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Four robbers Tuesday held up two
messengers of the Municipal bank and
escaped with $50,000. The robbery oc
curred In the Flatbush section of
Brooklyn,
Authority would be given states to
tax national banks under a bill passed
Tuesday by the senate as a substitute
(or a similar bouse bill. The measure
now goes to conference.
The Iowa house has adopted unani
mously the joint resolution calling for
an amendment to the Iowa constitu
tion which would permit women to be
come members of the state legislature.
Upward of 450 men of the American
forces In Germany have been married
with permission since January, 1922.
At that time there was about 10,000
American troops In the occupation
zone. 1
An order received In Essen from
the central government In Berlin for
bids the canal employes In the occu
pied territory to tow any coal barges
seized by the French or to open sluices
for their passage.
Captain Harry C. Drayton of Mltchel
v field, flew Monday from Pine Valley
field, near Camden, N. J., to Mltchel
field, 110 miles, in 42 minutes. Of
ficers at Mltchel field claim this to be
a record service flight.
In a vain effort to save H. I. TIbbets,
aged 41, a miner at the Morning mine
at Mullan, Idaho, Walter Lee Lynch,
28, and Edward Zlch, 25, miners, lost
their lives Tuesday in a fire that raged
through the Morning mine.
The miniature department store in
the house office building in Washing
ton, D. C, through which members
heretofore were able to buy poker
chips and almost anything they wanted
out of the allotment for stationery,
went on the rocks Monday.
PartB ot the eyeball of a 6-montbS'
old pig recently were grafted on a
human eye by Dr. Edward B. Morgan
of Patterson, N. J., and three assist
ants In an effort to restore sight to
Albert Lemanowlcz, 18, of Lyndhurst,
blinded In a Fourth of July fireworks
explosion.
A fund of $5000, the gift ot William
Wrigley Jr., a Chicago business man,
was made Tuesday to finance an ex
pedition from Yerkes observatory,
Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, to Santa
Catallna island, California, to observe
the total eclipse of the sun, visible
Septenibor 10.
Sun Yat-Sen, ex-president of the
southern republic of China, has an
nounced thut he would leave next Sat
urday for Canton, his former capital,
Both foreign and Chinese iutorests
have been urging him to go there to
restore order. His adherents took the
city from Pekln nationalists last Wed
nesday. Premier Kato, replying to an Inter
pellation by Viscount Kato, leader of
the Kenselkal, or opposition, party, de
clared that while no formal negotia
tions had occurred "there is an under
j standing between America, Great Brit
ain and Japan regarding steps to be
taken" if the other powers fail to
ratify the Washington conference
agreements.
The total apportioned benevolences
of the Methodist Episcopal church In
creased from $2,282,625 in 1912 to 13,
907,715 in 1922, or 609 per cent, accord
ing to the report ot Dr. R. J. Wade,
corresponding secretary of the com
mittee on conservation and advance,
road before 200 leading Methodists of
the country in conference in Chicago
. Monday. "The per capita giving ot
our membership laBt year for all
church purposes," the report Bald,
"was $22.40."
Botween 60 and 70 drug addicts con
fined in the county jail in San Jose,
Cal., early Sunday night gave vent to
their dissatisfaction with jail fare In
a noisy outburst audible for several
blocks. Cell doors and bars were
shaken and every article at their dis
posal was used to swell the din, which
attracted a crowd of almost 1000 to
the jail doors. The fire department
was finally called out and the prison-
erg threatened with having their cells
flooded before the uproar ceased,
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SLAV TO AID TURK IS REPORT
Secret Military Alliance Declared
Made Lausanne Faces Split.
Belgrade. The government news
paper Trlbuna said Monday that Fpr
elgn Minister Tcbltcherln of Russia
and Ismet Pasha have made a secret
agreement at Lausanne, by which Rus
sia and Turkey will give each other
military support in the near east In
case hostilities are resumed. The
agreement, which Is said to have been
accepted by both the soviet and Turk
ish governments, stipulates that Russia
will send several divisions Into Meso
potamia should the British and the
Turks take up arms.
The newspaper also asserted that
under the terms ot a special arrange
ment made at Lausanne between Rus
sia and Bulgaria,' Russian troops may
be sent into western Thrace across
Bulgarian territory.
Turkey agrees not to conclude any
agreement at Lausanne without the
previous consent of Russia, the Trlb
una added.
Lausanne. The spokesman of the
Russian delegation at the conference
here characterized as an invention a
Belgrade report that Turkey and Rus
sia would, give each other mutual
military support in the event of
resumption ot hostilities in the near
east.
