Evening Star Newspaper, March 6, 1935, Page 24

B—6 «% NAVY REASSIGNS RANKING OFFIGERS| = Speeds Up Transfers Set for Summer to Meet Maneuvers Date. Shifts in high ranking commands in the Navy, originally scheduled for Summer, today were announced at the Navy Department as effective within the next three weeks. The United States Fleet is scheduled to start soon upon maneuvers and war games in the area embraced within a triangle from Puget Sound, Wash,, to Alaska to Hawaii. The changes will become effective before the maneuvers. Admiral Frank H. Brumby will be detached about April 1 as commander of the Battle Force and assume duty as commandant of the fifth naval dis- trict and commandant of the naval operating base at Norfolk, Va. About the same date Vice Admiral Edward H. Campbell will be detached as com- mander of the Scouting Force to be- come commandant of the twelfth dis- trict and commandant of the naval operating base at San Francisco. Vice Admiral Harris Lanning at the same time will be detached as commander of cruisers of the Scout- ing Force to become commander of the Battle Force. ¢ Andrews Coming Here. Rear Admiral Samuel W. Bryant will be detached at the same time as commander of Battleship Division 2 of the Battle Force to duty as chief of staff to the commander in chief of the United States Fleet. He will re- lieve Admiral Adolphus Andrews, who 1s coming to Washington as chief of the Bureau of Navigation. Rear Acmiral Wat T. Cluverius, eommandant of the 9th Naval District at Great Lakes, IIl, will be detached about March 25 to duty as commander of the base force Rear Admiral Arthur P. Fairfield DANGEROUS TRICK. ONTANA sprang into the nearest casement. Below him the wall dropped a giddy height. There were no stars. A moon was up, but it only lighted the swirling confusion of the storm clouds which had spread out of the east until almost the entire sky was covered. Gusty, warm breaths of the coming storm struck into the face of the Kid. He dropped to his knees and peered into the dimness below him. Then the hand of Rubriz fell on his shoulder. “This is a thing I have always known,” said the outlaw—“that one day I should be in such a place, with no escape, and the enemy all before me, and behind me a cliff that could not be climbed. Well, San Juan of Capistrano has been my friend, but now he is tired, perhaps. Let us be ready to die together, like men. Let us pile up the dead.” “Look!” said Montana. “There is a ledge here, under the window. It is wide enough for a8 man to lie on— if the man uses care—it is almost a foot wide—it is more than a foot wide—you see?” “Misery of my soul!” breathed the bandit, peering down through the darkness beside his friend. “Lie there? Even a bird with wings would be afraid to lle there.” “It has to be this way. or are we/ to surrender to bad luck, Mateo? | T'll show you the way!” As he slid through the window, the | first gust of the rain struck him. The big, wind-swept drops drove through | his clothing instantly to the skin, and | | made him tremble. Then his feet| found the ledge. It was a yard and| a half below the window and consisted | merely of the space left when the wall receded in one of its set-backs, of which there were several between the bottom and the top. “Follow me, Mateo!” he called. «1t is possible to stand on it. Let yourself down. Stand with your toes on the outside of the ledge to slant your body in against the wall. And then—" 15 detached shortly as assistant chief 0 ; of the Bureau of Navigation to auty | ou]v.-:' gm;\;lrd (’om:h:p::m’s‘gz‘ "_hf:"z(‘)?_ as commander of Cruser DIVIion 7| ot ow went down with a prodi- Rear Admiral Sinclair Gannon is| §o% :;?;: donen sf‘r‘;mM:t::o:'ln:zX detached as commander of mine Craft | mpon “the Mexican was beside him, of the Battle Force to duty as mm'sedging in pursuit as he worked nis | m*;{led: ?é nfli;!lrori;ifons‘;:ugngflgggcz [ mée cautiously along the narrow detached as commander of Cruiser | O\‘érhead, there was thundering of Division 6, Scouting Force, on April 1, to duty as commander cruisers, Scouting Force, and additional duty as commander Cruaiser Division 5. Hepburn to Be Transferred. Rear Admiral Arthur J. Hepburn about April 1 is detached as com- mander Dostrovers Battle Force: to duty as commander of Scouting Force, | United States Fleel. Rear Admiral Frederick J. Horne is detached on March 23 as president of the Naval Examining Board at the Navy Department; to duty as com- mander of Cruiser Division 6, Scout- ing Force. Rear Admiral George F. Neal is de- tached as commanding officer of the Naval Training Station, San Diego, Calif., next month as commander of mine craft, Battle Force. Rear Admiral George T. Pettengill is detached about April 1 as com- mander of the Base Force; as commander of Battleship Division 3, Battle Force. Rear Admiral William S. Pye is de- tached from the Naval War College, Newport, R. L, next month and is coming to Washington for duty in the Office of Naval Operations at the department as director of war plans. Other New Assignments. Rear Admiral Thomas J. Senn is detached as commandant of the 12th Naval District at San Francisco to become the Navy's representative at the California Pacific International Exposition at San Diego, Calif. Rear Admiral Adolphus E. Watson 1s detached on April 1 as commander of the destroyers of the Scouting Force