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place. the Gulf Stream. and carried
along on the lap Of the now rapidly
increasing Labrador current.
4 ND so each year the United States
Coast Guard aims to be slightly
in advance of the ice and report its
movements to all ships. Lieut.. Comdr.
f. A. Zeusler, appointed to serve as
oceanoErapher for the 1925 Interna-
tional Ice Patrol, in reporting the
seasons activities says:
THE presence OF ice is a constant
menace to the navigator passing
through the ice area. Were the ice
stationary very little danger would
exist. but the movement being depend
ent on currents, sea, and to some ex-
tent the wind. Its location is very
uncertain and thus the more dan
gerouS.
THE season of 1925 offered in
Vulnerable opportunities to observe
the bergs and to experiment with
them. At one time 1853 bergS were
plotted on the operating chart and
at that no berg above latitude 30 de-
grees north was considered. Consid-
cradle time was devoted to expert
menting with mine and gunflre and
to observing the melting processes.
AN estimate of the ice situation
was made at the beginning of the
patrol in an attempt to predict the
future ice. The amount of ice and its
location have been so variable from
year to year, and the source never
having been thoroughly observed.
there has yet been no system of ice
forecasting developed to the extent
that other forecasting is. Reports In
dictated at the beginning of the sea-
son that Nova Scotia, Newfoundland
and Labrador had had one of the
mildest Winters ever experienced in
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about o. pounds charge OF INT and
the last pair of mines OF 1870 pounds
charge.
The entire five charges made only
hole about Is feet deep and 20 feet
across, while on the rim OF it a halo
of broken ice was deposited,
x = x
COMMANDER ZEUsLEE, who
spent six months in the ice area,
transferring from ship to ship as re
lief was afforded the vessel he was
aboard, to the writer recently said
Gun fire dislodged only small sec
tons of ice from the berg, and this
method of attack is considered of in
appreciate value. Very little effect
could be noted from mines fired along
side the bergs, four or five having no
more effect than to shake off loose
ice and possibly set up Internal
strain. Mines planted under the berg
or in shallow water near the side of
the berg did more damage than those
fairly deep. The tamping effect of
water at lower depth was very pro
nounced."
Imagine n solid wall of ice 700 feet
long. ESQ feet high and 200 feet wide
seven-eighths submerged, which gives
it an approximate depth of 1850 feet
beneath the water, Such proportions
dwarf the great commercial ships into
whose lanes they wander. 1t is an
unequal struggle, with no choice but
to give them right of way or sink i'll
the first encounter.
Hard upon this monster berg came
another of the dry-dock type, some
thing over 500 feet long and about
300 feet wide, having two distinct
walls of ice. This great berg was the
first to break the warm water barrier
Of 1925, drifting as it did down the
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approach each other in the wake Of
any one Of their big crimes.
I'VE have applied Kemp's CORE
spondence to every known test for
hidden writing or secret inks, with no
result. Now We find that he simply
wrote on ordinary paper an idle letter
Then. with a clean pen dipped In
water he wrote, his orders between
the lines When the underwriting
dried there was no sign left that any
chemical could reveal. His CORE
spondent at the other end, The Swan,
or any of his trusted lieutenants, had
only to spill ink on the paper, blot 1t
quickly, and the traceries OF the
water writing shone through-even
the faint impression of the paper
made by the letters traced with water
so affecting the glaze of the paper as
to leave lines Of different color from
the rest of the paper when covered
with spilled ink that was Immediately
blotted up. The Swan wrote in this
way to tell Kemp she had the pearls
and was at the Ritz and to give him
word to proceed with negotiations for
their return to Nine. Roupin. Be
cause of the quick decision OF Special
Agent Drake to act first and ponder
afterwards we have both The Swan
and Kemp at last.
I'm the name of Scotland Yard,
gentlemen, l pay my compliments to
Deputy Inspector Drake
Il -
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Mighty Ice Drama of the Atlantic
Soon to Be Enacted by Great Bergs
Which
and nvadeth the GreatBa
by MAUDE {. LCkENS.

