Evening Star Newspaper, April 21, 1925, Page 21

. Mexico and C 808 CONDTIONS ARE SATFACTORY Only Difficulty Is in Getting Laborers for Certain Classes of Work. BY . ROYL al Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, April 21.—The ques 1 of the labor supply of the United is still being tu d forward k by the conflicting attitude of various sections and interests. The majority of workers and employers admit that so far as numbers are con cerned the supply is ample. The trou- ble is to et laborers to do certain classes of ork. That is what is back of the demand of some employers for a lowering of the immigration bars. ¥ that the newcomers will not re. trict their efforts to those classes causes an equally insistent determin tion that they be maintained Farm Labor in Demand. Employment conditions throughout the country today in general sat isfactc Some-men are out of jobs, 1 certain number alwa; must be, either because they will not accept the en cannot reach the point are desired. There is demand for farm and truction labor, and as the Spring these fields will absorb practically all the surplus labor avail uble Net immigration under the new law, ich went into effect last July, has fallen off nearly 70 per cent. This has been due, in part, to the heavy emigration workers to Europe. ada now are the chief ources of foreign hor supply for this country. The workers from Can ia in general give evidence of desire to remain-permanently, but in many instan the Me: an work intend returning south of the Rio Grande when the season is over. Prejudice in Some Sections. Extreme prejudice undoubtedly ists against certain nationaliti various sections of the country South— v the cotton-manufac- turing States— Stro v oppc d to \lien importation, desiring to tain ie high per American work- rs which nc The Pacific coast is equally opposed to the influx of certain classes zners. This attitude gradually is being re-| ed through education nd a real ization of the importance of bus and industry in the lives of all negro migration from the South to Northern industrial centers practically ceased. For a time this trend ndoubtedly hurt industry in the uth, but Southern employers are ex- sing extreme care in taking back workers who want to return. Seek Return of Workers. Birmingham employers have been asked by several cities to send agents induce negro workers to come ick. They have refused to do s They do not want the men who have worked in the Northern centers, be- cause they the travelers have sorbed dangerous bolshevik and chistic doctrines from foreign | workers with whom they have been | associated. In the steel industry employment is general throughout the Pittsburgh | district, and prospects are good for this condition to continue. The steel men are endeavoring to make up for the drop in immigration through greater individual worker efficien More women are going into bu ness every day, according to depart- ment heads at Marshall Field & Co., whe say that they no longer seek ry employment, but that they get a job and stick to it. States ang, b worke reasing progresses, W The' CITIES SERVICE EARNINGS GROW DURING YEAR By the Associated Press NEW YORK, April 21 owth of Cities Service Co., both in earning power and through acquisition of new yroperties, is reflected in the pamphlet t for 1924, which placed total cap- ets of the company and its sub- scattered throughout the 2,075 mpared with in the preceding year. assets w 57,408,803 1 of $13 . while the end of the year increase of more 1 current with a cash ite working cay was 147,9 than $2,000,000. SEABOARD AIR LINE TRAFFIC STILL GROWING 8pecial Dispatch to The BALTIMORE, April 21.—Railroads | serving the Southeast continue,.to ndle a re volume of _traffic, ; true of the Sea- Loard Air Line- railway. Movement of freight over the company’s new line, the Florida Western and North- ern, up to this time has exceeded estimates. For the first 15 days of April the 26 cars of ahoard handled evenue freight. This number com- 1res with 82,580 for the correspond- period_of a year ago. The in-| crease is 17.8 per cent. BIG GAINS IN INCOMES ON FRENCH RAILROADS By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 21.—Revenues the principal railroads in France increasing steadily, although cight rates are said to be the lowest 1 Europe. Offic es received the Bankers' York show that traffic receipts en big French railroad ym January 1 to March 11 aggre. , an increase 337,916,000 VIRGINIA FIRM REPORTS. NEW YORK, April 21.—The Vi ia Iron, Coal and Coke Co. earned 75 a share on the common stock in first quarter this year after allow- for 5 per cent dividends on the sreferred, in contrast to 11 cents a hare on the preferred in the first \arter of 1924. Net income was $217,- against “HOW TO INVEST YOUR MONEY” By Bayard Dominick, President the Better Business Bureau & of New York City. Mining Fallacies. Many mining ventures are honest, it fail because the promoters are inable to finance the proposition lirough to a successful conclusion. It ikes a large amount of money to de- velop any mine and bring its produe- tion to & point where it will pay an lionest dividend to the stockholders. Many other mining promotions are ot good prospects, although they may represented as such. 