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suit by his enemies, but had COM
pletely mystifled two Of his cocoon
spirators. His object in doing so wal
known only to himself
Fuller and Snyder were unable to
get in communication with either WI
Tsang or Mrs. Thayer. They. there
fore, decided to resort to the plan
which they had previously agreed
upon should they at any time become
separated and fail of communication
with each other. This was the one
so well known TO "crooks''-through
the personal columns of the press
A few days later this advertisement
appeared in the personal columns Of
a Washington newspaper:
PERSONAL.
MABEL why did you fall to meet me ai
the loop at $3.50 last Tuesday evening
Was II because your Mother ohiects7 Tom
and John were both there but went TO the
dance. Why don't you write?
THAWU SINFUL
There we're four persons in wash
ington and only four who would know
the meaning Of this advertisement.
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ing,~ in accordance with instructions,
gone no farther South than Peters
burg, Va, returning to Washington
from there by the most direct route.
Snyder arrived in Washington but a
few hours after the arrival OF WI
Tsang. but he did not know Of the lat.
ter's presence in the Capital City. so
in accordance with their understand.
ing made no attempt to get in com
munication with him.
Fuller had all OF his plans upset by
the loss of his car. He was over
whelmed with anxiety. How could
be explain the catastrophe to WI?
How could be excuse himself for his
delay in reaching Washington?
From the place where the hold-up
occurred he had to travel six miles
on foot to reach q landing where he
could take boat for Baltimore. Ar
irving in Baltimore he. made up" as
a "bootlegger." and with the usual
suspicious looking suit case came to
Washington by the electric railway.
On reaching the Capitol he acted
in such a suspicious and apprehensive
manner as to invite the attention OF
the police, and was arrested on the
charge Of transporting liquor. When
taken to the police station he gave
his name as Bachman. but an ex-
animation of his suit case failed to
disclose intoxicants OF any kind, and
he was Immediately released. He
had thus established a false identity
and completely concealed his arrival
in Washington.
VIZ Tsang had not only baffled pur-
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What Has Happened
Up-tO-DGte

