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Middletown transcript., 1921-09-10


sprang back. Standing in the door-
way was Hugh Drummond, and MS
face was grim and merciless.
"You sent for your chauffeur, Henry
Lakington," he remarked quietly. 4
am here"
"What do you mean?" muttered
Lakington thickly.
Il drove you back. from Laidley
Towers tonight" said Hugh with
slight smile. "The proper man vas
foolish and had to be killed." He ad-
vanced a few steps into the room, and
the other shrank back. "You look
frightened, Henry. Can 1t be that
the young swines wits are, after all,
better than yours?"
"What do you want?" gasped LAX
ington, through dry. lips.
Il want you, Henry-just you.
Hitherto you've always used gangs OF
your ruffians against me. Now my
gang occupies this house. But I'm
not going to use them. It's going to
be just-you and l. Stand up, Henry
stand up-as I have always stood up
to you" He crossed the room ana
stood in front of the covering man.
"Take half-take half" he screamed.
1--WE got treasure-I've -.
And Drummond hit him fearful
blow on the mouth.
"I shall take all, Henry, to return to
their rightful owners. Boys'-he
raised his voice-"carry out these
other two, and undo them
The four masked men came in, and
carried out the two chairs.
"The intimidated rabbit, Henry, ane
the kindly gentleman you put to guaro
Miss Benton" he remarked as the
door closed. $50 now we may regarc
ourselves as being alone. Just you
and 1. And one of us, Lakington-
you devil in human form-is going In
to that BATH"
"But the bath means DEATH
shrieked Lakington-"death in agony
"That will be unfortunate for tht
one who goes in" said Drummond
taking a step toward him.
"You would murder me?' half sobbet
the terrified man.
"No, Lakington; I'm not going tt
murder you" A CLEAN of hope came
into the others eyes. "But I'm goinl
to fight you in order to decide whicl
Of us two ceases to adorn the earth
that is, if your diagnosis Of the con
tents Of the bath is correct. Wha
little gleam Of pity I might have pos
sessed for you has been completely eX
tinguished by your present exhibition
of nauseating cowardice. Fight. yo'
worm, fight; or I'll throw you in!'
And Lakington fought. The sudde1
complete turning of the tables had TO
the moment destroyed his nerve; now
at Drummond's words, he recovere'
himself. There was no mercy on tn
soldiers face, and in his inmost hear
Lakington knew that the end had come
For strong and wiry though he was
he was no match for the other
Relentlessly he felt himself bein
forced toward the deadly liquid he ha
prepared for Drummond, and as tn
irony of the thing struck him, tn
: sweat broke out on his forehead an
he cursed aloud. At last he backed II
to the edge of the bath and his strus
giles redoubled. But still there was n
!: mercy on the soldiers face, and h
felt himself being forced farther an
) farther over the liquid until he wa
| only held from falling into 1t by Drum
monds grip on his throat.
Then, just before the grip relaxe
r and he went under, the soldier spok
z once:
f Henry Lakington," he said, 9Th
, retribution is just"
= Drummond sprang back, and tn
liquid closed over the wretched man
head. But only for second. Wit
1 a dreadful cry Lakington leaped on
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Ribbon Worn on Wrists.

A narrow piece Of black velvet
ribbon worn about both wrists tied
in diminutive bows is considered quite
chic in Paris. They say it must be
worn with the empire taffeta frock
now so much In fayor-to keep In the
picture, so to speak.
Middletown transcript., 1921-09-10

and even Drummond felt momentary
qualm Of pity. For the criminals s
clothes were already burnt through to
the skin, and his .face-or what was
left of it-was shining copper color
Mad with agony, he dashed to the door,
and flung it open. The four men out
side, aghast at the spectacle, recoiled
and let him through. And the kindly
mercy which Lakington had never
shown to any one in his life was
given to him at the last.
Blindly he groped his way up the
stairs, and as Drummond got to the
door the end came. Some one must
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THREE.

