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Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-05-17
Bv SAX ROHMER

| "Meurice Paris sixteen to eighteen
signed Pascal"
Mr.. Len Chow's third message, adj
dressed to pascal hotel Meurice Paris"
read:
"Your friend leaving us at Marseilles
signed Chow"
At which moment came the sound Of
a loud rap on the cabin door. Dawson
Haig hastily adjusted his tinted glasses.
Eileen Kearney stood outside. In a
green jumper suit and beret, her cheeks
freshened and her eyes frightened by
sea breezes. she looked absurdly young
and disturbingly beautiful.
! "You positively startled me, Eileen !"
he said. 'For; heavens sake, cut in
quickly. Did anybody see your"
mol" she said breathlessly. "But
heard some one coming along the main
alleyway and had to rum" She stepped
inside and closed the door.
ITS good to see you," Haig declared.
| But, according to our arrangements at
| Marseilles, I'm not supposed to know
| you yeti What's happened?' 49,
This" Eileen replied, speaking very
| rapidly: Last night l was awakened
| by some one banging at a near-cabin
door I distinctly heard him say, Mar
conf message"
"That would be Doctor Oestler's cab
in," said Haig. He stopped over his
notes, scanning them rapidly until he
came to the last of several messages
received by Doctor Oestler. THAT must
have been about half-past three this
mornfng?" he suggested.
| 1T was. Have you the message
| there?'
Dawson Haig smiled wrily. II GER
tainly have it here" he replied. ""Shall
l read it to your"
Eyes, please do. Then l can tell you
| if it's the same" -.
Haig stared at her in a certain be-
wilderment then: "This is it," he said (:
"Oestler passenger rms Wallaroo
| ibjh. keeper searchlight near home stop
| know tell
He looked up smiling. Does that
convey anything to you, Eileen?"',
"No!" she confessed blankly, watch
ing him. 1T isn't the same: OF course,
you can't possibly know what I'm talk
ing about, so must explain. While l
was in the bath this morning that sud-
den squall of wind and rain came. Do
you remembers"
Haig nodded.
II had opened the portfolio and fas-
tened the door back to freshen the air
in my cabin, and Doctor Oestler, whose
cabinladjoins mine, must have done the
same. Because, when | got ~back--I
returned first-a lot of papers which
had been lying loose on my table had
been blown right out into the main
alleyway."
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-05-17

sponsibility, in the first place, and
added this sudden appearance of an
official from Scotland Yard.
81 was right, captain" said Dawson
Haig Its my mani"
The captain smiled resignedly. Its
complete middle to me, Inspector, "
he confessed. whatever is it all about
If this fellow is a criminal, why don't
you arrest him? l shall be glad to be
rid of him"
THANK you," said Haig. 1T isn't so
simple as that But here's the posi-
ton, roughly: You have five passen-
gers on board the Wallaroo, whom
suspect with good reason of being mem
bers of dangerous international
gang"
give" said the skipper, staring un-
der tufted eyebrows. Have they all
come aboard here?"
mo. Four joined you in London"
"Holy smoke! What's afoot, In
spector?"
''If knew that, sir, l should know
what I'm here to find out" was Haig's
reply. Certain evidence came into
our possession in London which seemed
to point to the fact that members
of a gang Of dope dealers, receivers OF
stolen property, and other undesirable
trades, were sailing in your ship. The
exact number of the rooms occupied
| by them were discovered"
Got those numbers?"
| II am almost certain have. My list
however, was made from memory. But
in a certain Paris cafe. which we be-
lieve to be a meeting place of these
people, recently had sight of 8
certain man. Today he has Joined the
Wallaroo, as passenger. His room
booked in London, is one of those
which | have on the list think it's
safe to presume, captain, that the 9th
err four suspects should be watched?
81 entirely agree with you, Inspec
tor"
1.-THE French authorities have jus
notified me-" Haig went on, that three
other men-all they could trace-wht
were present at the restaurant | have
mentioned, have all set out by different
routes for the Near East. Looks
| like general assembly at some spo
unknown. It's my job to find that spot
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-05-17

