Evening Star Newspaper, April 28, 1929, Page 67

THE SUNDAY THE WOLVES OF THE WATERFRONT (Copyright. 1928, Synopets of Preceding Instalments. TInspector John Wade of the London poiice, While trying to run down a criminel gans known as the india rubber , seea Liln 8mith, a lodging-house slaver, dressed and 'n the company of man. Wade follows her to a deserted Cinderella _ the dead man. Wiide to a ship, the captain of which was attacked by a mysterious woman n Anna. He recognizes the captain as Lila's escort. and is satisfiod that there i @ con- nectia ween the ship an Tubber men. By chance, he meets in Lon- gon a river front idier, who, according to his wife. had gone to sea. That night Wade barely escapes desth when the gang reids his home. (Continued From EIGHTH INSTALLMENT. s S John Wade turned the cormer of the street leading to the Mecce, he heara some one call his name. Hkv lpoked about and “Don’t go any farther, They are waiting for you At that moment something struck | him in the leg and he balf ran, balf fell into a doorway. Lila gripped his arm and dragged him down the steps toward the river and into a skiff. “They knew you would come alone— they said - you'd come alone” she breathed. He felt curiously faint and, when she pushed him into the little boat and gained the middle of the river, d.ood was streaming from the wound in his leg. After he had applied an emergency bandage, he saw the police launch ap- proaching and be hailed . The police boat picked them up and sped to the nearest station at full speed. Wade questioned Lila as to her reason for fearing an attack on him, and urged her to tell all she knew, but she shook her head. “I ean't tell you. I mustn't tell you Only I was so afraid for you that I ran out to stop you.” “Somebody knew I was the Mecea and coming alone? hat Fou were going to say2” She did not answer. “And they d a little ambush Yor me? Mrs. Oaks knows all about it2” “I’can’t tell you,” she said, and be- gan to weep. He looked at her keenly. “You heard %01 that made you run out into the street; you thought somebody was going to kil me. Was it Golly you heard talking?” She stared at him, startled. - ‘Golly? I thought he was at sea. Isa't. 2" He evaded the question. “You never know what Gelly is do- ing,” he said lightly. “Well—we'll bave another talk later om. safety, we're going to us for a while.” Lila was taken to the coming to Is that w! EE { i H was about that “caught” by the india “A flash wound, my dear’ cheerfully. “I friends that I in a day or two. under police protection, well run along home.’ He saw the ghost of girl's eyes as Mrs. Oaks i i i3 (R !li& that note when yom and a lot of other not going to answer John Wade drove back station. He boasted of but he had practically his wound. At lu{.t:h. he received from clue,’ is an associate of pected 3{ b"eolng Im gang. Up to a few years very poor man, but recemtly tunes changed, and now he receives an allowance through you. It's imj that we know the source of his “His income is a legitimal said Brude. “It is true that he tu*r’\d. from u;. ‘Whether he gets other money is outside my knowledge: but we are not his lawyers. We merely act for certain executors.” “Well,” sald Wade, “of eourse if he's inherited money—-" “He hasn’t exactly inherited money," interrupted the lawyer carefully. “There is a trust fund from which he draws an income. In & year the pi will go to him. The terms of trust may be found am the records at Somerset House. A client of ours, who was a cousin of Lord Siniford, died five years ago and left a fortune— an extremely large fortune,” he added emphatically. “The money would or- dinarily have gone—um—elsewhere. I don't think I can tell you more than that, except that the trust was estab- lished for a person who is now dead, and it cannot be distributed until the twenty-first anniversary of that per- son’s birth.” “Can you tell me the name of the person who established the trust?” “Well, as I've remarked before, you'll find the particulars at Somerset House. 