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The Washington times., 1920-09-12
BY May Xohe (Lady Francis Hope)
CHAPTER XII.
Continued from Last Sunddy.)

Copyright, 1920. international Feature Service Inc.
T Asst week told how Lorenz Ladue, the beautiful
Parisienne, murdered in Paris by her sweet
~ heart because he discovered her wearing the Hope
Diamond, which had been given her by Prince Ivan Kan
tovski in moment of impassioned impulse My readers
will recall that this tragedy occurred curiousy just
leaving London for Paris in my hunt for Captain
Strong, who had deserted after stealing my jewels
from the safety deposit vault and pawnng them.
Emil Etard the former Apache, who had been raised
from the underworld by Lorenz who loved him and, de-
spite her frvoes, was faithful to him. confronted her
when she returned from evening spent with Prince
Ivan told last week. Enraged by the flashing of the
great diamond the Prince had hung about her neck he
threw the beautiful girl upon her boudor couch and
strangled her with the chain to which the diamond
attached.
Emil disappeared. Lorenz had dismissed her maid
when she returned from her teeaete with the Prince
and her body not discovered until the maid returned
with daybreak.
The authorities found the great gem cleaning the
barred throat of the pulseess body The murderer had
not carried it away
Prince Ivan appeared and claimed his property stat
ing that he had but loaned the diamond to Lorenz their
pact being that If she would listen to his peadngs and
take the place in his affections heretofore held by Rus
sian dancing girl he would allow her to keep the gem
But he sad if she decided night to repulse him. she
to have returned the jewel that the dancing girl in
st. Petersburg might have it, after all.
He told in great detail about this pact and the emo
onal Frenchman easily understands such things. The
authorities returned the gem to him his property.
Fory-eight hours after that morning when the Judge
Of the Examinations returned to him the Hope Diamond
agents Of Russian Nihss sought him out in his bachelor
apartments where despite the tragedy that had befaen
Lorenz he entertaining her to the aures
of the regning Partisan beauty This young was
the charming Anastasie Romano Of the Opera Comique
whose auburn hair and exquisite daintness had long
rsptured Paris.
The Nihst agents waited until the Princes servants
withdrew and left their master and his newest charmer
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Startling History of This Fascinating Stone the Cu That Has
Followed Its Owners for Fourteen Centuries and
the Story of the Ruined Life of May Yohe
ZzSA Who Once Owned It and Wore It,

