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to give way to panic. And the gold
pencil with the broken links which
lifted to his watch-chain, and his
visiting card, were final proofs
calculated, he was well aware, to
convince any court in the world
For a moment he must have be-
lieved that he had been walking in
his sleep, but suddenly his hands
felt at his waist, where, had reason
to know, he wore money belt.
II am innocent" he cried IT am
the victim Of a plot. 1t is I who
have been robbed
He was standing beside his bed.
pajama-clad. l shouldered my way
in front of the others, and stared him
In the eye.
Monsieur states that it is he who
has been robbed" said softly. May
I ask Monsieur of what?"
His mouth opened. but words did
not come from it for moment. For
nearly half a minute, wide-mouthed,
he stared at me. And if he had
looked venomoUsly\ at Beresford
earlier tonight, his regard Of the
young EngHshman had been friendly
as compared with the glance he gave
me. Then he replied: COZ nothing,
monsieur.
I've shall take him at once to the
JAIL" cried the clerk. Two robberies
III the same night In this horel! But
this thief shall not so free!'
Wait" 1 told them, raising my
hand in protest. 1 turned to the
Prince.
Zone forgives a repentant sinner"
l told him. 1 spoke in English. you
are a thief caught practically in the
act. Nothing can save your name.
But you can save your skin. If you
will state to these gentlemen the
truth about Monsieur Beresford s
entrance into your room, 1. who
have recovered the property Which
you stole from me, will forget the
matter"
He stared at me. $50? Some day.
monsieur, we shall meet again"
But not at Monte Carlo" 1 told
him. l looked at my watch. 1t is
now O'Clock. At 4:30 the de luxe
from Rome stops here en- route to
Paris. If you take that train, after
having confessed your vile plot, the
matter is ended"
Monsieur is a great detective" he
sneered. "'Set thief to catch a
thief
II am waiting for your answer" I
interrupted him sternly.
And there could only be one an
swer. He accepted. He withdrew
his charge against Beresford, packed
his things and took the train de luxe.
I left an order to be called at 7.
1 wished to take no chances of miss
ing the Beresfords. Trues the young
man was cleared of the charge of
crime, but in his humiliation at be-
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HOW ILOST
so POUNDS
In 2 Months Without Diets,
Exercise, Rollers or Massage.
New French Method Ex-
planned by Mime. Elaine
of New York.

Il did not have to go through strenuous
exercises nor rub myself with absurd
creams, which generally put on flesh in
stead Of taking It of. l did not wear
weakening garments, nor torture myself
With diets. l was fortunate enough while
in Europe to find out the secrets with
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was trunk Now that trunk had
unquestionably contained a cash
box. But If it had contained any
thing else Of value, would the prince
have rashly handed the Englishman
his keys? If, for instance, the trunk
had contained evidence which would
indicate that it's owner possessed un-
princely habits, would the prince
have given up the keys?
This action Of mine was based on
the theory. none too logically ac-
quired, that the prince was a crimi-
nal. Unless l should find proof in
support of my theory, my nocturnal
visit would be not merely danger
Gus but useless. And 1t was silly to
look for evidence in the trunk.
If the Prince was what 1 thought
him to be, proof in support Of my be-
lief would be found only upon his
person. And it is a difficult thing to
search a sleeping man without awak-
ening him. Nevertheless 1 did it.
And having done so, 1 raggedly
clipped from his great black beard a
tuft Of his precious whiskers. Then
l returned to my room.
? ThSee minutes later 1 had brok-
en- two chairs, overturned a dressing
table, and smashed a pane Of glass in
the window. Also, L had shouted at
the top Of my lungs, and had aroused
the valet de chambre who slept in a
cubbyhole at the end of the corridor
He had aroused the night clerks, and
to these latter and to the porters
who accompanied them, I poured
forth my tale Of nocturnal crime:
II was awakened by the sound of
footsteps. l saw a huge figure by
the side of my bed. 1 attacked him.
We fought. Behold, messieurs, the
condition of my room," 1 gesticulated
wildly, indicating the damage which
I had just committed.
But it is outrageous, monsieur"
cried one of the clerks. THAT such
a thing should happen in the Hotel
de Paris is almost incredible. Was
taken from Monsieur"
Il doubt it" replied, "but I will
see." l felt in the pocket Of my
dinner jacket. MY purse / cried,
with fifteen mile notes, thousand
franc plaque, and an express check
for thousand dollars"
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NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY

For l had no more desire to face
a court, even in the role of witness,
than, suspected, the prince had to
stand before a judge as complainant
And if l offered testimony in sup
port of young Beresford, such plot
was SO fragrant, so vicious, that not
even the Monegasques, willing to
wink their eyes at almost any of
tense, if scandal could be thus avert
ed, could ignore this. The French,
for all that is written about their
morals have a respect for wifehood.
They would insist that the prince be
brought to trial for conspiracy, and
I would have to testify in court.
So, while I had no intention of
permitting Beresford to be deported,
under circumstances that would for
ever stain his name, 1 waited. There
might be only one way of skinning
this particular polecat, but 1 sus-
pected that there might be another.
And so, two hours later, when all
the hotel Save, probably. young
Be -ssford, slept, 1 entered the
princes rooms.
Like the cat which walks alone, I
walked silently. Also my move,
ments were quiet< I picked the lock
without difficulty. and passed
through the door. 1 found myself in
a living room, at the far side of
which was an open door, through
which heard shores. 1 tiptoed to
it, peered through and entered the
bedroom. A night-light was burn
ing, and by its rays could distin-
guish the screen behind which, |
had heard the prince tell Beresford,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-17
ARMY OFFICERS INVITED
Col. HeaIey Gives Opportunity to
Attend Guard Training Camps.

Colonel George H. Healey, COM
mander 152nd Inf, Indiana National
Gaurd, has extended an opportunity
to regular army reserve officers to
attend the guard training camp at
Camp Knox, KY, Aug. 1871 with
Col Healey's regiment The oppor-
tunity is given for those officers who
were unable to attend the regular
reserve camp at Camp Knox which
closes Aug. 20.
The officers will be assigned to
units in the 152nd Infantry for the
same pay and on the same basis
as they would have rated in the re-
serve camp. Col Healey said today
there would be room for about TWEEN
ty officers. Applications will be re-
ceived at 215 Statehouse.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-17
liz" FOR. SWOLLEN,
TIRED, ACHING FEET

The minute you put your feet in
'Tiz"' bath you feel pain being
drawn out and comfort just soaking
in. How good your tired, swollen,
burning feet feel. ''Tiz" instantly
draws out the poisonous exudations
that puff up your feet and cause
sore. inflamed, sweaty feet.
"TiZ" and only "Tiz" takes the
pain and soreness out of corns, cal
iouses and bunions. Get a box of
s"Tiz" at any drug or department
store for a few cents. Your feet are
never going to bother you any more.
A whole years foot comfort guaran-
teed.-Advertisem
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Gould Monsieur identify the

Gould Monsieur identify the
thief"
I looked at the clerk who put the
question. I opened my hand Upon
my palm lay tuft of black whis-
kers. II tore these from his face in
our struggle" I declared.
"Ah!" they cried in unison.
L glanced down upon the floor,
Something caught my eye.
Look cried.
A porter picked up the golden OBJ
ject. 1t was a pencil, richly chased.
bent over and from the floor
picked UP a visiting card, torn and
crushed. ORA nlatically 1 smoothed
it, and read the name, Prince
MeerkoVst'
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-17
ERROR CAUSES DEATH
Mrs. Julia Rebenack, Poison Victim,
Buried Today.

