The evening world. Newspaper, November 26, 1921, Page 9

i NAN RECORD ARCRAFT SPEED With and Against Wind, Aver- ages 184.8 Miles an Hour i. Maximum 197.8, ’ iW] { ‘The American speed record for air- eraft was broken recently by Bert Acosta at Mineola, L. I, with an Average speed of 184.8 miles an hour. He attained a maximum speed of 197.8 miles, Acosta, in a Curtiss piane, made four flights with the wind and four against. The previous | Jast fall by Capt. C. C. Moseley in| the Army Air Service, with 186 miles an hour. This former record was not, however, made under the new Fed- eration Internationale Aeronautique, and had Acosta’s speed been based on the rules governing’ Noseley's flight his average speed would have been recorded as 197.8 miles an hour. In conncéction with Acosta's Amer- Jean record jt will be interesting to note some of the world's records as reoorded by the Aero Club of America in their official bulletin: i RATION, Lucian Boussoutrot and Jean Ber- ard, near the Villesauvage-La Mar- Mogne, on June 3 and 4, 1920, with a Goliath of two motors’ of 260 horse power each, 24 hours 19 minutes 7. Seconds. DISTANCE. Lucien Boussoutrot and Jean Ber- ard, the same day and same course. 1,190 miles. ALTITUDE. Major Rudolph W. Schroeder, at Dayton, O., U. 8. A. on Feb. 27, 1920, fia Lepore, wilh 40 homme power Liberty motors, 33,113.45 feet. Speed over a given distance of 100 kilometors (82.137 miles): Sadl-Lecointe, with a Nieuport, 21 Minutes 28 seconds. Kirsch, with a Nieuport, 22 minutes 18 seconds. De Moanet, with a Spad-Herbe- | ont, 23 minutes 161-5 seconds, i ] | peed over a given distance of 200 kilometres (124,274 miles, on Sept. 28, for the Gordon Bennett Trophy: Sadi-Lecointe, with 200" horse power motor, 43 minutes 42 seconds. De Romanet, with 200 horse power motor, 46 minutes 7 seconds, Kirsch, with 300 horse power mo- tor, 48 minutes 52 seconds. u Speed over a distance of 1,000 Kilo- metres (521.37 miles): Lucien Boussoutrot and Jean Rer- nard on the Ville sauvage-La Mar- mogne, on June 3 and 4, 1920, In a Goliath, with two 200 horse power motors, 10 hours 19 minutes 46 sec- onds, Speed over a distance of 1,500 kilo- | metres (932.055 miles): | Lucien Boussoutrot and Jean Rer- nard, over practically the same course, with the same plane, 16 hours 42 minutes 8 seconds. Altitude record, carrying an extra weight of 551 pounds: + Thierry, at Bac, on Oct. 10, 1920,| 6.965 metres, or 4.33 miles, ' Altitude record, carrying 1,674 kilo- | grams (3,632 pounds). Capt. C. T. R. Hill, at Cricklewood, England, on May 4, 1920, 4,267 metres, or 1,399.78 feet ee NEWARK PUTS CLAMP ON MEDICINAL BEER} Brewers Will Have to Reduce| Products to “Near-Beer” Status. _ The sale of medicinal beer in New- ark is a thing of the past. As soon as druggists get rid of what they have on hand none may be purchased for any purpose. Brewers may re- duce what beer they have to the “near beer” status, but are forbidden to sell any more of the high proof stuff. ‘These, in effect, are the orders just issued in Newark by Asi hibition Director Surtee receipt of inst-uctions from Wr shing- ton to ban the sale of me:|'* <a] beer, jim accordance with the )).visions of the Anti-Beer Bill signcd by Presi- dent Harding. The Feigenspan and Union brew- eries were the only Newark concerns that obtained permite. The Rising Brewing Company of Elizabeth \ the only othe- firm in New Jer- ‘whose permit arrived. About fit- teva withdrawals were made from the Newark }rewerles and one from the Blizabett ,..>t. ‘The Newark Prohibition headquar- ters was ordered to “delives no per- mits to brewers and amend none for the purchase, manufacture, sale and procurement of malt liquors for medicinal purposes.’ Mr. Surtees expressed the belief that dzuggists would be permitted to dispose of what stock they had ob- tained from ‘brewers. About thirty druggists in Newark were given per- mission to sell beer, Twenty-elght thers made futile attempts to obtain a mits yesterday. soli eS \) TWO BOYS, ADRIFT 36 HOURS AT SEA, SAVED ‘Their Disabled Mot Swamped by After being tossed about by heavy eeas for thirty-six hours in a disabled motorboat, Eddie Underhill, fifteen, of No. %4 Jonson Street, Brooklyn, and Charles Hillen, thirteen, of Hook Creek, Queens, were rescued yesterday off Sheepshead Bay by Capt. Percy Arnold of Coast, Guard Station No. Rock away it. Tho boys, who had started on a ing trip, were five miles off Rockaway Paint ‘when their engine broke down. ‘All that day and night they had to keep ailing out the water. en the seas | mabaided they played a phonograph to| feep up their spirits, | Capt. Arnold saw their Mght flicker: trom his tower. When he reached the| boys were near collapse. a omt Almost | Waves. CUP FOR ADMIRAL WILSON, At the Texas Club ball at the Plaza Hotel last evening the enlisted men of the navy presented a loving cup to Ad- woiral He: Braid Wilgon, Buperin- tendent of the Naval Academy and for- erly in of the Atlantic West, i} Before At 0 HORSES in city, 1910 HORSES in city, 1920 AUTOS in city, 1915 AUTOS in city, 1920 INCREASE in five years, Consulting Engineer and Expert on City of New