Evening Star Newspaper, April 12, 1925, Page 20

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTO | SI00000 ALLOTTED | [THE SEVEN SLEEPERS T0 BETTER SERVIGE L. & P. Telephone Company Improvements Are Under | Way Covering Wide Area. The Chesapeake and Potomac Tele- phone Company will spend more than $100,000 for service betterment pro- jects now under way in the Cleve- land central office and in the north- east portion of the Columbia-Adams exchange area, comprising the Ta- koma Park, Brightwood, Petworth and Sixteenth Street Helghts sections, Division Manager Clagett announced last night. In addition to the expendi- £ $78,400 in the Columbia-Adams change for the placing of nearly miles of new underground cable and the reinforcing of considerable portions of underground subway, Mr. “lagett said this work provides for al outlay of $23,000 for the more than 1 mile of un- ground conduit and the enlarge- 1d deepening of 14 manholes sin avenue between Massa- chusetts avenue and Warren street in Cleveland central office district. to the large amount of resi- building in the northeast sec- the Columbia-Adams exchange nt cable facilities are mple to care for the growth in this por- ; for this reason the underground sufficient to ed telephone tion of the in. 1 ne ca has been started, take care of the estim growth in the next five yvears. In the Cleveland central office dis- trict careful consideration has been given to the future requirements of this scction, served by the under- ground conduit lines in Wisconstn avenue. Adds Underground Faeltities. e development which is now taking place, together with the more rapid development which will doubt- less continue after the proposed im- provement of Wisconsin avenue is complete has been decided that ional underground conduit fa- itles should be provided at this me in order that the company may adequately this large and grow- ing section of the o Mr. Clagett sted. He also stated that this work, which started on March 1, would be completed about September SPANISH WAR VETERANS At the recent meeting of Richard J. Harden Camp, on motion of Jacob Orken, resolutions were adopted in- dorsing legislation for pensions. The following were elected to mem- bership: Frank A. Berlage, Company €. 21st United States Infantry: Harry iited States leeson, Company A, 1st Regim. District of Columbia Volunteer Infantry, and Cummin Recruits Fra lage, Harry Dennls, Emmett W mings and Abram Houghton (ele March 18) were mustered in Adjt. Leslie read a letter from the Cuban Ambassador thanking the camp for its letter of congratulation on the adoption of the Isle of Pines treaty. A letter from Washington Temple, No. 1, National Lineal So- ty of the Spanish War, was re- ceived, inviting the members to at- tend the chicken dinner to be given by the society April 15, 5 to 7 p.m., &t Northeast Masonic Temple. Dept. Comdr. Arthur H. League spoke of the success of the camp's twenty-fifth auniversary ban- quet. He said that he would soon call & meeting of the council of administration with reference to ac- tivities in connection with the dis- missal of veterans, Others who made short talks were Adjt. Gen. Murp William L. Mattocks. Junior Vice Department Comdr. J. Nolan, Comdr. Print E. Shomette of Gen. Nel- son A. Miles Camp. Willlam I. Jen- kins, Terence Fielder, Jacob Orken and Joseph J. Harvey. Comdr. Willlam P. Irving of Col. James S. Pettie Camp announces that at the meeting Tuesday night there will be the nomination and election for the office of junior vice com- nander, that office having been de- clared vacant at the last meeting. From Comdr. Print E. Shomette's cam- pain for recruits is meeting with en- asm among the members of Gen on A. Miles Camp. The various nittees have met and apportioned i each committeeman be- coming chairman of his section, in which he in turn will form groups to canvass that particular section Commander-in-Chief Chauncey W. Herrick has returned from a 10-day visit in Florida, where he held a con- ference with the convention city com- mittee to discuss the program of the national encampment, which will be held In St. Petersburg, Fla., in Sep- tember. At the meeting of Col. John Jacob Astor Camp last Monday night, held in Stanley Hall, United States Sol- diers’ H William D. Lawrence, formerly of Troop C, 5th United States Cavalry, and Bartley Costello, retired first sergeant, were mustered into the camp. Washington Temple, neal Soclety of the benefit 5 to 7 pam., Dle No. 1, National Spanish War, chicken dinner at Northeast OPPORTUNITY Are You Satisfied With the Amount of Your Pay Check? The Washington, D. C.. Tre Motual Life Tnsur, New York will inaugurate classes of "Life Insurance Instruction and Salesmanship, covering a THOROTGH PRACTICAL TRAINING, under Pro. essor W. W. Winsbro, late of Wil am and Mary College, heginning Thursday, April 16, at 8 pm., at the Company’s offices. Each class will meet two nights every week to com- Diete the course of