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IF there is I didn't see him." said
the other easily. I'm afraid I'm de
trop, Capt. Shannon"
I'm afraid you are" said Dick, but
you won't go till discover how you
got in
The elderly man showed his white
teeth in a smile.
Don't say that I'm suspect" he
said mockingly. THAT would be too
bad. To be suspected OF killing my
old friend, Lacy Marshall"
Dick did not like his sly smile, saw
nothing of humor in the tragedy of the
evening, and as he accompanied the
man downstairs his mind was busy.
The constable on the door had not seen
him enter; swore, at any rate, that no.
body had passed him while he was on
duty.
What does this mean?" Dick looked
at the visitor.
ut means the constable is wrong
said the other coolly. He will perhaps
remember going out on to the sidewalk
to move the crowd farther back"
The man admitted he had done this
You might have seen that happen
from the inside of the hall or from the
stairs" said Shannon. unconvinced.
Il saw 1t from the outside. but I
well understand that If man Is foolish
enough to come into a place where a
murder has been committed he only
has himself to blame If he is sus-
pected"
Where are you staying?"
Il am still at the Ritz-Carlton. I
will remain here il YOU wish, but as
sure you that the most heinous crime to
my discredit is in this instance an un-
governable curiosity
Dick had already verified the mans
statement that he was guest at that
fashionable hotel, and the intruder was
sent about his business
II don't like it at ALL" said Shannon
to his assistant as they went back to
Malpas' room. "He may have come in,
as he said. On the other hand, it is
quite likely that he was in the house
when the murder was committed. How
long will they be opening that door?
Let me see it,"
He followed Steel up the top landing
where two constables were standing be-
fore stout door which had neither
key nor handle.
How is 1t made fast?" asked Dick,
examining the door curiously.
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From the inside. SIR" said one of
the policemen. There's somebody In
there now
Are you sure?" asked Dick quickly
eyes. sir" said the second policeman.
1T heard him, too. A sort of thudding
noise and sound like table being
dragged across the floor"
He raised a finger warningly to his
lips and bent his head. Dick listened.
At first he could hear nothing, and
then there came to him the faintest
Of creaks like rusty hinge turning
We've tried 1t with the AK" said
Steel, pointing to deep gashes In the
wood, "but there was no room TO swing.
Here comes the men with the crow
bars"
Hear that?' asked the policeman
suddenly.
He would have been deaf had he not.
1t was the sound of falling chair, and
was followed at an interval by deep
thud as If something was falling.
Get that door open quick" said
Shannon.
Taking one OF the crowbars In his
hand, he forced the thin edge between
door and Intel and tugged. The door
gave slightly. The second crowbar
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And then: "Ill go along and break the
news to longer"
He had forgotten all about longer
and the effect which the news would
bring to the house next door.
A small crowd had gathered before
the front door when he came out, for
the news of the tragedy had spread
with that rapidity peculiar to such
events. A light showed through the
glass paneling in the hall Of Marshalt's
house and he rang the bell. longer
would be shocked. He had grown up
with the dead man, fought with him
and felt with him. ScounGrel as he
was. the valet would know some good
of his old employer.
No answer came to his knock. Look
ing over the area ratings, he saw a
light In the kitchen downstairs and
rang again. And then he heard Steel
calling him, and went back to meet
his subordinate.
His foot was on the pavement, he
had half-turned to his subordinate,
when, from the interior of Marshalt's
house, came shot, followed by two
others In rapid succession.
He was at the door in a second.
From somewhere in the basement came
the sound of screams, and the kitchen
entrance was flung open.
Murder" screamed a woman's voice.
In an instant he was running down
the steps. A fainting woman fell
against him. but he thrust her aside,
darted through the kitchen and ran
up the stairs which, he guessed, led
to the hall. Here he cameo into a
group of three hysterical maid-servants
and woman who was evidently the
cook, and who proved to be the calmest
and most ineligible, though she could
give little information except that she
had heard shots and the voice of Mr..
longer.
Prom there, sir!' A girl pointed
with shaking fingers upward. Mr..
