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! Thursday, May 19, 1910 .
Big Hubub in Navy
Department
WAHHrNGTCN, D. C, May 19.
The resignation of Rear Admiral
Eustace B. Rogers, as paymaster
general of the navy, as predicted!
by Secretary of the Navy Meyer,
dropped like a bomb in the ranks
of the staff officers who opposed
Meyer's reorganization plans and
Is exrpeeted today to have Its aft
ermath In congress.
A majority of the members of
the house naval committee have
(been In sympathy with the staff
point of view as opposed to that
of the Wne officers and It Is quite
HkeTy that they will want to
know Just why the paymaster has
decided to resign.
Deaf and Dumb Couple
Married at Vancouner
(By United Press Leased Wire.)
VANCOUVER, Wash., May 19.
—-Unable to hear the words of
the minister but nod ding .their as
sent to the signs when the words
were translated) by a " friend,
Charles R. Lawrence and Miss
AMERICAN GUNBOATS AWAIT
NEXT MOVE BY MADBIZ
(By United Press Leased Wire.)
BLUHFJETLIDS, May Three
American gunboats are lying
within wireless call of Bluefields
waiting a message that may come
to them at any moment to rush to
the Nicaraguan city and prevent
Its pillage by the forces of Presi
dent Madriz. The situation here
Is critical today. With fighting
going on at Rama, and with the
port blockaded b/ the Madriz gun
boat Venus, It is believed that
the final chapter of the Nicara
guan revolution will soon be writ
ten.
Couriers who have reached
here from Rama report that the
loss in the fighting ■ yesterday
was very heavy.
Residents of Bluefields are in a
state of panic today. • They fear
the city will be sacked and pil
laged by the Madriz troops.
The American consul here has
warned Madriz against allowing
his army to enter Bluefields, but
the fact that the German conaul
recently called on Madriz, virtu
ally recognizing his • government,
has caused the Nicaraguan piesi
dent to take the stand that he has
a right to send an army into Blue
fields if he so desires.
BOYS HANG three
MEN IN EFFIGY
(By United Press Leased Wire.)
PULJiMA'N, Wash., May 19. —
To show their resentment of fines
of |2i5 Imposed yesterday after
noon In a justice's court on three
leaders of a riot last week, a
howling mob of several hundred
Washington State college students
last night paraded tlhe streets and
hung in effigy three men who pre
ferred the complaints. -
A ROYAL WIDOW'S BURNING
QU.fl.\ ;I;SXANDRA AND 11KR GRANDSON,"PRINCE OLAF OF
V - ' ; NORWAY. | * ' '
, No one will ' more ; strictly observe the official twelvemonth of
mourning for King Edward ;than' his widow. Alexandra. , •It Is like-
I ly that ; she will j remain In the, severest seclusion, not only for the
; whole period, : but long afterward, and • perhaps | never • again . figure
in j brilliant social affairs 7 She Is, :in fact, releved of almost all so
■ cial ? duties ; through; the , accession «of her ', daughter-in-law. Mary.
Ito the queenahlp. Alexandra, ; although , still •a; queen. Is j referred
to now properly as the queen' mot her, \ her < son • being king.
In spite of the assertion that
reasons for the ousting of Ad
miral Rogers did not antedate
March 2, there is a general incli
nation to believe that his oppo
sition to the Meyer reorganiza
tion plan may have Influenced
lis action.
Whatever the ultimate result
>f Rogers' removal from office,
the Immediate result, it is pre
iioted will be renewed and vig
orous fight between the line and
the staff. *
Naval officers are anxiously
watching developments and many
expect to receive orders for sea
duty.
Eunice Reeves, both deaf mutes,
were married last night at Minne
haha and today started on a short
honeymoon trip.
The wedding took place at the
home of the bride and Rev. T.
P. Howard of the Prettoyterian
church officiated.
In the Public Eye
CHAS. DICK.