Drummond, hunched low over the
wheel, in his endeavor to conceal his
identity from the man behind, knew
nothing Of that at the time. And LAX
ington was far too busy to bother
with the chauffeur.
One snarling curse as they had
started, for not having done as he had
been told, was the total Of their con-
versation during the trip. During the
rest Of the time the transformation
TO the normal kept Lakington busy, and
Hugh could see him reflected in the
wind-screen removing the makeup
from his face, and changing his
clothes.
Even now he was not quite cleal
how the trick had been worked. That
there had been two cabinets, that was
clear-one false, the other the rea'
one, That they had been changed al
the crucial moment by the girl Irms
was also obvious. But how had the
pearls disappeared in the first case
and then apparently reappeared again
For one thing he was quite certain
Whatever was inside the parcel o.
gold and silver tissue which, for al
he knew, they might be still staring
at, it was not the historic necklace
And he was still puzzling it over il
his mind when the car swung into tn,
drive at The Elms.
"Change the wheels as usual,
snapped Lakington as he got out, ant
Hugh bent forward to conceal his face
"Then report to me in the centra
room."
And out of the corner of his ey
Hugh watched him enter the hous
with the Chinese cabinet clasped fl
his hand.
"Toby," he remarked to that worthy
whom he found mournfully eating
ham sandwich in the garage, Let
go on the roof"
Silently they both climbed the lac
der which had been placed in read
ness, to find Peter Darrell and th
American detective already in pos
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-05-27

the other day At the tir,5 Arnold
Dnly left the cast and new msu was
try ing out the role Of tbs vsgsbond.
Grorge announced to ;he W rld In gem
stal as we'll as TO ull sspirisk actors
thtt he himself coui1. 4 he were 50
minded, play the vaKaoond better than
any. actor on the sta-.5 at tho present
t-ne. For the most par. n one rose
to dispute him altnoIsh there were a
few who murmured. Wei then. why
don't you try it," So noy he's trying Il
and there may be said . be evidence OF
considerable justification OF his self
confidence It's Cohanesque role, In
a good many ways, any way, and the
whimsy of the burlesqued melodrama is
degree or so more whimsical since
George stepped into the most interest
Ing part
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-05-27
THE TIMES

York hAberdAsher clerk will be soothing
balm. customer yalked into the shop
the other day to buy his favorite brand
OF collar. what's the price OF Il to-
day." he asked twenty-five cents"
replied the clerk Il can beat that
price by a nickel" declared the custo-
mer. who happened to be bargain hunt
! er Of the intense variety. even though
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-05-27

he IL a man. And he turned to walk
away. Wait a minute" called tho
clerk. Since you aren't going to buy
here anyway, I'll tell you where you can
beat my price by seven and q half cents
It's risht around tho conner. bargain
Sale. I'm going in there myself on
tho way home
LUCY JEANNE PRICE
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-05-27

George NJ. Cohan's defy to the theatri-
cal world served in good stead when his
play, Tine Tavern" returned u town
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-05-27

To one who longs for the good old
days when competition didn't run so
rife, this perfectly true story OF a New
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-05-27

New York, May 27,-It looked like a
nice. round drift log. and Margaret
George OF Staten Island. waded out IN
to the water. got hold OF II and began
dragging Il In. To her astonfshment.
and she Is not a temperamental girl,
either-it appeared to move. She poked
it 20 satisfy herself that she was mis-
taken and the log definitely rolled itself
ser. Margaret raced away .hen.
frightened, 10 tell her brothers what she
had seen. or course they laughed at
her, at first. after the manner Of the
scoHing male, but finally went back with
her to the spot: and the discovery was
mads that It was not log at all but a
fuII-grown sea-lion- There was a deep
cut across its head as II IL had been hit
oy a motor boat propeller. and shortly
;'ffer II avs pulled out of the water-
but not by Mar garrett died from the
injury, and 10 now on proud exhibition
a. the staten Islanud Boat Club
Anyone who knows Gustav Frohmau.
brother Of the late Charles and Daniel
F'rohmAn. can understand how the fam
!ly accomplished all that It did. He is
- years old now and. presumably. IS
not quite so active as IN his youth.
However. a friend OF mine who is get
ting up a soldiers benefit TO be held in
New Rochelle just is miles from Man
haitian. was 10 meet him at a patron
ess home in that suburb the other day
at eleven in the morning. She arrived
to ind him ahead Of her Yes, I've
been here Just ten minutes" he said
Ten minutes" she repeated. puzzle ed.
Why surely you weren't on my train
Did you motor out7" Motor" he ex-
claimed Certainty not WALK
ED" And then while she looked at
him dazedly, he continued Why
that's nothing I walk nearly this far
around Central Park every morning. II
helps me TO eat a good breakfast" And
his friends swore It was all true.
Street car conductors and nnotormen.
taxi-drivers, shop-keepers and mere pc
destrians in the neighborhood of Third
avenue and Thirty second street engag-
ed in one grand freefor-aIt rush the
other day. The inspiring cause was
rain Of one, two five and ten dollar bills
which descended from the elevated
tracks. Two detectives. # seemed, had
boarded the train just in time TO grasp
in firm embrace tho form Of a young
man who was extracting $3.50 from the
hip pocket of ". NJ. Wing. a prosperous
Chinatown resident. As the detectives
grabbed. the prisoner threw overheard
the evidence 1t was too late to save.
himself. however and the passing pub
lie got all the advantage there was. or
the total roll. one honest merchant
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-05-27

