Evening Star Newspaper, September 7, 1922, Page 36

AUCTIONS AUCTION SALES. THIS AFTERNOON. AUCTION SALES. FUTURE DAYS. THOS. J. OWEN & SON, AUOTS. RUSTEES' SALE OF, OF_VALUABLE WRAM ™ LING No. 2125 FLORIDA ris SR AouTh Ty vietue of & K ariain_dosd of trust duly yevorded in Liber No. 4208, follo 468 et seq., B b Jand records of the District of Zolum Bia. and at the request of thereby, the undersigned t . in_front o a Toamis' 1370t trantivy.en ave. . A deposit of $200 yequired at time of sale. Conveyancing, re- gurdiog aod rerenue utampe st purchasers t. Sale to be closed within 50 days or de- posit forfeited. WM. T. BALLABD. RALPH T. HAI 28-d4d £y Trustees. @HOMAS J.OWEN & SON, AUCTIONEERS. Mrustee’s Sale of the Three- story, Nine-room-and-bath Brick Dwelling, No. 1221 6th St. N.W. By sauthority vested in the undersigned. as Rrustee, we wili sell st public fron ©f the premises on "RSDAY, ENIH DAY OF SERTEMBER, 1032, AT i Toc 815, a " square- 481, "t One-third cash, balance in and two years, with Interet st 6 per cent secured ed of trust upo or all, sh at purch « stamps at pureh I i weithie thitey. daye,. other: Wise the properts may be resold at the risk A vost of the AND TRUST a&duessudh | AUVCTIONEERS. M o and_hot-water hea of S0 cash at time RME OF VALUABL X BRICK ER N . in £ f the IGHTH DAY OF AT FOUR THIRTY 0'C deseribed and premi istrict of Columblu, anid designated as - o subdivigion, of Sl s the, surveyor of 18 e “$a 000, be paid one e third " secured by a deed ris wold. or ‘all cash, A deposit ot §2 [ EK, AUCTIONEER. Trustees’ Sale of Three-story | Brick Dwelling, No. 149 Eleventh Street N.E. By virtue of a certain de April 1922, and recorded May the 1and records for the olumbia, secured od trust dat 1, 1922, as and at the request of the ‘thereby. the undersigned remises. PT per plat recorded in ! of the records of the officy survesor for the District of cash, + luding interes of $300 required at the time of sa Poaveyancing. récording, notarial fees at the cost of the purchaser. Tt or sale o ba complied with within trirty dsys from day of sale, otherwise the frustees raverve the Hight to recell the prop YAt the risk and cost of the defaniting ler, Sve days: t of some newsp ity ‘of Washington. D 30 ER o HERBERT, Trustees. “THOS. 3. OWEN & SON, AUCTIONEERS. EES' SALB OF VALUABLE THREE- K RESIDENCE, NO. 1412 certain deed of trust duly roctrded in Liber No 4331, follo, 154 et sea of the land records of the' District of Colum: ety secured | I ElTE ) 2 cribed land and pnml-e o the m.mn of Columbia, and de Vord's subdivision of square recorded in Liber H. D. ords of the offee of tl trict of Columbi. Tarms of sale: ~Sold sul deed of trust for $3.000. February 6, 1922, A desd of trust $300 00, ‘und the amount over decds of trust to be paid in ea: posit required upon mcceptanc 1 ording and revenze s at e to e closed Within oF dapests Jorfalied. PEDWARD H. YOUNG, Thtis . GREGORY, 2128 A&dsexSukH rusteer folio 7, ufvesorof (6 Dis- 1 Jublect to @ prior Srat ce on & to about | above sald t.o. we will offer for sale, by publ auction without reserve, within our | salesrooms, 633 La. Ave. NW, on| Fi v, September 8 1922, at 10 am., the salvage stock clnlhing,‘ Men's and Women's, Hats and Caps, * Undee~wear, Pajamas, Drugs. T Articles and a lot of miscellaneous articles recently damaged in trans- portation. SOUTHEASTERN EXPRESS 0. | Terms. Cash. TADAM A. WESCHLER, AUCTIONEER. Attorney’s Sale of Modern Bak- ery Equipment, contained in( “Rohry Bread Shop, Inc.,” No. 647 H Street Northeast. By Public Auction Within Said Premises motor, 113-Barrel Tith motor. Duchess Dnun Divldu‘ Rread Ri Box i Sghnt Machine v in. Buzz F: 8 ‘an, “Gem'' Do ‘1; n(er(lnnr‘- Furnace, Steel Bowl, )m_u\' & SMITH, Attorney : FUTURE DAY THOMAS J. OWEN & BON, AUCTIONHERS. TRUSTERS' SALE OF TWO 3-8TORY