~ Ut Of the great frozen spaces
Of the Arctic each year
come huge marauding ice
~ bergs, released like the evils
from Pandora's box. They
are beautiful to gaze upon. but deadly
to encounter. Their color Is an
OPAQUE white and scattered yein-like
through them are stripes OF deep blue.
formed by fresh water freezing In the
assures Of the old Ice. In places the
walls exposed to the sunlight take on
an exquisite shade OF Jade green.
The North Atlantic Ocean. then. be
comes about the middle of March or
each year the stage upon which is
played one Of the mightiest dramas
ever enacted. The performers from
the cold green waters of the Arctic.
the great marble-white icebergs, travel
slowly, ma jestically toward the warm
blue waters Of the Gulf Stream.
Their leisurely course Is influenced
by currents, sea and wind, while fog
Is their greatest ally. Bearing down
on the fleets Of fishing boats, cross
ing the lanes of freight and passen
ger ships, invading the Great Banks,
sailing on and on, imperviouS to every
effort OF man to destroy them, on to
the one sure point Of defeat. the
warm waters of the Gulf Stream. in
that OF the Titanic.
: The size OF the bergs IS almost
beyond belief often they are 500
feet long and rise 200 feet out OF the
water. The first berg of 1928 to
occupy the stage was some 800 feet
long and i7o feet high. In shape IT
resembled a dry dock. and, indeed
that is the name it was given for
identification purposes IT was sur
rounded by fulmars. large black birds
that find sustenance in the water
about the icebergs as long az they
are in the Arctic current.
Hard on the heels Of the first player
in the great drama of ice came four
others surrounded by the attentive
fulmars. These bergs were sighted
and plotted the day before the ami
versary of the sinking of the Titanic
possibly ghosts of the great monster
that took a toll OF 1871 lives on
April IA 1912.
The ice patrol ship, the Modoc. of
the United States Coast Guard, paused
in the shadow of this great berg
while the officers and men joined III
memorial service for the Titanic
victims A more fitting setting for
such services could not have been
obtained. A rough sea mouthed and
Tapped the Modoc's sides: the cold was
intense and 4 biting northeast wind
howled through the rigging. Astern
as If in 4 rendezvous with death, lay
replica of the great berg that sank
the Titanic. The crew Of the Modoc
was mustered aft: DR.. ]. J. Ship. the
cutters surgeon, delivered q brief
address. and Comdr. III. II. Wolf led
the officers and men in prayer. On
this rare occasion the church flag
was raised above the Stars and
Stripes.
The following day three new bergs
were sighted. identified and plotted
! All were fastening to the trysting
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and steaminc slowly through the fog.
grounded on this berg early in the
morning of June %. 4 radio was
flashed To the cutter. about 4 miles
away. and she started to the rescue.
The SauguS. however, soon succeeded
in backing clear of the berg, most
unusual proceeding and one that end
ed fortunately. SO once again the
ice was defeated.
WEATHER is one of the important
factors in locating, placing and
paging the icebergs. on clear days,
when the visibility is high. they may
he sighted from the mast head of the
cutter at a distance of IS miles: in
fog il is impossible to locate them I'M
less crashed into and then usually 1t
is rather late TO do anything about it.
For days, on end, these great bergs
will remain practically unchanged as
in the case Of the seventh berg sighted
during the season of 1925 and chris
tened berg No. I. 1t was first sighted
on April 90 and eight days later was
easily recognized, having remained all
that time in cold Arctic water. Again
on May 9 it was sighted still intact
but shortly thereafter the invasion of
warmer water from the southwark set
in and it was caught in an eddy of
warm water. carried northweStward
and. while in the warm water, cap
sized ana began disintegrating rapidly
Berg No. | travelled "A miles from
its first position on April 13 until May
!. when again sighted by the cutter
1t still retained its original drydock
shape and had reached the souther-
most are of ice. For 24 hours its
speed or drift was as high as miles
per hour.
An interesting experiment was now
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sauntered past the house. The busy
maid did not notice him, nor did he
give her more attention than early
pedestrians give to the white-capped
servants who make London's door
steps spotless against the coming
forth of the master after breakfast.
The young maid, from under whose
cap whisps of brown hair threatened
to escape. finished her polishing of the
steps, regarded them with satisfac-
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True History of Underworld Queen
IsNOW Made Public for First Time
Finally Conquered