Dawson Haig was thinking. 81 have
so little to offer this glorious girl. Yet,
If lose her, life won't be worth a
boot. 1t seems like Fate that we've
been brought together"
81 didn't realize, until looked
through them, that some of the papers
didn't belong to me. There were sheets
of notes in German, some sort of scien-
tific leatlet, and one or two other odds
and ends which l gave to the stew
ardess, asking her to find out where
they had come from. l suggested, as
his door was open, that they probably
belonged to Doctor Oestler. | was
right and he sent a message back,
thanking me. But later, when | was
dressed, found another fragment"
She slipped hand into a pocket of
her jumper and produced half sheet
of thin paper. when saw this" she
continued, and her voice grew very
serious, 81 thought you ought to know
at once"
Haig removed MIR. Smiths" glasses
and took the torn sheet from E1leen's
hand. Scrubbed in pencil upon the pa
per were the following words:
"Haig, chief inspector Scotland Yard,
on board Identify and advise"
Alone once more, but unaccountably
happy amid his difficulties, Dawson
Haig bent over his notes. Eileen had
Slipped in unnoticed Sheer luck, and
her keen wit, had come to his aid.
Doctor Oestler's penciled scrawl was
obviously translation of the message :
"Ibjh head keeper searchlight near
home stop know tell"
Its deadly simplicity betrayed genius.
The IBJH was elementary the letters
being merely those next in the alpha
bet to HAIG, but the fact that Head
Keeper Searchlight' meant Chief In.
spector Scotland Yard, was one which
no cryptographer could ever be ex.
pected to discover. Near home" evil
IDENTIFY correspondent to On board
known" to identify Tell" to advise
was a system of analogies, and he
proceeded to apply 1t to the other mes.
sages, with the result that by lunch
time he was satisfied that at least the
| gist of these was in his possession.
He leaned back In his chair and
whistled softly. Five members of this
mysterious organ on. professedly
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-05-17

cred during their short acquaintance
was his astonishing quality of soothing
They presently reached a hotel, turned
into the little lounge on the right OF
the door, and sat down at table.
Good Lord! !" said Eileen. There's
that CHASTITY woman-with the chief!'
Near a pillar leaning very close to-
chief engineer of the Wallaroo and q
big, dark woman, apparently half-caste,
handsome in her way, but of gener-
ously curving figure not strictly fash
ionable.
Good old Corky," said Jack Rattray.
Hes fast worker He's well away
with the lion tanner"
Look who's herep' Eileen ex-
claimed
Doctor Oestler and Jack Rattray
stared across the lounge. Their pop
ular fellow traveller, Mr.. Durham, was
crossing to them.
Hal" cried Doctor Oestler. ut is
our Mr.. Durham. He is leaving us
yes?"
Yes" Rattray confirmed. Il should
like to have final word with him
before go back to the ship"
HE never even said good-by to me"
Eileen complained.
But Durham had joined them now
Doctor and Mr.. Rattray," he said,
II hope you will take stirrup cup
presently. Miss Kearney,-if your
friends can spare you for moment
| have private message for you. But
] shan't detain you more than two
minutes"
They left the house and walked up
stairs, to where, upon seat in an
alcove outside the dining room, man
was waiting. A soft brown hat and a
white raincoat lay beside him.
"Oh" Eileen gasped, and clutched
Durham's arm. Her face grew sud-
denly pale Then this palor was
swept by swift color.
Dawson Haig stood up. Il haven't
frightened you, Eileen? 1 couldn't
think of any other way. . :"
When Mr. Franz Hartog came on
board the Wallaroo at Marseilles to
take possession of his cabin on D
deck (both berths in which had been
reserved in London), through a partly
open door across the narrow aleyway
Dawson Haig was watching. He saw
the tall, blond German whom, with
bloody mouth, he had seen coming
down the stairs of the Restaurant Sulei-
man Bey!
Unseen, Dawson Haig- left his hiding
place and went up to the captains
room. Captain Peterson was seated
at his desk, which was Uttered with
papers. He was badly worried about
this voyage. The gold was big re-
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-05-17
Copyright by Sax Rohmer.
WNU Service.

