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Evening star., 1921-08-14

giving him until noon today to make
a statement" continued Malcolm
Sage, otherwise 1 should have to
take steps to save the man con-
demned."
Then after a short pause he con-
tinued. "In Sir Jasper Chambers you
have an illustration of the small
ness of a great mind. He has de-
voted his vast wealth to philanthropy.
yet he was willing to allow another
And this. 1 take it," said Sir John
Dene, "is his reply" and he handed
letter across 10 Malcolm Sage.
Read it out" he said.
Malcolm Sage glanced swiftly
through the pages and then read:
Ny Dear Dene:
BY the time you receive this letter
I shall be dead. l have just received
a letter from Mr.. Malcolm Sage.
which shows him to be a man of re-
of powers of analysis and deduction
that i venture to think must be
unique. All he says is correct. but
for one detail. / left the laboratory
crate intention of returning, although
I did not realize the significance of
the manuscript until after / had
tampered with the fastenings of the
doors. Had my servants found that
my bed had not been slept in. sus-
picion might have attached itself to
me. / therefore returned to remedy
| this, and / left a note to say that j
! had gone out early for long walk.
a thing / frequently do.
| In his experiments McMurray had
succeeded beyond his widest imagin-
| ings. and ] foresaw the horrors that
| must inevitably follow such a dis
covery as mis-. I had to choose be-
| tween myself and the welfare of the
race, and i chose the race.
I did not come forward to save
the man condemned for the crime.
as ! regarded my life of more value
| to the community than his.
Will you thank Mr.. Sage for the
very gentle and humane way In
which he had written calling upon
| me to see that justice be not out
ragged.
1 am sending this letter by hand.
My body will be found in my study.
III have used morphia as a means of
satisfying justice.
Very sincerely yours.
| JASPER CHAMBERS.
"It was strange / should have made
| that mistake about the reason for his
| leaving the laboratory" said Malcolm
Sage meditatively. II made two mis-
| takes-one l corrected, but the other
was objectionable"
And he knocked the ashes from his
pipe onto the copper tray before him
| with the air of man who is far
| from satisfied.
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door had been burs open from with
out He then left the place and, to
suggest robbery as a motive for the
crime, he took with him the profess
sor's gold watch, which he threw
away. This was found u few hours
later by the tramp whom you, Car
fon, want to hang for a crime of
which he knows nothing
Il suspect" continued Malcolm Sage
"that after he had left the labora-
tory Sir Jasper suddenly realized that
the professor had probably recorded
in his book all his processes. He re-
turned. discovered the manuscript
and was for hours absorbed in it. at
first smoking continuously. later toe
interested in his task to think of his
pipe. 1t must be remembered that
he had studied medicine
Il rather think that he was aroused
from his preoccupation by the ringing
of the bell announcing the arrival
of the professors breakfast. He then
realized that he could not leave the
place until nightfall. He therefore
ate that meal. carefully avoiding the
marmalade, which he d'sliked, and
subsequently he consumed the lunch
con and dinner passed through the
wicket. He burned the manuscript
tearing up letters and throwing them
into the waste-paper basket to give
the appearance of Prof. McMurray
having had .clearing-up. He then
destroyed all the test tubes he could
find. Finally he left the laboratory
late Wednesday night or early Thurs.
day morning."
But how did you find out all this p
It was Sir John Dene who spoke.
First of all. Sir Jasper and the
murderer smoke the same tobacco
'Ormonde Mixture I verified that by
picking Inspector Cartons pocket
Taking tobacco pouch from z
drawer. Malcolm Sage handed it across
the table. You will remember Sii
Jasper lent me his pouch. 1 ha6
picked up some tobacco on the floor
and on the hearth.
Secondly. the murderer was left.
handed. and SO is Sir Jasper
Thirdly. the murderer does not ca,
marmalade, and Sir Jasper had the
same distaste."
But how" began the inspector
Il telephoned to his housekeeper in
the name of the local grocer and
asked II it would be Sir Jasper who
had ordered some marmalade. as ar
assistant could not remember the
gentleman's name. That grocer.
suspect. got into trouble, as the
housekeeper seemed to expect him to
know that Sir Jasper disliked mar
malade.
"A S Sir Jasper did not come for.
- ward l wrote to him yesterday
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to regard as infallibie, only to be told
that there was no news.
Suddenly the whole affair fiared up
anew, and Fleet street once more de-
of Prof. James McMurray.
A brief announcement that a man
Of the vagrant class had been ar
rested in London whilst endeavoring
to sell a gold watch believed to be
that Of Prof. McMurray. was the
identified and the man charged with
the murder. He protested his inno-
cCnce, saying that he had picked up
the watch by the roadside. just out
side Gorling, nearly a month before.
There were bloodstains upon his
ing he had been fighting with another
man who had made his nose bleed
Two weeks later he was found
guilty at the assizes and sentenced to
death.
Then it was that Malcolm Sage
had written to Inspector. Carton
curtly asking him to call at II o'clock
on the following day.
| Punctually at II on the following
morning the inspector called at the
Malcolm Sage Bureau.
Sorry. Mr.. Sage" he said, as he
entered Malcolm Sage's room. I've
Deen SO FuSleu tnat haven't Deen
able to get round.
That's his tobacco box" said In
! spector Carton.
Opening it, and after a swift glance
at the contents, Malcolm Sage raised
it to his nose: Cigarette ends" he
remarked.
"And that's his pipe" The in
srector laid on the table q black clay
pipe, with some two inches of stem
attached to the bowl.
Malcolm Sage scarcely glanced at
it. Pulling out a drawer he produced
small cardboard box. which he
opened and pushed toward the in
spector.
+ \ X y -
nT~HAT is the tobacco smoked by
the murderer. The makers are
prepared to swear to it."
where the deuce did you get it?"
gasped the inspector.
"Grain by grain from the linoleum
in the laboratory" replied Malcolm
Sage. THAT is why it was necessary
to be sure it was swept each day. 1t
also helped me to establish the man
as middle or upper class. This tobac-
CO Is expensive. What liz the man like
who has been condemned?"
"A regular wandering Willie" re-
piled the inspector. "Oldish chap.
gives his age as sixty-one.' Five foot
three and a half, thin as rake.
twenty-nine- Inch chest. Misera BILE
Evening star., 1921-08-14
By Herbert jenkins.

