Evening Star Newspaper, May 5, 1929, Page 76

THE UNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. MAY PART 4. The Wolves of the Waterfront By Edgar Wallace. (Copyright. 1929, by North American Newspaner Alliance and Metropoliten Newspaver Service.) Synopsis of Preceding . jof the deed-box and asked him what tahe T e Gonbal vox ertet pavers | Siad contained. ificat — ! " “Birth and marriage certificates, & Tolieved 15 mave pesished in-a fre. Inspector number of letters written by Lady Pat- John Wade of the London police thinks i tison’s daughter, a few photographs, - lavey. mainly of the child, Delia,” Mr. the oulect o & coniricy Relaed by ine | Brude said, Then he'added. “and n ir to the Pattison estate -Lord Sini- | statement mede by the servant, Anna, areiy To which the police have tagen er Concerning the — um — conflagration. N e g e T Vg Sioh s | wag, ot sumlons. that thess. things - = p was most anxious al iese ngs :::unul gang known as the india rubber should be kept separate from her other papers. That is why I put them in a safe-deposit box.” Vho knew they were at the bank?” FIFTEENTH INSTALLMENT. | asked Wade. HE bearded man, whose masque- “Nobody,” replied the lawyer promptly. rade as @ police sereant had “I did not even tell Lord Siniford—" completely fooled both Wade and | “Yes, you did,” said Wade quie! Elk, went up the stairs, reached “You were telling me when he in the top, and backed slowly into | the room last night. You remember the adjoining room. Still covering | he came in and bolted out again?” “He them with his pistol, he stooped and |knew before that,” said EIk. “Didn't the felt along the flange of the door. young lady hear that talk about the “He's shutting the door on us!" engraver's shop some days ago?” 1t was the bank managers From the lawyer's flat Wade put shrill with terror. through a call to his lordship, but there “He's feeling for the safety-bolt. We was no reply. He called up the hall shall be smothered!” porter, who said: It was at that moment that John| “His lordship came in and went out Wade jerked out his pistol and fired: again.” e heard a cry of pain and the clatter | .. 5 of the bearded man's automatic as it| s e COme i ;’,‘;,‘;;-,;;ks,gm‘;!’,d;; hit the floor. The great steel door Was | enied ‘the question. closing slowly. In a moment Wade was ' up the steps and had wedged -his snoulder between door and lintel. At his first move towards the stairs, the bearded man had fled. qep 10 Alsrm-bellt” gasped the mana- | couid give no further detalls er. & 4 . He pushed past EIk, sprawled over| o, Was the litde man white the desk, and groped underneath. In-|CRIRESE?™ o o o stantly the quiet street echoed With|iooxing man—he came here once before. M Cing Of W istam: | His lordship had run out of whisky, and A city policeman was first to appear. | jp2 TP L E T 00 00 Y pottle. T In his hurry, the thief had left the|ihink he must have something to do outer doors of the bank wide open. The | yith the sea; he was telling Lord Sini- policeman reported that a car had|forq how cold the river was. I sup- passed him, just as he turned the|poee that's no use to you, Mr. Wade?" corner. By the time Wade left the Sgts bullding, the street was filled with uni formed men, and, a few minutes later, the chief of the division rushed tn. - “Cardlin? No, I don't know any suc! 4 person,” he said. “What did he, look | fn® M¥er so cold’ like2” [0 So Golly was the Wade described the bearded man, |, Wwade modded. = So Colly was the and the police chief shook his head. —|pefore. That was a link in the chain. ‘There isn't such a man_mnot in this| “\yeary as he was Wade had to return division at any rate. and, if he were & |1, guty to formulate his charge against sctgeant, |1 shioul Jknow iim, Mrs. Oaks. When she was brought in Half-an-hour later two very depressed from Dher cell She was in a most con- police officers drove along the embank- | ciliatory mood. . - | 7“I don't know why you should perse- “The laugh is on us” sald EIk| cyte me, Wade,” she said. “T've always gloomily. “At the same time, it would ' peen polite to you and I ceriainly have all have happened, if we hadn't turned | gone you no harm. The charge is ridic- _ (Continued From Yesterday's Star.)