n oTHNG in history, ncon tho drama parallels he
extraordinary record Of the sinister jewel which, stolen
thousand years ago from jade idol in Burmah
May Yohe with duca palaces lordy estates and prospects Of
q princey eminencs equal, almost to royalty.
previous Sundays has been told this all
this good fortune with i social power and its friendships with
kings queens the dresmake daughter has
told already hotle Mayse the ballad singer to
beroha only little diamond ring for which she had saved
pennies childhood and how when she became
mistress Deep Dene and her noble husband hung
beautiful throat Of the largest and most beautiful
in all the wordhe great Hope Diamond And there has been
told how tragedy sasd close her from that
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omsn-how the dsboua Captain Strong
dsft juggsr Of pretty womsn emotions
the wake Of the famous diamond and ursd great
mistake"
She lost everything and became fugitive from her
unhappnsss.
She joined that long procession Of of the
Diamond oil Of whom to tragic snds-Pncs Brsbun
gave life for Tavsner who stole
pieces favoe the French Louis
heads after they oyed with it, and kings whose empires
wenched from them after they purchased it for their
The Of these have been told past Sundays
dramatic sequence Of evil events with the gripping narrative of
May Yohes life continues.
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Iamlly. 90 WoS teOrge
Clinton, the Colonial Gov
ernor Of our own New York,
and Dewitt Clinton, a
noted early Governor after
the Revolution. General
Clinton used to confine his
American army prisoners
in the old Rhinelander sugar
house. which stood on the
site Of the present home Of
the American Weekly Mag
azine, in which l am now
telling my story.
The Earl Of Lincoln in
1717 married the heiress Of
the Pelhams, Dukes Of New
castle, and soon afterward
obtained the renewal of the
dukedom for himself. The
Pelhams and the Clintons
both took a hand in putting
King William III. on the
throne of England.
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teenth century the Pelham.Clinons belonged to the
famous group Of Wing noblemen that ruled England
and their private correspondence would probably show
how America was lost to England well other
interesting things
In recent times the Newcastles have belonged to a
particularly refined set of the arstocracy. Several of
the family held positions in Queen victoras household
Lord Edward Pelham Clinton Master of the House
hold. Mr.. Gladstone acted trustee for the present
Duke in his minority
The Duke of Newcastle ranks twentieth among the
thirty two dukes Of England Scotland and Ireland That
nearly represents his rank in the entire British
pre- according to the court scheme Of things only
members of the royal family the two archbshops and
certain high officials come ahead of the dukes
The Duke owns $4,000 acres Of land. His principal
seat is Clumber Castle, near Worksop, in Nottingham
shire, very beautiful and stately old place, filed with
old masters wonderful furniture and of all
kinds This is in region sometimes called "the Duke
res because the estates of number of the richest Eng
sh dukes continuously for miles.
There has been house this site known as Clumber
Castle from time mmemoral, but the present building
dates from 1910 1t is classic in style, with delicate
Ionic coonnade running along the whole 'front.' which
faces on lake of hundred The vast grounds
are adorned with beautiful statuary.
One great feature of the gardens is magnificent fonn
tain cut from solid piece of exqusely tinted marble
weighing fifty tons which brought from Italy Clum-
Der is packed from garret to cellar with treasures,
the sevres and Dresden porcelain being unrivaled.
The present Duke has built splendid private chapel
in size.
Another seat of the Duke is Forest Farm in Windsor
Forest: His town residence is Berkeley House. in
Mayfair.
Lord Francis sold the last Of his art treasures from
Deepdene in 1917 for $1,O00O0O These included one
hundred valuable paintings, among them many Dutch
old masters.
The house has been leased to MANY wellknown per-
in the last thirty years, among them Lily Duchess
Of Manchester.
Lord Francis the second Of the seventh duke
and the former Miss Hope The elder son. course was
heir to the dukedom decided by his mother and
father that Francis should the name of Hope
since his mother the last Of the Hope family and in
her the fortune she had received from her father It
intended thus perpeuate the Hope name since of
course it not thought the second ever would be-
the Duke.
While Henry Pelham. Clinton, the elder brother was
still baby dropped him to the floor His spine
was injured and he grew up hunchback. lie was mar
red in 1885, but children have yet made their APP
pearance, it certain long ago that Lord Francis
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fed toward the door in her futile effort to escape.
1t was little than week after these events when
Paris startled to hear that another life had been
added to the startling tragedies which followed close
upon the most arrival Of the gem in Paris. Jacques
Colot who had told last week. purchased the stone
from Frankels, in New York, and who sold it to Prince
Ivan, embarked upon wild revel Of extravagant orgies
with the profits he made from his sale to the Russian
He gathered about him bevy of young women of the
bouevards and some kindred male spirits and fell to
drinking absnthe and champagne in great quantities
When his profits gone and his reves brought to
close the and who had partake of his prod
gay deserted him. Left alone with the fumes of alb
snthe his only salvage from his prosperity, he went
insane and hung himself.
The great diamond sold at public auction that
the proceeds might be used to pay the debts of Prince
Ivan 1t was purchased, some time after arrived in
Paris on my hunt for Captain Strong by Greek eweer
Simon Monthardes who in Paris at the time of the
SALE He paid 900 francs O00 for the blue
There great speculation throughout the world when
the sale announced to the identity of the purchaser
and his for buying the great jewel
is not bought even for investment very often in the
worlds history.
1t was discovered after time that Montharides had
been sent from Greece by agency there to Paris
especially to bid for the diamond. He had brought with
him his wife, beautiful Italian girl and after the dia
mond came into his possession he still remained in the
French capital Many persons Of wealth and distinction,
who missed the opportunity to inspect the diamond while
being sold tried to persuade the Greek to show it.
but he steadfastly refused
Habb, rich merchant OF Teheran, Persia, who long had
been Of the confidential friends Of the Turkish
Sultan Abdul Hamd the real purchaser Of the stone
and that he had sent Monhardes to Paris to buy it for
his imperial MASTER the Sultan.
For many years Sem Habib had been bearer of a
commission from Abdul Hamid to purchase any specially
famous gem that might into the market anywhere
in the world. 1t he who bought for Abdul the
famous Regent Diamond and the equally famous Rose
Diamond both OF which found in the jewel Of
harem favorites when the Sultan was dethroned.
Seim Habib delivered the Hope Diamond to Abdul
personally and thus the sinister gem which had been
closely associated with the ruin that to Louis XVII
the tragedy that befe Marie Antonette and the Princess
l,ambale and that helped the wreckng of my
life passed into the hands Of the Sick Man Of Europe
and began at to work its evil influences il there be
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alone. Th e n
they crept from
behind the dra.
peries and
plunged their
knives into the
Prince s heart
A n a s I a lie
must have tried
10 escape lne
room. Her life
less body, its
flmy draperies
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blood, was found stretched
across the threshold. And
on the floor, not far from
e couch on which Anastasie
ID been reclining when the
IS burst into the room, lay
New-York tribune., 1920-06-02
Advance in Oil Prices
Laid to Strong Demand
Report of Trade Commission
Finds No Combination in
Restraint of Trade

