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CONTINUED From Our Last Issue)
And upon that she passed at once
to speak OF other things.
on the second day out the Royal
Mary met the mad-dog Spanish
Admiral. The Captain of the Royal
Mary was not disposed to he IN
undated even when Don Miguel
opened fire on him. But a lucky
shot from the MilagrOsa got among
some powder stored in his forecas-
tie and blew up half his ship al
most before the fight had started,
Before the men of the Royal
Mary had recovered from tbeir con-
starnation the Spaniards boarded
her.
In the Captains cabin under the
poop. TO which Miss Bishop had
been conducted for safety. Lord
Julian was seeking 10 comfort and
encourage her.
And then the cabin-door flew
open, and Don Miguel himself, tall.
sun-burned, and aquiline OF face.
strobe in. Lord Julian span round
to face him. and clapped a hand
TO his sword.
The Spaniard wes brisk and 10
the point
Don't be a fool" he said IN his
own tongue, "or you'll come by a
FOOLS end Your ship Is sinking"
They stayed no longer than was
necessary 10 enable Miss Bishop TO
collect some spare articles OF dress
and my lord 10 snatch up his va
lise.
AS for the survivors IN that ghast-
" shambles that had been the Royal
Mary, they were abandoned by the
Spaniards 10 their own resources. II
Lord Julian and Miss Bishop were
retained. It was because Don Miguel
perceived their obvious value. He
received them in his cabin with
great urbanlty. Urbanely he desired
10 have the honor OF being ac-
quainted with their names.
Lord Julian. sick with horror OF
the spectacle he had just witnessed. |
commanded himself with difficulty /
10 supply them. Then haughtily he |
demanded to know in his turn the |
name of their aggressor.
Il am Don Miguel de Espinosa," |
he was answered.
Il offer you no violence. on the .
contrary. have saved your
lives. ...."
Don Miguers smile persisted.
Meantime f. Is your lives that will .
cost you dear. Colonel Bishop is a
rich man; and you. Milford. are no
doubt also rich. I will consider and
fix your nansom."
CHAPTER XIX
The Meeting.
The Milagrosa. with her consort.
the Hidalga rolling after her. ran
straight into the arms of Captain
Blood. That happened early on the
following morning. Don Miguel
cane upon the Arabella at a time
when. separated from the rest OF
the fleet. she was alone and at
disadvantage.
Miss Bishop. newly risen had
come out 10 take the air on the
quarterback with his lordship In at .
tendance when she beheld the big
red ship that had once been the
Cinco Llagas out Of Cadiz. The yes
sci was bearing down upon them.
the long pennon with the cross OF
s.. George fiuttering from her main
truck IN the morning breeze.
They advanced 10 the poop-rail.
and watched the hustle. Telescope
In hand on the quarterback. Don
Miguel was issuing his orders and
signaling 20 his consort. in response
10 which the Hidalga had drawn
steadily forward until she was now
abeam of the Milagrosa.
The Arabella was advancing now
along course which. II continued,
must carry her straight between the
two Spanish ships
The Admiral raised his hand; in !
the waist. below him. a trumpet
blared. ad Immediately the gunner
on the prov touched off his guns.
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THEY WOULD RE COPS.

gasoline added to the excitement
The origin OF the fire is not known
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CHANGE IN RIVER LIGHTS.

The Bureau OF Navigation has
notified local shipping interests OF %
number OF changes in river lightr
and buoys effective January 90 The
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J proper Difference must be correct
ed. Il am Lord Julian Wade he
/ announce with that object.
Apparently the announcement
made no impression.
Are you. indeed. Then perhaps
yen explain what the plague you're
doing aboard this ship"
Lord Julian controlled himself 20
AFFORD the desired explanation lie
did so shortly and impaucntly
lie took YOU prisoner. did he
along with Miss Bishop there"
You are acqua. nted with Miss
Bishop cried his lordship. passing
from surprise 90 surprise.
But this mannerless fellow had
stepped past him. and was making
% leg 20 the lady. who on her side
remained unresponsive and forbid
ding 20 the point Of scorn. Observ-
ing this. he turned 10 answer Lord
Julian's question.
II had that honor once" said he.
But it seems that Miss Bishop has
q ehorter memory"
Il do not number thieves and
pirates among my acquaintance,
Captain Blood said she; where
upon his iordship exploded in ex-
element
Captain Blood he cried. Are
you Captain Blood?'
What else We're ye supposing?"
CHAPTER NX
Thief and Pirate
Captain Blood paced the poop Of
his ship alone In the tepid dusk A
group OF men equatt.ng about the
main hatch We're softly chanting.
their hardened natures softened.
perhaps. by the calm and beauty OF
the night
Captain Blood did not hear them.
he did NOT hear anything save the
echo of those cruel words which hal
dubbed him thief and pirate.
His lordship's pale. dreamy eyes
had "a habit of observing things. and
his wits were toicrably acute.
He had observed FOR Instance.
mat Blood's ship was named the
Arabella. and no knew that Ara
bella was Mss Bishops name. And
he had observed AN the odd pare
ticular- OF the meeting of Captain
Blood and Miss Bishop. and The
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-09
CABINET SHIFTS
CERTAIN, SAY
LEADERS
Daugherty, Mellon and Hoover
to Go Shortly, Reports De-
cIare-Status of Others.
Continued from First Page.)

