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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-01-04
EAST CALAIS

Notice: Reduction sale. viii give
10 per cent discount on mittens, gloves
and heavy footwear for the next 80
days. Strictly cash sale. A. A. Cove,
East Calais.--ads.
Evening star., 1922-08-13

then that this man had gone in. taxi
ing with him slip Of paper from the
basement. broke open the marquise's 9
desk and searched for the combina-
ton, which he finally found and wrote
down. The search had required a
very long time and he had not time
on this day to open the safe. He
had taken the paper with him and
waited until this night on which the
marquis had again gone cut. leaving
the door Unmatched. Then he had
opened the safe and removed the
necklace. He thought that in putting
the necklace into his pocket he must
have pulled the slip Of paper out and
by this means it had fallen to the
floor, where the marquis had picked
it up.
The man made no defense and
waived all legal procedure. He con-
fessed and has been sentenced to a
term Of imprisonment. But he re-
fused to say what he had done with
the necklace"
lN1 JONQUELLE closed his nara
| Ni tive. For some minutes he had
| been speaking in a casual voice as
to a person who did not listen; and.
in fact. the Marquis de Chantelle had
! ceased to listen. He was entirely oc-
cupieds with Mime. Zirtensoff, with her
| divine voice in the fairyland of the
| magnificent stage setting.
There was moment OF suspense.
Evening star., 1922-08-13

and in his confusion he confessed"
!, The prefect Of police continued to
speak slowly. without a change OF
accent, as II to himself.
THE MARQUIS was astonished when
Forneau brought the confessed thief
before him. Like the usual amateur.
he could not realize that his methods
had succeeded. He could not believe
that he had been SO brilliantly correct
In his deductions. He was amazed.
He sought to test now every item
upon which he had depended. to pre-
sent its weakness. its doubt: and
when he found the results inevitable
he washed his hands of the affair."
The prefect introduced comment
without interrupting the monotony of
his discourse.
at was the tender. the considerate
heart. The solution of criminal
mystery is a problem. but the crimi-
nal Is a man to suffer-
He went on:
Monsieur the Marquis will remem-
ber the Apache's confession. He had
obtained a position in the building
and had watched the marquis apart
ment. AS it happened, the night
Of the robbery was not the first time
that the marquis had left the door
unclosed A week before he had left
it Enclosed in the afternoon. 1t was
Evening star., 1922-08-13
AROUND THE CITY
.By Mamie Lancaster

! Which seems to show that all weeds
-jimson' and human-are worth the
right to live if you look their virtues
them under a magnifying glass that
gives a clearer viewpoint than the
usual critics eyes.
TIE was a verv old man-so old that
4 he wavered as he leaned on his
cane. And ne was trying to tell
| car-for- hire driver at the curb where
he wanted to go. The driver failed
to comprehend. but made the best OF
his ignorance by asking help OF
| passing man:
| Excuse me. sir. but this gentleman
wants to go to the island. I thought
l knew every inch of the country
I around. but this is a new one on me-"
The passing man. being unable to
standing by. waiting for a street bus,
ventured a suggestion:
II have heard that the southwest
| used to be called the island in old
times. when a canal divided it from
this side Of the city"
T, THAT is right, madam. That is
where I wanted to go.'
The driver helped him inside, but
protested that he ought to have some
address to go by. The old man had
no address:
You can't fail to I'D it If you
drive to the Smithson. ~ ~ tuition.
on the other side anu =, ~ from
there you will see a row Cf hand
! some bricks with winding steps of
iron-I remember them as we'll as IL
1t was yesterday lived there instead
| Of fifty-odd years ago."
The driver still looked obviously to
the woman for help. and the old, old
gentleman became somewhat i'm
patient:
Surely you must know Of loca-
ton so conspicuous as that IL only
because Of the notoriety that centers
about one dwelling in the row-the
tenant of which pulled President
! Jacksons nose"
| The driver, still mystified, took the
\ woman's word for it that he would
find q row of houses as described. and
the old, old gentleman waved q trem-
ulous hand in parting.
He was going back to a youth SO
cobwebbed over with the weavings
Of time that the woman doubted II
he would be able to p.sk out his own
thome-much less the one in which
lived the tenant who pulltd Presi.
dent Jackson's nose"
Evening star., 1922-08-13

