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hold Of his money. He asked for
Gauthier's advice to prove his inno-
cencE. They would have to get a
young woman willing to testify that
she had borrowed the money from
Rumebe. Then they would get the
testimony of banker that the day
before Rumebe's death DR.. Bougrat re-
ceived 10000 francs, so that he was
not in need of money.
The defense sought to discount
Gauthier's testimony by showing him
up as a professional confidence man,
a hardened criminal who always got
away with light sentences by using
his imagination to incriminate other
prisoners.
After Gauthier, Prof. Barral, one
of the highest authorities on poisons,
took the witness stand and declared
categorically that Rumebe had not
been poisoned This was the great
sensation of the trial. He found traces
of mercurial and arsenic substances in
the body of the dead man, but these
were not sufficient to cause even a
slight indisposition. They must have
been introduced in the course of normal
medical treatment. Nor could any
trace of violence be found on Rumebe' S
body.
Another high authority, Prof. Des-
graz was equally positive that Ru-
mebe had not been killed. How, then,
could he explain the presence Of the
dead man in the closet of his physi-
clan? His theory was that in the
course of medical treatment Rumebe
had succumbed to stroke OF apo
plexy. Panic-Stricken, DR.. Bougrat
had made up a story of suicide. To
make his story more acceptable, the
physician might have abstracted the
dead mans money sack. Or, perhaps,
it was empty when Rumebe called and
the mystery surrounding the sack
might have been the cause of the apo
pleXy, One thing was sure, Prof. Des-
graz repeated, DR.. Bougrat had not
killed Rumebe.
The jurors found the accused guilty
of willful murder The court was
merciful and, instead of the death pen
atty prescribed by law. sentenced Dr'
Bougrat to the penal colony for life,
which was o Dunishment worse than
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of so valuable missile and decided
that he must have had a previous en-
counter with a Q-brig. I heard later
that Brig w had been in action with
an unknown U-boat which approached
to within hitting distance, but when
the sister brig got up her guns they
missed fire eight times! Probably my
adversary was the identical craft At all
events, throughout the action he be-
trayed the greatest suspicion and til
midity in nearing us.
X X y X
RUT the waiting grew tedious. We
were hit again and again; and
had we been built of steel, most assur-
edly would have sunk.
We were settling down, but not so
rapidly as we should have done had
we been a normal trader Our spars
were badly knocked about and some
canvas was on fire; the ship was fast
becoming an inferno. Seven men were
dead, three were wounded; the deck
near the gaping hole where the gal
ley had been was blood-Stained. / de-
cided that If the enemy craft held
his range and tried to sink us without
giving us a chance of retaliation, /
would as last resource open the en-
gine, head down toward him, firing as
I went; and carry him by the board
I served out pineapple grenades and
cutlasSes to the crew.
But after something like an hour
OF this treatment the conviction appar-
emily grew in the German commander
mind that We were what we posed as
Evening star., 1928-11-04
DR.. Bougrat Quits Tropical Prison
French Physician, Accused but Not Proved
Murderer, Makes Good His Promise to
Get Away From Penal Colony.

could not refuse Would DR.. Bougrat
help him to replace the amount? The
doctor said he would, but as he had not
enough cash on hand and as the banks
were closing at noon he asked his pa
tient to wait until he could obtain the
money from friend.
When DR.. Bougrat came back Rumebe
was lying on the sofa in agony. He
must have swallowed some poison.
Seized by hySterical fear of being sus-
pected of causing Rumebe'S death,
Bougrat hid the body in the closet of
his operating room.
Did he not realize that it was a very
bad place to try to hide a dead man?
He did, but could not do otherwise, be-
cause he was obsessed with fear and
his will was paralyzed. Subsequently
he made up his mind several times to
remove the body, but never executed
his design. What explanation could he
have given for being found with a dead
corpse in his possession?
DR.. Bougrat was promptly indicted
for murder in the first degree. with
motive Of robbery. The penalty was
death.
One of the first things brought out
at the trial was that Bougrat had lied
when he said that Rumebe wore no
vest and coat. Both these garments
had been found tucked away in a re-
mote corner Of Bougrat'S apartment.
The circumstantial evidence was over
whelmingly against the accused More
than that. he had virtually convicted
himself with his own mouth, as soon
appeared from a testimony.
The prosecutor produced Gauthier
de Roy, Bougrat'S cellmate, who testi-
fed to having obtained an intimate
knowledge of certain facts which
definitely established the responsibility
of DR.. Bougrat for Rumebe's death.
In their cell DR.. Bougrat had talked
to him freely. He had to tell some
body of his crime to relieve his con-
science. He had killed Rumebe to get
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One Merchant NlM Dhadern Voag
pilnAb SbmannsH ardt OvrcomB eEnconr

