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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-25

opinion Of Steel's discovery? AS I
understand it, 1t is a cheap and
efficient substitute for petrol"
"I know nothing of Steel's In
vention, but the fact that a
shrewd man like Fabian Vickers
was ready to take Steel up, and
that Carnifex and his people are
grifnly determined to get the
secret, seems to indicate that it's
not without importance"
Curwen Brown nodded.
ut is important" he said,
slowly. Very important. Mr..
Jefferies, ] think you have been
chosen by Fate to make a link in
a chain that / have been trying
to connect up for some time past.
This invention of Steel's may well
be the clue which will lead me TO
the heart Of the whole conspiracy"
He was silent for moment.
Then he shot a sudden question
at Jefferies.
Are you at all interested in
politics, Mr.. Jefferies?"
Not particularly" said Jeffries,
dryly.
Not So Dull
Politics are not always so dull
as they might SEEM" said Curwen
Brown. There are things going
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nILLY'S PLEA-He turned toward
ID me and seized my hands. phyllis"
he begged, ''let me have just one hour
alone with you. You've made me SO un-
happy. You look unhappy, too. | want
to know why you're alone at this hour
of the night. Dick Randall will never
make you happy. He's not fit for girl
like YOU" He leaned closer. realized
he'd been drinking. That was not I'M
usual for Billy.
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mo PUBLICITY WANTED"

Of their poor starving dupes TO
wars abroad. It is an old trick
of the insecure despot. and it is
wonderful how often it succeeds.
If you can't feed your people,
lead them to war-at least it Is a
cure for the 'over.population' you
have produced by wasted re-
sources"
Curwen Brown leaned forward
impressively across his desk and
allowed his eyes to rest search
ingly on Jeffries.
Mr.. Jefferies." he said. II be.
lieve it is possible that with your
help / may be able to avert un.
told misery and suffering
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By Marten Cumberland
and B. v. Sham

MRs. ALDHoUsE was interest
4t1 ed at once. She had a great
opinion OF Curwen Brown, and
seemed to look upon him as mix.
ture of Sherlock Holmes and Tai.
leyrand.
Finally, after a second ana
more satisfying breakfast, Jeff
ries left for the foreign office.
A Tough Task.
He found it more difficult to
see the great Curwen Brown
than Mrs. Aldhouse had antici.
pated. He filled up a form men,
tioning that lady's name, and
handed it to a commissionaire,
but the attendant returned with
polite refusal of an interview.
For a moment it looked like an
irnpasse, then Jeffries had an
Idea. He filled up another form,
and wrote upon it, very distinct
ly, I wish to see you about
Monsieur Carnifex."
The effect of this nIaneuver was
magical. Once more the commits
sionaire returned, but this time
with a request that Mr.. Jeffries
follow him. A few moments
later Jeffries was shown into a
pleasant high-ceilinged room with
walls lined with books and maps,
and two windows looking out
upon some gardens.
Mr.. Curwen Brown of the ORR
entail Intelligence Department,
was a man of about so years of
age, with hair just turning gray.
"A little below the average stature,
he had a large head with we'll
developed forehead and fine dark
eyes, The lower part Of his face.
perhaps because of the prominent
frontal development appeared
rather small, but the mouth was
firm and resolute. In some way
or other, he gave Jeffries the
impression of a man who has
spent many years of his life
abroad.
As Jeffries entered, Curwen
Brown rose with q. kind Of cold
politeness, indicated a chair near
his desk, and then subsided again
into his seat.
You wish to see me about a
man named Carnifex," he asked,
in a voice that was pleasant and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-25

on in what has been called the
East End of Europe that may
make interesting reading one day.
/ can assure you they interest me
immensely"
Jefferies nodded.
ITS your job. anyhow" he
commented.
Quite so, agreed Curwen
Brown, and went on impertrub-
ably. There are powers who
would plunge the world into war
again If they had their way.
There are men mis.ruling coun-
tries, who. to hide the chaos of
mismanagement and misery at
home, would direct the attention
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-25
NOVEL MOVIE
CONTROL

GO that the orchestra conductor
- may develop better effects,
while interpreting the picture
with musical selection, a Ger
man inventor has devised a speed
control for the film, operated by
the leader from the pit. With it,
he can accelerate or retard the
movement slightly, to accompany
the music more realistically, with
out destroying the general effect
to the spectators, says, Popular
Mechanics Magazine. In many
theaters where the music is an
important part Of the program,
the film is given a trial run be-
fore it is shown to the public
and, at this test, the orchestra
leader and assistants calculate
the exact time Of different pass
ages.
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Thrills Abound in This Pulse TingIing
Serial Of International Intrigue
and Romantic Love
Read This First !.

