New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 9, 1923, Page 10

IR gt s ¥ A P Onea strvice: mc.say (This unusual series of stories deals With the exploits of “Chinese Pen- nington, a detective sent by his gov- ernment to Reitish North Borneo to run to earth The Yellow Seven, a gang of Chinese bandits.) James Varney's bungalow was a landmark. It stood on the summit of a hill at the foot of which the turbid Tembakut river—sweeping from some mysterious point of origin in_the Borneo hinterland—swerved abruptly and, leaving in its wake a muddy delta infested with crocodiles, continued its onward course to the Bea. Varney knew that river Charted it as accurately as it was possible to chart anything In the lesser-known regions of a perplexing Orfent. He understood the habits and customs of the Dyak villagers whose dwellings clustered along the palm-girt banks. Tt was possibly for these reasons that a discriminating syndicate in london—that exploited the coconut from its outer husk to the ofl that lurked beneath its hard ex- terfor—had seen fit to entrust him with their interests. Varney was thirty-seven. He was short, moreover, and stockily built, with a rugged, kindly countenance upon which the tropical sun had set its unmistakable sign and super- scription. He had a dog—a sham- bling, friendly animal of unknown breed—an extensive library of faded, cloth-bound books, and a marked preference for Dutch tobacco. Var- and had ney—who despised all other forms of | personal adornment—had from time to time solicited the aid of the most | skilled tatooer on the island—one € YELLOW SEVEN CHINA-TEA! BY EDMUND SweLL, ILLUSTRATED By RW.SATTIRFIELD and came to rest on the boards almost at Varney's feet, Varney raised his voice. "'Chong-Hee! Come here! Go down and see who's prowling around outside,"” He stooped and picked up the card, It was as long as his middle finger—a narrow, flexible thing with rounded corners, He turned it over curiously between his fingers—then |£tarted back in horrified amazement. “The Yellow Seven!" A second later he was furning over a jumbled heap of moist documents, searching for the circular he had re- ceived only two days before from !Captain John Hewitt—Commissioner jof Police at Jesselton—a kind of for- |mal warning that this yellow seven | was the sign employed*by a powerful |secret organization—and that its re- {ceipt signified a warning of death! | He hooked forward a chair and, | pouring from the square bottle, ex- amined the document and the card in turn. g sodden | carefully over the pasteboard and, | thrusting both into a tunic pocket, |leaned back in his chalr, Presently he folded the documcntlb‘“ known to himself, Varney did { i | i | | i | | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 192. M Refre'shing Reviving~ K/ Saves the day %4 | I seek to help him-—all will be {lL" “I see,” said Varney. “In other words, your friend has a pretty good notion in his head that this white man intends coming here and hopes, if I agree to chase him back into the open, to have a prolonged opportunity of slitting his throat! Was that all?" “All, tuan.” la, Chong-Hee! You can clear out.” The dog drowled again, then dashed into the night, barking. For reasons not attempt to stop it. He turned in order to gauge more ecasily what was going on outside-—and Chong-Hee waited fearfully. A quick step was andible along the path and the dog's infuriated baying had turned into a joyous greeting. A tall, slim man took the steps in a couple of strides and halted on the threshold, his solar topee set at a jaunty angle over eyes that might have belonged to a Celestial, had not the remainder of the new-comer's ap- pearance been so obviously British. Verney hurried forward. “Pennington! Peter Pennington! Man alive, I'm mighty glad to see Kansas grain sales this year has re- sulted in a net loss of 56 cents bushel, he said. Grand Symphony orchestra frem the Million Dollar Grand theater. tinued. side, sheriff of Allegheny county. Cook, soprano; ca, tenol ton Riley, violin, man and Farmer Market reports, (American Tel and Tel. Co., N. Y.) ies told by W. 8. Bryden. Florence Gladioli, companied Cheerful Philosopher, Burr McIntosh, noted actor, lecturer, traveler and hu- morist. This is another of a series of informal talks by Mr. McIntosh. Brothers New York Store. Wm, Dawson, tenor. (General Electric Co., a ] VOICES IN THE AIR KDKA (Westinghouse—East Pittsburgh). | ' re Thursday, August 8, 1923 6:15 p. m.