Evening Star Newspaper, October 1, 1927, Page 25

REALDL GRAND JURY FINDS " HUGE LIQUOR RING 58 Indicted in lllinois County, Including Former Fed- eral Officiais. GO, October 1.—Operation in | ¢ Courty, 1iL, of a liquor and | | to whic! h the na veral former ave heen is charzed »stmaster indictment owners, beer runners, fred 1. A ey of Metl disappeared on 1 ernment’s investic re named in the with roadhouse rs and o ed of those Indicted s, former 2 y County eve of the ation there, Dibble— serving temporary roadhouse proprietors and then exact- $100 to $500 on promisecs not to close’ the places. The indictment acts, including the prohibition cl law 109 ov 10 violate ts were involv 9 ¢ Government | d of the extor time he was cted n the sam. charges, tion ring at serving as S| to have beer runners during a peri Pouse is named been ar been ar before United States commissione and most of them had been held to the grand jury. The ‘tribute In-im! o the ment has charged, Was §10 2 \dhouse year. one of those t who has not hers had Govern- barrel FRENCH CRUISER CREW REFUSES TO EAT FOOD Sailors Declare Fare Bad, Despite Captain’s 0. K., and Four Are Put in Prison. By the Associated P TOULON, France, ther troublé broke cut he following the recent mut munist prisoners in the Toulon N:n-au Prison. The crew of the French cruiser| Ernest Renan, anchored in port, re- fused to eat ‘their dinner, declaring the food was L commander of the vessel, dishes objected to and declared them good. The men, nevertheless, re- newed their protests, whereupon four of the noisiest were sent ashc jail and 50 others were aboard ship. rench naval circles are opinion that the same influen: sponsible for the prison mutin. behind the troubl of the | il | ESTATE., YHE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. ¢, SATURDAY. OCTOBER 1, 1927. THE BLACK JOKER BY ISABEL OSTRANDER. and let him thank you?” I know you were working f 1 Alford, but—you know what's hap- pened to him?™” “Yes'm!” His face sobered and he hes:tated “1 guess maybe 1 better ot do o talking! I'll fetch some Hw l\v ought it in a folding cup and when Janet had drunk it she sought the brook herself, bathing and hand best she co! orner be- at was erouched, point- ¢ road. A light open truck with esg crates s seat was a sol h, slumped in- hind which was comin: d on the driver s aded you going to take Nat mutte here and make for needing to get to time hoy vou wve th me excus so quick you didn't hav for no hat nothing. Offer him the five dollars > you in and wateh him jump at it! Get out in the road, quick! nor Janet held out her ou for risking your life she exclaimed, shudder > memory of ariott, dead nd the farmer lying stunne the head of lks, but i de that p_throug > for “I'll never \’Il Good luck to you!" minute, in her wrinkled own and with her fair hair wind- . she was out in the road, stop- ping the astonished farm boy with - uplifted hand “Will you take me into the city, > er unpccustomed tongue enture its name. i and I just received 1 that my aunt is—is dying! I couldn’t stop for even my things. I'll you five dollars if you'll let me m: splayed was y argument which reached the slow brain, but it was evi- a potent one, for, after blink- ing at her for a moment, he moved over on the seat. “Git in! I ain’t going to hit it up none, ’count o' the aigs, but thores no train from the junction for more’n two hours.” Thankfully Janet accepted the offer after !hn bill changed hands and had rattled on, she cast a glance ward. There was no sign of Nat, however, and she turned a gaze ahead at the danger point that must be °d’| them, passed. A quarter of a mile over the fields the plane must lie, with the crowd still collected about it, unless Mariott had been carried to some neighboring farmhouse. If any wit- nesses of that landing met them, would they suspect that the bare- headed girl on the egg truck had been one of the two passengers who fled, leaving a dying man in the cockpit of the machine? Her explanation would not easily satisfy any but this stolid boy beside her, and she felt her heart beating fast, but the road lay empty before | dense patches of woodland hemmed them fn on eclther side and those who had been drawn to the spot were evidently still held there by morbid curiosity. A mile, then two, and Janet breathed freely once more. fore her. Nor was her hope a vain one, for in little more than an hour they rattled into Indianapolis, and on his to the produce district the ng youth dropped her off at the