BRICK PARTMENTS, =~ BACH CONTAINING THREE APARTMENTS. NOS. Lor A 1919 12th STREET NORTHWES' By virtue of two certaln deeds al trust guly vecorded among the land record the Districe ot Columbis, In Liner 4561 8t folios 376 and 370 et seq., respeecively, and at the Tequest of _the party wecured ‘hereby, the undersigaed irustees will sell st publ Tien. ‘in front of the ises, THURS- FOUR' SEP. he of the District of Columbia. Terms of sale: Mu subject to twe, vrlor deeds of trust securi; 280 which. ilt "be_ smomsced i Jaid trust Thne of saie oum--d'nq. and revenue. u-u- purchase; f sale to be T ull] atured | ADAM A. WESCHLER, AUCTIONEER. Large Sale Household Furni- ture, Player and Other Pianos, Carpets, Rugs, Etoc., by order U. S. Marshal, Mer- chants Transfer & Storage Co. and Others By Public Auction, at W, s, 920 Pa. Ave. NW,, Player and other Upright 4 “Veloue Liviog Biom M: Di nd Used K Springs. 50 Matirenses, Duvenports. Bei Chairs, ' Mirrors, New Blec T and - Chiftoaters. Fi Trass Fire He n Cabinet, Refrigerators, Gas Ranges, Carpets, Rugs, ete. At 12 0'Clock Noon *1922 Ford Coupe (practically new), Two Ford Touring Cars and Two Boxes Bosch Trans- formers, by order U. S. Mar- shal; Other Touring Cars and Reoadsters, Lot New Auto Parts by order Government, 50 New Bumpers, Etc. ms: Cash. ADAM A OWEN - THOMAS J. | TRU! WESCHLER, Auct. By virtue of u |ed in Liber N cords of the I 1 auest ot t} raigned w Jort | FLEV t Las d Tenowing taru Purciaser 0y oue-third of the pu price in hase . Mhie balance in two instaliments ) yeurs. respectively, with Tate ‘of i per centim per anaus the property wold by deed of . at the option of the pur- sale: a de- o 3" will "be required at the time of le and mettlement to be within fifteen (15) days of the date of sale or di the property B, FRANCIS SATT. 2 Eye Street n.w. 3. WRILEY JACOB 3&s,exSukhal 141 treet o.w. OWEN & SON, ATCTIONEERS. JALUABLE FRAME 1 W | nw sl deed of trusk, being {mstrument No. 117, recorded 922 the Tand revords of the District of at the request of the parts undvr"lzn»d trusteen will rlunwu K P AL, premises, and designated feet 8 fuches fr ‘ and the surveyor purchaser's cost. thirty days or_deposit forfeited ELWOOD G. HERF FRANCIS M. SETTL Trustees 3 X0. NORTH- rinin deed of trust. heing 108, “recorded February 23, By virtue of a instrument m n_square ubdisision, e City of recorded in the office of the surveyor the District of Columbis. In county Liber 24, folio 11, subject to covenants of record. 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How did you know?” “Let me introduce Mr. Jack Wal- don,” he went ol we edged our way toward the te, “the brother of Mrs. Tracy Edwards, who dis- sppeared so strangely from houseboat Lucie last night at Sea- ville. t is ¢ case you're go- ing to write up, isn't jt It was then, for the first time, I noticed the excited young man side Kennedy was really his com-| panion. I shook hands with Waldon, who gave me a grip that was b greeting and an added impul our general dérection through the wicket. “Might haye known the paper woul assign you to this Edwards cas panted Kennedy, mopping his fore. | head, for the hen n the terminal | was oppressive and the crowd, though mnot large, was closely packed. “Mr. Jameson is my right- | hand man,” he explained to don, taking us each by the arm and urging us forward. “Waldon was afraid we might miss the train or I should have-tried to get you, Wal- ter, at the office. It was all done so suddenly that they quite took away what remain- ing breath I had, as we settled our- selves to swelter in the smoker in- | stead of in the concourse. I did not | ¢ even -protest at the matter-of-fact assurance with which Craig assumed | 1 2| i | that his deduction as to my destina- tion was correct. Waldon, a handsome young fallow in a flannel sult