six weeks Ambitious, bigh-gr ably those without 11 exy are invi ke appli- cations to join the April classes, TUpon pletion of course, places will be offered to members who aualify. THI P CO.0PE| Agency of ' Company of prefer- ce selling urposs of ‘this Department to develop saccas: Fu1 1ife underwriters for this Company, Lite” Tovirance 13 today ‘s Baft of the modern scheme of businss and social life. Tife Tnsurance practice Therefore, invites one to & mork speeds financial wiccess than most any feld NEST ENERGY SENTIAL PRE- bave come to a realica- tion'of the income Timitatio present | oceupation or Tnvestigate thia opportunity It is our work to SEE THAT YOU SUCCEED. Conferencen at o Thursday, the Otu. O PeEionios Call, write or telephone: HENRY S. BAKER, Assistant Manager JOHNSON R. MORGAN AND W. W. WINSBRO, Agency Instructors 423 Southern Building, 15th & M Streets N.W. Main 762-763 A Thrilling Novel of International Intrigue (Continued from Yesterday's Sar.) All this I explained in a confused way. and my new friends nodded sym- pathetically, helping me out with those little turns and phrases of the French language which are quite in- evitable, but which express so much better than any other form of human speech our stumbling emotions. “Anyhow," said Rehmy, “your im- mediate help is essential to us. You say you left the document with M. Lavelle, in the offices of the cre- tariat of the League of Nation: “Yes," I replied. “He promised to take care of it, and I was to ring him up after dinner if I could. Oh, and that reminds me,” I added, thinking of Jerry, “I was also to dine with & friend of mine at the Plat d'Or. but I'm afraid that will be impossible.” “Quite finpossible,” agreed de Blanchegarde, “Socfal engagements are at a discount just now. You'd better send him a message or ring him up.” “This document,” Rehmy began:| vou say that your friend at the| secretariat had begun to decipher it How much of it did he make out?" “Three words,” I answered “Which were? querled Rehmy “Wir, die Siebenschlafer,” I replied The two Frenchmen looked at ane anather, and de Blanchegarde emitted a low whistle. “Nom de Dieu!” he muttered. “The gang that murdered poor Raoul Du- plessy? “You I asked “L wish to heaven we did" said Rehmy. “We know enough about them to realize that this whole affair is probably ten times more serious than efther you or your friend, M. Lavelle, can possible realize.” There and then he told me a tale which, had It been recounted to me 24 hours earlier, I should have judged o be Impossibly fantastic. It seem- ed that the French Intelligence Serv- ice had recelved information some menths previously of an effort on the part of several of the more Important German secret societies and murder clubs to amalgamate, There had been a good deal of negotiation between the heads of these societies, and three big financiers, von Buhlen, Kaufmann | and von Stahl, were known to be in- volved. It was at this point that a French agent, one Raoul Duple: had succeeded in getting on the track of mysterious unit or organization referred to as “Die Siebenschlafer.” But he had never been able to divuige vhatever Information he might have obtained, for he had been found mur- dered nd hideously mutilated in the streets of Munich few weeks previ- ously. His last messake to headquar- ters had been to the effect that he had come into contact with a little Jew of the name of Adolf Baumer, and my two friends had been sent to find Baumer and to endeavor to ex- tract information from him They had come upon his traces in Munich, but at the last moment he had slipped through their fingers, and had then pursued him to Geneva. were all the more eager to cap- ture him, as. while in Munich, they had discovered him to be in pos: sfon of an important document, which was to be transmitted to a certain Capt. Z. This, of course, was the document which had been thrust into my hands at the Moulin Rouge. My description of the gang in the Rue Etienne Dumont confirmed them in the bellef that they were on the track of operations of international importance. Schreckermann was known to them as a prominent buver for the German government during the war, and the professor, whose name was Anselm Kreutze. mark, was, it seemed, a figure notorious in the wrchives of every intelligence service in Europe. De Blanchegarde could scarcely contaln his fury when the man was mentioned. “It was he that tortured Raoul,” he said, “I'm sure of it. Among other things, he is one of the fine: emists in Germany and respon ble for a dozen foul inventions. He it was who discovered yellow cross gas, though, like many of the really important men in Germany, his identity was kept secret.” “Weil," I said, “one thing seems pretty clear. Youw'll want all the help ou can get, and you must let me go know all about them then?" | note was take By FRANCIS BEEDING Copyright, 1925, by Little, Brown & Co.) in with you. I somehow feel that at this stage 1 can't decently with- draw, and I'm certainly not prepared to allow our friends of the Rue Etienne Dumont to take a hand in the settlement of Europe. 