York, LEVEN years ago when the Federal census of 1910 was taken there “HOW themselves to Indulge in. were 128,175 horses counted wi Shown in Census Figures DECREASE in ten years, By Major Joseph Caccavajo. C. E., D. Sc. in City Use: Philharmonic Society Plays a New Suite by Charles Skilton, an American Composer. Parva pane pum S 8 A - - - 128,925 By Frank H. Warren. n a 5 58,485 ‘The Philharmonic Society, under, the . direction of Josef Stransky, in Carn». » 54 per cent. gie Hall yesterday presented a néw composition, Excerpts from Sule bh 7, site Primeval based on Tribal Indian Me'- - - - 182 odes, by Charlea Sanford Skilton, 9 New Englander and, at present, asso 200 per cent. ciated with the music department o* the University of Kansas. Mr. Skilton was present to’ hear his piece played, and he received as warm a greeting, as hardened New York concert goers Ow cannot truthfully say that the com- position created any great stir, It is the Population and Statistics of the thin the city linlits. The figures col- lected in 1920 by the Federal Government enumerators show a decrease (111) well fashioned and innocuoust record for America was established | of more than 64 per cent. In the number of horses, as the total number equalled but 58,485. In 1920, Manhattan 29,450 horses and Bronx 3,410, a total of 32,860 horses the figures for the two boroughs were not separated, as they were then combined as the County of New York. The Bronx has since that time been made a county by itself, and as such given individual atten- tlon in governmental reports made by the Nation and State, The horses in Manhattan and the Bronx in 1910 numbered 74,163, so that the decrease in ten years amounted to 55.7 per cent. Brooklyn had 38,459 horses in 1910, and 19,194 last year, a decrease of 50 per cent. In Queens Borough the de- creat was 58 per cent., from 1},716 to 4,909, and in Richmond 60 per cent., from 3,887 to 1,522, Borough had Borough In 1910, The census taken in 1900 shows 1 orses in the C ¥ York, which was but 1,7 han were counted ten years later in 1910. Every one knows the cause for this alight decrease during the decado be- tween 1900 and 1910, but it is safe to assume that comparatively few peo- ple appreciate just how rapidly the horse is being crowded out of our every day life by the’ motor driven vehicles, . It is difficult, if not practically im- possible, to show the exact status of the horse and horse-drawn vehicles in the city as the laws and ordi ces which require motor vehi to be Heensed and carry identification number plates do not extend to horse- arawn vehicles other than public cats which carry merchandise for hire. The Department of Licenses re- ports for 1916 and 1920 give some in- teresting figures, and the report of traMc on the bridges of the city also reveal the relation of increase of mo- tor-driven vehicles to decrease of those drawn by horses. ONLY INCREASE IN HORSE VEHI- CLES IS IN PEDDLERS’ WAGONS. Five years ago there were 926 peddlers (horse and wagon) shown by the Department of Licenses. In 1920 there were 3,160. - This ig the only instance where there wa: an in- crease in the number of horse-drawn vehicles. Public carts, which were Ncensed in 1916, numbered 16,339 horse and 1,339 motor. Last year the horse- drawn public carts had decreased to 12,885, and there was an increase In the motor-driven carts to 7,211. Pub- lic cabs had decreased in the four years from 1,082 to 830, and public coaches from’ 200 to 266. The disin- clination of many people to use motor cars for funeral purposes no doubt has considerable to do with the com- paratively small reduction in num- ber o: class of vehicles, A*trip out to the cemeteries, which are within reasonable distances from the thickly populated areas, will show that many of the more than 200 per- fons who die In the city every twenty- four hours af escorted tq their last resting places by relatives and friends who drive tc and from the cemeteries in horse-drawn coaches. In more than @ few instances, the drivers of these coaches stil! stick to the old-fashioned high hats, which were thought inde- spensable a decade or two ago, but are now seldom seen except on the theatrical stage and at funerals. In 1913 the Department of Bridg of the city began a practice of mak- ing an annual count on at least one day of the traffic on the forty-two bridges under the jurisdiction of that department. The Department of Plant and Structures. which has ab- sorbed the Bridge Department and aasumed Its functions, has continued the practice, These figures will give a striking example of the decline of horse-power as represented by horse flesh. The combined traMc of both motor- driven and horse-drawn vehicles in 1913 was 96,762, of which 61,343, or practically two-thirds, were horse- drawn, .In that year there were 35,419 motor-driven vehicles counted crossing the bridges during the twenty-four hour period. In 1919, which are the figures taken nearest the Federal census figuées of last year, the total number of vehicles crossing ‘the bridges for one day in October was 177.880, of which but 28,336, or only 20 per cent., were horse~ drawn and 