Dick of Ohio wants to go be
fore the people of his state for
an indorsement, said indorsement
being .in the shape of another
term In the United States senate*
He thinks that the Ohio politi
cians who control conventions
and legislatures have a knife wait
ing to lift his official scalp, and
so he asks the dear people to se
lect the senator at a primary.
Whether he gets his primary
or not and whether It does him
any good if he should get It, are
unsolved problems, but he will
have to go some If he gets either.
The people of the . state are
headed insurgent-way in a man
ner that bodes ill for any Aldrich
senator, and that Dick is led
about with a string by Aldrich is
evidenced by his record on the
tariff.
He i voted against the gentle
man from ' Rhode I sland four
times. «k , him 123 times, and
was pre ■-• i and not voting twice.
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"You must understand, Senor
Grimm, that many state docu
ments are kept in the safe," lit
said finally, "therefore It Is not
advisable that anyone should
know the combination. I have
made it an absolute rule, as did
my predecessors here, never to
unlock the safe in the presence
of another person."
"State documents!" Mr.
Grimm's lips silently repated the
words. Then aloud: "Perhaps
there's a record of the combina
tion somewhere? If you had died
suddenly, for instance, how would
the safe have been opened?"
"There would have been only
one way, Senor—blow It open.
There Is no record."
"Well, If we accept all that as
true," observed Mr. Grimm mus
ingly, "it would seem that you
either didn't put the money into
the safe at all, or —please sit
down, there's nothing personal
in this— or else the money was
taken out of the safe without It
being unlocked. This last would
have been a miracle, and this is
not the day of miracles, there
fore—!"
Mr. Grimm's well modulated
voice trailed off into silence. Sen
or Rodringuez came to his feet
with a blaze of anger in his eyes;
Mr. Grimm was watching him
curiously.
"I understand then, Senor,"
said the minister deliberately,
that you believe that 1—!"
"I believe that you have told
the truth," interrupted Mr.
Grimm placidly; "that Is, the
truth so far as you know It. But
you have stated one thing in er
ror. Somebody besides yourself
does know the combination.
Whether they knew It or not at
this time yesterday 1 can't say,
but somebody knows it now."
Senor Rodriguez drew a deep
breath of relief. The implied ac
cusation had been withdrawn as
pleasantly and frankly as it had
been put forward.
"I ran across a chap in New
York once, for instance," Mr.
Grimm took the trouble to ex
plain, "who could unlock any safe
—that is, any safe of the kina
used at that time—twelve or
fourteen years ago. So you see.
I doubt if he would be so success
ful with the new models, with all
their improvements,' but then —!
You know he would have made
an ideal burglar, that chap. Now,
Senor, who lives here in the lega
tion with you?"
"My secretary, Senor Diaz, my
daughter Inez, and just at the mo
ment a Miss Thorne—Miss Isabel
Thorne," the senor informed him.
. "Also four servants — two men
. and two women."
"I've had the pleasure of meet
ling your daughter and Miss
Thorne," Mr. Grimm informed
. him. ' "Now, suppose we take a
I look at the safe?"
"Certainly."
i Senor Rodriguez started toward
. the closed door Just as there came
a timid knock from the hall. He
, glanced at Mr. Grimm, who nod
, ded, then he called:
i "Come In!"
I The door opened, and Miss
Thorne entered. She was clad in
, some filmy, gossamer-like morn-
ing gown, with her radiant hair
caught up on her white neck. At
sight of Mr. Grimm the blue-gray
eyes opened as if in surprise, and
she paused irresolutely.
"I. beg your .pardon, ■ • Senor,"
she said, addressing . the . diplo
matist. "I did not know you
were engaged. And Mr. Grimm!"
She extended a slim, white hand,
and the young man bowed low
over it. "We tire old friends,"
she explained, smilingly, to the
minister. . Then: "l think I
must have dropped my handker
chief when I was in here yester
day with Inez. Perhaps you
found it?"
