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The Washington times., 1920-07-18

They were times OF stress and
when anyone who showed signs OF
gentle birth was bounded from pill
lar TO post imagine, too, that be
was very short OF this worlds
goods, and ! expect tho party Of
young bloods about 20 start for q
new land appealed 20 him more
than the vague utterances OF a
man about TO die. He, no doubt,
thought 1t better to Join them than
to take what might be a fruitless
journey to England.
In later years. however, he had
not forgotten, and the BaIenton
AFFAIR was looked upon as rather a
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expecting that this question would
he answered readily:
"Ah! there I'm afraid have only
my bare word to give you. Before
I was fifteen my father Joined an
expedition to the Yukon. He had
had heavy losses, and the tales OF
gold to be found in the North
tempted him He never returned,
and was taken care OF by good
woman OF the village. had little
money, and when my protectress
died I rounded the world. I visited
Australia and India. and finally
drifted back to Canada, where !
have built up q good little business.
II is this business which has
brought me to London--not this
other pig in a poke" he added,
with a laugh.
Robert Baxenter had referred to
the parchment when the old aristo.
Gratis name had been mentioned;
now he put the papers back and sat
for a moment drumming the tips Of
his fingers together. He reasoned
rapidly. Perhaps 1t was unw'Sr to
part with his trust To 4 man nth.
out written credentials; but gain.
his visitor in mentioning the motto
had done all that was required.
The transaction was . little loose
legally. but the solicitor was more
than half anxious to see the end OF
the white elephant in his strong
room-and be told himself that this
man was beyond all doubt the legti-
innate descendant OF the aristocrat
who had visited d Adam more
than a century ago.
His mind made up, Robert rose
and held out his hand
Il am more than satisfied, Mr..
Dartin. True. would have pre-.
ferred some documentary evidence
as 70 identity-just A . matter OF
form. offer you my very SINGER.
est congratulations. Please come
with mo"
As the solicitor crossed the room
he drew from his pocket q key.
chain, and selecting q Tat key from
The Washington times., 1920-07-18

know more then. I'm going to put
IL out Of my mind till tomorrow.
Now, we'll look into that matter OF
the Marsden settlement. The Mac
kinnon affair is postponed until
Mrs. Mackinnon returns from
Scotland"
II was a we'll set-up man OF scme
thirty years of age who entered the
offices punctually at eleven o'clock
the next morning. He was dressed
in a well-ftting suit of light gray
tweed and he carried himself ath-
lstically. His beard was neatly
trimmed into a short point, and his
bronzed skin and the low cut OF his
collar gave him the unmistakable
look OF a Colonial. In one hand he
held a soft felt hat. the other he
stretched out to the solicitor.
He greeted Mr.. Baxenter with a
smile that had something OF ner-
vousness in II and that lent a
twinkle to his rather grave eyes.
In his speech was a suggestion of
A Canadian accent. At the solici-
tors invitation he took chair be-
side the desk, and beneath the seat
he placed his gloves and the soft
felt hat.
well. Mr. Baxenter, hero am
a mighty hunter Of wild seese-eh7
appear before you, like Ali Baba,
and say, 'Cherchez avec repee'-
presto"
Meaning" said the solicit
tor, with smile.
Literally, think It means Seek
with the sword Yet come to
you unarmed What II conveys
beyond that cannot guess Moth
ing, eh?"
The solicitors face was non
committal.
Il didn't say 80, Mr.. Dartin."
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HIDDEN
Synopsis Of Previous Cha piers.