189,544 were motor-drawn. The figures given by the census for 1909 and 1910 show that the growth in number of automobiles during that decade, while large, did not materl- ally decrease the number of horses ‘n the city, inasmuch as there were but few motor trucks in use, and Pleasure cars supplemented rather than displaced the horse. Since 1910, however, particularly during the past few yenrs, the use of motor vehicles for business purposes has been In- creasing at a rate which will In a few more years make a horse-drawn truck as rare a sight on the streets js a horse-drawn pleasure carri- fe to-day. ELIMINATION OF HORSE IN FIRE DEPARTMENT. One of the most picturesque and soul-inspiring sights, the horse-drawn fire spparatia rushing to a fire, has pass forever so far as Manhattan is concerned. Engine Company No. 47 was motorized a year ago, and the last of the famous fire horses of the metropolis passed into history. The fire engine has become merély a ma- chine, the fire house a garage. Effi- clency no doubt rules, but nothing can ever take the place of the fire horse which ran around and not over chil- dren playing in the streets, and showed intelligence and an under- standing which more than often was almost human. ‘With the loss of man's old friend, the horse, man's new friend and en mate, the automobile, comes to fore. In 1915 there were but 71,906 a Mr, Stransky also played the Brahms first symphony, not so formidable ar many fear; the enchanting “Swan of FOCH’S VISIT HERE ‘Tuonela,” by Sibelius, and Tschaikow- COMMEMORATED BY sky's sprightly ana tuneful “Italian NUMISMATIST MEDAL Caprice,” in which eyes were centred ee upon the active tambourine player. Francis ‘lacmillen, American violn- ist, gave his second recftal of this ser- son in Town Hall in the evening. Mr. Macmillen. is, In a way, a finished product a3 to style and technique. Great things had been heard of Viad- imir Rosing, Russian tenor, who is credited with more than 100 recitals in London, where he has been singing for five years. Mr, Rosing appeared in Aeollan Hall in the evening In what he called a First Theme Program, or “Soul of Russia” as expressed in songs by Russia's greatest composers. H's five groups, Russian Folk Songs, Op: pression, Love, Peasant Life, Satire and Gayety, give an idea of what Mr. Rosing aimed at, He didn't always succeed. His voice 1s practically nit and he endeavors to compensate for the void by tne use of gesture, po: intensity and dramatic expression. Hy employs, too, a bag of tricks, such a5 overuse of a falsetto, that are apt to mislead an audience into belley ng \t is hearin.; something unique. Br Rosing hag something, He 1s inte. esting and gets a good deal from h selections, sing’ng the folk songs, fo~ example, "La peasant voice and man “Mefistofele,"" book and music hy Arrigo Boito, b’g, spectacular and long, was the bill at the Metropolitan in t evening. It was the work's ing this season and. mustc- ally, was as decided a contrast as one could ask for to the modern dress o/ “The Dead City," done the night be- fore, “Mefistofele"” has its alluring voeal passages joined by Boris Anis- feld’s imaginative scenery that. In groteaqueness, reaches Its climax In N. A., the Brocken setting, probably the most gorgeous spectacle in the Metro- politan’s kit, The peasant dance of the first act and the Greek diversions on the banks of the Pencjos likewise The American Numismatic Socicty help to pass the time. has struck a medal to commemorate Frances Alda as Margherita mad» the visit here of Marshal Foch. her initial bow of the season. From The obverse carries a portrait of the Temarks overheard in the lobby, we Commander:-with the wordscommemp- enould) say shaubrexe even with her i NO- Sudience. Some averring she sang tating the visit of Marshal Foch to the SUUentr. Ne ane had done better. Unites States, with the date and seal Joye Mardones, the Spanish basso, of the: lasting society. had thé title role, His voice ts a fine The reverse is happily filled by the organ, but his singing in this past figure of a welcoming Victory. On her that demands variety, lacked color. arm she wears a shield bearing the His is a tame Mefistofele dramatic- service star of the American forces, ally. Quite naturally the old stagers ‘The coat ot arms of France and Amer- present reverted to the sensational fea are background incidentals. {mpersonation of Challapin, now in Design by Robert Aitken, Shows Figure of a Welcom- ing Victory. ‘ie medal wan designed by Robert this country. Mr. Gigll, the tenor, had .'N. A the President of the Na- many supporters in the audience who tional Sculpture Society: cheered when he sang, stayed to cheer first copy of the medal was al curtain and waited AEGIS (ue gull nal wea vprerentod 1D) ncnt ne eR SE Marshal ooh. Copies in silver and bronza are ob- tainable, under. certain restrictions, of the Américun Numismatle Society. tomobiles licensed in the City of New York. In 1920 the number had in- creased to 215,782. | Twenty years ago automobiles were just being introduced. The bicycle was | the rage. On Sundays and holidays, Riverside Drive, the streets and boule- vards