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Evening star., 1925-01-25

rushing sound Of falling water was
louder now and the hum of machinery
in good bearings more insistent.
We reached level ground and
| threaded our way among machines
we could smell the lubricant-then
our feet ratified hollow on a wooden
bridge. Solid ground again and an
other flight of wooden steps, rocky
path and then we were halted with a
touch and the bandages were whipped
from our eyes.
Dan and / were blinking at each
other in a biggish cave whose rock
walls were cream color. Well
scrubbed tables stood in regular pat
tern on the roughly leveled floor,
with crudely made benches about
them. In one corner of the chamber
shelves of lumber held a number of
books, cheap editions of novels
mostly, and on the walls were targets
for dart games and boards for wall
quoits. Here and there on the cave
walls were pasted colored and half
tone illustrations from American and
English magazines, reprints of draw
ings by kirchner and Fontain that
made one think OF dugouts on the
western front years ago. A big hewn
opening in one of the cave walls gave
light and ventilation and through it
was a view of what l took to be the
cup shaped basin to the north of the
plateau. / would have crossed TO the
opening to look out on the scene, but
one of our guards pointed his rifle.
NO, don't do that, Mr.. Boon" he
said. and he added whimsically, after
a pause sit down and make yourself
miserable for a bit"
He was an American, a lean and
lanky individual with a twinkle in
his eyes The other, for now there
were only two, was a stout man with
that 'irradicable al of the sea about
him which always tells the British
seaman.
Give me your word that you'll
make no fuss" the American went
on, "and I'll slack this guard on you
| a morsel. II would do you no good,
anyhow, to try and escape. You're
corralled."
I was desperately anxious about
Milliken and the Merlin, but 1t was
plain that to attempt dropping from
that high opening or to rush the door
would be the height of folly, so after
look at Dan I nodded
That's fine" said the guard, land
now you can have a drink It is only
synthetic lemonade, but you'll find it
good and cold What say?"
Sounds like home to me-" I re-
piled. What about you. DAM"
I'm with you" said Dan.
The stout seaman waddled out and
by and by returned with two long
glasses full of an iced bubbling
liquid. After our adventures on the
plateau top it was delicious.
You look after yourselves here,
them" I suggested to the guard.
Sure. We don't have to deny our
Evening star., 1925-01-25
BOOK THREE-COntfnuati of the
Narrative of James v. Boon.
CHAPTER j
In the Great Cavern.

Dan Lamont and myself were neatly
trapped. We found ourselves looking
down the muzzles of three rifles and
a pistol, the latter held by Shblto
Seton.
1t would have been useless to give
way to my first impulse, which was
to pull my gun. l calculated the
chances of shooting, but it was GER
tain that the men facing US We're
putting up no bluff. Surprise and
anger robbed us of speech, and for a
moment or two Dan and l faced the
threatening muzzles without a word.
our hands in the air. Seton stepped
aside and quickly deprived US of our
weapons. I found my tongue then.
so I said hotly, you are the
leader OF the damned pirates, after
ALL"
IF you like to put it that way"
Seton replied quietly, yes. You may
put your hands down now"
I thought of the kindness that
Seton had received from Kirsteen
Torrance and Lord Almeric, of the
friendly reception of him at the
White House by the President and 1
choked with rage. I took a look at
Dan, and from the whiteness of his
lace l could see that he was sharing
my feeling. But we said nothing
further
It looked as if our capture had
been fully expected by the other side.
The movement on the part of Setons
men was just about automatic. They
closed in on US, and our eyes were
quickly bandaged. We were ordered
to march.
For yard or two we were directed
through scrub. then we found our
selves descending some rough steps.
From the air and from the sound of
our feet as they crunched on the rock
under us, it was evident that we were
in some sort of tunnel. The crude
steps gave place to a rambling down
ward incline, and the air blew cool
about us with a smell of ozone. Our
guards were silent, but the touches
by which they guided us along this
winding subterranean path were kind
enough. Once, on a piece of rocky
going, l stumbled, and the fingers on
my arm frightened to a grip that
saved me from falling. But no word
was spoken.
There was steady descent of
about half kilometer which brought
us into a wider passage, it seemed,
and the sound of falling water came
to our ears. There was the hum, too,
of machinery, and the distant clang
of hammers. We began to go down
some steep steps, some scores of them
and it felt as if we were descending
into a great hall or cavern of vast
proportions. There was the sound of
voices. Somewhere man was sing
ing a sort of coon song with a most
haunting Tilt, but as we with our cap
tors came down the steps the voices
fell silent, and we did not need our
eyes to tell us that men were looking
at us with curiosity all about. The
Evening star., 1925-01-25