1 dislike their methods.” De Blanchegarde looked for a moment at Rehmy, who nodded; and then jumped enthusiastically to his feet B “On behalf of France, we accept your offe he cried; and, to my great embarrassment, he kissed me tempestuously on both cheeks The die was cast, and from that moment I never once thought of withdrawing from the enterprise, but regarded myself s equally pledged with Rehmy and Da Blanchegarde to fight this affair to a finish. We fell to discussing details, and, on my recommendation, we decided to let Jerry € am partially into the secret t difficulty with which De Blanchegarde and Rehmy had been faced was that they [needed some one at (ieneva, whereas they might suddenly find it necessary to go in_search of the headquarts of Capt. Z, which we now knew to be at Hanover. Jerry might usefully hold = watching brief in the city of Calvin If at any moment we found it necessary to go elsewhere Rehmy had hired the small chalet in which we were sitting. It was situated in the outskirts of Versoix —a large village on the lake some 8 or 10 kilometers distant from Geneva—and his establishment con- ted solely of the grizaled man- ant, whom I had already seen, an old retainer of De Blanchegarde, and a chauffeur, an ex-noncommis- sioned ofticer attached to Rehmy. I scribbled Jerry a note saying that I was unavoldably prevented from dining with him: that strange developments had arisen in connec- tion with the visit to my grand- mother, and that I would explain everything on the morrow. Mean- while, I asked him either to remain in his hotel or to keep the proprietor informed of his whercabouts. The into Geneva at once delivered at Jerry was ser by the chauffeur and the Plat d'Or, where awaiting me in vain. By this time it was close to § o'clock, and there was nothing further to be done until it was time to ring' up- Lavelle at the secretariat. We accordingly dined—a ceremony to which De Blanchegarde was able to impart a surprising atmosphere of good cheer, thanks to his extraor- dinary high spirits and the con- vivial effects of a bottle of excellent dry Perrier Jowet. CHAPTER 1X. I rang up the secretariat about 9§ o'clock and asked for Laveile. The concierge informed me that T Cuticura Heals Irritating Rashes Don’t suffer with itching, burning rashes, eczemas or irritations when Cuticura Soap and Ointment will ickly relieve and heal. Bathe with Soap and hot water, dry and anoint with Cutieura Ointment. Nothing quicker or safer than Cuti- cura Scap and Ointment for all skin troubles. CThe Di Sunoco is L4 i . \>%/ No. No. No. No. No. No. MOTOR OIL Silence Is Golden Never violate the rule—keep pevery moving part of your car slipping smoothly—Sunoco-oiled. Drain oil every 500 miles—re- duce carbon deposits, eliminate valve grinding— er than recurrent repairs. MinmdeService " ALLAN E. WALKER, President No. 1—17th & L Sts. N.W. 2—Ga. Ave. & Upshur N.W. 3—10th & E Sts. N.W. 4—Pa, Ave. & 21st St. N.W. 5—Linworth & C Sts. S.W. 6—Fla. Ave. & 3d St. N.E. 7—1705 L St. N.W. stilled unoco is cheap- sold at all could not be put straight through to him, because thero no night service on the internal exchange, but he volunteered to go and fetch him while I held the line. After an interval of some minutes the conclerge returned to the tele- phone and told me that M. Lavells had not yet arrived at the secreta- riat, 1 asked whether he was absolutely sure of this, to which he replied that he had come on duty about 8:30: that no one had passed either in or out W hy, " since that hour; but that M. Lavelle might quite possibly have come in| | before, as his room was locked, though he had reéeived no reply to his knocking. I rang off and reported the news to my friends. “Probably he hasn't yet arrived,” sald De Blanchegarde. We decided to give him another half-hour, and we walted restlessly, talking and smoking, but finding it very difficult to be patient. De Blanchegarde could scarcely contain his excitement. He fidgeted about, turning over the leaves of books which he did not read, looking at ple- tures which he did not see, and light- ing innumerable cigarettes which he did not smoke. Rehmy observed him with the sym- pathy of an old campalgner for a young recruit. “This walting is the most difficult part of our job,” he said. “I'm afraid Gaston will never be very good at’it. He wastes half his energy in trying to advance the clock.” T must confess that my sympathies h Gaston on this occasion. | '] 1 tried in vain to imitate the profes- stonal calm of Etienne Rehmy, but it was with the greatest difculty that I could keep my hands from the re- celver. Punctually at a quarter to 10 1 telephoned again, but with the same result as before. Lavelle's door was still locked. “Did you knock on it the concierge, “Yes, monsieur,” he replied. “I knocked and shouted, but there was no reply.” 