get about work and get out where
s fine. 1t makes Teller feel ike
life is really worth living after all.
Swimming will be a popular sport
this summer = they have already
started. Don't wait until the sea-
sons half over - make an early
start this year and get a whole
summers enjoyment.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-05-27

S. & H. STAMPS - DELIVERY
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-05-27

LUCY JEANNE PRICE.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-25
TO URGE NURSING INTEREST
Meeting Today to Plan Campaign
OF Education

A meeting is TO be held at 3 O'Clock
this afternoon at the Red Cross head
quarters, 2lS South Nineteenth street,
TO plan n campaign Of education to
interest young women in the nursing
profession and 70 arouse the public to
q realization OF its responsibilities in
supporting training schools.
The speakers will be Miss Lillian Clay :
ton. director Of nurses Of the Philadel-
phia General Hospital, and a represen- :
tative of the Philadelphia League OF
Nursing Education, and Mrs. Ira Couch
Wood. president Of the board Of man
ayers Of the Illinois Training School for
Nurses and member of the executive
committee of the nursing council o.
Chicago.
Mrs. Henry c. Boyer. chairman Of
the home service section OF the Rec
Cross. is the head Of committee com
posed OF Miss Clayton, Miss Margare
Dunlap, OF the Pennsylvania Hospital
Miss Susan Francis and Miss Annt
Rogers, of the Southeastern Pennsyl
vania Chapter Of the Red Cross. I-oca
medical and nursing organizations
womcn's clubs, churches, and III,
Board Of Education will send rcprcsCn
tatiyes 10 the meeting.
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Sentence Schuck
and James Today
Continued from pase One

Continasd from Pase One
In Of his fate upon him so lightly that
the jailers have begun to doubt II his
mind Is sound. -. ...sr r..
James, who has become q changed
man Since his conviction, is taking the
matter more seriously. He spends
much Of his time reading his Bible,
and has been visited frequently by q
minister.
The two prisoners have had no visit
ors except the minister, who has come to
see James, and the immediate members
Of their families.
Mrs. Schuck has received many let
ters since the trial from friends and
from strangers offering coincidence md
advising her that strict devotion to her
church will help most to save her hus-
band.
The families of both James and
Schuck have refused to give up con :
stay the execution Of the death sentence.
They say they will fizht the cases
through every court IN Jersey.
The success Of the attempt to stay
the prisoners execution depends en- :
tirely on the action Of the Court Of
Errors and Appeals. which will be
asked to grant a new trial.
Under the New Jersey law the execu-
tion Of the death sentence must take
place within fifteen days after the time
Il Is imposed. However, an appeal to
the Court Of Errors and Appeals acts
rs an automatic stay. II Is expected
that the appeal will be argued romo
time in March.
Mrs. schuck and Mrs. James are ,x-
pectcd TO be in court this afternoon
when sentence is imposed.
Jokes About Death
Members Of Schuck's family say he
joked with them yesterday over the
taken. He said he often had discussed
the comparative merits Of hanging and
electrocution, and personally was glad
New Jersey used the electric chair. He
said he wondered would Prosecutor
wolverton send him a floral design OF
lollypops,' in allusion to "Lollypop
Bungalow"
Schuck entertains no i'll feeling. his
relatives say, toward either James or
Prosecutor Wolverton. BY climbing
up 60 the top Of his cell he can look into
James cell some distance away, but
there has been no interchange between
them. Each time Schuck has climbed
up 30 get n look at James he has seen
his former 'pal' busy reading his
Bible.
Schuck's counsel, ]. Russell Carrow,
expects to file his clients appeal the
first week in March. James appeal
will be filed Monday.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-25
PANAMA INVADED
BY COSTA R|CANS
Violent Demonstrations Against
Invaders in Panama
Capital
CONSULATE IS ATTACKED
BY the Associated Press

