Evening Star Newspaper, February 14, 1925, Page 21

LABORLEADERS REFUSE TOSPEAK Green, Brady and Perkins Decline'to Be on Program With Soviet Advocate. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 14.—An- nouncement by the Academy of Politi- cal Science that it had invited Sydney Hillman, head of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers and advocate of Soviet Russia, to be a speaker at its semi-annual mee g here, March 9, was followed yesterday by refusal of three prominent leaders in the Amerl- can Federation of Labor to accept similar invitations. Those declining were Willlam Green, American Fed- eration of Labor president; G. W, Perkins of Chicago, president of the Cigar Makers' International Union, and Peter J. Brady, president of the Federation Bank of New York. Other speakers already announced for the conference by the academy are Her- bert Hoover, Secretary of Com- merce; Paul M. Warburg, president of the International Acceptance Bank. and William A. Prendergast, chair- man of the York State Public Service Commission Peter J. Brady said members of the American Federation of Labor did not care to share the platform with Mr. Hillman because of his sympathies ~lations with the Russian Soviet, ntagonism to our principles and s and because he has not felt 10 be representative of the majority of labor opinion in this country. LITIGANT KEPT ALIVE BY VICTORY SUES AGAIN George F. Willett Asks $15,000,000 Damages From Group of Boston Banks. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 14.—George Willett, a Boston manufacturer, who was at the point of death last Tecember when a jury gave him a verdict for $10,534,109 against a group of New York and Boston bank- ors after a trial of 184 days, said to be the longest in the records of United States courts, filed a complaint in a milar suit in Supreme Court yesterda The amount of damages asked is $15,000,000 as in the Boston action, but other defendants are named. Mr. Willett was stricken with typh fever when the verdict in his favor was rendered, but his yic- tory, it was said, heartened him' to such an extent that he recovered and now he is back to seek further penalties from those whom he charges with conspiring to ruin the credit of corporations controlled by his firm. The action is brought by Mr. Wil- lett and Edmund H. Sears, as members of Willett, Sears and Co. The de- fendants are the Chase National Bank, the Chase Securities Corporation and Eugene V. R. Thayer. $1,000,000 IN DAMAGES IS ASKED OF PLAYWRIGHT Abram P. Waxman Claims Chan- ning Pollock Stole His Plot in Producing “The Fool.” By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 14.—Suit for $1,000,000 was brought by Abram P. Waxman yesterday against Channing Pollock, playwright, and Arch and Edgar Selwyn, producers, on ellega- tions that Poliock, in writing “The Fool,” misappropriated the plot of a play written by Waxman. Citing that “The Fool” has made more than $1,000,000 on the stage and $150,000 more in movies, Waxman asks the Federal Court to enjoin further presentation of the play and to order an-accounting of its financlal career. Waxman, now @ publicity man, al- leges that he wrote the plot of “The Fool” in 1910 and copyrighted it un- der the title “Soldiers of the Common Good, or The Second Coming.” Be- tween 1912 and 1922, he says, the Selwyns contracted with Pollock to produce this play under the title “The Fool.” As evidence that his play was the basis for the one successfully pro- duced, Waxman cites that Pollock is- sued a booklet in which he sald his inspiration for “The Fool” came to him 10 vears earlier, or, according to Waxman, at about the time Pollock first saw Waxman's piece. FOUR AMERICANS SOUGHT IN $500,000 RUM PLOT Chief Custom Officer at Montreal, Suspected of Complicity, Is Freed by Court. By the Assoclated Press. QUEBEC, February 14.