y yr1AN RENToN Eddie Hsyeon modern soldiers OF for
" tune have gambling BaIenter prosperous
attorney his London apartments After their departure
n murders BaIenter and
night 10 come again
curious old yeowed
telling OF one OF
French noblean the Marquis de Dssny
Chsuvs The handed down from one
BaIens 10 another carefully guarded the hope
rshtful found Renon decides TO
missing heir and claim the He 10 France to
peedful inquiries about the Dartsny family.
troubled days
OF the French Revolution when MARQUIS staying in the
against the Paris Tsrrcs learned his fathers life threatened
Gaspards
little daughter Sylvia England In their night
pursued by evlookng revoluion After vany
this attacked and trussed
him Later hsmy shot him The next morning the MARQUIS and
sailed document
turned the Baxeners for safe keeping
Hubert
dered body found clue the who
him. In the
Dargny family history Bape
Dsrtin. beard himself Frenchman He
visits Canada where member OF the Dargny
family
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Well, well. it's no good fencing.
anyway; either there 10 something
in II or there isn't. Shall ! tell you
my story?"
Robert Baxenter bowed assent.
The man seated opposite him
cleared his throat and prepared for
the effort OF his life.
You will have bad my letter"
he began, and you will know
where hail from, and what ] have
called on you for. ! was born IN
Winnipeg, twenty-nine years ago.
MY father, a simple and somewhat
unambltious man, had made q lit
tie fortune and seemed very well
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CHAPTER TX.

Stettd.
~N the evening Of tho day
I when Baptiste Dartin drove
~ away from the offices in the
Strand Robert Baxenter was sit
ting taking tea IN a well-appointed
hat situated not 4 hundred miles
from MAZDA Vale. He was sunk
comfortably among the cushions in
a wicker-chair beside the open win
dow, looking out upon 3 railed-in
square Of lawns and paths in which
mefhlldren we're at play. Their
voices rose shrill in the evening
air with the abandon OF little ones
who know that bedtime is near and
that the best must be made OF the
dying moments. At the other side
OF the window = small, riddle-aged
lady, delicately pretty, was crochet.
ing lace, and q black kitten dabbed
hopefully at the ball OF cotton at
her feet.
I didn't know Stella had a re-
hearsal to-day"
As he spoke Robert stole
rlance up at an oval frame which
hung on the wall between the two
windows. II contained the portrait
OF q girl, young and adorable. A
determined little facS IL was,
(Cort,rucd or Merit Page
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-10-28
r. f. Maddox viii Call
zkeet1ng Of Org1nizaHon
Forces Of Export Company

thorizes national banks to subscribe
as much as 10 per cent of their cap
ital and surplus to the stock OF a
corporation: organized for the pur-
pose of handling paper which repre-
sents exports of raw mattrials or
manufactured products. The corpora
ton thus formed is required to OPP
crate under federal supervision, like
a national bank, and every safeguard
is thrown around it for the protec-
ton of the stockholders. The act
further authorizes such a corpora
ton to discount paper up to ten times
the amount of it's capital.
I'VE propose to form a corpora
tion with an authorized capital stock
of s12,000,000. This represents 81
per bale for the estimated cotton
production. The stock is to be pro-
cording &c cotton production. 1t is
proposed to start business with so
per cent of the stock. amounting to
$4,000 COO, paid in. This would en-
able TIC corporation to handle $780,
600, 900, worth of paper.
Business OF Corporation
"The corporation would not engage
in the business of buying cotton
here and selling it abroad. It's bust
ness would be to handle the paper
taken by cotton exporters in pay
ment for cotton which they bought
here and sold abroad. Thus the cor
! poration would not interfere at all
with the export corporation Cor COM
pany) which South Carolina business
! men are undertaking to organize. I'M
der the auspices of the American
Cotton association That company
proposes to buy cotton here and sell
| it abroad, as I understand it's plans.
| The financial corporation which we
are proposing to launch with south
ern banking capital would be help
to that company and to all other con-
| Germs engaged in the export of cot
| ton. -
mot. only would the corporation
| be prepared to handle paper repre-
senting exports of cotton, but also
paper representing exports of any
other raw product of the south, as
we'll as manufactured products of the
south.
ment, when We have got to push our
| exports. There has been a sug-
gestion of great national exporting
| corporation to finance all exports of
I whatever kind from all parts Of the
country. 1 do not believe there is
sufficient national cohesion of in
| terests to bring it about. What ap-
pears to me to be more suitable and
useful is a number of smaller corpor-
atoms organized in the different sec
tions to handle the exports of their
particular sections. Thus, in the south
an export corporation established
primarily to handle the cotton ex-
to handle other exports as we'll.
I'VE have in the south the capt.
| tai necessary to handle our products
| in a big way on the markets of the
| world. 1t will strengthen us i'm
mensely to help ourselves"
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-10-28