and yachting cap somewhat the worse for his .vl dently perturbed state of mind, seemed to eye me for the moment doubtfully, in spite of Kennelya cordial greeting. i “I've had all the first editions of the evening papers, 2 eped through the stories seemed to be quite the same —pretty meager in details.” Yes” returned Waldon, with a glance at Kennedy, “I tried to keep as much out of the papers as could just for Lucie's sske’ “You needn't fear Jameson’ re- marked Kennedy. He fumbled in his ket, then paused a moment and a glance of inquiry at Waldon, who nodded a mute acquiescence to him. “There scem to have been 3 num- ber of very pecullar disappearances lately,” resumed Kenmedy, “but this case of Mrs. Edwards is by far the most extraordinary. Of course your paper hasn't had that—yet,” he con- cluded, handing me a sheet of note- pape Mr. Waldon didn't gi hoping to avoid scandal. l took the paper and read eagerly, In o woman's My Dear Miss Fox: I have been dcwn here at Seavills on our house- boat, the Lucie, for several days for a_purpose which now is accom- Dlished: “Already 1 had my suspicions of ou. from a source which I need not name. Therefors, when the Kron- prinz got into wireless communica- tion with the station at Seaville I determined through our own wire- less on the Luocie to overhear whether there would be any exahi of messages between my hi and yourseif. “I was able to overhear the whole thing, end want you to know that your secret is no longer a secret from me, and that I have already told Mr. Edwards that I know it You ruin his life by your intimacy which you Seem to want to keep up, although you know you have no right to do It, but you shall mot ruin mine. 1T am_ thoroughly disillusioned now. I have not decided on w. steps to take, but— Only a casual glanoce was neces- sary to show me that the writing seemed to grow more aad more weak as it vraftolled. and the note stopped abrupt] as if the writer had been -udnnly interrupted or some new idea had ece to her. Hastily 1 tried to figure it out Lucle Waldon, as everybody kmew. was a famous beauty. & marvel of charm and daintiness, with big, soulful, wistful eyes Her marrage to Traoy Edwards, the 'edmy plunger and stock broker, had be a great social event the year before, and it was reputed at the time that Edwards had showered her with jewels and dresses to the wonder anad talk even of society. As for Valerie Fox., I knew she had won quick recognition and even fame as & dancer in New York dur- ing the previous winter, and I re- called reading three or four days before that she had just returned on the Kronprins from a trlg‘ *“I don't su e you ve hld time to see Fox,” 1 remarked. “Where is she? ‘At Beach Park, now. 1 think" replied Waldon, “a resort a few Tolies mearer fhe city on the south shore, where there is a large colony of actors.” 1 handed back the letter to Ken- at do you make of {t? he asked, as he folded it up and put it back into his pocket. “I hardly lnnw what to sa course, there that all not exactly like a honeymoon still with the Tracy Edwardses.” | ‘Yes,” returned Waldom, llowly. “T know myself that there has be some trouble, but nothing ‘.fll\lll until I found this letter lart ht in my sister’s room. She never said ..4 experienced and ur_service. storage in gor Sreproof furaitase Merchants T Tn;-fer & Storage Co. 920-922 E Mroet N.W. Hi J. 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Arug:m’uv. and "In “Sadition te ¢he eourses qQ fifty-two-reel ‘production made in g0, At a cost nl Bopten Transeript. X ‘next mon “Wasn't ‘the bride 3 timid?” = “Very. Bhe was even shy ten ywl when 1t camq to sividg her age” charches 1n the mn‘u‘? 