—J. B. E. Bissailon, chief custom officer at Montreal, who on Christmas day was arrested as a suspected accomplice in a $500,000 liquor smuggling conspir- acy, in which four Americans were involved, was acquitted yesterday by Court of Sessions Judge Choquette. George Hearn of Montreal was or- dered tried on a conspiracy charge and released on bail by Judge Choquette. Capt. J. F. Simonds, harbor master at Montreal, and Capt. Ulric Trem- biay, skipper of the barge Tremblay, on which the liquor is alleged to have been smuggled, are under arrest. Efforts are being made by the gov- mment to extradite from the United States four citizens of that country who are known, according to Capt. Tremblay, as Stewart, Campbell, Neill and Clark, addresses unknown, Petworth @ Illinois Ave. N.W. 3 Sold Colonial Homes ing six large rooms, tiled bath, spacious pantry, hot- water heat, hardwood floors, sleeping porches. Servant’s toilet Sample House No. 4912 Ill. Ave. N.W. FLOYD E. DAVIS Realtor 7th and E Sts. S. Main 353 > |l QEEE a contain- in cellar. o] THE THRILL THAT COMES ONCE IN A LIFETIME. [T l ROGER, | MAY BE MISTAKEMN BuT | THIMK YOU SENT ME I THIS LOVELY VALENTIMNE . ; THE WRITING LOOKED VERY MUCH LIKE YOUR $. \F You DID SEMO 1T — WELL, ~You'RE = AMNMO — A DARLING AW, THA'S Aw RIGHT, Migs LANGOOMN TheAstonishingAdventure of Jane Smith By PATRICIA WENTWORTH. 1925, by Small, Maynard & Ce.) (Copyright, (Continued from Yesterday's Star.) “Because,” sald Jane, with perfect simplicity, “Renata is to be sent down to Luttrell Marches tomorrow, and somebody there—somebody, Henry— will decide whether she is to be elimi- nated or not.” Henry sat perfectly silent. He stared at Jane, and she stared at him. It seemed as if the silence in the room were growing heavier and heavier, like water that gathers behind some unseen dam. All of a sudden Henry sprang to his feet “Is this a hoax?" he asked, in tones of such anger that Jane hardly recognized them. Jane got up, too. The hand that she rested upon the table was not Guite steady. “Henry, how dare you voice shook a little, too. Henry swung round. “No, no—I beg your pardon, Jane, for the Lord's sake don't look at me like that. It's, it's—well, it's pretty staggering to have you come here and say . . ." He paused. “What was it you wanted to know?" “I asked you who is living at Lut- trell March Henry was silent. He walked to the end of the room and back. Jane's eyes followed him. Where had this sudden wave of emotion come from? It seemed to be eddying about them, filling the confined space. Jane made herself look away from Henry, forced herself to notice the room, the furni- ture, the pictures—anything that was commonplace and ordinary. This was decidedly Henry's room and not his mother’s, from the worn leather chairs and plain oak table to the neutral colored walls with their half-dozen Melssonler engravings. Not a flower, not a trifle of any sort, and one wall all books from celling to floor. Ex- actly opposite to Jane there was a fine print of “The Generals in the Snow.” The lowering, thunderous sky, heavy with snow and black with the omens of Napoleon's fall, domi- nated the picture, the room. Jane looked at it, and looked away with a shiver, and as she did so Henry was speaking: “Jane, I don't want to answer that question for a minute or two. I want to think. I want a little time to turn things over in my mind. Look here, come round to the fire and sit down comfortably. Let's talk about some- thing else for a bit. I want all your news, for one thing. Tell me what you've been doing with yourself.” Jane came clowly to the fireside. After all, it was pleasant just to put everything on one side and be com- fortable. Henry's chair was very comfortable, and the day seemed to have lasted for weeks, and weeks, and her YOU will be delighted with the quality of our product, but more so than with the price. Absolute integ- rity governs our busi- ness in point of quality as well as fair prices. “Buy Here—Save Money” - Yost & Herrell, Inc. Lumber and Millwork 11th and O Sts. SE. Lincoln 1216 v/ 7 and weeks. She put out her hands to the fire, and then, because she no- ticed that they were still trembling a little, she folded them in her lap. Henry leaned against the mantel- plece and looked down at her. “Where have you been?”’ he asked. “Well, that Summer at Upwater— you know we were lodging with the woman who had the post office—Jim- my and I stayed on after all the other visiors were gone. I expect it was rather irregular, but I used to help her. You see her son didn't get back until 18 months after the armist and she wasn't really up to the work. In the end, you may say I ran that post