II was particularly struck with this pas
sage" he remarked:
1T is impossible to exaggerate the
extreme delicacy Of the machinery OF
modern civilization he read. Indus
trialism. the food supply, existence itself
ere dependent upon. the death rate: Re-
duce this materially and 1t will in
evitably lead to an upheaval of very
grave nature. For instance, it would
mean an addition of something like a
million to the population of the United
Kingdom each year, over and above
those provided for by the normal excess
of births over deaths, and it would be
wears before nature could readjust hel
balances.'"
Il think" he said presently. with
the air of a man carefully weighing
His words. that McMurray was in
clined to underestimate the extreme
dclicacy of the machinery of modern
civilization. 1 recall his saying tiat
the arguments in that article would
Evening star., 1921-08-14
The McMurray Mystery
Malcolm Sage. Detective, Has Another
Thrilling Adventure.

of the body?" inquired Malcolm Sage:
-" hadn't a photographer handy.
said the inspector apologetically. as
he closed the door behind him; but
I managed to get man to photo
graph the wound"
put yourself in the position of the
body" said Malcolm Sage.
The inspector walked to the CEN
ter of the room, near highly pol
ished table, dropped on to the floor
and, after a moments pause. turned
and lay on his left side, with right
arm outstretched.
THAT will do. Carton" said NAL
colin Sage, as he walked over to the
fireplace and. dropping on one knee
carefully examined the ashes. touch
ing them here and there with the
poker.
He picked up something that gilt
tered and held it out to the inspector.
who scrambled to his feet, and stood
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-10

ALI the news all the time-Ths
Argus.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-10
ALPHA
Especial correspondence.)