WASHINGTON, June 1.-Recent ad-
vances in the price of gasoline and
other petroleum products were ascribe d
more "to varying conditions of supply
and demand in the light of empha sized
ana an pessimistic statements as to the
u'ure supply than to combination
IN restraint of trade by the Federal
Trade Commission tonight, in re-
port to Congress.
The Commission was unable to saw
whether the prices of the refined prod
ucts were "disproportionate to ad-
VHances in crude oil prices, and likewise
impossible to report on the companies
pfol6s ,6,o TOR Or the current year, though
IN 1919 the profits of many of the
large oil companies. whether producers.
1retners or distributors of oil, we're
large"
Strong demand is the primary cause
of the higher prices, the Commissioned
said adding that conditions in the oil
trade now appear to be greatly i'm
proved with respect to production and
imports
New-York tribune., 1920-06-02

mercs-l aviation il America, demon
strate its feasibility and create bust.
ness for American plants.
He declared his company had found
IT Impossible to buy planes from Amer
lean manufacturers at figure which
would enable it to make a profit. add
Ing that planes which cost $4,000 GOO
to build in Great Britain could be
bought for s1,o0O,00O and delivered
within three months. Enough of the
surplus would be imported, he said
to enable his concern to start opera.
tions, and others would be sold as de-.
mand developed.
Alfred W. Harris, another officer
Of the Transport Company aud for.
mer army aviator, said there is com.
mercial business to be had II ma.
chimes ne; can be obtained cheapIy enough
We had no intention of qoino
abroad for machines until we found ws
could not get them here" said Harris
.! believe 5000 or 1000 good Brit,sb
planes in this country would stimu-
.. In response to questions, Harris said
the planes would cost about So 800 and ID
that they had cost $4,000 to build ''O
New-York tribune., 1920-06-02
'SDevil in Form of Man,
Inspires Hotel Shoting
Missourian Fires at Random in
Lobby and Dining Room
of Ralfifn0re Hostel,.u

BALTIMORE, June 1.-Drawing two
pistols, man giving the name of
Clarence Murphy, of Kansas City, Mo.
terrified guests at the Southern Hotel
to-day, when he fired at random In the
dining room and lobby. A house de-
tective was Slightly wounded.
1t required four policemen to over
power Murphy, and he was 80 badly
beaten In the struggle that it was
necessary to take him to the hospital.
Murphy was at table in the dining
room and took exception to the prox-
unity OF waiter. This appeared to be
the on y provocation for his outbreak.
Later ne said he started shooting be-
cause "there was a devil in the form
Of man walking through the room"
New-York tribune., 1920-06-02
$500 Reward for Small

TORONTO, June 1.-The reward Of
$4,000 offered for information Of Am
brose Small, millionaire theater owner.
who disappeared mysteriously Decem-
ber ,. 1919, has been increased by his
wife to $4,000, 1t was announced to-
day. Mrs. Small Is OF the opinion that
her husband had been widnapped and
is held for ransom, and that the larger
reward may induce the kidnappers to
open negotiations
Small disposed of his theatrical in
New-York tribune., 1920-06-02
Ls Ccard;a Asks Inquiry
Into Hart's Island Deaths
Believes Gross Negligence in
Care of Sick Prisoners
Exists at Hospital

