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Evening star., 1924-07-13

me, but they were holding empty
revolvers. At my sharp order their
hands went grudgingly above their
heads. Almost at the same moment
the door flew open and my four na-
tive policemen stumbled hurriedly
into the room.
1t took only a few seconds to over
power the two men and slip the hand
cuffs on their wrists. Then We march
ed them proudly toward the police
station.
Later. after their fingerprints had
been registered. we discovered that
both of the men were wanted" by
the johannesburg police for murder.
There had been a large reward Of
fered for their capture, dead or alive.
and their descriptions stated that
they were desperate characters who
would stop at nothing to resist ar
rest.
could not suppress the elation I
was feeling, when I called UP Capt.
Ewart. and told him of my adventure.
But my pride was tempered with a
certain amount of alarm, for the last
words that the tall desperate had
said, as he was being led into cell,
had held a very ominous threat.
"All right, guv'nor-laugh now; but
my pals will come and get me out.
They'll make it devilish hot for you.
too" was what he had said. And 1t
was obvious that he meant every
single word of it.
I thought over that threat before
dinner. during dinner, and after din
ner 1t would not be stilled or stif1ed.
I was anxious and puzzled. Who
were his pals? l conjured up pic
lures of all the well known BLACK
Sheep" in the town; but none of them
had been seen about with these two
bullies. Finally. I gave up attempt
ing to solve the riddle and retired
to bed.
Ny two prisoners were duly brought
before the magistrate court. identified
and remanded to police custody pend
ing the arrival of a warrant and escort
from johannesburg. But still my
mind was not at rest about my two
prisoners; for that threat kept on
recurring to me.
A week after their capture, I was
returning at late hour to my bunga-
low after a tour of inspection of
my men on beat duty, when I sud
denly bethought myself that I would
take a look at my two murderers and
see If all was well.
All was quiet at the police station
and the two prisoners were snoring
Evening star., 1924-07-13
A Gigantic Log.

