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Evening star., 1924-03-02

HE servants Of the Melfords
IL were trained to q silence
more submissive than suual,
though, like other servants,
they let their tongues wag below
stairs. Those OF them that had
to do with breakfasts especially
might have passed with the dumb, for
at breakfast Melford was irascibIe IL
speech happened to interrupt his an
alyses OF tho financial pages. Even
Mrs. Meiford, who made 1t point
to como down to breakfast with Mel
ford, was usually q silent partner at
that function. This morning, dressed
with care, - always, she was so al-
Turing that no man but Melford could
have perused, financial pages while
he might have scanned her. She was
ten years younger than her husband.
do you remember about. the
Dells7" she asked.
He was negotiating his coffee, and
apparently dissatisfied with its. heat.
"The Dells? What about themr'
"You promised me you would 60 to
the affair tonight"
What AFFAIR.""
''why, they entertain. And they
have engaged several notable artists
to assist"
DELL has nothing else to do. I
have. I'm too busy"
"But you promised me-. Ana you
never go out with me nowadays"
Evening star., 1924-03-02

II give you full liberty to amuse
yourself. don't I? And plenty Of
money and all that. I have two or
three deals on that take all my time.
I'm about the first man down town In
tho morning, and you ind me at work
In the library. when you: come in at
night. don't even go to my clubs"
: ''But Isn't it your place to 30 with
mo once in q while-at least for ap-
pearance's sake, even X you find no
pleasure in my companys'
NONSENSE! I'm known as a busy
man. One Of these days, when I've
carried through the plans I'm work
ing out, I'll try to be what they cali
a model husband Then TIL go with
you as much as you like"
Would you. really? fear the hab-
its you are forming will never be
broken"
"But you're having q good time.
anyway. You 60 to this and that
constantly. You have . box at the
opera, the theaters are open to you,
with dances and what not to flll In
during the season. And you play ten
mis- and golf and 60 about in the
summer"
"Yes. have to do these things for
mental relief-and to forget lack
your company"
yet you must meet persons-as
Evening star., 1924-03-02

and then drop down to our camp on
the shelf.
We. felt we were all very. near the
end Of our journey. for We had dimly
made out from the higher level we
had just quilted the neat rank OF our
tents, still standing on the shelf be-
low and ready to welcome We
had only. to find the rope which had
been fixed on the steep slope below
hus and .we should be at the end Of our
troubles. But the rope was deeply
buried, and we searched IN vain.
dragging tho snow with our picks
along tho edge Of the fail. We were
still searching when the last Of OUT
candle burned out.
In the end we must do without, the
rope, and began the abrupt descent
tentatively. dubio0sly. uncertain that
We had hit of Just the right place.
The aituation was decidedly Disagree
able. Suddenly some one among us
Evening star., 1924-03-02
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interest to Rochester is the
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other women do-who are natural
cavaliers-men who have nothing
else to do. like you to enjoy your
self''--he looked UP to see a strange
expression on her fSce-"and you
must permit me to go my way. Let
mo out Of these social inanities. They
would put me Off my. stride. By and
by, maybe. I'll even descend to golf,
which some fools think they can play
while they are playing the market"
But people talk when they see me
about so much without you"
'tPeop1e talk about everything that
doesn't concern them. Where's young
Bloomer?' You used to have him to
dinner quite often, and he used to
squire you about Why can't he
stilt?'
Mrs. Melford turned white and rose.
II haven't seen him for weeks" she
ventured. - -
"well. look him up, and please let
me attend to my business -
/ And Melford, who had wasted vaiu-
able time, hurried out to his motor
and was away. 49, .:
A month afterward Melford en-
tered q Wall street buffet early one
afternoon in an abstracted state. He
recognized no one, although the few
about All. knew him or of,thim. he
ordered a sazarac cocktail, which is
still possible to the initiated, put q
twenty-dollar gold piece on the coun
Evening star., 1924-03-02

become anxious about the party q
minute or two earlier. and though he.
too, was moving when tho slip oc-
CURED and could see nothing of what
went on behind him, he was on the
alert Warned now by unusual sounds
that something was wrong. he at
once struck the pick Of, his All into
tho snow and hitched the rope round
tho head OF It.. Standing securely, his
position was good. and while holding
the rope In his right hand Beyond the
hitch he was able to press with the
other on the shaft! OF the Ak. his
whole weight leaning toward tho
slope 90 as TO hold the pick Of the az
into the snow. n.
Even 20, It would be. almost im-
possible to check the combined mo-
mentun1 Of three men at once. In
ninsty.niue cases out of q hundred
either the belay will give or the rope
will break.
Evening star., 1924-03-02