r n the squatters' section of what
some ancient brown hucksters
still call the Mash Market" an
L old woman was fighting the wolf
with punches Of wild flowers, one
guinea keat and two eggs-domi-
neckers-last Saturday afternoon.
The star feature of her stock was a
single stalk of jimson weed that bore
one blossom-a large white flower,
veined with purplish pink. bit
wilted; price, IS cents.
The jimson weed served old time
southern Maryland as a symbol OF
all that was viciously worthless. The
farmer mathematical ii in language
that exceeded the virulence Of his
opinions OF the decorative daisy or
even the wicked loveliness Of the lit
tie pink cookie that grew in his
wheat. Nice ladies nearly tainted at its
sinister pungency, and farm hands
used 1t as a comparison for any man,
woman or child who was so luckless
as to be no more count than a
| wufess jeemson weed''-a reputation
that stuck like the cuss Of melo-
drama.
To charge 25 cents for a noxious
growth that cost no more labor than
the breaking Of it from some vagrant
plant by the wayside, with no mid
dleman, tax or money outlay. was, OF
course. absurd. Yet an ancient
woman who is fighting the wolf with
such futile weapons as field weeds
No right
to profiteer as the next. Anyhow.
customer came along and bought the
jimson weed.
She took it home. put 1t in a roomy
glass vase-price, 10 cents-set 1t on
her desk and then proceeded to wonder
what the dear, forever-Eone old
timers would say il they could know
Of the apotheosis Of the outcast. All
of US are foolish like that.
If you look at a jimson weed
through a magnifying glass. the tex
ture- beauty OF flower and leaves
thrills you like the genius Of sudden
melody or verse-and the hardy visor
Of its stalk seems to demand vindi-
cation of the reputation saddled on
it by the ignorance OF those settlers
at jamestown who called it poison
Gus thing, just because It made them
sick to eat It. Not all things are made
to be chewed; Jamestown settlers
among them-so: The woman opened
up a wise book and found out that
instead Of being the Ishmael old
MARYLAND took 1t for. the jimson
weed, when at its own home In South
America, can be made into a power
full narcotic, used mainly for convui-
! sions and ticticdouloureux; that when
smoked it "palliates the symptoms OF
asthma; that Peruvians distil 1t for
an intoxicating beverage; and that
back when the Temple of Delphes
was a working institution. the seeds
of the jimson fright name "Datura")
used to be powdered and taken for
/ the production Of the frensied rawlings
Of the priests Of that temple.
Evening star., 1922-08-13