E Mrs. Julia Rebenack, II, of 626
Weghorst St, was to be buried in
New Crown Cemetery this after
noon.
Friends said her death was due
to a tragic mistake Police at first
reported the death as a suicide
According to the friends the young
wife went home about 9 n m Mon
day evening and went TO the kitchen
to take sone medicine. She took
down i poison bottle by mistake
Then she went to bed There the
husband and her father found her.
The fUnera, was set for , p m
today at the home Of her mother,
Mrs. Olive Schultheis, 1916 Olive
CT
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-17

John Ainsley, a man of education and
breeding, becomes a master crook
preylng upon other thieves. At Monte
Carlo he learns that some clever thief
has stolen a pearl necklace from the
Baronne Eseterelle.
Ainsley overhears a man posing as
a Russian prince offer the use of his
hotel apartment to a young English
man and his American bride. who
have lost all their money at roulette.
Later the prince brings hotel attend
ants to the apartment. claiming that
the young Englishman has stolen his
keys. The prince offers to free the
Englishman if he is allowed TO take
the young bride on motor trip. This
brings on a fight. Later the prince
disnisses the charge. Ainsley won
ders what is the nature of the princes
Vame
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-17
KIWANIS HEAR CHINESE
Thomas H Tang Tells of COuntry's
Language at Club Luncheon.

Members of the Kiwanis Club know
more about The Chinese Language
Old and New today as a result CT
a speech by Thomas H. Tang Of
Shanghai. China, at luncheon on
Wednesday at the ClaypooL Tang
graduated from Evansville College
this year, and will enter the School
Of Banking and Business Admins
trauon at Harvard University this
fall.
Tang, who married an American
girl, made his way through school BY
selling Chinese merchandise.
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GIT. ie14. by MA SERIES. ne
tsxs

Princes money belt. That was why
he cried that he had been robbed
And it was also why, when asked
him of what he had been robbed, he
had replied, "Of nothing"
Even rage against me. could not
blind him to the fact that If he ac-
cused me of stealing the necklace
from him. he would convict himself
of having stolen 1t from the Ba-
rome. 1t was also why he had
said: "Set a thief to catch thief"
Naturally. he would say that. A
common thief cannot appreciate am
artist.
beginning in Our Next Issue1
THE JEWELEDA CASKET.'
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Today.s Best
Radio Features
(COpuriqht. 1927. By United Press

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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-17
PROBE Fatal Accident

By Times Special
GREENSBURG, Ind. July IL
investigation was under way today
Of. the fatal accident in which
Lescoe Wagner. IS, bicyclist was
struck by a truck. driven by
Trunble Mccoy. The lad died a few
bours after he was crushed under
the machine
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-17
Ohio Man Pool Manager

J. p. Laclley of Cincinnati, Ohio,
Will become State manager of the
wheat pool of the Indiana Wheat
Growers Association, Monday. The
pool was organized recently. Con-
tracts covering more than 100 In
diana shipping points have been
made. Southern Indiana wheat will
be sent to Nashville, Tenn.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-17
Crossing Waterman Killed

d. UHtItu FTbSS
FIT. WAYNE, Ind, July H.
While on his way home from work,
Tfiliance Kavanaugh. 81. a cross
ing Waterman. was struck and killed
by a Wabash flyer at an unguarded
crossing in New Haven.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-17

never without it in the house. My
baby boy is three years old now, and
am happy since 1 got relief from
my troubles. When any one has
troubles like mine. or any ways like
mine. am always glad to recon-
mend the Vegetable Compound so
that they will get the right kind of
medicine MRS. JOE NOVAK, Box
662. Louisville. Neb.
In a recent countrywide canvass
Of purchasers of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, 9S out Of every
100 report they were benefited by its
use. For sale by druggists every
where--Advertisem
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OF female troubles.
Then 1 read your
advertisement in
the newspapers
and thought 1
would give Lydia
Z. Pinkham's Veg
stable Compound 4
good trial, for If
lit had helped 9TH
'ers. why not me?
l 7have taken sc
bottles Of tho
medicine and am
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-17
Mangled Bodies Identified