Robert F. Maddox, president Of
the Atlanta National bank, who
launched last week in Washington,
at the annual convention of the
American Bankers association, a
movement looking to the organiza-
ton of a corporation to finance the
export of cotton to Europe, will call
in the next few days a meeting Of the
Is chairman g
New Orleans will probably be
named by Mr. Maddox as the place of
meeting. on account of it's convenient
accessibility to bankers of Texas,
poets a full attendance, and hopes
that the meeting will get the project
actually underway.
Mr. Maddox states that he was
never connected with a movement
that received stronger encourage
ment at the very outset than did this
movement for the benefit of the cot
ton situation. 1t was received with
enthusiasm not only by southern
states, but also by northern bank
ers who expressed great satisfaction
over the promise of southern capital
blazing the way to handle the south S
great staple crop into the markets
of the world i.
is aDSOlul uSCSSSdAy " PoN
a large quantity of cotton into Eu-
rope before we can relieve the strain
on the market" said Mr.. Maddox
Wednesday,.
"Our estimated crop this year is
10000, 900 bales. That Is the est1-
mate made by the government; ana l
believe it will reach that mark. We
have a carry-over from last season
of about 100000 bales. This makes
a total of 100000 bales which must
be disposed of. The American mills
have never consumed, in one year,
more than 100000 bales. They VIII
do we'll to consume in the next year
Of {. 900, 900 bales which we have got
to sell in foreign markets.
Foreign Consumption
"n,npIand normally consumes from
5000 900 to 100000 bales. SO we
have as a final remainder of some
thing like 100000 or 100000 bales
to be sold In markets other than
the American NAH ct and the. Eng
;ish market.
about 100000 ba.es year before
the war. Japan consumes a large
quantity, so do Spain, Italy, Belgium,
Switzerland and various small! coun-
tries in central Europe. All of those
countries are anxious to buy cot
ton, but the exchange rates are hlgh
and they are obliged to have long
time credits They need terms rum
ming from six to nine months.
tine purpose of the export corpora
ton is to handle their paper. The
Edge act, passed by congress for the
special purpose of financing exports
to European countries weakened fl
nancially by the war, is really not
an act by itself. but an amendment
to the federal reserve act. 1t au-
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-10-28
ARREST 43 FOR
might RIDING"
= IN ALABAMA

MONTGOMERY. Ala, Oct 27.--
Forty-three alleged might riders
have been arrested in Cullman, Mar
shall and Blount counties within the
past day or two, according to an
nouncement at the state law enforce
ment department and governor OIL
flee this morning
State Fire Marshal William j. Will
liams telephoned this information 10
the governor. He is now In north
Alabama. 1t was said that special
sessions of the grand juries of these
three counties would be called 10
meet soon and make complete IN,
vestigation of the cases. The men
we're released under bonds of $4,000
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-10-28
MORE THAN 100000
VISITORS ATTENDED
SOUTHEASTERN FAIR

With crowds still moving through
midway, reluctant to quit such a
place of interest and pleasure, the
Southeastern fair, successful almost
beyond the hopes of it's directors,
reached it's finale Tuesday night.
With the last spectator departed,
with owners of exhibits, sideshow
performers and bally-hoo men hur-
rying to care for their property in
the haste Of the getaway, there was
one expression on the lips of every
body: THE fair was a great sue
cess" H. G. Hastings, president Of
the fair association, together with
the other members of the directing
board. reiterated that statement.
People of Atlanta, and people from
all sections of the southeast, journey
find every possible fair attraction.
The exhibits were large, we'll placed
and educational. No effort or ex-
pense had been spared to have ev-
erything just right and from the
smallest show on the midway to the
giant automobile exhibit, every item
won favorable comment.
The attendance during the ten
days of the fair was larger than 1t
has ever been before. The total of
paid admissions touched the high
level of 171,416, exceeding last years
mark by some 10000.
Exhibits from every section of the
southeast were brought to Lakewood
for the fair. Grains, cotton, garden
truck and strange and unusual prod
ucts from southern farms made up
complete set of agricultural ex-
hibits, occupying the huge building
set aside for that purpose.
The prize cattle and hogs alone
were we'll worth a trip to the tair,
and won high admiration from the
farmer and live stock man, and the
layman alike.
Excellent racing features, harness
and motor, featured every aIternooil
of the exposition, and the mammoth
pageant, From Days of Old" was
delightful example of what can be
ACCOMPLISHED by amateur stage1olk
when properly trained. ......-.-..
The fair for 1920 cost great deal
of money to produce, but the money
was carefully and wisely spent, and
IS result the people of Atlanta
and the southeast responded by at
tending the exposition in great
throngs.
The profits realized from admls-
sions and fees of concessionnalres
will be turned into the treasury OF
the fair and used for enlarging and
extending the exposition in 1921.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-10-28
Growers of Wheat
On Strike in West
For Higher Price

