Evening Star Newspaper, November 18, 1923, Page 78

THE SUNDAY THE DAYLESS DIAMONDS _ STAR; WASHINGTON, D. €., NOVEMBER 18, The Gray Ghost is the most daring and accomplished big- scale thief of the time. He has so far outwit- ted Pelham and Tryon, detectives. Every big crime is attributed automatically by the public to the G Ghost. g | [detecllve bureau of their triumph By turn it the door was opened ‘:1’:-1:‘2:5t;;:u;mwr:;n; ‘lw"” from within. Slim Dickenson ‘ 3 ) et ot y yielded to the stared at his master. “This is one | re, e il . - o R o o thews ihy. Ak T B T e 2 2o ¢ . A 7 | prisoner and had consented to Bl @il e ol i AN him, extra editfons were upon the § /] \ ‘You may picture yourself a gay A2 street proclaming to an applauding TGP Same BanitovE S ot e S 1228 NV s 5 3 ; ) & 4 | public that the Dayless robber haa fiv > | | been captured, and that he professeq | ELHAM siipped his key into| the lock, but before he could f - ur- th Pelham surrendered his hat and coat |Betsve Agencye "t T and walked into the living room ‘of his apartment. ¢ He surveyed the bubbling percolafor upon a table, and | rubbed his hands together in- delight- | ful anticipation. i He spoke over his Detegtive Agency. And when released, Pelham sped fn a police automobile, to the addres: on West End avenue, he found that shoulder. m,you're a jewel.” He sat down before (the laden table and | reached for a napkin. g Slim crossed the little living room almost in a stride. peared. bearing a “I went to bed at I didn't go to sleep. up, and I've been: up said acidly. he oatmeal night, at 3 I go since,” Then bowl of 11 tast And ever reap- but e he Pelham rose wilh a suddenness of movement that argy allied to tr arm went around shoulders. forget what a are,” smiled Pelham to show you what! a like.” The dour look ,left eves; his mouth parted in a grin. béspoke ner ed muscl the nen v And right cross “How many times have you filled de- that percolator since 3 o'clock?” manded Pelham. “Plenty.” replied “Then you're due to d st A lght of mischi Dickenson's light blue I know my place.” “Yome place will be your ear in a corner second.” . Dickenson's grin grew broader. “Oh, well, if that's the way you feel.” But he sighed hungrily as he pulled up a chair to the table. Pelham was famished, and so wa Slim. As often together in the Maine woods, ravenous from a day's fishing, they had eaten in silenc they ate now. But finally Pelham lighted a igarette. “Not foer a bath and ten hours' sleep.” he announeed. “It seems to me that before you pound your ear, you ought to be makin’ some comment on a remark of " suggested Slim Pelham's gray eyes twinkled “Quite true,” he agreed. “I've been talking. arguing. pleadink. cajoling, hribing, and promising all ght long, with the sweetest collection of ras- cals r gathercd togetlier in one f appeared In es. “I guese standing on in about a mine room." “The Slim. Those Gray Ghost's mangz asked of them ) v e've d There isn't one of them#wlo doesn’t face at least fifteen years fn prison, and yet mot o single word Wid I get that would lead me one inch nearer to the Gray Ghost than I am at this inute. They won’'t bet ¢ Nim. The strict attorney rounded thew all up, nd I kept after them all night.” “Didn't you get anvthing?' -asked slim. “Well,” conceded tantly, “maybe the clue—but I don’t th I'm going to bed.” But on the threshold of his bedroom he paused. “Sorry, Slim, that § didn't think to telepho you where I was." “That's all right. Mr. Pelhary,” re- plied Slim grufly. He was busy’a few minutes clearing away the breakfast dishes. Then scended upon the little apa n man Pelha barest so. reluc- ossible And now YT was 5 in the afternoon when ingistent knocking the lfront door broke the slumh of master and man. m opened the u]unré dis- closing the aggressive face of Jerry Tryon, the ex-licutenant of police, who now headed the detective agency in which Pelham was consulting part- ner. In Bis hand he bore a copy of a Sunday newspape “Mr. Pelham fsn't Slim. “Yes, 1 am too” trom his bedroom. The two men met room, aven't read the papers eh?”’ de- manded Tryon. He unfoided the Sphere as he spoke, and showed an illustrated dopble-page article in the magazine section. Peiham glanced' at it carelessly, then looked at Jerry. “What does it say?" he asked. “This man Dayless, cried Jerry, “has described for the benefit of fhe world—and the Gray Ghost—evéry safeguard that he has used tect his house. He has d detail every painting, every jewel, in the collection. And when the re- porter—I'll say for that lad that he has a lot more sense than Dayless —asked him If he wished the details published, Dayless replied—-" He snatched the paper from Pel- ham's hand and read the offensive