where Morshead was waiting. He
was feeling perfectly we'll, he re-
ported. and ready to come down With
US to Camp ~. After collecting .
few Of our possessions which we did
not wish to abandon to the uncertain
future we roped up once more to
continue our descent.
X n 4;
GO far, our pace going down had
~ been highly satisfactory. In the
Alps one usually expects to descend
on easy ground twice as rapidly 40
one would 20 up. But we had divided
our time Of ascent by four, and in IN
hour and q half had come down 1000
feet. Under normal conditions ct
lower attitudes even this pace would
be considered slow. 1t would not be
an exceptionally fast pace for going
up these slopes. and yet the image
that stays In my memory is OF q party
coming down rapidly. However that
Evening star., 1924-03-02
Aerial Forest Patrol.
MANY persons will remember wi

MANY persons will remember when
1VA the pilot and passenger on an
airplane were obliged to sit on tho
edge of wing with their feet hang
ing in space. The newest form OF
cabin is very luxurious, both In the
machines used for passenger travel
and those flown for scientific work.
The entire forward end of the cabin
is enclosed in glass, with broad win
dows reaching to the floor, so that
the pilot and others can look out in
all directions while seated in COM
Portable chairs. This form Of air.
plane cabin is used by the govern
ment in forest patrol work and for
aerial photography. The camera or
instruments used are mounted in this
bay window, 30 that they can COM
mand an uninterrupted sweep Of the
horizon. From any seat In the cabin
Of such an airplane a marvellous view
of the landscape may be enjoyed.
Evening star., 1924-03-02

In the still moment Of suspense be-
fore the matter must be put to the
test nothing further could be done
to prevent a disaster one-way or the
other.
The rope suddenly frightened and
tugged at the Ak head. 1t gave q
little as it gripped the metal like a
hawser on q bollard. The pick did
not bulge. Then tho rope came taut
between the moving figures and the
rope showed what Il was worth.
From ono Of the bodies which had
slid and now was stopped preceded
an utterance. not In the best taste.
reproaching his fate because he must
now start going uphill again when
he should have been descending.
THE danger had passed. The weight
l. OF three mon had not come upon
the rope with q single jerk. The two
lengths between the three as they
slipped down were presumably not
stretched tight. and the second man
had been checked directly below the
leader before the other two. Proba-
bly, he also did something to check
up by projecting rocks and almost at
once recovered his footing. We were
soon secure again on the mountain
side, and-not the least surprising
fact-no one had been hurt.
suppose we must all have felt
rather shaken by an incident which
came SO near to being a catastrophe:
But q party will not necessarily be
loss competent or climb worse on
that account. At all events, we had
received a warning, and now pro-
ceeded with the utmost caution. NOV
ing ono At q time over the snow-coy-
cred iedges. It was slow work..
I had been aware for some time
that Morshead. though he was going
steadily and we'll. was moro tired than
tho rest Of US His long halt 1t our
high camp could have done him little
good. He had not recovered. One Of
US, and IL was usually Norton. gave
Morshead tho support OF his shoulder
and an arm around his waist, while I
most convenient limo, and Somervell
was our rear guard in any sleeper
place. So we crawled down the noun
tainside in the gathering darkness
until, a. looked back from a few
yards ahead. my companions were dis
tinEuishable only as vague forms sill
houetted against the snow. We had
. lantern with Us, and q candle. too,
In Somervelrs rucksack. and we
should now require light.
Two hundred yards or little more
IN . direct line. now separated US
from our tents, with the promise of
safety. repose and warmth In our soft
siderdown bags. Looking. back. I
never can make out how We came to
spend 20 long In reaching them. We
had but to 60 along the broken saddle
OF snow and Ice where our tracks lay
Evening star., 1924-03-02