THE Pacific slope is noted the world
over for its magnificent forests.
These consist for the most part of
conifers-pine, cedar, hemlock, spruce
and other species-of which many at
tain enormous size and tower aloft
for hundreds of feet
Not long ago a giant yellow fir was
found in Oregon by loggers working
at Bling Slough. This venerable king
of the forest was felled and the butt
section placed on an iron platform
car The tree was perfectly sound
throughout.
The log was twenty-eight feet long,
10 inches in diameter at the butt
and min ETY. five inches in diameter at
the upper end. 1t weighed more than
twenty three tons, and contained 49,
900 feet of lumber, board measure
The tree from which it was cut was
431 years old, and rose to height of
200 feet without limb. Seven sec
tions of this tree which were logged
yielded together 10000 feet of lum-
Der. The log was cut into first-class
flooring and sold at a good price.
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aVold them, and that gave me the
chance had looked for. NV revolver
was quickly in action and spat fire
with howl of pain and rage the
man dropped the two revolvers and
ciasped his right wrist with his lef.
nand- In second he was down on
the floor with all the black policemen
sitting astride of him. 1t did not take
more that few seconds to secure
him safely.
| wen done, Juma Baraka," I call
| eo OUT and patted the sergeant on
the back. Take him back and
| shove him into one of the emntv
cells until the doctor can come and
| attend to his wound"
AS I spoke there came the sopnd
| OF running feet from outside the
| building. Ewart, the district sIner-
lntendent of police, burst into the
room. followed by about twenty In
| dian policemen.
What's happened, Foran?" he
asked. Who's been murdered?"
The wretched sentry on duty-and
by that swine of man there. He's
been holding US up, trying to get the
keys Of the cells SO as to release the
other two murderers we've got back
there"
Ewart whistled softly. so that's
what the game was. is IL. The tele-
phone exchange rang me up and said
your receiver was off and had been
for some time, but they couldn't
make any one answer. They said
they were sure there was something
wrong down here, for they could
catch snatches of words, such as
murderer hands up and SO forth.
So ran down here, collecting these
men as I came along"
so my telephone stunt did work,
eh?" laughed
Ewart looked puzzled. So I ex-
planned to him that had deliberately
upset the telephone in the hope that
1t would attract the attention of the
exchange people and send along help.
well, it was a great idea, and
worked admirably" he grinned. It'll
report your conduct to the inspector
general, and here's hoping for some
good results. By Jove. three mur-
derers is a pretty good haul in one
week, old chap"
Exactly five months later I was
promoted to district superintendent
and sent up to the Victoria Nyanza
to take charge of the police in the
Kisumu province.
But before 1 left Nairobi the
BLACK Sheep had been thinned out
and had sought pastures new. We
had made it much too unhealthful for
them to thrive in the capital town
of British East Africa, and SO they
had drifted back to the gold-mining
areas of South Africa, where the
pickings were more profitable and
the hiding places easier to find.
Copyright. 1924.)
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loudly in their cells. The sentry was
alert on his post outside of the build
ing. There was nothing to cause me
to feel uneasy. but I was nervous and
| restless. l decided to stay at the
| study by books on law. for 1 was
not feeling very much like bed
All was peaceful and quiet about
the police station. but every now and
again the throbbing sound of native
dance drums was waited to be across
the township. That and the regular
tramp of the sentry UP and down in
peaceful serenity of the African
night.
/ do not know how long l had
dozed over my books, but l suspect
1 must have been sound asleep for
some time. 1 was awakened suddenly
by being roughly shaken.
+ ~ X
T LEAPED to my feet and found
myself staring down a revolver
barrel My eyes lifted and 1 looked
into the stern, cruel and bearded face
of a veritable giant. So. thought l.
the pals" had come to get Bill" and
his partner. For a full minute we
must have glared at each other with
out speaking a word; and it was the
giant who broke the tense silence.
sit down. he commanded savage
ly. in loud whisper. Make a sound
or move, and I'll blow your brains
out Understand? Now give me the
keys of the cells where my pals are
and no monkey tricks, or it'll be the
worse for you"
II haven't got the keys" 1 an
swered quietly.
where are they?' he demanded in
a surely voice.
"The sergeant of the guard has
them"
"Where's he?"
/ jerked my head to the door of
room on. my left.
I'm there, with the rest Of the
guard" 1 smiled. That does you. my
| lad. Now, what are you going to do,
for the sentry will be here in a
moment, and he has a rifle-loaded,
too"
There's no sentry" he growled.
| did him in with a knife before /
came here"
"You swine," 1 shouted. and started
| to jump to my feet with a crazy idea
of throwing myself upon him.
"Sit down. he barked, land don't
you move again."
His revolver was thrust right into
my very face, as I glared angrily at
| him across my office table. AS we
| sought the mastery over each other
with our Wills, sketchy plan was
| slowly taking shape in my mind.
| finally resumed my seat, and in doing
SO 1 carelessly knocked over the
| telephone SO that the receiver fell
off the hook.
This fact fortunately escaped his
| attention. For at that moment, at
Evening star., 1924-07-13