M. Stanclcoff, the Bulgarian minis
ter to Great Britain, also declared un
true the report that Bulgaria and
Russia had reached an agreement un
der which Russian troops would be
permitted to cross Bulgaria Into west
ern Thrace as an aid to Turkey, should
hostilities he resumed.
GUARD OF 250,000
URGED FOR NATION
Washington, D. C. A minimum
peace time strength of 250,000 men
for the national guard was, rceommend
ed Saturday In a report of a commit
tee of national guard and general
staff officers who have been studying
the problem for more than a year and
which was approved by Secretary
Weeks. The plan outlined by the com
mittee was based on an efficient organ
ization of 18 infantry and four cavalry
divisions, and would mean a reduc
tion from present authorized paper
strength of the national guard, which
Is 435,000 men.
In addition to the infantry and
cavalry divisions, the guard, under the
plan submitted, would consist ot 130
companies of harbor defense troops
12 infantry regiments to be allotted,
and other units necessary to a well
balanced force, such as tanks, anti-
air forces and artillery units.
The committee recommended that
the Btrength of the guard be appor
tioned so far as practicable among the
states in proportion to the number of
members- of the house ot representa
tives, and that provision should be
made to maintain all organizations
heretofore recognized and for the com
pletion of organizations In process of
formation.
Tubercular Veterans to Benefit.
Tubercular war veterans of this dis
trict whose claims for compensation
and hospitalization have been dis
allowed by the government, will ben
efit greatly by a new federal order
calling for extension of proof period
following separation from service and
the formation of a district tuberculosis
board to consider service connection
of cases after observation in the hos
pital, according to an announcement
made by L. C. Jesseph, northwest dis
trict manager of the United States
voteruns' bureau. Hundreds of ex
service men of the Pacific northwest
will be directly affected by this meas
ure and every tuberculosis case will
be automatically reopened for con
sideration. Development of tubercu
losis from war service is increasing
rapidly, it was stated.
Convention Date Set.
Vancouver, Wash. The 1923 con
vention of the Spanish war veterans
ot Washington and Alaska will be
held in Vancouver July 19, 20 and 21,
it was announced Monday by Fred
Tempes of this city, state commander
of the veterans. Vancouver was chos
en as the 1923 convention city at the
state meeting last year, but the dates
were not selected. About 400 dele
gates are expected at the convention.
$30 Grows to $2,000,000.
Muskogee, Okla. Harry Hill, an
electrical engineer, learned Monday
that he was the sole heir to the estate
of his uncle, John M. Hill, merchant
of Nashville, Tenn. Hill said the estate
was valued at approximately $2,000,-
000. The estate grew, Hill asserted,
from a Btock investment of $30 in
1874. Dividends had been reinvested
and all proved successful.
TURK AND ALLIES
I
Near East Conference Faces
Failure at Lausanne.
BRITISH STILL HOPE
Leaders Lay Plans to Prevent Break
down of Gathering; Kemal
ists Demand Sovereignty.
Lausanne. -The Turks and the allies
have drifted bo far apart that Lau
sanne Sunday was confronted with
the probability that the near eastern
conference would adjourn without
reaching an agreement, according to
practically all the delegations.
The British were clinging to the
hope that the Turks would sign, but
they stood alone. Ambassador Child,
by conferring with Ismet Pasha and
Lord Curzon, was said to be contribu
ting his bit to saving the conference
from collapse. The French premier
'telegraphed to Mustapha Kemal Pasha
at Angora, counseling moderation in
the interest of Turkey and for the
good of all Europe.
The conference leaders laid plans
to prevent what the world must call a
rupture ot the conference. If France
Is beset with the Ruhr problem, Italy
is also deep in internal questions of
great importance and Italy, like
France, wants no more war in the near
east.
Marquis dl Garroni, head of the
Italian delegation, spent most of the
day frantically seeking to prevent new
complications and to induce Turkey
and England to come to an agreement,
for this long struggle at Lausanne Is
essentially a battle between Turkey
and England. Ismet Pasha said that
he wanted peace, but that his people
demand an honorable peace which will
recognize and sanctify the sovereign
rights of Turkey.
Efforts will be made to Induce
Turkey on Wednesday, when the al
lied treaty is officially presented, to
accept certain essential parts of that
treaty in principle. The conference
will then be temporarily adjourned and
experts of each delegation will be left
in LauBanne, thus never losing official
touch with each other.
In the meantime an endeavor will
be made through regular diplomatic
channels to attain an accord, and later
the plenipotentiaries could return to
Lausanne and sign It.