thought OF having some gun play
with my automatic, but they'd got
me corrslled for sure, with no chance
OF relief coming. so when the blasted
pirates wiggled white flag and
saw who 1t was / was up against I
chucked IN my hand"
1T was the only thing TO do, MILL
ken" ] said They'd have starved
you out or riddled the boat Don't
you think so. DAM"
Sure" said Dan. Wen work bet
ter three together anyhow, now were
here"
At this moment Seton came into the
cave again with two or three men
not the least bit piratical, any Of
them.
Sorry TO disturb you" he said, and
that must blindfold you once more
You are wanted elsewhere."
There WAS nothing for il but TO
submit ana presently we were led
along short passage Into another
cave.
The bsndages were taken from us
and We found ourselves looking into
the strangest pair Of mild blue eyeg
ever seen.
Continued in Tomorrow Star0
Evening star., 1925-01-25

when 90 minutes had passed we found
our hope was vain.
The curtain over the cave entrance
was thrown aside and Seton entered,
leading our mechanic blindfolded.
Here's your man, Boom" said
Seton. He put up a jolly good fight,
but the dice were against him. Cheer
up. Milliken; no man could have done
better"
Il don't want any certificates from
you" Milliken said grimly, the ban
dages off his eyes. That's just about
the last thing I'll stand for"
Come, come, Milliken," said Seton
gently. You can't bear all that i'll
will"
You sink the Merlin and capture
Newell, / can face that" said Mil
liken thickly. But you dope
women-a girl like Miss Torrence-
who's given you her hand to shake
Evening star., 1925-01-25
What q Difference
From the Sew York Times

From the New York Times.
A worthy missionary In India had the
hyrnna- Rock Of Ages" translated into
Hindustani. On retranslation Into Eng
lish by a student the first two lines
bore this inspiring and illuminating
aspect:
Very old stone, split for my benefit.
Let me absent myself under your frae-
ments"
Evening star., 1925-01-25
How History Should Be Taught

Bertrand Russell. in the Cent1r, Magazine
History should be taught not only
from the point Of 1cw OF ones owa
country. bur also from that OF foreign
ers. II history were taught by French
men in England and Fnglishlnen In
France there would be no disagreements
between the two countries. because each
would understand the others point OF
view
Evening star., 1925-01-25


and half of suspense. Had Milliken
managed to get away? / saw diff
Guilty in this, even supposing he had
so effectually disposed of his attack
ers as to let him get out of the Mer
tins cabin. Before he could make off
he would have to turn her nose away
from land. and then there would be
the difficulty of starting without some
one to flip over the propeller. There
was just a chance that he had man
aged this, though the operation was
difficult and dangerous. but / cursed
myself that ! had not thought of
arranging a self starter for the plane.
Dan and ! discussed the probabili-
ties in low tones. We knew the de-
termination and resource Of our COM
rade by a hundred experiences. We
pinned our hope to those stout quail
ties of Millikne and began to think
that we had chance of rescue. But
Evening star., 1925-01-25
Copyright, 1874, by Harper & Brothers

Merlin come winging up in a wide
circle from the southeast. a fact that
made us realize again her magnificent
turn of speed, since she had been able
to follow the false trail and make
loops in search.
/ had taken a party of men armed
with Winchesters to the top of the
plateau to watch, for with the basin
and the amount of water around us
there was distinct temptation for a
seaplane to aliEht.
Like some graceful great bird the
plane swooped down on the plateau
and, hidden among the trees, we saw
her Zoom over the edge of the blum
east of the red scar.
I stationed my men among the
shrubs west of the scar, in case Boon
would take it into his head to come
down on the upper lake and begin to
investigate. And so 1t fell out. We
waited a considerable time, then we
saw Lamont and Boon descend the
bluff
Then came out of the bush and APP
preached the red scar, which seemed
to interest them greatly, especially
Lamont. They then worked round II
to the north. and disappeared among
the shrubs and trees in the direction
Of the cliffs over the basin. / sent
several men to cut off their retreat to
the Merlin. But the visitors did not
Immediately go back to their plane
They bore down the west side of the
outcrop toward the sinter cones, and
1t was behind these that l had my
men disposed, close to the descending
passage to the caves.
When they had fully assured them
selves that their suspicious were we'll
founded, we held them up. They were
blindfolded and led down the under
ground passage, while l took my men
up to the lake to see what could be
done for the remaining visitor.
BOOK THREE-COntfnuati of the
Narrative of James v. Boon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-02-15
PATENT MODEL sale PROMISES
TO SHOW INTERESTING DISPLAY
Federal Government in Disposing of Old Stock
Stored in Many Places in Washington Will
Open Up ''GraUeyard of Hopes"