sentences. “‘Certainly,’ replied the governor. “I'm mnot afraid glars. In fact. T'll be glad them warned of the usele: attempting to rob my home. And it these clectrical alarms. and 'the presence of ten armed watchmen, are not sufficient to warn ¢riminals awayg from my house, perhaps the fact that the Tryon Detective Agency is under contract to keep operatives here day and night will be an added deter: rent.'” Jerry hurled the paper int a corner, and almost danced in hig rage. 1 Pelham laughed ‘at him. “I don’t! see anything to become excited abou Jerry,” he said. “You're afraid that the Gray Ghost will rob Dayless, and that we will be laughed at again, sald Pelham. Jerry shrugged his thick shoulders. on up vet” said calied Pelham in the iiding former of bur- to have ness of "I don’t care how much we're laughed |. at,” he sald. “But, you know, we did hope that the Gray Ghost would at- tempt a raid on Dayless’ home. Now, read this." He handed Pelham a letter. The younger man opened it. It read: My Dear Mr. Tryon: I have Tead this .morning's Bphere. In order to refieve your mind, let me tell you that plans already made by me to releive your eclient, Governor Dayless, of certain articles which he is.to vulgar to ap- preciate, have been abandoned by [4 I'm going is Dickenson's k some of l me. T feel it would be unfair for me to permit you to indulge in useless wor Faithfully yours PETER BALLANTYNE. | Pelnam whistled. “Thoughttul of {him.” he commented. “Becoming a | sportsman his later year: ! “All right, laugh if you can” grumbled Jerry. “But it would be just like him to double-cross us” “Oh, forget him.” counseled Pelham. Te’s on our mind too much “On yours,” corrected Jerry. “And that’s another reason I came over here today.” He looked appraisingly at the young-old man whom circum- stances had changed from a sport- loving millionaire into the keenest detective of his day, the one person who had been able to cope, with comparative success, with the Gray Ghost, whose return after vears of silence to predatory activity had rendered panic-stricken® the bankers and jewelers of New York. ! “You look like the devil" Jerry severely. Tp all night giving the third de- gree to some of our friends,” Pelham defended. “Of course, I look tired. Who wouldn't?” “You shouldnt,” replled Jerry. “You see, I've been a cop all my days, and I ain’t got & nerve in my system. I aln't a genius; I'm a bull. are different. You are made of steel wire, and wire snaps. what you are going to do * o % * said 'ROM the pocket of his I gown Jimmy Pelham produced a silver case: from it he took a ciga- rette which he lighted and puffed before replying. Then he said right, Mr. Bones, I'll bite. What am 1 going to do?" Into Tryon’s gleam of dressi blue eyes crept a satisfaction. From his He handed it to Pelham, who opencd it and examined its contents. Upon the face of the vounger man ap- peared an expression of pleasure. A drawing room to Palm Beach, His eves clouded suddenly “Hang it, Jerry, this is no time “The train leaves at § tonight | This is Sunday. Youll arrive Tues- day in time for elghteen holes in the afternoon. Then you'll have dinner and vou'll go to bed. Dr. Tryon speaking, if you don't mind. On Wednesday you stay in bed until 11, then you go for a swim. In the afternoon you do twenty-seven holes and go to bed early. Same thing on Thursday. On Friday you play thirty-six holes. By Saturday you ought to be able to lick vour weight in wildeats. So you stay 9 o'clock.” He raised his hand warn- ingly. “Wait a minute; I'm not through yet. to the club, taking with you $1,000 of Tryon agency money. and invest it according to your own judgment. I myself have a fancy for red, but I leave it to you.” “Get thee behind me, Satan,” said Pelham. “Never mind the pet names: get dressed and we'll go out to dinner. Dickenson will pack your bags and bring your golf clubs to the train. Jerry was quite masterful. Into Pelham's' eyes flashed a light of excitement. He looked away from his friend and partner when he spoke. “It's early yet, Jerry,” he said. “T'll have to write some letters after I'm dressed. Suppose we meet at They dined in a quiet little restau- rant. Jerry accompanied his friend to the train. He sighed with relief as the car disappeared in the direc- tion of the tube to Jersey. Jimmy Pelham was not merely the greatest detective in the world, to Tryon's thinking, but he was also the finest man alive. Jerry had been worrying for weeks about his partner. And Y| when in Saturday's papers he read that Pelham had qualified for the first sixteen in the play for the Lake Worth cup, Tryon was overjoyed. * %k * ¥k WELL TRAINED servant, deft, yet whose deference suggested to the caller