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snyder. the real criminal. has died
by his own hand. That settles it,
suppose. and"
Settled in the Rennison way"
Towndrow finished moodily.
AS the secret service man spoke
Rennison. glaneing at him sharply.
flushed darkly. Towndrow. meeting
his gaze, smiled grimly.
tective.
THE department is grateful to YOU
for the aid you have given to US in
this affair, Coughlin." he said. You
will be compensated for your serv-
ices. Of course. 1t is essential. how
confidence concerning anything that
you have seen or heard in connection
with the case we have had in hand.
You will report TO your superiors
the Claiming death brought you into
cooperation with the Navy Depart
ment. At our request the coroner
will find. of course, that Claiming
partment will formally thank your
chief for your services. Ii you have
occasion to reveal the fact that you
were in Reifsnyder's house. after his
suicide tonight, you merely VIII say
that you CHANGED to be in the vicin-
ity of the place in connection with
a matter that had to do with this de-
partment. and that any explanation
concerning your relation with the
Reifsnyder affair must come from
me. That will let you out. I guess"
Sure" Coughlin assented affably
as he grasped the hand which Mer-
, schon extended to him. "Nobody:s
going to hear word of this from
me. The fact is couldn't tell much
II | tried. The game has been
little too big for me. and I've been
guessing most OF the time When we
! fatfeet of the city force find our
selves working with you federal men
we feel like catfish going up rapids
alongside a trout. Well, so long,
| gentlemen. Goodnight"
! And Coughlin went out.
i The telephone on the desk was
! ringing. Hawkshurst answered il.
Some one for YOU, Rennison." the
! colonel said.
! Rennison went to the instrument
and took up the receiver.
Hello" he called.
THAT you, Rennison" asked
/ voice over the wire.
! Yes"
This is Srorrow, Ren. I have
something OF importance to say to
you. How soon will you be leaving
| the Department."
81 am preparing to leave now"
We'll. in five minutes I'll have my
| car at the Pennsylvania avenue side
of the building. Can / take you TO
your hotel? I'm in no hurry, and
can wait
| Thanks. old man. I'll be along in
about ten or fifteen minutes"
Good. You'll find me waiting. Is
everything all right with you?"
! Rennison hesitated. There was
note of apprehension in Storrows
voice thai was rot to be mistaken.
! "Ies-all right" Rennison replied
Zine" said Storrow. "I1l see you
! later, then. Goodbye"
Rennison heard a click which in
J dicated that the receiver a the other
; end Of the wire had been returned to
its hook. Then, frowning thought
fully. he rose.
/: When the FIVE men had filed out to
/ the dimly lighted corridor Horsford.
, turning. addressed his companions.
We'll, gentlemen. inasmuch as
| will have to use a telephone for a
/ few minutes, l will bid you good
night" he said. 'It has been a nerve
racking day for all Of us. and I still
| am too dazed TO think clearly on all
we have been through. 1t has been
| a day and night OF terrible fears and
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We have earned our