MarShalt'S study"
Shannon went up the stairs two at
time and, turning at right angles,
saw that the door of the study was
wide open. Across the threshold lay the
body of longer. and he was dead.
longer! Passing his hands under the
man. he lifted him without an effort
and laid him on the sofa. He, too, had
been shot at close quarters-there was
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carpet" he said, and the lamp showed
a blue spiral of smoke
Dick slipped on glove and lifted it
up. It was hot coal. now dull and
lifeless, though the carpet was smol-
dering
How did that get here?" he de-
manded
Steel had no solution to offer.
The curtains concealed other points
of interest Behind one, in corner
of the room, he found little door.
Apparently this was not governed by
the switch controls, and here the fire
ak was brought into play with great
effect. and a little stone stairway was
revealed. 1t led downward to the
ground floor. through a door into the
front room that lay behind the shut
tered windows. At some time or other
the drawing room had been a very
noble establishment; it was still fur
nished, though every article was so
covered with dust and so moth-eaten as
to give the apartment an air OF utter
wretchedness. Here was stacked In odd
corners a medley OF incongruous ar
ticles. Bundles of skins, stacks Of Zulu
African idols in every degree OF ugli-
14C0a. \ AiG oA4AlS WCAC CuvIAat tAAC
spear heads red with rust.
Last and not least remarkable, Of
his finds was a deep Egyptian CONN,
brilliantly painted, with lid carved in
the semblancc of a man. He lifted the
hinged lid--it was empty.
Lacy Marshalt's body Is in the
house." he said, as he returned to the
room above; land his murderer Is here.
Have ynli looked for communication he.
tween the two houses?"
There is none" said Steel. The
walls are solid; I've tried them on every
floor
Returning to the room where the
body had been found, he discovered the
police inspector seated at Malpas' desk.
What do you make of this, sir?"
He handed the paper to Dick. 1t was
half sheet Of note paper, and, reading
it, Dick Shannon's blood went cold.
The paper bore the address Of Audrey's
hotel, and the handwriting was un-
doubtedly hers. He read:
VIII you come and see me tonight
at O'Clock? Mr.. M. will admit you
II you tap at the door,"
1t was signed "a"
Audrey Only for a second was he
thrown of his balance. and then the
explanation came to him Immediately.
This was, one Of the notes that the old
man had asked her to copy. 1t was
the lure that had brought the million
aire to his death.
He took Steel aside and showed him
the letter.
II can explain this" he said: ct is
one OF the letters which Miss Bedford
copied on the old mans instructions"
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no need to call doctor. Death had
been instantaneous.
Going to the door, he called one Of
the maids.
Bring a policeman in here at once"
This time the unknown murderer
should not spirit away the evidence Of
his deed.
He waited until the body had been
removed before he made rough search
of the study. Two exploded shells told
him that the murder had been commit
ted with an automatic. But how had
the murderer escaped? A thought &C.
CURED to him, and he went in serach
of maid.
when I came up from the kitchen
the front door was open-who opened
it?"
Neither the girl nor any of her fell
lows knew. The door had been open
when they erupted from the basement.
A superficial examination of the house
told him nothing, but one clear fact
emerged. Malpas had a confederate,
and if either escaped it was the second
man. That MalpaS was in his house
after the murder Of Marshall he was
certain.
Dick went back to 551 to continue his
search there. Every room had been in
vestigated except one on the top floor,
which defied the efforts of the police
to enter.
The door must be opened" said Dick
decisively. ''You must get crowbars
I'll not leave this house till every room
has been combed out"
He was alone in the black draped
room where Marshall had been shot
and was specializing upon the extraor-
binary character of the disappearance
when he was conscious that somebody
was moving behind him, and he spun
around. A man was standing in the
doorway. The first view of him Dick
Shannon had was the gleam of his
spectacles. 1t was Brown, the limping
lover of London whom he had seen that
night in Portman square and who had
been SO interested in diamonds. A sus-
picion shot through Shannon's mind
How did you get here?" he asked
CURLY.
Through the door," was the bland
reply. 1T was wide open and. being
a member of the crowd holder than the
others. came in
isn't there a policeman on duty at
the door,"
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think that airplanes will prove
more practical in use across the ocean
than dirigibles, because the former are
faster and when sufficiently developed
will probably suffer less in a storm
than Zeppelin. Storms will always
be a hazard. just as they are now
Natures elements have wrought havoc
with the stanchest OF ships and prob
ably always will, so that only planes
Of sturdy construction will be in use
There are many other factors to be
considered, however, and the day OF a
regular transatlantic plane service,
even as a supplementary steamship
service, is still some distance away, IN
my opinion.