his thoroughly British ‘contempt for his vulgar American Surroundings, ushered the visitor into the presence of the Hon. George D: fess. i “Mr. Reginald Minturn,” he said, stepping aside to permit Mr. turn’s entrance into the Dayless li- brary. Dayless looked up from behind the onyx table at which he sat. He was a igross-seeming person, very bristly ofi mustache and red of neck. Yet his face was kindly. eh? H ' 5 . But you | Do you know | Al | waistcoat pocket he drew an envelope. | up until| On Sunday you go over | Min- BEYOND O! He pushed back heavily gained his out a fat hand. | “Glad to see you. Minturn.” Then he sat down and T {hands together. “I've been an ambi- tious man all my life. but I never | hoped to have a duke’s nephew work- ling for me. It certainly would make {my father laugh!” ! Minturn smiled. He was a well set-up man of about thirty-five, im- maculately dressed. He looked around the library “I say, there isn't much |it all, now is there, what™" | Dayless chuckled. “That's what | you're here for, young feller, me lad. You're catalogued and appraised | sixty or seventy inuseums—-" { Minturn raised a protesting Two, or perhaps My |less. Well, you got the gaudiest pefer- | ences I ever saw. to it, kid} and | let me know just what I have in this | place, and how it a!l should be ar- ranged.” H | Minturn smiled pleasantly; {a charming, ingenuous air |you; Il look around a |what? “Nice boy,” said Dayless to his wife | that night. They had dined en fa- mille, and the new secretary had | charmed his employer's wif: * % | AT 11 that night a knock soundea sounded upon the door of Day- | less' library He was seated again behind the onyx table, a medieval |piece of furniture rendered bizarre by the filing cases on one end. He looked up, calling: “Come in.” The door opened, and Minturn en- tered the room. | “Sorry to disturh you. sir” said the young Englishman, “hut there was something I wished to ask you." “Not disturbing’ me at all" said His small eyes twinkled ap- y at his visitor. “I wish to goodness that I could get a valet who knew how to fasten a dress tie. You English certainly have the knack. Minturn smiled. “Let me show you.” Dayless sat_up straight, his head tilted back. Minturn stepped behind him. His hand flashed into the pocket of his dinner jacket, to reap- pear holding a handkerchief. There was tne faint tinkle of broken glass, and then the chloroform-saturated bit of linen was thrust against the nose and mouth of Dayless., Beyond one convulsive _struggle, Dayless offered no resistance. He_ grew 1imp: he slid from his chair. But his watchful ,assailant, slipping his hand under his emplover's arms, eased his fall so that no sound could be heard in the hall beyond the closed door | | of_the library. | For a moment Minturn stared down at his victim. His eves showed | alarm. He bent swiftly over and felt the heart of Dayless. Dayless,” al- though unconsclous, was alive. Aund now Minturn showed a brisk alert- ness very different from the method- fcal manner which seemed to belong to him. From Dayless’ pocket he drew a key ring. He walked directly to a huge safe in a corner of the great room. The Englishman tried several keys, He was finally successful. The heavy door swung silently open, disclosing numerous compartments, each labeled. He attacked the.compartment which bore the .superscription ‘“Jenny's Necklace.” o The third key which he inserted, opened the drawer. He drew out & 1imp object wrapped in tissue paper. He opened it, glanced at the jewels that sparkled in the electric light, and. thrust his booty into an inside pocket. He inserted another key into a lock above which were the words “Unset Rubfes.” The lock did not jeld to his pressure; he turned the olently, and it broke in his chair and He thrust his fee he said. ed his order to hand. three Day- Go he haa “Thank | bit first, key hand. The same thing happened with the next compartment which he endeav- ored to open. And then Dayless moved and groaned. Like a flash Minturn crossed the room.. He opened the door, passed through it, and closed it softly be- hind him. He walked along the hall to the great stairway that descended to the street floor. Leisurely he walked to the lower floor. There he encountered the footman who had admitted him earlier in the day. The man ventured a smile. “Anything I can do for you, sir?’ He recognized in Minturn that super- ior clay which he so rarely encoanter- ed in America. “No thank you,” replied the latest addition to the Dayless household. “I'm : ways a bit restless my first night in new quarters, and I thought I'd take a look at the avenue before I‘turned in.” “Quite so,” said the servant. | the park?” He fetched Minturn's hat and coat nd assisted him in donning the lat ter. Minturn sut of the house. Across the street a man woke from watchful inactivity. He galned the front steps before the door was closed. But the footman smilingly reassured him. “It's all right; thiv is Mr. Reginald Minturn, secretary to Mr. Dayless.” * * * HE outslde guardian of the Da * less palace scrufinized the young Englishman carefully. He plump-faced young man, whose hair was quite black and tiny mustache was equally He nodded respectfully. “All right, sir; we have to be care- ful, you know,” he said “And quite right too,” agreed Min- turn. “If 1 were Mr. Dayless, I'd keep an army here.” The man grinned. need quite that.” He was tolerant and affable in his manner. Evident- Iy Daylesy new secretary know that the Tryon saw whose dark. “Well, we don't Detective | Agency was guarding this house. “Where's the nearest entrance asked Minturn. “Sixty-fifth street,” Was the guard's reply. “But I wouldn't advise any one to go strolling there this time of night. There've been too many hold-ups there lately.” Minturn laughed. “How exciting! I fancy I've nothing on me worth a footpad’s time and trouble. Amd I wouldn't mind a little tussle.” “You could take care of yourself, at that,” sald the Tryon operative. He looked over the lithe figure of the secretary with admiration. “Still, don't look for trouble.” won't,” promised Minturn. ‘Nice chap,” said the operative to the footman, who lingered at the open door, to HE RECOGNIZED He opened the door and ushered | a didn't ! ! “His uncle's the Duke of Bourne-|in his belief that his secretary was | the table. His | decision as his caller. With the light- mouth,” safd the footman “I don't care; he's @ nice chap just the me,” said the free-born Ameri- can citizen. Then he walked across the street and ensconced himself on the low s wall that guarded the park, hidden in the shade of a great tree. Motor cars were not t Te- turning from the theaters. In a quarter of an hour the street would | ! be notsy, filled with bustle, but now | | it was quict. It did not remain so. minutes after Minturn had left | house the footman discovered master, in a semi-conscious condition on the library floor. Within three | | minutes after that men on motor | cycles were scouring the park in search of Reginald Minturn, But they were exactly eight minutes too late For two minutes _after the secretary had left the footman and the operative he had entered the 65th street entrance to the park., stepped | into a waiting limousine nd sped away. A little later he changed to | | another car, which machine deposited | him five minutes afterward in front | lot a house on Stuyvesant Square | whose recent renovations had made | |it extremely suitable for bachelors. |Mr. Minturn alighted from the car, |bade a cheery good night to- his | chauffeur, opened the outer door with | |one latchkey, entered and a moment | later opened with a second key the | | door to a snug apartment on the sec- | | ond floor. | He awoke at 8 the following morn- ing, rang a bell, and in fifteen min- utes, bathed and shaved and attired in a dressing gown, was attacking breakfast and the morning paper simultaneously. Glaring headlines {leaped at him from the front page. Dayless had consented to receive newspaper men shortly after the po- | lice had been summoned to his house. | He was weak and pate, but emphatic | one ¥ ev the | hiv | Exactly i 9 VULSIVE STRUGGLE, DAYLESS OFFERED NO RESISTANCE. an emissary of the Gray Ghost. credentials had been flawless, doubtless forgeries. but The reporters agreed with Dayless. the fact that the robber had Only been content with gued against the of loot that the one bit theory st had been responsible for For it was not the Gray Ghost's way to be content with a fraction of the whole, even though that fraction was lion dollars. Still, the broken key in the locks of the safe compartments tended to show that the robber had had but little time In which to effect his purpose Minturn smiled. Having breakfast- ed, he dressed leisurely, with extreme care, avoiding any article of apparel which had been worn in the Davless household. Somehow he seemed no Jonger an Englishman. He have passed, minus the mustache which he removed, as an alert but indistinguishable broker or lawyer or certified accountant * kX X OR a man sought by the whole city he seemed quite confident in his bearing. He crossed Stuyvesant Square and turned to the west. He made his way to Broadway, and at 14th street engaged a taxi, in which he drove to Maiden lane. ' There he dismissed his driver, walked half a block and darted suddenly into a shop on whose window were printed the words “F. H. Lewis, Diamonds.” A suave, olive-skinned