leading cut to the country and the Ocean Parkway in Brooklyn lead- ing to Coney Island were all black with machines propelled by men and women, girls and boys. Special path: ways were provided on the bridges and around and through the parks for bleycle riders. Few supposed possible that what amounted to a perfect craze |would ever die out. But it did. No | doubt the bicycle helped the cause of jgood roads all over the country and the mania for specd, engendered by bicycle racing, hastened the devel- opment of the automobile. In the eariy days of ihe auto it was boomed and exploited almost entirely by those in-| terested in the manufacture or repair of bicycles, Many of the men now interested in aircraft are gzaduates of the auto industry. Will the automo- bile follow the course of the horse and the bicycle? It seems almost incredi- ble, but if any one had predicted that & bicycle would become a rare sight within twenty years after 1900, or thereabout, he or she would have been considered unbalanced, WHEN THE TRACTOR REPLACES THE MOTOR TRUCK. In a city lke New York, it ts dificult to plan for to-morrow. The climina- tion of the horse means a complet+ change in the policy adopted in the matter of street pavement. We havo automobiles to-day. Wo will have heavy tractors before very long, fash- toned after the manner of the tanks used In the late war, These tractors wilf pe able to carry loads several | times the weight permissible on ordi- nary trucks, because the load will be spread over a greater surface and the pavement of our streets wifl not be destroyed as {t is by highly concen- trated loads under present vehicular practice. Re this as dt may, the horse is going from our streets, | With him will go the stable and its problems and odors, the veterinarian, the harness shop and | the horseshoer. The problems created | by the auto and the garage and all the | kindred advantages and lis may some day make for newerand at present un- seen modes of travel. When they come, there 1s one redeeming thought, New York and New Yorkers will meot them and, as it does now and has done in the past, it will get and give the best servize possible, Manager of a Mexican News- paper Isn’t Strong for the American Chorus Girl as an Amusement Attraction— World Rapidly Recovering From Effects of War, Says Globe Trotter. By Roger Batchelder. Broadway blondes are not suffolent to make Mexico sit up and take no- tice, and the bald-headed row In the theatres south of the Rio Grande de- manda more than acrobatic feats, ac- cordine to Dr. Francisco Castillo Ni- jera, manager of El Heraldo de Mexico, who is at the McAlpin, “Not long ago the Mexican Govern- ment had to furnish free transporta- tion home for a number of Americar chorus girls," he asserted, “Whilw they were popular and pleasing indi- vidually, the entertainment in which they appeared was a flat failure. “Jt must be remembered that the people of Mexico City are accustomed to musical entertainment of the higi- est type, Carcso‘always had a sea- son in Mexico, and we have been vis- {ted by most of the operatic stare of Furope. We like the American forms of amusement, but they must be of good quality. We appreciate the beauty of American womanhood, but that alone is not enough to ‘pit across’ a performance. ‘There must also be good music, good dancing, \ cleverness and artistry.” Speaking further of amusements in his country, Dr. Najera said that the Obregon Administration was making un effort to do away with bull fight- ing and had put a tax of 60 per cent. on tickets to the spectacles. educational entertainment is tax free, and the tax on the average the- atrical offering ranged from 2 to $ per cent. 8 8 “a8 OTHERS SEE US.” “T have crossed from the Pacific to the Atlantic, through many of the chief towns of your country and have conversed on trains and in other places with your best people,” remarked W. Copeland Trimble of Ulster, who 1s at the ‘Waldort. found two things —_—_—_—» JURIST’S SON LOCKED UP. Merritt Trimble Wyatt of No, 110 Madison Avenue, son of a former Jus- tice of the Court of Special Sessions, was arraigned yesterday before Judge | Talley tn ral Sessions on a Aree | of grand larceny in the second degree. | In default of bail he was locked up in| the Tombs, at the stage door to give him final encouragentent, Mr, Gigi should sleep easily, Mme, Easton was Elena and Kathleen Howard, Marta. Moran- hi as conductor needed all the team ¢ could muster in the Brocken scene.