ton, picked up from the little square
OF lawn a few fallen leaves, some bits
| of paper that had blown in from the
street, some other litter that didn't
belong on the grass. and went into the
house. The casual pedestrian con-
tinued his sauntering until he came
| TO subway going the opposite direc-
ton from Scotland Yard.
Inside the house the maid properly
disposed of her pail and brush and
| deposited her litter in the scullery
! can. Not even 4 close observer would
have missed one of the bits OF paper
she had gathered up frc;.: the lawn
that thanked the front steps-the
tightly folded bit which she kept in
! her hand and which later in the morn
ing, when she had opportunity to un-
fold it, informed Special Agent Drake
of Scotland Yard, the youngest and
prettiest detective in Europe, that
THE Swan" had stolen the Josephine
pearls in Paris at 10 o'clock the night
before. Special Agent brakes brown
eyes sparkled with the eagerness of "a
patient hunter come upon n new
scent. The sparkle went out of them
however, ana the dullneSs of a house
maids outlook upon her work day
domain was in them when the master,
Mr.. Kemp, a retired business man Of
some sort, came down to his break
fast.
George Kemp. retired business man
of some sort was. il may be said, the
undiSputed master criminal of the
world. Again, in him was personified
the intriguing personality so often
met with In the imaginings of fiction.
1t has been estimated that George
Kemp controlled at one time a for
tune of Is 100000, or S25 900 .000-the
proceeds of gigantic robberies that
| mystitied Europe and America. Yet
no crook was ever seen in his pres
ence, and the visitors to his imposing
mansion in Upper Marylebone street
| were men OF literature, artists and
other retired business men. But II
had been George Kemp who took
pretty Polly Carr out of the studio of
Augustus John and sent her forth. his
chief representative into the under.
world
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THE inspector apologized abruptly
to the Countess &c Clairmonte. In
the presence Of a startling robbery In
tho home he had been detailed To
guard the policeman had no time for
pOliteness.
Please don't mind" the countess
murmured. Go at once. l am
shocked You will be clever enough
to find them, l am sure. I shall tele-
phone my coincidence to Nine. Rou-
pin the moment l reach the Ritz"
The inspector had arrived at his
conclusions. The Josephine pearls
had been stolen from madames throat.
At quarter to 10 o'clock NJ. Roupin,
madame's adjoining husband. had him
self remarked them upon his wife's;
throat. At that time she had hap
pened to he standing beside a tall
gilt. empire clock lie had almost
unconsCiously noted the hour. Baron
tie RCthschild was certain that he had
arrived at precisely 10.
For, all such circumstances there is
an inviolate police rule. Every guest,
highest as we'll as the lowest, is a
police question mark. Inspector
I.abouche ordered his assistants TO
close all exits from the house. To
Nine. Roupin he made his apology for
the necessities Of the occasion.
understand. y Jne must leave for the
present. They will submit gracefully
10 interrogations and. if need be, a
moment i'll private with my assistants
! shall summon Il woman to interview
the ladies. Fortunately none OF
madame guests has LEFT the house.
Except, that is. one whom we may.
Tor the morE.nt dismiss as above the
requirement of an interrogation
Nine. la ComteSse de Clairmonte. She
left but a few minutes ago
Nine. Roupin wrinkled her brow.
But the Comtesse de Clairmonte,
Inspector! It cannot be. Nine. la
comtesse is i'll in her home. She was
not present this evening"
Inspector Labouche's brow was next
20 wrinkle. But he flung his words
sharply. please to describe the
romtesse de Clairmonte. Was she
slight, rather tall. of an extreme pref
tiness, with a throat and neck that
y, reminds Of
: Inspector Labouche stopped short
his sentence unfinished. His eyes
H4Gened into - fascinated stare
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tn HIS is precisely what happened
on the night OF the costume
ball at the Paris home OF
/ Henri Roupin in the Bots de
vt 10 o'clock the young and roman
r.cally interesting Baron Henri de
totsChild, scion Of the banking fam
lily. arrived at the Roupin mansion
md proceeded at once to pay his re-
~pects to his equally young and in
reresting hostess, an English girl new
~ married to the rich NJ. Roupin.
The arrival of the baron at SO
,lal affair is something OF an event.
lie has Il knack OF saying things that
hring a flush into the cheeks OF his
Hostess of the evening. When he
found the young Mime. Roupin. whose
fresh British beauty was a by-word In
Paris he kissed her fingers with elab-
crate enthusiasm.
Madame is clever" the baron said.
his gaze CaressinS the loneliness of
The slender bride. Others ornament
heir beauty with jewels that blind the
eyes 10 imperfeCtions. Madame alone
: bold enough to give us the lily with
out a gliding
Whatever You mean madame re
piled, lit must be one Of your delic-
ious gallautries. But I've given You
no lilies and ! wouldn't gid the lily
If | did"
The baron responded 10 his open
iugs with enchanting grace.
Your throat. madame. 1t is the
most beautiful lily that grows. And
you alone. OF all your guests, scorn to
decorate it with jewel. The result,
I'll. madame, II is YOU. and not your
-ems, who are raTishinG.
IL was now ten minutes past 10
o'clock The Baron de Rotschild has
~. r1annpr Of having his fat
reries slowly, az II only after due de-
liberation. Nine. Roupin, laughing
eayly, but puzzled, put an exquisite
hand to the white throat of which the
baron spoke. 1t was an unconscious
gesture that suddenly it became fran
tic. Surprise, alarm, dismay, paraded
in mad;lme's eyes. Her pearls. a IA
nous long rope that NJ. Roupin had
purchased from a prince of the Bona
parte family and which were SOU
ventrs Of the Empress Josephine.
were gone,
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BY ELEANOR BROWNE.

