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in his belief that his secretary was
an emissary of the Gray Ghost. His
credentials had been fawless, but
doubtless forgeries.
The reporters agreed with Dayless.
Only the fact that the robber had
been content with one bit of loot
argued against the theory that the
Gray Ghost had been responsible for
the crime. For it was not the Gray
Ghosts way to be content with a
fraction of the whole, even though
that fraction was worth half mil
lion dollars. Still, the broken keys
in the locks of the safe compartments
tended to show that the robber had
had but little time in which to effect
his purpose.
Minturn smiled. Having breakfast
ed, he dressed leisurely, with extreme
care, avoiding any article of apparel
which had been worn in the Dayless
household. Somehow he seemed no
longer an Englishman. He might
have passed, minus the mustache
which he removed, as an alert but
indistinguishable broker or lawyer
OF C6Tllueu ldHt.
* X
EoR man sought by the whole city
i he seemed quite confident in his
bearing. He crossed Stuyvesant
Square and turned to the west. He
made his way to Broadway, and at
14th street engaged a taxi, in which
he drove to Maiden lane. There he
dismissed his driver, walked half a
block and darted suddenly into a
shop on whose window were printed
the words "F. H. Lewis. Diamonds"
A suave, olive-skinned youth greet
ed him. Minturn was brusque: II
want to talk with Mr.. Lewis he
said.
The clerk looked at him doubtfully.
"Mr. Lewis is busy" he stated. He
glanced toward a door on which ap-
peared the word private"
Minturn acted in decisive fashion.
He strolled by the clerk, reached the
door, opened it, and entered the room:
A bearded man, short and fat, looked
| up from the table at which he sat. A
magnifying glass that was screwed.
monocle-fashion. into his eye, fell to
Evening star., 1923-11-18
The Automobile PIow.

cTILL another use has been found
~ for the automobile, this time as
the power behind the snow plow.
The cleaning of the city streets after
a heavy snowfall has always been
one of the biggest problems to con-
front the municipal officials, as the
work must be done thoroughly and,
before all, speedily The use of large
numbers of men with shovels is by
no means an economical and reliable
method, and yet for years it was the
only available means at the disposal
of the street department.
Not long ago there was devised a
plow that is fitted in front of a motor
car or truck, the power required vary
ing according to the heaviness of the
snowfall and the amount of traffic
which has beaten it solid. Both for
city streets and country roads, the in
yention has been demonstrated to bs
a success. In New York county drifts
Of eighteen inches depth have been
handled with case by this plow on a
standard automobile, and in one case
the road had been practically impas-
sable for three weeks. Yet the hard
hacked obstruction was cleared away
in three hours.
In New York city the street COM
mission has very often given the de-
vice a trial and 1t has received the
Endorsement of officials, although it
has been severely tested on streets
that were hard packed with old snow
that had been trampled and frozen to
an icy mass. 1t has also been found
speedier in operation than horse
drawn plows.
The steel plowshare of the auto
snowplow resembles the Prov of a
battleship, although sometimes 1t is
found more effective to use blade.
that pushes the snow to only one side
| instead of to right and left.
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He fetched MInturn's hat and coat
and assisted him in donning the lat
ter. He opened the door and ushered
Minturn out of the house. Across the
street a man woke from watchful
inactivity. He gained the front steps
before the door was closed. But the
footman smilingly reassured him.
Its all right; this is Mr.. Reginald
Minturn, secretary to Mr.. Dayless.'
X !:
THE outside guardian of the Day
/ less palace scrutinized the young
Englishman carefully. He saw a
pIump-faced young man. whose hair
was quite black and whose tiny
mustache was equally dark. He
nodded respectfully.
"All right, sir: we have to be care
full, you know" he said
And quite right too" agreed Min
turn. IF 1 were Mr.. Dayless, I'd
keep an army here
The man grinned. We'll. we don't
need quite that" He was tolerant
and affable in his manner. Evident
ly DaylesS new secretary didn't
know that the Tryon Detective
Agency was guarding this house.
Where's the nearest entrance to
the park" asked Minturn.
"Sixty-fifth street." was the
guards reply. But I wouldn't advise
any one to go strolling there this
time of night. There've been too
many hold-ups there lately"
Minturn laughed. How exciting!
fancy I've nothing on me worth q
footpads time and trouble. And
wouldn't mind a little tussle.''
you could take care of yourself
at that" said the Tryon operative
He looked over the 1.-THE figure OF
| the secretary with admiration. still
don't look for trouble"
Il won't" promised Minturn.
Mice chap" said the operative to
the footman, who fingered at the
open door.
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Battles in Chemistry,
. Los Angeles Times.