regular navy gunners and Newfoundland
fishermen. And her mission was as cid
as the mission of the Wooden Horse of
Troy or Delilahs own self. She was,
indeed, maritime Delilah-deSigned to
lure men to destruction.
My instructions were to assume the
identity of a would-be peaceful coast
wise trader in the waters most fire.
quented by enemy undersea craft, sa1d
in. the event of a U-boat sighting me
and challenging me to give him the i'm
preston of half-hysterical Latin mer-
chairman only too anxious to abandon
his command for the precarious safe
ty of his small boat. leaving the brig"n n
tine deserted to all outward seeming.
When the submarine approached near
enough TO make sure of my hitting him
with the first discharge-and not mo-
ment before, because of his SWiftneSS
in Submerging-it was my duty to get
up the concealed guns and hit him so
vitality that he could not submerge;
after which I was to continue the ac-
ton in hope of crippling him and ulti-
mately sinking him.
The principal thing was to get him
out into the open, where he was vul-
nerable; an ordinary destroyer might
sprinkle depth charges in the neigh
borhood-or presumed neighborhood-
of a diving U-boat as profusely as con-
fetti at a wedding without harming
him at all. Further, the commanders
of submarines, not being the congen-
ital idiots certain persons assumed them
to be, had little habit of ejecting oil
from their valves when under water to
give the impression that the depth
charges had cracked their hulls, this
inducing the hunting surface craft to
break off the action in belief of success.
And so, after seeing many stately
conveys pass, and, indeed, after watch
ing more than dozen large ships sunk
Summarily, here was the enemy deign-
ing to pay attention to me. That ini-
tial shell was summons TO heave to.
It was obeyed instantly; my visible
crew backed the foreyardS and lowered
out the abandon-ship boat. With every
semblance of excitement, my panic por-
ty scrambled into the boat and aban-
doned Brig v to her fate. This caused
something of a thrill. Brig v was a
considerable target; what could be seen
of the U-boat was trif1ing. He was mo-
tionleSs at a distance of about 1000
yards.
The abandon ship boats" orders
were to lie off at distance not ex-
ceeding 800 yards in hope that the
enemy would cruise down to question
its people and so come within point
blank range. At this distance we were
fairly sure of hitting at the first broad
side. Any range outside was ques-
tionable, and consequently It was the
role of myself and my remaining crew
to remain in hiding, enduring such
punishment as the enemy was pleased
to send with invisible fortitude.
We had to give the definite impress
sion that Brig v was totally aban-
doned. Consequently knelt behind the
bulwarks: my navigator hid himself in
a galley that was no bigger than a piano |
box, though fitted with a periscope |
masquerading as ventilator and giving |
an all-round view, and my first lieu |
tenant concealed himself near the fore
Evening star., 1928-11-04
Lindy Wins Bet With Rogers Aid
Humorist Offers Lad y Astor as Model for
Women Who Make Campaign Speeches.
Thinks They Are Too Serious.

