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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1927-09-22, Page 2ssc1ver F ourself TTT ` a dad's. m cup is a freveleti®g's„ Try it. BEGIN HERE TO -DAY. "When I tell you why I ask these Sir Charles Abingdon calls upon questions—and I only do so on the Pact Marley, criminal investigator, understanding that my words are to and tells him he is much disturbed be be treated in the strictest confidence —you may regard the )natter in a new light, 'Nicol Briton' and 'Fire- . vibe r les arrives at the appointed tree the butler inhales his tele master is SLr deed ' i -•--e rsfl tittered. call" at the bedside, of a sick friend. A short silence ensued, during When Abingdon returns home he which Doctor McMurroch sat staring tell: Earley of a false message sent moodily down at the carpet and Har- ts, cell him to the home of the sick ley slowly paced up and dawn the friend. Dinner is served and during room; then: ON? :•run course Sir. Charles becomes "In view of the fact," he said, sod - sad (lying and falls from his chair denly, "that Sir Charles clearly sp- in ar,,^c ng p tate. Dr. McMurdech pro prehended an attempt upon his life, moo r , r .lath duo to heart -failure, a"- 's last words are "Nicol are you satisfied professionally that Brie.. rrl "Fire -Tongue." death was due to natural cauees?" CO AHEAD "Perfectly satisfied," replied the r1L. AD WITH H THE STORY. T h .felon lookingupwith a start: ly "C'e :ahead," said Doctor McMur-' "perfectly satisfied. It was unexpect- dash amt, turning to the side table, ed, of course, but such cases are by he teary out two liberal portions of no means unusual. He was formerly wh•eay. "If there's anything I can a keen athlete, remember. 'Tis often vin t • leap, count me at your service. so. Surely you don't sweet foul Yee VI me he had fears about little play? I understood you to mean that Phil?r' his apprehensions were on behalf of "Ile bed." answered Harley, "and Phil," ft is ren tenning to think that he died Paul Harley stcod still, staring, teem he could acquaint are with meditatively in the other's direction. their retrial But 1 have bores that "There is not a scrap of evidence to you c• n help me in this. For in- support such a theory," he admitted, :tame"- eaain he fixed hie gaze upon "but if you knew of the existence' of the gleamy face of the physician— any poisonous agent which would pro - "who i the distinguished Orientel duce efforts simulating these familiar ye"t k "fib whom Sir Charles symptoms, I should be tempted to take hn4i ' ,tiy heeenie acquainted?" certain steps." Doctor Mcalurdoeh's expression re- cr \V-lrat had be eaten?" rrni, L uttariy blank, and he slowly "Nothing but roup, except that he shoo' h h^id. "I haven't an idea in drank a portion of 'a glass of water. the w el.' he declared. "A patient, I am wondering if he took anything rerhere " 'Possible." said Marley, conscious ef -ane c,+sanpointment; "yet from the way he spoke of him I scarcely think that he was a patient. Surely tl:e Charles, having resided so long in India. nnmhered several Orientals apron; hie t'equaintances if not among h'•� +'rr ts•," Ilac a ever cemo to his home," re- plied Hoetar MrMurdoch. "He had all the As'rlr-Indian's prejudice against S,^^'•rt of e -1c"." I3e rested hie massive Olin in his hand and stared down re- flectively ,it the carpet. Again Harley found himself at a d••'adieck, and it was with scanty hope rf success thee he put his next ques- tion to the elenmy Scot. "Was Sir Charles a friend of Mr. Nicol Brinn?" he asked. "Nicol, Pre+.*'?" echoed the physi- ciao. ITe ireke•T perplexed. "You mean the A eriean milloinaire? I believe they wr',e 'equeinted. Abing- d•tn knew rot of the extraordinary people in I(rn•'on: and if half one hears le true Nicol Brinn is as mad as a letter. But they were not in any sense friends v' far as I know." Ho room and locked the door. cause• of constant surveillance by par- ties n':knoawn to him, Harley is asked to dine at the Abingdon home arid, Tongue'were the last words which at Mr. Wilson's house." lie stared hard at Doctor McMurcloch, "It may surprise you to learn that I have al- ll complexion, d thefeatures,' co a sallow comp ex on, an n ^°�a of a Sioux, ,�'• r,ttT aim There carne a tap at the doer. Quickreltef£rompainful "In!" said the tall man, cern., tender toes and The door opened silently and a pressure of tight shoos, manservant appeared. He was spot- lessly neat and wore his light hair cropped close to the skull. Crossing to the window, he extended a small salver upon which lay a visiting card. "In I" repeated the tall man, look- ing down