amazing results. We have earned our
rest. Good night"
Walking with long, nervous strides.
Horsford hurried on to a sound-proof
telephone booth. Merschon stopped
to snap the lock of the door. Hawks
hurst moved on alone. Rennison, ad-
dressing Towndrow in a low voice.
said:
wait for me at the main entrance
of the building. 1t is of the utmost
Importance that l have few words
with you. Til be along in eight or
ten minutes"
"I'll wait" the secret service man
answered curtly.
Meantime, I have something to say
to the colonel" Rennison explained.
CHAPTER XEL
PITFALLS OF DEATH.
In a few moments Hawkshurst was
overtaken. Rennison slackened his
pace.
Good night. colonel" Towndrow
said. continuing on his way.
Good might" replied HawkshurSt.
He turned as Rcnnison laid hand ON
one Of his shoulders.
Going to your office" Rennison
asked.
NO" was the reply. Home will
just about meet all my requirements
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now. AS Horsford has said, we have
earned our rest"
But when they reached q corridor
which crossed the one they had been
traversing, Rennison said abruptly:
I'll not delay you long. colonel, but
I'd like a little chat with you before
we part for the night. 1t would be
better. perhaps, to have il in your
Office
"All right. my boy" Hawkshurst
assented genially. Come right
along
As they walked on without speak
ing the heels Of their shoes. striking
the marble floors, awakened the
echoes of the gloomy. family lighted
corridors-echoes that sounded like
the sullen. hollow knocking of spirit
hands on doors and walls and win
dows. Now and then the dark. fu-
neral figures of night watchmen. issu-
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hurst. who led the way into the room.
He was about to switch on the cleo
trio lights when Rennison laid hand
on his extended arm
NO lights--just now. colonel" he
said quietly. What We have to do
can best be done with our pock ct
flashli lights-in the da~k."
LAS you please. Rennison." replied
the wondering Hawkshurst. Then,
when Rennison had closed and lock.
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ing from dark recesscs. would peer
at them. They were quickly recog-
nized, however. and the departmental
owls vanished as weirdly as they ap-
peared. to be seen later, sitting in
window embrasures, behind a marble
column, in an office doorway, or at
the foot of a flight of stairs.
At length the two men halted in
front of big door. This was un-
locked and thrust open by Hawks
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ed the door through which they en-
tered, he added: NOW, what's up?"
It's just as well that no watcher
outside should see any sign Of ac-
tiVity in here tonight" Rennisod eN-
planned. Lighted windows would
excite suspicion. Let's get into your
private room"
xo,n,..ir,,nd IN ,rnrnnrrnu,,s ctarA
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Continued in Tomorrow's Starr
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Story of Secret Service and Diplomatic Intrigue
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-03
LaSker GreetS
Subsidy Proposals
With Silence
BIZ Q. Q. LYON

BIZ O. 9. LYON
WASHINGTON. Jan. 3.-Members
OF Congress opposed to the ship sub
sdy bin are puzzled ct the silence
with which Albert D. Lasler. father
OF the subsidy scheme, and the P-esi-
dent, too, have accepted amendments
to the subsidy bill, which drastically
change that Administration measure
They expected a storm OF opposition
from Lasler and his pro-subsidy col.
leagues. But none came. WHY"
they are asking
Close associates OF the President
and of Lasker say that both are will
ing to accept even a greatly devItal-
lied subsidy bill as better than no
subsidy bill at all. Lasker feels that
such a bill would be a recognition of
the subsidy principle and sreat
step toward later enactment Of the
Kind Of subsidy measure the shipping
interests want.
This strategy Of Lasker has caused
alarm among Senator opponents OF
the bill, led by Senators La Toilette
arc Brookhart. who are urging upon
their followers the necessity for KILL
inP the subsidy bin entirely IN tho
Senate, regardless Of concessions [ as
kei is willing to make.
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Oz0LS, Eggs, Words and Thought

very thing! But what shall I naedi-
tate upon, o. Owl7"
Ten Owls" said the wise bird.
have grown great in wisdom by
meditating on which was first, the
Owl or the Egg"
Fine" said the Cat. but how long
VIII It be before we find the answer"
Answer hooted the Owl. There
IS no answer, That's the beauty OF
the problem."
And that's the beauty Of the prob
lem Of the question of which is the
elder brother, thought or speech. AS
a matter Of fact. like eggs and owls,
they are both the children Of former
things. Raising a family was in
former ages a much simpler thing for
Owls than laying eggs and incubating
them. Owls and Eggs came into ex-
istence gradually, and together.
So did thought and speech. But Of
the two, thought can exist better
without words than words without
thought.
Did Helen Keller. deaf, dumb, and
blind, have no thoughts before she
had words? OF course she I'D.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-03
Senator" Williams
Voluntarily Quits
Senate in Disgust
BY LEO r. SACK