I captain; because, If l do find it, ex
pect to meet there the man who muir
dered Detective Sergeant Norwich il
Limehouse the night before the Walla
roo sailed"
AS a result of this conversation, ,
new passenger joined the ship-only {
few minutes before she left Marseilles
certain Mr.. Smith, who wore tinted
spectacles. He was allotted seat a
the doctors table next to the distin
| guished Austrian scientist, Doctor Oest
ler
On the following morning one of the
Chinese passengers, Mr.. Len Chow Of
New York, went to the purser's office
He had a serious complaint to lodge
| While he had been absent in the bath
room, some one rifled his cabin. He
rather thought that his return had in
terrupted the intruder, as all sorts OF
papers were left strewn upon the floor
indicating hurried retreat.
"Can you give me list of the miss
ing articles?' asked Mr.. Winter, the
purser.
Mr.. Len Chow, his specialized face
Unconditional, replied that none were
missing.
Then what's the row about?"
1.-The thief must be apprehended. He
has rifled my papers. They are of
great personal value"
'But no value to anyone else?"
NO"
Are any missing?
"No."
There was silence for some moments
''Ill make inquiries, Mr.. Len Chow
naturally" said Winter; but as you
say he has stolen nothing, really
don't know how we are going to iden-
tify this person. Do your"
81 cannot say. But l must be pro.
tected from such visits"
I'll see what can be DONE"
At about which time, Dawson Haig
with his cabin door locked, was rap
idly making pencil notes, while his
memory served him. He had been un-
able to complete his investigation, ow,
ing to the unexpected movements in
the cabin which Immediately faced that
of Mr.. Len Chow. He much regretted
the disorder in which he had been
compelled to leave the latter's apart
ment 1t had been this or discovery,
however.
Briefly, he had learned that Mr..
Chow, according to his passport, was
an American citizen, and that he could
have been in England only week, or
possibly less, at the time that the
Wallaroos sailed. He found a reeeipted
bill from the Grand Hotel Birmingham.
1t was sufficient to convince Haig that
Mr.. Chow had been engaged upon the
frustrated dope smuggling enterprise
had probably been responsible for safe
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-05-17

strangers to one another, were travel
ing in the Wallaroo, and Doctor Oest.
Ter was evidently the chief. Three We're
booked to Port Said (since Len Chow
had arranged to cancel his further pas
sage); two, to Australia. .
What did their presence in the ship
mean? And what was the connection
with the Limehouse murder? He was
baffled. Perhaps the most alarming
feature of the case was the fact that
these people seemed to be supplied
with deadly accurate information. Dur.
ham had been identified, so much was
evident. Now they knew that he, Haig,
was on board Since he could not re.
call having ever seen one of the sus.
poets in his life-Franz Hartog except
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-05-17


ed-he inclined to the idea that Dur
ham, as well as himself, had been mott
fed to Doctor Oestler from some we'll.
informed source.
He bent over the messages which he
had decided Those sent by the woman
obviously related to the chief engineer
one of them reading:
Organ grinder sure stop big boy
and next of kin not running signed
VAL"
This he had translated as follows
Chief engineer captured. Com
mander and chief officer no good
VAL"
That this meant that Corcoran ha6
been bought over and heaor'e nary
to some crooked deal, Haig did moi
believe for a moment. He read it to
mean that the infatuated engineer was
playing into. the woman's hands. He
was to be used in some way, without
his knowledge
But-Haig stared up at the port
hole and asked the question aloud
I'm what way?"
Doctor Oestlers radio correspond
ence frankly defeated him. He coulG
find no parallel, amongst the ships
company, to the strange names en-
ployed. And he had come to the con
clusion that it related to something
taking place elsewhere. Evidently
Doctor; Oestler was sort of chief OIL
| staff; his outgoing messages took the
form of inquiries as to the where
abouts of certain persons, and the re
plies presumably contained the desired
information, which, however, conveyed
nothing at all to Dawson Haig
These messages were sent to tele
graphic address In Paris which he haG
no means of tracing.
1t was all very maddening. because
one fact emerged from all this mystifi
cation. This complicated conspiracy
had nothing to do with drug running
That enterprise had been merely 6
side line, abandoned at the first him
Of danger
What, then, did 1t mean?
He thought Of that hurried remova
of the crates from Birmingham-tht
crates which almost certainly had beer
in charge of Mr. Len Chow.
Dawson Haig sat, his head resting
upon one appraised hand-for five min
| utes-for ten minutes thinking
| hard-very hard.
How had 10 Lung, or the man O.
| whom 10 Lung was merely creature
| learned of the instructions sent to Syd
ney? They had been sent from tn,
Yard in code to the chief custom.
| officer.
Haig suddenly stood up. ''B,
heavens he whispered. '"They cam
have known-they can't have known
1t was a definite change of plan OF
the part of the gang. They removed thei
precious consignment because. I.
| Because of what?
(TO BE CONTINUED)
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-05-17
PREVENT
Constipation
by chewing one or
more Milnesia Waters
Rash
Disfigured Face
Disappeared After
Using Cuticura