—Dinner concert by the th 7:00 p. m.—Baseball scores, 7:06 p. m.—Dinner concert con- 7:30 p. m.—Address by R, G. Wood- | ' 5 p. m.—The Children's period. 8:00 8:05 8:20 Joseph Sullivan, bass; Dal- Phillip, accompanist; Charles | 9:45 p. m.—The National Stock- 10:00 p. m.—Baseball gcores, WEAY G1 7:30 p. m.—French Canadian stor-| ¥’ Recital by lyric soprano, ac- by A. V. Llufrio. The 9:00 p. m.—Program by Gimbel Recital by po. WGY Schenectady, N.Y) : 6:00 p. m.—Produce and stock mar- hole Fishing for Trout in Dog Days, Jud Landon. ternational Roberts. 8:40 p. m.—Baseball scores. 8:45 p. m.—Two-part program: Songs composed by Abe Olman and exercises by Camp Fire Girls. WIZ (Aeolian Hall, N. Y. City). 7:30 p. m.—"The World’s Work,"” Ik on modern events and occur- nees. 7:45 p. m,—Talk by Mr. Davies of e American Society of Mechanical Engineers. 8:00 p. m.—"The Art of Health- Breathing,” by Edward Lankow, the “Deepest Voice in'the World.” 8:16 p. m.—Stadium concert, Wil- liam Van Hoogstraten, conducting the Y. Philharmonic orchestra at the Lewisohn Stadium. 9:36 p. m.—"Evening Schools,” a talk by Morris Siegel, director. WMAF ! (Round Hills Corp. South Dartmouth, Mass.) 7:30 p. m.—8olos by Jullus A. Tru- nick, baritone, accompanied by Her- man Buhler. 7:50 p. m.—Poems of Wm. Henry Drummond, recited by W.' 8. Bryden. by Florence | 8:06 p. m.—Recital adioll, soprano accompanied by A. Lilufrio. 8:256 p. m.—The Cheerful Philoso- pher, Burr McIntosh. 8:560 p. m.—Story from Hearst's In- Magazine by William R. 10:00 p. m.—Dance program by Bud Fisher's Happy Players. Complete radio sets and supplies at Henry Morans,” 365 Main street, op- site Myrtle St.—advi. 192d Field Artillery to Have Training in Virginia Hartford, Aug. 9.—Advance orders ket baseball results Frederick quotations; news 6:15 p. m.— §. Greene, bulletins; q Veekly report on con- dition of roads in New York state, by state commis- for the field duty of the 192d field ar- tillery issued by the adjutant general today, orders First Lieutenant Honey | Sunderland with 49 enlisted men to | Fort Bustis, Va.,’ three days in ad- "|STANLEY THINKS HEAT GOSTS ARE 700 HIGH Councilman From the Fourth Going 0 Find Out About Comfort Station Gas Charge Astonished at the amount’ of gas used in the municipal comfort sta- tion, Councliman Lawrence M. Stan- ley of the fourth ward said yester- day that at the next meéting of the common council he would introduce a resolution to appoint an investigat- ing committee to consider the prac- ticability' of changing the heating system in the comfort station. Records show that the cost of the gas used at the comfort station from March 1 to March 18, was $73.80 or an average of $4 per day. From Marah 19 to June 18 the bill was $140.39, considerably less proportion- ately, than for the first three weks in March. The comfort station has a hot water heating system and in cold weather considerable gas is used to heat the water, EMPLOYMENT FIGURES Slackening Up of Pemand for Help Is Indicated in Report of Five Free| State Agencies. Hartford, Aug. 9.—A slackening up of demand for help was indicated by the figures of the July report of the bureau of labor of the operation of the five free employment bureaus is- sued today. As for .several months the figures from the Norwich bureau are indefinite, the number of applica- | tions for employment, help and situa- tions secured being the same—195, with the same division between the males of 179 and females 16. In the other bureaus the figures were as follows: Applications for em- ployment: Hartford 674, New Haven 1,087, Bridgeport 940 an dWtaerbury 1,069. 684, New Haven 1,156, Bridgeport 835, Waterbury 802. Situations secured: Hartford 594, New Haven 935, Bridgeport 769 and Waterbury 639, Including the Norwich figures the percentage of applicants for employ- ment who were supplied with situa- tions was 78.9 a® compared. with 87:5 per cent In June while the percentage of help furnished was 85.3 as against 89 per cent in June. Sun Yat Sen Is Believed To Be Weakening Rapidly By The Assoclated Preas. Canton, Aug. 9.