hitched up the rope from under the
snow. It may be imagined We were
not slow to grasp 1t. Tho blessed
security Of feeling the frozen but
helpful thing firmly in our handsi
We positively made some sort Of
noise. Unrecognizable, perhaps, it
would have been to sober. daylight
beings who know how to produce the
proper effect, but IL q dim bat Of the
night were asked what the noise re-
sembled he might have indicated that
distantly, but without mistake, 1t was
q cheer.
A few minutes more, and then
then. at 1850 pm. and there on tho
good fiat snow, as we fumbled at the
tent doors, then and there at last we
began to say, Thank Cod"
y
lad We known what was yet in
= store for us, or. rather. what was
not in store. we might have waited q
little longer for so emphatic an OK
clamation. We were in need Of food,
and no solid food could be eaten until
some thing had been done toward sat
isfying our thirst. It was not that
one felt-at least, I did not feef-a
desire to drink, but the long effort OF
the lungs during the day In a rare
fed atmosphere, where evaporation
is so rapid, had deprived the body Of
moisture to such an extent that It
was impossible to swallow. for in
stance, a ration biscuit.
We must frst melt snow and have
water. But where were the cookinig
pots? We searced the tents without
finding q trace Of them. Presumably
tho porters whom We expected to And
hero had taken them down to Camp
III In error. As we sat slowly unlac-
ing our boots within the tents. it was
impossible to believe in this last mis-
fortune. We waited for . brain.wave;
but no way could be devised Of melt
ing the snow without q vessel. Still
supperless. We wriggled into our
sleeping bags.
And then something happened in
Norton's head. In his visions OF all
that was succulent and juicy and At
to be swallowed with ease and pleas
ure there. had suddenly appeared an
ice cream. It was this that he now
proposed to US. We had the means
at hand to make ioe cream, he said.
A tin Of strawberry jam was opened.
Frozen milk was hacked out Of an
other. These two ingredients were
mixed with snow. and 1t only re-
mained to eat the compound.
To my companions this seemed an
Evening star., 1924-03-02
W HIGH MARK ESTABLISHED ATTEMPT TO SBDE NIT EVEREST APEX OF THE WORLD
yAuutmWh Ascent of
cent to Height Of 26,985 Feet

tea was inexhaustibIe.. Sonlervell
confesses to having druak seventeen
mugfuls.A He can 1iardly-have been SO
moderate. Morshead probabiy needed
to drink moro than any of us. He.
ascrtbed his exhaustion on the noun-
tain to want Of liquid. and msdicaJ
opinion was inclined to agree with
the suggestion. How sver that may
be. the nights rest at a lower efeva-
tion had largely restored his strength,
and Morshead arrived at Camp III no
more fatigued. to all appearances,
than the rest Of US. But he bore the
marks of his painful ordeal. His cone
dftion had made him a prey to tn
cold, and we. only began to real!k
how badly he had been .frostbittes
as we sat in camp while Wakefield
bound up the black. swollen fingers.
-. (Copyright 1924
Evening star., 1924-03-02

easy matter. Their appetite for
strawberry cream ice was hardly nice
to watch. !, too. managed to swallow
down little before the deadly sickli-
moss Of the stun disgusted me. My
gratitude to Norton was afterward
cooled by ydisagrseable sensations: In
the last ,drowsy moments, before COM
plste forgetfdlness+ was convulsed
by chickering's which I WAS fpower-
less to control. The muscles OF. my
back seslned to be. contracted with
cramps4 and. short Of breath, was
repeatedly Obliged to raise myself on
my elbows and start again that SOL
enan exercise Of deep breathing. as
though the habit had become indis-
pensabIe. .. u
However. our welcome In Camp III
IL 4 pleasing memory. The supply Of
Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-02-07
ABANDON MOVE
7 0 QUESTION
FALL ON LEASE
Oil Committee Ends Efforts to
Get Former Secretary to
tell of Oil Case
ON ADVICE OF COUNSEL
Strawn and Pomerene Special
Government Counsel
Make Decision

