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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-12

But her fingers searched in vain! The
pearls were not there, nor were they any
where else in the boudoir or in any of her
rooms.
Yet Miss Carhart distinctly remembered
having put them in the drawer. She knew
that she had not taken them out and put
them anywhere else. But the pearls were
gone!
Her guests were above suspicion, OF
her servants were honest. This being SO,
there could be only one explanation for
the disappearance Of the gems.
Despite the sentinelled gates to Tuxedo
Park, despite all the walls and fences
and armed patrols, burglar had
gotten into this most carefully guarded
millionaire colony, had stolen the Carhart
necklace, and had slipped out of Tuxedo
Park as successfully unnoticed as he had
crept in!
How could he have done It?
Fifteen years ago there had been rob
berry in the park, but there was every rea-
son to suppose that that had been an Gin.
side job" II had been the first and, until
this. 1t had been the last.
Properly to understand how cunning
and resourceful the thief must have been,
1t is necessary to explain how extraordi.
narily well guarded Tuxedo Park is. 1t
Is a citadel of the very richest people OF
New York. about an hour and a half by
automobile from the city. Pierre Loril-
lard, the multi-millionaire whose name is
associated with the finest horses in Amer.
lea, was its founder, and descendants OF
his still live there. Lorilard and few
others wanted a place for all-year.round
homes within easy access OF New York
that still would be absolutely secluded and
In a way Tin the wilds."
They found such a place In the Ramapos
and took over about eight thousand acres
of hills. valleys, lakes and streams, mod.
Ing all later into a little paradise
Within Tuxedo Park, as II was chris.
tened, the milliOnaires built astOnishingly
beautiful and expensive homes landscap-
ing their estates so as to preserve and &C.
centuate the natural beauties OF the place
But such concentration OF wealth In a
limited area so far away from the police
control OF New York City demanded ex-
traordinary precautions to protect the
jewellers from the lawless Besides the
rich and costly furnishings Of their houses
those who lived in the park owned mil.
lions Of dollars worth OF jewels All this
would naturally attract criminals. Besides
that there were many children the kid.
mapping OF whom might appeal TO the
heartless brutes who make this a spe
cialty.
So Tuxedo Park was surrounded with
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-12

pearl necklace!
A few other trinkets.
comparatively value
less. had been taken
also. Apparently the
burglar had either been
frightened away after
he had found the neck.
lace; or he may have
been content with that.
Miss Carhart tele.
phoned to Police Cap.
tain Gilmore Bush.
Captain Bush has been
the st. Peter at the
Tuxedo gates since
1886.
I'VE haven't had a
robbery here for fifteen
years" His civic and
professional pride was
touched. mot since
the silverware and the
violins were stolen
we're stolen from the
Dinsmore place. When
did you last wear them.
Miss Marion?"
The last time | wore
them I went to the
theatre and dined at
my brothers house in
New York, Then l
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-12

walls and stout wire fences. Four en-
frances were made, one on each side of
the roughly rectangular piece OF land, and
at each Of these were built pair OF stone
structures strong enough to resist even
assault by machine guns. The entrances
we're closed with high wooden gates
stretching from side TO side Of the walls
Theoretically, at least, no one could get
into Tuxedo Park without passing through
one OF the four entrances and being chal-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-12

where always stay when I am in New
York"
"Then they we're stolen In New York"
mo, Captain" said Miss Carhart, ''be-
cause distinctly remember seeing them
in my bureau in my room here"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-12