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[ anxious. he was less preoccupied with the chances of a struggle than with a plan which he had already begun to form in his mind for the recovery of the document. or the success of this plan it was ential that the professor should not interrupt us in the work of substi- tuting Karl for myss It will per- haps convey of the almost inhuman coolness and resource of this devoted servant of the French Re- public that he should even at this perilous moment be thinking ahead of our immediate problem. By this time Karl was dressed from head to foot in the clothes of Thomas Preston. We bound him with the same cords as had been used on me and gagged him with the silk handkerchief, finally laying him on the f ots, where I had lately been de ed Josef and his companion. What is the next move?” said ton, as he rose to his feet. by I'll go to the villa, I said, “and see if 1 can find Beatrice. Mean- while, you two might conceal your- selves near the main entrance. You can’t help me in the house, and you cannot afford to be seen. As soon as located Beatrice, and if the clear, I'll take her to the slip away and_pick de the garden.” * said Rehmy. “We will go and hide the boat. The professor would think it odd if he saw it tied up to the jetty.” caWVell deal with that at once,” said ake this he said to me, handing a police whistle, “and blow it three times if you are in any diffi- culty. We shall be within ea 'shot, and” we'll get to you if we have to shoot our way through I nodded, and, looking out, saw that the coast w clear. A moment later we all three slipped from the chalet, bolting the door be- hind us. Gaston and Rehmy made straight for the jetty, where T soon heard sounds of a boat being cautious- ly propelled across the water, while I went toward the villa. Half way across I looked around and saw that my French friends were steering for a clump of willows about fifty yards down the bank, in which they would be able to conceal the boat. I stepped onto the veranda, and my heart beat appreciably faster when 1 saw that I was about to meet the professor himself, followed by his two man rvants. He was carrying a small phial and a ypodermic needle, perhaps the same that which he had used on Beatrice. We met on the veranda, and for a moment I fear- ed that I should not be able to de- ceive him. His first words, however, dispelled my apprehensions. “So you have been talking to our lish “friend, my dear Karl,” he said. “I'm sorry to have kept him waitig for so long, but I found that I had no more of solution 26 made up, and it required a little time to pre. pare it.” He looked at me quizzically, and, though I put up a good front, T was inwardly wi S Wi B “Doubtle: ' would like to be present at the little ceremony which is bout to take place. You are obviously a min of simple pleasures. I'm afraid that is impossible, however. I am expecting a telephone call at any moment from Major Adler, and there must be a responsible officer in the house to an- swer it. I would accordingly ask you to_remain in the villa.” I collected all my courage and sud- denly heard myself sc “And the English girl?” The professor smiled. “You men of action are all alike,” he complained, “always inordinately interested in any member of the op- posite se: Miss Harvel is by this time, I tru: comfortably awaiting us in the car. If she not already there, please see that she is taken thither without loss of time. 1 clicked my Karl do, s Professor. He smiled at me and proceeded to the garden, followed by the two man- servants, one of whom, I noticed, was bearing a length of rope, to which an iron hook was attached. I entered the house, intending to slip out as soon as the professor was out of sight and look for the car, which was presumably in the front drive. Immediately inside, however, I came face to face with Elsa. 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Besides, time was precious. “Karl,” she said, “y teasing the Englishman “IU's too bad,” I'mauttered, assum- ing an expression of sulky ferocity. “The professor won't let me see the end of him, ! “What a shame!” she exclaimed, as though 1 were a small boy deprived of a half-holiday. “T'l go myself, Karl, and tell you about It afterward. I have nothing left to do. The English girl is already in the car. She will be waking up soon, as it's nearly 12 o'clock.” And with that she ran from me into the garden and was lost to view. “That's a devoted little creature,” I thought. “And certainly she has the sweetest notion of amusing herself.” I glanced at my watch, or rather Karl's, and saw that it was five minutes to 12. I strode on into the hall, intending to cross it and open the front door into the main drive, where I hoped to find the car. At this moment, however, there was a sharp ring at the telephone, and I was reminded of the message the professor was expecting. It would be well to find out whether Fritz had succeded in_ obtaining the document. I took off the receiver, which was in the hall. Fritz was speaking, and he inquired for the professor. I said r was engaged with Englishman, but that I would take him a message. “Karl von Emmerich speaking,” I concluded. “Tell the professor,” said Fritz, at the other end of the wire, “that we have the document and are proceed- ing at once to Basel.” “Very good,” I replied. fessor will be delighted. “I should hope so, Fritz. It occurred to me that this was a priceless opportunity to ascertain the quarters of the gang in Basel. “One moment, sir,” I said. “I am sorry to trouble you, but I've forgot- ten the address in Basel, and I don’t want to increase the unfortunate im- “The pro- grumbled professor by my blunder In Zurich. Would you be S0 good as to repeat 1t?” 33, Martinsgasse,” replied Fritz. “Do_they tell you nothing at Han- over?” “I had my instructions, major,” I rejoined, “but no details.” ery well,” he grumbled. “We shall expect you sometime late this evening,” and he rang off. I hung up the receiver and hurried away . There was no time to lose. At any moment the professor might be back, before I had succeeded in getting away with Beatrice. I opéned the front door, and my eyes were gladdened by the sight of the powerful green car, which had nearly run over me in the courtyard of the secretariat, drawn up at the steps. It was empty except for the slight form of Beatrice, propped up in the back seat and covered with a rus. he was wearing clothes which doubt- less belonged to Elsa, and were of a rather vivid blue. As I approached the car, 12 struck from a clock situated over the ga- rage attached to the house. As the last stroke died away, Beatrice opened her eyes. She looked at me in_bewilderment for a moment. ‘Where am I, Tom?" she asked. “What's been happening? And what on eafth am I wearing?”’ she ex- claimed, as she caught sight of her arm in its vivid blue cloth. “It's all right, dear,” T assured her, as I jumped into the driving seat. *I will ‘explain everything later. You are quite safe—at last.” I am pretty good with cars, and T noted with satisfaction that this was a big Ballot, a French car which had won many races and a make which 1 had frequently driven. I paut my foot on the self-starter, the engine sprang into life, and a moment later we were through the gates of the villa and safe in the road beyond. CHAPTER XIV. I Go in Search of My Uncle. I ran the car slowly down the road leading to the villa and pulled up where it entered .the main road to Geneva. There was no sign of my French friends, and I walted anxious- ly for some seconds. At any moment some one from the villa, or even the Professor himself, might appear. In that case, I could not decide what I should do. I was armed, for I had found a pistol in the pocket of the coat that had belonged to Karl von Emmerich, but with Beatrice to look after, I felt it would he too great a risk to stay and put up a fight. I had therefore almost decided to drive on should any of the gapg put in an ap- pearance, wherrGaston's face, flushed with exercise, appeared over the hedge. “Good!” he exclaimed, @s he caught sight of me. ‘‘Here he is, Etienne, safe with the lady,” and they both scrambled through and arrived breath- less in the roadwa: 1 was standing beside the car, the engine quietly ticking over. Gaston, with a quick smile, pushed past me, and, entering the car, took the wheel, motioning Rehmy to get up beside him. Rehmy, as he got in, said to me in a low voice: “Be very careful with Miss Harvel, Preston. Remember that she will know nothing of what she sald in her trance. Talk to her quietl We will introduce ourselves later on. I nodded and took my seat mext to Beatrice, grateful for the tact which had prompted them to leave us to- gether. As we started, T leaned forward and tapped Rehmy on the shoulder. “Fritz and Schreckermann have got the document,” I said. “Adler tele- phoned a few minutes ago and I spoke to him myself. They are starting for Basel immediately.” & “We must follow at once,” he re- phed, and began to tell Gaston my news. I turned to Beatrice, who met me with a smile. =3 Now tell me all about it, Tom. she said. “Who are the gentlemen in front? “Beatrice darling,” T fljilrl softly, “thank God you are safe. ; “Safe,” she echoed, and I moticed that she did not resent the th-a' ment. “Have I been in any danger? “You're feeling quite all right?” I asked, looking at her anxiously s “Perfectly well,” she answered. “I'm just a little tired, that's all. But why this mystery? What's it all about And you haven't told me whose clothes I'm wearing. 1 think they’re perfectly awful,” she added, glancing down distastefully at her coat. “Beatrice,” I said, “,\'huu\'e j}n»l es- from my grandmother. CB‘\!;?: looked at me in astonishment for a moment, and then I could see she was making an effort,to remem- ber. you on the tele- when I think 1 e for I don’t recol st have fainted, I E Toet" anything. more until I saw you by the car just mnow, except that I fancy I woke up once and found that some one was looking al\"";‘"di a shuddered. X “Dearest,” 1 said, “you've had a Very narrow escape. And T told her how she had been carried off by the Professor, who had visited her pension in the guise of a doctor, alleging that she was ill. I re counted how he had evidently drugged her and removed her to the houlle from which we had just escaped. “But what did the Professor want with me?” she interrupted. “‘And how ou’find out where I was?"’ as rather at a loss to ansywer the first question, so I told her in a few words about my providential meeting with Rehmy and De Blanchegarde outside the League of Nations, of the little Jew whom they had held cap tive and of the means we had taken to get him to disclose the whereabouts of the Professor and his followers. “My friends in front were splendid,” I said. “We owe them a great debt, for without their help we should never have got away “I'll thank them myself in a mo- ment,” she said. She was silent a while, and then added: “Thank _goodness, the document is safe with M. Lavelle. T mast go to the ecretariat at once. He will be won- dering what on earth can have Hap- pened. But I must get rid of these horrid things first,” and she looked disapprovingly upon the garments of the fair Elsa. “I'll ring him up from mry pension.’ T looked at her for a ‘moment, and then decided that, despite the shock, it was best for her to know the truth about Lavelle at once. I found her, hand beneath the rug and pressed if tightly “You won't be able to ring up poor Lavelle,” T said gravely. “Beatrice darling, he is dead. Those rufflans killed_him last night.” She'turned white and her lips tight- ened. “Oh, Tom!" she said, and, releasing my fingers, she covered her face with her hands. I put an arm about her shoulders. I could feel her slim body shaking with sobs; but after a moment she sat up and took her hands from her face. I saw the tears in her eyes, but her ex pression was firm and controlled. “Tom,” she said, “you can never go back now. 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