at the card. I•Iis servant silently retired, and following a short interval rapped again upon the door, opened it, and standing just inside the room an- nounced': "Mr. Paul Harley." The door being quietly closed be- hind him, Paul I-Iarley stool staring' across the room at Nicol Brinn. Harley, after that one comprehen- sive glance, the photographic glance of a trained observer, stepped 'for- ward impulsively, hand outstretched. "Mr. Brian," 1m said, "we havenever met before, and it was good of yon to wait„in for me. I hope my tele- phone .message has not interfered with your plansfor the evening?” Nicol Brinn, without change of pose, no -line of the impassive face altering, shot out a large, muscular hand, seized that of Paul Harley in a tremendous grip, and almost in- stantly put his hand behind hie back again. "Had no plans," he replied, in a high, monotonous voice; "I was bored stiff. Take the armchair." Paul Harley sat down, but in the restless manner of one who has urg- ent bu:giness in hand and who is im- patient of delay. Mr. Brinn stooped to a coffee table which stood upon the rug before the large' open fireplace. "I am going to offer you a cocktail," he said. "I shall accept your offer," return- ed Harley, smiling. "The 'N, B. cocktail' has a reputation :which ex- tends throughout the clubs of the world." Nicol Blinn, a product of the Un- ited States, exhibiting the swift adroitness of that human dod, the New York bartender, mixed the drinks. Paul Harley watched him, meanwhile drumming. his fingers restlessly upon the chair arm. "Here's success," he said, "to my mission." It was an odd toast, but Mr. Brinn merely nodded and drank in silence. Paul Harley set his glass down and glanced about the singular apartment of which he had often heard and .which no man could ever tire of ex- amining. In this room the poles met, and the most remote civilizations of the world rubbed shoulders with modernity. "I take it," said Mr. Minn, sud- deniy, "that you are up against a stiff proposition." Paul Harley, accepting a cigaret from an ebony box (once the property Of Henry VIII.) which the speaker had pushed across the coffee table in his direction, stared up curiously into the sallow, aquiline face. "You are right. But how did you know?" "You look that way. Also—you were followed, Somebody knows you've come here." Harley leaned forward, resting one hand upon the table. "I know I was followed," he said, sternly. "I was followed because I have entered upon the biggest case of my career." He paused and smiled in a very grim fa- shion. "A suspicion begins to dawn upon my mind that if I fail it will also bo my last case. You understand me?„ "I understand absolutely," replied Nicol Brinn. "Theeo are dull days, It's meat and drink to neo to smell big danger." Paul Harley lighted a cigaret and. watched the speaker closely the while. "I have come to you to -night, Mr. Bruen," he said finally, "to ask you a certain question, Unless the theory upon which I am working is entirely wrong, -then, supposing that you are in a position to answer my question I am logically compelled to suppose, also, that you stand in peril of your life." "Good," said Mr. Brinn. "I was getting sluggish." In three long strides he crossed the room and locked the door. (To be continued.) In threat long strides he crossed the was watching TTn-ley curiously. "Why do von ask that question?" "1 will tell yon in a moment," said Barley. imbibe "but I have one more question to put to you first, Does the terra Fire -']'tongue convey anything to y'r,ur mind?" hector Meel n rrr'ch's eyebrows shot upward most nr.a"ingly. "I won't in- ehmmn such a time for cling," he said, dourly. Harley's manner was almost fierce. ready taken steps to have the remains of the soup frons Sir Charles' plate examined, as well as the water in the glass. I now propose to Call upon Mr. Wilson in order that I may com- plete this line of inquiry." "I sympathize with your suspicions, Mr. Barley," said the physician dour - stilt you by surpoaing that you have ler, "but you are wasting your time." A touch of the old acidity crept back into his manner. " My certificate will be 'syncope due to unusual ex- citement'; and I shall stand by it. Par a Delightful Treat, WRIGLEY'S NIPS Delicious after smoking sweetens the breath, soothes the throat and makes the nezt smoke taste better, >" dad vd ze ed •t�1. After Every Meal ISSL',G Ns). '27 CHAPTER IV. 0NTRot'ucIs a sato. NICOL BRINK. At about nine o'clock on the same evening, a man stood at a large win- dow which overlooked Piccadilly and the Green Paris. The room to which the window belonged was justly con- sidered