1 hung up the receiver. “That settles it,” I said. “We must drive round to the secretariat and Icok Into this matter on the spot.” Rehmy and De Blanchegarde in- stantly agreed, and we all three found hats and coats and packed ourselves into the car A quarter of an h rived at the secretariat 2 As we walked up the steps toward | 1DE 18 the conclerge’s desk we saw a group| Dyes. of cleaners and the concierge exam ining something which was lying on the ground. They were in a State of considerable excitement and 1 knew at once that something untoward had happened. I pushed my wa garde—wi lay he replied. hat “Indeed,"” done? perfectly all right. down to the hall time, Baril, ments, and won't last long." Its tongue ing over its bod: “Poor beasts!" have done t?” “1 don't to mccompany had continued I asked of later we ar- 15-cent into the circle and A nnouncing A nm&hk‘:dn{:pk of Karpen fidcdllry'iynpv:godudn‘ cat niturc scyles and a 2 ook wila The fratic 1a oF promin- wdnnr.‘mamd and antiqued. Covered in personage tapestry. Karpen Week offerings include pieces for e . This cne-bcked chai machet 1ok Al Fopalar aca ly low price. In gumwood, Ehosany fasib, sod covered 1 belour, T BROADMOOR SOFA No. €89 A finc Lonis XV picce with high back chair and arm- chuir 0 mach. Carved frames of slecizd, brown mahogany. Covered in mohair and figored damask Black satin pillows with Crewel embroidery LADDER-BACK A charming carly American style. The sturdy frame it birchwood, mahogany fimish. A handwoven fiber seat adds comfore. This is only one of the many odd picces included in Karpea Week specials. For your sun-room or living-room, handwoven fiber furnitare is airy, colorful and durable. This picce, one of 2 complete Karpen Week suite, is in the new basket weave. Choice of colors and fabrics. D. C, APRIL 12 saw that a large wolf houn stretched on the floor, parently in extremis. Close beside him great St. Bernard, 1 went up to the conclerge and asked for M. Lavelle. English friend of the afternoon but a Swiss official of the night shift. “I haven't yet seen him, Monsieur,” has happened?” 1 looking at the men who were bend- |a ing_over the sick hound. he answered wrathfully. 'he dogs have been polsoned.” looked quickly toward my French colleagues and saw at once that my approhensions were shared. I said. ot very long ago,” “When I came on duty they seemed But when I came after 1 had been up to look for M. Lavelle the first the St. was in great pain, and Apollon was alling. Baril dled in a very few mo- I'm afraid that He looked again at the dog, which was lying with its mouth wide open. was hanging out and great tremors and shivers were pass- 1 said. like this," Blanchegrade suddenly. and look for your friend.” We prevailed upon the conclerge us and stairs to the second floor. to think of Secretariat as 1 had seen it in Beautiful home dyeing and tint- aranteed with Diamond ust dip in cold water to tint soft, delicate shades, or boil to dye rich, permanent colors. Each sckage contains directions so simple any woman ean dye or tint lingerie, silks, ribbons, skirts, 1925—PART 1 afternoon, blazing ing with typewriters, a chien de and ~fro, and the corridors. officials It was not my our eyes were drawn cesses. ing alone asked, in this obscure had spent in the chalet. that I almost ran up the my impatience to be When was it|was approached by a tiny and th, that hung above the door. ed and shouted, but response he replied what to do. Bernard there, which the conclerge safd Apollon | ter. As retiring, we were on however, the which showed plainly in “Who can “Look,” 1 said, broke in De h light, messengers on every floor, stenographers passing to promenading I was {1l prepared for this vast and shadowy bullding, silent as the grave, where our voices lost themselves in the remote spaces and into dark I thought of Lavelle y labyrinth, | F d my sense of fareboding increased Mentally I cursed the idle hours we 1 remember stairs in reassured that nothing serious had happened. We arrived at Lavelle's room. It vestibule concierge switched on a light He knock- | e there was no We stood for a moment, uncertain Rehmy suggested that we should go to his private address, obtain for us from the-office regis- the point of concierge | switched off a light in the vestibule and in the darkness I could see that there was a light in Levelle’s room, the between the door and the ground. 1 grasped Rehmy by the arm. pointing to the ick Will of Chaplain Filed The will of Rev. Thaddeus O'Sulli- van, chaplain of the Convent of Per- petual Adoration, was filed vesterday for probate. Father O'Sullivan died April 3. He leaves 330 to St. Ann's x re- = gents said worl_ | 1nfant Asylum and $100 to Mgr. J D A Mackin for masses. He gives 35 ickerman of Mun Ind., each to Thomas Seggerson, Jok rge of violating the na Kelly and John McCarthy and $30 to [ Would be presented to the Michael Lynch. 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