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This unusual series Of stories deals Nth the erplos of
"Chnese Pennington, detective sent by his government
20 British North Boraeo to run to earth The Yeoto Sepen
d gang of Chinese bandits.
The man with the iron-gray hair who was writing at
table under the swinging oil lamp looked u and his eve
fell upon the figure of tall Chinaman who had come noise
lessy TO the top of the steps that led t the
ran the whole length of cheek Hyde glaring nj him
classed him as member of of those many tribes of
fsherfok created by fusion of Oriental and Dsn blood
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-08-02
Olive Roberts Barton
PEE WEE LAND

The Pee Wees arc first cousins to
the Little pcezcrs and live in Pee
Wee Land. under the burdocks.
One day the Fairy Queen received
a letter II said:
Dear Queen:
Could you and would you please
to help me.
My subjects have learned 10 ride
on lightning bugs and since then I
haven't had one peaceful minute
They say uneasy lies tho head
tiiat wears crown and I'll have
you Know, queen, that aitho I wear
my crown day and night. never
ses chance TO lay my head any.
where, with all my worrFes
y never know wiiero any Of my
subjects nre Mt night. Tho only
place ] know Is whore they are moi
lhat place is I've Wee Land.
AS soon as night comes tbev
Jump on lightning bugs and ride
away Tho whole kaboodle OF them.
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Ito pusneQ NaSk MS NAAif ana con
fron,ed tho newcomer,
Weir he demanded IN fluent Ma.
lay, What the devil d'you wRntg''
Tho searecrow'a features puckercd
into grin
As matter Of fact. HYDE" he
drawled in good English. I'm IN
reed OF many things. I'm deuced
hungry. for one; my threats a good
deal drier than / like Il 20 be. and
I'D b grateful Tor decent suit OF
whitess'
The planter scratched his head
What the. Who are you, any.
way7"
Pennington said the other hum.
bis. Peter Pennington. commonly
referred 10 as Chinese Pennington"
Good Lords He scrutinlEed the
younger mans features Presently
he extended a hand and Pennington
grlpped il hard.
4 quarter OF an hour later both
men sat facing one another. n glass
resting in the aperture made In the
arm OF each chair for that purpose.
As the man with the gray hair looked
across at his guest. no could not re
train from wondering at the com.
pleteness Of the iransformation. The
swarthy complexion. scar. every.
thing was gone except the one great
asset that made chiness Pennington.
tho most dreaded OF all detectives In
BorneO-that strange. usaconuntahle
set Of the eyes that mlde him look
rs II his origin had been partly Chi.
ncSe.
There's a hundred ard one ques.
tons on the tip OF my tongue" he
said. shifting cigar 10 the corner OF
his mouth. What's puzzling mo most.
suppose. is the motive that's
brought you here"
-chaiHungr'
The planter almost Jumped from
his chair.
But. man alive. had a chit from
the Commissioner. ages ago. saying
that Chai.Huns was dcadr
Pennington smiled blandiy.
We all thought so--enee. but that
was before we realized the peculiar
properties OF the man with whom we
had to deal. You remember tho Vel.
low Seven scare. when no white man
dared 20 out alone. wipn we all BE-
gan digging out firearms tho very
existence OF which w1d forgotten
That was Mr.. chai.Hdng. He'd or.
ganized practically tho entire Chinese
population and scors OF times
thought I'd run him 20 earth. only TO
discover that the inherent cunning Of
Ills race had succeeded IN finding a
loophois In the wall I'd built around
alru."
The planter empsled his glass.
That's all wonderfully interest.
Tag. he said slowly. but | sim don't
sec
why chose 70 invade your
bungalow ike a thief in the night.
En-? am on u game OF hare and
hounds-a form Of paper chase that
a schoolboy might be oeEuiled into.
cniy the scent isn't laid in bits Of
torn papsr-it's blazed positively
blazed--ln japanese fans"
Fans
Sounds ialotlc. doesn't it7-hut
ia true enough. Ths trail led me
.irre--and then stopped abruptly
What are they like-these fans7"
Just ordinary affairs fllnsy
frame and a handle OF polished cane
With some sort OF light material
siTetehed across-and picture on
~"
Hyds smiled.
Nothing very wonderful in that.
BE grunted. "Tve dozen or so OF
am myself"
II daresay you have. Everybody
buys thern-and that's precisely
Thsre the cunning OF the scheme
ccrlfa in. chal.Hung's up against
x'kes. particularly those who are in
position OF influence. He knows
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read this one. That's Why we're
making Il a handy size"
Tho exact date OF the imperial
wedding has not been announced.
but # will be fixed. probably. for
some time in October. Several sps-
eial missions ne now in Europe.
buying articles Of dress for the
prince and princess. However. most
Of the garments and supplies VIII bs
japanese products.
Hirohito Issued two orders for his
wedding;
l. Buy in Japan everything posi-
Bile. and
?. Spend no more moEey than is
necessary.
He said that he would never con.
sent 70 money being wasted on an
imperial wedding while poor people
were In need.
Despite this nJunction-whlch
made big hit with the people-ths
wedding will be the most elaborate
show Japan has known for years.
Hirohito Is tremendously popular.
and the entire nation kill go into
holiday. and have all sorts OF fetes
economy to the contrary notwlth.
standing.
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Mail Filler Plans Trans
Continental Trip Alone
Will Try Flight From Frisco to New York in
Plane He Built Himself