—It is believed here that the regime of Sun Yat Sen, southern constitutionalist leader, is destined to be short lived. Sun's Yun- nanese troops have evacuated their positions on the north river and are proceeding toward the east river sector. Constitutionalist forces haye been defeated at Samshuimon the east river, west of here. Northern (Pekingese) troops which have been quartered at Namyung, are reported to be advancing on Chaochow. An- other body of northern troops started from Namyung a few days ago for Waichow about half way between Canton and Chaochow to reinforce | Gen. .Chen Chiung-Ming in his de- fense of that city against Sun's forces. Cuno Government Seems Likely to Retain Power By The Assoclated Press. “ Paris, Aug. 9—Information re- ceived in officlal quarters here from Berlin indicates that the Cuno gov- ernment is likely to continue in pow- er. The retail storekeepers, - dis- mayed by the fall of the mark, are said to be preparing to close their shops tomorrow, but the government is regarded as strong enough to meet any. eventuality. The inter-allied reparation commis- sion has taken note of the new gold loan projected by the German gov- ernment. It is understood. that the commission will maintain the prior lien of all reparation obligations .on German resources under the provi- sions to that effect in the treaty of you!” Chong-Hee rtill remained at the en- trance to the passage-way. There was recognition written clearly in his half- closed eyes. “I saw your taughed Chinese made for it like a shot. you then?" “By the merest stroke of luck. Be- yond this, T haven't a building intact. One of my clerks got his leg broken and a couple of coolies'll have to be buried in the morning. Chong-Hee! Take Mr. Pennington's cane and hat and make it bath and dinner for two. vance of the regiment, which will be there September 8 to 22 sioner of highways. 8:35 p. m.—Open air talk, “Spring- Versailles. Hartford Zara-Kahn—and, excepting for a space the size of a dinner-plate on his broad chest with a corresponding va- cancy between his shoulders, his body was covered with the grim master- pleces of Zara-Khan. Before the cyclone came, Varney had been worrying over those two blank spaces. Zara-Kahn—a tall, slim, brown-skinned scoundrel, with an ingratiating smile, a gaudy turban, and.a sul t of white ducks—had looked in on one of his periodical visits to Varney's area. He had passed on to a neighboring rubber Applications for help: light—miles away,” Pennington, “and 1t missed N estate, hoping on the return journey #o find his lucrative client less ex- ercised in mind. Coming swiftly on the heels of a perfect tropic after- noon, the storm-fiend had spread its cloak over the entire heavens. 1t seemed that nothing short of a miracle could have spared Vagrney's house; but, as luck would have it, the frenay of the gale had merely lifted the sago-thatch until it stood on end, allowing the ensuing deluge to pour in; had deposited Varney’s dog in the river a couple of hundred yards away, and left half the crockery in the bungalow intact. The more sheltered bulldings—offices, clerks’ quarters, storehouses, and the like, had crum- pled like a pack of cards. Chang—the dog—had crawled back to the veranda and crouched in a cor- ner oyer a chunk of raw meat pil- laged from a ruined store. Varney, returned from a preliminary investi- ' gation of damage, was greeting the . imminent fall of darkness through a tumbler of amber fluid wherein countless silver bubbles scurried merrily upward. A haif-dazed Chi- nese boy—bare to the waist—en- deavored from a complete packet of matches to discover one that would _serve to ignite the wick of the oil lamp. Something sputtered feebly, then leaped into flame and the servant emitted a grunt of satisfaction. The Chinaman shuffied beyond the rays of the lamp; the dog growled with sudden fierceness and bounded toward the entrance, where the trader intercepted it skilfully—and, as if tossed by an unseen hand over the veranda rail, a piece of pasteboard fluttered through the crowd of hum- ming insects that encircled the lamp "MAN OF 60 REGAINS VIGOR HE HAD AT 35 ' New Orleans Resident Tells of Won- | derful Result Produced by a Re- cent Scientific Discovery. of New rtually been D. W. Wood, 60, La., declares he has made young again by the ntly dis- covered korex compound, which is pronounced superior to “gland treat- ments” as an invigorator and revital- izer. ‘It has brought me back to as good, healthy physical condition as 1 enjoyed at 35, he writes. “I am apparently as supple as at 25 Mr. ‘Wood says he woud not take $5,000 for what the compound has done for him. The compound i¢ a simple home treatment in tablct form, absolutely harmless, yet regarded by as the most powerful invigorator known Acting directly on lower spinal nerve centers, it often produces amazing benefits in 24 to 36 hours. In nation- wide tests, it