vouth greet- ed him. Minturn was brusque want to talk with Mr. Lewls” said. The clerk looked at him doubtfully “Mr. Lewlis is busy” he stated. He glanced toward a door on which ap- peared the word “Privat Minturn acted in a decisive fashion. He strolled by the clerk, reached the door, opened it, and entered the room. A bearded man, short and fat, looked up from the table at which he sat. A magnifying glass that was screwed, monocle-fashion, into his eye, fell to he MINTURN THAT SUPERIOR CLAY. worth half a mil- | might | o1} He was a man of as quick | ning motions of a prestidigitator his hand opened 2 drawer and reappearad holding a revolver. The unset je on the table amply justified his pre- caution. Also the clerk had followed the visitor into the private office, and | he was armea. But Minturn laughed end vour clerk out of the room,” he said. | “Keep your gun trained on me if you like. But do I look like a robber?” Lewis motioned to the clerk, who promptly stepped across the thres- hold and closed the do “What do you want?” His weapon was ready, and his small black eves stared at visitor. “I am going to put my hand in my pocket, but I'm not going to produce smiled Minturn. shrugged. “You you're w " he stated. His visitor took the words as per- mission to go ahead. From the inner pocket of his coat he produced the tissue paper parcel that he had taken the night before from the Dayless safe. He placed it upon the table and opened it. Lewis glanced at it; drops of moisture appeared suddenly upon his forehead. His tongue showed between his thick lips, as he moistened them. “My foot is on a button,” he said. “All T have to do is press it, and in less than five minutes the police will be here.” Minturn smiled again. “But you aren’t going to press it he retorted confidently “Get to the point.” snapped Lewis. “These are the Dayless diamonds; you know that without my telling you. If you deliver me to the police, you may get ten thousand dollars as a reward. If you buy them from me, your profit should be a quarter of a million. You don’t look like a fool." #Do I look like a thief?” said Lewls. “Do I?” continued Minturn. “I can’t see that our appearances matter par- ticularly. Do we do business?” He carefully rewrapped the necklace and placed it In his pocket. “Well?" he demanded. “Come back this afternoon,” Lewis hoarsely. * k Xk X INTURN nodded, and without an- other word left the office. He walked toward Broadway, but a few doors from that street he seopped into a taxi drawn up at the curb. So it was that, when the olive-skinned | clerk emerged, a few moments later, | from the jewelry establishment, he | was followed by a taxicab whose | driver, having some difficulty with | his carburetor, could proceed only at a snail’s pace. The clerk was watchfully suspi- cious, but it mever occurred to him that if he were followed it was by & person in an automobile. And Min- turn’s taxi man was clever. Al- though the clerk, entering an auto- mobile near Park Row, dodged and doubled and retraced his course, when at last he entered an apartment house in West End avenue, Minturn was close enough.to note the num- ber. He was then .driven to Union Square. There he dismissed the taxi man, and walked rapidly toward the apartment which he had left a cou- ple of hours earlier. He was Wwhis- tling as he unlocked the door of his apartndent. But the whisle died away as he entered the room. For three men awaited him and were upon him. One of them was the Tyron operative who had conversed with him the previous night. Hand- cuffs were on his wrists before he could utter a word of protest. “Not so clever as you thought, Mr. Minturn,” sald one of the men. Minturn held out his hands. “Take these blasted things off,” he ordered. “I'm Pelham.” One of the men ran his hands over his clothing and brought to light the Dayless necklace. “Sure you ain't the King of Spain?’ he laughed. asked Lewis. won't if said Their prisoner gave up protest. “All | right, rush me down to headquarters as fast you can; I won't argue with you. “Sensible man,” said his acquaint- ance of the night before. Now, detectives are ordinary human beings; it was not to be expected that, having achieved so brilllant a capturé, they should fail to inform the newspaper men whom they found loitering in ‘the ‘corridor outside the | @ hurried exodus had been achieved fifteen minutes earlier by the tenants of the apartment on the second floor And the description which the apart | men house employes gave him of one of those tenants fitted the Gray Ghost perfectly. . | “I'm sorry, Jerry, { little later in the day. “Here's what happened. The ay Ghost had i written that he would make no effort to ‘rob Dayle: I knew, from a