discovered that the necklace had dis.
appeared"
The prefect of police hesitated il
quiry.
1T is true. monsieur" he said. thai
you did not know the combination ot
/ this safe. that the combination was
known only to your wife. the mar
quise. and that more than once. fol-
| example at the Cafe Anglais on the
18th of December. at midnight, when
any creature from the underworld OF
Paris might have been present. you
spoke of the danger of keeping this
necklace in small private safe in
the apartment when it should be de.
| posted with banker? But to these
objections the marquise always re-
alone had the combination of the
safeo This is true?"
TT Is true" replied the marquis
But 1t was not discreet, as after
events have demonstrated. Perhaps
by these discussions We gave infor.
nation Of the whereabouts of this
necklace to the Apache Lequex." -
The prefect of police made a vague
gesture and continued to speak.
THE marquis. upon discovery OF
the robbery. at once notified the serv-
ice de la surete. Old Forneau and an
agent arrived Immediately. Upon ex-
animation of the bit of paper. it proved
ho ;, rfv
of Moore. Poole & Co. firm of Ameri-
can brokers in Paris.
"Old Forneau at once suggested
that the robbery must have been com.
mitted by some one from the Office OF
these brokers. probably an American
since the slip of paper must have come
from some one employed in that es-
tablishment But here the Marquis
Chantelle, showing an intelligence SUI
perior to that of this officer of the
surete, pointed out that no one would
come on such an adventure bringing
| with him a piece of paper, and espe.
cially an indicatory piece of paper
upon which to set down such a memo.
randum. 1t was far more likely tha,
the piece of paper had been acquired
somewhere in the apartment.
"He then suggested that an inquiry
be made to discover whether some one
from this American firm Of Moore
Poole & Co. had not at one time oc-
cupied an apartment in the building
Forneau acted upon this suggestion
and ascertained that monsieur the
marquis was correct. He discovered
a quantity of these blank printed slips
in the basement of the building, where
with other rubbish, they had been re-
tanned by the concierge to kindle fire
in the furnace. Thus monsieur the
marquis at one stroke removed any
suspicion that. might have been at
tached to this firm of brokers and
confirmed the inquiry to some one hav-
ing access to the building and knowl-
edge Of it, else he would not have been
in the basement where this debris
from the apartments Of old tenants
had accumulated.
1.-THE query as to, how the robber
had obtained access to the marquis
apartment on this night now advanced
itself. There is no key to these apart
ments except the one delivered to the
tenant by the bank making the lease
and when the door is closed. 1t is
locked from the outside-that is to
say, the knob of the door does not
turn on the outside. 1t turns only
on the inside, SO that it can always
be opened from the inside. whether
locked or not. It cannot be opened
from the outside because the handle
~ xh. aoortnob. as have said. dooe
Evening star., 1922-08-13

Of police. Il would generalize to the
| lie Marquis aid l think we can arrive
at it,
| Monsieur replied the marquis
coldly. Il believe the mystery has
already been concluded. I believe its
solution seems complete"
| Seems" repeated the prefect of
police. "is the word precisely. While
| 1t is true that the criminal, Jean Le-
Quex, has confessed before the court
and been sentenced to term of years
| for the robbery of these jewels. the
jewels remain to be discovered"
| He paused and regarded the mar
quis with an expression of compli-
| ment.
I'VE feel, at the Service de la
| Surete, that if we could bring to the
| remaining feature of this matter the
same degree of excellent acumen that
was brought to its initial stages by
the Marquis de Chantelle we should
be able to restore the necklace to the
marquise upon her return from Amer
ica She returns tomorrow, does she
not? 1t seems a brief time for so
/ difficult an undertaking"
NJ. Jonquelle smiled
Il regret to intrude upon your
pleasure, marquis, and especially on
| this, the final night of Nine. Zirten-
zoffs triumph amazing woman.
adorable woman, One should lose no
moment of her excellence"
He paused.
But, monsieur, / cannot adequately
admire your excellent handling of
this matter unless / am quite certain
that I have the details of it cor
| rectly. Permit me, monsieur. to re-
peat these details, and correct me,
beg of you. If I should present them
with an item of inaccuracy. I was
absent and 1 have only the memory
Of Interiors
THE prefect Of police rested his arm
on the seat of the box. while
the marquis fingered his monocle
idly, twisting the silk cord. He as
sumed an attitude of careless atten-
tion and NJ. Jonquelle went on:
ION the night Of the 18th of Febru-
ary NJ. le Marquis, opening the door
Of his apartment at a late hour, saw
q slip of paper beside the door. At
the moment the marquis gave this
item no attention; it did not impress
him. It was late, the servants hav-
ing retired, ard the marquis with
drew to his bedroom alone. 1t ap-
pears, however, that digressions Of
the mind occur to all Of us, even to
der of dreamland. 1t occurred to him
that this slip of paper was memo
randum by the concierge to call the
attention of the marquis upon his
arrival to some inquiry that had been
made for him. The marquis, how
ever, did not arise at that hour to
verify this impression, but In the
morning when he awoke he remem-
bered it and, going into the drawing
room in his dressing gown and slip
pers-it was before the arrival of
his valet-he found the slip OF paper
where it, had remained as though 1t
had been slipped under the door.
"The marquis was surprised when
he came to examine this bit Of paper.
It contained some numbers written
with pencil. and the words in a
strained, uniformed hand: The combi-
nation of the safe Of the Marquis
Chantelle.' Monsieur turned at once
to the small safe which is, built into
the wall Of the apartment after the
American fashion. He tried the COM
bination written on the slip Of paper.
found Il correct. opened the safe and
Evening star., 1922-08-13
A Clever Husband.
From London Opinion.