Luke Jees walking disconsoaey along street,
into fathers father is
old friend has discovered efficient substitute petrol
to protect Steel He Jefes will his
As dies him
brands traitor Mary to live with Made
Jefferies
night dash StePs the country.
While Jeferies him
bursts into the
MS will
with Mary and Steel
him
ded but with his Jeeres
The to Carnifex that
dying inventor impaired his Jefferies
IN n rYys Ivy Or
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Sharks Are Valuable

MANY made the shark according experts. Its
IVA head is made into glue jewelers. have for its teeth
and medicinal oils obtained its liver and ntestnes Then
Its bones made into fertilizer and is Of the flesh
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i LONG RIDE-The car slid off
IA quietly. Billy leaned forward with
a determined gesture and spoke sharply
to the chauffeur Drive uptown" he
commanded. Straight out to the Bronx
River Parkway. AS fast as you can.
What are you talking about, Billy
Webb?" / protested Indignantly. Pm
not going out to Westchester with you.
l want a 15-minute spin in the park.
Don't be ridiculous. Billy"
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An OLD SCORE-I was growing ter
"A riffed. BILLY, let me out. If Dick
comes home and finds me gone, he will
be frantic" Exactly" Billy gave a lit
tie laugh. 'The sooner you and your
precious husband part, the better for
everybody. / intend to give him some
thing to worry about" It flashed into
my mind that he was evening up an old
score-my telling Daddy Barnes about
dirty trick he'd played on another fellow.
CONTINUED TOMORROW
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oners that lined the wire.enclosed
cages looking into the rotunda, en-
Enthusiastically received TIE minstrel
troupe of Costello Post Of the Amer.
lean Legion.
Nick Eagles, an erstwhilo actor
himself, stood in daze. while
Samuel Moreno. with the same COM
placence he has maintained since
his arrest, applauded as though he
hadn't a care In the world.
Back in the shadow stood John
Proctor. the baby of the trio. He
could not be seen, although he
watched the performance.
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GIRL SHOT IN LEG

When the shot gun that was be-
ing loaded by her father was ac-
cidentally discharged last night.
Lucille Bedkwith. colored. IA years
old, 1900 Military Rd. N. W., was
shot in the leg. Her father, Mar
cellus Beckwith, took her TO Emer-
gency Hospital in taxicab. The
parent was locked up on a charge
of investigation"
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wreath upon the monument Of
Bismarck and was launching into
speech in. celebration Of tho "Irof,
Chancellors' birthday when the
police stopped him, and in his ex.
citement lie fell dead.
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.EX- KAISER AIDE
DROPS DEAD

BERLIN. April General Won
Friedberg, former aide to the ex.
Kaiser. fell dead from apeplexy be-
fore the Bismarck Monument here
today, after the police had inter.
vened and prevented him from max
ing a speech in commemoratfon OF
Bismarck.
General Won Friedberg had laid
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300 PRISONERS
HEAR VETS

Their faces pressed against the
screen at the end Of the tier in the
District jail, in which they are
awaiting the setting OF the date of
their execution, the thres convicted
murderers of Policeman leo w. X.
Busch last evening enjoyed an en-
tertainment.
They. with some 500 other pris-
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-19
Names Imprisoned Men

NEWPORT, r. l., Dec. 19.-Roger
L. Braley, until recently a member
of the crew of the S-4, today told
the United Press the names of three
men he believes are among the six
reported alive in the sunken subma-
rine.
Roger L. Short, Bonneville, Mo-;
Frank Snizek, Ridgef1eld. N. j.. and
Russell A. Crabb, San Diego. Cal,
and thought by Rraley to be in the
forward compartment awaiting res
cue.
"It is impossible to say who the
other three men are. I would guess
that one might be an officer and
the other two members Of the crew."
Asked what he thought the
chances were of taking his former
Seamates out alive, Braley said:
II don't think there is q chance,
unless they can reach the trapped
men very soon. 1t must be terribly
cold down there and then, too, it is
safe to say that the prisoners have
nothing to eat.
Some Of the compartments were
equipped with emergency rations,
but am quite sure there was no
food in the forward compartment"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-19
Air Ace Sees Bull Fights,
Is Cheered by 10000
Union Men.
BY G. f. FINE
limited Presa Stan Corresuondent

MEXICO CITY, Dec. 1s.-With
the acclaim Of Mexico still unabat-
ed, Col. Charles A. Lindbergh today
settled down to waiting through the
few days until his mother flies here
to spend Christmas with him.
Yesterdays program included two
bull fights instead Of the one sched-
uled. A special fight was held after
a labor parade in honor Of Lind
bergh during which $4,000 workers
took cart.
The chief event on today'S pro-
gram was luncheon by Gen. AL
varo Obregon at Xochimilco.
Mrs. Evangeline Lindbergh wired
President Gales from Detroit. The
message read: "I deeply appreciate
your message. I am grateful to the
people OF Mexico for their wonder
full reception of my son"
Mrs. Lindbergs was expected at
the Valbuena flying field late
Wednesday. She win make two
stops en- route.
Yesterday Lindbergh saw the two
bull fights in spite Of many tele-
grams of protest from humane soci-
eties in the United States. The flier
witnessed the most significant
demonstration In his honor when
1900 workers. all members of Mex
lean unions, paraded past him yes
terday morning. 1t took ninety min
utes for the men to pass, eight OF
ten abreast.
Lindbergh viewed the parade from
the balcony Of the National palace
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Ships and Divers Brave Icy, Gale -LaShed Waters
in Frenzied Attempt to Rescue Sailors
From Poisonous Sea Tomb.
EFFORT TO RAISE BY PUMPING FAILS
Vessels Speed Pontoons to Scene of Disaster, as
Last Hope of Buoying Stricken Craft and
Bringing It to Surface.

the bow of the Paulding cut through
amidships, the submarine scraped
along the bottom of the destroyer
before sinking and was twisted and
torn.
The damage was greater than that
to the S-51, Eadie said.
Others May Be Alive
Once, Eadie said, he thought he
heard a response to his signals
from the stern, where the motor
room lies, but he was far from
certain. He was not definite enough
to be able to guess that any more
were alive aboard.
The compartment where the six
living men were trapped is the fore
most in the submarine, next to the
bow. At one end it is sealed by the
torpedo tubes. At the other,
water tight doors lead to the
battery room and quarters.
The torpedo room is tiny COM
partment, not holding much air.
Normally only about three men
would be stationed there. 1t is
possible one or two others dived In
there from the battery room.
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LINDY'S MOTHER LANDS
HERE ON WAY TO MEXICO
Given Welcome Luncheon
by C. of c.; Trip From
Detroit Made in 8 Hours.

UNFOLDING the family tradition
for modesty by refusing to pose
for photographs unless all her
party were included Mrs. Evange-
line Lodge Lindbergh, mother of
the famous fier, landed in Indian
apolis for luncheon at 1913 this
afternoon.
Mrs. Lindbergh is flying from De-
troit to Mexico City to spend
Christmas with her SON. She
stopped of here only long enough
to attend an impromptu luncheon
hastily arranged at the Chamber
OF Commerce. Mayor L. Ert Slack
and Governor Ed Jackson, were
among those who welcomed her at
the luncheon.
] When chamber officials heard
about 10 a. m. that Mrs. Lindbergh
might stop In Indianapolis they be-
gan planning the welcome. Ar
rangements for her entertainment
were rapidly completed and as
rapidly executed. Three motor
cycle policemen led two Lincoln
automobiles from Indianapolis air.
port to the Chamber by way of
Kentucky Ave.
Welcomed at Air Port
With sirens screaming the motor
cycles and automobiles were going
about fifty miles an hour when they
struck the business district. Traffic
policemen kept the way clear
through the shopping center and
the motorcade sped on to the Cham
Der through noon luncheon throngs.
William H. Fortune, william n.
Book and Paul H. Moore Of the
Chamber Of Comerce and Capt. H.
Weir Cook, National Guard flying
instructor, welcomed Mrs. Lindbergh
to the city at indianapolis airport.
With Mrs. Lindbergh in the tri-
motored Ford all metal six pas
senger, two-pilot plane, were w. B.
Stout, head Of the Ford-Stout air.
plane division, and Mrs. Stout; A..
r. Iajour, Mexico City Ford repre-
sentative, Harry Brooks and Harry
Russell, pilots.
Trip in Three Hours
George Steinmetz, manager Of the
Ford assembly plane here, awaited
the planes arrivals with the Lin
coin cars for the trip downtown.
Several Stutz cars were sent from
the Stutz factory. Steinmetz and
the Stutz representatives argued
who should carry the hero's mother
to the city.
Mrs. Lindbergh settled the argu-
ment. She said that inaSmuch as
the Ford plane was carrying her,
the party should ride in the Lin
coins.
The plane made the trip from De-
troit in three hours, fighting a
thirty -tve-mile hour headwind.
The party took of early in the
afternoon with st. Louis the next
scheduled stop.
! Mrs. Lindhergh said she was warm
and comfortable in the plane.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-19
PASS HALFWAY MARK
IN AIR ENDURANCE TEST