terraces and gardens and fountains
OF the palace itself. A few but brill
liant women and a few but influen-
tial men who. were not taking part
in the election ate among them. So
the historic hotel had to arrange
two services-but each set hurried,
American fashion. and all were
through in time.
What did they eat?
A historic hotel must furnish a
lunch that commentaries something
historical Now, look. This lunch
was exactly the same as that served
when the constitution Of the French
republic was proclaimed, forty-nine
years, three months and twenty days
before! (February "a. 1879 What
was good French luncheon then
must be good now.
First came the inevitable little
side dishes which the French call
'outworks," "hors d'oeuvres," and
which old fashioned Englishmen
twho suspected everything. French)
dubbed "knickshaws" Tiny red
radishes, slivered celery-root in a
AhUyouhoAS0s hSAAAi PAShiCo, oAACCu
young beets in oil, all thin and deli
cate, yet serve to stimulate the ap-
petite and keep the eater patient
while he plays with them, and sips
his wine, and waits for the filling
dishes. On Hot days, in particular,
these little cold dishes in their great
variety are quite seducins; and one
American, on his first acquaintance
with them in q high-class Paris
restaurant. is said to have ordered
for his whole meal-.'Hors d'oeuvre,
and as many of them as you've got"
THE first substantial dish was
! Scrambled eggs with ham," that
is, ham cut fine and scrambled with
the eggs All depends on the materi-
ais and the turn Of hand which does
them, Just so. There are cooks who
can never get the knack Of stirring
scrambled eggs right.
The second dish, Of course, was not
served until the first had been quite
eaten--for 4 French meal is served
in several acts, like . theatrical
piece, and no hurry can ever Jam two
acts into one. when this second dish
vss gssrvea IN xs7t style II turned
mt 10 - th1x reserved French nat
diz celle4 stllss solss IigAtly sbreeded,
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! with revolvers, you murderer"
shouted, keeping my face as close II
! the telephone mouthpiece as I coulc
| manage to do. III you shoot eithel
| Of us, the whole Of the guard will b.
upon US and they'll soon capture Of
| kill you"
"Give me the keys of the cells, Ser.
geant," the man commanded, impa.
tiently.
He doesn't understand English.
| jeered.
Then tell him in his own lingo"
.I can't speak it well enough"
My hand was furtively seeking the
drawer in my desk where / kept q
loaded revolver. The man saw my
covert movement just as I began tc
open the drawer.
Put your hands up," he roared
I had nothing else to do but to
obey. for his weapon was held only a
few inches from my head But the
rest Of the guard had now awakened
to the fact that something was radio
ally wrong outside Of the guard room
The door swung open and half a doz-
en- native policeman rushed into the
ment
This sudden crowding Of the room
gave me my opportunity. Ny hand
slipped to tho drawer and pulled it
silently open. I withdrew the re-
volver and hid II on my knees. Ny
action had escaped attention.
THE big man was obviously getting
nervous. He glared at the SER
geant and then back at me.
Tell him to give me tho keys OF
the cells Immediately" he ordered
sharply. IF he doesn't TIL shoot him
dead-and you. too"
Now, Juma Baraka did understand
a few words Of English, and I knew
1t.
Keys Of cells. Juma Baraka. And
throw them at him" I emphasized
the word deliberately.
For a moment I was afraid that I
had failed, for Juma Baraka looked
puzzled and made no movement.
Then, when-I had almost despaired of
success, a smile crept over his face,
and he unfastened the heavy bunch
of big keys that were fixed to his
belt.
"Ndiu, bwana (Yes. mastery" he
said. with an appreciative grin at me.
And then. suddenly. he threw the
keys with all his force straight at
the big mans head. He ducked to
Evening star., 1924-07-13
AFTER THE HISTORIC LUNCHEON AT VERSAILLES

with our old friend, sauce tartare-
which. it seems. was originally
"soles reservoir" invented in the
historic hotel.
The third dish was fillet Of beef,
which. roasted right, can be cut
thick Gas the French serve it) and
yet melt in the mouth-when you
| have the right beef and the right
chef to roast it! 1t was served with
new potatoes. There were also
French green peas. Take notice, this
are quite properly served with the
principal meat dish, which the
French call the piece of resistance .
After these three principal acts
just as the hors d'oeuvre were the
prologue, so there was an epilogue
in twofold form-cheese and fruits
of the season.
English pudding and American
pies are not served with these SOL
emn lunches.
| All ate the same-prime minister
| the president OF the Senate. the
president Of the Chamber OF Deputies
in upstairs dining rooms Of the
royal palace itself. served by the
same hotel, which Is close to it-ir
fact. communicates with the palace
grounds
A CROSS the park, in the Trianon
Palace Hotel, which is more
modern. the lunch was just as an
cient French, although more anxious
for the losing candidate was there
4 with his supporters contrivins
against fate.
| In a neighboring hall of the Tri-
| anon Palace Hotel, in which five
years ago the conditions OF the peace
! treaty were handed to the German
delegates the present German am
bassador, Won Hoesch (who came
down with the other members or the
diplomatic corps to see the French
elect their president), ate. from
hors d'oeuvre to fruits in season
with his pensive party.
At the Reservoir interested citf-
zens who foresaw in time that Presi-
dent Milierand would have to go and
. new president be elected within
forty eight hours had reserved their
itables ThAy were considsrsd to be
lsxtrsmsiy lucky. S.
For this Aistoric luncAeon ths
Evening star., 1924-07-13

scene was as bizarre as the violently
dark and light paintings of Salvador
Rosa. The sky was black, with
shoots of shining rain dashing
through it. Outside, row upon row
of automobiles, dark, shining and
dripping, waited in the later after
noon while those who were to de-
termine who should be the head of
France in the coming years should
fix their choice.
Inside. that they might see them
selves eat, even as early as broad
| noon. all the multiple electric light
clusters were blazing.
Evening star., 1924-07-13
A Barrel Post Office.