_ voice gentleman—I don't know his name. Thev went out together.” \ Wade called in person at the flat in or ‘That the river was cold?” “Well, not exactly in those words. And then I came up. He didn't expeet us, but he was|ylous- administering drugs! And as for | pretty u::}ck e the }lpu:& Td bozl\;v Lila, I haven't seen her since yester- & month’s ary—almost anybody's | day. That girl's more trouble than she’s Salary—to lay my right hand, or even | worth. . my left, on Mr. Whiskers.” | her off my hands.” X ‘Wade said nothing; to him that| She was looking steadily at Wade as adventure had one redeeming feature. | she spoke. The bearded man had unconsciously | “She's not a bad-looking girl and offered him the one clue that he needed. | there's a bit of money goes with her. Wade and Elk went at once to Mr.| My poor dear sister left nearly a thou- Brude's flat, and found him waiting up jsand pounds. She’'s very you but for them. Wade told him of the theft| she’d make some man a good “No, sir, He came in with a small 8T St. James' street. but the hall porter a common- ' “Just that, en?"” said Wade interested. | | What he said was: ‘I've never known | 1 wish somebody would take | | example? said Wade brusquely. “Is that the bait you're | holding out? ~ Well, T don't rise to it. | And as for your poor dear sister, if you ever had one, I'm quite sure she was neither poor nor dear. That story doesn't wash. Lila Smith is Della Pat- tison."” He saw her blink at this and the color left her face. | ““I—T don't know what you mean, Mr. | Wade,” she sammered. “It’s all a mys- tery to me.” Wade nodded to the sergeant and ariefly stated the charge. | “Youll give me bail, won't you, Mr. Wade?” She was almost tearful. “You wouldn't keep a woman of my age | “Me, for | police cell all night?" “The cells here are very clean,” said Wade coldly. “And besides, Mrs. Oaks, | who would bail you?” And then, sud- | denly: “Yes, my good friend, I'll accept your husband’s bail if he'll put in an appearance. You had beiter send for him." She was taken aback at this. | “I don’t know where Golly is. You | know that. I haven't seen him-—" “You spend your life not seeing peo- ple,” said Wade wearily. “You ought to | have met him tonight. I found him in your wood cellar. The last view I had of him he was swimming toward Lon- |don Bridge. I hope he doesn't suffer from rheumatism.” | Her face was set. She shot one ven- | omous look at Wade and opened her 1ips as if to speak. Then turning on her heel she followed the matron down the passage that led to the cells. | Wade returned home that night so tired that he was asleep Almost before he knew he was in bed. He woke after five hours to find the lank form of In- “It's a “What do you want now?” grumbled | Wade as he sat up, yawned and stretch- ed. “I suppose you've brought a first- class kick from the Yard.” Elk sat on the edge of the bed and | Geliberately lit a stub of cigar before he replied. “No, that will come in due course. I thought you'd like to know that your river coppers took the body of a man from the water at daybreak—found him floating close to the Middlesex shore.” Wade stared at him. “Who was it?” he asked. Elk blew a cloud of smoke to the ceiling. “The late Lord Siniford,” he said. “Siniford—dead! Drownéd?” Elk shook his head. “Knifed,” he said. “A very neat job. The doctor says he never knew what killed him,” (To Be Continued.) Artists at “Faking” Furniture. ‘The workmen of Prance and Italy are exceedingly clever in the business of imitating ancient furniture and sim- ilar pieces of old art craft, and in their imitating they are thorough and sys- tematic to the extent that the copy is often as handsome a piece of work as the original. Persons who engage in this questionable art are artisans of the first water. They make use of old wood and when it is desired to give a piece the appearance of years of actual serv- ice, they put the piece into actual use where they will get real wear and, tear. In addition to this they make use of | fabrics which are really old, taken from ieces which they have gathered at var- fe——"lous times in their search for old wool. DAILY CROSS-WORD PUZZLE . Girl's name; diminutive. . Thought; coll. . With no help. . Form. . A constituent. . A small finch. . Retribution. . English town. . Irregularly toothed. . Shows. . Cornering. . Hires. . Trout ascending a stream from salt water. . . Suns. . Put together. . Growth on grapevine leaves. . Marine polyp. . Birds. . Keen regret, . Old saying. 