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7:-Further
efforts to question Albert B. Fall,
central figure in the senate oil inves-
tigaticn were abandoned today by
the oil committee.
The decision was reached upon
advice of the special government
counsel in the oil cases. Silas II.
Strawn and Atlee Pomerene. They
recommended against permitting
Mr.. Fall to testify unless he waived
immunity.
After considering the recommen-
dation of counsel for an hour, the
committee adopted this motion by
Senator Walsh, Democrat, Montana:
"The witness, Albert B. Fall, hav-
ing refused to answer any questions
that might be put to him touching
the matters, under investigation ~
the committee, on the ground that
his evidence might tend to incrimi-
nate him and the committee being
advised by counsel that the statute
providing that witness should not
be excused from testifying before a
congressional committee on such
ground being less broad in its scope
than the constitutional guaranty so
that proceedings for contempt or by
indictment against the witness for
contumacy would probably fail, and
that If the witness proceeded to tes-
tify before the committee under
protest he might gain immunity
from prosecution and the committee
being advised by the attorney for
the witness that his purpose to
stand on his constitutional rights is
irrevocable, move that the sub
poena issued for the witness, Albert
B. Fall. be vacated and that he be
released from further attendance on
the committee"
Without discussion senate adopt
ed today Walsh resolution direct
ing the interior department to move
for the recovery of the section of
the Elk Hills Naval Reserve in Cali
fornia held by the Standard Oil
Company of California
Partisan politics was injected
again today into the senate debate
After Senator Walsh had read a
newspaper editorial suggesting that
President Coolidge ask Secretary
DENLY and Attorney General Daugh-
erty for their designations Senator
Willis, Republican, Ohio, read from
the proceedings of the 1920 Demo-
cratic national convention The speech
in which Edward L. Doheny was
placed in nomination for the vice
presidency
Senator Harrison, Democrat, Mis-
sissippi, declared he knew that Do
heny had voted the Republican ticket
that year because the Democratic
presidential candidate announced
he would not use the military
forces OF the United States to PRO
test oil spectators in Mexico
IT would like to inquire said
Senator Glass Democrat. Virginia,
IF there was any reference in that
nominating speech to the skill of
he proposed candidate in bribing Re-
publican cabinet officers?"
Also without debate. the senate
adopted another resolution re-affirm-
ing the authority of its oil committee
to proceed with its investigation. The
jurisdiction of the committee had
been challenged by Albert B. Fall.
former secretary of the interior. in
his refusal to testify before the COM
mittee last Saturday.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-02-07
SAYS NJ 'AD0O
GOT s150,000
Doheny Notifies Senate Oil
Committee of What Was
Paid Law Firm

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7:-E. L..
Doheny, the California oil operator.
has notified the senate oil commit
tee that instead of the $250,000 he
recently estimated his interests had
maid william G.. McAdoo's law firm,
the amount actually paid SO far is
$15O,000, including an annual fee
of $4,000 to Mr.. McAdoo himself.
In a letter on the subject sent
to chairman Lenroot, Mr.. Doheny
added that none of the money, or
other payments ever had been given
to the McAdoo firm with regard to
"any matter relating to the con-
tracts and leases which have been
under investigation by your com
mittee."
The letter follows:
"On the first instant while testi-
flying before your committee as a
witness under subpoena, 1 was ques-
lioned by the chairman on the sub
ject of the employment by companies
in which L am interested of persons
who prior to such employment held
public office, and speaking entirely
from memory. l testified that Mr..
William G.. McAdoo and his New
York firm, had, / thought received
total Of $250.000 as compensation
for services as attorneys and coun-
sci. that sum being made up of the
amount paid the firm of which Mr..
McAdoo was a member in New York.
end as l thought and then stated.
the sum of $4,000 as a yearly re-
tainer to Mr.. McAdoo at Los Angeles.
by telegraph Mr.. McAdoo called
my attertion to the fact that was
in error in regard to these amounts
and I have had the records looked
up and now beg to inform you that
on November 20, 1919. there was
paid to the law firm of McAdoo, Cot
ton & Franklin the sum of 100000.
Beginning March 1, 1922, Mr.. Nc
Adoo has been in receipt of an an
nual retainer at the rate of $4,000
per year on account of which the
following payments have been made:
March 1, 1922, $12,500; August 1,
1922, $12,500; February 1, 1923,
S12,500; July 81, 1928, s12,500.
1T will thus be seen th the total
paid to the firm OF which Mr.. Nc
Adoo is a member in New York, and
paid him as counsel at Los Angeles,
is $150.000. instead of $250,000, as
enormously stated by me: and, that
Mr.. McAdoo's annual fee is $4,000
instead of $4,000 as also errone-
ousl testified to by me. I request
that my testimony b considered as
corrected accordingly.
Permit me to add that as already
testified by me, neither Mr.. McAdoo's
New York firm nor himself person
ally was ever employed in any way
in connection with any matter relat-
ing to the contracts and leases which
have been under Investigation by
soux conhmittee.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-02-07
MAKING
Of GAS HERE
Supply for This Vicinity Is
Now Coming from Plant
at Elizabeth