Continued from First Page.)
once. Party leaders are urging Mr.
Coolidge to retain him.
Andrew w. Mellon, Secretary of
the Treasury: Resignation expected
and probably will be accepted. Mr..
Mellon is reported ''disillusioned" by
his experience in public office and
greatly desires to retire to private
life. His warm friendship for the
late President Harding alone kept
him in the Cabinet this long. Party
leaders would like to have him re-
main.
Would Retain Weeks.
John Wingate Weeks, Secretary
Of War: viii remain. Friends OF
President Coolidge want him to d.
rect the Executives probable cam
paign for reelection.
Harry M. Daugherty, Attorney
General: VIII resign almost imme
diately. His illness precludes con
tinuation in office. Post will prob
ably go to prominent New York or
Massachusetts, lawyer.
Harry M. New, Postmaster Cen
eral: Probably will remain. Friends
Of Mr.. Coolidge desire him in the
Cabinet for his political sagacity.
He is reported as having indicated
q willingness to stay.
Edwin DENLY, Secretary Of the
Navy: Resignation expected and will
be accepted. The Navy post, looked
upon as social assignment, u
probably will go to a close personal
friend Of the new President.
Hubert Work, Secretary of the
Interior: Future uncertain, with
some Of Mr.. Coolidge's advisers de.
manding q practical Western bust
ness man for this post. Learned
that Secretary Work, who Is a ply
stefan. originally desired post as chief
of Public Health Service. May be
transferred.
Henry c. Wallace. Secretary Of
Agriculture: Future uncertain. A
majority of Mr.. Coolidge's advisers
desire a, practical dirt farmer" in
this secretaryship. Wallace's rec
ord in office is so favorable, how
ever, party leaders may demand
his retention.
Commerce; Resignation expected
and will be accepted. probably
within a month or two. The Pres
friends preclude his remaining in
Cabinet. The Hoover boom started
months ago for 1928 has been d.
verted to 1924. party leaders say.
James j. Davis. Secretary Of
Labor; Will remain. His record
looked upon with favor by Presi-
dent Coolidge and the secretary is
deemed a big asset by the Presi-
dents advisers.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-09
THIRD BODY RECOVERED
;. FAR FROM ACCIDENT

YOUNGSTOWN. Pa. Aug. s.-The
body Of Mabel Geiges, one Of the
three women drowned near Graters-
ford Saturday night was recovered
this evening by John Litka at
Yerkes, five miles from the scene
OF the accident. close to wheRe
Leslie Hendrickson recovered one
OF the other bodies Sunday after
noon.
Coroner Neville win not hold an
inquest. beinR satisfied that death
HaS caused hX accident.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-09
NJ. HOOD,
A. ?. VETERAN
CHIEF, DEAD
Dean Of Washington corre-
spondents Succumbs to At
tack of Heart Disease.