That gross negligence in the care Of
SICK prisoners exists at the prison hos
pita! on Hart's Island, which warrants
thorough investigation, was the opin-
ion expressed by Major La Guardia,
President OF the Board of Aldermen,
yesterday in report to the Mayor.
He told of his examination into the
causes of the deaths of Samuel Raio
sanS Philip Teufer. who are alleged to
have died from alcoholic poisoning
room Of the hospital.
Raio was an epileptic and had an
order for two ounces of potassium bro
mide, to be taken when seized with a
spell. Teufer was an assistant nurse.
He accompanied Raio to the drug room.
1t is alleged that Teufer gave Raio
alcoholic drinks in addition to the
drug: Both men became Ill and, sc-
cording to Major La Guardia's report,
they received little, If any, medical at
tention. He suggested that the bodies
be exhumed to determine the exact
cause of death.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-02
u. S. Seeks to Eliminate
Freak Styles for Women
Would Standardize Garments as
Means of Lowering Cost
of Clothing

CLEVELAND, June THAT the pov.
ernment is seeking the elimination Of
extreme and freak styles In women's
wearing apparel as a means Of lower
ing the cost of clothing was revealed
to-day by ]. G. Weatherly, Of Washine-
ton, special assistant of Attorney Gen
eral Palmer, in conference here with
President Morris A. Black and mem
bers OF the Cleveland Garment Manu.
facturers' Association.
Mr.. Weatherly, in direct charge of
all fair price commissions in the coun-
try' gave emphasis to this point, stat
ing that the discontinuance of eytron,a
and freak styles would be as great a
factor as any other in reducing the
cost Of women's garments Weatherlv
is to place style standardization before
garment manufacturers in other PARTS
OF the country, and requested the CO.
operation OF Cleveland manufacturers
New-York tribune., 1920-06-02
Baker Orders Decorations
For Distinguished Service

'ro"s The T-tb1ne's Warrington Bureau
, WASHINGTON, June 1.-Secretary
oaker to-day authorized the decoration
o. organization colors and standards
when unit has been cited for dis
uhguished service in action against the
enemy.
Inc order entities each officer and
nan OF the unit TO wear silver star
on each coat cuff in cases Of one cita-
s.oA. An additional silver star is pro-
s.oed tor the second citation, while a
goa star !s authorized for the third
.:;;a.ion. For four citations. gold and
s.iTer star may be worn.
An order citing brigade or higher
I'M wiI entitle all OF the independent
SSseanizations comprising it to the same
eeeoration.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-02
Nonpaz6ssn Program
Upheld by Supreme Court
North Dakota Bond Issues for
Bank, Mills and Elevators
Declared Constitutional

WASHINGTON, Jun 1.-The Supreme
Court to-day refused TO interfere with
decisions of the North Dakota Supreme
Court declaring constitutional a series
OF state constitutional amendments and
STATUTES statutes to carry into effect an In
oustrial program in North Dakota and
permitting state bond issues 70 fnanc.
the enterprises. A'~
:. .sI The acts involved were those estab-
hshing state industrial commission
state bank capitalized at 81 o0o cor,
and operated under the commission's
supervision; a milling and elevator
sS,soeiat'on g; and home building asso-
cation. Another statute provided for
slo,ooo,ooo revolving fund from which
loans could be- made by the bank on
The statutes were attacked IN two
separate proceedings instituted bv ta..
payers to enjoin state officials from en-
roacing them The North Dakota Su-
acts constitutional s"e
New-York tribune., 1920-06-02
Decth Note Found
In Hotel Mystery
Letter Demanding $1,000
Discovered in Pocket
OF Alleged Burglar