A steamship at sea is small world
in itself In the old days vessels
crossed the ocean and the officers, crew
and passengers never had a word from
the outside world 1t was only when
they reached a port that they knew
what was in the news.
Today radio brings crew and passen-
gers into communication with their
relatives and friends during any part
of the voyage in any part Of the world.
News dispatches are received every
night. On the larger passenger liners
these news items are printed In the
daily paper which is at the breakfast
tables Stock quotations of the chief
issues dealt in on the New York Stock
Exchange also are quoted. On some voy-
ages we carry bankers brokers and
traders. They can ask for quotation
on a stock and in a few minutes the
answer is received and within anothe,
few minutes, If they feel so inclined
an order to buy or sell can be put
through.
| tTomorrow-aStorms at Sea-
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Continued from Yesterdays Starr
CHAPTER xxx.

CHAPTER xxx.
uC EARcH every room" ordered
Dick The man is still in
the house. He's been here"
~ He pointed to the desk. The
papers which lay about in
confusion bore traces of blood
Dick began his search of the walls
Tor another exit.
For the Lords Sake!" he breathed.
At the end of the room near the desk
was an alcove which the velvet cur
tains screened from view. Drawing
these aside, Shannon and his COM
panion gazed in amaZement at the
thing they saw.
1t was great idol of bronze that
squatted on a broad pedestal. Behind
the figure, and incrusted on the WALL
was a huge golden sun, the leaping
flames of which were set with thou
sands of tiny rubies that In the light
cleaned like living fires.
Thanking the obscene idol were two
catlike animals cast. as was the figure,
In bronze. Their eyes Sparkled greenly
In the light of the hand lamps.
'Emeral6s. and genuine emeralds,"
said Dick. I'VE seem to have stepped
into Ali Baba's cave The god beats
me. He is something between Plutus
and the Medusas-look at the snakes
in his hair!"
It was a hideouS figure. The head
was monstrous. the gaping jaws, with
their Jagged ivory teeth, seemed to
move as they looked.
THE old gentleman seems to have
added devil-worship to his other accom-
plishments, said Dick. pointing to two
small braziers. black with smoke, that
stood on either side of the figure.
That's blood"
It was Steel who made the discovery
On the black pedestal the rays Of his
lamp showed a damp impression, and,
drawing his finger across it, he dis
played a red smear.
Push the thing and see II it moves -
Three men put their shoulders to
the plinth, but it was unmovable. Dick
looked at his subordinate.
Where have they put Marshalt's
body?" he asked. 1T is somewhere in
this house. You take the upper rooms,
Steel; l will search the ground floor
and cellars"
Steel was shifting.
do you notice any peculiar smell in
the room, chief? 1t is as though there
has been smoking fire here-the smell
that soft coal makes
Dick had been puzzled by the same
phenomenon.
81 detected it when I came in" he
began, when one of the uniformed men
interrupted him.
There's something burning on the
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my Thirty Years
49, at Sea- sA&:2A
by CAPTAIN GEORGE FRIED

I do not use the radio compass in the
safe and practical navigation OF the
ship. When transatlantic liners run on
regular schedule with the promptness
of railroad trains the radio compass
is one OF the most indispensable In
strumentS.
firmly believe that the maritime
law should compel every ship not only
to carry a radio compass. but to have
three operators aboard ship while a.
sea, so that man is at the key day
and night on o regular eight-hour
watch.
Several airplanes have already sue
cessfully negotiated the Atlantic. Avia-
ton is also making rapid strides and
some day it will not be uncommon to
have regular transatlantic air service
These planes. carrying radio equipment
will find these radio beacons estab-
lished for ships Of great value In their
navigation. But good deal of study
must yet be given to upper air currents
before transatlantic aviation will reach
degree of safety.
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tcopyriRht, 1879, by the Associated Press.
CHAPTER XVII.

tcoryriEht. ls2s. by the Associated Press)
CHAPTER XVII.
Having had two experiences In res
cuing 81 men from laundering ships
In midat1antic during severe storms
and using the radio day after day
while at sea for the navigation of my
ship and communicating with the out
side world, naturally would consider
wireless one OF the sailors greatest
assets.