"Si, Senorlta," replied Senor
Rodriguez gallantly. "It is on my
desk in here. Just a moment."
He opened the door and passed
Into the adjoining room. Mr.
Grimm's eyes met those of Miss
Isabel Thorne, and there was no
listlessness in them now, only In
terest. She smiled a him taunt
ingly and lowered her lids. Sen
or Rodriguez appeared from the
other room with the handker
chief. ■
"Mil gracias, Senor," she
thanked him.
"No hay de que, Senorita," he
returned, as he opened the door
for her, .*•»;,_
"Monsieur Grimm, au revoir!"
She dropped a-little curtsey, and
still smiling, went out.
"She is charming, Senor," the
diplomatist assured him enthusi
astically, albeit irrelevantly.
"Such vivacity, such personality,
—such—she is charming."
'"The safe, please," Mr. Grimm
reminded htm.
A.
A Safe Opening.
; Together they entered the ad
joining room, 1 which ; was small
compared to . the r one . they * had
Just'- left. Senor Rodriguez used
it as a • private office. ■,"■; His desk
was on j their | right | between [ two
mlndows overlooking . the same
pleasantilittle: garden which was
visible from * the ; suite Tof tiny
drawing-rooms farther, along. The
safe, a formidable j looking | recep
tacle ~of j black : • enameled ■ 7 steel,
stood :at * their left, 7 closed 77 and
locked. 7^?-; The remaining ,„3 wall
space of the ' room was given over
to oak cabinets, evidently a stor-
■*:'■' ■" '■■■- "" ■ -
age place for the less important
legation papers. |- *
"Has anyone besides yourself
been fn this room today?" Mr.
Grimm inquired.
"Not a soul, Senor," was the
reply.
Mr. Grimm went over and ex
amined the windows. They were
both locked Inside; and there
were no marks of any sort on the
sills. , j
"They are Just as 1 left them,
last night," explained Senor Rod
riguez. "I have not touched them,
today."
"And there's only one door,"i
mused Mr. Grimm, meaning that,
by which they had entered. "So
it would appear that whoever was
here last night entered through,
that room. Very well."
He walked- around the room
once, opening and shutting the
doors of the cabinets as he pass
ed, and finally paused In front of'
the safe. A brief examination of J
the nickeled dial and handle and
of the enameled edges of the
heavy door satisfied him that no 1
force had been employed^— the
safe had merely been unlocked.
Whereupon he sat himself down,
cross-legged on the floor, In
front of it.
"What are the first and second
figures of the combination?" he
asked.
"Thirty-six, then back to ton."
Mr. Grimm set the dial at
thirty-six, and then, with his ear
pressed closely against the polish
ed door, turned the dial slowly
back. Senor Rodriguez stood
looking on helplessly, but none
the less intently. The pointer
read ten, then nine, eight, seven,
five. Mr. Grimm gazed at It
thoughtfully, after which he did
It all over again, placidly and
without haste.
"Now, we'll . look inside,
please," he requested, rising.
Senor Rodriguez unlocked the
safe the while Mr. Grimm re
spectfully turned his eyes away,
then pulled the door wide open.
The books had been piled one on
top of another and thrust Into
various pigeonholes . at the top.
Mr. Grimm understood that thip
disorder was the result of making
room at the bottom for the bulk
of gold, and asked no questions.
Instead, he sat down upon the
floor again.
"The look on this private com
partment at the top is broken,"
he remarked after a moment. ,
"Si, Senor," the diplomat
agreed. "Evidently the robDert
were not content with only fifty
thousand dollars In gold they
Imagined that something else of
value was hidden there."
"Was there?" asked Mr. Grimm
naively. He didn't look around.
"Nothing of monetary value,"
the senor explained. "There were
some important state papers In
there—they are there yet—but nc
money."
"None of the papers was stol
en?"
"No, Senor. There were only
nine packets— they are there yet.'
"Contents all right?"
"Yes. I personally looked them
over."
Mr. Grimm drew out the pack
ets of papers, one by one. The;
were all unsealed save the last
When he reached for that, Seno>
Rodriguez made a quick, involun
tary motion toward It with hi
hand.
"This one's sealed," commented
Mr. Grimm. "It doesn't happen
that you opened it and sealed I;
again?"
Senor Rodriguez stood staring
at him blankly for a moment,
then some sudden apprehensior
was aroused, for a startled looV
came into his eyes, and again he
reached for the packet.
"Dios mio!" he exclaimed, "let
me see, Senor."
"Going to open it?" asked Mr.
Grimm.
"Yes, Senor. I had not thought
of it before."
Mr. Grimm rose and walker
over to the window where the
light was better. He scrutinized
the sealed packet closely. - There
were three red splotches of wai
upon It, each impressed with the
legation seal; the envelope was
without marks otherwise. He
turned and twisted it aimlessly
and peered seriously at the vari
ous seals, after which he hande
it to the frankly impatient diplo
matist. ' ":,.- :,',
Senor Rodriguez , opened „- it.
with nervous, twitching fingers
Mr. Grimm had turned towan
the safe again, but he heard the
crackle of parchment ,as , some
document was drawn' out of the
envelope, and then 'came a deej
sigh of relief. Having satisfied
his sudden fears for the safety o<
the paper, whatever it was, the
senor placed it in another en
velope and sealed it again ' with
elaborate care. Mr. Grimm drop
ped into the swivel chair : at' the
desk. :,.-.. .-.:."',.;.,;- '*.* '- >- •;; .>-y
"Senor," he inquired pleasant
ly, "your „'.. daughter 7 and - Mist
Thorne were in this room yester
day afternoon?" <, "J. *
"Yes,'!' replied the diplomatist
as if surprised at the question. '"'■'
"What time,'please?"•; "
"About 7 . three 'i,. o'clock. They
were going out driving. Why?"
- i "And Just where, please, did
you find that handkerchief?" con
tinued ; Mr. ; Grimm. ; * ■ i
f ."Handkerchief?':* repeated tho
diplomatist. > "You £ mean i :Miss
Thome's :*;;-;;, handkerchief?" He
paused , and \ regarded i Mr. Grimm
itksfcnly. "Senexr, what am 1 to un
;oe*fstand from that question?" J :
' "It was plain enough," re- '
, plied Mr. Grimm. "Where did '
you find that handkerchief?" <
i There was silence for an instant.: '
"In this room?" ■!
"Yes," replied Senor Rodri-|l
i guez at last. <
i j "Near the safe?" Mr. Grimm 1
i persisted. I
J- "Yes," came the slow reply,
again. "Just here." and he mdi•
-• cated a spot a little to the left
of the safe. i
"And when did you find it?
j Yesterday afternoon? Last night?
; This morning?" . i
II "This morning," and without '
i any apparent reason the dlplo
iiriHtist's face turned deathly'
white. i
i "Hut, Senor— Senor, you are '
mistaken! There can be noth-:
•ins■--! A woman I Two hundred '
t pounds of gold! Senor!" I 1
f| Mr. Grimm was still pleasant j
II About It; his curiosity was abso
lutely impersonal; his eyes,
> grown listless asain, were turned
I straight into the other's face.
"If that handkerchief had been '
, there last night, Senor," he re
i sumed quietly, "wouldn't you
have noticed it when you placed
I the gold In the safe?"
I Senor Rodriguez stared at him
a long time.
"1 don't know," he said, at
I last. lie dropped back into a
f Chair with his face in his hands.
- "Senor," he burst out suddenly,
' Impetuously, after a moment, "if
1 the gold Is not recovered I am
J ruined. You understand that bet-
I I ter than I can tell you. It's the
. kind of thing that could not be
t explained to my government." He
1 rose suddenly and faced the Im
-1 passive young man. with merci
less determination In his face.