WASHINGTON. Jan. 3.--After
twenty six years in Congress. a dozen
Of them spent in the United States
Senate, John Sharp Williams Of
Mississippi is quitting voluntarily and
in disgust
In farewell speech to the Senate
a few days ago, tho brilliant South
erner took occasion TO tell the Senate
some truths about itself He said:
You may think you are Awfully
smart when you advise the American
people to take care of their own In
terests and TO let their brethren In
Europe go to hell"
The venerable Mississippi Senator
is recognized in Washington as
scholar without peer in Congress.
When he rises to speak, Senators lis
ten 10 his oratory. oftimes not on the
topic under discussion, for sheer de.
light in Williams beauty OF thought.
Let me speak an almost parting
word to YOU, for 1t with not be long
| before 7 leave you, and God knows
l never intend to bother you after
| leave you or to be bothered by you.
| That almost parting word Ia this;
America is a part of this earth; her
traditions, her ideals, her magnificent
unselfshness are a part Of the present
status of this earth; and l do not
care what you say nor what you do
! nor how you vote, you cannot set rid
Of that fact.
Long after have gone out Of pub.
lie life, perhaps after some Of you
have died an actual death. there will
be the common sense and the com
mon conscience of the common PEG.
/ pie of America behind the idea of
/ preserving and enforcing-mark you.
/ enforcing-the peace OF the world, and
/ behind that too, enforcing industrial
| peace and other forms of peace on
| this earth.
Christ was not born for nothing,
and did not live for nothing, and did
not die for nothing, and did not
! preach for nothing. When He an
nOunced the doctrine OF the common
| fatherhoOd OF God and the common
/ brotherhood of man, He meant what
/ He said. and that idea sank into our
/ hearts. I do not care how weak we
are nor how sinful we are-God knows
I am one Of the weakest and one of
the most sinful--the idea is there, and
no politics, no fnesse. no private
meeting Of Senators or of Representa-
tives can ever Overwhelm It,"
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Maryland Is WetteSt State Under Dry
LazU and Seems to Be Proud of Fact

ty officials from enforcement activi-
ties.
Another difficulty hampering dry
agents is the ruling of the United
States commissioner for this district
that raids. even on trucks on high
ways. are not legal unless made I'M
der a search warrant.
Liquor seized without warrant is
returned to the owner.
The commissioner will not issue a
warrant without actual proof that
the place to be ralded has liquor con-
trary to law. An agents sworn state
ment that he drank liquor there Is
not enough. He must show the liquor.
The Federal dry force here trying
to stem the flood consists Of eight
men. aided by a flying squad" Of six
sent periodically from Washington.
Public demonstrations, sometimes
reaching riot proportions, often mark
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-03
Weather Records
of Government
Used in Courts
RI ROBERT TATEFT

'fF Nun Z. III , , n f4i4f
WASHINGTON. Ian. 3-Dont ever
try TO lie about the weather; you
cant do it II and get by with it.
Examination OF the annual records
OF the United States Weather Bureau
here shows that this agency has been
instrumental in convicung murderers.
deciding damage suits. furnishing the
guilty and freeing the innocent.
We keep extensive records Of the
weather ana nearly every dag we
are called uOpn from some part Of
he United States to furnish a
weather certificate TO show Just what
was happening at a given place at a
given time" explained DR.. Charles f
Marvin, chief Of the bureau
There was one murder trial in
which a witness testified TO something
he had seen committed in the bright
moonlight on a certain night, our
record showed that this night had
been dark and cloudy"
Complete and careful records Of
hourly temperatures, rainfall. wind
velocity and sunshine are kept in
the 220 weather bureau stations scat
tered across North America. They
are links in the far-hung system that
begins on the Alaskan coast and ex.
tends to far out in the Atlantic
Ocean, where mariners take daily OBJ
servations that are sent to Washing
ton and carefully recorded.
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Tho only type Of Independent
woman who does not have to pay"
says Thyra Samter Winslow, the
popular short story writer, rs the
one who realizes her own value,
The independent woman Is Just
as feminine as the clinging-vtne
type. but because Of tho short period
that she has been in vogue, sho
feels her oats.
She thinks she is so smart be
cause she can make little money
that she flaunts her independence
and scares away the finer type OF
man. This is one Of the big pay
ments she makes-inabluty TO at
tract the right man.
Most Pitiful Thing
Until woman can make herself
mans equal by getting rid of her
conceit her wiles and her laziness.
she will have TO continue to pay.
But the independent woman. until
she has Gained herself bit, Will
have to settle for even more than
her share.
However, the most piutul thing
in life is a dependent woman. Her
husbands proposal OF marriage is
the triumph Of her life. Why7 Be
cause II is the one thing that re-
suits from her initiative. Does she
pay? OF course. It is a deferred
payment. but II comes. It comes
with the children who are not want
ed-children practically forced upon
her. Long years of stupid. uninter-
esting payment
Marriage is just as much a form
Of slavery today as ever It has been.
Il would like to see a law passed
prohibiting the woman from marry
ing and having children who could
not prove her ability to support
them by her own efforts or by an
independent income.
However. do not believe woman
should support the children. It is
the mans duty.
Why Deny Your Age?
Another thing for which women
pay-and for which they are respon-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-03
BY LOUIS F. KEEMLE
NEA Special Correspondent