From the Los Angeles Times.
The chemical service in connection
with the War Department reports
that the next war is likely to be Il
laboratory affair. and. IL so. the
United States would have all the best
Of it. We now have seventy five large
dye plants in this country and every
one is a potential arsenal in case OF
conflict. We far exceed Germany IN
this respect and no country can be
said to compare with our own. With
a twist of the wrist the dye works
oan be converted into q powder MILL
an ammunition arsenal or a gas gem
orator. r'H9st 80
Evening star., 1923-11-18

e Gray Ghost IS the most daring
nd ACCOMPLISHED big scale thief
+ the time. He has so far out,O;t-
ted Pelham and Tryon,
detect'ves.- Every big crime
IS attributed autonat;;ca11u
by the bubEc to the Grav
Ghost.
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The will itself was made at the
Piccadilly house on September
90, 1919. It was a document of
great length. Clause s contained
the provisions for the disposal of
the bulk Of the testator's great
possessions. It left the Waddes-
don estate to Mr.. Anthony de
Rothschild, and made him the
residuary legatee, which meant
that he became the heir to vast
sum Of money, the exact amount
of which has never been revealed
Then in Paris on May Of this
year a codicil was executed. It's
effect was to change the name
of the beneficiary from Anthony
10 James in Clause Of the will
This meant that Mr.. Anthony de
Rothschild was no longer heir to
the great estate and the resiluary
fortune, and thot Mr.. James d.
Rothschilfl became the heir. The
codieil also revoked the appoint
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ment of Anthony de Rothschild
as executor and trustee.
Two days after changing her
mind, Miss Alice de Rothschlld
died.
The signature of the codicll,
written SO short a time before
death. would be hardly legible II
one did not know what the name
was. There Is a little splutter of
ink at the end, as though thn
pen in a weak hand had suddenly
stumbled.
Mr.. Anthony de RothschiId is q
son OF the late Mr.. Leopold de
Rotl1schild. He is enormously
rich and is interested in racing.
Mr.. James de Rothschild is
known far and wide as 1.-The be.
loved R0thschild." For years
much Of his life has been devoted
to quiet, unadv 7rtised charity on
a magnificent scale. His racing
exploits are legendary.
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The mechanical equipment con-
sists of an electric dynamo, an
air compressor, a compressed air
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little pony. carriage supervising
with extraordinary keenness the
management of her dreanland es-
tate. She owned another beauti-
full home in Piccadilly and a won.
derful villa at Grasse.
When she died in Paris on Nav
it was announced that the be.
quests contained i'm her will i'm.
cluded the following:
To Mr.. Anthony de Rothschild
$4,000 and the lease of 142 Pic.
cadilly and stables.
To Mr.. James de Hothschild the
Waddesdon Manor estate, with
land and contents and the resi-
due OF her possessions after the
other legacies which she left.
The drama of the bequest lies
in the fact that not many hours
before her death Mr.. Anthony de
Rothschild was the heir to whom
the great estate and fortune had
been willed.
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BY UniyernaI sarui..

"A MOTHER romance of the
Rothschild millions has lust
come TO light.
1t In . dramatic story of a IA.
NOUS woman who on her death
bed suddenly transferred the bulk
OF ner enormous fortune, estinnat-
cd at 100000, from one pros
pective heir to another. Two
Gays after the revocation of her
original requests she died, and
the millions which would have
passed to one Rothschild paSsad
70 another.
Miss Alice de Rothschild was
the owner Of waddesdon Manor
. magnificent country seat in
Buckinghamshire, once described
by a ferVid poet as too lovely
q structure for hands to rear"
The house was built by the late
Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild.
The woman who became the
owner used to drive round in a
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CAILLAUX TALKS ON ENTENTE BREAK