From London Opinion.
wife-Mrs. Jones has another new
hat.
Hubby-Well, il she were as at.
tractive as you are. my dear, sns
wouldn't have to depend 30 much upon
the milliner.
Evening star., 1922-08-13

THE marquis looked the project
L frankly in the face. You be-
Ilieve this robbery could have been
committed for a woman?
FOR whom other could jewels be
rintendsd?" replied Jonquelle.
The marquis continued to regard the
prefect with q certain interest.
"You mean," he said. "that the rea-
son why the Apache. Jean Lequex, did
not tell what he had done with the
necklace was, in fact, because he had
given 1t to Q woman?"
The project of police looked at the
marquis with some concern. with, in
fact, certain element of wonder.
"Why, no, monsieur: that Is not the
reason at all"
The marquis seemed puxsled.
"Do you generalise, then. to no den-
mite purpose?'
'Dy no means. replied the project
New-York tribune., 1922-06-26
Days Ne,o Issues

Stone & Webster, Inc, Estaerook =
Co. and Parkinson & Burr are oner-
ing a. 9eis and interest, 70 yield about
7.2s per cent, new issue Of s2'ooo'coo
Columbus Electric and Power Company
7 per cent cumulative first preferred
stock, convertible into common stock a.
par Tor par. Net earnings currently
amount 20 about 25 times the bond
interest and frst preferred stock divi-
dend combined.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-26
Berlin Banker
Urges Aid to
Stabilize Mark
Sees Hope in Situation if
Allies Awaken TO Facts
Despite Slump of Cur.
rencv 10 New Low Level
sr.elai cabir % ~ Tflb.se

Copyright. 1872. Ne" loIk 4fiulN' inc.
BERLIN. June rs Despite the de-
cline to the lowest point on record, the
position OF the mark is not hopeless
If the Allies awaken 90 the true nature
Of the situation and act accordingly.
Herr Won GlascnapP, viee-pIesident
Of the Reichsbank. told the Tribune
correspondent to-day.
There is not the slightest doubt.
however, that unless the Allies agree
70 a radical revision OF the reparation
problem and modify the cost Of the
army Of occupation which Germany
must bear this country will find Itself
In the throes Of severe financial
and economic crisis. which may shatter
the entire governmental structure.
Herr Glasenapp declared also that the
compulsory internal loan which Ger
many undertook TO carry out as dc
marded By the Allies, will produce
severe crisis in he money marEet IN
loss accomDanicd by measures on the
nat of the Allies looking townrd a
roSuc4io1 O. Gcrm4ny's obligations.
Germany cannot discontinue the i5-
suo or panCr money. however much she
r,io,. desire 81 i, so." said Herr
Clt.cna~p. "bsc.u.e she must continue
buvinc forsirr currency 20 meet rcpa-
.aticn obi.e.t.o1s. Germany cannot
continue drawing on her depleted stock
Of gold . mcc' these payments.
"The Rcucrotion Commission must
helm Ccrmanv reduce her internal eX
renditures. Wc shall 10 al possible
because 10 So O. OR interest % do 20.
but tho Reparati0n Commlssi sion saou.d
not forget thct tac cost ~ krcFlnS up
the Allied arm lee o. occlpdi Jon t9i,a.s
i25.O00 OO0. 900 marSs annually. wh!ch l.
greater than our entire BUDGET.
Referring % the coniriiss.on's de-
rard that the Reichsbank De made In
dopcndcnt Of the government. Kerr
Claeenapn welcomed this suggestion.
although he said he doubted whether
this would have the desired effect. de-
clar;nc, There can be no zeal auton-
omv OF the Rcichsbank until reQaTa-
tiors are revised radically. for 20 long
as Gcrmany's obligations remain as
thev arc the government will always
be compelled 20 resort TO the feichs-
hanks assistance 20 meet its payments.
This means the Roichsbank must 20
into the open market 10 purchase large
stocks of foreign currency. which IN
turn drives down the mark, neccssitat-
ing the further issue Of paper money
II believe a sensible solution q the
reparation problem serving the best
interests Of both the Allies and Ger
many is still possible. Until this
solution is reached all efforts 10 sta
bfize the German mark Will be aTtiii-
cia and futile
New-York tribune., 1922-06-26
Pound Jumped
Too High, View
Now i'm London
Reaction Was to Have Been
Expected as Result of Up
turn Above S4.50: Many
Explanations by Britons
Too Many Capital Issues
More Than Half Of New In
dian Loan Remains in the
Hands of Underwriters