In this diplomatic effort France is
regarded as in an especially favorable
position because of her accord with
Angora, which practically removes her
from a state of war with Turkey,
Italy will not hear of a rupture, which
threatens resumption of the war, and
stands ready to urge alterations in the
ultimatum program of the allies.
The near eastern conference can be
saved, Ismet Pasha and Riza Nur Bey
the Turkish delegates informed the
Associated Press if the allies are will
lng to adopt a set of essential prin
ciples recognizing the complete sover
eignty of Turkey, with total abolition
of the capitulations and an equitable
distribution of the Ottoman debt.
Mr. Daugherty Better.
Washington, D. C. Considerable
improvement in the condition of At
torney-General Daugherty, who has
been suffering from a severe cold, was
reported Sunday by Brigadier-General
C. E. Sawyer, the White House physi
cian, who is attending him. Mr,
Daugherty is confined to his room,
high blood pressure which is not re
garded as alarming, having disappear
ed, and it probably will be some days
before he returns to his duties.
Poison Expert la Dead.
Chicago. Dr Walter Stanley Haines,
nationally-known chemist and toxicolo-
gist and a lecturer at Rash Medical
college, died here Saturday at the age
of 72 years. Since 1876 Dr. Haines had
occupied the chair of chemistry, toxi
cology and materia medlca at the Rash
school. Through his expert testimony
in poison cases he gained a wide repu
tation throughout the country as
toxlcologist.
Big Fraud Frustrated.
Cleveland, O. What is believed by
secret service agents to be an attempt
to flood the country with counterfeit
war savings stamps was frustrated
here Saturday. A man who was
the act ot cashing $600 ot these stamps
in a bank was arrested.
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"UPON MY HONOR!"
SYNOPSIS. During the height of
the New Orleans carnival season
Jachln Fell, wealthy though some
what mysterious citizen, and Dr.
Ansley, are discussing a series ot
robberies by an individual known
as the Midnight Masquer, who, In
variably attired as an aviator, has
long defied the police. Joseph Mail
lard, wealthy banker, is giving a
ball that night, at which the Mas
quer has threatened to appear and
rob the guests. Fell and Ansley,
on their way to the affair, meet a
girl dressed as Columbine, seeming
ly known to Fell, but masked, who
accompanies them to the ball.
Lucie Ledanols, recently the ward
of her uncle, Joseph Maillard, Is
the Columbine. At the ball, Bob
Maillard, son of the banker, again
proposes to her and Is refused. He
offers to buy some of her property.
A Franciscan monk Interests her.
He turns out to.be Prince Gramont.
In his library Joseph Maillard and
a group of his friends are held up
and robbed by the Midnight Mas
quer. Lucie Ledanols, the last ot
an old family, Is In straitened cir
cumstances. Joseph Maillard's han
dling of her funds has been unfor
tunate. Fell is an old friend of her
parents and deeply Interested in
the girl. Henry Gramont, really
the Prince de Gramont, Is enamored
of Lucie. Lucie talks with Fell
about her affairs and the Masked
Masquer. Gramont's chauffeur,
Hammond, sergeant in tie A. E.
F., lives with him. He was the
original Midnight Masquer, and
Gramont had assumed the role.
Where Hammond had been a rob
ber for financial gain, Gramont, of
course, Is not. He arranges to re
turn the "loot" to those whom he
has robbed. Gramont and Ham
mond put the jewels and money In
Individual packages to be returned
the next day. An explanation Is
Inclosed in each. Ben Cacherre, an
individual of unsavory character,
appears to be associated with
Jachln Fell. He has a peculiar In
terview with one Memphis Izzy
Gumberts, notorious Influential
crook, in which there Is significant
reference to a mysterious "boss."
Lucie summons Gramont to her
home.
CHAPTER VII Continued.
10
For a moment Gramont found him
self unable to speak. He was thun
derstruck by the sight of those unmis
takable boxes. A glance nt the calm
features of the girl showed him that
there was nothing to be concealed
from her, even had he wished it. He
was further stunned by this realiza
tion. He could' not understand how
the packages had come here. Recov
ering his voice with an effort, he man
aged to break the heavy silence.
'Well? I suppose you know what
Is in those parcels?"
She nodded. "Yes. One of them
was opened, and the note Inside was
discovered. Of course, it gave a gen
eral explanation. Will you sit down,
please? I think that we had better
talk It over quietly and calmly."
Gramont obeyed, and dropped Into a
chair.