given Il have all proven successful.
Vance claims.
Vance places value Of $4,000 on
tho plane--w hIch weighs 1900
pounds gross. fully loaded with tho
pilot in his place.
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tea and green bananas. and tho con.
veratlon turned upon other subjects.
Presently Pennington was some.
what surprised TO SEQ the figure OF a
Girl on a short. sturdy pony wheel
into view on tho broad path that
wound between tho trees. sho can.
tered up TO the bungalow. diamoun,.
cd, and slung the relns over n post,
she oamo up tho steps. trim.
youthful figure. her eyes sparkling
az they fen upon Hyde.
Morning. dadr'--and then sho saw
Pennington
Both men rose 20 their feet.
This is my daughter" said the
planter by way OF introduction.
Dora. / don't think you've met Mr.
Pennington"
The girl dropped into a cano chair.
i've been ever 80 far. I left Jack
in the lines and rode thru tho native
village right into the jungle. love
tho dawn. don't you. Mr.. Pennlng.
toni"
Dora married young Ba,cson--rny
second assistant. explained the
planter.
Are you a planter" The girl sur.
yeyed Pennington curiously.
He shook hts head.
i've never planted anything in
my Hfc." he sald. AS n matter Of
fact, I'm criminaily overpaid by a
much trusting government to look
after the interests OF pretty women
who go out riding. alone. before
dawn"
Mrs. Batcson flushed.
Are you laughing at me. Mfr. Pen.
ON the contrary. was mover
moro serious in my life."
Pennington rolled his own cignrets
Eo did so now. and the girl, lying
back in her chair, watched him in
mute fascination. IIe glanced UP
and passed her an open tin
that stood on tho table near his arm.
Tho corners OF Dora Batesons
pretty mouth dropped
rs this sort OF special conces.
sion, Mr.. Pennington" she demand.
cd, bending forward toward the
match he held out.
Continued In Our Next ISSUE
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-08-02
Patriotic Foeman
Conducts Own Case

PARIS. Aug. an Ebelo,. ono Of
those charged with asSauiting NJ
Calliaux. Is conducting his own de-
feuse IN his trial. He argues that
inasmuch as he considers himself pm
ttoiic. he thought II good thing 70
chaaiiso Caillaux as an enemy Of
his country. Ho Hworo ho had no
intention 10 kin him.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-08-02
WOULD CROSS THE
COUNTRY IN u HOURS

~Tranaeoniinenial flying II tho big
thing now. Owing 10 tho difference
in time between the East and West
coasts. the carrying OF mail and other
matter which cannot be sent by wire.
IL delayed IN transmission even with
the relay system 40 use In the air
mail thought II would DO a good
stunt II tomebody could fix up a
plano which would set across the
country in one day OF ~ hours Then
] got 10 thinking that maybe / could
pull II off.
THE plane is the thing in a cross.
country flight. Sufficient gasoline 10
run the motor for the distance 20 be
iraycrsed. a strong motor that will do
Its stuff. and an airplnne 80 built
as TO curves ms 20 help the motor as
mach as possible and afford tho nee
cHnnry speed arc necessities. It's
simple enough, but there's co-ordin-
alton needed that can be found now
only in tho large planes such as tho
T-.. The real problem OF successful
and speedy and economical Tying.
transcontlnen;al flying.
lies in tho development Of the small
plane"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-08-02

SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. IA
solo ransconiinentai nirpinno flight
without stop between crissy field.
San Francisco. and Mitchell Field,
New York. Is what Claire X. Vance.
United States air mail pilot between
San Francisco and Reno. New. plans
10 perform this summer.
In his proposed flight. Vance viii
use a plane built entirely by himself
during the past year, based on plans
selected from all known data on air
plane construction. driven by a motor
ho purchased with his own fundH
Every bit OF wood. metal and wire
which has gons into the planes con
Etrucliou has been purchased by
Vance with funds from his own
pocket
Vance describes his proposed flight
with tho air OF young father going
over tho points OF newly delivered
son.
II don't know where got tho idea.
but II came 20 me about a year ago"
no said. that I'd like 10 hang up ono
record while I'm young and healthy.
Ever since was Md in school I've
wanted TO DO n first class aviator. !
suppoFs ! have been rylng-craEy.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-08-02

And tho trouble they get into Is
something fierce.
Tiny Toe fell into "A custnrd pic
sitting on Mrs. Browns window sill
TO cool And altho he's n good
swimmer, the custard set and he did,
tool
Wee Willie got stuck on some
fly papcr-or his clothes did-nnd
the only way his friends could save
him was 70 peel him out OF his
clothes and bring them homo the
way he was.
Could you-would you please TO
help mc7
Your faithful subject,
"sNOOKUMs,
king OF tho Pee Wees"
Nancy and NicIsr called tho
Fairy Queen. smiling. at seems to
mo that this rs n Job for you and
your magic shoes"
ITO BE Continued
Copyright 1929. by Seattle Stan
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-08-02
Wants Work
on Enrni

Dear Cynthia Grey; WIN YOU
please help my hoy TO get some wor
on ranch az chore hoy. where
can get board and some wages
4 MOTHER.
] Win ho very glad 10 put anyone
In touch with this boy. who can give
him work.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-08-02
Boy Wants
Work

a young man who has been search.
Ing for work for tho past four
months called upon this department
for assistance this morning. Hs can
drive any mako Of car. can also drive
team bat II willing 20 take any
kind OF work he can get II anyone
can help him. he may b reached
thru Sunset ai3T.
CYNTHIA GREY.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-08-02

couple. Both work during tho day,
and there would 10 very little 10 do.
! thought maybe by putting this in
your column ] might be- ablo to &c,
some one. Cnll East i5iT-R.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-08-02

A nice dog or kitten can be found
thru the Pet Stock column in tho
Want Ads, Tho Riddles enjoy
them so.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-08-02

Mlas Grey win receive eailern
In her office Monday. "wednesday
and Friday. from TO 2 p. M.
and on Tuesday and Thursday
from III a. IN. 10 ~ Ia. each
week. Please do not come NJ
other times, an Il seriously inter.
feres with her writing.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-08-02

The latest American girl to
join exclusive English royalty
is Miss JessicG Bro ~ n,
former Follies girl. She noW
is the rife of the earl Of
Northesk, tchont she married
recently in Chicago.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-08-02
To Remove
Tan

Dear Miss Grey: My fnce and
neck arc so badly tanned that Tho
cold creams and bleach preparations
ordinarily used. don't seem TO have
much effect VIII you please tell
me what 10 usof ~ n.
MIX lemon juice with fresh butter.
milk and apply Il several times daily.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-08-02
Home for
Middie-aged Woman

Dear Miss Grey: would like very
much 20 set IN touch with a middle.
aged lady. who would like a nice
home IN tho country with young
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-08-02

'YNTHfA GREY.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-18
TIGERS REGRET
DEPARTURE Of
GR|FFS
Cobb's Broken Team Appears
Classy Compared With
Washington's.
By H. C. sALsINGER.

DETROIT, July 18.-It Is too bad
the Griffs have gone to Cleveland.
Could they have hung around here
for a couple of weeks longer, the
Tigers might easily work their way
into first place, Judging from the
series ending with yesterdays home
triumph, to 2. Bent and broken
as Cobb's team is, 1t looked three
times as formidable as the visitors
from the banks of the Potomac.
Sylvester Johnson battled the
Griffs in the final game and, with
the exception of Sam Rice, baffled
them. Rice got three hits in four
trips to the pan and scored both
of his teams runs, one on Char
rit's single and the other on Peck's
double.
DOME Bush, who is suspended and
watched the game from a box near
the Washington bench, sent Monroe
Mitchell to the slab. This young
ster from Memphis was touched
up for eight hits and walked four
Tigers, but on the whole did not do
so badly.
In each of the first three frames
the Tigers scored one run on timely
taps. They scored their last run
in the fifth and after that the game
dragged on to a dull finish.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-18
taQQ1hQ
11t0bdSecs