* So busy was he that he said he overlooked the jure of the owls to blink. It was their own fault, maintained, inasmuch as they know their cues, What finer birthday gift could an aspiring singer have th a Metro- politan debut? This happy coinc dence is on the cards for Mi D'Arie, who js to make her first ap- pearance next Thursday afternoon as| gw Musetta in “La Boheme.” Her age? She is not a day older than the vi- vaclous Musetta herself. Aureliano Pertile, the new tenor who makes his Metropolitan debut Thursday night In “Tosca,” comes to America by way of Mexico City. He is thirty-three, a native of Mon- tagnana and has sung in Milan, Rome, Naples, Madrid, Triesta, Genoa, Bar- celona, Rio de Janiero and Mexico, in such operas as “Tosca,” ndrea Chenier," “ll Trova- tarmen” and other works, Next week's opera bii is: “Tristan and Isolde,” Monday, sung by Mmes, Matzenauee and Gordon, and Messrs. Sembach, Whitehill and — Blass; Wednesday, the season's second nov- sity, Masaenet’s one act work “La Navarraise," with Miss Farrar in the dtle role, followed by “Cavalleria Rus- ticann," ‘sung by Rosa Ponselle and Messrs, Gigli and Chalmers; “La Boheme,” Thursday afternoon with Mmes. Alda D’Arle (as Musetta, her first appearance), Crimi and De Luca; “Tosca,” ‘Thursday evening with Mme, Jeritza,. Messrs. Portile (debut) and Scotti Lammermoor,” Gig and Danise; “Carmen,” day afternoon with Miss Farrar, Martinelli and De Luca; night, )"Manon Lescaut,” with Mmes. Alda, Telva and Messrs. Portile and Scott). The coming week is of unusual in- terest to orchestra followers, Vin- cent d'Indy, next to Saint-Saens, the oldest living French composer, is to officiate as guest conductor of the New York Symphony Orchestra at \ts Thursday and Friday concerts. His new symphonic poem, “On the Shores of the Seas,” to be heard here for the first time any where, Is de- scribed as “four maritime scenes in ifferent colors." The New York Symphony will also give its usual concert to-morrow afternoon in Aco- lian Hall. The Philharmonic will ap- pear to-morrow and Friday afternoon, and Saturday evening, with a spectal performance Tuesday evening at the Metropolitan Opera House with Rich- ard Strauss conducting, and Claire Dux, soprano, ag solo! The Phila- dolphia Orchestra plays Tuesday eve- ning in Carnegie and the Boston Symphony Orchestra on Thursday evening, and Saturday afternoon. Next week's recitals are: Sunday, piano recital, Robert — Schmitz; ‘Town Hall, joint recital by Spanish artists; Hippodrome, song recital, John | McCormack; — Metropolitan Opera House, afternoon, Caruso Memorial concert; evening, Verdi- Puccini concert; Monday, Aeollan Hall, Margot Samoranya, soprano; Town Hall, Royal Dadmun, baritone; Aeolian Hall, Ernest Hutcheson, pianist, Tuesday, Town Hall, song recital, Odette TeFontenay; Aeolian Hall, piano recital, Ernest Schelling; song recital, Beatrice Martin. Wed- nesday, Aeolian Hall, song cital, Henrietta Conrad, Thursd ‘cello cital, Josef Press. Friday, Aeolian Hall, plano recital, Perey Grainger: song recital, Bernazdo Olshansky; ‘Town Hall, benefit concert, Crippled Children Society. Saturday, Town Hall, song recital, Boris Saslawsky; Aeolian Hall, piano recital, Ignaz Friedman; plano eecital, Phillida distinctly confirmed by my Amer- jean friends: First, thi a much stronger feeling of kinship with Great Britain Was grown here re- cently, and also that the only enemies which England haa in this country are the Sinn Fein sympathizers and a certain pro- portion of German born. There is a strong sentiment that there should be an alllance of all Eng- lish speaking’ peoples of the earth.’ WORLD'S RECOVERY RAPID. “After a trip through Italy, Switz- eriand, Belgium, }rance, Holland, Denmark, Norway and Sweden, I believe tnat we are all recovering rapidly from the effects of the war,” remarked Cyril Mackie of Buenos Ayres at the Pennsylvania. “The rate of exchange in those countries was the chief deterrent. There 1s, moreover, a feeling of distrust in Europe among neighboring countries. During the war the world turned to hate, and now it does not seem to be able to get away from that senti- ment.” . 8 @ THE KIDS LIKE 'EM ANYWAY. “I cannot quite get used to your coins,” admitted George C. Marsden of Manchester, England, at the Bilt- more, “And the pennies give me the worst trouble of all. you know, which are worth abouc two cents, ate of about the same size as your half dollar, Moreover, they are very useful. We can spend then for tube fares, telephone calls, tips— {n fact, almost anything, if there are enough of them. No one minds get- ting pennies for change. “Now your penny {s only slightly larger than our sixpence, and when an Englishman takes change from h's pocket he Is juat as likely to proffer a penny as a dime. For some days after my arrival I was bewildered and rather embarrassed on severs! occasions. I went into your subway with a friend and offered ten pennies for two tickets. The ticket seller gave me a scornful look and asked me if 1 had been robbing the children's bank. When again I bought a maga. vine with ten more, I was told that the pennies were money, but that was about all. Every one gives me pen- nies in change, but I can't seem to get rid of them. All that they will ‘buy, so far as I can see, is newsps- rers, and one needs only two or three daily, jie . FARTHEST FROM HOME. The “New Yorker for a Day or Two" who is farthest from home to- day ts H. E. Henneman, His home town, Rio de Janeiro, is over 6,000 miles from Broadway, y with Mary Crewe, he was 1 Pike, ane ia ained to Pike that a ayndice hot disclose without an Arrange (0 ment with bai ‘ers, his hand on # table, CHAPTER Y. (Continued) IVBRS crept back to bed and when he waked the sun was streaming into the room. Pike was standing by his bed, “It's elght o'clock,” he