"A rash broke out on my face
from some external irritation and
spread very rapidly. The skin was
red, and the rash burned and itched
so that I scratched night and day.
Then it developed into large spots
or eruptions and disfgured my face.
II tried different kinds of soaps,
but had no success. read about
Cuticura Soap and Ointment and de-
cided to send for a free sample.
The result was SO good that I
bought more, and after using one
cake Of Cuticura Soap and one box
of Cuticura Ointment the rash dis
appeared" (Signed) Herbert B.
Skyles, r. D. 1, Vintondale, Pa.
Soap 25c. Ointment 25c and Soc.
Talcum 25c. Proprietors: Potter
Drug & Chemical Corp, Maiden,
Mass.-Adv.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-05-17
Housewives Idea Box
When Making Dumplings

When Making Dumplings
Do you find that the batter SUCKS
10 the spoon when you make dump
Hngs? The next time you make
them, try this hint: Each time you
make a dumping dip your spoon
INTO cold water. This will prevent
the batter from sticking to the
spoon and will save time and an
Qoyance in the long run.
THE HOUSEWIFE
Copyright by Public Ledger. Inc.
WNU Service.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-05-17
Pig Metal Monument

The pig lead and zinc metals re-
quired to produce white paint pig
ments for annual use in America
would make monument so feet square
and about the. height of the Wash
ipgton monument.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-05-17
Curious Entry

The London Telegraph reports:
In the churchwardens' accounts OF
st. Giles-in-the-F Is the curious
entry: TO the painter, for washing
The Twelve Apostles off the organ
loft, 4s 3d. 1t was at the time when
the Puritans were busy, doing worse
damage than this to many churches"
Literary Digest.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-05-17


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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-01
On Commission ROU

Quotations below. subject to change. are
syerage Wholesale prices heing offered 10
BUYERS BY local commission dealers.
Aic Fpg5R pbsTts b5 P PeS Mirb
iSsn BartletS bu 50 40: Michiqan seckleS.
bu. so. CantaloupeS Honey Dews. Colo
rsoo S. S. SIPS Watermelons Indiana
Round 70m Csc. Apples tnewl Indiana
Jonsthsns bu- 81 256I.3S: Grimes Golden.
hu. SlsS Summer RamboS eating bus.
Sis. Maiden Blush. Sl.3S: WeslthyS. bus.
81. Lemons. 36oS. SIS. Grapefruit; Isle OF
Persian seedless per 100. So
VegetsbleS-Beans green. round string
less. bu- 81 SO; Kentucky Wonders. 81.
Beets. home grown, doz.. zoe. Cabbage.
home grown. 5o-lh. has. 75c. Carrots
home erown and Ohio. soc; new bulk. half
crate SI.sS. Celery. Michigan. washed and
trimmed jumbo. ooz. eOc: r ,dium. doz..
4Sc: hearts nat. 81 so. Corr home grown
doz.. 10000. Cucumbers. home grown bu.
50. k2le, home grown. bu., 40c. Lettuce.
Iceberg. California. best. So so: home
grown leaf l5-lb. basket, 65c. Enoive Ohio.
basket. soc. MsnSoeS. home grown. bu..
tsrd. home grown. bu.. soc. Onions. home
grown. yellow. 5O-lb. bag. 81: home Grown.
white. 5o-lb. bag. Sl.l5: Utah Spanish. So
10. bs0. $40 Parsley. home grown doz.
35c. Peas. telephone. hamper. S225. Po-
tatoeS-New JERSEY CobblerS lo0-lb bag.
81 IS: Esrlv Ohios, bu.. Si.55. Sweet p0-
tstoes-North Carolina. JERSEYS. bu 81 10.
RaoiShes. Ohio buttons. 2-doZ. baskets soc
Rhubarb. outdoor. doz-. soc. SAGE. doz
45o. Spinach. New Zealand. hu.. 7sc
SQUASH. summer white. 75e. Turnips. new
home grovn. lob. basket, 4oc; busheL
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-01
CAPITAL REVISIONS
HELP MOVIE UNITS
ReorganizationS Place Con-
Germs in Sound Positions.
BIZ Times Special