Miss Carhart said her corps of servants
was new one. She had engaged all cf
the thirteen in November.
But am sure they are all honest" she
said.
My granddaughter could not have
missed them in my house. The newest NJ
my servants has been with me twenty.
three years. I don't know how long the
others have been with me-" said Mrs.
Henry ID. Brookman, her grandmother
when called upon at her residence at No. S
East Seventeen street, New York.
Miss Carhart does not recall the mum.
Der OF her guests. 1t was flexible. Some
were staying for a week. others for a fort.
night. Some came for the dinner and
dance and departed next day.
In the case OF Mr.. Dins more's loss all NJ
the silver service vanished. 1t was found
next day in hamper buried in a mass of
leaves and beneath the branches of a
fallen oak. Two days later a three.tbou.
sand-dollar violin was found similarly
buried at a short distance. More than a
month had passed before thepthird part
OF the booty, a violin valued at $4,000,
was found in a Manhattan pawnshop.
AT one o'clock when all of the Dinsmore
guests had retired. they heard the chug.
sing OF a motor boat down on Tuxedo
Lake. One or two OF the most wakeful
saw the motor boat, towing a row boat.
Fastening down the little lake Next
morning the rowbost was missing, but the
motor boat was tied up in its place al the
little dock. The presence of the row boat
farther down the lake led to the discovery
Of the leaves.covered booty.
suspicion pointed to an employee of the
Tuxedo Club, who left his post soon after
and who afterward robbed his EMPLOYER
In New York, escaped to London, was ar.
rested by Scotland Yard and sent back
.or trial. He served term in prison for
the robbery.
But while Captain Bush and his CO.
workers we're morally sure OF the perpe-
traitors Of this theft they made no arrests.
This was chiefly because the stolen ar.
ticles had all been recovered and Mr.. Dins.
more was not disposed to press charges
without proof.
The theft of Miss Carhart's Jewels IA,
then, only the second robbery believed to
have been perpetrated in Tuxedo. Every.
enc must admit that this is a pretty good
record.
Was 1t lob from the inside, II any!"
as the police surmise.
Or might lone figure that knew his
ground have sneaked through the wire
fence, stolen through the woods, crouched
and crawled through the Italian Gardens,
climbed the pillars In the front OF the Car.
hart house and raised window and made
his way through the companions room,
that opens on the Circuit road, to Miss
Carhart's. that looks upon the lake, opened
the bureau drawer, and made his escape?
All this while Miss Carhart and her guests
and the servants were in the armor-dec.
Grated main hall, the drawing room, the
lining room or the library below?
1t Is puzzle still unsolved while this
Is being written. In any event, II casts
grave doubt upon the boosted impregna-
bility Of Tuxedo Park, the Gibraltar OF
New York's millionairedom.
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Once past the gates the visitor must I'M
dergo the scrutiny OF other men who pa
troll the enclosure night and day. 1t Is a
highly dangerous matter for anyone to
refuse to answer the challenge OF one OF
these guards, for to do so would be to
arouse grave suspicion as to the purposes
OF the visitor and the instructions of the
guards are to take no chances.
All these guards. both at the entrances
ard inside the Park. are under the con.
troll OF the chief of police OF Tuxedo the
village just outside the gates.
Furthermore. there are 100 mansions in
the park. and each Of these maintains
a minimum OF twelve servants, among
whom are always one or more private
watchmen.
For thief to pass the gates unseen or
unchallenged Is impossible. II he should
break through the wires or over the walls
between the four entrances he faces con.
slant chance OF being seen and caught,
Lot only by the inside guards. but by the
dozens Of private guards as well.
Yet somehow. somewsy, a burglar had
gotten in. More than that he had made.
his way into the Carhart mansion itself,
probably by climbing up and through Miss
Carhart's boudoir window. And he had
possessed the cold nerve to search the
room, finding and getting away with the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-12

lenged by the guards on watch there night
and day. These guards admit no one not
known to them, and so strict is the watch
kept that often even guests are stopped
at the gates, their credentials scanned and
verified by telephone to the host or host.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-12

ess. Where there Is
the least doubs q
guard accompanies
them TO their destina-
ti0n
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-12

tcI 1922, by American Weekly. inc.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-09-18
"Atter the Battle"

Swedish newspapers from the days
Immediately following the expert
mental referendum vote cast August
H.. are filled with comments on twhat,
is considered the greatest baliotsbatr,
tie ever waged In the, country. It zap
pears that the large majority of
Swedish Lutheran clergymen were ap-t
posed to prohibition and in favor Of
the restriction now in force. Also, 1t
is. pointed out that the defeat of the
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-09-18
Az. Pictures Of Dalarne.