Madeline taken to cottage on an island
In the Potomas, discovered BY Ktmoali'
taken back in hydrOplGne, pursued and
pursuers almost meet In Raleigh. WI and
partners make Wild dash In auto, followed
BY Madeline and her friends; both ma
chimes plunge over sea wall. WI and MIS-.
Thayer taken to TT. Myer, Fuller ana
Snyder leap overheard from rescmnE
rnoterboat and return 70 Raleigh. Trl-
angle cut from chart ~ Fl. Hyer- WI
ana Mrs. Thayer released. Snyder forces
Madeline into deserted house where ne
exhibits missing triangle, II cutters INTO
furnace, out the FmOkestAek and iands on
intake At the Capitol, where IL Is found oE
Cinnamon. They are arrested triangle
recovered by Rimbali. Cinnamon sent 70
oecoouan. Madeline visits Capitol seiseo
nv OrientaIs and thrown into vault. She
Iapses into aphaEia, found and taken 70
bo.BItal. later falls into clutches OF con
sojrsfo-s speeding machine halted, haoe-
line taken 70 Raleigh, where she resAns
TneotsiIty. Again decoyed By Forged no.
"a Vu'H yacht, escapes BY lsaping o EeL
hoard picked up b. KirnbaH IN ngoro-
nIRDe taken to Virginia cottage, WneIs
ktr.6,u discovers house 70 surrounded Al
mIdntEht BY strange Welro hsuIes
ssmbling csrnbuhaEed trees.
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that he had correctly informed them
at the time Of the raid. Little ala be
realize that he was matching his wits
with men wen trained in uneoysrns
ways that are dark and tricks that
are vain" Had they felt 50 disposed
they could have disclosed to him &C
.curately at that time his movements
for the past two or three weeks, which
he had succeeded in coneeallng even
from his co-conspirators The Secret
Service men felt that the time was
not yet ripe to disclose their hand-tS
DO 50 might interfere with the unraVel-
ing OF the big case they had In mind-
the cireumvention Of the eonspirators
who were attempting to steal the mys-
terious chart
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for interviewing the clerk in a de-
sire to crafty their curiosity. Fuller
believed that they had made a mis-
take in coming boldly together to the
hotel and registering under their
proper names. At least, it appeared
to him to be a mistake.
The Chinaman had not followed
this course thOughtlessly.
1t was his plan to establish their
presence in the town with complete
disclosure OF their identity so that
there should be no difficulty in their
being traced as far as it suited lis
purpose.
This plan was disclosed when he
called his two companions to his
room to give them their instructions.
During a long conference he detailed
infinitely every step that should be
taken by each during the succeeding
days. with a definite appointment 70
meet later in Washington.
WI Tsang then went to the desI:
accompanied by Fuller and snyder,
and made careful inquiry as to the
facilities for travel, giving instruc-
tions in the presence of the clerk 50
that no secret should be made OF
their intended destination.
He directed Snyder to proceed by
the most direct route to Atlanta, Ca,
directing him to meet Chinese mer-
chant in that city within two days.
Fuller was directed to proceed to
Wilmington, Del. where he would re-
ceive papers which he would take 10
Boston for execution.
This matter being disposed OF in
a manner to give it the utmost pub
licity among the curious villagers
WI Tsang retired to his room.
Half an hour later when Fuller
went to this room for further in
structions before taking his depar-
ture WI Tsang was not to be found
nor did WI Tsang again appear
about the hotel When the CLERK
called him for breakfast in the morn
ing he found the room empty, the
bed not having been occupied. No
one had seen him leave the hotel, and
it was a mystery how he could have
gotten from his room without at
tracing the attention OF idlers about
the place and the hotel attendant who
was always alert with curiosity.
WI Tsang had camOuflaged them.
He did not stay in his room three
minutes. Immediately on the depar-
ture OF the attendant who had shown
him to the room he crept silently in
the shadow OF his receding attendant.
and was soon out of tho building. In
the dark street OF tn village WI
Tsang developed a quality not here
tofore disclosed.
He displayed a vigor and energy
not 10 be expected in one Of his nor
nal character. After creeping within
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seated around the table engaged in
the lottery drawing which was then
in progress. Among these Cinnamon
was one who gave his name as Hop.
and who spoke English iuently. He
asked What is wrong?' What Is the
cause of the trouble?'' Lottery Is
the trouble" retorted one OF the Of
6cers. "a lottery drawing is in prog
less and this Is the national head
quarters OF this Chinese game"
stolid and unexcited Hop" with an
amused smile. said: you are much
mistaken. These people are being in
structed in their Sunday school les
son and am a Chinese evangelist"
This, however. avaiIed nothing and
the Chinese assembled, with all their
parapherna1ia and belongings in the
room. were taken. to the police sta
tion. Hop. otherwise WI Tsang. went
with the rest. He might, however,
have secured his release, as 1t was dis
closed that he had in his possession a
large sum OF money ample Cor col
lateral, but for reasons OF his own
he declined to avail himself Of the op-
portunity.
His deep object for coneealing his
identity and whereabouts fnom the
other conspirators, particularly Snyder
and Fuller, involved a mystery even
greater and more rife with danger
than that concerning the mysterious
chart which he vas so anxious to Sc
cure.
WI Tsang was closely questioned BY
the officers and stoutly maintained
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the shadow until he had reached the
end of the village street he buttonei
his coat close across his chest and
drew himself together like an athlete
and ran with the speed and pre-
cisiOn OF a practiced Splinter enter
ing upon a marathon.
Fer two hours he did not sIackeu
his pace and at the end OF that time
he appeared at a fork in the road
where he paused as if TO wait for
some one. He showed no special
signs OF fatigue; was alert. watchfuI
and breathed easily. He concealed
himself in the shadow OF a small
c!ump OF bushes that skirted q
stream. tied a handkerchief across his
face and proceeded to take steps u
cbstruct some expected vehicle.
He cut some twigs and branches
from the underground about him
which he placed in a pile in the mid
ole OF the road, first having gathered
a bunch Of dry leaves. Scarcely had
he finished this work when the sound
CT an automobile coming from the d.
rection or the town which lie had so
recently left could be heard in the
distance.
AS the sound became sufficiently
distinct to indicate the early arrival
OF the car. WI Tsang set fire to the
,ry,-b r,,.l-;,r~ , ,o,g,;1,,.,,,. IT,
the very middle of the road. On ap-
preaching this the car came to a hale.
and in an instant its driver was COW
cred by heavy 10" and ordered 10
climb OFT OF the machine and stand
with arms up and mis- back toward
his captor.
Without a word Wa Tsans climbed
into the car and started first at a slow
pace keeping the chauffeur under coy
er OF his gun, and when sufficiently
distant to prevent the possibility of
recognition put on full speed and was
soon lost to sight The chauffeur was
bewildered for moment, then rcaliz-
ing that the machine was gone and
that he was no longer required to
hold up his hands, turned and shook
his fist in tho direction OF the depart
ing car and said: My God! what will
WI Tsang say TO this when he finds
that have been held up and his car
stolen?"
The evicted chauffeur was Fuller,
WI Tsang had practiced another
eamouflage and had facilitated his
passage to Washington. celebrating
every trace OF his Journey, and com
pletely bewildering his co -conspirator.
He proceeded Immediately to Washing
ton where. after deposItIng his car in
a public garage with instructions that
1t should be sent 10 his own garage
In The morning, he disappeared.
Meanwhile Snyder, who under the
Instructions OF WI Tsans had nuy.
chased a through ticket to Atlanta
was on his way TO Washington, hav
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"wu Tsang has betrayed US
Nothing could have happened 10
that chink."
The speakers were Fuller ana snyd-
er, who were pacing the pavement at
the Calvert street loop. Inside the
station was a woman whose presencs
was very important to them had they
known. but whose face was concealed
behind q veil. This person was Mrs.
Thaycr. The two eonspIrators were
there in response to the call which
the ''personal'' conveyed through .
code wei understood.
This call should have been respond
ed to BY WI Tsang and Mrs Thaysr;
the former had not responded at all;
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There was a wild time in Chinatown
early Tuesday evening. The national
headquarters Of the Chinese Lottery,
or ''Bok-opp-po," had been raided.
All of a sudden. while the game was
in progress Secret Service men en-
tered what appeared to the Cinnamon
assembled to be through every door
and window. The sudden appearance
of these officers threw into eonstern-
alton and confusion the Cinnamon
The Washington times., 1919-02-18
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
By JOHN c. KOONS