these old models, it is estimated, has
cost $50. and In 40-odd years there
have been many such requests.
The disposal process. however. will
doubtless bring to light many his
toric and highly valuable articles. and
when it starts 1t is believed 1t will be
the signal for small army of col
lectors to descend on the Capital.
When the existing law. under which
models were dispensed with, came
into operation the collection was
thinned out to certain extent, and
those devices, whether Of value be-
cause Of their demonstrated practi-
cabilfty Or because of historic asso-
citation, were put exhibition in
Smithsonian Institution, where they
still remain.
Crowded From once.
Prior to that many of the models
had been on display in the Patent
Office and others had been stored
there, and 1t was TO meet the in
creasing demands for space for the
other business of the Office and the
constantly mounting number of mod
els that the legislation was enacted.
However, the Government did not
wash its hands entirely Of the models
for which 1T had no use, and then the
collection began to be shifted around
to various storage places here, at one
time even occupying space In the Dis
trict Jail, and finally winding up in
the garage, where the cases now
repose.
In the light Of later inventions, 1t
is pointed out that many models ig-
nored years ago now may be of value
If for nothing more than demonstrate
ing the crude beginning of what are
highly developed contrivances of
great importance.
Three Men on Commission.
The commission which the new act
creates to dispose of the models is
composed of the commissioner of
patents. an expert from Smithsonian
Institution and patent lawyer.
A corps Of, laborers will open the
packing cases and put the models on
display, and the members of the COM
mission will go over each with care
and decide its fate.
Some, of course. will find buyers
without trouble. Others will take
their place with the priceless collec-
lions in Smithsonian Institution, and
the rest will pass into other avenues.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-02-15
4DEC[|NE TORUN
FOR GOVERNORSH|P
Mrs. Kate Waller Barrett
Among Virginians EscheW-
ing Campaign Honors.

RICHMOND, Va, February IA (Spe-
claD.-Four persons mentioned for
gubernatorial honors have declined
to make the race-Mrs. Kate Waller
Barrett of Alexandria, Representative
r. Walton Moore Of Fairfax, John w.
Chalkley of Big Stone Gap and SEN
ator c. OConor Goolrick of Fred
ericksburg
The outstanding reason is that the
cost OF the primary Is too great.
Senator Goolriek promised his sup
port to Senator Mapp. He takes the
view that the paramount thing in
Virginia is good roads, that the farm
ers may get their crops to market at
minimum of cost, and believes that
many years Will be required to get
the roads under the system followed
in Virginia. He also favors abolition
Of some places, the merging of others,
and the reduction of taxes in any d.
rection that will bring relief to the
people of the State.
To Hear CnndidateS
The Women's Law Enforcement
League, one of the organizations in
which the women are to the fore, is
arranging to have all the candidates
for Office address IT during the
campaign. The dates will be so fixed
that there will be no conflict and the
candidates will, to a great extent, be
allowed to select such dates as Will
best suit them. The women do not
propose to overlook any aspirant.
Friends Of c. Bascom Slemp, retir-
ing secretary to President Coolidge,
want him TO return to his home dis
trict and to make the race for Con-
gress.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-02-15
SOCIETY TO ENTERTAIN.
Sons of Veterans Will Be Hosts
to Commander-in-Chi