celebrities and on an opening night it
would have been a great thing to point
out the greatest one we have. For l
have SO many things that I could have
told him while we were in Mexico,
some Of them jokes but all highly COM
plimentary. But says no I will Just
see If I have got the heart to Law off
him. You talk about struggle. There
stood with a pocketfull of Gags that
l had never used and knew the
audience would laugh at, especially with
him being there. But I stayed with l..
and d1dent say one word about him be-
ing there.
Of course you couldn't introduce any
other Celebrity that night, for with him
in house there just amt anymore. So
1t seems this fellow. with him kept tell
ing him that he bet make him get
up and bow or do something, and they
made a bet on it. Lindy was bet
ting that wouldn't, and when he
come back in the dressing room after
ward he was as tickled as a kid that
he had won. told him was a big
ger hero than he was, but it took
more nerve fer me Not to talk about
him than he showed flying the ocean.
Now he has gone down to Mexico hunt
ing with Col McNabh, the Military At
tdCLie VI CAle Embassy tnere. lie is a
great fellow, Sandy" McNabb. He Is the
one that Ambassador Morrow appointed
as my aide" during my stay there. ne
speaks better Spanish than the Mexi-
cans and is the best pistol shot in
the whole American Army. That's why
they had him protecting me while 1
was there.
Oh! yes. Lady Astor was in the show
and back to see me just before she sail
ed. oh! what Dandy she is: wish
some of these women that have made
these terrible Campaign speeches over
here during the past campaign could
hear her. They would either quit or
improve their style. You expect man
to make a poor speech, for he has
been doing it for years, ne don't know
any better. He is supposed to be boring
or he wouldent be Speaker. But we
did kinder look for something out of
the Women when they entered the
political Arena, but they took the whole
thing too serious. They acted like the
very backbone of the whole Country
was leaning on them, and that they
had "a great public responsibility to
perform" Why there Is no Great re-
sponsibility for anybody to perform in
this Country
Times have only proven one thing
and that is that you cant ruin this
country with even politics.
Copyright. 1922
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Coral Reefs Inland.

MENTION of coral reefs brings to
Ones mind a picture of paln-dotted
islets girt with white sands in a tropi-
cal sea, but geologists find coral reefs
in the midst OF great continents. These,
of course. belong to a past age of the
earth's history, but on that account
they are the more interesting. Within
late years several remarkable reefs of
fossil coral have been explored near
cambridge, on the Flint River, In
Georgia. In one case a very large
portion of the reef exposed consisted
of coral heads, some of which were
more than foot in diameter. Between
25 and so species of coral have been
recognized IN these reefs. They are
ascribed to the Tertiary Age.
Evening star., 1928-11-04

being: an abandoned and harmless
coaster. I realized that he was closing.
He seemed to be creeping cautiously
down under helm, ready to turn or dive
at the slightest suspicion. He still SEEM
ed inf1nitesimally small; an almost
unperceivable target. But Collins, on
whom I had chiefly to depend, was
printing an impression of him on his
brain through a slit in the bulwarks.
"I can hit him any time, now!" he
said was less confident than he was,
and waited 1 ordered two other smoke
boxes to be ignited and even staged a
miniature explosion to give greater veri-
similitude. But the U-boat didn't
quicken his approach.
That approach was almost infiniteSi-
NAL, and not having range finder in
action-it having been destroyed with
the galley-I was compelled to rely on
my own judgemnt of distance. But l
had had considerable experience in
ranging guns while in command OF
kite balloon on the Western front, and
transmitted the altering ranges to my
sightsetters with fair confidence.
Nearer the enemy came, and nearer
and a wave of excitement possessed me.
had all along been stanch advocate
of the Q-boats, and it seemed as If
There were many things to be done all
at once. A plan of battle had to be
constructed according to the conditions
existing. The first crippling shot would
by no means close the action; for ac-
tually, with one 4-inch gun and one
12-pounder, in a ship showing much
freeboard, I was unequally matched
against a Semi-submerged vessel owning
one 4-point-1 gun and 22-pounder,
together with torpedoes and the power
and speed to ram and cut me in two.
enemy in the coming tower, his point
of aim, he must do mis- best to cripple
his heavier gun, without further orders.
The 12-pounder had orders to deal with
the u boats after piece. and when that
was crippled to concentrate on sinking
the submarine by pounding holes into
her at the water line. Brown, who, on
our opening fire, took charge of the
Lewis gun, was instructed to sweep the
coming tower. The engineer would
start up his Diesel and give us the
ability to fnaneuver.
* \ y
T felt the excitement grow so much
depended on the successful perfor-
nance of our role. Apart from Kidding
the sea of very real terror and po-
tential, If not an actual, destroyer of
many thousands of tons of valuable
merchant shipping, there would be the
satisfaction of assuring my much-tired
crew of reward in addition to their
extra hard-lying pay. Head money. at
the rate of G5 head of the
submarines complement would be col
lectable, and possibly further sum of
f1 900. this being offered by Sir Alfred
| Yarrow to any ostenSible merchant crew
| for sinking an enemy craft.
For the love of Mike!" I distinctly
hear Collins say, isn't the-(navy
expletive) ever going to up-guns?"
Just now" said. "Up-guns! Open
fire rapid independent" and then I
| felt 1.-THE wild. savage chill like the
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rigging in order to skim aloft at the
first revelation and act as spotter. The
guns crews we're either actually on
the platforms holding the guns in the
hold or crouched behind the bulwarks,
these bulwarks being roughly pierced
with sighting holes. My engineer was
on duty in the toy engine room, warm
ing up the 60-horsepower Diesel, which
might be used until our declaration of
identity, and the coxSwain was lying
under the wheel, keeping the brig on
something approaching a course toward
the U-boat, although there was prac-
tically no wind.
The leading signalman was stationed
near the peak halyardS, from which
few soiled italian merchant flag. His
orders were to break out the white en-
sign precisely as our first gun opened
fire, as otherwise we became pirates.
X X X
1 MAINTAINED a close observation
= on the distance submarine, which from
the outset appeared suspicious. He did
not attempt to close his range, but
opened deSultory fire from his for
ward gun-a four-point- Immedi-
ately shell plopped into the sea close
alongside. I ordered Brown, stand
by man, to ignite smoke box to give
the impression that we were hit and on
fire. This was done, and the result
was very realistic, but apparently it
was not convincing enough to tempt
the enemy into coming closer
He fired again, and this time hit
Brig W A shrapnel grazed the main
boom and exploded, driving its ccllec-
Evening star., 1928-11-04
The PopnY.