. HIS is precisely what happened
on the night OF the costume
ball at the Paris home Of
/ Henri Roupin in the Bots de
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TT was all very we'll for the Baron
de RoatSchild. the most accom-
plished gallant in Paris, to pay COM
ailments to her undecorated throat.
Madame was young and romantic, and
wen a bride may appreciate the thrill
i'll an enthusiastic regard by expert
cnced NJ. lie Baron. But. really, she
had worn her pearls. Secretly, that
was why she and her husband had ar
ranged the lavish dinner dance at
their mansion as one Of the notable
social functions Of the Ste. Catherine
festival season. 1t was the first time
she had exhibited the gorgeous neck
let in her own bathrooms.
The baron was alert. considerable.
The Josephine pearls were valued al
$500 900
AT once he exclaimed. ITO your
Loudoir Be certain that you did not
leave them on your dressing table.
Summon the servants, also.
1t had now become a quarter past
10. At that moment, according to
records compiled afterwards by the
police when the hunt for the Joseph
inc pearls began TO proceed across
Europe and America, Deputy 1nspec-
tor LabOuChe, detailed to inspect all
arriving and departing guests at the
Roupin mansion, to make sure that
none with credentials which were not
lduIIPIS SlcuIu bt duHlllltu, "iS
fImbling his words and his manners
before charming young person
whose invitation card had identified
her when she arrived earlier In the
evening, as the Countess de Clair
monte. The countess II seemed, was
going along to another social func-
jion. Inspector Labouche had, him
self, gone out into the Bots to SUM
mon the chauffeur for Nine. la Count
br, nF 40 fy-ac -iIa clyra
tive sort for whom inspectors Of police
do almost anything.
Thank you, so much the count
ess said with delightful English ac-
cent She smiled her reward. Dread
fully sorry that l must be going;
Nine. Roupin has triumphed tonight.
IIut l am promised also at the Ste.
Catherine dance at the Ritz"
Inspector Labouche was not unac-
customcd TO the smiles of women. In
mis- notebook there We're half A hun
dred, blaCkmailers, shoplifters and
thieves ConsOrts who smiled fulsome-
ly upon him whenever he had a notion
To kick in their doors and look them
over. But the gracious smile Of the
Countess de ClairmOnte, a reminiscent
breath from the fragrance Of past
royalty. laved him with new and
most agreeable warmth. Corntesses.
especially those who are slight, with
tlabaster skins and eyes that hide the
mysteries of Il thousand rendezvous,
90 not often smile upon mere police
inspectors. Lahouchc struggled with
bis social manners, and was inter
rupted by an excited butler. who
touched him on the arm.
Quick the turnkey exclaimed.
Madame requires you without delay.
Her pearls-the Josephine pearls
they are stolen,"
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:: :: :; Is: g: Rs: s: &:
from Pandora's box. They
Evening star., 1926-03-16

Full strength AM
monia for home cleaning
purposes. Full quart
bottle. 19c for Wednes-
day, Thursday and FRI
day.
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'sWildest" Wildcat
Of Great Smokes
Gift to President