the leader OF the pack shown such
terror? What thing unseen by the hu-
man eye but visible to the animal
had been so frightful as to fill him
with terror?
In the stiffness OF the night the
developments so thick and fast had
caused Lieutenant Kimbsll TO won
der il he was in his right senses,
Could it be that Mrs. Thayer was
still cooperating with the conspira-
tors and would betray Madeline and
her friends?
The conspirators who had been
pursuing Madeline were far from this
scene, excep: Mrs. Thayer, who had
returned direct to Washington from
the trip down the bay, thus reaching
the city long before Fuller, Snyder
or Tsang
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This story has enc
peculiarly. The char
aeters disappear, but
they never de. Every
character that was IN
The first chapter Wm
be N the last, as no
author win Be allowed
to h one or add one.
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The hotel located in the "fOrlorn"
Maryland town had been deserted.
except for one attendant, who acted
as both proprietor and porter when
WI Tsang. Fuller. and Snyder ar
rived. It soon became the center OF
interest The villagers. who had
watched their debarkation ard had
their curiosity aroused by the ap-
pearance Of the Chinamsn dressed in
"city clothes" began to assemble In
groups OF two or three about the
lobby. finding one excuse or another
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This Is the SPeedieSt
serial ever written,
because while you are
reading today'S chap
ter, tomoTows Is
being written. That
makes the author
hustle.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-16
Work of Medical Corps.

The work of, the medical corps OF
the army did not stop with the signing
of the armistice. There was the great
work OF restoration and rehabilitation
Of the men injured during the wal to
be accomplished. At the outset of the
from a personnel Of S33 surgeons n
doctors, Sc dentists, 62 veterinarians,
1871 contract surgeons 400 nurses TO
80, sol doctors and surgeons, 4,62O dem
lists, 2,002 veterinarians, 1913 contract
surgeons and 2l,4S0 nurses. In addi-
ton there were two new services Gre
ated. the sanitary corps with 1913 Of
ficers and the ambulance service with
200 officers and the enlisted person.
mel of the medical corps was expanded
from 6,619 on April I, 1917, 10 2SI,S4l
on Nov. Is, 1918, Three nurses were
wounded in action and 2G6 died during
the war, In all there were 1O,@45 nurses
In the service overseas.
In spite Of some partisan criticisms
the army Is going ahead with the re-
Mobilization Of the wounded soldiers,
sailors and marines. A great deal OF
| ~valorous work was done during the
war by the officers and enlisted per-
sonnet Of the corps, but the greatest
| asset that has developed to the country
| and civilization from their work mas
been the detail with which data and
experience has been collected and com
piled. In the case OF limb or nerve
treatment alone the medical profess
| sion has had a better opportunity for
| observation during the recent war than
would he available to II in half a cen
fury through industrial and other peace
| time accidents and diseases, The re-
suit of all these observations will he
placed at the disnosal of the medica
profession. and great advances in treat
ments and methods are expected as q
result Of the work Of the military doc
l tnTG
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-16
--- s-~-=-A4--
LEGAL NOTICES.
TRUSTEES SALE.