AviatOrs Fear "Gas" VIII Not Last
Long Enough to Set Record.
BN United Press
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, Dec. 10.
The tri-motored Spirit of Cali
fornia" had been in the air 20 hours
at 10:23.S8 a. m. Pacific time today,
and few minutes later passed the
halfway mark in its attempt to
set a new worlds endurance record.
The plane seemed to be function
ing excellently. but radio message
received during the morning had
reported that Capt. Charles Kings
ford-Smith, and Lieut.. George Pond
feared their gasoline supply would
not last long enough to break the
record.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-19
Hurry!
Hammer Taps Appeal of
Trapped Men in Sub
to Diver.

Bg United Press
DROVINCETOWN, Mass, Dec.
Il 19.-The dramatic dialogue be-
tween Diver Thomas Eadie and
the six men trapped in the SUBJ
marine S-4, separated by a thin
wall of steel, but worlds apart as
far as personal contact goes.
telling that life still existed on the
sunken craft, was spelled out with
hammer blows, Eadie, pressed
against the hull, hearing them
distinctly through the water.
"Tap-tap-tap-tap-tap-" went
Eadie's hammer, slowly spelling
out the all-important question;
''Is the gas bad?"
mo" came the response.
'But the air-how long will you
be now?"
Eadie, dreading to tell them the
time he knew it would take to
reach them, evaded the question.
How many are there?" he
tapped back.
There are six. Please hurry"
Then again the half despsiring
question::
"Will you be long now?"
"We are doing everything pos
Sible," Eadie replied.
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Rescue Means Suggested

BIZ United PreSR
MILFORD, Conn, Dec. 19.-Two
possible methods for saying those
trapped in the sunken submarine
S-4 were suggested today by Simon
Lake, submarine inventor.
Under one plan, water would be
kept from the submersible by air
pressure rumped from above. Divers,
carrying helmets and diving suits,
would enter the craft through q
holt to be cut in the bottom.
According to Lake, the men in the
S-4 then would be able to don the
divers equipment and be pulled to
the surface.
The other plan would call for the
raising Of the submarine with der
ricks or pontoons.
Lake believed the former method
would be more likely to succeed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-19
COLD Will CONTINUE
Mercury to Drop Below 10
Above Zero.

Temperatures viii continue low
tonight, reaching a low point Of
from to 10 degrees above zero, but
warmer weather is predicted for
Tuesday by Weather Man ]. H. Ar
mington.
The low temperature mark Of the
season was eQualed today when the
weather bureau thermometer reg
istered 6 above zero at 8. 7 and
a. m.
BY / p. m. it was II.
It was cold over the State, ac-
cording to Armington, low tenn
|peratures Of degrees being regis
tered at various northern points.
The low mark along the Ohio River
was IL degrees.
The low mark in the country last
night was 80 below zero at Bismark,
N. D., according to Arrnington.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-19