William NJ Coffin of Cincinnati,
Ohio. communicative chief of the Sons
of Veterans, L. S. A, will be enter
tanned by the District of Columbia,
Division of Maryland, Sons of Vet
Grams, on his official visit here this
week. Arrange have been COM
pleted by Herbert Walton Rutledge,
commander of the Maryland Division,
and Frank A. De Groot, past division
commander, for the reception OF the
chief.
MIR. Coffin will be escorted to Ar
lington National Cemetery tomorrow
morning. where he will lay a wreath
on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
at 1890 o'clock. An official visit will
then be made to the White House, and
dinner will be held at o'clock in
the evening at the Hotel Occidental
An informal reception in the New
Ebbitt Hotel will be held from to
IL o'clock to which all members of
the g. A: r. will attend.
Mr.. Coffin will be guest at the an
nual banquet of the c. \. r. Tuesday
evening at the New Ebbitt Hotel. He
will visity Augusta, Me-; Boston, Mass. /;
Hartford, Conn; Providence, r. l.;
Roches \. Y; Trenton, n. j., and
philadel phia, Pa.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-02-15
POULTRY DISINFECTED
FOR PEST is TAINTED
Heavy Losses Sustained by Deal
ers Through Improper Use
of PreYentives

Use of improper or too strong disin-
fectants in cleaning poultry houses
and coops, because Of the recent out
break Of European fowl pest has re-
suited in heavy losses to dealers through
tainted fowl, it was announced yester-
day by the Bureau of Animal Industry
one large handler of poultry, the bu-
reau said, reported a loss of $4,000
on four carloads of poultry.
Use of cheap tar products with a
strong carbolic acid odor as disinfect-
ants has become widespread, bureau
officials said, and these have contami-
mated the flesh of fowls. Feed sprayed
with the chemicals also was found TO
faint the poultry.
Fowls so contaminated should not
he marketed within two weeks after
the strong chemicals were used the
officials advised. Scalding hot water
and per cent solution of formalde-
hyde were recommended as efficient dis
Infectants. Some farmers are being
preyed upon by peddlers of harmful
chemicals, officials said
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-02-15
VICTIM OF AIR CRASH
WAS HEROIC FIGURE
Maj. Lee 0. Wright, to Be Buried
Here. Sought Own DAN
gerous Detail.

Maj. Lee O. Wright, Ordnance De-
partment. L. S. Army. who lost his life
in an airplane accident at Brooks
Field, Tex, Tuesday, will be buried at
Arlington Cemetery tomorrow morn
ing at 10 o'clock
Maj. Wright. before going to
Brooks Field. was the chief of the
Aircraft Armament and Small Arms
Division, Ordnance Department, in
Washington. He resided at the
Roosevelt Hotel.
During the World War he served in
France in connection with the de-
velopment of small arms, machine
guns and ammunition for use on the
ground, on aircraft and for defense
against aircraft.
Maj. Wright felt that he could di-
rect the work of designing of air
planes more efficiently if he himself
were an airplane pilot and could ap-
rreciate, from actual experience, the
conditions under which air1men have
to handle their weapons. His seek
ing this detail was. therefore, con-
sidered courageous action above
and beyond the call Of duty.
Maj. Wright is survived by his
father and mother, Mr.. and Mrs. Jonas
p. Wright of Lyons, Ind, and sister.
Miss Edna Wright of Washington.
d. c.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-02-15

The Government is set to rid itself
of one of it's time white ele-
plants" and cut of an expense that
has continued through the last two
score years until it has reached
100000.
That sum approximates the cost of
storage of about $4,000 models of
articles on which applications for
patents were filed prior to the change
in the law which permitted applicants
to present drawings instead of models
when asking for the Federal safe
guard on their inventions.
Now, under a bill that has passed
both House and Senate, this collec-
ton is to be sold or otherwise dis
posed of. and for many of the mtnia-
lures that may mean destruction, for
1t Is hardly considered possible that a
market will be found for every model,
which now fill $500 wooden cases,
each about one-half the size Of an
ordinary flattopped office desk
Graveyard of Hopes.
And the storage room now used by
the Patent Office for this collection,
a garage, might aptly be called a
graveyard of hopes" for of the thou
sands upon thousands of models, rep
resenting devices which their inven-
tors put forth with high hopes Of
fame and fortune, 1t is conceded that
only a minority have proved market
able and remuDerative.
Just exactly what the cases contain
Is d matter of conjecture, but when
they finally are opened attaches at
the Patent Office say there will be
disclosed one of the oldest collections
ever exhibited. covering an almost
Imaginable range of variety.
Some of the weirdest devices con-
cetvable have been revealed by the
packing cases from time to time, for
under the present law any one prov
ing q proprietary interest in any
model is entitled to call at the Patent
Office and request that it be shown.
Law Hns Been Costly.
This legislative twist also has
proved costly, for it meant porting
through dusty card index cases with
out number, and then, when the
whereabouts of the model was estab-
lished, going over the boxes, which
are numbered, until that containing
the model was located. Then always
comes the further hunt for the model
itself. Each request to see one of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-02-15
PUZZLE FAD HITS PARIS.
Continental Papers Find Cross
Word Problems Good Features.