25. Yells. . Left out. . Swore to secrecy. . Bring into bondage. . Solemn affirmation; Scotch. . Tidy. . Member of a Mongoloid tribe. . Biblical name. . Harden. . Hauled. . Soar. . Triple. . Great fear. Down. . Cook again. . Recluse. . A friar licensed to beg within cer- tain bounds: Hist. . One more. . Civil offense. . German city. Sowed. . Disseminates. . Suborder of birds. . Asiatic sea. Fury. . Traveling in a vehicle on a plank turned up at one end. . Stick together. . Seat of University of Maine. . Wire measure. . Coarse kind of bran obtained from | Swiss river. . Consisting of syllables of two long feet, . Limb. . Mischievous prank. . Whale: rare. . Manners; Latin. . Efface. . Augery. . Grain. . Asiatic antelope. . Bonito. . Stormy southwest wind. European thrush. . Openings. g . Musical composition. . In the beginning. . Disinfectant. | Head covering. . Apt reply. | One not particularly chosen. . Dooms. . Stitch. " Group of invertebrates. | Trips. 3. Whitecap on a wave. . Witch who enslaved Ulysses. | . Incorporated towns in England; abbr. . A needle, Indo-European: comb. form. Celtic god of sky and war. hybrid. wheat. . Genus of Australasia shrubs. . Menial, . Jewish’ sect. . Craft. L & aundruped. . Title. 2 . Flows up. . Region in which cattle may pas- ure. . Ancient seat of Irish monarchs. Rove. . Pastry. . Stride. . History of evolution of organi . Gives confidence. Seurry; coll. . Vegetables. . Water animal. . Department in France. . Withered old woman. . Consumer. . Card game, ENL BIEEE . Consume. . Strike. . Vein. . Remains. . Greek letter, Mimics. . Uncovered. . Meal used in India. . Overpowers with fear. . One in charge of growing timber on an estate. . Hides. . Miserable: poetic. . Prepare the way for. . Lever operated by the foot. . Obscure. ‘ 5 ;:o ‘wings, as of an eagle, . Beg. . Sustenance. . Modulation. . One who takes vengeance. . Female writer of verse. . The N -monkey. . Units of metric measure. . A large fruit. . SBamoan cuckoo. . A measure of length: Wahill. . Present. SOUTHNCEET WEAET EONEY mRNEe Dy 2 e SN IAC| v SONTA = G| El = maZ| L Q2= T3] and respectable character in a dirty | Spanish War Veterans MEETINGS THIS WEEK. Gen. Henry W. Lawton Camp, tomorrow night, Pythian Temple. Col. John Jacob Astor Camp, tomorrow night, Stanley Hall, United States Soldiers' Home. Gen. Nelson A. Miles Camp, Friday night, Pythlan Temple. Admiral George Dewey Naval Camp, Friday night, Northeast Masonic Temple, Eighth and F streets northeast. Admiral George Dewey Naval Auxiliary, tomorrow night, North- east Masonic Temple, Eighth and F streets northeast. Col. James S. Pettit Auxiliary, Thursday night, Potemac Bank Building, Wisconsin avenue and M street northwest. Gen. Nelson A. Miles Auxiliary, Friday night, Pythian Temple. James G. Yaden, dcpartment com mander of the District Spanish Wa Veterans, in general orders issued yes terday announced that the thirtieto annual department encampment of thc order will be held June 15 in Pythian Temple. The credentials committec will report at the first session, which will convene at 2:30 o'clock p.m., and on roll call camp delegates will be seated, vacancies due to absence of delegates to be filled by alternates in order as reported by the camps. Comdr. Yaden announced the follow- ing committees for the encampment: Credentials committee — Past Depart - ment Comdr. Albert Michaud, chair- man; Past Comdrs. Arthur M. Berthi- aume of the Gen. Nelson A. Miles Camg, Allan M. Russcll, Col. James S. Pettit Camp; James L. Dawson, Gen. Henry W. Lawton Camp; Oscar Feldser, Col. John Jacob Astor Camp; George B. Parker, Admiral George Dewey Naval| Camp, 'and Charles E. Currier, Gen. M. Emmet Urell Camp. Resolutions committee—Past Comdr. ! in Chief John Lewis Smith of the Gen. Nelson A. Miles Camp, chairman; Past Department Comdr. Willlam L. Mat- ! tocks, Richard J. Harden Camp; Comdr. William T. Ryan, Col. James S. Pettit Camp; Past Comdr. W. S. Hodges, Gen. Henry W. Lawton Camp; Past Depart- ment Comdr. Arthur H. League, Admiral George Dewey Naval Camp:; Comdr. . Jones, Col. John Jacob Astor Camp, and Past Department Comdr. Harry F. Petterson, Gen. M. Emmet Urell Camp. Camp adjutants