BALTIMORE, Jan. 3.-Maryland,
wettest State in the Union and
proud OF it, begins the new year
determined 10 fight any effort to
force the Volstead law down its
throat
Governor Albert c. Richie, who
kicked over the traces at President
Harding's recent conference on pro-
hlbition enforcement and told the
country how little ne thought OF the
Eclstead law, believes that legisla,
ton is an invasion of State rights
and cannot be enforced.
Can it be enforced-in Maryland7
Not likely with the people feeling
the way they do.
Personal Investigation
The NEA Service correspondent
took a walk through downtown Bal
tfmore. He has been living in this
city two months.
He visited four saloons and three
restaurants, and found 1t is not
IEEtESdtN W ht fNlAOHlAs IL al ~
them liquor was being sold as open
~ as in 1914. The same pilgrimage
could be continued successfully days
on end without visiting the same
PLACE twice.
Beer per cent. creamy beer with
a collar and a kicks on draught
and on sale to all Corners at 20 cents
a large glass.
Whisky. too. is sold over the bar.
Many places dispense good whisky
the MARYLAND rye for which this dis
tilling state once was famous-in
highhalls or by the pony glass for
90 cents.
Whisky is sold over the bar in half.
pint tasks. Beer can be ordered from
the corner saloon by the case and will
be delivered
B0otlegger's Stock
Bootleggers? The correspondent
found one without difficulty in a pool
room rear the city hall He said he
could supply any grade OF whisky
from pure bonded whisky at $40 q
quart to green whisky" at $3.50.
Purchase Of bottle disclosed it 70
be raw alcohol. rye extract. caramel
coloring. glycerin and odds and ends.
Attempts at enforcement are prac-
tically futile. Maryland has no State
enforcement law as provided in the
Volstead law. Police do not make
liquor raids
Under a ruling Of the State attorney
general. the only part police can take
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raids. Agents have been mobbed a
dozen times.
Crime has increased. Police figures
for 1922, now being compiled, show
approximately $4,000 arrests. With the
exception of 1913 this is the highest m
Baltimore's history. Totals for pre-
ceding years are: 1921. $4,000; 1920,
Al ,988; 1919, 50.027.
Figures Just compiled by the Pru-
Dental Insurance Company on twenty
eight American cities show murder Is
increasing in Baltimore faster than
any city. The yearly rate is 11.3 per
100000 OF population.
The States sentiment is best ex-
pressed in the attitude of the Mary
land Society Opposed to the Prohi-
bition Amendment. The members
took the stand that Governor Ritchie's
-Volstead statement following the
Presidents conference was too mild!
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-03
Premier Conference FOredO0med

income. and is consuming more than
It produces.
The nations that have so guided
their financial conditions as to avoid
great depreciation of the currency
are experiencing severe economic
difficulties. Among such nations are
England. Switzerland and Czecho-Slo-
vakia.
Among tho nations which arc tx
periencing less difficulty in an indus
trial way are those where financial
problems are most pressing. Among
such nations are Germeny, France
and italy.
Each Nation Dependent
The fact is that no piecemeal solu.
ton will cure the rapidly growing
economic, financial. and political
problems OF Europe The problems
are too intimately related and the
Industrial life OF each nation is too
fundamentally dependent on the vel
fare OF the neighboring nations 10
make possible at THIS late date any
genuine betterment through a mere
temporary set of concessions relating
TO Germany alone.
Europe needs a general settlement
participated IN by all the important
nations OF the western portion Of the
continent. and embracing mutual
agreements as to the stabilization Of
curTencies, the remission Of interna-
tiOnaf Indebtedness. the mitigation OF
customs barriers as we'll as the prob
lens centerinE around Germany s
reparation obligations.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-03
a. LEONARD ?. AYREs