KANSAS CITY, Mo, oct; Z mcst
whether farmers of the southwest
are chewing a strike CALI issued re-
Gently 6y the Wheat Growers asso-
citation in the form of a proclamation
calling upon it's members in sexeral
states TO withhold their wheat from
the market until basic price OF %
a bushel was reached could not De
xscertaiaed here tonight.
Reports from some grain Market
centers today attributed decreases IN
the wheat supply received ana an
increase in price to the proclamation.
No widespread curtailment of wheat
offerings was reflected today In the
grain markets of . the southwest,
grain men said.
J. c. Mohler, secretary Of the he Kan an
sas board of agriculture, tonight de.
clared there was no farmers strike
in that state and said that probably
only minority of the grain rowers
Id Kansas would back the movement.
On the other hand, w. H. Nc
Greevy, of Wichita. Kas., secretary
of the Wheat Growers association,
declared the strike" was in effect
and that the farmers are in the fight
to stay.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-10-28
OPPOSITION TO
RAISE IN PHONE
RATES VOICED

The city of Macon. the city of
Eastman, the city of Warrenton, pri-
vate citizens representing subscrib--
ers in numerous other cities and
towns, and subscribers appearing by
letter in a number of others, were
before the railroad commission We'd
nesday morning to oppose the petit
ton of the Southern Bell Telephone
company for a general increase of
rates in all its exchanges in Geor-
gia.
r. c. Turner, city electrician of
Atlanta, moved that the commission
postpone the hearing until December
Is and require the company in the
meanwhile to print and circulate a
schedule showing the exact in
creases proposed. in every exchange,
as was done, he said, by the Louisi-
ana state commission few days
ago. The motion was over-ruled.
Mr.. Turner said he would attend the
hearing and at the proper time
would ask to be allowed to present
certain figures showing a SUBJ
stantial decline in the cost Of cop
per wire, rubber, cotton and other
materials entering into the manu-
facturs of telephone equipment.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-10-28
JUDGE INDICTED;
SAY HE SOLD 200
FAKE DIVORCES

many nN N as 200 Illegal legal separations of
married people, most of whom were
residents of Georgia, were FOUND by
the federal grand jury mere 10
have been brought about by alleged
sale of illegal divorce DEGREES by
Judge J. F, Green, of this CITY,
former city recorder, it became
known today. ~. 49,
Judge Green. who was arrested
October IL. is under bondFon charges
Of using the mails to defraud ana
Of wholesale distribution of forged
divorce DEGREES at the rate of $50
apiece. He was indicted by the fed
era1 grand jury. here late Tuesday,
the indictment. containing five specl-
fic and two general counts.
Judge Green who for more than
ten years was city recorder was APP
prised, it is said, in September that
postal inspectors were Investigate
ing charges against him. He Sc
cured leave from his office, saying
he was going to Stafford Springs
Miss, to regain his health. He
went to Mobile instead. 1t is said.
He returned to this city volun:
tarily over a month ago. Since that
time he has ben confined at his
home with a complication of dis
eases which are said to be serious
He was unable to attend prelim-
mary hearing, and it is thought he
will not recover to face trial which
was set for next May.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-10-28
Americans Killed
In Tanpico Fields,
u. S. Is Notified