1 can only say that Lord draws his income from what is known as the Pattison trust, which administers the affairs of the Lady Pattison, the grand- aunt of Lord Siniford.” As Wade strolled back to Scotland ‘Yard he asked himself why 8iniford, if he was the recipient of a comfortable pension, should bother himself with the india rubber men. On impulse he called a cab and drove to St. James street. The hall r told him that his lordship had just come in. “What name shall I give his lord- ship?” asked the porter. “Wade,” said the inspector, after a moment’s thought. He believed that Lord Siniford would not dare refuse an interview, for fear of arousing sus- | or | picion. His surmise was right, the answer came: “Show Mr. Wade up.” His lordship was very alert and on the defensive. “Well,” he tience, ‘ade? minutes “I require exactly four,” said Wade eolly. “You're a friend of Capt. Alk- ness?” He sprung the question without pre- amble, and saw the man flinch. “Alkness> He was my father's friend many years ago. He is in South Amer- ica now.” John Wade nodded. “You're able to vouch for his integrity?” His lordship wriggled uncomfortably. “I can't vouch for anything” he snapped. “I know—er—my father knew Mr—Capt. Alkness. Surely it was an act of civility to pay him a visit on his ship . . . A very nice man, charming'” Smith—de you find And Miss Lila her charming. too Lord Siniford started at the mention of Lila’s name. “Do you find Anna charming, t007" persisted Wade. 1 don't know whom you mean,” Sin- 1ford said sullenly hat I can give you exactly three “I mean the woman who was staying | in your house at Maidenhead and who was brought to London in & ear. You taught clothes for her, Lord Siniford.” d the india | by North American Newspaper Alliance and Metropolitan Newspaper Service.) AT THAT MOMENT SOMETHING STRU HIM IN THE LEG, AND HE HALF-RAN, HALF-FELL, INTO A DOORWAY. LILA GRIPPED HIS ARM AND DRAGGED HIM DOWN THE STEPS. S TAR, WASHINGTON, D. €., APRIL 28 1929—-PART 4. By Ediar Wallac, Army. | _Decision has been made in the War | Department not to request of the Con- troller General an advance decision on the pay to which Maj. Gen. Edgar Jad- win, chief of En- gineers, will be en- titled upon his re- tirement for age | on August 7 next. Just two days be- fore President Coolidge relin- | quished the reins | of office he issued’ | an order directing that when Gen. | Jadwin, retired it | would be with. thwe | rank of lieutenant general, under the | provisions of the |act of March 4 11915, authorizing |officers of the | Army and Navy 2 | who had served on the construction of | the Panama Canal to be “advanced one grade in rank upon retirement.” The history of the rank of lieutenant gen- eral, as set forth in section 3237 of the military laws of 1921, is regarded as indicating that, in later years at least, Congress has been opposed to the exist- ence of the rank of lieutenant general |as a permanent and regular rank save | for temporary periods and where the | honor was conferred by special legisia- | tion on meritorious members of | military establishment, and save: for | these instances the rank has been out | of existence for longer periods than it | has existed. The act of 1915 is a stat~ | ute which conferred upon its benefl | ciaries a preferred status and is classi- | fled s an act of liberality on the part of the Government. Among the questions that the Con- troller General will have to consider when he makes his deeision in this case Maj. Gen. Jadwin. licutenant general if the rank survives on the retired list; whether the law of 1907 applied only to “cease and deter- | mine” the rank of lieutenant general on the active list and did not affect the rank on the retired list; whether Gen. Jadwin should be considered as possess. ing the permanent rank of colonel for the purpose of advancement by one | grade for his eanal service, which con- | struction would result in the absurdity | of making him a brigadier general on the retired list; whether, if the rank of | leutenant general does not exist on the | retired list, the advance of one grade | would give that officer the rank of gen- | eral upon retirement; whether the situ- g | the bank robbery in St. James street? I believe that the india rubber men es- caped up the river on a fast boat.” Elk nodded. “I believe the boat was lying on the shore side of the Seal of Troy and was in all probability swung inboard when I was going in the direction of Greenwioch,” Wade confinued. “A couple of derricks could have put it under hatches in 10 minutes. It's probably on the ship pow unless they’ve thrown it .| overboard. I've cabled our South Amer- m.stwmpecumshlpunmo- » m'm taachen 3 filled his and led for & e pipe pul time. “Lila Smith's the mystery,” he said, “not the Seal of Troy. It was any one that the Seal of Troy fs a re- ceiver's den. I'l bet she's got work- shops on board. Here—I'll show you something.™ He opened a drawer of his desk and drew out a sheet of paper, in the center of which was a cutting from a news- paper. “The record department dug this out of a Lancashire paper three years ago.” | John Wade read: B, Seeper, the jeweler who was sentenced to 18 months’ hard labor for fraud, is in Bucnos Aires in the employ of & col . He has made hes | S°Veral voyages to d.” “And here’s another one—an adver- tisement,” said Elk, producing a second gr-rr with chotrulber stamp of the rec- 1S you bought, unpieasant hour when you meet 5 incapable of speech. 