navy, and yet do you not your
selves show q certain anxiety
from time to time when you have
reason to think that even a
] friendly power is proposing to IN
crease her naval forces to q small
degree, forces which In no case
could balance your formidable
armament. s,'f \
Perhaps you will consider the
difficulties Of existence Of a col1n-
try which is not guarded by the
sea, which has not even any
natural frontiers, and which, with
a population of no more than
thirty-nine millions, has on its
borders a nation OF sixty.five mil.
lions all inspired perhaps as the
, result of our errors, but that can
not be helped today-with the
spirit of revenge.
The weakness of the French
position was so well understood
on the morrow Of the war that,
in order to deal with it, with
out giving us the military
frontier of the Rhine. it was
provided in the treaty that Eng
land and America would be at
our side in case Of unprovoked
aggression by Germany. This
guarantee" as was said in the
Chamber of Deputies" is what
gives life to the treaty The
treaty is no longer alive, since
the guarantee is dead, ana since
there seems no chance OF It's
being born again in the form
which was devised by the great
men who met at Versailles
what can be put instead of ~
BUFFER STATE: = ="
Many Frenchmen&-not only,
and insist upon this point. tho
bigoted NAtionalists--are led to
think that their country can only
hbe protected against German ad-
ventures In so far as the Rhfneland
shall fern buffer state, placed
under our control, or under the
control of the League Of Nations,
which lathe concession made by
those who claim to have liberal
opinions.
Az for me, think that this
proposed solution, based upon
eompuisien, not depending on
the consent of the populations
concerned, and net growing out
Of European understanding,
which cannot be reaIized in 1872,
IL deceptive. I win say more,
1t is infinitely dangerous
Europe. and even far Franco. q
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.
and to 6epreciate her currency.
Further, all the energy Of her
producers and of her capitalists
will continue to be directed
against the true interests of the
whole community. They, will
carry on the practice of economic
catnouflage, which they began on
the morrow Of the armistice
with the sole object of escaping
the burden which they foresaw.
,rhey will take the fabric of
their industry to pieces, and they
will export their capital to for
eign countries" =
1--WE shall be no nearer being
paid at the expiration of these
delays than we are now, and
you are only postponing the
possibility Of resurrection of
the great body of consumers,
whose revival you quite naturally
wish to see."
CAILLAUX'S IDEA.
Then what plan do you pro-
poser"
There Is only one possible, in
my opinion at least. 1 have al
ready indicated it's main lines.
This ID not the place to expect it
again and more completely. l
will simply state my arguments
for 1t. r.
What really is this claim for the
repair of damaged property put
aside the question Of damage to
persons, as this will disappear
from the total at the same time as
the Allied debts are cancelled?
Should the burden be specifically
French? Who could suggest it?
Who will deny that Belgium and
the North of France served as
shield against the invader for the
benefit of all the Allies? If that
ia 40. the, responsibility of the
whole of EUROPE might say of
the whole worlds involved in
the reconstruction of the devastat-
ed areas. That the conquered
should be condemned to pay the
cost is fair enough; 1t is the law
OF war. But that the conquerors,
even the neutrals, whose territory
was spared, should disavow any
pecuniary responsibility for what
may happen to be a claim. which
thew have done no more than hand
over TO the nations who have suf
fered for the common good. Is In
admissible.
Th~ Preparations debt must he
collntersigned by the whole Of civ
iliHa&iOn.
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MO RN
DE ES
USE =
SCIEN II. 3.
Tons Of Cement Were.
Pumped Into Tow
ers, From Base Up
ward vi E morial
Tablet to Conarlerla-
crate Gifts