18,000 oF which already projecting machjnes, T. HOLT STUDIOS WALTER B o PHONB FBANK, 1219 CONN. AVE. anything_about it either to mother or myself. They haven't been much together during the summer, a ll.t night when she dll.pg“lml Tracy was in the city. hadn’t thought much about it be- ow he interests that with New York, amd this sum: hasn't been m particularly good plunger doesn’t always make fll. best of husband perament to be ++4 ‘“Thers seems to be a good many [things to be reckoned with,® Craig considered. “For example, here's a houseboat, the Lucie, a palatial atf- fair, cruising.about aim , with & beautiful woman on it. Bhe gives & little party, in the absence of her hulbud, to her brother, his flancee and her mother, who visit her from hl- nchl. lh- Nautilus. They break living on the Lueie going lc Khelr rooms apd the rest back to the yacht, which is anchored oyt fur- ther In the di T water of the bay. “Some tim; the middle of the night her maid, Juanita, finds that he is not in her room, Her brother summoned back from his yacht nd finds . that she has Jeft this pltll.!lc. \lnlnllhlfl letter. But othe wii is n of her. Her notll.d and hurries out there, can find r clus. Meu whll.. K!' ‘Waldon, in mlr, lutrl down to the ecity etly. ‘You remember I told you,” ‘wasn’t deing gond, and som¢ one last night suggested that she try ountaina.” 3 % the ( (g1 mtl | Then there is the poseibiiity of “Had there been anything that would foreshadow the—er—disappe.ir- 7" asked’ Kennedy. nly as I say, that for two or three days she seemed to be listiess, to be sinking by slow and easy .stsses into a sort of vacant, moody state of 1ll-heaith.” “She had a doctor?” I suppose” “Yes, Dr. Jermyn, Tracy’s own per- sonal physician, came down from the gestion of the lungs. could see there was no apparent cause for it. I don't think he was very thusiastic about the mountain-air idea. The fact i&, he was iike & good many doctors under the circum- stances, non-committal—wanted her :-Mdcr observation, and all that ort of “What's your opinion? 1 preseed k- “Do you think she has run away. “znu.ruly. ‘4 rather not attempt . 'Craig replied cautiously "Bul (here are several possibilitics Yes, she might bave left the house boat in some other boat. of course, cf- ident. It was a hot night. She {might have been leaning from the window and have lost her balance. {1 have even thought of drugs, that {she might have taken something in her despondency and have fallen overboard while underithe influence of it. Then, of eourse. there are the itwo deductions that every ome has already—efther suicide or Waldon had evidently been turn- {ing_something over in his mind | “There was a wireless outfit aboard the ° houseboat,” he ventured at lengcn. hat of that?” I asked, wonder- ing why he was changing the sub- ject 80 abruptiy. “Why, only this,” he replied. “I have been reading about wireless a &00d deal lately, and if the theories some scientists are correct, the wireless gate is not without its dan- gers as well as its wonders. I recali reading not long ago of German professor who says there is no es- sential difference between wireless waves and the X-rays, and we know the terrible physical effects of X- rays. 1 believe he estimeted that only & one-hundied-milionth part o: the electrical energy generated Ly nndlnx & message from one station 10 another nearby s actually use UP In transmitting the message The rest is diepersed in the atnios- phere. There mue: be a good des! of such stray electrical enefgy aboul Seaville. Isn't it possible that it might somewhere hit some one who was susceptibie?” Kennedy said nothing. Waldon's was at least @ mnovel idea, whether was plausible or not. The onlx way to test it out, as far as I coul. determine, was to see whether it fittec with the facts after a careful in- vestigation of the case itself It was still early in the day and the trains were not as crowded ns they would be later. Conseguenti our journey was comfortable