, "You must find the gold, Senor,"
he! said.
„,'iNo matter who may be— who
cnay, suffer?" inquired Mr. Grimm.
"Find the gold, Senor!" - i
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I "Vary well," commented Mr.
Grimm, without moving. "Do me
the favor, please, to regain pos
session of the handkerchief you
Just returned to Miss Thorne, and
to send to me here your secre
tary, Ssnor Diss, and your ser
vants, one by one. I shall ques
tion them alone. No, don't be
alarmed. Unless they know of
the robbery they shall get no
inkling of It from me. First, be
god enough to replace the packet
in the safe, and lock It."
Senor Rodriguez replaced the
packet without question, after
ward locking the door, then went
out. A moment later Senor Diaz
appeared. He remained with Mr.
Grimm for Just eight minutes.
Senor Rodriguez entered again as
his secretary passed on, and laid
a lace handkerchief on the desk.
Mr. Grimm stared at it curiously
for a long time.
"It's the same handkerchief?"
"SI, Senor." I
"There's no doubt whatever <
about It?" i
"No, Senor, I got it —!"
"It's of no consequence," Inter- I
rupted Mr. Grimm. "Now the ser
vants, please —the men first." I
The first of the men servants I
was In the room two minutes; the
second — the butler—was there i
'five minutes; one of the women
was not questioned at all; the til
er remained ten minutes. Mr.
.Grimm followed her into the hall;
'Senor Rodriguez stood there help
less, Impatient.
"Well?" he demanded eagerly!
"I'm going out a little while,"
replied Mr. Grimm placidly. "No
one has even an Intimation of the
affair—please keep the matter
absolutely to yourself until I re
turn."
That was all. The door open
ed and closed, and he was gone.
At the end of an hour he re
turned, passed on through to the
diplomatist's private office, sat
down in front of the locked safe
again, and set the dial at thirty
six. Senor Rodriguez looked on,
astonished, as Mr. Grimm pressed
tho soft rubber sounder of a
stethoscope against the safe door
and began turning the dial back
toward ten, slowly, slowly. Thir
ty-five minutes later the lock
clicked. Mr. Grimm rose, turned
the handle, and pulled the safe
door open.
"1 hat's how it was done," he
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servant hand my card to Miss
Thorne." -
XI.
The Lace Handkerchief.
Still wearing the graceful,
filmy morning gown, with an add
ed touch of scarlet In hor hair—a
single red rose—Miss Thorne
came into the drawing-room
where Mr. Grimm sat waiting.
There was curiosity in her man
ner, thinly veiled, but the haunt
ing smile still lingered about her '
lips. Mr. Grimm bowed low, and
I placed a chair for her, after which
he stood for a time staring down
at one slim, white hand at rest on
the arm of the seat. At last, ho,
too, sat down. i
"I believe," he said slowly,
without preliminaries, "this is
your handkerchief?"
He offered the lacy trifle, odd
in design, unique In workmanship,
obviously of foreign texture, and
she accepted It.
"Yes," she agreed readily, "I
must have dropped It again."
"That Is the one handed to you
by Senor Rodriguez," Mr. Grimm
told her. "I think you said you
lost It In his office yesterday
afternoon?"
"Yea?" She nodded Inquiring
ly.
"It may Interest you to know
that Senor Rodriguez's butler pos
itively identifies it as one he re
stored to you twice at dinner "
last evening, between seven and
nine o'clock," Mr. Grimm went on
dispassionately.
"Indeed!" exclaimed Miss
Thorne.
"The senor Identifies It as one
he found this morning in his of- 1
fice," Mr. Grimm explained oblig
ingly. "During the night fifty j
thousand dollars in gold were
stolen from his safe."
There was not the slightest
change of expression In her face;
the blue-gray eyes wero still in
quiring In their gaze, the white
hands still at rest, the scarlet lips
still curled slightly, an echo of a
smile.
(Continued Tomorrow.)
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