said. At the appointed -hour, Pike and Rivers reached a large brownstone house in the Prospect Heights district of Brooklyn. A man servant ushered them Into the drawing room and dis- appeared. Rivers glanced about the room. “Look at the things this old creature has collected! My dear man, every single thing is a museum piece” His rapturous examination was cut short by the return of the man servant. “Mr. Sibelius will receive you in the lvbrary,” he sald. He led them to a large room built out over the back yard and running the width of the house. Through the south windows the sun streamed in, showing the walls lined to the ceiling with books in fine bindings, old or now. A ful length portrait of a Venetian grander hung over a fifteenth century fireplace Rivers saw no more, for the master of the house, seated behind a large Vene- tian table, had risen and was ad- vancing. He seated them ceremoni- ously and returned to his place be- hind the table. “T understand,” said Sibelius “that you know my astepbrother on the steamer; that you wish to discuss tome matter that concerned him.” “That's it exactly,” said Pike. “You I was with Mr. Boyd when he ad the wireless bulletin of Mr. An- drews’s death. Subsequently he made certain coniidences which I think should be brought to your attention, Stated pbaldy, Mr. Boyd was in fear of his life. He believed that both Hopkins and Andrews had been mur- dered.” “This is a somewhat startling an- nouncement,” sald Sibelius, "The possibility of murder has never oc- curred to me. He was alone in his office, the door locked, his office force within call. I myself was sitting out- side within 30 feet of him. Assuming that an assailant might have entered through the corridor, there were no signs of a struggle, no nolse, no out- “But suppose there was no assail- resent at the time of the mur- you imply some mechanical de- vice?" asked Sithelius. “This crime was committed In a very extraordinary manner,” Pike re- ut there was no mechanical “Colonel Pike,” sald Sibelius, can hardly expect me to liste! tiently to this kind of nonsense, “Nevertheless,” said Pike, "I be able to arouse your interent, ia ‘fureed, Pike ta Boulogne Rowpital, wut aaa pa SAS . and recognised ‘Bim on the following morning. At 3 A. BM. * make the nature of the crime clear, It Special sales of vegetables and frults mark the close of the Thanks giving season. California peas which sold at 45 cents a pound are offered in the Jefferson Market for 36 cents, specials. These cost per crate $9 to $12, wholsale. Fresh Brussels sprouts are offered at 80 cents, while other stores ask from 2 to & cents more Our pennies, | *! per quart basket. Tho wholesale price 1s, Long Island, per quart, 10 to 2 cents, Out door tomatoes, nearby, cost 26 cents per pound re- tail and from $1 to $3.75 the bushel box, wholesale. Fine watercress is on the retail market at 10 cents a bunch, the wholesaler asking $1.60 to $2 per 100 bunches. The supplies of celery have held over from the Thanksgiv- ing trade and well filled stalks retail at 10 to 16 cents each. Wholesale ‘in the rough,” Golden, gelf-blanch- ing, costs, per 2-8 crate, fancy, $2.59 0; ordinary, $2 to $3, A Market operators report that the continued free receipts of cauliflower from California ‘are hurting the sale of the Long Island, No.1 L, I. whole- los for $2 to $8.50 per crate of 12 heads and the California, per flat crate of from 8 to 12 heads, from $1.25 to $2.25. The consumer pays from 35 to 45 cents per head according to size. The supplies of cabbage are light, with the demand good. White, er barrel, wholesale from $226 to 2.50, and red, per crate, $2.25. Re- tail cabbage costs from 6 to & cents per pound. Fruit ig also selling within reach of the moderate purse and the ma- kets are arranging the fruit for the special sales in as tempting a way as possible. Bright yellow grape- fruit, Florida, priced 5 cents aplece and two and three for % cents, are displayed with small California oran- ges, which sell at 16 cents a dozen In one large market. Oranges vary in price from 50 cents to $1 per dozen, according to size, in most retail stor Fancy Californias wholesale from $5 to $8.25 per box, with choice selling at $4.26 to $6.25. Floridas are not quoted wholesale. Grapefruit, Florida, fancy, brings $3 to $7.75 per box, choice #4:50 to $5.50, and Porto Rico #.50 to $9. The chain stoves are also offering specials in fruit to the retail trade, Oranges cost 25 cents for seven, while red apples sell ten for 25 cents. Other etores offer Jonathan apples four for 25 cents, Delicious 2 for 15 cents, and Greenings the same | By DAVID GRAY The Story of a Fight for a Fortune and a Girl Copyrigit, 1921, by the Bell Ayn ‘cate. Ine, SYNOPSIS OF PRE CEDING CHAPTERS. who had assumed ote had been to Bora" sre, Wi ta tae nd eos pie res wuagestion one Andrews, Hopkins and one ober, Aiea eet remaining half interest, parts vere wakes Up and eee is necessary to go back some years. About fifteen years ago I attended the pablic performance of an itinerant mesmeriat in Albuquerque, This man, who styled himself ‘The Great Di volo,’ possessed hypnotic powers of An