nN the Galapagos Islands, off the
coast of Ecuador. there is the
strangest post Office in the world. 1t
is a barrel in which letters are semi
occasionally placed for distribution.
The United States Lostal service, and,
In fact, all mariners in those waters,
know about this inpromptu post Of
fice and when passing that way they
collect mail there.
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geant," the man commanded in Eng
lish, with a growing threat in his
voice.
Juma Baraka looked first at me, and
then at the big man. He was plainly
puzzled 1 gave him no hint of what
was expected of him. My plan had
not yet had enough time to advance
to the point where I could put it into
execution.
It's no good threatening US both
Evening star., 1924-07-13

tracted by the unusual sounds within
the police station. Sergt. Juma Ba-
raka entered the Office from the guard
room and stood looking first at the
giant and then at me with wide-star-
ing and utterly bewildered eyes.
The big Australian, for I sensed
that was what he was. whipped out
another revolver from his hip pocket
and covered the sergeant.
Give me the keys of the cells, Ser
Evening star., 1924-07-13


r about the French electing a
new president in a single day
except one thing, that the
| new president was "lunched in!
This is the story of the solid lunch
! which solidifies the presidential cleo
tors for their candidate just before
they assemble and walk up, one by
one. to vote for him.
At twelve noon they sit down to
eat. At two they assemble, and
| shortly. watched from galleries
crowded with men and women who
have managed to get entrance tick
cts, they file singly to the urn in
which they cast their votes in al
| phabetic order.
| 1t takes FIVE hours-half spent in
lunching.
| BY S. o'clock the votes have been
| counted and a new president of the
French republic las been proclaimed.
| Therefore,, from sitting down to eat
| until rising up to shout for the elect
ed man, five hours have passed-of
| which the luncheon, for the majority
| OF the electors, took two hours! AS
| will be seen the remainder, at their
| second service rushed it through
| in one hour.
In France this proportion CT time
given to good cooking in a rrce:Jcn-
tial election Is only meet and just
The citizens at large get satisfaction
in reading about 1t.
If voters ate like this in the United
States they would not know the re-
| suit until the rsxt day, when they
| were hungry again!
In the United States, citizens vote
for their President in their own home
| towns, and eat home cookery before
| they cast their ballots.
| In France, ordinary citizens have
no such vote for President. In France
only members Of Parliament (sena-
tors and deputies sitting as one ma
tionaI assembly,, having themselves
] been elected by citizens at home, elect
the new president, who is to be first
magistrate Of the republic for seven
| years. A seven years Office is worth
a lunch.
| The new president does not pay for
the lunch, bat each senator or deputy
pays for his own, unless some one in
vites him, and then it is not likely
to be his candidate, who is a sena-
tor or deputy like himself. A little
last-minute electioneering may be
done as they eat, and naturally there
is q good deal of curiosity to see
them feed. But, for the time being,
| the lunch Is the thing.
kk + \
THE lunch 1t eaten inside or just
Monarch Louis XIV. at Versailles,
because the voting. which follows, is
/ done in a congress haN inside the
palace. 1t is the only place I know
where the French Parliament is
called congress. So, y.
Upstairs, in the palace itself, the
outgoing prime minister and his
own and so has the president Of the
Senate-it was NJ Doumergue who
was soon to be elected president OF
/ the republic-and SO has the presi-
dent OF the Chamber of Deputies, each
with his Official staff. But the depu-
/ ties president was M. Painleve. who
was rival candidate to be president
of the republic, and he went OF to
| lunch with Messrs. BRAND and Her
riot and others Of his supporters at
the .Trianon Palace Hotel, on the
border of the Royal Park.
Out of $40 members Of Parliament
Iwho elected the new president, $50
1ata q, the Hotel II the RAssrvoirs
kheee name = - kasav -. huk II
Evening star., 1924-07-13
lder Leave Matches Wits With East African Desperadoes