're thinking,” John “You're saying to T i seemed il i ] i 4] ica. How many repHes do you think they got for that ad? Thousands. And how many of those fellows were Dart- moor old-timers?” Wade rubbed his chin thoughtfully. “It seems a dangerous ocs ullyn keeping these fellows under Jock and key. We've been making | quiries, especially about Seeper. He's | got some relatives in Peebles and thy've never heard from him since they got a letter saying he'd been offered a good éoh. He'’s been !:n England once er Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, to the Roosevelt Camp, Department of Cali- | fornia, and to Charles Hodges Preeman, Company P, 4th United States Cavalry, to member at large in the national or- ganization. The Gen. M. Emmet Urell Camp at its last meeting mustered the following recruits into active membership: R. E. { Dunsten, Paul Gempler, Maj. C. W. | Avars and Julius Schon, the latter a 1Medal of Honor man. ‘MEETINGS THIS WEEK. Richard J. Harden Camp, Thursday night, Pythian Temple. Col. John Jacob Astor Auxil- fary, Thursday night, 921 Penn- sylvania avenue southeast. Lineal Department Comdr. James G. Yaden addressed the members of the Richard the subject of recruiting. He also dwelt | in Walter Reed Hospital. at length on the Memorial day services - and the part the various camps have | co-operation with the Richard J. Har- been ed in decorating the ceme- | den Camp to place contract surgeons teries and the urgeney for a larger rep- | who served in the Spapish-Ameriean resentation in the line of march on|War in a pensionable status. May 30. He brought a message of | son for those veterans who represented | by the members of the Gen. M. # organization in the inaugural par- | Urell Auxiliary. e. Chatrman W. D. Watts of the rellef| The department council of adminis- committee reported the death of Chris- | tration of the Ladies’ Auxiliaries will topher J. McCarthy, when taps was hold a meeting tomorrow night at 8 sounded and the usual period of silent | o'clock in Pythian Temple. prayer observed. He also reported | e George W. Kingsbury, John A. G. Shuster, E. Byrd Doran and John Ham- burg, who have been on the sick list, impreving. An application was recelved from | made of the death of Past President | Henry T. Ronning for a transfer to|Lillian Carll, and the charter was Roosevelt Camp of Willmar, Minn,, | ordered d"fed for 30 days. where he will make his future home. | The auxillary unanimously ndorsed Sergt. Maj. William O. Ohm yead the Teport of the entertainment committee, ment president for the ensuing year. which was accepted and filed, Plans were formulated to celebrate The meeting July 4 is to be dispensed | the twenty-first birthday of the aux- | with and the nomination and election 'iliary on May 6 with a party. Katie | of delegates and alternates to the na- | Le Laurin, as chairman of the good of tional convention at Denver in Septem- | the order committee, will have charge | ber will be heid July 18. of refreshments and Nellie Kulle, aux- Comdr. Charles P. Galpin of the Gen. | iliary musician, will be in charge of the Nelson A. Miles Camp, Comdr. Edward | entertainment. Mabel Hesen will have A. Barstow of the Gen. Henry W. Law- | charge of the card party to be given ton Camp, Chaplain E. Byrd Doran and | May 20. John D. Shaw gave short talks. | The annual visitation of the depart- ment president and her staff to the Col. A Manila day grand ball will be given | John Jacob Astor Auxiliary was held by the Gen. Nelson A. Miles Camp nex* | April 18. Department President Carrie Tuesday evening at the City Club, un- | E. Nolan, who was ill, was represented | der the direction of the camp enter-}hby Senior Vice Department it v?mpem’scor;'mgme, atD:hlch E. M. |Louise Moore. | Luskey is chatrman. ncing inter-| The auxiliary unanimously indorsed | spersed wth talented entertainers will! Senior Vice President Moore for des begin at 9 o'clock and end at 1 o'clock | partment president and Mary I. Wind- | am. Miss Jeapette McCaffrey, soprano | sor, past pres | soloist, will give selections, and Mrs. | department junior vice president at the Lily Charles McFadden will give whis- | convention to be held in June. tling cantillations. Prizes will be award- | Following talks by the department of- | ed to the best dancing couples present | ficers vocal selections were given. by | W F. Hart, with his sister at the piano, Comdr. Edward A. Barstow of the|and vocal selections and dance numbers Gen. Henry W. Lawton Camp an-|by the Misses Frances