Alpha, ILL.,, Aug. 10. - Mr.. and
Mrs. Charlie Rutherford and chill
dren of Joy, were Sunday visitors
with Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Forster.
Mr.. and Mrs George Kelly enter
tanned at dinner the following:
Mrs. Mary Kaline and son Ralph,
and daughters Ruth and Leone of
New Windsor; Eddie Kaline of
Bushnell, and Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
Taylor and daughter of Chicago.
DR.. C. T. Shearer and Harold
Writ were New Boston visitors Fri
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Forster enter
tanned the following at Crescent
Lake Sunday: Mr., and Mrs. Char
lie Rutherford and children of JOY;
Mr.. and Mrs Virgil Baer and Mr..
and Mrs. J. B. Vance Of New Bos-
ton; Mr.. and Mrs. Marion Vance
and Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Vance and
daughter of Aledo; Mr.. and Mrs.
Roy Vance aud children of Preemp-
ton and Mr. Bruner of Muscatine
Mr.. and Mrs. George Bolton and
daughter Evelyn and nephew David
Hammel were New Boston visitors
Sunday. They spent the day with
Joe Reeseman
Mr.. and Mrs Earl Stanley spent
a day in Galesburg with Mrs. w. c.
Cole at the st, Mary's hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie Frenell OF
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-10
old SETTLERS
PLAN MEETING
Rock Island County Association
VIII Hold Annual Picnic This
Month.

The executive committee of the
Rock Island County Old Settlers
association will make arrangements
for its annual meeting and outing
Friday evening at the State Bank
building. Committees will be
named to arrange for the speakers,
election of officers, program, and
refreshments.
The outing will be held at the
Watch Tower, where it was held
last year. The gold headed cane
which passes from president to
president each year, will be present
ed to the new head of the associa-
ton at the annual meeting. Present
officers of the association are:
President - Thomas Bollman,
Rock Island.
Vice presidents-Mrs. Emma M.
Arcularius, Hampton; Arthur L.
Mead, Port Byron; Miss Mollie Nc
Entry, Moline; George NJ. Lukens,
South Rock Island, and Daniel
Montgomery, Rock Island.
Secretary-D. ]. Cleland, Rock Is
land.
Executive committee Mitch
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-10
WELCOME SIGNS
! AT APPROACHES
Commissioner Fitzsimmons Greets
Autoists but Advises Them
to Drive Carefully.

Commissioner William H. Fitz-
simmons, in charge of the depart
ment of public health and safety, is
not only interested in street signs
and zones to control auto traffic.
a1t has had large signs painted
md placed at me most important
annroaches 10 the city, welcoming
a,Ioists to Rock Island. The signs
ave not only welcome signs, but adj
monish autoists to drive, carefully.
'Tals. the commissioner believes,
will serve to reduce the number of
rests OF strangers who come 10
Rock Island
the new signs read: Rock Is
land welcomes you. Drive care
rney are four feet long by 80
,rcbes in width. The lettering lis
in black against a white back
ground. Signs have been placed
At the following principal ap-
nroaches to the city:
AT the bridge, Third avenue and
Twenty-fourth street; at Fifth ave-
nue and Forty-sixth street, at Sew
pntQ avenue anu oi4SCtt
at Eighteenth avenue and Forty
SIXTH street and at the junction of
Ninth and Twelfth streets at Forty
eighth avenue.
commissioner Fitzsimmons has
hetween 800 and 400 ranking and
parking signs up. The steel plates
were cut out by Rock Island COM
pany, and the painting and letter
ing was done by city employees.
Get Patent Zone Marker.
The commissioner has ordered a
patent street zone marker and when
il arrives zone lines on the streets
will be renewed often, making the
lines easily visible by night as well
as during the day. One workman
will be able to do as much work
with the marker as three or four
men working with paint brushes.
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PROPERTY HOLDERS NOTICE.
Enn No ~

Notice is hereby given to all per-
sons interested that the Council OF
the City of Rock Island, Illinois,
having ordered the construction OF
cement sidewalks on Twentieth and
Fifteenth avenues, etc, and the
ordir ance for the same being on
file in the office of the City Clerk of
said City, and said City having APP
piled to the County Court of Rock
Island County, Illinois, for an as
sessment of the cost of said i'm
provement according to frontage,
said assessment being payable in
three installments each bearing in
terest at the rate of 8 per cent per
annum, and an assessment therefor
having been made and returned to
said Court, the hearing thereon will
be had on the 10th day of August,
A. D., 1921, at the hour of o'clock
a. m, or as soon thereafter as the
business of the Court will permit.
All persons desiring may file OBJ
jections in said Court before said
day and may APPEAR on the hearing
and make their defense.
Dated at Rock Island, Illinois,
Aug. 2, 1921.
FRANK WESTBAY,
Officer appointed to make assess
ment-
All the news all the time-The
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ANDALUSIA
(Special Correspondence.l