statfon without half a dozen words being exchanged between them. net learned that the first east- bound train would leave in less than an hour and, purchasing a ticket and drawingroom seat, she hurried to the telegraph office, heedless of the stares which followed her, and sent a wire to her father at Daneholm, merely an- nouncing that she would arrive the nmext morning. She turmed from the window in a glow, feeling that the sage had, in or to Daddy since this sequence of horrid events had started, but en- countering the hostile inquisitive gazo of a countrywoman, Janet became suddenly conscious of her lack of out- door attire and left the station in haste to find a shop. There would none be open till 9 o'clock, she learned to her consterna- tion, and her train left at a quarter to The long rush through the cold and dark made her feel fam- ished, however, and she turned into a small all-night restaurant where, after a plain but bountiful meal, she took the waitress into her confi- dence to the same degree that she had the farm boy. She must reach her dying aunt in Columbus at onc she had driven in from the country without even time to get her hat and coat—could the waitress tell her where she could purchase them, even second-hand? The weary-looking woman hesitated, but the price Janet named was a tempting one, and she sold her own plain, dark-blue cloak and a small turban which, denuded of its feather than she had been 627 Dahlia St. N.W. 1 block north of Takoma School 9 large rooms,lp]enty of porches. Garage. Large lot, 70 by 150 ft., well planted with shrubs and trees. Very attractive house and excellent location. Price Greatly Reduced F. Van Dolsen M. 971 Will You Share in the Government’s Gift? The Government has just bought 20 acres within walk- ing distance of our houses out here at Fort Stevens. There will be baseball diamonds, football fields, tennis courts, swimming pool, as well as play space with swings, sand boxes, étc., for little tots. “Organized recreational facilities may not be available until next year,” says the statement. But at Van Buren and Whittier (one block north) there is already a play- ground for smaller children. There are new schools, churches and stcres, all within walking distance also of houses in Fort Stevens. And your house is here—semi-detached, built of brick with six bright rooms, tiled bath, laundry in the basement. (Garage, too, if you need one)—for $350 Cash and $55 a Month E, Prices Are From $6,750 to $7,650 The splendid recreational park is a settled fact. Will you share in its pleasures and in the rising values of this fast growing section? Visit 611 Rittenhouse Street and see its possibilities— but better come now! Open every day until 9 P.M. Drive out 16th Street, through Colorado Avenue to Rit- or Georgia Avenue cars to Rittenhouse, then east; or 14th St. cars marked “Takoma” to Rittenhouse, then west. tenhouse; 1437 K St. Telephone Columbia 5984 WARDMAN N.W. Main 3830 We House Over One-tenth of Washington's Populstion The way to the city lay be-| d to read when she happened nce again at the man across the a covered with a effe tually concealed the Hurrying back to the station, Janet learned that she had still a few min- utes to wait and, obtaining a news- paper at the stand, she seated her- self in a corner. It was ungrateful not to feel more anxiety for Nat after all he had done for her, but he appeared to be so resourceful in any emergency that she felt sure he would win through. It was to Mariott her thoughts kept turning. He had sneered at her blood, thought her invelved in the same mysterious which had used the Carlin an and her e and ended b, scuer: for pant h The paper he held was the same as hers, she observed with surprise, and he was gazing down at the right- hand corner of the front page, but he was not scribbling on the margin, after alll Instead, as carefully as the motion of the train would permit, he was tracing over certain of the printed letters with his pen! So had that message in blackened type been conveyed to her by Mrs. Carlin on board the Sudanic, through the me- dium of the “The Lure of Gold!" CHAPTER XIIL abduetir Homecoming. N order to see what letters the man was tracing, Janet would have been compelled to lean out over the aisle of the car and this she dared not do lest she attract attention, but glancing down at own saw that the irtiele in t \N was a mere para- graph re the attack upon a hild by a supposedly mad dog. She inced her neighbor again to make sure