Edwin Milton Hood, dean Of
Washington correspondents, who in
his fifty years with the AssociaIe ed
Press rose from the ranks OF q copy
boy to superintendent of the South
ern division, is dead. Heart trouble
was the cause.
All day yesterday. Mr.. Hood had
been turning out copy Of the death
of the Chief Executive, of whom,
in life, he had also written number
less stories. Returning to his home
at 1925 Fairmont street northwest,
he began to feel badly. At
o'clock this morning death came.
Mr.. Hood was Washin gton's own
son. He was born here November
IT, 1858, Of Henry O., and Laura
Rymph) Hood. His schooling end
ed with his graduation from local
public school. At sixteen he left
for New York to seek his fortune
He landed q position as mes
senger with the New York office Of
the Associated Press toward the
close Of the year 1874. With them
he spent all his years, going from
office boy to reporter, editor, acting
manager and assistant superintend.
ent.
His ability to see q story OBJ
tanned for him offers to act as
correspondent for newspapers In
other cities. Lately, he had special
ICED in army and navy news. His
copy on diplomacy and statecraft
probably won for him more laurels
than all other.
He was married, and had one
daughter, Miss Gretchen Hood, one
Of the most notable singers In
Washington today. He was a mem.
Der OF the Gridiron Club and
numerous other organizations.
Besides his daughter, his wife,
Mrs. Sophie Ely Hood, and a large
number of relations survive. The
funeral will take place Saturday.
but no definite time has been
stated. The body. which at present
Is lying at the Lee mortuary, 332
Pennsylvania avenue northwest,
will be cremated, it is said.
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bill, and so didn't send him one, and
that's why. I guess, he didn't pay
it,"
Two other witnesses, Benjamin J.
Biehl, employed in Seeger's hard
ware store. and Osborne Price, a To-
cal manufacturer, testified this
morning. Price told the court that
Biehl sold him a paintbrush week
before Mrs. Kepner died and that
Kepner was in the store at the
time.
Biehl gave further testimony that
on this same day he saw Kepner
in Seeger's office and that he saw
Seeger holding in his hand an auto
matte revolver. This was offered to
substantiate the testimony Of Seeger
yesterday, who said that Kepner
brought the revolver into his store
shortly before Mrs. Kepnor died and
asked h1W 70 show him The pasehA-
ta-~n1
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-09
RAzEs NEIGHBOURS FENCE
AND TAKES CASE TO COURT

Wrathful because his next-door
neighbor erected an iron fence which
he declares infringed on his right
of way, William H. Powell, OF SGT
Irving street northwest yesterday
tore it down and today went to law.
Powell, with his wife. Marie, petit
toned the District Supreme Court to
reform the deed to their dwelling In
to the use of an alleyway between
their house and that of Mrs. Georgia
C. Byers, 525 Irving street, from
whom they purchased their property.
They say access to the alley was
barred, by the erection Of the fence.
The plaintiffs are represented by
Attorney George C. Gertman.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-09
N. Y. GIRL, 1o, ADMITS
Ro1BENG 100. HOMES

NEW YORK. Aug. Ethel
Chalopowitz. nineteen years old.
confessed. according to the police.
that she had acted in concert
with two men in robbinR more than
100 Brooklyn homes within the
last two years.
She was held In $4,000 bail, but
the men she claims were her part.
ners In crime we're released.
She said that usually on a "iob"
she watched while the two men did
the actual work. She is a bob
haired brunette
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-09

Central Auto Co., Abe L. Cohen,
Dickerson Garage, r. F. Downha1n,
Duncan's Garage. s. F. Dyson &
Bro, e. r. Elliott. Fletcher Motor
Co., M. w. Gaines & Co, Gerber's
Ginson's Drug Store, Graham q
Ogden, G. F. Holden Co., Howell
The Halter; Worth Hulfish a Sons
A. KatZ. Baer's Kaufman & Blum.
enfield, r. e. knight & Sons, Leach.
man & Saum, Leadbeater DRUG
Corp, Levinson Clothing Co.. J. r.
Matter. F. Michelbach. Myers Bros
Newel-Cole Co, Rammel Mfg. Co.
Ruben's Furniture Store, Saunder.
& Son. Shumans Bakery. w r
Smith. Syder & Kane, Star Cioth
ing House: Swan Bros, The Leader
The RexaiI Drug Store, J. q. ".
Warfield, jr.. Washington & Tadd
Albert We'll. Well Bros. 7. Kan
! Whita and julius Wolk - n -. 49,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-09
ALEXANDRIA To
/. CHOOSE COP.
DELEGATES
Candidate for State Senate to
Be Picked at Convention
of Republicans.

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Aug. g.
J. Barton Phillips, chairman of the
committee of this city,
has called mass meeting in
Alexandria tonight at the Chamber
of Commerce to elect delegates to
the Republican convention. to be
held next Wednesday to nominate
a candidate for the State senate
from the Fourteenth senatorial
district.
There will be nine delegates
elected and nine alternates. These
men will meet with delegates from
tbs counties in this district to
nominate q man to oppose Frank
l.. Ball, of Arlington county, who
was recently nominated by h Demo-
cratic primary.
F. Clinton Knight. postmaster,
announced this morning that the
postoffice would be closed on Fri.
day from until o'clock and that
there would be the same service
as on Saturdays.
Booster tickets have been dis.
trtbuted among the firms belonging
to the Alexandria Boosters Club
and will be given with each dollar
purchase. The firms that have
Co, Alexandria Light and Power
sIler.s. Belle Haven Garage, D.
Bendheim 4 Sons, g. Blondheim.
| Boyd Motor Co.. catqa 4 Caton'
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-09
SALE Of BOGUS
STOCK To BE
FOUGHT
Better Business Bureau 81
District Plans Campaign
Against Fake Schemes.

Following completion Of the gen.
eral merchandising campaign, for
stricter observance Of trade ethics
and clean advertising. the Washing
ton Better Business Bureau will
this fall open an extensive cam
paign against the sale-of worthless
securities and general illegitimate
financial schemes, according to
plans being framed by Director
Howard G. Cool.
Cool. formerly head Of the Bet
ter Business Commission, of Cleve-
land, is an expert on this type Of
work. having carried through q
successful campaign in that city
recently.
worthless securities have done much
toward spreading the seeds OF dis
content in the United States, :" he
declared. They. should be ranked
on a par with aoap.box orators IN
the spreading of boIshevism. While
soap-box orators and the more out
spoken of those preaching commu-
nism have been forcibly taught the
error of their ways, the salesman
of fraudulent stocks and bonds con-
tinues in a more subtle and proflt.
able way to lower the confidence or
the American people in lay and
order"
"These people," he said, speaking
Of the investors, ''are not OF the class
who are accustomed to- investing
money. They are people who have
had no occasion to learn what q
security really is. AS a general rule
they belong to that large class OF IN
dividuals called laborers or employees.
They were not trapped because they
had money they wished to invest,
but because they fell to the lure OK
a glib, high-pressure operator.
when we, as Better Business
Bureau Managers, get an OPP
Dortunity to see them it is when they
have come dejectedly to q source or
last resort for information about a
company which was at one time
held out to them to be golden OPP
portunity for wealth. It's hard TO
tell these people that their company
is out of existence or in receiver
ship or bankruptcy and that their
stock is worthless.
They leave blue and disheartened
and go back to work n1anheseIy
mentally incompetent to perform
the duties for which their employ.
ers are paying them. Furthermore.
their minds are fertile soil for the
seed Of bolshevism and the ever
present propaganda is ready and
waiting to capitalize this mental
condition.
Business men In this country
are beginning to recognize this ma
tionaI menace. They are begin-
ming to see the economic destruc.
ton that lies in the wake OF this
vendor of worthless securities.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-09
BALLOU DENIES MAURER
HAS QUIT CENTRAL

Denial that Robert A. Maurer has
resigned as principal Of Central High
School is made in q communication
received today from Frank w.
Ballou, superintendent OF schools,
from his summer camp at Belgrade
Lakes, Me.
The report that the resignation
had been submitted is declared to
have been premature, though there
Is said to be little doubt that Maur-
er will resign early in the fall. He is
at present out Of the city, but is
expected to return in September to
open the fall term at Central.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-09
YOUTH BECOMES WHALER
TO CURE DRINK HABIT

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 9.-John
Dexter, twenty-five years old, son
of a textile manufacturer Of New
Bedford, Mass, who was arrested
at Lansdale several weeks ago on
a charge Of driving an automobile
when intoxicated, and who since
then has been In the county Jail,
has been taken to his home.
The youth will ship on a wha1er
as a member Of the crew in what
he says will be his last fight to
overcome the drink habit, which, he
says, began when he was eleven
years old.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-09
HUSBAND PREVENTED HER
READING SUNDAY PAPERS

NEW YORK, Aug. 9.-One Of the
reasons advanced by Mrs. Clara
Hansen why she should be separated
legally from George Oscar Hansen
is that he objected to her reading
the Sunday newspaper, "a practice
dear to her heart"
Mrs Hansen applied yesterday to
Supreme Court Justice Carswell, in
Brooklyn. for alimony and counsel
fees pending trial of her action. She
charged also that her husband was
a member Of the Holy Jumpers"
and that he abandoned her.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-09
DRUG PEDDLER'S FRIENDS
TRY RESCUE FROM POLICE

NEW YORK, Aug. 9.-when de-
tectives of the narcotic squad
went to arrest Thomas Wright, a
negro, at 222 West Sixty-ftrst street.
his friends hurled fruit boxes and
other missiles at them.
The detectives had to draw their
revolvers to get their prisoner away.
It is said Wright admitted he had
sold narcotics and blamed his ar
rest on "Cat-Eye," a rival peddler.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-09
FRENCH SWIMMER TRIES
FOR CHANNEL VICTORY