T-sm he TribsHC's Esrorcau Bureas
coryrish,. 1879. Ne~ YORK Tribune Inc.
LONDON. June 25.-All sorts Of ex-
plantations. ranging from the practical
70 the faneiful. have been made 20 &c.
count for the frat sharp reaction in
the dollar rate in almost a year. in
which the pound has fallen back TO the
point where it began its recent rise
after advancing 20 Sl.5l.
In the opinion Of many observers the
explanations merely serve 20 show
there Is virtually no one who can ae-
euratcly explain the problem Of ex'
changes. II Great Britain had really
begun an extensive campaign OF dollar
purchases in anticipation Of autumn
trade requirements the continued
slump in sterling might have been eN-
pcetcd. whereas by Wednesday the
pound was recovering.
Probably the only acceptable COM
mcnt issued on this side is that in ad-
vancing above $3.50 the pound exceeded
its intrinsic value and had 20 suffer
some setback. Although Continental
rates dropped slightly during the early
patt OF tie week. their movements were
not sufficient 20 cause any marked
movements on the London stock ES-
change. which. however. displayed
weak tone throughout the period.
As vas fairy generally anticipated.
the new Indian government 5s per
cen. loan Of sl2.500.o0o proved too
large for successful hotation immedi-
L.c.y after such q Glrt of capital .4-
sues as has been witnessed recently
Even though last weeks erdGciion -
the Bank OF Eagland rate TO IA pcs
cent. automatically lowering the ir-
tercst IN srvinrs banks half o. ! pei
cent, thereby added incentive % with
drawing deposits for more lu-rstlve
investments. &C. per ce-, oi the Indian
Issue remained in The hands Of tho un-
dcrwr.tcrs wen the books closed. lais
loan scrip iu.mcd.atrly appcsre on the
market a. a discount of fl!. pnin'.
The discoun. had been reduced % ha.t
a point ~ the end % the week.
In the mean time &, is understood
that the London Underground Railway
plans an issue o. s2.50o ono ~ per
cent dcbcnturcs. The price 81 which
will be fixed a. sufficient discount %
yield about 3 per cent.
Another issue which II projected Is
the offer Of about $4,000 900 Of existing
ordinary and per cent cumulative
preference shares of Platt Brothers
Company. Lancashiro textile machine
manufacturers. This company has had
an extremely prosperous time recently
and the ordinary shares will be priced
~ 43 shillings. while the preference
issue will be sold az par.
Il was announced during The week
that the Nestle Condensed Mix Com
pany would be unable 20 meet iis
dividend on the per cent preference
shares. but hope was held out that a
program Of financial reorganization
would enable the company 70 pay the
full dividend b. the end Of the year.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-26