1t is the same medium that provides
entertainment for you in your home
almost any hour OF the day, that Is
employed to safeguard the lives of
millions at sea at all times during
storms and fog.
Radio as science is still in its
infancy. but, considering how it has
been developed, it is beyond human
comprehension what we can expect.
Without the aid of the radio compass
1t would have been impossible for me
to locate either the British freighter
Antinoe or the Italian freighter Florida.
do not believe it is very far of
when radio beacons viii be established
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found . purchase, and as the two were
pulled together the door opened with
. sharp crack.
The garnet into which they burst
was empty and unfinished except for
a chair which lay overturned on the
floor, and a table. Jumping onto the
table, Dick pushed at the skylight above
his head. but it was fastened. At that
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moment he flashed a ray from his
hand lamp upward Staring down at
him he saw through the blur Of the
grimy window the outline Of a face.
Only for second and then It vanished
A long, pointed chin. a high, bulging
forehead, a hideously big nose!
Ito Be Continued Tnmnrrnwl
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(To Be Continued Tomorrow)
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aTomorrow-AStorms at Sea-
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The "All-elastic' type. For
sports and draped frocks, OF fine
quality knitted elastic with slight
boning in satin pockets. Thir-
teen-inch length. Flesh only.
Sizes q to g.
tFifth Floor. The Heeht Coz
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ment, "a course of self-denial and re-
straint.'
It envisages in respect to the other
powers interested in China the princi-
pie of equality of opportunity. With
respect to China herself one may quote
the words of Secretary Kellogg:
THE Government of the United
States has watched with sympathetic
interest the nationalist awakening of
China, and welcomes every advance
made by the Chinese people toward re-
organizing their system of government"
During all these years of awaken
ing and "reorganizing" Nelson john
son has been close not only to the
leaders of the new movements but to
the people themselves.
johnson will move into that mud
gray brick legation of ours, with its
pillared veranda and spreading rooms
filled with American furniture. with a
Smattering here and there of things
Chinese, as naturally as you go from
one room to another in your own house.
But he will not take into that legation
a collection of objetS dart, either Chi
neSe or American or anything else.
One takes 1t for granted that a man
who has lived tWo-Score years IN China
owns at least a dozen Tang horses and
a lot of Quons, and jade. and embroid-
cries, and scroll paintings, and teak
furniture, and craven brasses. Not so
Mr.. johnson. For he has great taste.
If his taste had been less or his
pocketbook more, it might have been
different. But he knows. unfortunately
perhaps, even Chinese art too well to be
content with the inexpensive.
When he takes up his residence in
that legation it will be with suit case
of clothes and a suit case of books
and Alice"
50 he will 90 on into the. next step
of a life which is too human to be
called quite a life of the mind" but
might be called just a life of the spirit
the spirit of brotherly love. So he
will identify in his own being both his
own understanding of his fellow man,
even the difficult Chinese, and the pro-
fessed foreign policy Of his country and
ours.
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TEXT OF PROPAGANDA
NOTES MADE PUBLIC
British Dominions Are Made Par.
ties to Agreement Between
England and Soviet.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
LONDON, December 28.-The foreign
office last night made public the notes
exchanged on December 20 between For
eign Secretary Henderson and Ambas-
Sador K. Sokolnikov of Soviet Russia,
confirming the protocol on propaganda
drawn up at the Anglo Russian CONVEX
SationS at LeweS in October
The United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland thereby agrees
with Soviet Russia to abstain from
propaganda.
Ambassador Sokolhikov's, note accom-
panytng the main document says, after
confirming the propaganda articles in
the treaty Of August 8, 1924, that the
Russian government has considered
that undertaking as extending to the
British DominionS Canada, Australia,
New Zealand, South Africa, the Irish
Free State and Newfoundland.
Consequently. as soon as the govern
ment OF any dominion shall have regtl-
lated its relations with the Union of
Socialist Soviet Republics in such man
ner as the circumstances of the par
ticular case may require, the government
OF the United States Soviet Russia will
be ready to repeat on the basis of reci-
procity the undertaking referred to, in
separate exchange of notes with such
dominion
Foreign Secretary Henderson's note
about the dominions, says that each of
them will regard the undertaking on
propaganda in the 1924 treaty as hav-
ing full force and effect as between
themselves and the government Of the
United States Soviet Russia"
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Naming of Rivers
In Indian Tongue
Offers Obstacle
Designation Such as Han
gorahakwasepoO for
Stream Proves Hard
to Remember.