The 200 here is to receive a
young wildcat being sent from
the mountains of Tennessee as
gift to President Coolidge.
Smoky Bob" is the animals
name, and according to a letter
from his donor, the Great Smoky
. Mountain Conservation AsSocia
ton. is the widest wildcat seen IN
that section for a long time. The
President accepted the gift. but
specified by letter that the ship
ment was to be made to the Ma
tional Geological Park and not TO
the White House.
The letter from the donors also
said that Sewer County, In which
smoky Bob was captured. was
the strongest Republican County
in the United States in 1924. when
President Coolidge received AL
out of a total Of ASP votes.
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resentative Berger, Socialist, of Wis
consin.
while Congress is considering an
increase in the pensions of Spanish
American and other war veterans
which l favor" said Mr.. Berger. II
propose that a system of old-age pen
sions be adopted, which will give to
the veteran of industry similar relief
in his old age.
1--WE pension soldiers because they
render services on the field of battle
which is dangerous to life and limb,
People understand and approve such
pensions. But the work of the soldier
of industry is much more necessary
and for the most part as dangerous,
as the work of the soldier on the bat
tIefield
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road. three-quarters Of mile long
from the State road near Wakefield
to the reservation. Mrs. Rust now
asks Congress to substitute a gravel
road a mile and three-quarters long.
which would take in the old family
burying ground.
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amy worker who has faithfully la
bored for a meager wage for 20 years
or more has created more wealth than
a pension in old age can repay. He
has earned the right to be taken care
of decently in his old age. These work
ei,s have made civilization possible
for everybody. and especially for the
comfortable classes"
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ROAD CHANGES SOUGHT.
Wakefield Association Would Alte.
Plans of Authorized Highway.

Change in length and character
Of the road which Congress has au-
thorized to be built to Wakefield.
Va. the birthplace Of George Wash
ington. 10 urged by the Wakefield Ma
tional Memorial Association through
Mrs. II. l.. Rust, president of that
orga aniZation.
The last Congress appropriated
funds for construction of a concrete
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Der visit these stores or take any
other steps in an effort to stop the
sale of his literature.
Charles h. Kern. president of the
oSSociat ion presided
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Opposes Mixed School Board.

Mr.. Gasque expressed his disap-
rrovul of Cojored members on the
school board.
Under the provisions of his bill. lie
said. Wa>hincton would have no col
orei persons on the board if the peo-
pie 30 desired. and at the most could
have only three out OF the nine mem
bers.
Many OF the members Of the school
board, he asserted, are too busy TO
take any active part in the admins
tration OF school affairs. Just the
other day one Of the members told
me that the best he could do was TO
approve blndlv recommendations OF
the more asSertive members" he said.
Mr. Gasque said he personally ad-
mired Supt. Ballou. but felt that he
had entirely too much power.
Claims Big Support for Bill.
The sneaker concluded his discus
sion OF his bill by estimating that 50
favor OF his bill. Nearly all the cit
approved it, and it appears that those
who do not have some member with
an ak TO grind"
In voicing his belief that the people
of the District should have some form
of franchise Mr.. Gaaque asserted that
the District of Columbia comes nearer
10 being monarchy than any other
place in the world, Russia not eX-
Cepted.
The association generally con
lemned the sale of obscene literature
IN the "nc'~hborhood sfornS." II -
decided to have each individual men,
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Ordered to Fort Riley, Kansas.

Capt. Edward F.. Shaiffer, Cavalry,
instructor Engineer School, Fort
Humphreys, Va. has been ordered to
the Cavalry School at Fort Riley,
KanS.
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URGES u. S. PENSIONS
FOR WAGE WORKERS
Berger Offers Bill in House, Ben
citing Needy Veterans of
Industry

Federal pensions for all wage work
ers. who are without means of sup
port after attaining the age OF 60 Is
proposed in u bill introduced by Rep.
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CONDITIONS IN Dc.
SCORED BY GASQUE
House Member Particularly
Singles Out Schools and
Commissioners.

The school system in the District of
Columbia. e~ hOUl Officials. the DlStrl"t
Commissioners ami the condition of
the people Of Washington with regard
20 suffrage all came in for their share
of criticism Iii an address to the Hub
hardRaYmond Home and School As
Sociation IN the Hubbard School last
night by Representative Gasque,
Democrat OF South Carolina.
The obligation of parents TO train
their children properly. he said, is
even greater than their obligations
To church or state and il is tyrannlcal
ana un-American to force parents to
send their children to schools in which
they have no controlling power, Mr..
Gasque asserted.
"Nhen | first came here from South
Carolina" Mr.. Gasque continued, the
most glaring fault in the school sys'
tenn that | noticed was the apparent
practice of passing the buck--a game
indulged in by the Schooi Board anu
the District Commissioners. l don't
believe that the Commissioners should
have anything at all to do with the
school system