to come to Washington as president of the Naval Examining Board. Rear Admiral Clark H. Woodward Is detached next month from the General Board of the Navy, at the department, to duty as commander of destroyers, Battle Force. Capt. David A. Weaver, who has been commanding the reconditioned battleship New Mexico, will become the new commanding officer of the maval training station at San Diego. . Japan Dumps Textiles. Japanese textile shipments excluded from the British West Indies have been dumped into Panama. % WASHINGTON GAS LIGHT CO to duty footfalls. A light swung out from | the window almost instantly and dis- appeared again. It flashed from another window around the corner of the tower, a radiance that glittered | for a moment through the slant lines | of the falling rain. | " And then the wind came in a bil-| low and with a booming sound and | began to pry at Montana to loosen | | him from his hold. He came to the corner of the tower. And here the ledge disappeared. It did not turn onto the other side of the wall. So that they were utterly checked and held, here, to a standstill. But Mateo was cheerful, beside him. | saint of Capistrano, that fellow is | not one to lose heart. He will make this as wide as a road to us and—" Here the voice went out of him. The wind, screaming suddenly, stag- gered Rubriz so that he fought for| his balance with swinging arms on| | the verge of the foothold. And Mon- tana, digging his feet strongly in on the edge of the rock, getting a par-| tial handhold on the corner masonry | of the tower, reached out with his left hand and pulled at the big Mexican. 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He waited for the next gust to tear him loose. But as it had come suddenly, so the wind eased for & moment, while the handhold of Montana still held good. He regained his former position, with Rubriz now desperately flat- tened against the wall, his arms spread out. “Mother of Heaven! Mother of Heaven! Kind San Juan—remember me!” gasped Rubriz. “I am no longer bad. I am only a poor, fat, foolish old man. If I must die, let me at least have my hands in the throat of another man. Gentle San Juan, do not let Rubriz die in the company of & gringo, only!” But he followed that naive prayer by saying, instantly: “No other man in the world would have risked him- self to grab at me then!” “It must have been your saint who made me do it,” answered the Kid. And he chuckled a little, till the violence of the wind and the rushing of the rain filled his eyes and his throat. InabD Tomorrow P. M. Third Floor The Hecht Co “Death of my soul!” he heard Rubriz saying. “He laughs!” * k ok X The general had come like & whirl- wind as soon as the alarm reached him, and with him poured in_ the 11 young officers who had been drinking in their mess hall, Others— officers, servants, private soldiers— formed & solid pack with the general, but he rushed through them and ran straight to the closet in which his safe was standing. There he slammed the door in the faces of the rest. Speechless, awful fear worked in his throat. He could hardly fit the key into the old lock. But at last the heavy door swung wide and made & little moaning sound that shot de- spair through the heart of Ignacio Estrada. He pulled open the one drawer that really mattered, and there he found, by the blind grasp of his hands, the treasure. Only when his hands had closed on it was he able to look. Ard now he saw it again, clearly, the semi-circle which had broken when he tore it from its place with the eyes of the brown image looking up toward him in resignation and in pain. The general crowded the treasure back into its chamois bag. With the door of the safe still open, he re- mained on his knees for & moment, 1allowing the sickness to pass from his heart, while his sttitude was that of one in prayer. He had been & fool to keep the emeralds so long, bargaining with the “fences” who were willing receive the stolen goods at a certain price. After all, they were only nat- ural in wishing to make their profit. Pinally, he was able to get to his feet, close and lock the old safe. It was madness, he thought, to keep such valuables in such an antiquated place of safe-keeping! That would be his first step—to demand a mod- ern safe, to preserve safely the pay of the soldiers which had to pass through his hands. After he had come to thase con- clusions he took two or three deep breaths and then rubbed the color into his swarthy cheeks and gave a few turns to his prodigious mustaches. When he had shrugged his shoul- ders more snugly into his tight uni- form coat the general strode out of the closet which held the safe, and went into the outer rooms. He was indignant as he saw the crowd which filled the chambers. And he said to to|Don Luis, that thin-faced major who had been overseer in the tormenting of Rubriz, “clear the rooms!” It was done at once. Only a few officers remained, and an armed guard outside the broken door. The sign of the shattered wood stirred the general more than bloodshed on 8 battlefield. It was only when he had seated himself in his throne- like chair, however, that he n to ask questions. Sergt. Andres was the first to be called. Black blood was still dried on his wrists. His feautres remained discolored. Yet his eyes were clear and courageous. 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