hix dropped by one of the Gray men, during the course of the third degree I put them through that Lew was acting as ‘fence’ for the disposs of much of the Gray Ghost's plunder I decided that if T robbed Dayless and showed the result to Lewis he would at once ask the Gray Ghost’s advice that Lewis could lead me to his hid ing place. “You see, when you left that Sunday we talked about my going 1. Palm Beach, I saw two people. On. of them was my cousin. Freddic Thurlow. He looks something 1k me, 80 I took the chance that there'd be no one at Palm Beach just now who knew either of us. “Then 1 went to Dayless. him frankly what a fool he himself by . his interview, and ex- plained to him my plan. He's roughneck, but a regular fellow, just the same. In fact, he insisted that I actually chioroform him so that there'd not be a suspicion aroused in ti minds of the servants or detectives laround the place. He went throu; with it like the good sport that he i ’,\“u then you. confound your ug sald Pelham, a ost 1 me 1 tola made of face—- It wasn't me.” said Jerry ungram matically. “Its just that you didu't give due credit 1o our men. You see, T'd issued orders. after all that pub- licity, that if Dayless was robbed I'd fire the whole staff. And every man in our emplo’ was combing the city. It happened that a taxi man had seen the number of the car that waited for you in Central Park. The driver of that car told of leaving you outside a hotel. The starter happened to notice you. Oh, the boys had luck, but even =o it was slick work. If only you'd told me fhat you were doing: why didn't You telephong the minute you where L clerk went” 1 wanted to be certain; T'd only suspiclons. I intended waiting until afternoon, then agaln upon Lewis, making that he really did deal with the ¢ host 3 “But why tl Jerry in exaspe me what you pl Pelham grinned all, Jerry, you we 1 was on the breakdown that 1 gaff any longer. you how wrong you were “Much obliged.” said Jerry dryl Then he relent “It's all right, Mr Pelham, only I don't think you ought to forget again that we are partners.” “I won't,”” promised Pelham humbly. Jerry sighed. fine laugh the Gray Ghost is having at us, and the whole city is joining in with him Pelham flushed. “He laughs best who laughs last,” he reminded Tryon “I've heard that before,” grunted Jerry. “But I think I'm getting permanently cracked lip.” (Copyrizht, 1823.) The Automobile Plow. TILL another use has been found for the automobile, this time as the power behind the snow plow. The cleaning of the city streets after a heavy snowfall has always been one of the biggest problems to con« front the municipal officials, as tha work must be done thoroughly and, before all, speedily. The use of largo numbers of men with shovels is by no means an economical and rellable method, and yet for years it was the only avatlable means at the disposal of the street department. Not long ago there was devised au plow that is fitted in front of a motor car or truck, the power required vary- ing according to the heaviness of the snowfall and the amount of traffic which has beaten it solid. Both for city streets and country roads, the in- vention has been demonstrated to ba a success. In New York county drifts of eighteen inches depth have been handled with ease by this plow on a standard automobile, and in one case the road had been practically impas- sable for three weeks. Yet the hard- packed obstruction was cleared away in three hours. In New York city the street com- mission has very often given the de- vice a trial and it has recelved the indorsement of officlals, although it kas been severely tested on streets that were hard packed with old snow that had been trampled and frozen to an fcy mass. It has also been found speedier in operation than horse- drawn plows. The steel plowshare of the auto snowplow resembles the prow of @ battleship, although Sometimes it i3 found more effective to use a blade that pushes the snow to only one side instead of to right and left. T R M Battles in Chemistry. | ¥rom the Los Angeles Times. The chemical gervice in connectiun { with the *War Department reports that the next war is likely to be a laboratory affair, and, if so. the United States would have all the best of it. We now have seventy-five larg dye plants in this country and every one is & potential arsenal in case of confllot. We far exc Germany in this respect and no country can be said to compare with our own. With a twist of the wrist .the dye. works can be converted into a powder nilll, \ an ammunition arsenal or a ga&’ge erator: R i saw re vie® alling demanded “didn’t you tell ed to do?” fecbly. “Hang 50 dead sure of uce,” ve nervous couldn’t stand th. nted to show