will forward to the department adjutant immediately upon election of delegates and alternates a list of the same in duplicate, together with the names of past commanders in chief, past department commanders, past camp commanders and senior and | junior camp commanders entitled to | vote in the encampment. Three typewritten coples of resolu- | tions to be submitted to the encamp- | ment should be in the hands of the | department adjutant as early as prac- | ticable in order that they may be con- )sldered by the committee on resolutions, | whieh will hold sessions prior to the encampment for that purpose and to expedite procedure at the encampment. All officers and committee chairmen will be prepared to render to ‘the de- partment encampment a typewritten report of their activities during the term, to be handed to the department adjutant. The orders also announce that the ~amps of the department have been de- tailed to assist under the direction of the Grand Army of the Republic Me- morial Day Corporation, Department of the Potomac, in decorating the graves of the veterans of all United States wars at the following cemeteries for May 30: | St._ Elizabeth's Csmetery, Gen. Nelson A. Miles Camp: Glenwood, Prospect Hill and St. Mary's Cemeteries, Richard J. Harden Camp; Congressional Cemetery, Col. James S. Pettit and Gen. Henry | W. Lawton Camps: Unit-d States Sol- diers’ Home Cemetery, Col. John Jacob Astor and Admiral George Dewey Naval Camps; Battle Ground Cemetery, Gen. | M. Emmet Urell Camp. Fxercises will be held in Hitchcock Hall, St. Elizabeth's Hospital, May 26 |at 2:30 p.m., under the direction of Past Department Comdr. Charles W. McCaffrey, chairman of the department | Memorial day committee. This is an annual department event and the mem- | bership of all camps are expected to | attend. Music will be furnished by the United States Marine Band Orchestra and an appropriate program will be rendered. The Ladies’ Auxiliary, under the di- rection of Department President Carrie E. Nolan, will hold exercises on the Potomac Sunday morning, May 26, at Stanley H. Horner 1015-1017 14th St. Bury Motor Co. Anacostia, D. C. Bowdoin Motor Co. Alexandria, Va. WHEN BETTER AUTO MOBILES 10 o'clock, when a boat will leave the Navy Yard wharf. A program will be given that will last until the boal reaches Mount Vernon, when “taps” will be sounded and flowers strewn upon the waters in memory of those veterans lost_at sea. The usual parade will be held May | 130" prior to leaving for Arlington Na- tional Cemetery. Assembly will be at | Pennsylvania avenue and Fifteenth | street northwest at 9:30 o'clock a.m. | Those having uniforms are requested lto wear them. The colors of the de- partment only will be carried. E. M. Luskey, chairman of the enter- | tainment committee of the Gen. Nelson | A. Miles Camp, reported the Manila day | ball given by the camp at the City Club Tuesday evening was a success. The camp unanimously indorsed ]Senlnr Vice Department Comdr. Lorin C. Nelson for the office of department commander, subject to the action of the | department’ encampment to be ' held | | June 15. | The - officers and members of the | camp conducted the funeral services for James J. Noonan of the Gen. Nelson A. Miles Camp of San Framcisco, Calif.. who was buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Burton L. Gorlock, J. V. McKeon, Henry A. Cole and Harry Whyte were | mustered in as active members of the camp. Edgar R. Allen, 47th Company, Coast Artillery Corps; Arthur Renouf, Battery A, Light Field Artillery, Penn- | sylvania Volunteers, and Thomas Mur- | phy, Troop F, 2d United States Cavalry, were elected to membership, and will Gt transfer from the Gen. Henry W. Law- | ton Camp, Department of Maryland. Robert R. Shearer, Battery M, 4th United States Artillery; Clarence O. Allen, Battery H, 4th United States Artillery, and William H. Wilcox, Com- (pany H, 1st Regimen:, District of Co- lumbia Volunteer Infantry, were mus- tered in as active members at_the last | meeting of the Col. James S. Pettit | Camp. Senior Vice Comdr. Charles A.