has won the praises of thousands who suffered from weakness, prema e age and of vital force. Physicians say of the ingredients of the compound gives speedy satisfaction in cases that defy other treatments. L peo- ple pronounce it a real “fountain of youth.” Knowing that this news may seem *t00 good to be true,” the distribute invite ‘any person needing the pound to take a two dollar dout strength treatment with the under- standing that it costs nothing if it fails. If you wish to try this guar- anteed invigorator, write in strict confidence to the Melton Laboratories, Meiton Bldg Kans; City Mo If you prefer, you may enciose two dollars, or simply send your name, without money, and pay the postman two dollars and postage on delivery In either case, if you report within ten days t you are not satisfied, the laborato will refund the pur- chaee price upon request. This offer 8 fully ..o tecd, so nobody need hesitate about egecpting it. users nerve ack one com- s Orleans, VARNEY HURRIED FORWARD, It was fully ten minutes before Chong-Hee returned. He stood on the threshold, shivering like a man with the ague, and Varney beckoned him to approach. “I saw nobody, great tuan, heard the voice of a spirit."” The trader started. “The voice of a spirit?” he echoed. “Yau, tuan, It was a powerful spiritf or its words rose above the wind in the trees and the flowing of the river.” “Ah! The trader set his flumly against the wall and both hands into his pockets, the spirit said?” “I have come with a message for the white man who lives on the hill and who—up to a point—is good." “Extremely kind of him, I'm sure! Go on!" “He spoke also of another white man, tuan, one whom the natives have called, ‘He Who Sees in the Dark,’ who is evil and the spirit would seek to destroy. This is the message the spirit gave to me; tell the white lord that should he con- tinue to live as he has lived—all will be well; but should he receive this ]‘Olher white man into his house or but 1 back stuck “And Tomato 3 Celery pple Nuts Tomato Surprise QOAR BLUE RIBBON MAYONNAISE ) | admitted, “there's nothing on earth I | half before the |to the ruins.| | Kansas Grain Sales Show | wheat off the market has only tended | | bring Tahu-" Pennington's glance Iif square bottle, “Next to your admirable self,” he upon the T've the more wanted to see than that! had the devil's own time—and devil's own luck.” “How's that?" demanded the other, pushing forward a chair. “I haven't seen you for months, Varney, so I expect you're wondering what particular stunt is interesting me at present.” He lowered his voice. “I'm trying to tackle the toughest proposition it's ever been my luck to strike, Hewitt's got me chasing | round after Chai-Hung and his Yellow Seven." “Got your work cut out! luek! “Cheerio! This afternoon—to get it off my chest—I was on the verge of bringing off the final coup. I'd had the Commissioner down to see the fun. . He got collared by the Chinks! Luckily I had wind of that almost as soon as it happened and laid my plans accordingly . After that everything went well Dawson was rounding up the bunch, I'd Chai-Hung in the district officer's bungalow, neatly trapped in the act of venting his hatred of myself upon my flancee— Mrs. Viney. He had brought a nasty- looking reptile in a Chinese teapot and I knocked it into his lap, cover- ing him at the same time with my automatic . Believe me or not, old son, but that confounded cyclone ar- rived just in time to spoil anything. It smashed Dawson's place to match- 1 had my hands full saving It was an hour and a Commissioner and Dawson joined us—and I packed them all off to Jesselton before going back Three of my agents and myself turned the bungalow in- found what was left of but there wasn't a trace except his metal Here's wood. Mrs. Viney. side out. Wi Dawson’s oy, of our friend Chai-Hung red umbrella and a battered teapot!” “Then you think he getting clear?"” | succeeded in (Continued in Aur Next Issue) i Loss of 56 Cents a Bushel | By The Assoriated Press. | Topeka, Kas., Aug. 9.—Publicity urging farmers not to hold theiri discourage them still more and “an economic debacle, which has got to the point where it is cut- ting into the living standards of the farmers,” Senator Arthur Capper de- | clared in a letter sent today to R. A Cooper, federal farm loan hoard head, from whose office, the senator sald ch publicity had been to coming. $ALESMAN $AM 380 .o 380 Main! 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