A consortium has recently been Or
sanized for the purpose of taking
photographs from tbs air Of a NUM-
Der 0f Swedish provinces. The start
was made in August with the Dalarne'
district, famed in the legends and the
history ofEthe country, and the results
are said to have been very successful.
Some Of the pictures obtained will be
used for tourist advertising purposes,
and others, will be filed in museums
and schools.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-09-18
England Alarmed
Over Numerous Cases
OF Food Poisoning

London.-(By Associated Press.)
England is thoroughly alarmed over
the numerous cases Of food poison
Ing which are APPEARING in various
parts Of the country. Within the
last three weeks, sixty persons have
been stricken, ten dying. Botulisn1,
from which the country has pre-
yiously been free. has now become a
dread word, ana the; scientists are
striving to hnd an antitoxin for the
deadly germ. w a
According to the ministry OF
health, 253s persons we're poisoned by
food, In the last year Ices "trife"
"a hight CONNECTION usually with
whipped cream Or the whites OF
eggs with the Addition OF fruit. cake
or wine) and potted' meats are held
responsible. 8& IN
The most serious of recent cases
occurred at Loeb Mareey y, Scottish
resort. where eight members Of 3
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-09-18
"Nation"> Bankrupt

The Nation fire insurance company
has been declared bankrupt and it
looks as though all the capital-nearly
two, million kroner-has been lost.
According to calculations announced
in a9seircular letter, the stockholders
may eventually obtain Is per cent Of
their paid-in shares. The losses.
causing the bankruptcy, are said to
be due to transactions entered into
with Ire -tnsurancs companies Asasweh
as with, foreign concerns. sf& " NV
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-09-18

Ashins party died OF botuliSns after
eating sandwiches made OF pottedl
meat. 49,
Testifying at the inquiry Just held
there, Prof. Munro OF GlatgowS said:
Zone drop OF broth containing
botulisrn Will kill SO to 100 people
Six Shefleld worknnen were poison
ed by eating veal and ham pie, and
20 wedding guests at. Wallasy, Che
shire, we're txken ill after eating
lobster salad. 'trife" and ices.
Herald Want ADS Bring Results.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-09-18
Want to. B Teachers.
DENMARK

Johann Mehren, a barber residing
at Lyngby, near Copenhagen, who
was charged with having. killed his
wife BY mixing %strychnine into EPSON
salts, has been found guilty Of pre-
meditated murder by a jury in the
criminal court. Twenty minutes after
the filing Of the verdict, the court
sentenced Mehren to death, and he
ANNOUNCED that he would not appeal
been carried out in Denmark for so
years, so it is assumed that the king
will order a Communication Of the SEN
tence to penitentiary for life. Mehren
had immigrated from Germany a good
many years ago. ~. - =
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-09-18
SWEDEN

In the presence Of twelve thou
sand persons, the Swedish crown
prince recently dedicated thelnew ath-.
letic field at Halmstad. The opening
of this field marks a step ahead in the
movement that has lately been: gain
ing ground all over the country where
city after city establishes naunicipal
fields for the athletic exercises Of the
younger generation.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-09-18
AAtunnnal storms Reported.

WsUhusually sewers storms in the
RAnAthern5 part o. Denmark and on the
ESNtafth8Se coast were reported on the
Hast days Of August; near EsbJerg
three persons were drowned, and at
EGedsefs..a a vessel was wrecked. by the
wind. I i. several places roofs were
torn Oft houses. signs were flying
through the air; telephoneHand tete-
graph wires were down, and steam
ship #trafficSswAs seriously sihterfered
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-09-18
TO Tell Stories.

who has spent the greatest part Of his
life abroad, has just returned from
France, where he told Hans: Christian
Andersen fairy tales to French audi
ences! This month he will leave on his
third trip to the United States to tell
these famous stories n English
When Mr.. LeyssacNis not reciting An
dersen tales, he is an actor on a stage
in Denmark, where he plays in Dan
ish, or at the Odeon theater in Paris,
where he with equal facility appears
in the language of the French.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-09-18
Monument. IL Intauf.

In 1850 the Danish army defeated
the PFussian arhayAat' 1sted. ana to
commemorate the victory manu-
n1ent o~f>granite, representing = giant
lion was erected on the battlefield,
When the Germans defeated the
Danes in 1864, they stole the monu-
mont and removed it TO Berlin, where
they placed 1T in an obscure place
(Lichterfeld), and recently stories
lave been ctrculated to the effect that
the statue had been destroyed. An In
vestigation carried on through the
Danishflegation in Berlin shows how
ever, that limestone lion ysstgJIi5 is tn
tact. Some day 1T is SAID IN Effort
will be. made to have it. srettlfned to
listed. ). IS n.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-09-18
Tchauapin Gives Recital.