enough :}?d nt]foun!d ourseives at last e little vine-covered sta Seaville e One could almost feel that the sy summer colony was subdued exeitement. As we left the quaiut station and walked down thie main street to the town wharf, Wwhere we expected some one would be waiting for us, it seemed as ii the mysterfous disappearance of the beautiful Mrs. Edwards had put a damper on the life of the place. In there were knots of people dlscluufln‘ the affair, for we could tell by their faces that in they recognized us. One or two bowed and would have joined us. If Waldon had given any SoRraBsmens But e did not_stop. ept on dow: stree quickly. An . I myself began to feel the spell of mystery about the case as I not felt it among the distractions the city. Perhaps I imagined it, bu there even seemed to be something strange about the houseboat which we could descry at anchor far down the bay as we approached the whart. We were met, as Waldon had a:- ranged. by a high-powered runabout, the tender to his own yacht, & shm hat |Vittle craft of mahogany and brass. driven like an automobfie, and pable of perhaps twenty-five or thirty miles an hour. We jumped in and were soon skimming over the waters of the bay like a skipping stone. It was evident that Waldon was much relleved at having been able to bring essistance, in which he had as much confidence as he reposed in Keonnedy. At any rate, it was some- :m:‘ 1o be nearing the scene of ac- The Lusie was perhaps seventy fect long and 2 most attractive craft. with @ hull yachty in appearance and of type which could safely make long rums along the coast, a stanch, sea- worthy boat, of course, without the speed of the regularly designed yacht, but more than making up in comfort for those on board what was lost in that way. Waldon pointed out ‘with obvious pride his own trim yacht winging gracefully at anchor a halr mile or so away. As we approached the houseboat 1 looked her over carefully. One of first things I noticed was that there rose from the roof the primitive in- verted V aerial of a wireless tele- graph. I thought immediately of the unfinished letter and its contents, and shaded my eyes as I took a good luc 2t the powerful transatiantic station on the spit of sand perhaps thres or four miles distant. with its tall steel masts of the latest inverted L type and the cluster of little houses below. In which the operators and the plant were. ‘Waldon noticed what I was looking at, and remarked, “It's a wonderful station, and well worth a visit, it you have the time—one of the most I powerful on the cosst, I understand.” “How did the le come to be equipped with wireless?” asked Craig “It's & little unsual for a it done when s! explained Waldon. “His idea was to use to keep in touch - with the stock market on trips “And it has proved effective?” COh ves—that 1s, 1t was an right last winter when he went on a short cruise down in Florida. This sum- mer he hasn’t been on the boat long cnou h to use it much.” ho operates ft?” “He used to hire a licensed ato although I belleve the neer, Pederson, understands t pretty well, and could use necessary. ou thing it was Pederson who . Edwards? asked real don’t know.” confessed Waldon. “Pedersen denies absolutely that he has touched the thing for weeks. 1 want you to quizx him. 1 'llnt able to get him to admit a thing. WO ‘had by this time swung around to the side of the Rouseboat. T real- s we mounted the ladder that the marine gasoline engine had ma- terislly changed the old-time hous boat from & mere scow or barge with s low flat houst on it, moored in & bay or river, and only with difficulty and expense towed from one place to . onur )lnw the hou-wu was eally "l'lu Mcln was_built ll.h in n‘ar to give plenty of accommodati vin, rters. The rooms, h " head room, an: would find in & house.