BOULOGNE, Aug. 8. The
French swimmer, Michel. who set
out at 10 o'clock last night to swim
the English Channel in emulation Of
Henry Sullivan, of Lowell. Mass.
was still in the water at 10 o'clock
this morning.
His position was not given.
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was not recognized once.
Of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum. I
waited until $50 for him, but he
never showed up"
A few nights later, Kepner met
Miss Rickett again, and they drove
to their trysting place at the, bridge.
1t was while they were parked near
the bridge that Kepner discussed his
wife's death. A few days later, Miss
Rickett said, she went down to Balti-
more with Kepner, who drove her
home the same night. -
On another occasion, Kepner, she
said, came into the candy shop ant
asked to look at her hands. She
showed him her left hand, and he
said, That is all that want tt
know
1t Is claimed that the prosecu
ton was seeking to intimate Al
this point in the trial that Kepnel
was planning to give Miss Ricket'
some Of his wife's jewelry.
Out for Good Times.
In cross-examining the witness:
Attorney Weinberg brought out thu
fact that Miss Richett had lived ir
Frederick about one year.
''Was there anything moro tt
your meeting with Kepner, otheI
than automobile rides?"
Nothing more" she replied. eve
were out to enjoy ourselves, ant
we had a good time laughing and
cutting up"
What was the longest time you
were with Mr.. Kepner?"
Except when we went away,
not more than two hours" she re-
piled. II used to see him once or
twice a week and sometimes not
at ALL"
"Why did you go to Hagerstown
with Mr.. Kepner?"
II have a sweetheart over there.
and he took me over to see him"
"You have many men friend,
have you not?"
Yes; lots Of them"
"All SINGER"
Yes; all of them"
You have no other married men
friends except Mr.. Kepner?"
mo; none other"
when you went out on drinking
parties did Mr.. Kepner take big
drinks?"
mo, not 50 big"
Were your drinks bigger?'
mo, I wouldn't say that. I don't
drink much"
Were either of you ever dxunk?"
mo"
Were you ever out all night with
htm?"
mo, never"
Miss Ricketts, was followed on
Miss Tucker corroborated most of
Miss Ricketts, testimony about
liquor parties in Baltimore, Hagers-
town and other places.
"Was Miss Ricketts, affectionate
with Mr.. Kepner on the night par.
ties?" Attorney Anders asked.
mo. never noticed it particu-
Iarly," she replied.
1t appeared this afternoon as II the
prosecution might wind up its side
Of the case late today.
Defense Wants Several Days.
The defense will want several
days, probably extending the trial
over to Tuesday or Wednesday of
next week.
The court opened at $40 o'clock
today. with Charles Seeger, pro-
prietor of a local hardware store,
as the first witness. He was re-
called. The prosecution was seeking
to show that Kemper, fearing police
would search his house, went 20
Seeger and purchased locks In order
to change the present locks Of the
house. The court, however. ruled
that testimony of this kind was ir-
relevant to the case in hand and IL
was not admitted.
John T. White, city tax collector.
took the stand and said that Kepner
had paid all of his back bills up to
1921, but that his 1922 bill Is still
unpaid. He said Kepner, several
weeks ago, asked him for a tax state
nent.
''Wheu this tragedy cana up, I
decided not 70 make out The &A3
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-09
President Takes Stroll
Again About City
UnrecOgnized
take place.

President Coolidge stole
march on the Capitol today by
taking another stroll through
the business section long be-
fore the city was really awake.
Arising at 6:15 o'clock, the
President left the temporary
White House a half hour later,
accompanied by only two
secret service men. He walked
five blocks up Fourteenth
street through the heart of the
business district, circled a small
park and returned.
Secret service men said he
was not recognized once.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-05-31
Sk0whegan High Wins fram Wilton
Academy

Wilton Academy's baseball team
was defeated here last Saturday in
game with Skowhegan high school.
Superior fielding on the part of Show
hogan players was credited with hav-
ing won the game from the visitors.
The score was 10 to 8.
Skowhegan -. 0 3 0 Go
Wilton ... o 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 o. 6
Runs made by-Dionne 2, Bouford,
Steward, Bilodeau. Laney 2, Bonnin 2,
Ellis, Collins, G. Bersaw, Godfrey.
Lake 2. Dennson. Two base hits,
Boufard Three base hits--Hatha-
way. Stolen bases-Dysart, Laney,
Dionne, Bilodeau, Collins 2, Hathaway,
Brown, Lake. Sacrifice hits-Dysart.
Left on bases-Skowhegan 10; Will
ton g. First base on errors--Skow-
hogan 5; Wilton 1. Base on balls
off Ellis /; Godfrey 6. Hits-off Ell
lis 10: Godfrey o. Winning pitcher,
Ellis. Losing pitcher--Godfrey
wild pitches-Godfrey. Umpire-Bil-
odeau. Time $50.