By ftmcS Special
NEW YORK, Oct. drastic
capital reorganizationS are placing
the leading motion picture COM
panieS in the strongest position for
the last several years, according to
a survey of the motion picture in
duStry released today by Poor's
Publishing Co.
The essential character of this
form of amusement has been DEM
onStrated by increasing theater at
tendance under depression condi-
tons, the survey showed. In the
fall and winter of 1884, when more
than 100000 persons were said to
be unemployed, 10000 900 weekly
paid admissions were reported by
motion picture theaters throughout
the country.
Only a few industries rivalled the
motion picture business in its open
handed craftsmanship pro-
gram of the boom years, the sur
vey revealed.
Fixed charges, obligations, includ-
ing subsidiary company preferred
stocks, of the Big Five" increased
237 per cent, or from S121 ,546, 900 to
S4O9 ,S55 900, during the expansion
period.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-01

- S~A~A" 90 NSSSe"~ SAANt SAAN OO~ANH'
A Securities and Exchange Com
mission report today on August Sc
curities transactions revealed gifts
totalling nearly $15,OO0,OOO in that
month alone, including some by
George F. Baker, New York CAPT.
talist; Samuel Zemurray, presi-
dent of United Fruit; Ogden l..
Mills, former Secretary of the
Treasury and Eugene Du Point.
Among the stock donors was M
G. Honeywell, Wabash, Ind, who
gave away 5000 shares of the Min
neapoliS- Honeywell Register Co.,
shares having value of 100000.
The largest recent giver was Mr..
Baker, who passed along in gifts
$5,132,000 of the multi-million dol
lar fortune recently inherited from
his father. Eugene Du Pont trans
ferred" stock worth nearly $2,OOO,-
900. Nearly $1,400,000 was given
away by M. zemurray.
Treasury officials said they had
received numerous inquiries from
persons seeking to avoid higher
taxes by making gifts before the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-01
Produce Markets

The prices quoted below are paid for
stock gathered in the country. while de-
livered IN indianapolis the price will be
cent higher. HEAVY breed hens. 16c;
Ieghorn breed hens, I2c: heavy breed
cocks &c; Leghorn breed cocks. Sc; col
Ored broilers. lbs. and up. l5c: Leg
horn broilerS. IL lbs. and up. I2c: bare
hack brOilerS. 10c: ducks. full feathered
and tat. &C; geese. fun festhered and fat.
&c. guine3S. 15c each. No. l strictly fresh
eggs. loss OF 24c. Each fun case must
weigh SIS lbs. gross a deduction of l0c
pound under SIS lbs. will be made. Butter
No. l. 29G30c: butterfat. 22c Quoted
by the Wadlev Co
BY United Press
CHICAGO. Oct 1.-Eggs - Market
steady; receipts $685. cases: fresh graded
nrsts. 26i4c. current receipts. 23G 25l &C;
direties. l9a sc: checks. 1sG2Iiz &C. But
Jer-MaTket h IN =, receipts. $50 tubs
extras t92 score'. csc: firsts 1888 !
Scorel. 24G24iac. seconds tS6-s7i2 Scorei.
q 23r-c: specials. 26i2G &c: standards.
IS &C Poultry-MarRet. steady. receipts.
50 trucks: ducks. 4T16c; ducklings. 1ec:
geese. I4c- SDrinS chickens III zoe;
hens ia 20 &c: turkeys l4Glsc: Leshorn
hens II ala &C: old ROSTERS. l5c: broilers.
zoe. CheeSe-Twins. ISL Is &c: daisies.
49, n l6c: Ionghorns 1885, DISC. Potatoes
Supply moderate. demand slow market
Spsadv- Idaho RuSSets-Sl. 60dl rs: No.
?. 81 20G IS; Trumphs. sl.60: Wisconsin
round whites. 70G soc. Minnecota Cob
hlerS. soc. earlv Ohios. 72i2G soc. North
De kots CobbleTS. S5c. Red River OhicS
50 ~ sSc: commercials soc. Arrivals SIS.
on track. 3l4: shipments. S23
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-01

new rates go into effect. They also
hight avoid payment of higher in
come and estate taxes. 1t was esti-
mated that millions of dollars were
being saved in taxes by individuals
taking advantage of the present low
er rates.
Under the new gift tax rates,
going into effect Jan. l, gifts up to
$4,000 will pay IL per cent tax,
or double the present rate of z
per cent. Above this figure a grad
uated scale sets higher rates. Rates
on gifts above $5O,0OO,OOO are now
As per cent and this will be in
creased to 521a per cent.
Among gifts of George F. Baker
last month were 10000 shares of
General Motors Corp common stock,
worth $3,22O,O00 at present quota
tions; 10000 shares of United States
Steel Corp. common stock worth
100000; 10000 shares of Pullman.
A partial list of disposition of Sc
curities by gifts or transfer last
month is shown in the following
table: