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The Washington times., 1926-04-17

to move her. You can't move her
one day sooner"
For five days the mystery Aeath
occupied the front page.
But a search OF Ramon's office
revealed nothing. After a years
absence he returned this Monday
for the first time. The same
night he had died 2 leaving
not single word to indicate he
had an enemy in the world or tho
slightest wish to die.
The papers concluded he had
been shot by a burglar who had
been scared away before accom-.
plishing his object. The story
was losing interest when two in.
cidents again brought it to the
headlines.
A blood-stained handkerchief
was found on the stairs. In some
inexplicable way it had been
kicked into a corner and was
found under a fire bucket. This
handkerchief had a laundry mark
and the initial *"
Secondly, the downtown hotel
where Worth had taken a room
reported that he had not occu-
pied the room on Sunday night
that he had Aeft early Sun
day morning and had never re-
turned.
Almost Immediately after this
friend of Ramon's advised the pO-
lice that Ramon had a cottage in
Carmel and also a studio flat on
the Lombard Street hill.
And this flat was visited. Here
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NOW CONTINUE

Tripoli and no. pirates on the
Yangtse- Kiang. Kelly"
Silence fell. again, DR.. Cressy.
wished Kelly 20 go on. but ne.
was utterly incapable OF urging
him to do 30.
Kelly at last again took up the
thread of his narrative.
81 know that the police would
not-understand: 50 picked UP
the revolver and slipped it into
my pocket"
But" cried DIR. Cressy, sud-
denly finding his voice as he
clutched madly at a straw OF
hope, "Glendenning was alive
after Kathleen left the taxt-he
looked at his watch or something.
You testified to It."
''T lied. I wanted to make It
stronger" the old, man said sim
Go on" said DR.. Greasy, hope
lessly.
"Well. sir, I took the pistoi
home and hid It away in a bu-
reau drawer. but ali that night
and all yesterday couldn't get
the thing out OF my mind. Not
that / was sorry for what. I'd
done-T was glad OF that-but I
couldn't seem to think Of any
thing else but that revolver lying
there. Last night after dinner
/ wasn't on duty last night be.
cause take the Sunday morning
shift got SO, holding Il. all in
to myself, that thought IL
didn't have some one person to
tell It to I'd shout It aloud. It
would burst out OF me.
Sworn to Secrecy
well. me and my son Bert
was sittin' there smokin' by the
fire, and-well, I swore him to
secrecy and then told him the
whole thing. He went with me
to look at the pistol where I'd
hidden it, and said he'd never
tell. He knew Miss Kathleen.
Shed done lots for him, helpin'
him get the jobs and everything.
He meant what he said then.
But this morning when he
saw that reward for twenty thou
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BIZ EIe11Ore MeherIn

Confederate Sought in Worth
Shooting"
The Unforeseen circumstance
beads. silver and blue had been
found scattered on the floor. Elk.
tremely small beads that might
have been ripped from a purse.
These beads were found halK
way between where the bullet
was Embedded and the corner
where the blood stains were
found.
The newspaper made a graphic
picture-reconstru the whole
scene Of the night from these ten
or twenty microscopic beads as
a scientist reconstructs the skele-
ton of a primitive animal from d
single tooth.
Had q woman been shot at by
Ramon Worth and in return had
she killed him?
Had a woman come to his office
on this fatal evening?
Evidence pointed to a scuffle-'
a chair pushed against the wall,
the rug kicked aside. Had this
girl or woman come to plead or
threaten? And he had shot her?
Was that her blood in the cor
ner?
II so, then she had stumbled to-
ward the door and fallen before
reaching it.
How then could she have done
the shooting?
How then could she have es.
capped? No woman had gone down
in the elevator between 10 and IL.
And no woman grieVouSly
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arms. and these two, with the
waters o tragedy rising high
around them. kissed each other e..
two drowning people might kiss
among the black waves Of the sea
before parting forever. They re-.
manned clinging together. utterly
silent, like people who have found
the still center Of the nnadly whfrl-
ing wheel Of life.
But the surcease lasted only q
few seconds. They were dragged
out into the storm again. It was
the voics Of Kelly, immersed in the
actually Of the situation. CULVER
ing with anxiety, that drew them:
!. Action!
Doctor. doctor, what shall we do
now?''
DIR. Greasy stood up. dizzy and
exalted. Then the terrible neces-
sity for action leaped through
him like the shock Of q live wire:
few must find Bert. Do you
know any of the places he haunts?
He could hardly get in touch with
the authorities until things open
up In the morning that Is, unless
he hunted them up at their resi-
dences, and 1 think he's too drunk
to do that.
(To Be Continued Monday
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wounded could have walked down
three flights Of steps unaided.
The inference was obvious. Some
one had aided her.
Douglas stood in the kitchen of
Hal Hume's flat and read this
account.
Little beads from her purse
ripped off when she tried to seize
the pistol from Ramon's hand.
Tiny beads glittering on the floor.
He hadn't noticed them.
And now they were searching
the office-this office Ramon had
occupied for five years. They
were taking fingerprints, looking
through papers. They might come
upon letters-letters Sandy had
written to Ramon.
Then they would know-then
they would come to her. He be-
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hams Vegetable Compound ana 10
would help me. She handed me one
Of your little books and read it and
was interested in it. / went to q
drug store that night and got q bot
tie Of your wonderful medicine.
took it until the baby was born and
was able to be up and do my work.
Baby is AZ months old now and
weighs il pounds. I have plenty Of
milk for her and she gains steadily.
/ recommend it. ! am willing to
answer letters and will do anything
/ can for any woman, for know
how I suffered. "-MRs. A. II.
TscHIRHART, r. No. 2. Box 80, Ad-
kins, Texas.
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound has been In use by women
for over fifty years. Il is & vege-
table tonic made from roots and
herbs and is sold by all druggists.
The Washington times., 1926-04-17
HERES FOXY GRANDPA'S STORY

you think this German emperor
took as his emblem?
IAN ear of corn" guessed
Bobby.
'"Guess again." said.
1.-THE whiskers on the corn,
said Bobby, wrinkling up his little
forehead.
'"The cornflower," I declared,
1.-THE blue cornflower, like this one
in my buttonhole."
"Well, 1 was pretty warm"
wasn't I, Foxy Grandpa?"
you were," l agreed, land now
on festival days all the German
people wear the blue cornflower
as an emblem not only of their
country But of the brave and
beautiful queen whose memory
they revere"
The Washington times., 1926-04-17
By Stella Wynne
Whose Stories of Mystery and
Love Are Causing Wide
spread Comment

''TeIl US what the trouble is"
said Cressy a little impatiently.
'tWell, It goes back to last FRI
day afternoon when Mr.. Glenden-
ming was shot"
Yes. yes; go on"
well. / was the first one to
see his body after Miss Kathleen
got out. : ! opened the cab door
TO say 'Fairview Hotel, SIR a Sec
ond time-and-and saw he was
dead Then I saw something else
something on the floor Of the
taxi.
.What?" DR.. Cressy shot the
question at him.
The Fatal Pistol
F'sA-a-a-a-" Kelly was stammer-
ing. "A r.r-r-revolver, sir" he
said In e low voice.
He went on more steadily, his
voice penetrating word by word
into the silence:
"a little pearl-handled revolver
with q Maxim silencer on it"
He suddenly looked away from
the face OF the girl. "And the
initials *. r. c., on 1t in silver
letters. One OF the barrels had
been firedM sslss
"K. r. c." burned like letters
of flame Tor q moment before the
eyes of the young doctor. x. r.
C."-Kathleen Ruth Crittenden.
A Maxim silencer-a d-blooded
premeditated murder! He looked
at the lovely young girl beside
him. She was white and still as
q statue. Only her eyes, fixed
terribly on the averted face Of
Kelly. seemed alive.
The latter, as II under some
conpuIsion, continued in a mono
tone. ''I recognized it as the
little revolver you showed me.
before you started on the around
the-world trip, Miss Kathleen.
You laughed and said then, No
bandits are going to get men in
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, beautiful queen called Queen
Louisa.
$50 Napoleon swept through
Germany and into Prussia and
conquered that country over
which Queen Louisa reigned and
she struggled desperately and
bravely against him to preserve
her people from destruction.
However, at last Napoleon
reached Berlin, the chief city,
and captured it, and the poor
Queen Louisa and her little chill
dren barely escaped with their
lives.
She fled to the country and
hid with her children In a corn.
field. Naturally. the poor little
children We're terribly frightened
and began to cry. Fearful that
somebody would hear Nhe chill.
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dren cry. she gathered some corn
flowers, which were growing
around them, and wove them into
wreathes to amuse them. So de-
lighted and interested were they
in twining the blossoms into
wreaths that the children forgot
their fright and sorrow and they
and their mother were not dis
covered.
1.-THE war ended and one Of
these little children, whose name
was Wilhelm, grew up to be a
fine man and a brave soldier. He
waged war on Napoleon's nephew
and conquered him and was then
made the first German emperor.
For centuries it had been the
custom for kings and emperors to
have an emblem. And what do
The Washington times., 1926-04-17

NOW, 1 am not exactly a dude,
IN but do like to wear a flower
in my buttonhole. So one morn!
ing as Bobby and started out
l stopped in the garden and put
q blue cornflower in my button
hole and then we went on.
This little flower has a par
ticular meaning in Germany" I
explained, adjusting 1t again in
my buttonhole.
"Why, Foxy Grandpa?" asked
Bobby.
I'm tell YOU" / replied.
"Over a hundred years ago,
you remember, the great Em-
peror Napoleon decided to con-
quer Germany. At this time,
living in Prussia, there was a
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in bed most Of
the time until I
began taking
Lydia e. Pink.
hams Vegetable
Compound. Ny
mother : In . law,
who Is q mid
wife, told me II
was all foolish
ness for me to
stay in bed. She
told me to take
Lydia II. Pink
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The Most Sensational Detective Story
of the Day, Penned by
Clever Writer
THE STORY THUS FAR

Kathleen young heress returns from
abroad Accompanying her in the taxi to her
ne Hotel Farvew is Kent Glendnning young 70
whom Kathleen aanced Kathleen from the cab,
Kelly the his horror that Gendenning
o. the body until the police arrive Detective Macarthur gr
Kathleen Greasy intrigued by the crimeand possibly by Kath
ssn tragic to investigate the mystery Cressy
mysterious Leverne Lecay Cressy continues his search
visiting the millinery shop Anita Cog friend Glendennng
II his search Cressy stumbles lnenbOund mummy Dr.
Gregory Sterr and Anita the dappearace of the
Blue Scarab An exciting search of Kaheens followed
discovery someone had entered The intruder not found
soy opened and walked Kathleen her attractive form
se6 with kmono have something to show yOu" she said
Kathleen
startled by notice $4,000 for capture
nng's slayer.
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baby that IL dressed as the sober
head OF a family, while Mama
and Papa look like the children.
Mother in her Dutch bob and
Papa's plus Tours look DIT out
of place In town Of & wee grown
up" whose fat little tummy
makes him look like brewer Of
oldl
don't, like to see youngsters
look so blase and sophisticated
Neither do I like the velvet suit
The Washington times., 1926-04-17
AT LAST!

SANDY" is being shown this
week at LOew's Palace Theater.
Madge Belamy, the dainty
screen star, appears as the
dashing bOb-haired heroine Of
ElenOre Meherin's engrOssing
serial.
Read the story OF the adven.
lures Of SANDY" in The Wash.
ingtOn Times. ....
Then go to LOew's Palace
and see the wonderful pictur-
izat1On Of the narrative.
The Washington times., 1926-04-17

;. ana FauntIeroy curIs, but Il Do
like q little boy to look like .
regular little boy.
This mannish makeup seems to-
have taken only the very little
boys, not quite at the age to
pick what they like.
Maybe Ma and Pa think by
making the baby look 80 much
older It makes them look 50 much
! younger! But one can hardly de-
clare that the parents look too
The Washington times., 1926-04-17

young to have such q grOwn-up
son when It is only the suit that
Is grown up and the boy inside II
I is scarcely out of the perambula-
tor state!
Goodness! A bunch OF infants
coming out to kindergarten In
haberdashery like that would look
like q jury going out to lunch!
I notice the boys that are g
little older still stick to the base
I ball suits and sweaters.
The Washington times., 1926-04-17
A Story of Swift Adventure, Tingling Romance,
And the Youthful Pulsating Thrill of True Love

IT must go that you may be
free for him. Hy the Lord tNsAa
you can ask this! BY the LCra
God. do you think I'll grant
it?-"
All evidence, so the account
stated, now strongly pointed to
murder with jealousy over wo.
man as the cause.
ITO Be Continued Monday
ANvEaRlagngM
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It 10 merely. O new influence IN
junior wearing apparel. These
pint-siZed people / see In long
pants and high collars topped off
with the last word in ties, are
merely little children.
i no longer gaze with great
interest at q tall, stout gentleman
In golf knickers and checked cap
who stands chatting with a rather
politicians looking person-but
I cannot quite console myself to q
The Washington times., 1926-04-17

; Ramon had spent all Of Sunday
night. Here he had spent Mon
day from the time he had dashed
away from Sandy's house until
he had gone to his office at 3
o'clock that same evening.
And here, scattered all over the
room, were torn fragments OF
letters-snatches OF Respondent
phrases-threats against an UNI
known foe.
Here were scraps Of q letter
written to. Sandy.
CHAPTER 81
The paragraph was printed in
blackface. It leaped from the
column. Five days Of narrowing
suspense. Now this!
Douglas dropped a nickel in the
newsboy's hand; folded the paper
quickly. got into his car.
He drove to Van Ness-out to
the Yacht Harbor. Four o'clock
Friday afternoon. He parked
here; pulled out the paper.
dered."
In type a fraction OF an inch
smaller: Mystery woman and
companion sought"
- There followed a gripping ac-
count of the evidence gathered
in Ramon's home. The account
was splashed all over the front
page. The letter fragment was
L.
script had penned the despond
ing message:
IT have lost you. You have
turned from me. And the white
wonder of your face is now his.
"You tell me you have nothing
for me. I, that ask only the joy
of looking at you; only to talk
with you and hear your voice
you tell me must go away. You
have nothing for me-nothing for
anyone!
''But for him? All God! I saw
your hands reach out and cling
to his. Saturday night, unseen, I
saw you-saw you holding him
for what easily imagined words
of tenderness!
"And l remember a night when
you stood against the cypress
tree, that hair of yours with the
moonlight streaming on 1t, bright
er than a crown; your angels
face seeking mine-all your love
dewy in your eyes.
i've lived a year dreaming of
this moment--a year yearnfng
for its return. I come. And you
tell me l must go away.
The Washington times., 1926-04-17
By EIenOre Meherin,
Author Of ''Chickie," Ann"
"Ann and Phif' and
SNOra Lee"
Continued from Yesterday

CONTINUED from Yesterday
The moment she heard ais
voice she caught its trenchant
note Of anguish. =,
SAY, Judge. wonder if you'd
meet me somewhere? AT fillmore
and Golden Gate? What? To
ask you somethiDg-important.
Judith left him, stirred with
pain and joy. He needed her.
Wanted her. No matter why. She
went to him. her ardent. face
kindIed-a happy fervor in eyes
and voice. Pretty early for an
intrigue, Doug. ole dear" And
to herself: He didn't go! Oh,
wonderful, they aren't going":'
Douglas told her-as much as
he knew himself.
He said, miserable: Jude
would you come and take care
of her?"
They looked at each other
across a hushed, stricken silence.
Then Judith. white as death:
Hurry
They held to each others arms
and went running to the machine.
He paused for brief instant,
hands trembling on the wheel.
Gee, Jude-having you"
She lowered her head, pulling
the brim Of her hat down.
That evening the papers car
ried flashing accounts of Ramon's
death. These accounts filled
their hearts with terror. !
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II puts the whole skyline ont
Of focus to have these boy babies
bounding along in tiny duplicates
Of the suits you see IN the .'three-
flights-up-and.save-ten" ads!
Makes big brother look Ike q
fat boy Ii the circus and sis iik0
q young giantess.
Can't something be done about
The Washington times., 1926-04-17
By FAY KING

Everywhere I've gone lately
I've seen miniature. tiny men
strutting about in derby hats,
spats and carrying canes!
For a while I was under the
impression there must be an In.
ternational convention Of midgets
| in town, hut, upon closer obser-
walton. I find that it's my mis-
take.
The Washington times., 1926-04-17
CHAPTER se

The evening papers carried a
diagram OF Ramon's office. The
PROSTATE figure OF a man showed
where the body lay. An arrow
pointed to a dark spot in the op-
posite corner, labeled blood
stains" A second arrow called
attention to a section Of the wall
considerably behind Ramon.
where a bullet was imbedded.
The headline asked: Murder
or Suicide?"
The story indicated convin-
cingly murder had been done.
Alarming, unsupported facts boil.
stored this theory. Frightening
facts that drew net with chok-
ing tightness.
Sometime between 8 O'Clock
when Worth was seen by the
elevator operator to have entered
his office-sometime between that
The Washington times., 1926-04-17
Dtscopered BIZ Dutch Sailors

TINE sptzbereen Islands Ocean, north o Norway
and northeast discovered in 1895 BY Dutc
sailors who thinking them be part Of Greenland
New Land
The Washington times., 1926-04-17
Her !,
BABY CAME
Used Lydia E. Pinkha1n's
Vegetable Compound

Adkins, Texas. Before my baby
came was so weak ! had to stay
The Washington times., 1926-04-17
First Picture of Toothbrush

BOOK the of the teeth published in Paris about 1S1S
"A by Joseph Maze the oldest known illustration
OF toothbrush The pioneer brush had brises both ends OF
the handle
The Washington times., 1926-01-20
WHAT FORD DID
LAST YEAR

The Ford Motor Company, in all
its divisions, produced total OF
z, 103 ,58S cars. trucks, tractors, and
airplanes during 1925. according to
figures just given out at the gen
eral offices of the Ford Motor Com;
pany. Exclusive Of airplanes, which
il 4 new industry with the com
pany. this is an increase of 20,e5S
automotive units over 1924.
I In the production Of Ford cars
and trucks during thte year, do
nestle plants in the United States
assembled 1,775,24 For plants
OF the company produced i36,4el
cars and trucks and the output OF
the Tord Motor Company Of Canada.
Ltd. totaled 1929. Fordson trac-
tor. production was 1O4,16S and the
Lincoln division of the company
produced during the year total OF
S,4I5 LicoIn cars. In the newest
branch Of the company the air
plane factory, the output was ten
all.metal planes since the factory
was acquired by the company On
August 1, 1928.
The remarkable output of Ford
cars and trucks was reached IN
spite of the fact that for period
OF more than 80 days during August
and September domestic production
was almost negligible due to the In
PRODUCTION of the improved types.
The Washington times., 1926-01-20


Many workmen had made their
homes away beyond the area Of
street car tracks, and Verne Foote.
then 8 REQ employe, conceived the
idea Of providing the much needed
transportation from their homes 10
the factory and back. He used q
speed wagon with b canopy top
body and the venture was decidedly
successful, In profits to FoCte and
In service to his patrons.
Gets Good Results
Later q number Of REQ workmen
moved to nearby smaller towns
Holt, Mason and Williamson and
as Speed Wagon transportation had
already been proved entirely ade-
quate, It was applied to these new
fields with equally good results.
Fred Robinson, another Reo ern.
ploye. whose failing health de.
manded that he get into. outdoor
work, purchased b. REQ bus TO
operate between Alma. the home OF
q motor truck manufacturing com
pany, and ST Louis, Mich. about
three miles away. That his venture
was profitable is shown by the
fact that within 80 days he arranged
to purchase second bus. After
The Washington times., 1926-01-20

Car Company tis case in point.
Now one of the biggest OF bus
manufacturers. REQ was actually in
the bus business for many years
before realizing it. The intruduc-
ton Of the Speed Wagon in 1914
provided the first practical equip
ment for bus operation. Prior to
that TIME no commercial chassis
had possessed such features as
pneumatic tires. electric starter
and electric lights In combination
with the ruggedness required for
bus purposes.
REQ did not begin n1anufact turing
d special bus chassis until 1924, ,
but by that time there were Is 900
Speed Wagons carrying bus bodies.
So it is obvious that bus manu-
facturers followed, rather than led.
in the initial steps of bus develop.
ment.
1t isn't necessary to 60 outside
of Lansing, Reo's home, to cite
instances Of pioneer bus operations.
These, by the way, were inspired
by the urgent transportation needs
Of city which. In 1916, had not
vet caught It's breath after an I'M
precedented expansion brOn 8 b I
about by the automobile industry.
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! same to be topped with some
smoother layer in order to com.
plete the Job.
With this thought in mind Con.
necticut and California have re-
topped considerable portion of
relatively new pavements, the high
way departments reporting sur
prisingly low cost for the work and
motorists vouching for a. remark
able Improvement in road comfort
One of the important features of
asphalt has been its elasticity. This
has also been one OF it's chief
faults, for while an asphalt pave
ment is easy" when smooth, ex-
perience seems to demonstrate that
it soon gives" to a point of be-
coming wavy, situation which
rapidly results in deterioration when
the road is travelled by heavy
vehicles.
One of the important features of
concrete has been it's hardness. but
this also has been one of it's chief
drawbacks. Concrete surfaces do
not wave and offer an unusually
smooth ride when new, but very
soon the public becomes aware that
such a surface has no give" and
it is not long before this natural
want of elasticity results in up
heavals and hazardous cracks. Once
these cracks appear. in some eli
mates, the life of the road Is ma
terially shortened.
Compromise Urged
Many have asked, why not a
compromise, a merging of the two
types?" That question is already,
answered, but in the Nations fight
for good roads there has been little
time for consideration Of the newer
ways of obtaining such good roads.
There has been ample emphasis
upon highway appropriations but not
enough upon what such appropria-
tions are buying. many believe.
Al bitumfnous concrete mixture
that has met with success in va
rious sections of the country is
made up of approximately 50 per
cent stone and 5 per cent coIlodial
cement. The latter ingredient Is
in a sort of gelatinous condition
which renders it possible to lay this
type of road material cold. The
road then becomes just as much of
stone road as any concrete high.
way, except that it has the out
standing advantage of being able to
offer enough elasticity to provide
shock-absorbing effects for vehicles
and to adjust itself to extremes in
temperatures as well as \ traffic
loads.
Highway officials ares beginning
to see in these new road material
developments a huge saving in
highway maintenance as well as in
first cost. Such savings automati-
cally provide for increased paved
mileage. A cold mix such as the
one described above can be used as
a practical top for a macadam or
even a gravel base.
The maintenance figures from
some of the States are. in reality,