Harrison and nounces the issuance of. transfers to Mabel Maddox., Refreshments were Vincent B. Ledman, Company M. 4th!serveds - At a meeting of the Admiral George Dewey Naval Auxiliary held at the | home of Past Department Prestdent | Margaret E. Burns announcement was | Loulse Moore for the office of depart- | ‘dent of the auxiliary, for | The chairman of the sick and relfef | J. Harden Camp at its last meeting on | committee reported Anton Hohman i1l | The camp indorsed a resolution in | Following the business meeting the | thanks from Commander-in-chief Gray- | members attended a card party given | Emmet | | | |gets a a life Troy. jewelry that's taken aboard that ship is | broken up by him before it's there an | hour.” | ation requires Gen.’Jnflwm's reure?:ehr:t g |as a major general on account of his ,’;‘3“:%,;1"‘,:51;;?“},:,”{;,, He's 80% | Service as chief of Engineers, and, in You can bet that every bit of | the absence of the rank of lieutenant general, whether the order issued by direction of the President retiring Gen. Jadwin with the rank of lieutenant general is sufficiently valid and legal to achieve that end. v (To Be Continued.) are: The determination of the pay of | Armyand NavyNews | Providing tests prove to be practical, | the Army may soon s, Q M. C., chief of the cloth- ing and equipage division, office of the quartermaster general, has conceived the idea that it is possible to attach the leather leggin by means of laces to the service shoe, thereby converting the shoe into a soft top boot. Samples of the chief of Infantry and the quarter- up and submitted to the chief of In- fantry, whose office is in complete ac- cord with the idea that it would be | superior to the present wrap leggins or the present experimental canvas leggin. | Six pairs of service shoes equipped with these experimental leggins will be | made up and sept to Washington, where they will be paMad upon by the office of | the chief of Infantry and the quarter | master techmical committee, after which they will be sent to the Infantry board | at Fort Benning for an extended prac- | tical test. The approaching field test of this new type of boot will be watched | with a great deal of interest, as if it | proves to be practical, it wHl mean the saving of a considerable sum of money. | Pive officers of the Army Dental | Corps and five officers of the Army | Veterinary Corps have been directed by | the War Department to report to the {commandants of the Army Dental | School and Army Veterinary School, re- | spectively, effective August 29, for the | purpose of pursuing a course of in- | structfon. at these schools, located at 1 | {he Army Medical Center, this city. The | | dental officers who will undergo the | dental course are: Capts. Walter A. Rose, Eugene A. Smith, Roy A. Stout, Earl G. Gebhardt and William F. Wieck. | The veterinary officers who will pursue | the veterinary course are: Capts. | George W. Brower, John R. Ludwigs, Gardiner B. Jones, Arthur D. Martin Navy. A class consisting of approximately 16 officers—2 captains, 2 commanders, |2 lieutenant commanders, 2 lieutenants 'and 8 lieutenants (junior grade) and | ensigns—will begin a course of lighter~ than-air training at the Naval Air Sta- | tion, Lakehurst, N. J., on June 15. Those {officers who have been directed to undergo this course of instruction are Capt. Henry E. Shoemaker, Comdr. C. B. Mayo, Lieuts. (junior grade) Adolph |Hede, H. H. Pickens and Charles F. Miller and Ensigns F. C. B. McCune, Clifton S. Rounds, James A. Greenwald, 'jr.: Mor Redfield and Thomas M. Whelan. Additional selections of offi- cers of the grades of captain, com- mander, lieutenant commander and lieutenant will be deferred until about | May 13 in order to afford opportunity |for officers to file their requests for lighter-than-air training. Forty-two_officers of the Navy have | been selected for the class for submarine |training to be assembled at the sub- be issued a new | type of footwear. Lieut. Col. John S.| Chambe: | marine base, New London, Conn., on| |July 8, 1929. They are Lieuts. Joseph . Donnell junior grade) George A. Fee, Robert H |Gibbs, ‘Oliver F. Naquin, Frederick | Moosbrugger, Rodmon D. Smith, Theo- | ‘GN‘P Wolcott, Jcseph A, llahan, |Frank W. Fenno, lenn R. Hartwig, Everett P. Newton, Lewis S, Parks, Ed- win R. Swinburne and Edward W. Young. The ensigns who will take this course of training are William B.