He was absurdly conscious of his
own confusion. How had Lucie come
Into the affair? This staggered him
above all else. Was she behind the
theft of the loot? It must be. How
long had she suspected him, then? He
had thought Jachln Fell the sole dan
ger point he had never dreamed that
this gray-eyed Athene could be tracing
down the Masquer 1 He tried to vis
ualize the situation more clearly and
his brain whirled. He knew, of course,
that she was fairly Intimate with Fell,
but he was not aware of any particu
lar connection
He glanced up at her suddenly, and
surprised a glint of laughter In her
eyes as she watched him.
"You seem to be rather astonished,'
she observed.
"I am." Gramont drew a deep
breath. "You do you know that
those boxes were taken from my
car?"
, She nodded again. "Certainly. They
were brought to me."
"Then yon had someone on my
trail?" Gramont flushed a little as
he put the question to her.
"No. I have been chosen to settle
affairs with you, that Is all. It has
been learned from the note in the
opened box that you were not criminal
in what you did."
She leaned forward, her deep eyes
searching him with a steady scrutiny.
"Tell me, Henry Gramont, what mad
Impulse brought you to all this? Was
it a silly, boyish effort to be roman
ticwas It a mere outburst ot bra
vado? It was not for the sake of rob
bery, as the note explained very clear
ly. But why, then? Why? There
must have been a definite reason in
your mind. You would not have taken
such dangerous chances unless you
had something to gain!"
Gramont nodded slightly. A slight
smile touched his lips. "You're not
going to send me to prison, I trust?"
"1 ought to!" The girl broke Into
a laugh. "Why, I can hardly yet be
llevo that it was really you who were
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guilty of those things! It mortified
me, It stunned me until I realized the
truth from the note. Even the fact
that you did not do It for criminal
ends does not relieve the sheer folly
of the act. Why did you do It? Come,
tell me the truth I"
Gramont shrugged. "The truth?
Well, my chauffeur, Hammond, was
the original Masquer. I caught him
In the act you remember I told you
about him? After taking him into my
employ, I became the Masquer."
Why did you do It?" persisted the
girl.
"Call it bravado, my dear Lucie.
Call it anything you like I can't lie
to you I I had a motive, and I refuse
to admit what it was; that's all."
'Aren't you ashamed of yourself?"
'Not particularly." He smiled. "I
had a good end In view, and I accom
plished it Now that I'm all through,
now that Ive finished playing my
little game, you happened to dis
cover it."
"I think you've been very silly," she
said with a disconcerting calmness.
He regarded her for a moment, stead
ily. "And you have displayed a fear
ful lack of judgment !"
"Silly! Well perhaps. What are
you going to do with those boxes?"
"I'll put them In the mall. I'm go
ing downtown for luncheon, and will
do It then. They'll be delivered this
afternoon."
He nodded. "I had meant to have
them delivered tomorrow; It makes
no difference. You're the boss. It
will give the good people a little more
reason for jubilation tonight, eh?"
A sudden laugh broke upon his Hps.
"I'm beginning to see the humor of It,
Lucie and I know who put you next
to me. It was Jachln Fell, the old
fox I I suspected that he was on my
"No Oil Is No Woman's Game, Un
less She Can Afford to Lose."
trail, and I thought that he had man
aged the theft of those boxes. In fact,
I was preparing to give him a big sur
prise this afternoon. But tell me, Lu
cie are you angry?"
She looked at him steadily for a
space, then a swift smile leaped to her
Hps and she extended a pardoning
hand. Her gesture and words were
impulsive, sincere.
"Angry? No. I think you've some
good reason behind It all, which you
won't confide to me. I can read you
pretty clearly, Henry Gramont; J
think I can understand some things
In you. You're no weakling, no ro
mantic, filibustering crnckbrain. And I
like you because you won't He to me.
You've a motive and you refuse to
tell It very well! I'll be just as
frank and say that I'm not a bit angry,
So, that's settled!
"Now what was the big surprise that
you just mentioned you were going to
give poor Mr. Fell this afternoon?"
Gramont's eyes twinkled. "You re
member that I thought he suspected
me of being the Masquer? Well, I
was going to him to propose that we
enter business together."
"Oh! As bandits?"
"No, as oil promoters. I'm out of
Maillard's company, or shall be out of
it soon. The minute I'm out, I'll be
free to go into business for myself. It
STREETS "LIT BY SMOKE."
It was on January 23, 1807, that
Pall Mall was lit by gas the first
street in any city in the world to
adopt the new Uluminant. The car
toonists of the period drew pictures
which represented people choked by
the fumes of the new llluminant, and
all manner of ridiculous stories were
ceurred to m that If Jachln Feffliad
brains enough to run down the Mid
nlnht Mnnnuur hm wnnlll hfl A IllllfllfV
good business partner; because I'm
poor on business detail. Also, I think
Fell Is to be trusted. He's very strong
politically, I have found although
few people know It."