According to mythology. the poppy
was created by Ceres in order that she
might forget grief in the sleep it pro-
duced The Romans regarded the
flower as a symbol Of death and dedi-
Gated it to Somnus, god of sleep.
Superstition looks upon the poppies
that bloom on battlefields as the blood
of the slain soldiers. A strange fact
about the flower Is that it does not
agree with other blooms, and IL placed
in bouquet with them will either vii
itself or cause them to wilt, or both.
Evening star., 1928-11-04
Fog Lights.

TERMAN railroads are experimenting
with fog lights such as are al
ready used on Belgian lines and sup
Piled by a German producer of elec-
trical apparatus. Belgium was forced
to use fog signal lights, due to the
heavy fogs which roll in from the sea.
At certain times in the year and in
low-lying districts German railroads
have experienced long delays from fogs,
because trainmen could not see the sig
nails displayed along the tracks. The
new fog signal lights are high candle
power electric lights placed about 10
feet above the tracks, The reflectors
are about the size Of small saucer.
Evening star., 1928-11-04

w YELL. all know is just what
read in the papers and
wv what see as gaze out over
the footlights. How does 1t
Evening star., 1928-11-04

BY FRANK III. SHAW.

HEARD the growing whine of the
shell-an unmistakable sound to
one who has been under fire before
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-20
LEFT TO STARvE
FOR VENGEANCE
Find Gambler Wandering in
Desert.

By United Press
WINK, Tex, Dec. 20.-A drama
Of frontier revenge centering about
contraband whisky has been enact
ed in this oil boom town.
AS a result of the plot Texas
rangers and federal officers Swooped
down on Wink and raided thirty
alleged gambling halls and vice
resorts, making a score of arrests.
The revenge plot was against P. C..
Burcham, known as Denver
Blackie," who was found Tuesday
by Walter. Wood, deputy sheriff,
wandering about in the waStelandS
Of North Winkler county. He was
weakened by hunger and was NUT
tering deliriously. The finding of
Burcham, said to be a cafe owner,
ended a three-day search in which
residents of the town joined with
officers.
Immediately, two men we're ar
rested They made statements re-
garding the kidnapping and torturing
of a man who had double crossed
them"
The men, officers said, told in de-
tail how Denver Blackie" had been
kidnapped, bound with wire TO a
fence post and left to die of cold
and hunger in the desert because he
would not tell them where cache
of Christmas whisky they said he
had stolen was hidden.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-20

south of Minnesota street and have
suffered for a couple of years from
the car line here. There must be
some defective rails or possibly mo-
tors. From the time a car leaves
State avenue going east to Harlan
street switch until it gets back past
State avenue going west we can
not hear a station. The noise is
terrible.
II have watched the cars going by
several times and noticed sparks fly
ing from the rails. The only time we
get away from this noise is after the
owl cars have quit running.
There are dozens of families in
the neighborhood who have the
same trouble and it seems to be get
ting worse. I have changed an
tennae and grounds numerous times
and there is no way to get around
this menace to radio reception.
I'm sure we would appreciate any
help you could get for us on this sit
uation. We always can tell when
car is coming while it still is about
three blocks away. When they make
their Y turn on their return trip,
there is very loud crashing noise.
I'VE can tell every time the con-
troller Is turned off or on by the
motorman. There is constant loud
frying noise during that period,
mixed with the loud claShing."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-20
U. S. DRY Nine
YEARS; ARRESTS
STILL ON RISE
So, 729 Prosecutions Are on
List for Last r.
Month Period.