one of the notable sights of London and doubtless would have re- ceived suitable mention in the "Blue Guide" had the room been accessible to the general public, It was, on the contrary, accessible only to the per- sonal friends of Mr, Nicol Brinn, The man at the winde'w was inter- ested in a car which, approaching from the direction of the Circus, had slowed . down immediately opposite and now was tieing turned, the chauf- feur's apparent intention being to pull up at the doer below, He had seen the face of the occupant and had recognized it even from that eleva- tion, Tho watcher, who had been stand- ing in a dark recess formed by the presence of heavy velvet curtains draped before the window, now open- ; ed the curtains and stepped into the lighted rooter. IIe was a tall, lean i Yuan having steeds -ht. iet-black hot,,. The monde Migration Dr n,seuv= No •matter where they have settled, D. & h dies ' 4t4r:ts • war has always followed the Mennon- G a' and 'hoc srmea rtes; but now, at last found have fo 8&a ® � L c eve swhars a haven of re•ruge in Paraguay, - whore they will he peep -lifted t4 live lime without interferent with their Wil5dn ubi:9hing COmpnnl religious beliefs. Within a few years virtually all the 5.0,00,0Mennonites remaining in Canada abet many, if n0- tl e. le ,"u e. \x�" t all, P t] 175,0^•0 Mennonite:, f t•3 tho new "Land of'Promise-" A �.- ttir'y� vanguard of ebout 2;000 Canadian MIennonites are now 'at wort( in tire,, Paraguayan hinterland preparing the l % 1 soil and building; communities Dos those to follow. This extraordinary; migration was begun under the dirrec-1 tion 'and advice of Brig, -Gen, Samuel'. McRcbeets,'chairman of the board ef, the Chauhan. and Phenix National, Bank, New York City, who was chief of the procurement division OS the: ordnance department during e, E.. 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The word dollar has an Interesting history, which is related In the town of Yaohimov, in Czechoslovakia, where representatives of the Little Entente recently met. Some 400 ,eau s ago a silver mine was discovered near Yacbimev. The German name for the town was Joaehimstahl. The Count of. Schlitz had silver tains made from the metal and these coins bore the likeness of St. Joachim. The silver money was known as jeachimst- haters. This was, •hr time, abbreviat- ed to thalers. Other changes occur- red such as daalder, dater and dater. In the sixteenth century these coin were called dollars in England. a e Christendom's Tait monastic repute, lic still holding sovereign power In its territory, that of Mount Athos in one of the Greek peninsulas, is to be deprived by Parliament of its com- mand of the gendarmerie. This sync- bol of the Patriarch's civil sway will be for State reasons transferred to the authority of the Government. 0 * e' States of the Union that had lyn. oh- Inge last year numbered ten, the same as 1n 1924 and 1925. States that never have had a dynch.ing are Massachu- setts, New Hampshire', Vermont and Rhode Island. l=�+ h11 r. tt•' ' S`a'.M�'C'• "V4:14'04. SIN yygr likewuy to assure kfade in Canada General McRoberts says: "A committee of Canadian Mennon- ites came to mo about five years ago,' and asked me to help them find a place' where they could :colonize, Why they came to me, I dont know. But they described what they wanted—chiefly .a place where they could lead their pastoral life and be left alone by gov- ernments and free from -interference or mixture with 'outsiders, and I agreed to help; them. "The choice of a land quickly sim- mered down to Paraguay. Asia was i out of the question because of polit Three Wars. "He's a veteran of three wars," "Only two, I'm sure." "No, three --Spanish-American, the World, and matrimonial." A man who was continually losing his collar-stud while dressing com- plained to his wife about it. With an ingenuity born of the use of hairpins, she told him that if ho would hold his stud in his mouth he would not lose it. This worked for several days, when one morning she was startled byan unusual commotion going on upstairs. "What's the matter?" asked the wile anxiously. "I've swallowed. my collar-stud!" gasped the husband. "Well," responded the wife, "you know where it le, anyhow.' Used by physicians-Minard's Liniment R * A Holton watchmaker has entered the perpetual motion class. His in- vention is a wrist -watch, inside which is a small weight or balance that swings with every movement of the wrist and gives a tern to the spring. Half an hour's wear is said to be tuf- 'lalent to wind it for fatty hours• of timekeeping. Should the watch run down, all that it ,is necessary to