The Griffmen are riding along five
games behind the sixth place Chicago
White SoX. Unless they perk up
against the Red Sox in Boston next
week they may come home in last
place.
Bucky Harris practiced with the
Griffs yesterday in Detroit and may
play today against the Indians in
Cleveland.
Joe Judge is on his way back TO
Washington. His injured knee
showed no improvement in Detroit
turns here on July %.
Two homers netted the Giants
four runs and helped them beat the
Chicago Cubs, Z to 3.
A six-run rally enabled the Robins
to defeat the Pirates, 6 to 0.
Luque, the Cuban pitcher. ran his
string of season victories to fifteen
by winning a doubleheader for the
Cincinnati Reds from Boston, 4 to
3 and 9 to S.
A single and double In the tenth
enabled the Cardinals to defeat the
Phillies, 2 to l.
Uhle was lnvincible, Cleveland met
Mays submarine offerings for
twenty hits and buried the Yankees
13 to 0.
Danforth famed ten Red Sox and
the St. Louis Browns took the fifth
straight. 10 to /.
The Athletics were unable to do
anything with Cvengros and the
White Sox won, to l.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-18
PAN LOUIE
HOLDING OUT
FOR MORE
Firpo Wants New Deal in
Play for Dempsey
Fight.
By WARREN w. BROWN.

NEW YORK, July 18-The
Dempsey-Firpo match, which has
successfully been "up to" Jack
Kearns and Tex Richard, now APP
pears to rest with Dead Pan"
himself.
Firpo, in the position of chal-
lenger for Jack Delnpsey's title,
and said to be already signed by
Richard for the fight, is now re-
ported to be arguing for a new
deal all around. Some Of Dead
Pans" ''fifty-seven varieties" of adj
visers have prompted him to seek
a neW financial arrangement with
Richard, and this, we are reliably
informed, is what is holding up the
actual signing of the men for the
match.
Firpo, according to Richards an
nouncement on Monday, wants TO
fight in Argentina instead of in this
country. The fact of the matter is
Luis the Angel doesn't care where
he fights or whom he fights as
long as he gets what he thinks is
coming to him. That his present
contract with Richard calls for a
percentage that will net him more
money IMAM ne ever DeIOfe received
for a fight does not enter into his
calculations at all.
you amt done right by our
Luis" chirp the fifty-seven varie-
ties, and there you are.
Both Kearns and Richard refuse
to admit that it is Firpo who is
holding up the match. But it is
significant that Kearns, after a
phone call with Richard, announced
that he would not go to the Gar
den for a powwow. "Firpo," he
explained, lis out of town and will
not be back until tomorrow"
When Luis the Angel shows up
at the Garden today, Richard con-
fidently expects to strengthen every
thing out with him. But until
Firpo, through the fifty-seven vari-
cites, gives out his statement: Eyes,
We have not the right percentage"
the Dempsey-Firpo match will be
just as far away from settlement
as it was yesterday, when Kearns.
who is hot after the bout, spent
most of the day hunting up real
estate bargains. and hardly talked
fight at all.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-18
JUMPS
On BLACKLIST
Of TOOLE.

NEW YORK, July 1S-The flare
up in international League baseball
circles caused by the strike of four
umpires in protest of the dismissal
of fifth arbiter yeterday, reached
a climax today when John Conway
Toole. president of the circuit, virtu-
ally placed on the blacklist the hold
out indicator men and announced
the appointment of three new UNI
pires to complete his staff.
To meet the emergency, the
league executive today assigned Nc
Bride to fill one gap in the staff
at Rochester, and appointed William
S. Murphy, of Clean, n. Y, who
has had some umpiring experience
in western New York, to work with
Mcbride.
The two other new appointees,
who will become regulars if their
work Is satisfactory, are Jack Egan,
of Providence, r. l.. and Rudolph
kraemer, of Brooklyn.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-18
DUNDEE AND MCDONALD
BATTLE AT SHORTHAND