extraordinary nature. Twice dur- ing his performance, as he called for volunteers his glance caught mine, and it was with diMfculty that I fought down the Impulse to rush to the stage.” ‘Are you preparing to tell me that Mr. Boyd was hypnotized and com: manded to throw himself out of the window?" “Exactly that,” sald Pike. Sibelius laughed. ‘Colonel Pike, T have made some study of the lite ture of hypnotism. ‘The books unani- tmusly lay down the proposition that & hypnotized subject will not obey suggestions contrary to the instinct of self-preservation.” CHAPTER VI. 6 SHALL tell you what I saw,” Pike answered, “The per- former began with the usual demonstrations, A subject was told that a walking-stick was @ rattlesnake; that @ niece of ice was a live coal. ‘A cowboy fricnd of mine wis handed an old lope and told that It was a thousund-dollar bill. ‘The performer set two carpenter's saw-horses about Ove feet apart, and parallel one with the other,” Pike continued. “He then took four sub- jects, hypnotized 'o rigidity, and laid them on the trestle, their heads rest- ing on one and thelr heels on the other, On these he laid four more crosswise. He then ‘ook a third four and piled them across the second tler, After that he vaulted to the top uf the plle and stood bowing to the au- dience, The bottom mon were each supporting upward tf 350 pounds, It would seem to me that submission to 850 pounds on one's stomach while stretched three feet above the floor im nt variance with the instinct of stit-preservation. But the performer assembled the same Jozen men and directed them to go to the gallery back of the seats. Now,’ h¢ said, ‘you are a mill-pond held back by a dam. In, just three minutes that dam will go out, the stream will ruah down through the stage-box and tum- ble down in a cataract to the stage.’ “Well, in exactly three minutes “hose twelve men came rushing down through the box and dived head first to the stage, a matter of ten fect, One man broke his shoulder-blade, though this was not known till the next day, when the professor had left town, About fifteen years ago the ‘Great Diavolo' disappeared, About the same | ti ‘ime @ very extraordinary man opened a law offige in New York. Og his be- coming eatablished in New rk, he endeavored to cultivate rich clients rather than general practice. Several of these clients are now dead, ana their estates, on being settled, were smaller than might have been ex- nected. Meanwhile the lawyer grew rich, As the ‘Great Diavolo’ he was smooth shaven, with @ strong, well- modelled jaw and chin, As the law- yer he wore a grotesque beard which, with chemical assistance, was pre- mateurely white. The hypnotist had been notable for his eyes. The lawyer had developed an eye trouble which necessitated his wearing blue goggles In public. It is probable that none of his clients ever saw his uncovered eyes but once.” ip raised his hand. “I think this farce has gone far enough,” he said quietly. “It is possible that you could prove that Sibelius, the lawyer, had once been a traveling hypnotist, Weill, what of it? I deny all your implied charges. You are wasting your time—and mine. Without of- fense, gentlemen, I must tell you that T am somewhat commpigg this morn- He rose. Pike remained seated. 8 you please,” Sibelius said, He resumed his cha “1 shall be brief,” said Pike. “Mo- tive, of course, is established by the tontine arrangement by which the mine bought from my father to the ultimate survivor, Boyd ex- plained that to me himself.” “Conversation with a dead man, Colonel Pike—inadmissible as evi- dence,” Stbelive ruled. “The robbery and mumMer of my father ts, of com @ separate crime,” Pike continued, “But the attending circumstances would de relevant as establishing motive.” et “Corre: evidence exist “Boyd's voucher exists,” said Pike: “there is also testimony as to the packet of waste paper slips which my father accepted as bonds.” Sibelius smiled. “The voucher ts a receipt for two hundred and fifty thousand dollars’ worth of govern- ment bonds delivered by Sibelius to Lassiter, Would a jury believe that @ man would write such an endorse- ment on the back of a check without actually recetving the bonds?” Tt might if {t had previously been shown that Sibelius had mede a man accept an old envelope for a one- thousand-dollar bill.” “Moonshine!” said Sibelius, “Any District Attorney would tell you so.” “Possibly.” said Pike, “but are only beginning. There is a packet of letters and cables went by Sibelius under the name of Feltner. Aside from their bearing on the conspiracy they show that Sibelius used the name of Boyd's friends to cover his activities. It is circumstantlal ovi- dence, but it is significant.” “You have those letters?” “Only copies. The originals were taken yesterday afternoon from Boyd's office.” “If you believe the letters you speak of bear upon the murder of Henry Boyd,” Sibelius spoke, “and you can show that were in reality sent by Sibelius, ough pre ly jut they signed ‘Feltner,’ you could would carry no more weight than get the copies introduced. your personal testimony.” “still,” said Pike, quietly, “you must remember