PARIS, February 14.-Paris and the
continent are falling hard for cross
word puzzles. The Paris editions of
AngloSaxon newspapers started the
fad sonie weeks ago, and three of
the Partisan dailies have now come
out with problems. These newspapers
explained TO their readers that the
crossword craze was only a revival
of the square word" game invented
in France so years ago.
Belgium beat Paris by a week in
printing crossword puzzles. LIE Soir,
Brussels leading afternoon newspaper.
aroused tremendous interest in the
Belgian capital by offering big money
prizes to persons solving the puzzles
1t printed. The police, however put
spoke in the wheel of the enterprise
by starting prosecution under the
lottery law and Selling 5000 letters
containing solutions of puzzles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-02-15
CHAPLAIN RESIGNS
OVER LEGION FETE
Liquor Publicly Served at
Montgomery Council Ban
quet, He Charges.
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

ROCKVILLE, Md, February IL
The third annual banquet Of the
Montgomery County Council Of the
American Legion. composed Of the
posts at Rockville, Kensington, Sill
yer Spring and Sandy Spring, held
Thursday evening in the auditorium
of the high school building here, with
the Rockville post as host, was a
jr., pastor of the Rockville Methodist
Church, showed his dtsapprovaI by
leaving the hall, and has since felt
constrained to tender his resignation
as chaplain of the Rockville post.
He wrote Alexander F. Prescott, jr.,
commander of the post, as follows:
Il am herein rendering my resig-
nation as chaplain of the Henderson,
Smith Edmonds Post of the American
Legion. / am sorry that circum-
stances force me to do this, but as |
do not represent, nor pretend to rep
resent, in this town the kind of thing
that was put on at the banquet of
on the night of the 18th, I feel
that / cannot remain longer in a
position where my name can be con-
nected with the same.
Charges Liquor WINS Public.
II grant that you and the other
Officers and the committee work ed
hard and desired to make the evenin &
notable one, but, as stated above.
the whole affair was not the kind
of thing for which I stand in Rock
vile, nor was it in keeping with
the. other legion banquets which
have attended over the county.
Il do not mind 'roughhouse' stun,
and can take my share in It with any
other man, but the public serving
of alcoholic liquor in cocktails / took
as an offense to my oath and the
oath Of every other legionairre to
support the Constitution of the United
States: the bringing in of dancing
girls offended my Christian manhood,
and the fact that / was so ignorant
OF what was to take place that l
publicly asked the blessing of AL
mighty God upon IT all is humiliating
to my ministerial calling.
Il am sorry that l was entirely
uniformed beforehand of all this, as
neither the printed program nor the
informal discussion in the post meet
ing the night before gave me the
least information of such, as other
wise l could have withdrawn with
no embarrassment. Under the cir
cumstances, however. ! ask you TO
transmit this letter to your adjutant
for appropriate action at the next
meeting of the post"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-02-15
CAST OF 20 AMATEURS
WILL GIVE PLAY HERE
Daddy Long-Legs" to Be Present
ed Tuesday Evening in Car
roll Hall Auditorium.

Jean WebstGrs comedy in four acts,
Daddy LongLegs," will be present
ed Tuesday evening at $40 o'clock in
the auditorium of Carroll Hall on G.
street, under the direction of Arthur
Bradley White, with a cast of 20
local players headed by Grace Spruce
bank, young actress from Pittsburgh.
A group of child players add a
great deal of interest to the perfor-
ance, appearing as the orphans in
the New England home. including
Agnes ONeil. Helen Raeburn. Eliza
beth Middleton, Eleanor Thomas,
Catherine Breen and Thomas Finnin,
with Susanna Boiling as Sadie Kate.
Among the men in the cast are
Byron Bradley, as Daddy Long-Legs:
Geary Raeburn, as Abner Parsons;
Kurt Nothnagle. as Cyrus Wychoff;
Robert Barr, as Jimmie Mcbride;
Frank White, as Griggs. and Charles
Hautrey, as Walters, while the girls
include Alice Langdon, Catherine
McEneany, Mary Haltigan, Helen
Haltigan, Carolyn Wells and Ethel
Morris.