’em p lant potatoes Cart P eterson escape? I nearly killed pink one Is p a rt of the R ussian crown I’d tak e off my h a t to him. T ell me— him th a t night, a fte r I’d bayoneted the R ussian.” Jew els: th e rem ainder belonged to the do I know hiniT” "How did you know he had es G rand D uke Georgius, w ho w as m u r Sir B ryan smiled. caped?” dem anded Sir Bryan. dered by the B olshevists. Ills son, “I’m not c e r ta in : you may. But H ugh felt In hls pocket and p ro who bad these In bis possession, died rhe point, H averton, Is this. We m ust ten days ago of an overdose of a tak e cogntxnni-e of the whole thing. If duced a note. “R ead It," he said, passing It across sleeping draught In A m sterdam . At we acknow ledge It a t all. T h erefo re least th a t Is w hat I understood until 1 shall we assum e th a t everything I the desk. “It w as a pity you forgot th a t th ere received these. Now I atu not so sure. have been telling you Is a fairy sto ry : I would go further, and say I am quite th a t the Black G ang Is non-existent— m ight be a n o th er key to the padlock. "And sure that even If he did die of an over I m ay say th a t It will be sh o rtly —and C aptain Drum m ond.” It ran. dose, It » u s adm inistered by someone th a t w hat has alread y appeared In the Gluseppl Is an old frien d of mine. I else. And it was adm inistered by ttie p ap ers Is Just a hoax by som e Irre q uite enjoyed o u r single.” S ir B ryan retu rn ed th e note w ith benettcent clergym an calling him self sponsible person? Unless we do th a t the B everend T heodosius Eongmoor— th ere will be a cause celebre fought out a word, and Drum m ond replaced Ihe m ost am azing in tern atlo u al crlra out on class prejudice—a m ost In- It in hls pocket. H e rose and grinned a t hls friend. Inul of th is or any o th er age—the mall , judicious thing a t the p re sen t moment. "It’s deuced good of you, old man, t t - ith l i h Miss \ f Isu Ja T il n n e o t f n m l th flu e x Italian, I t n l f tin i I •«.«*<• tim i r n Island ( v il u m i i is a s ti u n t t down, il.v w n who, w and m ay «•> say <• th a i t f the sh T he eyes o f the lias vanished Into thin air, right under and the sixty pioneers have d eparted and all th a t . . M clver's nose.” to o th er countries. Also q u ite a num tw o men met. " If It w as found out, I should be “And you m ean to say th is man has ber of those agents whose nam es are been In E ngland and you h aven't laid on the list you have have left our looking fo r a nother Job,” rem arked "And p e rh ap s I Idm by th e heels?” said Sir John In shores during th e pust few days. It S ir B ryan dryly. credulously. Is m erely up to us to see th a t they should not get the tw o thousand But nothing has pounds which I un d erstan d th e widow “ U nfortunately th a t Is whnt 1 m ean," don't come hack. answ ered the oilier. "T he police of come out In the p a p e rs: and 1 don’t of the la te G inger M artin has received anonym ously." four contin en ts know about him. but w ant anything to come out e ith e r.” "S h u t up," said Drum m ond aw k He pauseil suddenly, a s a cheerful th a t's n very different thing from w ardly. proof. T his tim e we have proof voice w as heard In the office outside. "D elighted, old m nn,” retu rn e d the —these diam onds; and th e m an " A h ! here Is one C aptain D rum has vanished—u tte rly and completely. mond, whom I asked to come round other. “B u t the polb-e In th a t district H e Is the m aster m ind who controls this m orning," he eontlnued, w ith s a re dem anding a rise of pay. She has and directs, bnt very rarely actually faint smile. "I w onder If you know been drunk and disorderly live tim es In the lust w eek.” does anything him self. T h a t's why him." [T H E END.] lie's so devilishly difficult to cutch. But "D rum m ond?’’ repeated th e other. we’ll do It sooner or later." “ Is he a vast fellow w ith an ugly B a re -H e a d e d T he cabinet m inister w as once more face?” studying the ty p ew ritten com m unica “T h a t’s th e m an." said Sir Bryan. R obert had uccom puuied hls m other tion from th e leader of the Black “I've seen him a t hls a u n t's—old and fu th er to church. On the se a t In Gang. Lady M eltrose. Site says he’s the big front of them s a t a woman holding a tiny “bald-headed" bshy. “It’s th e m ost sstoundtng affair, gest fool In London." R obert w atched th« little head bob S ir B ryan's sm ile grew m ore pro this, Jo h n sto n e,” be said a t length. “Most astounding. And w hat’s all nounced us the door opened and Hugh bing around w ith g reat fascination, then pulling m other down to the level th is about th e Island off the coast of cauie In. “ Morning, Tum -tum ,” he boomed of hls m outh, he w hispered In aw e Mull?" genially. “ H ow 's the liver and all struck to n es: S ir B ryan laughed. “ M other, was I bare-headed like “ Not th e least astounding part of th a t? " “ Morning, Hugh. Do you know Sir th at all the tim e when I wus a baby?” Ihe whole show, I assu re you. B ut for you to u nderstand It b e tte r I m ust go John H averton?” "M orning. S ir John. Jolly old cabi hack two or th ree m onths, to the (line P r e tid e n tt’ M a rrie d L ive• when we ttrst becam e aw are of the ex net m erry end bright? O r did yon all T he P residents of the U nited State# istence of the Black Gang. A series go down on P urple Polly a t Goodwood who lived a m arried life of SO ye. rs or of very stra n g e d isap p earan ces w ere y esterd ay ?’’ m ore were John Adams and John Sir John rose a little grimly. taking p lac e; men w ere being spirited Quincy A dam s T he form er w as m ar “W e have o th er things to do besides ried In 17(41 and Kirs. Adam s died In away, w ithout leaving a trac e behind them . O f course we knew about II, bucking horses. C aptain Drummond. 1818. He died In 1828. John Quincy Adam s w as m arried In 1707. Hls wife hnt In view of th e fact th a t our a s I think we have m et at Lady Melt (lied In 1,8.52 und he In 1848. We t o d sistance .va* never asked to ttml them, roae’s bouse, h aven't we?” “More thnn likely,’’ said Hugh a f no record th a t th* golden wedding an and still m ore In view of Ihe fact th at in every case they w ere people whose fably. "I don’t often dine th e re : she niversaries were form ally celebruteiL CH APTER X V — C ontinued r