Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-02-06


I, her mind Storm comes to ask Hasam
All for the hand OF his niece. AT first the
crystal eazer VIII not listen TO the pro-
posal but zudora insists that II she can
mot Navy Storm she Will marry no one.
fWell well" said Hassam All, =" you
t1lte such a slaud1ll compromise Solve
my next twenty cases and you can marry
him; fall In single case and you must
Tenounce him."
zudora using the knowledge gaint
srom years Of association with her uncle
umrayels a series OK baiiiing mySteries
tcopyrlgbt. 1s14 BY Harold MscGrathl
CHAPTER VII
THE PHANTOM OF THE FUTURE.
"a GREAT crowd was assembled before
IN, the bulletin boards in Times square, 1t
Awns remarkably serious looking
crowd, too, There was much dubious
shaking Of heads and struggling of shoulders
II was not baseball crowd, not an usgrega-
tIon Of sports awaiting the results at the far
of race tracks
"what do You know about that7"
Give me boat that aoats on top Of the
vatcrl"
pTake II from me, some one got fresh with
the torpedo tube, We're not at war with any
one"
But what's this ray business? never
heard Of anything Ike that before"
sandwlched in between a bulletin announc-
lag German check in Polapd and another
telling Of the French being reruleed Mt Dix
nude we're few lines which stirred all
America for fortnight The news was
three days old, because the government had
j not seen ct to disclose the catastrophe 10 the
u public until they had located tho cause A
p submarine had been blown up in the bay.
u There had been no sign Of either mine or tor
'e pedo, as one Of the surviving officers took
w Oath SThey had been skmmns along with
n only half speed, when suddenly one Of the en-
u Tneers complained Of suiocaton, complained
that he had touched the port side with his
vi hand and burned It badly. The commanding
le officer sgnaled to the engine room to stop,
Al The order had hardly reached the engine
II room when the explosion occurred, All hut
lu hvs OF the crew we're killed, II was a mighty
III serious busineSs to the United States gov
er1 rnment It might have been purely soOA
ire dental; It might h&ys been done with sinister
-ul purpose The naval department was, In the
mu parlaucs Of the day, up in the air.
JlOl Subsequent Investigation showed that the
per port side, near the torpedo tuSe-unfortu,
wa natsly loaded for target practicc-had been
melted. absolutely melted, after the manner
luC) sf metal exposed to some terrific heat And
Ine Ill this with the plates protected by the wa
clea teri An agency that had been capable Of
1--WE sending heat ray through water This bit
spec news only aroused the Uultod States, bu,
Oh Rt warning Europe by the ears Secret
arm lEents from Germany and Russia came to
Tor New York. with millions to their credit But
any aether they nor the home secret service could
ly &C and out anything, You cannot track the 80.
own Ing or coming Of the Wind you cannot follow
stor' an ocean ripple
gam In an interview the secretary Of war Dc.
whic ,lsy.a I'm, ii. ,o,.,om.n, Ooa No, h..n an
we preached by any inventor OF heat ray, An
they could do was to walt and see II the ma
Th Eclan had struck accidentally and experlmen
ocrat ally or with deadly intent
ana For three days the newspapers ran scOr
the = heads, but nothing further developed. m,
to sh foreign agents wasted their gold and tn
--- home agents their time,
Then came the blowing up Of one Of tn
J. b. Starr colllers, or rather the sinking
The plates showed the same terrible usenc,
which had destroyed the submarine But thi
~ time there seemed TO be slight clew Tn
O' Starr people wsr on a strike, and II was dc
= ducod that aome personal enemy had dc
ptroyed the collier A collier had bee
anchored in the vicinity Of the submarine
and il seemed quite possible that the nvonto
und thrown his ray toward tho collier and III