| | Strobel conducted the ceremonies in | the absence of Comdr. Ryan, who was | confined to his home on account of | illness. | Past Department Comdr. Arthur H. | League spoke on pensions. Other speak- |ers ~ were Senior Vice Department Comdr. Lorin C. Nelson, Junior Vice Department Comdr. Benjamin F. Mot~ |ley and Comdr. Edward A. Barstow of "the Gen. Henry W. Lawton Camp. The Gen. Nelson A. Miles Auxiliary 72 7 a | Elma Edwards, Department Judge Ad- initiated the following recruits as ac- tive members at its last meeting: Mrs. Prancis Delany, Mrs. E. Reed, Mrs. Francis Haden, Miss Dorothy Haden and Mrs. Grace M. Lay. Sophia Lewis was taken in by transfer from the Col. John Jacob Astor Auxiliary and Mar- ret Lecarione from the Admiral George Dewey Naval Auxiliary. Department President Carrie E. No- lan and staff, consisting of Senior Vlce‘ Department President Louise Moore, Junior Vice Department President Ber- tha Cook, Department Treasurer Cora | M. Campbell, Department Chaplain M. | vocate Margaret E. Burns, Department Historian Katie LeLaurin, Department Patriotic Instrusto~ Minnie Lochboehler and Department Reporter Catherine Huhn, were present for the annual| visitation. Department Comdr. Yaden and staff officers and Comdr. Charles P. Galpin and officers of the Gen. Nelson A. gll!! Camp were visitors at the meet- g. The charter of the auxiliary was draped, the ritualistic ceremonies being carried out in memory of Mabel F. W. | | Baker, the first member to be taken by | death and whose interment was in the | | Cedar Hill Cemetery April 25, when President Helen Kennicutt, assisted by | the members of the auxiliary, conducted the funeral services. | Following the business meeting a buf- | fet luncheon was served. 3 i At the recent department council of administration meeting of the Ladies' | Auxiliary Louise Mc o was‘indorsed | tion June 15. Tillie Mae Roth was indirsed for national chaplain, subject | to the action of the national conven- | tion to be held at Denver, Colo., in September. | Department President Carrie E. No- lan, who presided at the meeting, an- nounced that Department Secretary Edna R. Summerfield was absent on account of illness. Col. John Jacob Astor Auxiliary will| o'clock. | The Presidents’ Club will hold fts| next meeting May 22 at the home of Emma Lovett, 8 Lee terrace, Rosslyn,| Va., with Mary Hohenstein and M./ Gertrude Keyes assistimg as hostesses. Members are requested to notify the hostesses of either acceptances or re-| grets. - The last club meeting was held | at the home of Loretta Power, with ' | Pt Cora M. Campbell and Minnie Loch- boehler assisting. The Department Auxiliary will give a card party May 21 at Northeast ‘Masonic Temple at 8:30 p.m, Terra Cotta Walls Tested. Government officials recently began a series of experiments to determine the behavior of walls of terra cotta under varying conditions of loading. A num- ber of sample walls were built for the urpose, each being 4!, feet wide and 772 feet high and included the different types of construction now in vogue in different parts of the country. In some walls the terra cotta voids were filled with brick and mortar; in others the voids were partially filled with concret- grout, and In still others the voids were left unfilled. The strengths of these walls were determined under different types of loading, On some walls the load was applied on the backing wall behind the terra cotta; on others it was applied on the terra cotta facing only; and on still others it was n})‘pclled uniformly over the terra cotta ing and the backing wall. The vertical de- formations of the terra cotta facing and the backing walls were measured at dif- ferent loads. The separation of the terra cotta facing from .the backing wall was also measured during loading. There is consiserable disparity in the building laws in different parts of the country concerning the use of terra cotta and the result of these tests, which wil be published for the benefit be mustered in at a future meeting. for department president, the election |of those interested, will be -of great eorge E. Adams was taken in by|to be held at the department conven- value to the building trades. Shipping a Great Gun. An interesting piece of freight han- dling was recently accomplished by the New Haven Railroad when a gun and carriage weighing 365 tons were suc- cessfully moved from Worcester, Mass., to Maybrook, N. Y. It was the biggest job of the kind ever undertaken by this company. 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