do is to put it on the.wrist, when at once it begins ticking. - cal and religious turmoil there. East- ern Europe, would not do because of. economic conditions. Africa is a Brit- ish colony and would net suit the Men- nonites. The Mennonites wanted to get away from Canada because they are chiefly German and were unhappy there following the war. So I sent Mr. Fred Engen, an experienced col- onist, to Paraguay, and he found al- most exactly what the Mennonites were seeking." Under the colonization plan which now has been in pregress for five. years, we read further, the Mennon- ites will sell their present ]roldiniia in Canada and settle on 3,000,000 acres of fertile land in the upper Para- nuayan nada the Indian name for wilderness—about 1,700 miles above Buenas Aires. The land belongs to the Carlos Casado family, which owns a total of 7,000,000 acres along the River Paraguay and the eastern range of the Andes. After arrange- ments had been made with the Casado family to set aside 4,000,000 of the 7,000,000 acres, and a corporation had been organized to handle the develop- ment of 3,000,000 acres for the Men- nonites, Mr. Engen negotiated a charter from the Paraguayan Gov- ernment which gives the Mennonites every privilege they asked. We read on: '.It amounts to the creation of a State within a State wherein the Mennonies may enjoy their chief fe- ligious tenet, freedom from military service, as well as exemption from taking oaths and the privilege of run- ning their own churches and schools. "After a committee of Mennonites had approved the land and reported on it in glowing tomes to their Can- adian brethren and the Government charter was granted them, prepara- tions for colonization began. A base was established at Puerto Casado, on the Paraguay River. Here a great hotel and severai community houses have been built for the housing of the first colonists, A pumping station has been completed to supply fresh drinking water. "These first houses will be vacated by their present occupants as soon as their permanent homes have been built, and will be turned over to suc- ceeding colonists as they arrive. In- coming families will gradually be moved back into the inteneer. Com- munication between these interior families and the base will be main- tained by motor -trucks and bullock- carts. The plan of colonization al- most duplicates the movement of Am- erican pioneers into Ohio, Illinois, and Kansas. Among these pioneers, inci- dentally, were many ancestors of the Mennonites now planning the =gra- tin* to Paraguay. Mennonites from Russia were among the first settlers in Kansas and introduced there the 'hard wintor wheat' far which the State is now famous. "The agricultural value of the land in Paraguay, according to General lyieltoberts, was an important indace- ment to the Canadian Men'nenite•s, Their first report to their followers in Manitoba and Saskatchewan describ- ed their 'Promised Land' as looking 'like an immense park,' wherein they found oranges, lemons, bananas, and cotton growing wild. "It is said there are forty-two sects * i+ * Soviet Russia claims a prodigy. He is Nicholas Nazarov who, at 10, is a full-fledged college professor. Nicho- las entered Tashkent 'University at the age of 10 and in ton. years com- pleted the mathematical, historical and scientific courses which other stairlents reauired Leu years to finish. that have branched from the Mennon- ite faith, but still hold eta the out- standing tenet of pacifism. These sects now number hundreds of thousands throughout the world, and all now- adays have them eye3 on Paraguay." Farr nearly threa centuries, says The Evening Pest editorially, the Mennonites have been seeking a home free (ram war, In the course of this search they have wandered from one section of Europe to another. In 1083 on the invitation of William Penn, they went to the U.S,, and in the lat- ter part of lee last century a num'ber‘ of them settled in Canada. But war followed them everywhere. Now, how- ever, we are told, they are to be am- ong e geoid who are not warlike. The Paraguayan army consists c•f only 2,500 men, organized to keep order in the country's 171,515 square mike', and we read: "As the Mennonites dis- courage their members from holding public office or seeking 'the vanities of this world; they are net likely to come into conflict with the Paraguay- ans. Being excellent farmers, with a gift for organization, ` they will aid materially in developing this back- ward South American country."— Literary Digest. Her Figure. 