PRINCETON, Ind, July Is. -
Bodies of two men found on railroad
tracks Wednesday have been partial
ly identified as Horace Conner, IS,
and Ora E. Shaw. 20, farmers sons
of near Oakland CITY.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-17
HOOSier Briefs

FL LILLIAN WOODS and Mr..
W/i and Mrs Tom Harrison
W. started for church at
South Bethany, near Columbus,
and their car coIided with an
other driven by Mrs Martha
Vanest- Repairs We're hastily
made at nearby garage and the
party started on again They
ran into a bridge abutment
Then they walked
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-17
Beardsley Funeral Set

By Times Special
ELKHART, Ind, July 17.-FOrmer
State Senator Albert R Beardsley,
"a. who died here on Wednesday.
will be buried Friday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-17
DRUG CLERK is HELD

To Appear Before U. S. Commas
sioner for Selling Paregoric Illegally.
Edward D. Hines, 1882 Ashland
Ave, drug clerk to Herman A. Glad
ish, S25 N. Alabama ST., operator of
several Glad" drug stores. was to
appear before Commissioner John
w. Kern today, charged with ille-
gally selling paregoric.
A warrant for the arrest Of ans
other prominent druggist will be is-
sued today, according to L. J. Ulmers
Federal narcotic agent. Hines arr
rest is the third in a cleanup of vio-
lations of the narcotic act by Indi-
druggists, Timer said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-17
Monon LaYoff Over

LAFAYETTE. Ind. July IL
More than $50 men, laid off June %
by the Monon shops, have been called
back to their Jobs
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-17

ET7 ILL MILLER won't be
NV able to talk back TO the
III umpire for a while. While
running\ to catch a baseball at
Attica he fen over a plow and
broke his jaw.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-17

When he fell from a slide in a
park at Muncie and suffered a bro
ken leg the first words of Cecil
Jones, 5, were: Don't let mother
worry over this"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-17

1.-The thief's name" 1 exclaimed.
Prince Meerkovst!" cried one of
the clerks. The others echoed his
name. The second clerk assumed
an air of great shrewdness.
That is why, a thief himself, he
was so lenient to the Englishman.
he said, "Ah, the canaille! We shall
go to hirn!'
We did. opening up his door with
a pass-key. He, sat up in bed,
amazed at the intrusion, and at first
disdainful of our charges. But when
L found underneath his pillow,
where 1 had planted it a quarter of
an hour earlier, my purse, his scorn-
full disdain gave way to sudden fear.
And when The clerk babe him look
in the mirror and note the gap in
bis bristling whiskersr and also
asked him to observe the hirsute1
trophy which I was supposed to
have torn from his face. fear began
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-17
BABY BOY IS
THREE YEARS
OLD NOW
Gladly r e C o m m e n d S
Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.

Il was married twelve years be-
fore my boy was born. had los
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-17

Upton folk wouldn't mind a ride
in the Leatherman Company's am
bulance. An electric fan has been
{1S+a11ad
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-17

Theodore Hawkins, former en-
ploye at the Haynes Automobile
Company, made a bad mistake when
he chose a machine to joy ride in.
police say. He was found in a ma
chine owned for years by A E. Star
buck, treasurer of the Haynes Com
pany should have recognized it."
=
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-17

Bill Meyer, BruceviIle, win never
stoop TO crank again He received
a broken nose when the motor
back fired
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-17

Clinton celebrated when Vermil-
lion qaunty's new hospital was ded-
icate2
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-17

The Noble County Farm Bureau,
Red Cross and County Health So
ciety have linked together in a drive
to obtain a county health nurse.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-17

LITTLE story about hope
TAI Hope is nearly done
IL for at Hope After two
years of dark streets, Hope resi-
dents have almost given up hope
that there ever Will be street
lights, despite a spirited move
ment- Failure of the Hope State
Bank is said 10 have halted the
proposed Hope Light and Power
Company.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-07-25
SOCIETY PAYS
Defective Children Offspring
of OverwOrked Moth
ers, Declares N. Y.
Welfare Head