to start the submarine to the
surface.
Meanwhile, the pontoons that
raised the S-51 with her crew of
dead after she went down off Block
island in 1925, were being Speeded
here as fast as ships could drag
them through the water and the
first batch Of three was expected
this morning.
The other three were en- route,
but were delayed when one pontooa
broke from its tow line near New
London.
The terrible plight Of the men stin
alive on the S-4 spurred the rescue
workers to almost superhuman eff
fort.
1t was thought the entire crew
Of forty men and officers had per-
ished when the S-4 was rammed
and sent to the bottom like q stone,
but diver, tapping on the steel
hull in code with hammers, received
a response that showed life still ex-
listed.
Six in Torpedo Room
Six men were in the torpedo room,
with the water-tight doors shutting
them off from the rest Of the sub
marine. 1t was feared that the
other thirty-four men aboard the
badly crushed submersible were
dead.
Thomas Eadie, one Of the Navy's
expert divers, was the first to de-
scend to the S-4 after she was 10
Gated. He crawled over the sunken
craft, with a gaping hole amidships
where the prov of the coast guard
destroyer Paulding cut through it.
He tapped constantly against the
steel hull, listening for a response.
When he reached the torpedo room,
we'll up in the bow Of the submarine,
1t came.
Odds Against Rescue
The Navy was doing everything
possible, but the officers in charge
of the work did not minimize the
dire peril of the trapped men or the
almost insurmountable task it would
be to reach them before the foul
ing air became impossible to
breathe.
Navy men said it was possible
they could stay alive for forty-eight
hours, especially with the aid of the
containers of extra oxygen believed
to be in the torpedo room.
Whether the submarine could be
brought to the surface and opened
within that time was gamble with
the odds in favor of the sea, fighting
to keep the lives to which it had
laid claim.
Diver Eadie, reporting to Rear
Admiral Brumby, said the coming
tower had been wrecked and gap
ing hole torn anidship.
The control room was smashed
and it was feared the officers Of the
submarine had been trapped in
there with no chance for life.
The compartment containing the
battery room and the crew quarters,
which lies between the control room
and the torpedo room in the bow,
also was crushed.
The stern also was damaged,
Eadie said. It appeared that after
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-19

sent Marian away with the man.
Her parents did not learn she was
missing until she failed to arrive
home for dinner.
Then began the torture of 1.-THE
Fox"
He telephoned Parker, demanding
ransom. Parker agreed. The kid
naper broke the connection without
naming place to deliver the money.
Letters of similar import arrived.
Parker was distraught before a letter
and another telephone call finally
instructed him where to deliver the
money Saturday night.
Parker went to the place An
automobile drove up. A man in the
car showed Parker the face of his
daughter and said she was asleep.
Parker paid the money demanded,
in $40 bills. The automobile
started away, and the body of the
girl, the limbs hacked, was thrown
out while Parker watched.
The father rushed to the spot.
His agonized scream brought neigh
bors to the scene.
Marion's legs had been cut of
just below the hips; her arms near
the elbows; a piano wire was
imbedded in the flesh around her
neck and her eyelids had been
Sewed open
Find Missing Parts Of Body
The most important events that
have followed q thirty-six- hour
search by body of four thousand
trained investigators are summar-
ized as follows:
The missing. portions OF Marion's
body were found strewn about Ely
sian Park by a pedestrian. Arms,
legs and vital organs were discov-
cred wrapped in newspapers in five
separate packages and tied neatly
with strips of cloth evidently torn
from wonlan's dress.
A Ford roadster found abandoned
in Westlake Park, in the center of
the city, was being CAREFUL scrut-
nized for finger prints and its Ii
cenSe checked. Chief of Detectives
Herman Cline expressed the belief
that it is the car used by the muir
derer.
Quiz Doctors SOa
One Of the suspects quizzed was
said to be the son of Los Angeles
doctor. Police said he had record
Of having been implicated in attacks
upon children.
A Gordon of police extended to the
international boundary line to the
south along the California State
line north and thousands Of auto
mobiles were stepped and searched
by peace officers.
The cheap hotel and apartment
house district of the city was being
hunted for the slayer.
Because of the manner in which
the body was cut up it was believed
the man may have been a medical
student or had knowledge of surgery.
Police also were convinced that
the murderer was a man Of some
education.
Airplanes OF the California Ma
tional Guard were offered for use in
the search.
Squads OF motorcycle police pa
trolled ALI roads within radius of
hundreds of miles north and south
Of the city.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-19
Ex-Terre Haute Man Held

LAS VEGAS, New, Dec. 49,
Search for the slayer of Marion
Parker, Los Angeles school girl,
brought two district attorneys
operatives here in an airplane from
the California city tonight. 4
On their recommendation, A. Wy
att, formerly Of Terre Haute, Ind,
who possessed a ticket from Los An
geles to st. Louis, was held for
finger print Identification.
The officers said they doubted
Wyatt was the man sought al
though he tailed with the general
description of the murderer.