Formerly Chief Statistical officer.
American Peace Commission
From reports and rumors that are
coming from Europe. It now seems
probable that the premiers will reach
a decision at their forthcoming confer
ence, and that this decision viii in
clude at least three principal condi-
tons.
The first will be that Germany
must raise a forced internal loan IN
gold through the sale Of her foreign
investments.
The second is that she must sub
NIT 10 the direct supervision OF her
financial and economic policies by
representatives OF the allied nations.
The third condition will probably
ba that she will be granted a mora
forum Of perhaps .wo years with re
spect to money payments on her in.
debtedness, but she must continue her
payments Of coal. wood and other com
modiues.
Prospects Hopeless
As we enter 1928 tho prospects If
any such temporary settlement cannot
be viewed with great hopefulness.
Ono thing that seems all too clear is
that European conditions in 1923 will
be worse than they have been In any
other year since the arnisuce. More
over. these bad conditions are general
and not restricted to any two or three
nations
Tho fact is that almost every nation
in Europe IS spending more than its
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-03
M. {. CHURCH REPORTS
GAIN OF 1866 IN 1922

A net gain of 1866 new members In
Indianapolis is reported by the Meth
odist Episcopal Church in 1922. The
Indianapolis gains are divided into
three groups. The white English con-
ference gained ,236 members, the
German conference, 200, and the
colored conference, $50. Total gain
of the church in this country in 1922
was 49, 07.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-03
BY HERBERT QUICK

Arthur Brisbane says that thought
itself is impossible without words"
There is no thought without Ian
guage," mo trace Of thought with
out words. written or spoken" It
sounds profound: but It would have
sounded just as wise II he had said:
Words cannot exist without thought;
no trace of words without thought:
thought must have been in existence
before words, or words would not
have been invented It would have
sounded just as wise. and Il would
have been Just az profound-but It
would have stated the exact oDposi-
ton OF what no wrote It reminds
me- Of a parable:
Once the cat went on a pilgrimage
IN search Of Happiness. She met in
the forest a wise looking Owl 20,
Owl" said the Cat, what shall DO
to be happy"
Mediate. 0, Cat. mediate" said
the Owl 1T Is by meditation that
Owls find quiet OF spirit"
"Meditate"" exclaimed the Cat. the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-03
The MiLkman
By BERTON BRALEY

By BERTON BRALEY
IENHE miIkman loast IT'S said
Is truly important person,
And therefore he's I'm led
To write this
II frequently has been aveTred
That he gets VI dawn Is pearly
And lie beyond 3 doubt bird
Exceeding esrlyl
In summers heat In winters cold,
In weather fair hateful.
He brings milk and cream. I'm told.
Well, I grateful
They be does the best he can
that, no matter what the day be,
Ho brings the milk for oman. man.
And for the baby
He does his duty. it's afr med
With application aim fervent
And therefore should be termed
faithful servant.
He loves his children and his wife
(Or I hear). do not doubt it;
Therefore. to help him in life
I'll write about i'll
The milkmans character is fine
(Im todd. dawns dim shadows
Since | arise at half past nne
I've him!
Copyright. 1922, NEA Service)
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Wall Inscriptions Tell
of Former LEGISLATURES

of the seventy-second Legtslature-
one good woman and a lot Of mere
men. May merciful hand blot out
their mistakes"
The other read:
'IIio facet dead bills,
Some were good.
And some were rotten.
Some remembered.
Some forgotten.
Some are safely laid away
But some will rise another day,
''Ot sanity and Of vicious nature.
ITO plague another Legislature"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-03
MASKS
WE ALL
WEAR

A
VEAL stick to s says Michael s Hughes chosg0s
different version of the story almost
every So lead suspect into telling lies then check
him and finally in his mental confusion the truth out
This bit Of criminal psychology based the principle of
multiple personality In other words that present
and distinct and entirely different personality each person
meet.
Take your presence your mother You
certain way display certain attitude This your personality
mother it.
To another person. you entirely different in actions and
attitude
Naturally, people in exactly the light.
And naturally often disagree argue about the
defects Of mutual acquaintance You may consider
quantance k Your friend may consider him Neither of
YOU understand the others attitude.
We all know people who devils in public, but mighty
sweet to his mother, and that for a lot
Another familiar expressions Don't mind him He's a
good fellow whens he's sober Liquor brings hidden per-
sonaties.
Garry analysis logical conclusion and every one
whom he humanity impossible treat
two people in exactly the wayo exhibit the per-
sonaty to both.
Some philosopher said something about us entering this
world alone and leaving it alone To large degree
through life alone.
No matter how intimate may become with friend
father wife husband there always something keep
ourselves This hidden personality, safely masked the
Self
think do Then time when think things over
IN bewdred way unable to understand certain
Of actions
The greatest mystery the interesting thing the uni
human personality Our real analysis are
uncanny almost to the point of being terrible.