that all this is to be taken in connection with proof that Sibelius was closeted with Boyd « few minutes before his death.” Sibellus's eyes contracted to bier “LT believe the facts show that 8! jus was in the outer office at that time,” he sald. “The testimony shows that Gibeflus came into the outer office about three- forty-five and inquired for his step- brother, It is important, for It establishes the fact that Sibelius pre- tended not to have seen Boyd his return.” Pike drew from his breast-pocket s document and unfolded it deliberately. “To refresh your memory, Mr. Bi- belius,” he went on, “I will read ex- tracts from that last conversation which you had with your step- brother.” He lifted the top sheet off and placed it at the back of the pile. He did likewise with the second, giv- ing the impression of a somewhat lengthy document. “Boyd {s speaking,” he began, “He says: ‘I'm sorry you used his name, but we won't discuss that now, There's one thing that I want to get straightened out right away.'” Pike paused and added, “You see the reference to the Feltner signa- ure 7” Sibelius sat motionless, his face an evil mask, “To continue,” sald Pike, “Sibeltus asks ‘What's that?’ “Boyd—‘About the money that we paid over, It seems that none of It was found in the estate.’ “sibeltus—'You've got your voucher with his indérsement on it. I told you at the time that he bought blocks of my bonds and indorsed your checks over to me, What Lassiter did with the bonds I don't know. bonds.’ Pike rose. “Did you ever see any- thing Hk» this?” He took from an ash tray a crystal ball the size of a marble. “Do you see thi I sot light In it? Hold it thie way! ‘ow look!" Sibelius held up his hand. “Diota- grap! he’ A bitter smile parted nis Ups. “Well, Colonel Pike—I suppose I'm through. The game is over.” He leaned back, his hands dropped in his lap. Pike became aware that his right hand was stealthily opening a drawer, He sprang forward. At the same instant Rivers covered Sibelits with an automatic. They saw then that he was endeavoring to uncork a small brown bottle. Pike was on him and had his wr For an instant he struggled, then + lapsed into his c ‘. “Why not?” he sald. ‘There's noth- ing to be gained by scandal.” “You forget I nt the mine or thy purchase money,” sald Pike. “T suppose that js reasonable.” Si- bellus muttered. “The mine stands in your father’s name. The deeds are in the safe deposit vault with the bull- jon. What terms will you make? “Give me a bill of sale to the con- tents and an assignment of your lease of the vault. In return you will have your bottle and till, 4 o'clock to use it, Tf you fall, we call in the polies.” “T agree,” sald Sibelius, . Ten minutes later the documents were drawn, by Rivers. Sibelius called up the mana. ger of the trust company and ex- plained the transfer of the lease of the vault. Sibelius pressed the but~- ton on the table and the butler came in. “Robbins.” he nald, “bring down the two keys that are in the right hand drawer of my dressing table.” The man went out and a later re-entered, delivered the keys to Sibelius and withdrew. Sibelius handed them to Pike. “This one is apt to stick,” he said. Pike took the keys and slipped them into his pocket. Then he placed the little bottle on the table. “I think we understand each other,” he ‘k He bowed. Rivers rose and fol- lowed him out. The taxi in which they had come was waiting at the curb, ‘The vehicle stopned In front oF the Atlantic Trust Company and they went in. ‘The lease of the vault was formally transferred to John B. Las- siter. They were conducted down to the vaults. The custodian used his master key and withdrew. Pike in- rerted one of the duplicate keys that Sibelius had surrendered and the door swung open. They. in and Pike switched on the light. Gold Pye in canvas bags lay piled on the joor. “There's your Blaughton castle!” Pike sald. “4 it thoughtfully. said Sibelius, “if such | ® d,”" he muttered. “T always thought if I suddenly got a pot of ey I'd be elated. 'm afraid that life,” sald Pike with a dry laugh. “We don't live on gold bars. Come one.” The French clock In the reception room of Boyd's house struck with the muffled tone of a tar away bell, Pike had finished telling the story of the morning. “And there you are.” he sald. \ Mary Crewe was silent for a time. “How do you account for it all?” she id at last. “I don't mean what hap- pened, this morning, but the whole thing. “I don't account for it,” Pike an- swered. “Perhaps,” he went on, “the mind {s evolving as millions of years ago the eye evolved. There te funda- mentally no mystery about it. ‘There is only one mystery,” he went on, “that I cannot imagine being solved,” nd that?” “The insoluble mystery is vou.” he it “You are the answer to everything John Lassiter wants in this world. Why is it?” She stood facing him. Her breath was coming fast, but she smiled. "T suppose,” she said, “it is because you are @ very foolish and a very lovable man, John.” THE END. DON'T FAIL TO READ “MIs- TER 44." THE STORY OF A MAN WHO HAD A 44 CHEST AND A HEART IN PROPOR. TION. 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