Andalusia. H.. Aug. 1e.-Mrs.
Dave Stickman and daughter Myr-
tie and Mr.. and Mrs. Grant Stick
man and baby OF Muscatine have
been visiting relatives here since
last Thursday.
John Brftton has returned from
his trip to Montana Ruel Roth.
who went at the same time. decided
to remain there for several months.
Mrs. E. " Ramser returned to
her home in Rock Island Sunday
after several days visit st the
home of Mrs. Charles Huntley.
Miss Bessie Fret OF Davenport
visited from Friday until Monday
at the home of her mother, Mrs
Rosa Fret.
Albert Beaumont OF Pleasant
Prairie, Iowa, visited the weekend
at the home of his parents. MIR. and
Mrs. Beaumont.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. E. Buffum and
son Dudley and Miss Katherine
Britton of Rock Island visited Sun
day at the home OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Huntley. Mr. Buffum just
returned from four weeks auto
trip through Wisconsin and Mime
sofa
Clarence Smith OF Detroit, Mich,
came Sunday for a short visit at
the home OF his mother, Mrs. Su-
san Smith.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-10
FARMERS QUARREL
OVER COWS ENDED
BY COURT ADVICE

william Ferry and Fred 1ckes,
farmers living south of Moline,
we're dismissed by Magistrate D.
J. Cleland in police court this
morning on charges of allowing
cattle to run at large, after they
promised Edward L. Eagle, assist
ant states attorney, that they
would no longer pasture their cows
in the highway leading by a small
truck farm owned by Mrs. Isabelle
Titus.
The defendants claimed that their
cattle had been herded, but COM
plant was that the herding was
done by boys, and the cattle often
left to roam at will.
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Barstow. visited Sunday at the Pete
Frenell home here.
Miss Marguerite Barker Of the
Moline hospital, visited over the
week end at the William Snyder
home here
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Wilson and
son Robert of Rio visited at the FL
mer Wilson home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Samueison of
Galesburg, spent Sunday with Mrs.
Fosberg and family Miss Lillian,
who has spent the last week here,
returned home with them.
Mrs. P. ]. Wendell spent day in
Galesburg. Mr.. Wendell will have
an operation this week
Mrs. Peter Nelson accompanied
her daughter, Mrs Lindgren OF Or
ion to the Lutheran hospital at Mo-
line Sunday. Monday morning she
submitted to an operation at that
place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Taylor Linn and
Juanita motored to Oreida Sunday
and visited with Mr.. and Mrs Ed
Junk. They also attended chau-
tauqua.
Verne Nelson of Camp Grant
spent the weekend at the Pete Mel
son home.
! Mr.. and Mrs. Harrison Linn and
daughter of Rock Island motored TO
Alpha Sunday.
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visit relatives at Montezuma and
vicinity.
John Campbell accompanied his
aunt, Mrs. Matte Simpson, of Di-
agonal, Iowa, and cousin, Worth
Hight, of Alexis, to Diagonal, Iowa,
where they will spend short time
at the home of Mrs. Simpson, after
which Mr.. Campbell and Mr.. Hight
will go to White City, Kan, for Is
days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Zahn are ex-
pected home from Des Moines this
week, where they have been spend
ing two weeks at the home of Mr..
Zahn's sister, Mrs. l. McNulty.
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All the news all the time-The
Argus.
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MILAN
Especial Correspondence.

Especial Correspondence
Milan, I'LL, Aug. 10-Mrs. Mary
Toenges will return today froGl
Dayton, Ohio, where she has been
since last Friday, owing to the
death of a brother-in-law. Mrs.
Toenges also visited a day in Chi
cago with her sister, Miss TillIe
Peterson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wood Long of
Bowling and daughter, Mrs. Merle
Nader, and husband. of Marston,
ILL.,, will leave Thursday for a mo-
tor trip through Iowa. They will
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-10
LARGEST SHIP IN UNITED STATES SERVICE
MAKES FIRST TRIP AS MAIL CARRIER