Panama, Feb. 20.--Fiolent anti
Costa Rican demonstrations occurred in
this city last night, reaching their cul-
n,ination in an attack upon the Costa
Rican consulate. The coat Of arms
was torn from the door Of the consulate
and was trampled under the feet Of the
crowd.
The demonstrations began early in
the evening, and a short time later u
cheering crowd appeared before the M =
tional palace and called upon President
Porras for q speech. The president made
a patriotic address, calling upon loyal
Panamans' TO present themselves to-
day for the formation of military forces
in case such step should be necessary.
Late in the evening the presidential
Office made public kilograms confirming
reports that Coto, a district at the Pa
cifc end Of the Panama Costa Rica
frontier, had been occupied by Costa
Rican forces. Tomas Jucome, Costa
Rican consul, who Is native Panaman,
has resigned his post, while two broth
crs- in law Of President Porras, who
have been holding offices in the Panhman
administration, also have resigned, be-
ing Costa Rican by birth.
Costa Rica has occupied by force
the district OF JOtO on the racine
boundary which we have possessed un =
der the status quo," said IN official
statement issued here last night. 'She
claims this territory in accordance with
the award handed down in 1914 by Chief
Justice white, Of the United States Su :
preme Court, who was named arbitra-
tor. Panama has declined to accept
his decisions"
In addition to the force Of sixty ma =
tional police sent to the Coto district,
there are unconfrmed reports that 300
more men have been sent TO the Atlantic
end Of the frontier near Bocas del Toro.
Washington, Feb. 25.-(By A. P.)--
Unless sharp developments mark the
conflict of Panama and Costa Rics
over the disputed territory of Coto, the
Stntc Department will make no de-
cisive move. it was intimated today at
the department.
Secretary Colby has before him the
suggestion OF the Panama Legation
that the United States intercede, but
because of the opening change Of ad =
ministrations the only action contem :
plated Is to set on foot an inquiry az
to the facts. Dispatches received by
the department thus far have thrown
no light on the situation In addition to
that given in press dispatches.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-25

informed that certain Of the principal
allied and associated powers were uu
der the impression that tho reported dc.
cision Of the supreme council. some
times described "a the council Of four.
taken at it's meeting on Mar :. 1919,
included or inserted the Island Of Nap
in the proposed mandate to Japan.
This government in notes addressed
70 the governments OF Great Britain.
France. Italy and Japan has set forth
at length its contention that zap had
in fact been excepted from this pro-
posed mandate and was not TO be in =
rludcd therein. Furthermore, By d.
rcction Of President Wilson the re-
SppCtive governments above mentioned
we're informed that the government OF
tho United States could not concur in
the reported decision -'f May I, 1919, OF
the supreme council. tn" information
was further conveyed that the rcser-
vations which had previously been made
BY this government regarding the
Island of zap were based on the view
thar tho Island of zap necessarily con .
stituteS an indispensable part OF any
scheme or practical Arrangement of
cable communication in the Pacific, and
that it's free and unhsmpercd use
should not be- limited or controlled by
any one power.
while this government has never
pssented 10 tho inclusion OF tho island
Of zap in tho proposed mandate 10
japan. II may b. pointed oUt that cron
il ore or more Of the other prircipal
allied and associated powers were under
a niSapprehcnsion as 10 the inclusion
of this island in III" reported decision
of May :. 1919. nevertheless tho notes.
above mentioned Of the government OF
tho United states. make clear the posi-
ton Of this government in the matter.
At the time when the several notes were
addressed to the respective governments
above mentioned. final agreement had
not been reached as to the terms and
ALLEGATION Of mandates covering the
former German islands in the Pacific.
Therefore. the position taken in the
matter by the President on behalf Of this
government and clearly set forth in the
notes referred 10. necessarily had the
result Of effectively withdrawing any
suggestion or implication Of ssent, mis-.
takenly imputed 10 this government,
long before December II. 1920, the
date Of the councils meeting at Genevr
AS one Of the principal allied and
associated powers the United States has
an equal concern and an inseparabIe
interest with the other principal allied
and associated powers in the overseas
possessions Of Germany and concededly
an actual voice In their disposition
which Il Is respectfully submitted can.
not be undertaken or eiectuated with.
out its assent. The government OF the
United States. therefore. respectfully
states that Il cannot regard itself as
bound BY the terms and provisions oi
said mandate and desires 70 record its
protest against the reported decision of
December u. last. Of tho Council Of the
League Of Nations in relation thereto.
aud at the same time 20 request that tho
council. having obviously acted under
L miSaPprchenSion Of the facts. should
reopen the question for the further con .
sidcration. which tho proper settlement
, Of it clearly requires
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-25

