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THE CHARLOTTE NEWS, CHARLOTTE, N. C, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON,; JUfrE 22, 1921. 12 i 100 True Detective Stories A Venture In Diplomacy Copyrlsht, 1921. by The Wheeler Syndicate. Inc. Book Rights Reserve "Here's the letter. Burns See what you can make of it." - The Chief of the United States Secret Service tossed across the desk a single sheet of paper on which a few words had been rather hastily written. " Unless you do everything in your power to make England cease her at tempts to enslave the Boers'," read William J. 'Burns, who was at that time a Secret Service operative, 'you'll be shot at noon at Saturday. If you wish to save your life, cable the Home Office at once and see that oapies of your dispatches are sent to the newspapers.' Signer, 'Crack Shot. "Hmmm," mused Burns, "this gen tleman evidently means business. Where'd the pleasant little missive come from?" "Detroit, according to the postmark on the envelope," replied the Chief. "It's up to you to find out who mailed it, and nail him before he gets a chance at the British Ambassador on Saturday. We'll see that he's well guarded, of course, but it so happen that he has an appointment at the White House at twelve-thirty an ap pointment which he refuses to break. In fact, Lord Pauncefote has declined to consider even the safeguard of riding in a close carriage. He says that he considers this merely the raving of a crank, and that, if he acted according to the wiles of every anonymous correspondent, his move ments would be so curtailed as se riously to interfere with the perform ance of his duties."- "Well," Burns answered, "whatever else they can say about his lordship, thev can't claim that he's lacking in courage. The letter rings too true to me. So I guess the only thing to do is to get busy at once. Got the envelope there?" - Weak, Thin, Nervous Folks Gain Weight and Strength With New Phosphate Dis covered by French Scien tist. The organic phosphate (discovered by Pelouz, f rench Scientist) which is known to druggists in this country as Bitro-Phosphate, is now being highly recommended by many physicians as a real strength builder and to increase weight nd to correct nervousness and general run-down conditions. Because of its power to help re vitalize the nerves, increase bodily weight and bring back energy and mental keenness. James P. Stowe & Company, and other leading druggists have a big demand for it. The genu ine Bitro-Phosphate is always sold un der a guarantee of satisfaction or money refunded. Caution: Although Bitro-Phosphate is an excellent aid in relieving weak, nervous conditions, its use is not ad vised unless icnreased weight is desired. But an examination of this part of the communication failed to reveal anything whatever. Like the letter, it had, been written in a palpably dis c.ai honri ant was addressed to the (,UidU British Ambassador at' the proper street numoer on v-onueontui nue. ' "Mailed at the central post office," Burns stated. "So there is no lead there. The full manner in which the address is written out, however, only supports my belief that the man who sent it means business. He took the trouble to look up the house number, instead of sending it simply to the British Embassy,' as the ordinary crank would have done. Then, too. there are indications in the body of the letter that seem to point to a firm HAtprmlnation. as well as to a good knowledge of conditions. The use of the words 'Home Office' and the warn ing to 'see that copies of the dispatches ar sent to the newspapers' show that the writer is at least fairly conversant with the way in which these tnmgs ri handled. It's probable, therefore, that he didn't go off half-cocked, but that he has a well-defined scheme up his sleeve for at least attempting the assassination of the British Ambassa dor. Go ahead with your preparations there, Chief. I'll get out to Detroit on the first train and see what l can locate there." This was on a Monday afternoon, and later the following day a short, thick-set man with a bushy blond mustache left the station in Detroit with the firm tread of one who knows what he is doing and wants to get it over 'With in the shortest possible time. All the way up from Washington, Burns had been studying the anony mous letter. The paper on which it was written told him nothing. It could have been bought at any one of a thousand stores that sell sta tionery. The envelope was one of the stamped variety obtainable at any postoffice. But there was something vaguely familiar about the writing not about the formation of the indi vidual letters, for these had been well disguised, but about the appearance of the letter as a whole. Burns fel that, while he had prob ably never seen the writing before, there was something that he ought to be able to read from it, something half-hidden between . the lines which he ought to recognize. Then, in a flash, it dawned upon him that, among the many peculiari ties of the disguised hand, there was only one which was repeated. The final letter of the word "cease" and the first-letter of the word "her" were joined together with a flowing stroke ,of the pen, as were the "t" in "at." the "o" in once," the "e" in "end," and the "n" in "newspapers." "That," Burns decided, "is purely a matter of fact. Persons who try to alter their handwriting, can do it comparatively easily for the first few words. Then, unless they are very i v,c-ir will slin. The joining of the 'two words occurs only towards the end of the sentences or phrases, indi cating that the writer nesixatea moment or so in order to think of cninsr to sav next, and i ii . .vmantar-v Viositn.tinn. eratnereu. Ill uutL mviiiviiM. j " - himself together and rememoerea w avoid habitual metnoas ot writing. T?on nno of these slips would have been indicatory. Three of them blazes a trail that should not De nam w follow, for there's only one type of man who is in the habit of joining his words.' A visit to the Detroit headquarters of one of the big .unions gave Burns a list which he felt certain contained the name of the man he wanted. Then followed a few hours of intensive work investigation the elimination of unlikely suspects and a hasty survey of others who might have written the letter. Finally, with the long ,11st boiled down to five names, and local operatives detailed to trail each , of these, Burns took up his position near the railroad station gate through. Which his man would have to pass in order to reach Washington by noon on Saturday. Less than two hours later he caught the flash of a signal from one of the other Secret Service men, and step ping forward, arrested John Hahneman, charging him with making malicious and dangerous threats against the ambassador of a foreign power. "What how " spluttered Hahne man, but Burns cut him short. "How did I locate you?" he snapped. "Simplest thing in the world. Tour handwriting gave you dead away, and a search of your rooms finished the job. My assistant there just signalled that he had found scraps of paper in your waste-basket, which, when pieced together formed a duplicate of the let ter you wrote Lord Pauncefote prob ably the first copy, which you didn't consider sufficiently well disguised." "That wasn't the crux or xne case, however," Burns admitted, as he snap ped the handcuffs in place. "The next time you try a stunt of that kind, for get that you are a telegrapher and they are the only ones who make a habit of joining their words together with long, flowing strokes." LAUDS FRIENDS FOR FEEDING CHILDREN CELEBRATE 50 YEARS OF WORK Philadelphia, June 22. The Ameri can Friends Service committee, which is undertaking a campaign to raise $3 -000,000 within the next year to feaa German children, has received a letter from President Harding commending the humanitarian efforts of the com mittee. The letter is directed to Ferdi nand Thun, of Reading, Pa., vice-chair man of the committee organized to con duct the campaign. It reads: "My sympathy has been aroused in the effort your organization is making to raise finds for suffering unfortu nate children of central Europe. I am impressed that the time has come when the old asperities of the war period may properly be forgotten in the face cC such humanitarian efforts. The real ideal of human brotherhood will best and soonest be realized through the encouragement of such works as this." Golden Jubilee of Foreign Missions is Observed at Baptist Convention. POPPIES IN HONOR OF COL. 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Seeds of the poppies were received at headjuarters today from J. M. Johnson, of Marion, S. C, formerly an engineer with the Rainbow division who gathered them from the battle fields of France. CORNS Lift Off with Fingers w JO1 Doesn't hurt a bit! Drop a little Freezone" on an aching corn, instant ly that corn stops hurting, then short ly you lift it right off with fingers. Truly! Your druggist sells a tiny bottle of "Freezone" for a few cents, sufficient to remove every hard com, soft corn, or corn between the toes, and the cal luses, without soreness or irritation. Clkariotte's lb eiotM For over twenty years our superior merchandise and perfect service has assured every Charlottean of better quality, style satisfaction and extra value giving. Demonstrated is a splendid group of 2-PIECE SUMMER SUITS Others $18.50 and Upwards. An interest-compelling offer of many beautiful suits. A distinct triumph ot real clothes quality, including the season's most popular fabrics, fea turing;new; belted and double-breasted styles for young men. SPECIAL: White Flannel Trousers 1 $M Ts&e-- Brown Company Des Moines, Iowa, June 22. The afternoon and evening sessions Wed nesday of the Northern Baptist con vention were given over to the impressive and unique golden jubilee anniversary of the Woman's American Baptist Foreign Mission society, in celebration of fifty years of successful work in foreign lands. A picturesque jubilee processional, comprising wom en who had come from eight foreign lands to attend the golden jubilee celebration, led a long procession of missionaries and Northern Baptist women into the convention headquar ters. President Tustin welcomed the processional, speaking with high ap preciation of the Woman's American Baptist Foreign Mission society,' which in fifty years has grown from two missionaries to 257 missionaries, and which today has 112 stations. Mrs. Helen Barret Montgomery, of Roches ter, N. Y., president of the society, responded to his welcome, telling of the high plans of the society for fu ture achievement. A jubilee offering of 5,000 subscriptions to "Missions" was made. During the year of 1920 the women of the society made a daily gift of $1,000 a day for a special golden jubilee gift to foreign lands, and a report was made, on what is being done with the jubilee money. The chief address of the afternoon was made by Mrs. Andrew MacLeish, of Glencoe, 111., home administration vice-president of the society, on "The Work of Our Society at the Home Base." "I need spend no words in defense of woman's work for women in heath en ?ands," she said. "The brief but brilliant history of this society- is its best justification. We have 1,025 schools in which near 123,000 children and young women are being trained for useful Christian living. In them some 2,000 native assistants,' product of these schools, are instructing, whila 225 Bible women are spending their lives spreading the good news of a Christ who saves." Miss Grace Kan of China. Khanto BelaRai and Y. Nandamah of India, Nakaji San of Osaka, Japan, and Dr. Ma Saw Sa of Burma, who had come from their own countries to attend the jubilee celebration, spoke of appre ciation of the work of the society ic their respective countries. Fads and Fancies Of Official Family ROME IS SHEDDING ANCIENT CHARACTER Rome, June 22. Slowly the god of commerce is grinding away a little at a time the romance and antiquity of this cradle of civilization. The Corso, from the time of Roman emperors the ) busiest thoroughfare of the city, is losing its ancient character. The four huge triumphal arches which once spanntd the street, were destroy ed centuries ago. Palaces and church es were left but the palaces are fall ing before the irresistible demands of commerce. Two huge old palaces occupying a site half-way up the Corso have al ready gone down before the commer cial onslaught. In their places have been reared two big, gaudy structures to be occupied by banks, which stand out in bold contrast to the quiet col oring of the ancient gems of archi tecture. When the palaces are not torn down, they are modified in such a way, that the interior decoration, some of which has stood the test of centuries, is ef faced and sometimes plastered. Numer ous alterations are made to suit the necessities of business. In the quarter where the church of St. John Lateran is located, a new amusement company has taken posses sion of a large square of vacant "ground and has erected carrousels, roller-coasters, ferris-Tfheels and side shows. The romance and beauty of the spot his vanished. ( CHINESE CHIEFS AID THEIR GOVERNMENT Peking, June 22. As a result of a conference in Tientsin between Gen. Chang Tso-lin, military governor of the Manchurian provinces, Gen. Tsao Kun, military governor of Chthli, Ho nan ana Shangtung, Gen Wong Chan yuan, military governor of Hupeh, Pre mier Chin Yun Peng, Finance Minister Chow Tze-chi, and others, the provinces in question have agreed to release a por tion of the wine and tobacco revenues due to the central government and hitherto withheld for payment of ar rears of pay to troops and military es tablishments in order to tide the gov ernment over its present financial dif ficulties. Arrears to troops will be paid in instalments spread over a period of time. It has been announced that no mili tary undertaking against the Canton group is contemplated. LINCOLN READY FOR PAINTING OF BRIDGES Lincoln "county board of county commissioners has notified the Meck lenburg Highway Commission, to pro ceed with its suggestion that all bridges between Mecklenburg and Lincoln counties be pajnted in. order to beau tify and protect the the bridges. The Lincoln board gave instructions that if the Mecklenburg body would do the .work it might send the bill to the Lincoln - county commissioners for pay ment. The Highway Commission made the same suggestion to Jthe Gaston county board of commissioners . recently, but has not .' heard from that body. . The Mecklenburg body does not doubt' that the Gaston commissioners will meet their - suggestion in , the same spirit as that shown by the Lincoln county commissioners. , KING PETER DEAD IS REPORT, BUT DENIED London. June 22. The weekly news paper the Near East learns that King Peter of Serbia died three or four days ago. The Serbian legation and the Brit ish foreign office deny any knowledge of King Peter's reported death. King-Peter of -Serbia was reported seriously ill In a Belgrade dispatch early in June. Later advices-said that he was suffering from pleurisy, but that his condition was steadily improv ing. On June 17 he was declared by his physicians to be out of danger. JACK D E M P S E'Y- AND GEORGES CARPENTIEB IN "the fight of the ages." mack under in -seven years bad luck." broadwxy. Thursday Friday Saturday , THE SECRETARY OF STATE It is now the "affable Mr. Hughes." Up to a few months ago it was the "icy Mr. Hughes." ' So far none has attempted to explain the sudden change of temperature in Charles Evans . Hughes, secretary of state, formerly justice of the U. S. su preme court and Republican candidate for president in 1916. That the Hughes temperature, how ever, can drop quickly to the stiff -freezing point - when the occasion demands it was demonstrated a short time ago when , a 'bureau . chief in the state de partment sought to brush aside the rules -of the office and see his chief In spite of the "busy signal." He opened Hughes's door after being warned away by the secretary. Hughes measured the intruder , with one of his famous gla cial glances and the chilled bureau chief staggered from the doorway. Hughes, however, does not spend his time showing a warm exterior to the world. He is working as hard as any man who ever held the office. Ob servers credit him with an exceptional "capacity for work and a keen, grasp of international affairs and being a master of diplomacy. His handling of several delicate international situations, includ ing the Yap mandate, our participation in the reparations question and the Panama-Costi Rican squabble, stamps him as a man of keen vision, quick decision and firm determination, his ad mirers say. Hughes works hard and his example his instilled .the philosophy of labor Into his subordinates. He usually takes a half hour for lunch and is in his office hard at work when the aver age business man is taking his shower, fti mm JlNNER TUBE PATCH SOLD AT MY SHOP All kinds of automobile repair work done here. We will give you the best of service that you can get for the money. Stop by and let us give you our prices. 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