Just as the detectives thought they
had all OF the mystery eliminated from
the case Of the handsome stranger in
the Hotel Endicott some one sesrched
the pockets Of the man, then under ar.
rest Since then Bernard Devaney and
Joseph Maloney, the detectives. have
oeen wandering about muttering tnco-
herently to themselves.
Several persons told the detective. Of
tho well-dressed stranger who had been
seen stealing about the corridors of the
Motel. They searched and searched for
him, and eventually, they say, captured
hlm in the managers suite, where they
alIege he was packing up valuables be-
Tore making a getaway. The prisoner
SAD ne was Harry G. Kruck of 112
to the West Sixty-eighth Street Sta
tion. charged with burglary.
There the solved mystery RAPIDLY nm
solved itself. In a pocket the following
mssive was found:
Mr.. Harry G. Kruck, your life is
in danger. If you do not follow these
instructions you will be shot in the
back on or about the night of June /.
1920: On May 81 you will take So. 500
to the west gate of Central Park at
fltty-ninth Street. You will be an
preached by man wearing a gray cap
and a blue serge suit. He will give
you the password, which is BE frank
You will then hand him the money and
walk away. Do not look back. as YOU
will be closely watched and the SLIGHT
est suspicious move you make will he
bumped off. Do not tell a soul. or no..
tlfy the police. because if you do vou
vii! be knocked off Immediately.
Take close heed to this warming and
comply with our wishes, on penalty of
YOUR death with a gun. Yours respect-
iully, THE TERRIBLE TEN.
P. S.-Be at the gate at u O'Clock
Further than to say that the message
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Army Chiefs
Favor Ban ON
British Planes
Col. Gilmore, U. S. Chief
of Supply, Says Dumping
of Surplus Would Kill
the Industry in America
Menoher Also for Barrier
Other Aero Enthusiasts and
Manufacturers Oppose
Bill to Prevent Imports

From Tho Tr<bune's Warrington Bvrsov
WASHINGTON, June 1.-Major Gen
eral Charles T. Menoher, director Of
the air service, to-, the House Ways
and Means Committee to-day that he
believes the sale of large number of
surplus British airplanes in this coun-
try would jeopardize the American air
plane manufacturing industry. The
committee was investigating the de-
STABILITY Of enacting an anti ti-dumping
law to keep the British machines off
the market. General Menoher added
that the army was without bombing
and pursuit planes in sufficient num-
bers.
Colonel ". T. Gilmore, chief of sup
ply IN the air service, was even more
emphatic in opposing the project to
sell British machines here.
"ff we bring in 5000 planes and thou
sands of motors we will paralyze Amer
ican industry" said Gilmore. THE
planes would be imported at prices
American manufacturers could not
meet. The American industry cannot
live on the small ORDERS from the War
Department. If the British machines
come in it will be only the beginning
They will go on year after year con
trolling our industry. About 90 per
cent of the American manufacturers
are down and out now, and the others
are struggling along on small orders'
Experts Disagree Sharply
Testimony of the army officers and
of manufacturers who agreed with
them was disputed by officials Of the
Aero Transport Corporation, Of Cleve-
land. which has an option on half the
British surplus.
w. L. Bracket. one of the vice-presi-
dents. asserted the importation of the
British machines would stimulate COM
New-York tribune., 1920-06-02
Lured From Room, Then
Beaten, Says Robertson
Doctor, Testifying in Own De-
fense in Divorce Action,
Tells Of Affsck

DR.. Joseph A. Robertson, house
physician of the Hotel Albermarle.
testified in his defense in the Supreme
Court Yesterday where Mrs. Sarah l..
Robertson is suing for divorce.
The physician told of telephone
call that came to his apartment earlv
one morning, from someone who said
his services were required at once in
another apartment of the hotel. He
opened his door and was set upon bv
several men waiting in the hall. Rob
ertson said they treated him roughly,
one hitting him on the head with what
he believed was a blackjack.
Miss Maud Davis, nurse, who is
named as spondcnt by Mrs. Rob
ertson. was in the physicians apart
ment at the time. Miss Davis will
testify to-day.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-02
Autos Kill 45 i'm CITY in Nav

ror'y-hVe persons were killed by au-
five by ,rolleys and three
by wagons in the streets Of New York
IN May. according to the report Of the
National Protective Society, isued yes.
terday In the same period automo-
biles caused forty-scven deaths and
trolleys and wagons none in New
ork State, outside of New York CITY.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-02
supreme Court Upholds Tax
On COrnoration,s GtocL

nnASHlNGTON, June NORTH
tsso's Supreme Court decrees hold
..s eoroorat lons. chartered within the
ssS,e' ort located elsewhere, 10 be
tD.ec. % state tax upon the value
@eir capltai stock were upheld to-
" tne Supreme Court in deciding
,spea4s from jpdgn ents for $4,000
ssp'eesen.ing taxes imposed againa.
s-s cream u Wheat Company.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-02

terests for sl.75o.ooo and had received
check for sl,o00.0oO. which he de-
posted in bank the afternoon of
his disappearance.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-26

Mr.. Hodge the actor possesses ease
in such abundance that it is a pity he
cannot make over little of it to Mr..
Hodge the playwright.