Default having been made in the pay
ment Of the debts and obligations Sc
cured to be paid in. a certain deed of
trust, executed the cath day Of June,
1912, by Geo. w. Sllvertooth, to the un-
dersigned as Trustees, as same appears
of record in the office of the Register
Of Shelby county, Tennessee, in Record
Book 522, page 81, and the owner. of
the debt secured having requested the
undersigned to advertise and sell the
property secured by said deed of trust,
this is to give notice that we win on
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER s, 1919.
commencing at ~ O'Clock noon, at the
southwest corner. of the courthouse,
Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee,
and at the Adams avenue entrance
thereof, proceed to sell at public out
| cry to the highest and best bidder for
cash the following described property
Situated in Memphis. Shelby county,
Tennessee, beginning at a stake in the
north line of Linden street (now Lin
den a%venue) three hundred and seventy
five (375) feet east of its intersection
with Lauderdale street, and running
northwardly parallel with Lauderdale
street one hundred and sixty d60l feet
to an alley; thence eastwardly with the
south side of said alley seventy G0)
feet to a stake; thence southwardly
parallel with Lauderdale street one
hundred and sixty Q60) feet to the
north line of Linden street NOW Lin
den~avenue), thence westwardly with
the north line of Linden street (now
Linden avenue), seventy 900 feet to
the beginning, and being lot thirty five
1850 and the west seven and onethali
Cta) feet of lot thirty-six $3.50 of the
Topp Homestead Subdivision.
All right and equity of redemption,
homestead and dover waived in sale
deed of trust, and the 4itle is believed
to be good, but we will sell and con-
vey only as trustees
II. l.. MATTHEW'S.
G. l., MARSlLL1OTT.
Trustees,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-16
BRrr'8 Old DueIing
Pistols Are Sold At
Philadelphia Auction


PHILADELPHIA. Oct. ia pair Of
flint-lock dueling pistols, made by
Booth, the early gunsmith Of Phila-
delphia, which were presented to Caesar
A. Rodney, once Encouragement Of the
United States, by Col. Aaron Burr, his
intimate friend, and which family tradi-
ton insists were used in the Burr
Hamilton duel; Howdon's Life mask of
Gen. Washington; five mahogany Chip
pendale chairs, which were Gen. Wash
ington's, and we're used in the presi-
Dental mansion in Philadelphia, n
furniture which formerly belonged to
Charles Carroll, Of Carrofton, signer OF
the Declaration of Independence, form
part of an interesting historical sale
which took place recently in this city.
The pistols stand as a mute monu-
ment to the passions OF men, as Rod
ney had the disagreeable task, later, OF
prosecuting his friend Burr for treason.
The mask was taken from the living
face of Washington in Philadelphia by
SHoudon, who had received, in 1885, a
commission from DR.. Benjamin Franklin
to make the statue Of Washington which
is in the state house at Richmond.
There are also historical relics from
the estates Of Col. Thomas Rodney,
member of the continental congress, ana
Caesar Rodney, signer Of the Declara-
tion of Independence.
There is something of a stir among
collectors Of antiques with special his
torical significance, and especially
among representatives of historical
museums, a large number Of which
have sprung up since the war in diff
ferent parts Of the country, TO secure
these relics.
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agement, lie Is obstinate with the men
and altogether impossible to get along
with, and. as for national production,
his system of lowering rates for the
benefits OF merchants, shippers and
manufacturers has resulted In such a
congestion of docks, tying up OF ships
for months and the choking of lines
that millions OF pounds worth OF cargo
have rotted and the cost of living Is
still made higher. Sir Eric admits the
loss OF hundreds of millions of pounds
because OF this policy Of favoring the
profiteers,' said Mr.. Tillett. when he
offers this loss as an argument against
the raising of wages, 1t is natural that
the men should refuse to accept it."
Our extensive territory Is the cause
to which MIR. Tlllett attributes the in
ability OF the workers In America to
organize as efficiently as the workmen
in England. The very large foreign
element among the workers IL another
reason that makes for the lack of Or
ganizatlon and the inability to strike
as effectively. IN America, too he
says, ut is not worth a mans while to
strike, because there Ia always the
chance that he himself will become a
capitalist,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-16
MARRIAGE