Curtis & Sanger. Of New York, and
the National City Bank, Of Chicago. ere
Offering Sl.50o,00o Benjamin Electric
Manufacturing Company hrst mortgage
6 per cent gold bonds dated July !,
1922. maturing July l, 1887. The bonds
are being offered al e5h and interest.
yielding $50 per cent
New-York tribune., 1922-06-26
French Govt
To Stabilize
Francs Value
Pressure by Bank of France
to Keep Prices at Present
Level for Taxation Pur.
poses; May Increase Paper
Trade Gain With Germany
Policy of Favoring Delivery
OF Commodities for Rep
arations Gaining Force
I'D -. y ID, rrl..r,

'ollfienf 1872. New York Tribune Inc
PARIS. June 2j.--With the repara-
uoners and tho committee on guaran.
ties trying 70 restore order in German
finances, sentiment here seems con
siderably lNs worried with their activi-
ties, which il can directly control. than
with the solution Of the fiscal problems
Inherited from the war. There seems
little doubt but that prices will remain
for some years near the present
heights. some 800 per cent above pre-.
war levels, in order to keep the burden
from oveTtaxing the national capacity.
while the actual exchange rate could
advantagoously be maintained to pro-
mote commerce and tourist traffic, which
otherwise would flow to neighboring
countries. In other words, in case out
side speculation becomes overly opti-
Tnistic in trying 70 improve France too
rapidly. IL might be necessary FOR the
government TO decrease the currency
vcluo artincially by sgspendlng the
two billions annual Reimbursement 70
the Bank of France and even BY in
-Ieasing the paper circulation tempo
rsr!ly IL the rise Is better than 10
eats 20 the franc.
II Is Interesting TO note In this con
Gection that Ia weeks drop in the
-raac was oountcreA by the Minister of
Finance by q IciJc'io. ot tAc Nduciary
= rcu.ation by 35S0O 600 francs. with a
etii further decrease ia prospect next
,.eck, as the hs.f yearly coupons on
sercral war loans arc settled.
u is true that before the war there
we're slight seasonal exchange move
faonts against .hc franc, beginning IN
July and ending around November'
when the importations Of cereals were
-~ogre-eirg y.-ils tho intcr stcady
improvement continued until the franc
-,4s sigh. aoo.e par. IN the middle OF
FEBRUARY. Thus. Il is obviously POS
siblo 20 E-i.t tho excessive variation
,s near rs possible 70 the present gold
-otio by the natural pressure gauge
offered bv the Bank o. France.
Go.ncidcnt with these plans for the
improvement Of exterior credit condi-
1,tions nri .ho attraction 0f capital by
still favorab!e interest rates. there IS
Noticeable tendency toward return
Of commercial relations with surround
in countries. not excluding Germany
In tAe case OF the latter the policy OF
favorirg deliveries in kind Is gathering
force. as g. is realized that exchange Is
rauidly making cash payments imprac-
f,able. In other words. IL Is hopedto oD-
tain the indemnity from building ma.
tcrials, coal and paper, some OF
,gsich will become more vail able
WHOM tho mark IS stabilized az
HIGHER Lowell Unfortunately the
success OF the Wiesbaden agree
ment ws reduced largely through
the effort Of the French and German
industralists. who though opposed 20
each other unconsciously have the same
objective in wishing 10 MAINTAIN the
New-York tribune., 1922-06-26

Stacy & Braun and the First Trust
and Savings Bank. OF Chicago. are Of
fering $1OOo.Ooo Central Iowa Joint
stock Land Bank Of Des Moinss 5 per
cent bonds, due 1912, optional a,nr
1927, ~ lO2 and interest, 20 yield t'eo
per cent 70 optional maturity and ) per
cent thereafter.