office. ' I did it very well, too. It was something to do, especlally after Jimmy died.” “Yes, I heard. you were.” “I stayed on until the son came home, and then I couldn't. He was awful, and she thought him quite perfect, poor old soul. I came to London and got & job in an office, and a month ago I lost it. The firm was cutting down expenses, like every- body else. And then—well, I looked for another job, and couldn’t find one, and this morning my landlady locked the door in my face and kept my box And that, Henry, is why I am think- ing seriously of changing places with my Cousin Renata, who, at least, has a roof over her head and enough to eat.” “Jaue,” said Henry furiously, “y don't mean to say—so that's why you're looking such a white rag!” Jane was horrified to find that Ker eyves had filled with tears. She laughed, but the laugh was not a very convincing one. “I did have a cup of coffee and two penny buns,” she began; and then Henry was fetching sandwiches from the sideboard and pressing a cup of hot chocolate into her not unwilling hands. . “They leave this awful stuff over a I wondered where D. C, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1925 —By WEBSTER. u e NNy Al ity i I spirit lamp for my mother, and she always has sandwiches when ghe comes in. It's better than nothing,” he added in tones of wrath. “It's not awful,” protested Jane; but Henry was not mollified. “I don't understand,” he said. “Why are you so hard up? Didn't Mr. Carruthers provide for you?”" Jane's color rose. “He hadn't much, and what he had was an annuity. You know what Jimmy was, and how he forgod things. I am really quite sure that he had forgotten about its Being an annuity, and that he thought that I should be quite comfortable.” Henry swallowed his opinion of Mr. Carruthers. “Was he your only relation?” “Well,” said Jane, who was begin- ning to feel better, “you can't really count Cousin Louisa; she was only Jimmy's half-sister, and that makes her a sort of third half-cousin of my mother's. Besides, she always sim- ply loathed me.” “And vou've no other relations at nly the anarchist uncle,” said Chevy Chase, Md. 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Ave. Park 2818 36th Place Ave. and Cathedral. 1 block from Wisconsin Ave. 10 rooms, 3 baths, center hall. house. House Furnished for Inspection by W. B. Moses & Sons. Priced Low Enough to Make ve Investment Kuldell Bros. 3615 Davis St. R 2 2R e Jane brightly. She gave him her cup and plate. “Your mother has simply lovely sandwiches, Henry. Thank you ever so much for them, but what will she do when she comes home and finds I have eaten them all?” “I don’t know, I'm sure.” Henry's tone was very short. “Look here, Jane, you must let—er, er, 1 mean, won't ‘you let . . .” He stuck, and Jane looked at him very kindly. “Nothing doing, Henry,” she said, “but It's frightfuily nice of you, ali the same.” There was a silence. When Jane thought it had lasted long enough, she said: “So, you see, it all comes back again fo Renata. Have you done your thinking, Henry?" “Yes,” sald Henry. Hé drew a chalr to the table and sat down half turned to the fire—half turned to Jane. Sometimes he looked at her, but oftener his gaze dwelt intently on the rise and fall of the flames. “What makes you think that your cousin Is to be taken to Luttrell Marches? Did these people tell her s0?" ‘No,” said Jane—"of course not. As far as I can make out from Arnold Todhunter, Renata is locked in her room, but there’s another key and she can get in and out. She can move about Inside the flat, but she can't get out of it. Well, one night she crept out and listened, though you would have thought she had had enough of listening, and she heard them say that, as soon as her father was out of the way, they would send her to Luttrell Marches and let ‘Number One' decide whether she was to be ‘eliminated.’ Since then she's been nearly off her head with terror, poor kid. Now, Henry, it's your turn, What about Luttrell Marches?’ Henry's face seemed to have grown rigid. “It's impossible,” he said in a low voice. The clock above them struck 10, and he waited till the last stroke had died away. “I don’t know quite what to say to you, but whatever I say is confiden- tial. You've heard my mother talk of the Luttrells, and you may or may not know that my uncle died a year ago. You have also probably heard that his son, my Cousin Anthony, dis- appeared into the blue in 1915.” “Then Luttrell Marches belongs to you?" For the life of her, Jane could not keep a little consternation out of her voice. “No. If Tony had been missing for seven years, 1 could apply for leave to presume his death, but there's an- other year to run. My mother— every one—supposes that I am only waiting until the time is up. As a TR 23rd and N 25th and K Ready $50 t 1430 K Street just as you want it. Don’t tunity is still available. room. evening or Sunday. matter of fact—Jane, I'm telling you what I haven't told my mother—An- thory Luttrell is alive. “Where?” “I gan’t tell you. And you must please forget what I have told you— unless. Unless? ¥ “Unless you have to remember it, said Henry in an odd voice. “For the rest, Luttrell Marches was let during uncle's lifetime to Sir Willlam Carr- Magnus. You know who I mean?” “The Sir Willlam Carr-Magnus?” sald Jane, and Henry nodded. Jane feit absolutely dazed. Sir Wil liam Carr-Magnus, the great chemist, great philanthtropist, and Govern- ment expert! “He is engaged,” said Henry, “on a series of most important investiga- tions and experiments which he is conducting on behalf of the Govern- ment., The extreme seclusion of Lut- trell Marches and the lonely country all round are, of course, exactly what is required under the circumstances.” Quite suddenly Jane began to laugh. “It's all mad,” she sald, “but I've quite made up my mind. Renata shall elope, and I will go to Lut- trell Marches. It will be better than the workhouse anyhow. You know, Henry, seriously, I have a lot of qual- ifications for being a sleuth. Jimmy taught me simply heaps of languages, I've got eyes like gimlets, and I can do lip-reading.” “What?" “Yes, I can. Jimmy had a perfectly deaf housekeeper, and it worried him to hear us shouting at each other, so I had her taught, and learned myself for fun.” Henry crossed to the bookcase and came back with a photograph album in his hand. Taking a loose card from between the pages, he put it down in front of Jane, saying: “There you may as well make your. host’s acquaintance.” Jane looked long at the face which was sufficiently well known to the public. The massive head, the great brow with eyes set very deep beneath shaggy tufts of hair, the rather hard mouth—all these were already famil- jar to her, and vet she looked long. After a few moments hesitation Henry put up & second photograph upon the top of the first, and this time Jane caught her breath. It was the picture of a woman in evening dress. 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This was done from Amory's portrait of her in 1915—the year of her mar- riage. She was at one tRme engaged to my Cousin Anthony. If you do go to Luttrell Marches, you w'il see her, for she makes her homse with Sir Willlam.” Henry's voice was perfeatly expres- sionless. The short sentences fol lowed cne another with a Rittle pause after each. Jane looked sideways, and sald very quick and low: “Were you very fond Henry?" And when she sald it, her heart heat and her hands gripped one an- other. Henry took the photograph from her lap. “I said she was engaged & Tony.” “Yes, Henry, but were you fond of her? Confound you, Jane. ‘'Well, I don’t wonder. & ® 38 ® D bemutiful face in of her, Jane rose to her feet. I must be going,” she sald. have an assignation with Arnold Tod- hunter, who is going to take me up a fire-escape and substitute me for Renata.” Henry took out a pocketbook. “Will you give me Molloy's addre: please?” And when she had glven it: “You know, my good girl, there's nothing on earth to prevent my hav- ing that flat ralded and your cousin's deposition taken.” “No, of course not” said Jane— “only then nobody will go down to Luttrell Marches and find out what's | going on ther She looked straight at Henry as she spoke. “I'm going, whatever you say, znd whatever you do, and I only came to you because. “Because “Well, it seemed so sort of lonesome going off into situations of deadly peril with no one taking the very slightest Interest.” Jane's voice shook absurdly on the last word. 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