Joe Dundee, of Baltimore, and
Roddy Mcdonald, Of Allentown. Pa,
are reported in condition for their
twelve-round feature ring battle
booked for the Sportland Arena to-
morrow night. This is expected to
be the final boxing show offered at
the Berwyn Arena, and, with good
weather, should attract a big crowd.
The balance Of the card is as
follows:
Billy Vincent, of the Navy Yard,
against Johnny ConrOy, for the well
terweight championship of the Dis
trict, eight rounds.
Joe Montana against Heinie Or
chard, six rounds.
John l.. Smith against Bob Yoe-
man, of the United States navy, six
rounds.
Silent Patterson. of the Vincent
g. Costello Post, against Young
Lorenzo, four rounds.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-18

BEFORE discussing THIS great day
the writer wants his admirers to
refrain from throwing anything
at him that is shaped like either
an iron egg or a bottle. / get
all the eggs that are good for
me at breakfast and l play with
a lot of hard-boiled eggs every
afternoon that it don't rain.
Furthermore, the writer is not
to be classed with that kind of
actor that only does his best run
ming when he is egged on.
According to the schedule, our
Washington club and somebody's
Cleveland club has an off day Fri
day. don't know of any better
way to spend an off day than to
see the REAL ball players per-
form. They are the youngsters
of the so-called sandlots. That's
where myself and some of the
other jaspers got our start. l
loved the old sandlot, especially
when the sand was as big as rocks
and you could throw them at the
umpires.
So, friends, l hope you all will
come to Dumb Field with your
loose change and when you feel
like hurting something at the
most honest umpire in the world,
why | wish you would get rheu-
matism in your elbow.
While not umpiring, the writer
Will endeavor to pull some funny
stuff. The umpiring is to be
serious. / hope you all will be
the same way. | always say "you
ALL" as | am from the South
south Cincinnati.
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Meets Wise Bimbo.

UTHAT puzzles me, however,
" on the eve of this great
" day for Cleveland anna
teurs, is a crack that was made
to me by a wise bimbo as l was
walking down Euclid avenue. I
had just come from a bountiful
soup sandwich at a restaurant
when l was recognized and ad-
dressed by this stranger. He said
tc me:
Are you an amateur ball
player?"
To which l replied right off
that | was sorry, but that was
a professional. He then said:
"Well, what is the difference
between them?"
"There are some differences"
I replied, "for instance the anna
teurs often play lots better ball
than professionals, but the chief
difference is that an amateur
doesn't get paid for playing and
a professional does"
WELL" remarked this jasper,
"you surely are an amateur"
See you later. Remember
about the pop bottles. Ladies
may throw kisses, but that is
enough.
Copyright, 1923. by The Christy Walsh
Syndcate.)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-18
TIMES To HOLD
PUBL|CCOURT
NET MATCHES
Winners Are to Meet Baltimore
Players in an Inter-
City Event.
By LEONARD w. COLLINS.

Practically every city in the
United States supporting public ten
mis- courts has annual competitions
each year to determine the cham
pions in mems singles, mems dou-
bles, women's singles, women's
doubles and mixed doubles. A great
many of these cities will have rep
resentation in the national public
court championships to be held in
st. Louis the early part of next
month.
Washington, however, has no
public court champions. Neither
will the National Capital be repre-
scented in the gigantic tournament
to be held in the Mound City. But.
The Washington Times proposes
to lay the ground work whereby
this city will have annual public
court championship matches and
representation in future national
events.
Right now the Baltimore News is
conducting a tournament, one of
the requirements being that no par
ticipant shall be eligible to compete
who is a member of a regularly
organized club having courts of its
own. The Times proposes to hold
a tournament along similar lines in
this city.
1t has been suggested that the
winners of the two tournaments
meet in an inter-city event. A rep
resentative of The Baltimore News
will be in this city this afternoon
for the express purpose OF arrang
ing the match. The events, If
staged, will be of a team nature,
The Baltimore News to donate one
silver loving cup and The Wash
ington Times another.
Complete details of the local
tournament will be announced in
The Washington Times within the
next day or so.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-18
Australia's Boxing
Fans Strike For
Lower Prices

Boxing fans in Australia have
a way of their own when pro-
moters charge what they con-
slider more than a bout is worth.
When the Brisbane Stadium
raised the prices of the cheaper
seats from two shillings to
three the fans organized a
strike.
Thousands of them gathered
on the outside, but none would
go in. The ringside seats were
fairly we'll patronized, but the
huge galleries were totally
empty. AS a result of the
strike the prices were reduced.