them to the solid walls and pre-
vent further spreading.
Air drills, also drill holes =.
tween the AshIar Joints. which
ars afterxard fiIIed with cement
All empty spaces are conpletely
filled up to become 1 solid mono.
18th. Three tons OF cement 1
week are now being used.
The work being done BY Sir
Francis Fox, who lives at win.
bIedOn, Surrey, ID attracting the
attention of engineers throughout
the world, Decause Of its inter.
esting and unusual nature.
q The Dean Of Lincoln said he
va thorCuG Aly sn1cying his
Americas visit IN NAw York aslt
] PhiladeIphia, and that he &.
pected to spend few weeks ii
BOSTON before his departure for
England
He WIS greatly impressed. he
sid. BY what he has seen Of the
virility of American life, tn
yonthfuiness and hustle. and 81
the hospitality ana the warmth
os the welcome extended to him
here.
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What difficulties would disap-
pear If this noble pricip1e were
adopted?
GERMAN PLEDGES.
On assuming this responsibility
the Great Powers would reserve
the right, which no one would
deny them Of noderating the ex-
penditure on reparations, of con.
trolling the payments in kind, of
fixing delays, to which France
would have no reason to object,
since she would be sure of Sc
curing what was due. to her in the
end. These Powers. could also col
lectively insist upon Germany fur
nishing such pledges as they
might think would protect their
monetary interests-as, for ex-
ample, the government monopo-
lies, as is indeed suggested by the
erman economist Parvus in the
last number OF Reconstruction, !"
and to rule out certain other So
called pledges which some people
demand.
I do not pretend that this solu.
ton is infallible All that l do
pretend is thSt as long as the
principle of the solidarity between.
Nations iSs to
of, the settlement Of the repara-
tions question. we shall reach no
result except to accentuate the
divergence between Great Britain,
who complains of 1.-THE bitterness
and narrowness of spirit" of the
French, and France, who, is con
WINGED that she is "hindered and
duped," announces her conviction
to- everyone, and is gradually
leaning. towards an enterprise Ct
chance, will perhaps throw her
self into that enterprise, which
will bring her nothing, and will
only succeed in completing the
disintegration OF Europe.
The uneasiness to speak
frankly. / may say the sourness
us bound to increase and, con-
tinue, all the more because, quite
apart from our legitimate desire
to be repaid, we have anxieties
Of another order for which, per-
haps, Great Britain does not make
sufficient allowance. We fear for
our safety.
FEARS or FRANCE.
Are these fears purely tmagi-
nary? In England you are In
clined to think SO, and we are
tempted tn point out that It Is al
very we'll for you. You. are free
OF the menace az the German
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whom it would give . false
security. 1t would have the
certain result Of feeding the
spirit of revenge on the other
7 side Of the Rhine at the same
! time as it would set against Us
on this side population which
would have been detached BY
force. and would have. been the
victim of D violent decision.
RUSSIAN ALLIANCE.
There are others OF my country
men whose minds are turned In
quite a different direction, and
would like to revive the Russian
alliance. They think Of the for
midable danger which Mr.. Lloyd
George indicated when he fore
saw IAN exasperated Germany
arming . starving Russia" They
are saying that q political under
standing with the Russia Of
Lenin, which should be at least
as close as the one we had with
the Russia Of the Cars. would
not only preserve us against this
danger but would forbid Germany
to have any dreams Of any pos
I sibilities OF aggression.
UNITY EUROPE.
And now It 10 my turn to ask
our British friends the question:
Then what plan do you propOse?"
The vague, flabby guarantee. limit
ed by time. which was formerly
indicated by Mr. Lloyd George.
seems to US inadequate to the dan
gers which surround us. Haye you
any other proposal to suggest?
It IL going too far to hope that
the reply which I am given may
be tn the form which I suggested
when I spoke Of reparatfons? Let
us unity Europe politically as well
a. economically. Let US bind the
6roAt nations TO each other Dy
political pacts and guarantees as
well as by financial pacts. Let
us solve the more thorny questions
by methods Of Observation-Disclosures
10 put, the thing in two words.
the United States Of Europe rs the
enc grave In which can be buried
her old imperialism,
= But has the time yet come? Are
the minds Of men yet ripe? The
many nationalisms which Were so
imprudently famed into flame dur
ing the war and which have been
fed still more madly since the
peace are eager for nssy adVen-
lures.
tGas BiAlx ent aoit
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German Capitalists
Back Air Line From
Spain to Argentine