next witness who also attended the din l.
ner at which Wriglcy had been. tcsti-
fled that the defendant positively was
sober on this occasion.
Mr.. Gordon. in cross examining the
witness. asked II he could have seer
II Wriglcy had been drunk. and the
witness said he would have done SO. as
he was fncinS him directly.
You were not one Of the favored
ones who went to the kitchen for q
Bronx, were you?" asked Mr.. Gordon
No" answered the witness, and the
court room smiled broadly.
Tax Office Clerk Heard
Herman Rcyburn. OF 34Jo North
Broad street. clerk in the Office OF
the receiver Of taxes. gave similar tes V.
timony for the defendant. On cross =
examination hr said he could not state
that Wriglcy had not had drink. but
was certain there were no visible signs.
Gould you swear that he had no
liquOr?" insisted Mr.. Gordon.
I'm my estimation he did not" said
the witness.
we have an idea Of your 'estima
tion' then" snapped Gordon and lie,
the witness go.
Harry J. MaCeo. $500 Jasper street,
q coal dealer, testified next. He, too,
had been guest at the Elks banquet,
sitting at another table. He had
spoken to Wrigley that night, he sail.,
and saw no evidence of intoxication.
Sergeant Charles Wolf. 1910 las,
Cambria street. house sergeant at the
Belgrade and CloartiNld streets station,
called for the defense, said he had seen
the magistrate on the night of the acci :
dent.
He came at 80 in the morning
when I was on duty. He was alone
and reported there had been an acci
dent and that also his car had beer
stolen. The accident was not in my
district, but the robbery was, and ]
sent "A dPtectivc out. The magistrate
told me he had been to the Northcas,
Hospital with people he had injured. In
a talk of fifteen or twenty minutes ]
observed no signs Of intoxication. bu,
the magistrate was awfuliy excited. -
He said he felt positive Wrigley had
not been drunk.
Where is Magistrate Wrigley's of.
tice?' asked Mr.. Gordon. AT Ken
Sington and Allegheny avenues
rs that in your district;" Yes. "
Does he hold his court at your
station house, "Yes. "
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ARGENTINA MEMBERS
DU IDED on LEAGUE

BnenOs Aires. Feb. 2J.--l -lBy 4. r,
-Withdrswsi Of tn" Argentine deIega
tion from tho assembly Of th" League
OF Nations a. Geneva lus' December
VAS decided Upon by Foreign Minister
Pleyrredon against the advice Of Mar
cello de Alvesr and FcrnRdino Perez.
the other members ot rhe Argentine
uGrty Reports that Alvear and Perez,
France and Austria. opposed the with
Grnwal from the assembly were OH .
clai.y confirmed here when the govern
ment made public teIeSrams exchanged
between the ministers and President
IriGoveR
The CorreSpondence disclosed that
Alv"ar ,elegraphed from Geneva On So.
vcmb~r % that Argentina's position
vas abnormal" because The govern
rnrn' lad ratified the covenant II the
I"ag!" oC Nations without reserve. and
II 'hN assembly did not understand this,
the delegation : participation would be
lneXpNCab,e.
lie rointed out that mod Ifcuuons 20
'h,. T,art could b" made only by nations
mich wer" members - IN" league. and
expressed hims"lt ns not in favor OF
making Argentine = final position de-
pcrd"nt upon tho acceptance Of amend =
l.rn's nrr .,"."gu'rs Nulll iutruducr.