On September, s., Fedor Tchaljapin,
now considered the greatest bass
singer in the world, gave a recital at
|Copenhagen. The affair lasted IS min
utes and paid the great Russian 49,
900 Kroner. Tchaljapin is on his way
to. fill a4return engagement at the
Metropolitan opera in New York.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-09-18

Herald Want Ads Bring Results:
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-09-18
lars Utne Dead
, Institution Burns Down

The home for aged at Frederiks.
hald, occupied by thirty persons,
burned down on August rs. Although
eight OF the residents Of the home
were Ill in bed. the fire department
s~ucoaeded in bringing everybody out
ThaAhpnae was built in 1891 and will
not be rebuilt as another. home for
agsd is in the process of construction
near the CITY. -
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-09-18
News From the Northlands

fF4aeaLit u SEb,1ReASRgFENfGI ~ az. N-.ttAta,[gFEs4
;prohibitionists was brought about
largely by methods applied by reform
ers who came from the United States,
Norway1And Denmark. The foreign
%prohibitiontsts had SERVED the dry
cause inESwedens better. by staying at
home tn-their own countries" com,
inents the stockholrns Dasblada
Mtravians to Build.
The Society Of sMoravian Brethren
is planning TO erectNa large building
In Stockholm At the cost Of half r. mil
lion llkronar. The building will be
erected at ~theNcorner Of SveAvaeSen
and Apelbergsgatan and will contain
4 church hail, reading rooms, library
and several dormitories. The Swedish
MorAvianh are affiliated with the cer-
responding sect in thts a. country
(where 1t Is found, chiefly, In parts
OF ~PennsylvAnta.)
An Aged Wanderer.
HiAlmar.N Nilsson 81 Landskr n who
Is 6e years old, has started out for 4
pedestrian trip which Is to take him
through Germany, Switzerland, parts
of Italy and France. II need a little
exercise. Mr.. Nilsson says, but the
chief object of the wanderings is to
~ AS p1oSS0 ~iASAS WI. 1>AioSOH
- a j~ourneynnan mason spent periods
Of his life when he raj a young man.
He will attempt to break no records
of any kind-just travel leisurely ana
see as much as he can
The Queens Cake. AZ
There may be cakes and cakes, but
one Of the biggest Of EN- was that
built" by Oscar Berg, purveyor OF
pastry to the court OF Sweden, on
the occasion Of Queen victoria's
sixtieth birthday; 1t weighed sixty
pounds and was decorated with
statuettes and groups made Of rnarzi-
pan; one such ornament was q replica
OF the famous Riddarholtn church,
and another a scene from the wedding
Of the king and the queen.
Want TO. Be Teachers.
Owing to the after-war economic
disturbances a large number of stu
dents at the Swedish universities find
themselves unable to continue their
studies, and for this reason are regis
tering at. the normal schools 80 as to
be able to qualify for work as school
teachers. Several hundreds of stu
dents are preparing this. summer to
take up work that they had not orig
inally though Of, and to abandon
at least ternporarAly-the career which
they had set outSto follow.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-09-18

visits than any other capital 10 JEu7
rope, a tact which was due: to. the in.
innate family relationship existing be-
tween the Danish and many European
dynasties. i. -
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-09-18
New Ferry Route.

A ,newssferrgsr route has been opened
betweenSsFaabprg Q the SIsland Of
'Fyn and Monamark on the Island OF
AIS; ths4latter5fsland was German ter
'ritory Until two years ago whom 1t
was restored to Denmark, together
with a large part of schlesvie, under
the terms of the Versailles treaty. The
Mommark ferry will make the trip
between F'aaborg and It's terminal in
about one and a. half hour.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-09-18
NORWAY