Soldier, world traveller and ex
plorer. big game hunter and jour
nalist, are terms which represent
some of the activities of Mai. w.
Robert Foran, officer in the
British army. In his military
service he has taken an active
part in all OF Great Britain's wars
during the last twenty years, be-
ginning with the Boer war and
including uprisings in India.
Somaiiland. Zululand and in Brit
ish East Africa.
In the world war Mai. Foran
commanded battalions of infantry
and brigade in France, Flanders,
India Mesopotamia and Persia,
During his army career he suf-
fered nine wounds, five of these in
the world war. He recently re-
tired from the army. Twice he
has served on the STAFF of the
Duke of Cannaught. also on the
staff at the funeral of Queen Vic
toria and on the staff at the coro-
nation of the late King Edward.
Maj. Foran's travels have taken
him off the beaten track, especially
in Africa and the far east. 1t has
been said of him that he knew
his Africa as Rudyard kipling
knew his India"
While in British East Africa on
a leave Of absence (his regiment
had been ordered to England for
home service" and he had no
desire to be bored by garrison
duty in the British Isles). Maj.
Foran cast his fortunes with the
East African police, which prom
ised to furnish the adventure that
he craved. A transfer from the
army was effected, and he was
appointed assistant district super
intendent of police at Nairobi, in
the interior of the country. He
experienced many thrilling ad-
ventures, some of which are de-
scribed in this and three succeed
ing articles.
Evening star., 1924-07-13

Battle With
the Tdqn Was gnnuy se Civ eWan1gd of dsuiuS
Evening star., 1924-07-13

ing motion I reached my own re-
yolver and picked it up. Neither man
had noticed what had happened. be-
ing far too intent on their duel In
marksmanship.
80 +
As the tall man fred again and
took the cork or the bottle I.
covered. them with my revolver. With
my police whistle between my teeth
! shrilIed forth the summons for AID.
The two bailies whssled 70 look ~
Evening star., 1924-07-13
LUNCH AT FRENCH ELECTION
BY STERLING HEILIG.

PARIS, July 8.
~ VERIFYING has been cabled
| about the French electing a
new president in a single day
Evening star., 1924-05-08
ENGINEER HEAD JOINS
TRAIN CONTROL FIGHT
Stone Says Forcing Installation of
Automatic System Would
Increase Danger.

Executives and operating officials
of railroads were supported by War
rem S. Stone, president of the Broth
erhood Of Locomotive Engineers, in
opposing before the Interstate Com
merce Commission yesterday the or
der requiring installation of auto
matte train control systems on por-
tions of the principal railroad lines
of the country.
Mr.. Stone told the commission dur
ing hearings on the order that in
stallation of the automatic train con
troll system would be a menace and
that the dangers of the system would
be incomparabiy greater than the
present control by the engineer.
The main objection, he said, lies in
the danger that by mechanical appli
cation of the brakes the train may
buckle, throwing wreckage on parai-
lei tracks. A fast passenger train.
moving into wreckage thus thrown
on an adjacent track, would bring al
most sure death to every person on
1T. he said. He further declared
that to take control of the train from
the engineer would reduce the engi-
neer's sense of responsibility. He
charged that agitation for installa-
ton of the automatic systems was
coming from promoters who have au-
tomato train control stock for sale.
w. B. Scott A. Fl. Rudd, w. J.
Harahan, A. c. Needles and Samuel
Rea, as we'll as other railroad execu-
tives. testified yesterday.
Evening star., 1924-05-08
MACKENZIE BEATEN
BY VOIGT AT GOLF
Senior Member of Patterson Com
bine Eliminated by Potomac
Park Star.
SON BEATS TUCKERMAE
Dunphy Comes Through With Vic
SON BEATS TUCKERMAE

The morning round in the Indian
Spring Clubs annual golf tournament
today was featured by victories of
George J. Voight of East Potomac
Park over Albert R. Mackenzie of
Columbia. Voigt beat Mckenzie,
4 and 3, having the middle atlantic
title holder down all the way. Roland
r. Mackenzie, defeated Walter r.
Tuckerman of Chevy Chase, and g,
while C. J. Dunphy Of Columbia, de
feated Tom Moore of Indian Spring,
and 1.
Second flight results follow: H. K.
CornwelI Columbia, defeated A. j.
Gray, Indian Spring. by default: P. ].
Frtzzell, Indian Spring, defeated
Brooke v. Boyer; W. B. Vogel, Poto-
mac Park, defeated Thomas Hopkins.
Indian Spring, and 2; D. c. Patter-
son, defeated Page Hufty, by default,
S. r. Speelman, Indian Spring, de-
feated c. II. Baker. Washington.
and 2; George c. Minnegerode, Chevy
Chase, defeated R. w. Champion
Columbia, and /.