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Says The Times: Aircraft radio Beacons for lessening, tho hazards of teansatltuitie flying would 'necessitate the erection-' ser radio-lransmltting stations at inter'vr of 500 or 1,000 miles at paints, in VW ocean or Me establishment of two, Powerful staticus on •both) sides of the Atlantic. If the former proposal is idopted, these directive beacon see. lionswould have to be neade station- ary in the ocean—probably forming an integral unit of tbo widely discus!, sea• dromee, where airplanes crossing tire ocean could land, and from wbieh they could take off. These radio•transmit-• ting stations Would be of cied at inter - vale of 500 or 1,000 miles with the use of the double -coil antenna as a means of radiating the doubie=beam signals for guiding aircraft, These stations!' just as in the case of aircraft rad:o• beacons on land, would continuously send out two directional signals ani thus establish a pate or zone of safety along which airplanes eouid travel_ with relative safety. If, however, only two directive bea- con stations ---ane on each side of ilea Atlantic Ocean—are to be erecto:l, it will be necessary, ac.urdnig to Dr. Dellinger, to use high pewee. Transatlantic airplanesl rk rr ^'1 vantage of these (ilea ii ,, Leat. 11 would have to be equipped with a :e- volving set, operated with cut deal; a visual indicating device for sennt- int: when the aviator is trarteing in a same of rafcty as outiinef 1 doehle-beam radio waves: and a means of shielding the airpla 1 , ealae ignition' system to prevent in t'ta:•- once with radia reception, i r ca- • radio telephony is employed.. At the S'resen1 Imre, meat of the experirn i"t' 1 work ef the Radio Laboratory t., Bureau of Standards with redia ant. to air navigation centers about 1',l r'- eetaing apparatus for use (el airpia-se:'. Experimentally there has been de- veloped at College Park, -rlarglau•l, a simple cora-ilial rerefvm„ outfit which is automatic In operation. Varicolored. lights flosltod on the instrument board of the flying craft indicate to M. pilot when ire is on or off the - egnls!gnai zone or pati) of safety. "Froze this beginning," ,aid Dr. Del•. finger, "reflecting arrangemeute of im-'" proved types have been developed By American and other experimenters giving the evolution of the so-called beano system." It is in the realm of navigational aids, the Doctor thinks, that clirec- tlonel radio has attained the greatest success. Tho direction 'finder, he says, is a device now well known to mar'iners. In its simplest form it iaaac merely a coil of tvh'o which indicates the direction from whch a wave is coming, merely by turning the coil and listening to the variation of the inten- sity of the signal. Ile goes en: In the rapidly developing realm of air navigation the direction limier has not been found so practical as in mar - 1110 ono. Fortunately there is another way of utilizing directional radio which bids fair to solve the problem of air navigation in fog. This method takes advantage of the direr• tive properties• of a loop a:itenna. Just es with other types of dived:Ivo antennas there is no production er a sharply deiinee radio bears, het the directive effect is sufficiently great to be usable. At a transmitting itation operating as to radio beam for r aft navigation, two coil antennas am n erected at right -angles to one ,mother. each cf these sends 001 waves target{ directed in the line along which tiTh antenna points. An airplane flying along a line equidistant from these two lines receives signals of equal 1n tensity from each. When off to the right or the left of this lino, it re- ceives one signal more intense than the other. A number of ingenioire methods ;have been worked out, to take advantage of this variation t► keep an aviator' on his course. Will Rogers Sees ! urnor in Customs Search of Fliers To EditorP1(O•. New York Thnos., Washington, A.C.--'l see the oust in authorities in Moigland searched round -the -world fliers -When they land- ed. I guess they thought the hover had smuggled over a- coup'( of balsa - grand toygrand pianos, or some early O k1 no y:'t period furnitu'r'e. 1 i•as Mere last Surnnter when Gertrude )llderle swam in and they searched her. Figure$ she hall brought in some cigars or cigarettes or millinery in the pockets of her bathing suit, I reckon, People tell you England has no humor. Why, t.heY are funny even when they don't try to be, The Congressmen rtt Large, WILL 1loGERS. P,S,--Did ou ever see two people ;s much alike as Levine and Lindbergh?, Both their names begin with an I The one who will be fo;io15 n trial capable of groat rats of love is ever• Lbs one who is always doing cexaisi 1', .11114 email plies:—F, W. Rulte',sur..