The Perth Amboy Gas Light Com
pany has ceased the manufacture of
sas in this city. This fact was OBJ
tained today from Albert f. Reite-
meyer, secretary and treasurer of the
company. Not only is the company
mot now manufacturing gas here.
but none has been manufactured by
the company in its plant at the foot
of Kearny avenue since May 10,
1928.
On that date high pressure mains
were placed in service between this
city ana Elijah h and the gas manu-
factured by the Elizabethtown Gas
ompany in Elizabeth, pumped to this
city. 1t is this sas which the cit
izens here are now using. Although
the local gas works were closed up
and the employees, numbering
twelve laid off. the company still
makes the old works the distribut-
ing point for the present supply. the
gas being pumped into the two large
tanks on the property and redis-
tributed to the consumers from these.
The men formerly employed at the
local plant have obtained employ
ment in other local Industries, Mr..
Reitemeyer said today.
Although the manufacturing de-
partment of the local plant has been
closed it is kept in good condition
so that it may be used in case of an
emergency. Some time ago the COM
pany talked of erecting a new stor-
age tank or container at the local
plant. but this has not been done as
yet. The tanks now in use have a
combined capacity of 100000 cubic
feet, one holding $4,000 cubic feet
and the other 10000. One of these
containers is twenty-six years old and
the other forty-five years old.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-02-07
SECRET PACT"
IS DEPLOREO
British Premier Sends Mes
sage of Regret to French
Premier in Incident

PARIS, Feb. (By The Asso-
ciated Press prime Minister Mac
donald of Great Britain has written
to Premier Poincare. expressing re-
gret for the incident caused by the
Lloyd George interview asserting
discovery of an agreement at the
Paris peace conference between
Woodrow Wilson and Premier Gle
mencau regarding the occupation of
the Rhineland says a dispatch to
the semi-offician Havas agency from
London this afternoon. The letter
points out that the fault is not Mr..
Macdonald's.
LONDON, Feb. CBy The Asso-
ciated Press) A grave view is held
in British government circles re-
garding the situation precipitated
ty former Prime Minister Lloyd
Georges allegation of compact be-
tween Woodrow Wilson and ex-
Premier Clemenceau over the oc-
cupation of the Rhineland. it was
authoritively stated today.
The relations between Premier
Poincare and Prime Minister Mac
Donald have become most cordial,
it was declared. and the disclosure
was made this morning that they
had arrived at some important ar
rangement with regard to the Ba-
varian palatinate, the SeparatIst
movement in which there has been
friction between France and Great
Britain.
Mr.. Lloyd Georges statement,
therefore, caused something akin to
CONSERVATION in government quar-
ters, it was felt to have placed Mr..
Macdonald in a difficult position.
In view of this, Lord Crewe, British
ambassador at Paris. has been In
structed TO interview NJ. Poincare
and give a personal explanation of
the situation so as to remove any
wrong impression.
A dispatch to the Evening Star
from Churt, Mr.. Lloyd George S
country home. says:
II saw Mr.. Lloyd George here
today and am authorized to make
the following statement;
Tomorrow morning he will pub
lish a full reply to the interview
with Harold Spender, which he
never gave. The statement which
Mr.. Spender, makes Mr.. Lloyd
George say about having never seen
the proposals giving the French
cOnlrOl OF lue hLliicldHu lot AitSSti
years is absurd on the face of it.
Mr.. Spender cabled to America
confused impression of a private
conversation. Mr.. Lloyd Georges
whole position as to the Rhineland
and the French guarantees was
published in a parliamentary white
paper in the spring of 1921 and was
known as the Fontainebleau docu-
ment. in which his own proposals
were ahunda ntly clear
Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-02-07
BREAKS WINDOW TO ROB
STORE IN STATE STREET

Sometime during the night, ac-
cording to the police records, a brick
was thrown through a large window
in the Lobel novelty store on State
street and it is said made off with
some loot. including several revol-
vers.
The damaged window was discov-
cred at $3.50 O'Clock by Patrolman
Hugh Steed. The officer made a thor
ough investigation but could find no
one around and could not fell
whether anything had been taken
FROM the place. Later this morning
the police were again notified of the
occurrence.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-02-07
ASKS ENGRAVING PROBE

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7-Investiga-
ton of charges that duplicate bonds
have been destroyed in the treasury
department was asked in a resolution
introduced today by Representative
La Guardia, Republican, New York.
Mr.. La Guardia's resolution was
based on charges of Charles B.
Brewer, who said proof that there
had been Implications was destroyed.
Brewer yesterday submitted some of
his exhibits to a number of members
of the House.
The resolution would establish
who cancelled the bonds and who de-
stroyed them and by whose order it
was done.