Margaret Elizabeth Williams to W,
A.Via. Florence Lucille Peek to Earl
Eugene Reinhardt, Helen McCreath to
Thomas Francis Nolan, Ethel Brown to
W. l.. Murdoch, Ruth Spillane to Har-
~ A. Walker, Dora Belle Edwards to
Charles w. Cooper, Tracy Little to C.
c. Cummins, Helen Russ Westervelt to
David A. Harsh. Oma Yonn to Vincent
Minardi, Nellie Cecilia Butler to Syl-
vester Haggerty, Frances Isabella Goode
to James B.. Mcguire,
Sadie Miller to b. V, Major, Florence
Davis to Guy Cummings, Ida Thomas tc
Clarence Denmon. Jessie Porter TO Joe
Smith. Leon Smith to Earl Malone, Mary
Lou Cooper to F~ernanders Rhodes. Irene
Ederson TO James II, Moody, Blanch
Neal to Sam CLARK, Louise Woods to Ed
lynch, Hattie Lawson to Arthur Lynch
Sarah Moore to Jesse Clark, Phoebe
PrentisS to Thomas G. Burt, Shellie b
Cleaves 10 Jacob s. Woods.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-16
EPISCOPAL CHURCH HAS
RAISED MINISTER'S PAY

COLUMBIA, S. c., Oct. 1.-the
dawn II a brighter day for clergymen In
the South, and the beginning of a
movement TO make the ministry at
tractive as a profession Is seen in the
action Of Episcopalians IN South Caro-
lima In adopting tho policy of a mini
mum wage for clergymen,.
The action, announced today was that
Of the South Carolina diocese commit
tee OF the nationwide campaign OF the
Episcopal church for more effective
service, The scale Endorsed for South
CAROLINA, to be made effective through
| the nationwide campaign Is as follows!
white ~clergymen, married, 81, 500 a
year and rectory.
white c%lergymen, unmarried, $1,000 a
year.
Negro clergymen, married, $1,000 a
year and rectory,
Negro %clergymen, unmarried, 1000,
This action Is In line with a
general movement throughout the Epis-
copal church for better salaries for
| ciergymen, TO be made possible by the
nation wide campaign of spiritual
awakening and realization Of %responsi-
hilitles and opportunities for broader
helpfulncss, Other Southern dioceses
have added to their budgets Of cam
paign needs, sums sufficient TO provide
better salaries for clergymen, but the
action inA South Carolina Is the first
definite statement Of figures believed
necessary to meet the higher cost oil
living and to assure able men of a
| comfortable livelihood in the ministry
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-16
SOLDIERS KNOW VALUE
OF TREE PLANTING

Importance OF road building and tree
planting has been impressed on the
xMerican soldier Nabroad, says the
American Forestry association, OF
Washington. as perhaps no other one
thing, The soldier knew what 1t meant
To have the army trucks get up there
when a show was N" In tts campaign
for Roads Of Remembrance N the
| United States the American Forestry
association calls attention TO the New
York Times, which SAYS;
signs multiply that the returning sol
der is to be the strongest OF all apos-
ties OF good roads.
I'm the minds Of our soldiers, how
| ever, tho military need Of stone roads
seems less important than the CONNER
ciai need and always q deep sense seems
| present to the beauty OF the smooth
and shaded highway, The Amaroc
News, official organ OF n army on
| the Rhlney points out that OF the 2, $50.
600 miles of highway in the United
| states, less - s7S, 00O miles, or one
In ten, has anySfcrm of surfacipg what
ever. But It becomes lyric when i
| notes that In France each road. II mat
| ters not how small or how seldom used,
has it's quota Of beautiful shade trees
whose limbs form an arch to protect
The traveller from the SUM-"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-16
DEATHS.

Hrebert Raymond Ezzell, age 6, 365
North Bellevue. Oct, Is: diptheria.
Matte Jenkins, & 20. General hos
pital. Oct. II; malaria.
curtis Eagle, age II, Baptist Memo
rial hospital, Oct, Is. p~eritonitis,
Jack Hudson, age -, Baptist Memo
rial hospital, Oct. II; septicsemia.
Eugene Gates, age IL. 800 Merriweth-
or, Oct, I; malaria.
Squire jefferson, age 50, General hos
pital, oct. Is; ~nephritis,
Clarence Taylor, age %. tuberculosis
hospital. Oct. 10: tuberculosis.
Caroline Wood, age 80. sos Southern
avenue, Oct. "A; carcinoma.
Abe Jones, age IS, 603 Jessamine, OCT
4. attributed to bronchitis.
ELLA Etatehet. age 81. rear 81 Folk
Oc-. 4: aortic regurgttation.
Emanuel Johnson, age 80, IS Whit
tington, Oct, "a; pericarditis,
Fannie May bangford, age SO, ST
Georgia, Oct. <; cance
Fannie Jones, age s6. 69S Williams
Oct. u; s~alpingitis,
Mack Slaughter. age 50, $40 Soutf
Third, Oct. s; endocarditis.
LMella Lewis. aged rs, General hos
pital, Oct. Is, s~alpingttis.