| Brockman, jr.. Donald C. Burt, Frank T. Corbin, Clarence E. Duke, Charles L. Freeman, Norman J. Habel, Alian R Joyce, Eugene S. Karpe. George A Lewis, W. G. Myers, John R. O'Shea. Philip H. Ross, Paul H. Tobleman. Wi~ liam E. Balfrey, Henry C. Bruton, Joseph B. Cochran, Jobn R. De Tar. Robert B. Ellis, Howard W. Gordon, ir . Tyrrell D. Jacobs. Staniey E. Judsom, ‘Thomas B. Kiakring, Donald McGregor Ellot Oisen, Willlama L. Pryor, jr.. Carl P. Stillman and John R. Waterman. Upon his relief of the command of the aircraft squadrons of the battle flect Rear Admiral ph M. Reeves will proceed to this city, where he will assume duty at the Navy Department 23 & member of the general board. Upon being detached from the aircraft squad- | rons of the battle fleet, about June 15, Licut. Comdr. Frank W. Wagner will go to duty in the Bureau of Aeronautics. Capt. Willlam S. McClintic, on duty in the Bureau of Naval Operations, Navy Department, will relinguish these duties about July 10 and will go to duty as assistant chief of staff to the com- mander-in-chief of the Asiatic fieet. Musigraphs Continued From Fourth Page.) Other numbers will include other Mozart songs and songs by Haendel, Schumann, Brahms, Hoimes, Brumeau, Coquard, Rachmaninoff, MacFadyen | and Salter. The many friends of S. Elizabeth | Kerr, contralto, will be glad to know | that she has shown steady improvement after her serious iliness at her home here. Mrs. Kerr is contralto soloist at | St. Paul's Church, Rock Creek Parish. | During ber lilness her position is being filled by Catherine Parsons, another | | member of the choir. I Ruby Smith Stahl, dramatic lyric | soprano, will sing a group of songs at | the banquet of the University of | | Michigan Club, at which James | W. Good, Secretary of War; Ar- | thur M. Hyde, Secretary of Agricul- | | ture, and Robert P. Lamont, Sec- | retary of Commerce, are to be guests | | of honor and speakers. Mildred Kolb | | Schultze will be the accompanist. | ‘There will be a “stag recital” by | pupils of Leuis A. Potter next Friday | evening at the Calvary Methodist Chureh, 1463 Columbia road northwest, at 8 o'clock. The program includes vocal, piano, organ and cello solos, and | two ensembie selections. The public 1!‘ invited to attend, the term “stag recital” | referring only to the performers. | 19 Music Week Chorus, IREDERICK ALEXANDER, head of the Conservatory of Music of the Michigan State Normal College, will arrive in Washington Tuesday to fake charge of the final rehearsals of the chorus which will sing at the concert Wednesday evening. May 8, in the Com- munity Center. The concert is & part of the observance here of National Music Week and is being arranged un- der the auspices of the Church Musie Council and the District of Columbia Federation of Music Clubs. Mr. Alex- ander has arranged the program for the concert and will conduct the chorus numbers, with Charlotte Klein, local OIRARIS, as Accompanist Mr. Alexander has called rehearsalss for Tuesday. Wednesday. Thursday and Friday of this weck, taking different groups at different times. Tuesday eve- ning at 7 o'clock in Epiphany Parsh Hail on G street, between Thirteenth and Fourteenth sireets. he will work with the men’s voices. Wednesday eve- ning at 7 o'clock. in the Central Com-« munity Center, he will hear the prog- ress made by the 100 boys from the District of. Columbia Public Schools who bave been trained by Junior High School instructors under the leadership, of Mrs. Eveline N. Burgess. These boys will be accompanied by 20 violin stu- dents from the Josef Kaspar studio.) Immediately following this, Mr. Alexan~ der wid work with the representatives from the church choirs and Thursday evening at 7 o'clock the rehearsal will’ be for the women's voices, will be held. The rehearsal Fridav evening in the Epiphany Parish Hall will be for all the singers taking part in the chorus. Mr. Alexander. who has won laurels for humself in the Middle West for his ability as a conductor, will complete the course of lectures which he has n® giving this season, on Wednesdav and Thursday of this week. He will talk® on “Choral Music and Conducting” in Epiphany Parish Hall, both afternoons at 4:45 o'clock. W”ve]sh‘ Singers. ‘HE Cambrian Concert Co., Welsh artists, will entertain at the Pet- worth Baptist Church, Seventh and Randolph, Tuesday. May 7, at 8;15 p.m. with a musical program. The organist, pianist and accom- panist, Owen LeP. Pranklin, is an A R. C. O. and F. R. C. O, a fellow from the Royal Academy of Music, London. England. Jeanette Christine, coloratura so- prano. is said to have a voice of purity,. and flexibility. She is also an accom- plished pianist. Glanville Davies, the Welsh baritone, nas had a successful record. David Owen Jones, business and fleld man-. ager, has a lyric tenor voice and fine discernment in the interpretation of classic church music. 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