New York.-'Defective children
are the offspring of overworked
mothers. 1t is one of the accepted
doctrines of modern science that wom-
en- seldom have the strength to en-
gage in economic life and at the same
time bear children" said Bird S.
Coler, head of the New York depart
ment of public welfare, in an inter-
view with Edward H. Smith and pub
lished in the New York World
''The stress and speed of modern
life is known to cause a good deal of
neurasthenia among women" Mr..
Coler said. "Neurasthenia means de-
ranged glands, and women who suffer
from this complaint are known to bear
unsound ard often defective children
Our clinics show that many detectives
are born among poor mothers and
especially to newly arrived foreign
mothers who are either upset because
of changed environment or are found
to go out and earn their livelihood
while they are carrying children.
"a great many criminals of the de-
fective or mentally deficient class
come into the world in this way, anc
we are now forced to believe that this
disturbance in the mothers is the
cause of the large numbers of crimi.
nails among first generation foreign
ers.
"The day nursery situation as it ex-
lists in some of the foreign quarters
gives an index to what is going on
These nurseries, run either by chari.
table contributions or as mater OF
private enterprise, are numerous
Mothers leave children in their care
and go to work while they are bring
ing other children into being, thus
sapping the energies and giving the
oncoming generation very poor heri-
tage."
Commissioner Coler said one need
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-07-25
GET OUT THE VOTE!

Mrs. John O. Miller, state chair
man of the Pennsylvania League of
Women Voters, told truth that
needs constant emphasis when she
declared that democracy is not work
ing if people don't vote.
Pennsylvania, she added, "was
thirty-seventh among the states in
its proportion of registered voters
who cast their ballots at the last pres
idential election"
Mrs. Miller's statement is in line
with recent appeal of President
Samuel Gompers, of the American
Federation of Labor, in which he urg-
ed the labor movement to work to
get out the whole American vote
eve live today" said Mr.. Com
pers, under a government composed
of officials elected by majority of
our people. The trade unions can do
as much as any other organized force
in our national life toward bringing
about an election in which major
ity of the eligible voters will partici-
pate.
"The right to vote is not somethong
which was given to the people, OF
which they came by easily. 1t was
the result of tremendous effort and
terrific sacrifice. 1t was gained be-
cause people had the conviction that
no other kind of government could be
tolerated and because they were will
ing to sacrifice everything for that
conviction. The success of democracy
can be assured only by intelligent
participation in the selection of Off
cials and the making of nation de-
cisions by an overwhelming majority
of the people.
Let the whole trade union move
ment begin now and keep constantly
at the job of educating trade union
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-07-25
THE BUTLER COUNTY PRESS

Dor is responsible for high costs of
housing.
The wages labor receives for erect
ing the average building is nothing
as compared with what the promoter
filches from the transaction, said the
trade unioist, who explained how
money is borrowed by the promoter,
who then cuts the cost of the build
ing, pockets the difference and shows
his plans as proof that the building
represents the original cost proposal
and justifes high rents.
Often the price of the building is
increased by placing three and four
mortgages on it, which compels an
additional rent increase to guarantee
interest charges.
"To illustrate this practice" said
Secretary Spencer, "take $780,
900 development The promoter SUBJ
mits his plans to bank that loans
him the money to build. Unknown to
the bank, the promoter substitutes,
wherever possible, tile for granite,
hardwood for marble, Georgia pine for
hardwood, galvanized iron for copper,
cheap paint and plastering, the low
est grade of plumbing the inspector
will permit, and reduction of the
elevator scheme.
"These changes often cut the cost
in two and the promoter pockets the
difference while he markets the struc-
ture on the basis of original cost pro-
posals. Instead of rents being lower
ed because of the cheap building, the
rents are even increased as the mort
cages send the property values sky
ward.
"This policy of financial high-bind-
ers is widely practiced by men who
advertise their alleged service to the
community and who term high
wages for men engaged in an occupa-
ton that is both seasonal and dan
gerous," said Secretary Spencer.