But he's not interested lu on, is
he?"
I don't know; I take for granted
that he's Interested In mnklng money.
Most men are. The only way to make
money In oil Is to have money and
he has some! I have a little. I can
put In twenty-five thousand. With an
equal amount from him, we can sink
a couple of wells, perhaps three. If
we go broke, all right. If we find oil,
we're rich!"
"But, my dear Henry, if he knew
you to be the Midnight Musquer, do
you think he'd want to go Into busi
ness with you?"
"Why not?" Gramont laughed. "If
he knew that I had brains enough to
pull off that stunt and keep all New
Orleans up in the air wouldn't I
make a good partner? Besides, I be
lieve I have some notion where to go
after oil; I'm going to examine your
land first"
"My good prince, you surely have no
lack of audacity I" She broke into a
peal of laughter. "Your argument
about Inducing Mr. Fell to go Into
business with you is naive"
"But, as an argument, isn't Is quite
sound?"
"Possibly. Since it is Lucie Leda
nols and not Jachln Fell who has
brought you to a confession of your
crimes against society aren't you
going to propose that she go Into busi
ness with you? Doesn't the argument
hold good with her?"
"No. Oil is no woman's game, un
less she can well afford to lose. I
imagine that you cannot, Lucie."
"You're right, I can't put in any
money. I'm land poor.. . Unless I were
to sell that Bayou Terrebonne land
It's an old farm, abandoned since be
fore father died"
"Don't sell It!" he exclaimed, quick
ly. "Don't consider any dealings with
It until I have looked it over, will
you?"
"Since you ask it, no. If there's gas
near by, there must be oil."
"Who knows?" he shrugged. "No
one can predict oil."
"Then you still mean to go to Jachln
Fell with your scheme?"
Gramont nodded. "Yes. See here,
Lucie It's about noon! Suppose you
come along and lunch with me at the
Loulslane, if you've no engagement.
We can put those boxes In the mall en
route, and after luncheon I'll try and
get hold of Fell."
She put her head on one side and
studied him reflectively.
"You're sure you'll not kidnap me
or anything like that? It's risky to be
come a friend of hardened criminals,
even If one is trying to uplift them."
"Good! You'll come?"
"If you .can give me ten minutes "
"My dear Lucie, you are the most
charming object in New Orleans at
this minute I Why attempt to make
yourself still more attractive? Gild
ing the lily Is an Impossible task."
"Well, wait for me. Is your car
here? Good! I want to see Ham
mond's face when he sees us carrying
out those boxes."
Laughing, the girl started toward
the stairs. At the doorway she paused.
"One thing, M. le prince! Do you
solemnly promise, upon your honor,
that the Midnight Masquer is dead
forever?"
"Upon my honor!" said Gramont,
seriously. "The farce is ended, Lucie."
"All right. I'll be right down. Smoke
If you like"
In her own room upstairs Lucie
closed the door and sat down before
her dressing table. She made no
move toward the array of toilet ar
ticles, however. Instead, she took a
desk telephone from the table, and
called a number. In a moment she
received a response.
"Uncle Jachln!" she exclaimed.
"Yes It's just as we thought; It's all
a joke. No, It was not a joke, either,
because he had some motive behind It,
but he won't tell me what It was. I'm
terribly glad that you opened one of
those boxes and found the letter If
you had gone to the police It would
have been perfectly dreadful "
"I never go to the police," said Ja
chln Fell with his dry chuckle. "You
are quite satisfied that there Is noth
ing serious In the affair, then?"
"Absolutely! He told me that he
had accomplished his purpose, what
ever It was, and that It's all ended.
He just gave me his word that the
Masquer was dead forever. Now,
aren't you glad that you confided In
me?"
"Very," said Jachln Fell. "Very
glad, Indeed I"
"Now you're laughing at me never
mind! We're going to lunch down
town, and we'll mail those boxes on
the way, by parcels post. Is that all
right?"
"Quite all right, my dear. Did your
gown come for tonight?"
"It's to come this afternoon."
- "I don't care to have you offer
any reflection on my action,
Maillard," said Gramont, evenly.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
circulated about it. Sir Walter Scott
wrote from London that "there was
a madman proposing to light London
with what do you think? why, with
smoke." Sir Humphry Davy is also
credited with giving the opinion that
it would be as easy to brintf down a
bit of the moon to light London as to
succeed in doing so with gas. London
Tit-Bits.