DLANS for an airship serytce
between spain and the Argen
.-tine have 50 far progressed that
aiFship stations are under con-
sruction in seville ard Btisiaos
AIRES. German capital Is said 10
be backing the scheme.
The construction work includes
the provision Of enormous circu
lar sheds revolving under electri-
ca power 50 that an air1iner can
be housed smoothly III any stare
Of the wind. Spanish engineers
have recently been IN London
studying the housing conditions
I Of British dirigibles.
The airships to be used win, il
Is understood, be vessels with
nine motors carrying forty pass
engers in addition to the Officers
and the crews and having accom-
mediation for eleven tons Of g.
press mails.
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Cracks beneath ancient stair
case In Norman section Of Lin
coin Cathedral, caused by great
earthquake many centuries ago,
and spreading slowly ever since.
which the money is to be expended
reciting that the restoration of
that section is the result of Ameri-
can generosity. Many American
gifts were received two years ago
toward the repairs on Westminster
Abbey, In London.
An interesting feature of the
restoration work on Lincoln Cathe-
dral is the highly modern use of
compressed air. One Of two com
mittees formed by Lord Var
borough to supervise and finance
the work concerned itself with the
technical and engineering task.
This committee is composed of
leading laymen and chief engineers
Of the country and city Their ad.
visers are the architect, Sir c.
Nicholson, Bart, and Sir Francis
Fox, an eminent engineer who WAS
largely responsible for saving
Winchester Cathedral from col.
lapse.
They have given their services
to the preservation of the his.
tortc edifice. which is bound I'm
with the names of. Hugh of Ava.
lon and Grosseteste, two of the
greatest of England's leaders
Sir Francis Fox at once brought
into play the same mechanical
equipment he used on the ancient
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ready been sent by American
church communicates to the dean.
who announced that IL the full
sum is raised, & which there
seemed small doubt, memorial
tablet in bronze would be placed at
the base of the center tower on
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T. C. Fry, the venerable dean,
who has been the guest OF the
Rev. DIR. Mockeridge, OF 1S2
South Twenty-second street.
Philadelphia. and also of Mr.. and
Mrs. W., Herbert Wiley ct their
beautiful country home in Green
witch. Conn. is celebrated wit
and philosopher as well as one
Of the prominent men Of the
Church of England.
He presides over the clergy Of
the oldest and finest cathedral in
England, originally built by the
Normans eight and one-half cen
turtles ago and subsequently en-
1arged, added wings and towers
being constructed about it by
early English builders in the
Gothic style.
The magnificent towers of the
cathedral loom to the height Of
many American skyscrapers. AS
an architectural whole, the great
cathedral is thing OF beauty.
visited yearly by thousands Of
tourists from all quarters of the
world.
BUILT BY NORNIANS.
The dean explained to q Times
Herald writer, however. that
had not certain discoveries been
made in December, 1891. by en-
6inears and architects, sections or
the vast and classic structure
might soon have come ttmbling
% earth.
Very dangerous cracks IN the
walls and foundations, support
ing thousands Of tons OF solid
masonry above, were found to
exist and they were also discev-
cred to be slowly widening from
the virtually irresistible pres
sure.
The work Of repair was begun
early IN 1922 when it was learned
that most Of the old Norman
work was highly unsafe, owing
TO the fact that the early builders
had filled in the walls with rub
bic, much of which has gone TO
dust int course of nearly a
thousand years.
It has been necessary to pour
into the northwest tower, from
the base upward, tons of cement,
to render it secure.
TOWER IN DANGER.
But this was found to be only
part Of the danger. Parts OF the
equally beautiful southwest tower
were also found to be in danger
ana to require quick repairs.
A crack was found also across
the west front of the structure,
which requires both cement and
rebinding to the body OF the
building, and similar work is re-
CURED TO secure the north wall Of
the nave. The central tower,
though not in such bad shape as
the northwest tower, requires
serious and immediate attention.
It IL estimated that an expendi.
ture OF $4,000 and of five years
time viii be required to make the
entire cathedral safe. The dean
said he had raised q first 500, 900
ct once In England, that MANY
American churchmen Of the Epis.
oopal faith who have visited the
cathedral and have q sentimental
interest in it, were expected to
provide 5000 more, and that a
final 100000 would be subscribed
In England following his return
home in February.
Many voluntary gifts have al
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FEARS or FRANCE.

Arc these fears purely fmagt-
nary? In England you are In
clined to think SO, and we are
tempted to point out that It Is a
very we'll for you. You. are free
OF the menace az the GermaR
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By FRANCIS J. TIETsoRT.

yHE Very Reverend the Dean Of Lincoln and
snowy of beard, but with the physical agility and
mental alertness of in his forties is in America
on his first visit He intends to remain here for three
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DANGEROUS CRACKS.
IN HISTORIC WALLS
STOPPED BY CEMENT

Compressed Air Had Large Part liz Restoration
of Ancient TOWerS-WhOle Task will Re
Quire Several Years and Expenditure of
$25OOOO, of Which Amount a Considerable
Soon will Probably BE Raised Here.