y ~ ~. ~ - LEWSss
kneWn composer now almost for
gotten, recently celebrated his eigh-:
tielh birthday IN which pub.
hc was called to theASfact
tnat many Years ago he composed
the melody for one Of the most popu-
fend my country''), For years Mr..
:Tisehendorfs has led q secluded. life
in Bergen. q
Cod May Be Found If
Mareello Haugen, a young man who
Is satd to possess q so-called Sixth
sense" which enables him to dis
cover things usually hidden to the
/, ordinary human eye. recently visited
e farm In the Telemark district whose
through hts field. Haugen made an
Investigation, but has not Announced
the result. It is announced that he
las OWNED the presence Of precious
r1atals elsewhere in Norway, and that
. hes enjoys popular confidence to 4
considerable extent
To Open New S~anatortunn
h national anti-tuberculosis Sc
air: sanatorium at Notodden, and 1t
viii be equipped especially for juve-
nile patients. Part of the construc-
tioH funds will be obtained through
private sources, and the executive
cotltnittee OF, the society has recon-
!aended that the amount Of 10000
kroaer be appropriated out Of its
funds Cor the purpose.
!, Bergen visttaa. BY Prince
The crown prince Of Italy last
zndhth paid visit to Bergen. He
arrived aboard the armored cruiser
F'eEruchio, which was escorted by the
torpedo destroyer, San MARITIME,
Crown Prince umberto, ACCOMPANIED
by@4 number OF high Italian and Nor
WeE1an naval officers spent q. few days
sightseeing in Bergen aud its pIctur-
esque vicinity.
Lars Utne Dead
Lars aUtne, known all over Norway
rs a highly gifted sculptor died re.
Gently At the. age OF 80 years. He
wax . member Of the Utne family that
has Contributed much to the fame o.
the Hardaneer district, and although
he started his caree as a wood carver
1t was as q sculptor that he won fame
At. one time he commissioned tc
execute a series OF works for the
RetchstAg building in Berlin, and he
also has taken part in the decorative
work. in tine Christiania national
theater, the museum OF industrial!
: arts, the historic museum and the
building Of the Norwegian department
Of justice.
" -. ri
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1922-02-09
Man in Moon Real?

DIR. G. G. Booth, John H. Chase and
7. G. Beede, well-known local astron-
omers, have announced their belief in
the discovery of life on the moon,
hitherto regarded as a void planet
Mr.. Beede operates one of the largest
telescopes in Ohio. All three are
recognized observers.
''We found a beautiful fleecy effect
from one mountain to another" said
Mr.. Chase, "and agreed that one of
the mountains we had seen was
Aristarohs, from which a cloud ex-
tended to HerOdotus. We found
Aristarohs to, be mountain that
glitters and is composed probably of
crystals. We also observed streak of
light with changing colors between
it and Herodotus, which would indi-
cate we had discovered a low form of
vegetation. youngstown, Ohio, dis
patch in the New York World.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1922-02-09

rate, and If this selection OF the
tall was continued for centuries, the
average height of an American would
be increased one inch every fifteen
hundred years, according to figures
presented the International Congress
of Eugenics at New York recently by
Maj. Leonard Darwin, the New York
Times states.
''If we want more persons eminent
in morals, intellect or physical
strength to spring into existence in
all the generations to come, the most
certain method of achieving this re-
suit would be to raise the level of
the whole people in regard to their
unborn qualities. For, if this could be
done, the factors needed for the re-
production of men of genius would
exist in greater numbers; their union
by chance in any one individual, or
the actual appearance of a man Of
genius would occur more often; and
all the while lots of people would be
receiving the benefit due to their i'm
proved natural endowments," he
said.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1922-02-09

Ralics of an Extinct Race.

Relics Of an extinct Indian race are
being uncovered on the Santa Ynez
river by a road construction gang I'M
der the direction of Ranger r. For
sythe of the Santa Barbara national
forest. The discovery is at a point
two miles upstream from the foot OF
the grade of the San Marcos road on
the other side of the mountain.
One such relic brought in to Forest
Supervisor Thomas B. SlOan's Office
was a matter of much speculation. 1t
appears to be a piece of black soap
stone in the shape of cylinder about
~ inches in diameter and four
inches long, with half-inch hole
the length of it. The relic is highly
polished, and when first eXcavated was
said to be of a sOftness that permitted
soaring its surface. Exposure to the
air evidently had hardened it, how
ever, in a few hours.
FOrsythe said two other relics sim
liar to this one have been uncovered,
and one of the bones of the forearm of
Il man also has been fOund.-Santa
Barbara Press.