Gov. Green of Michigan objected to
Carp River as the name of stream in
his state and suggested that there were
Indian names more suitable for 1t. The
Detroit News thinks there are plenty
of Indian names that might be given the
beauty spots of Michigan in exchange
for the homely and undistinguished
titles they bear" says the Indianapolis
News. THE only trouble is they are
sometimes bit hard to remember"
Almost every State uses Indian names.
Some are beautiful, while others are
complicated. In war times Mrs. Wood
row Wilson selected Indian names for
a group of small fighting ships, but only
few of them could be remembered or
pronounced by the public. Indiana has
the Wabash, MiSsisSinewa, Miami, Tip
pecanoe, Kankakee and other rivers
bearing Indian names, although some
of these have been modified to simplify
spelling and pronunciation. Many Eng
lish names are translations from the
Indian. Driftwood Greek, for instance,
was Ongwasaka in Miami and Hangon-
ahakwaSepoo in Delaware. Both meant
the same as the English title. Eagle
Greek, in Marion County, was known
to the Indians as LauaShingapaimhon
mock, meaning middle of the valley.
White River was Inguashagua to the
Indians.
Some of the English names are In
dian corruptions, such as WawaSee. The
Indian name for this body of water was
Wawiassi, which was the name of a
Pottawatomie chief and means full
moon. One authority says the Delaware
name for Fall Greek was Soosoocpahaloc
while the Miamis called IL Tcanktun-
ungi. The Delaware word meant split
water" and the Miami makes a noisy
place" Both referred to the falls at
Pendleton. The Boy Scouts at their
reservation near indianapolis on the
banks of Fall Creek use one form of the
Indian name in referring to the stream
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PRINCESS MARIE-JOSE
GETS FLOOD OF GIFTS
Belgian Ministry Congratulates
Fiancee Of Humbert as Date of
Marriage Draws Near.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BRUSSELS, Belgium, December 28.-
Princess Marie-JoSe, fiancee of Crown
Prince Humbert, received the members
of the Belgian ministry in a special
audience yesterday.
The members of the government bade
her farewell and gave her a splendidly
worked crystal flower bowl, designed by
prominent artist and manufactured
by the famous Val st. Lambert Works
The princess wedding takes place in
Rome on January and steady flow
Of presents has been coming to her.
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Albert Hall, London, one of the larg-
est halls in Europe, may be wired for
talkies.
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A new combination of steamer and
airmail service has cut the travelling
time of letters between Penang, Straits
Settlement and London nearly Is DAYS.
The Washington times., 1929-12-03
ALL ITALIAN TEN PICKED BY LOCAL BOWLEE2S
BALBOA PINNEN
LEAD CASEYS

The Knights of Columbus
League had its annual turkey
party this week.
While no outstanding scores
were recorded, an unusual num-
Der Of good games were rolled in
the effort to annex the prizes.
Lee Carroll, of Santa Maria,
topped the individual games with
1873, with DR.. Sullivan, of Ovando,
totalling 800 for hig set. Leo
Diegelman, Of Trinidad came in
second in both events with 1874
and $50.
Balboa continued in its slump
and dropped two games to Chris
topher, being fortunate in having
it's nearest competitor Santa
Maria, run into a rampant Mar
quette team and follow suit. Mar
quette's endeavors ended in the
evenings high set 1895 and
second high game, SAB.
Ovando met Nina and winning
the first two by wide margins,
fell off tremendously to lose the
third. Ovando'S early games, in.
Guiding one of 562, carried it into
second high set, 1884.
The Genoa-Trinidad set found
each team winning a game
easily and the odd game going
to Trinidad by a close score.
Salvador beat De Sofa in the
first game by the proverbial mile,
whereupon De Sofa staged nice
rally that put the other two
games on the right side of the
ledger.
Columbia had an easy time
with Pinta, which was horribly
off color throughout the night,
and swept the set.
Standings including Noveu1-
Der 81.