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.-Two
American citizens have been killed in
the Tampico oil fields, dispatches to-
day to the state department said.
The Americans are Arthur l.. Mos
ley and Gustave E. Salier Cor Sailer).
The report said the men were killed
yesterday afternoon at Vega de Ota-
ties, near Tampico. No details were
given.
A passport was issued to Arthur
L. Mosley, Of Matagorda, Tex, on Oc-
tober Z, this year, to work in the
Mexican oil fields, the state depart
ment said. laAa - nd
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-10-28
Hunger Strike Of
War Director Does.
Not Release Him

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.-Habeas
corpus proceedings brought here on
behalf of Benjamin Salmon, a con-
scientious director during the war.
who went on hunger strike while
confined at a government hospital,
were dismissed today. Justice Bal
ley held there was no reason to in
terfere with the action of the mill
tary authorities nor the detention of
the prisoner.
Salmon was sentenced to twenty
five years Imprisonment by court
martial on conviction Of refusal to
do military duty during the war.
The sentence was later cut to five
years by reviewing authorities. He
was sent to the hospital for observa-
ton, after which he began his
strike" Hospital physicians told
the court they considered him sane,
and he will be remanded to mill
tary prison to serve the balance of
his term which has three years to
run. .-.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-10-28
Georges Carpenter and
JackDempsey Matched
For Fight Before Iuly |

NEW YORK, Oct 26.-Jack Demp-
sey and Georges Carpenter were
matched here this afternoon for a
fight for the heavyweight champion
ship of the world. The contract will
be formally signed tomorrow.
Under the terms of contract as
agreed upon today, the pugilists will
meet some time between February
l and July 1, 1921. The conditions
stipulate a bout, between ten and If
teen rounds for a record purse and
a percentage of the motion picture
receipts.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-10-28
Nashville Woman Gives
$1,000 to Democrats

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Oct. 20
Matching President Wilson's souO
contribution for each of her two
grandson and doubling it for her
self Mrs. E. w. Cole, prominent
Nashville woman, today contributed
$4,000 to the Democratic national
Campaign fund.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-10-28

| PASSING OF KING ALEXANDER, of Greece
dramatic struggle for the throne expected ExKing Con-
stantne back his old job. An American woman
Mrs Nancy Leeds formerly of New York may become queen
Christopher Greece, is mentioned
(left) British Prince
Prince Charles Of Belgium
Prince Christopher and his American
Wife
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-10-28
Birth Rate Doubles
Death Rate in October

SACRAMENTO.-F every person
who died during October in Sacra-
nento two were born. Seventy
deaths reported to 146 births. Twenty
of the births were to Japanese
parents
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-10-28
English Coal Strike
Nears Finish; Lower
Prices PredictedHere

LONDON, Oct 27.-It was stated
authoritatively. today that negotia,
tions now on at Premier Lloyq
Georges residence are expected 10
end the coal strike. ..,
With the announcement that the
results of the discussions in Down
ing street will be placed before a
meeting of miners delegates, = was
pointed out that Lloyd George had
declared he. would not reopen form
al negotiations unless he was con-
WINGED a settlement was practical
ly certain.
The miners delegates will receive
the report probably tomorrow. That
would permit ending the strike by
ir,ir Nfn116aX
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-10-28
SOFT COAL OPERATORS
EXPECTED TO COOPERATE

CLEVELAND. O., Oct. 27.-At an
open general meeting of approx
mately 1000 bituminous coal opera
tors from all parts of the country,
held here Tuesday. following a
meeting of members of the National
Coal association, it was the judg-
ment of the operators. both associa-
ton members and others, that the
ssft coal operators throughout the
country will cooperate fully and
heartily with Acknowledgement Pal
mer in an effort to reduce coal
prices.
Prices already have dropped in
many places, it was declared. J. L.
Hatfield, of Morgantown, w. Va, a
member of the northern West Vir-
ginia fair practices committee, said
in his district the price had dropped
from $14 to Sc a ton in some in
stances. even in the brokerage mar
ket