and then began to read the article, but at a word in the first line she stiffencd, and the blood surged to her face beneath the veil. | It was headed: ‘“Ferocious Dog | Maims Child. Injuries That May Prove Fatal." Below, in smaller type, the account warm, and for one r that crisis in the had forgotten, and made her { the enmity between them! Her train came at last and Janet ' sank into her chair in the Pullman with a sigh of relief, glad when they drew out of the station and left the outskirts of the cily behind. _Only two other passen ad entered the same car with hel ady in deep surning and an elderly little m: 1whn retived at once behind a boc but, unfolding her pa \[n ered from its others seated n air his forget, her in a ul\llmn bred of her recent experiences. ol Half of the herths had not been made up, but the people vi seemed commonp enough; dapper, old-youn, across aisle was scribbling something on the gin of his newspaper with a foun- tain pen, two ladies behind him were chatting conflde and in front an old gentleman stared out at the land- scape scudding by. On side of the car a weary govern trying to amuse two dren, and back of her a woman's voice, cultured but querulous, rose in repeated complaint to the porter. 0dd as the scene was to her eyes, concluded that it must be a 1 one to traveled America and A T Great Dane belonging to James Kelly of 42 Upper Parkway, hitherto a_household pet, has disap- ed after attacking Daisy, 5- ughter of Mr. and Mrs. nidt next door. ped, but Daisy v fully bitten and may die. The police have sent a warning to dog-owners in the neighborhood to keep their nimals muzzled and leashed, and are arching for the maddened brute.” That was all, but to Janet it meant she covertly The name ne” had st fixed her attention and the words “daughter,” “police” and “searching’ all held a hopeful significance for her, but even with the solution of that man Over 1,000 Cafritz Lifetime Homes Built and Sold Only a Few Remain! 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Main 8080 Household Pet Inflicts | . REATL ESTATE? 25 paper with him. She dared not fol- low him and when after an hour, he |oughly refreshed with her siumbers returned, he was empty handed. in spite of the motion of the train, Suspense had kept her overtaxed nd peeped out between the cur brain and body alike on the alert, but | °f her berth. Those across the now they relaxed and her head feil |\Were buttoned c back in her chair. She knew nothing |Pehind others more until the porter touched her | Dissengers shoulder and announced that it was |F the last call for luncheon. In the corridor of the dining car | &he almost collided with the man she | was watching, but he did not appear in his chair across the aisle during the early afterncon and pres ently she slept once more. Neither did she see any more of | On her wa 1 the dres: him that night, and finally retired to | oo ywever, 1stered her berth to dream, with Mariott's them revolver beneath her pillow and her watch still fastened about her wri Her last waking thought was of t enemy left unconscious and forsaken tn the plane which he had stolen to carry her so far. He was her en of course, because he was her father’s but it was almost a pity; there hac been something about him first hidden message to guide her, Janet awakened before dawn, thor- she could make nothing of it She eyed the man across the alsle furtively, trying to fix his face upon her memory if ever she should encounter him again, for no doubt entered her mind but that he was an adherent of “Norman.” It would be too great a coincidence for any one other than an associate of the Carlin woman to mark a message in that fashio ‘The man's face with inteliigence, ped had at learned from 1d the man who r have left the train th 1 to peep behind his ¢ . but dared not vent was thin and alive the telltale lines and slight puffiness beneath the eves and about the Jaw looking as though they had been carefully and the sleek hair suspiciously He was dressed with meticulous care, and posed with a studied effort, which appeared somehow habitual, |rather than lounged in his cha Janet was casting about feverishly in her thoughts for a scheme to ex- change papers with him, but her hopes were suddenly dashed when he rose and made his way through the rear door of the car, taking his new: 1ins and re. but not {up mean he had -expe: Which is a record among Washington Builders selling high-class homes! 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