The o. s. s. George Washington,
the biggest ship. under q. S. regis
Try, recently made it's first trip in
the U. s. mail service. The ship left
Hoboken, n. J., for Plymouth and
Cherbourg- The boat formerly was
owned by the North German Lloyd
line. Two hundred members of the
American Legion were passengers
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on the boats initial trip in the gov
eminent service.
The George Washington Is the
snip which carried President Will
son to and from the peace confer
ence in Paris. 1t was reftted at
that time to afford the president and
his party with luxurious accommo-
dations.
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The Misses Mamie and Opie
Campbell are visiting with relatives
at Monmouth.
A gang of II men have started to
work painting the c., r. 1. & ?.
railroad bridges over Rock river.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roland Haines of
Moline visited with friends in Mi
Ian Tuesday evening.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-10

Earth procured from certain
mines in Colorado has been found
excellent for exterminating bee
ties.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-10

For Steamship Tickets
Call r. ]. Carlile, c. M. St P.
ticket office.
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! el. ]. W. WEIGH, II. ]. Hauberg. NJ.
]. McEBiry and C. H. Dibbern-
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Jews and Quakers are said to be
more subject to color-blindness than
people of other religions.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-23

mains OF our hero dead. the worcs
Of the poet came to my mind: They
arc gathering home from the for
eign land. one by one" 4 short
distance away stands the mast OF
the battleship Maine.
While standing in the beautiful
memorial amphitheater the thought
came that here in this building was
to be inferred the remains Of an
unidentified American soldier. Now
that soldier may have been born
and raised on the soil that produced
such heroes as Robert T.. Lee, Stone
wall Jackson, Barnard +. Bee ana n
host of other men whose names are.
as a distinguished member of the
Presidents Cabinet said in a tribute
to the heroic dead of the civil war.
on May 80. a heritage OF pride.
They were Americans, too. and
our own people" So should il not
be a nice expression OF sentiment
to have inscribed on the tablet in
the amphitheater the names Of the
honored leaders OF our beautiful
Southland. The magnanimous Grant
no doubt would say yes" II he were
here today.
At Appomattox the men Of the
two armies mingled and the men Of
the North shared their food with
their countrymen from the South.
The martyred President Mckinley
was the first TO suggest that the
nation preserve and decorate the
-raves of the men who wore tIe
grey. And let us hope that Con-
,:re>s will have the names Of the
South's great leaders placed on the
tablets before Armisti"c Day: a
happy realization of the fact than
The Union still lives" and. in the
ohliteratin of sectional lines.
grows more perfect" from year to
year VIM. J. CAREY.
4 Union Soldier.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-23
Their Doom Sealed.

TINE Joint army and navy board in its report
on the bombing tests at sea of the Virginia
coast finds that the capital ship is still a naval
necessity. 1t is, but all the probabilities are that
it will not be at the end of the life OF those now
building These tests were military challenge to
the navy they were promoted by the army. They
were accepted by the navy only under rules made by
it and none too favorable to Naturally and
rightly, the navy clngs to the capital ship and to
discard them now would be Jolly.
But the time is near when their usefulness for
coast defense or offensive will be gone. In fact this
last proved them no match for coast defenses.
The air bomb will only clnch the argument But
the bomb will do than this. 1t will be an
agency OF attack far out at sea and 1t will protect
not only as an auxiliary OF the coast guns but the
greater extent of otherwise unprotected coast line
The airplanc is mobile which the land battery is
not.
Unless the battleship be made invunerabe
to the largest bomb. to any which may be de-
velopcd its day is coming to close Nor is the
high explosive bomb the only offensive weapon the
airplane can carry They may find poison gas, or
shrapnel to be effective in offense under many con-
dtons. In fact their offensive development has
Just begun. The limit which it may be carried
is the adaptability OF all known death missiles and
new discoveries. Against them is but the perfected
air-raHge gun with its present limitations and
paucity OF registered hltS 10 overcome.
What the air bombing tests proved are that
no known battleship can withstand the ton explo-
sive bomb that hostile ships be located even
singly and that there is already fair accuracy in
discharge at target, as accurate as the average
of naval heavy guns. The rest is process OF de-
velopmcnt a cost much less than that OF capi-
tai ships to be most attractive feature.
To the novice on the sidelines it would seem
that the capital ship would probably give way to
the swift airplane carrier for coast attack. Speed
with but a minimum OF protection beyond the
planes carried, may be the distinctive feature OF
such vessels. Offense in war, both and land
is in every sense, "in the air. and naval disarma-
ment agreements, to the present type of navies
do little to prevent unless the causes leading
to war arc removed.