This is the seventh of a series showing
the staggering cost to the nation II pro-
hibitiOn enforcement actually was tried
in earnest,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-20
ADMIT GUILT,
SAVES HIS FINE
MotoriSt Tries to Pay When
Complaining Cop Is III.

Frankness of William Carson,
1041 Hosbrook street, saved him
money when he appeared before
Municipal Judge Clifton r, Gamer
on to answer a charge of failure
to stop at a preferential street.
The officer who had arrested him
was not in court because of illness.
well, you don't need the officer,
judge. I'm guilty. Go ahead and
fine me, I don't want to have come
into this court again" said Carson.
Judge Cameron suspended judg-
ment.
Arthur Spencer, $40 North War
man avenue; Ross Jones, 1905
North Illinois street. and r. i.
Jones, Negro, $685. North Senate
avenue, escaped with fines of 81
each when they pleaded to the fail
ure to stop charge.
But these motorists. who offered
excuses or denied the same charge,
we're given fines of IS and costs
suspended: II. A. Brown, 936 North
Alabama street; Frank Goodwin,
1547 Massachusetts, avenue; Arthur
Arndt, 1850 South Pennsylvania
street; Edward J. DOGGY, Sheffield
Inn.
Jarney Brown, zoos School street,
and William Lane, BIT Chase street.
were given the same fines on speed
ing charges.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-20
BY JOHN M. GLEISSNER
Times staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2O.-Nine
years after the Volstead act became
effective, and despite the expendi-
ture of nearly quarter of a bill
lion dollars during that period in
an effort to enforce it, arrests for
prohibition violations continue to
grow
During the last fiscal year there
were 55,729 criminal prosecutions in
federal courts for violation of the
liquor laws. This was an increase
of more than $4,000 over the pre-
ceding year. Fines, forfeitureS and
penalties imposed totaled $7,303,000.
Jail and prison sentences i'm
posed totaled 1900 years-increase
of 48 per cent. There we're 4,857
trials by jury, an increase of 1,100.
-Four thousand injunctions were is
sued. Total proceedings terminated
in one way or another exceeded
n, 900.
Despite these vast transactions in
the federal courts, the dockets re-
maineed crowded at the end of the
year, with more than eighteen thou
sand cases pending.
Cost of these prosecutions to the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-20
SANTA TO VISIT COPS
More Pay and New Emergency Auto
for Newcastle Officers.

BIZ Times Special
NEWCASTLE, Ind, Dec. 90.
Salary increases and a new emery
ency car will be NewcaStle's Christ
mas gifts to its police department.
The gifts are in appreciation of
Chief Ingle Laird's successful eff
forts in capturing bandits who
robbed the Sulphur Springs bank a
few weeks ago.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-20
SUBSTAT|ON is
SEEN AS CAUSE
OF RADIO Grief
Charlottesville Trouble L
Believed Along High
Tension Line.

A check on the Indianapolis end
of the Charlottesville Indianapolis
line of the T. H., I. & E. shows that
radio interference is not coming
from that source.
The check was made this week
by The Indianapolis Times inter-
ference man, in an effort to stop
the trouble to radio owners at Craw-
louisville, where he made a survey
last week under direction of the
Chamber of Commerce.
There is a faint power hum no.
ticeable about 200 or 800 yards from
the line, which increases as the
distance decreases. But this hum
is not so great near Indianapolis as
the hum near Charlottesville.
Indications point to distinct trou-
ble on the route between the two
cities, possibly at sub-station. A
check for twelve miles shows no
pronounced interference. A thor
ough check of conditions along the
entire line will be made this week.
The following letter was received
today by The Times Radio Editor
from G. A. Mattern, 1908 South
Randolph street:
II have heard about the good
work you have done in clearing
radio interference and am asking
you to try your luck with the street
car COMPANY in our location.
Il live about seventy-five feet